SEATTLE — Everything was going wrong for Michigan football , which left head coach Sherrone Moore with little choice.
His team fell into an early two-touchdown hole after three short, sputtering offensive drives to open the game, when he turned to seventh-year quarterback Jack Tuttle to replace Alex Orji in search of an offensive spark.
To say it worked would be an understatement. Tuttle, 25, not only led Michigan to a 7-play, 75-yard touchdown drive on his first possession, but later put U-M ahead by three in the third quarter after he led an 11-play, 75-yard drive that ended when he found Colston Loveland on an 8-yard touchdown strike.
Washington tied the game with a 29-yard field goal with 13:38 left in the fourth quarter, but after Ernest Hausmann came away with a key interception of Will Rogers deep in Michigan territory, U-M gave it back five plays later on a Tuttle fumble.
Four plays after that, Jonah Coleman leapt over the pile for a one-yard score, and a Tuttle interception allowed the Huskies to prevail for a 27-17 win .