University of Michigan Football All-American
Garland Rivers
Defensive Back, 1986
Always a threat wherever he happened to be on the field. Garland Rivers earned respect from offensive opponents with his fierce tackles. The only freshman to win a letter in 1983, Rivers started 32 consecutive games until a brief shoulder injury sidelined him in his senior season. Rivers intercepted six passes in his career, including one for a touchdown against Wisconsin his junior year. That same season he produced a game- saving interception in the Nebraska end zone to seal Michigan's 27-23 Fiesta Bowl victory. Rivers earned 1986 Kodak and Walter Camp All-American honors as well as AP-UPI All-American Honorable Mention.
CAREER STATISTICS
| Tackles | Pass Defense | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | GP | S | A | T | TFL | Sacks | F-R | | | PBU | Int | YDS | tds | ||||||||||
| 1983 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1- | 0-0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1984 | 12 | 70 | 11 | 81 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | | | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1985 | 12 | 52 | 17 | 69 | 4-14 | 1-7 | 1 | | | 2 | 27 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1986 | 12 | 63 | 20 | 83 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0 | | | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 41 | 191 | 52 | 243 | 7-16 | 2-7 | 2 | | | 6 | 27 | 1 | |||||||||||
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