ANN ARBOR -- Michigan had a 14-0 lead before Ohio State even had a first down on Saturday.

So what happened the rest of the game that led to a 31-20 loss - the Wolverines' sixth straight to the Buckeyes.

"Honestly, just my personal opinion, we got a little complacent as players," said Michigan fifth-year senior quarterback John O'Korn, who finished 17 of 32 passing for 195 yards, one touchdown and one interception. "We let our foot off the gas. I think this game didn't have to be close. We could have ran away with it. We had plenty of opportunities, and we just didn't take advantage."

After falling behind 14-0 on the first play of the second quarter, the Buckeyes (10-2, 8-1 Big Ten) marched 75 yards on 11 plays to pull within seven.

Michigan safety Josh Metellus had a potential interception fall through his hands on that drive, and OSU quarterback J.T. Barrett rushed for a 21-yard touchdown on the next play. But Michigan's offense also had chances to add to its lead.

The Wolverines (8-4, 5-4) punted on their final three drives of the first half and their first of the second half, totaling 39 yards. Open receivers were missed, running lanes began to shrink and more pressure was put on Michigan's defense.

"The focus we had as an offensive group, we hit them hard early and wanted to stay up the whole game," said Michigan fullback Khalid Hill, whose 2-yard touchdown run gave the team a 7-0 lead at the 6:02 mark of the first quarter.

"The first half, after the first couple of drives, we started to coast a little bit. We tried to pick it up a little bit. We knew that going into the game we needed to play four quarters. We had to compete the whole four quarters to win this game."

After having 10:28 of offensive possession in the first quarter, the Wolverines had the ball for just 18:15 the rest of the game.

OSU, which had minus-6 yards of offense in the first quarter, finished the game with 350. It had 233 in the second half and scored 17 unanswered points with backup quarterback Dwayne Haskins replacing the injured J.T. Barrett.

"After we were 14-0, we didn't really take the field most of the second quarter," Hill said. "When you're hot, you're hot. You get some momentum going and you get rhythm. That's when you score points. But when you keep us off the field, it's hard to keep that going sitting there, waiting on the defense (to get a stop). Our defense did a good job. Some stuff happened that was a fluke, but it is what it is."

Still, Michigan's offense had a chance to take the lead late in the fourth quarter, beginning a drive at its own 27 trailing 24-20 with 2:47 remaining. O'Korn threw an interception on the next play.

"We had opportunities in this game to make plays," Hill said. "Not just one person made us lose. John saying that (taking blame for the loss), that's the leader in him. But this isn't on him."