It happened on an extra-point attempt and a previous field-goal try.
Michigan would finally get yardage of its own in the second quarter, only to miss a field-goal try.
There were no other legitimate scoring chances in the half until the closing seconds, when Gallery was short on a 41-yard field-goal try.
He could try to get a quick gain and then call a timeout for the field-goal try, or just go for the kick right there.
Blanchard made 11 of 17 field-goal tries for the Redskins last year.
He botched field-goal tries of 37 and 29 yards and one extra-point attempt.
The first came at his 2-yard line and the second at the Tigers' 45 just before the final field-goal try.
It was the second time in two weeks that a fumbled snap by Graham doomed a first-quarter field-goal try.
He has also made 13 of 14 field-goal tries from less than 50 yards this season.
Across the league, more than 81 percent of field-goal tries have been good.