Kalel Mullings rose 2 lawns for a goal run on 4th down with 37 seconds left, lifting No. 18 Michigan to a 27-24 win over No. 11 Southern California on Saturday, inviting the Trojans to the Big Ten with a heavy dosage of smashmouth football.
The Wolverines (3-1, 1-0) gotridof losing a 14-0 lead in the veryfirst half and coughing up 2 fumbles in the 2nd half. They won with a 10-play, 89-yard TD drive, with Mullings doing most of the work. He topped it with his 2nd goal of the videogame, this one running behind a fullback in a jumbo bundle that left little doubt where the ball was going.
The Trojans (2-1, 0-1) went ahead 24-20 midway through the 4th when Miller Moss tossed his 3rd goal pass, a 24-yarder to Ja’Kobi Lane.
USC’s last possibility ended with a fourth-down toss coming up brief of the line to gain near midfield.
Mullings had a career-high 159 backyards hurrying, consistingof a 53-yard scoring run to put the Wolverines ahead early, and Donovan Edwards had a 41-yard run to provide them a two-touchdown lead.
Moss was 28 of 51 for 283 lawns with a season-high 3 goals and a expensive interception.
Miller Moss tossed for 283 backyards and 3 TDs however likewise had a pick-six. (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)
USC’s Woody Marks ran for 100 backyards on 13 brings, and ripped the football out of defensive dealwith Kenneth Grant’s hand after he recuperated the huge protective dealwith had recuperated a fumble for Michigan.
Moss bounced back from tossing a pick-6 to Will Johnson that offered the safeguarding nationwide champs a double-digit lead in 3rd quarter with a 16-yard goal pass to Jay Fair lateron in the quarter and his 3rd goal pass to Lane with 7: 01 left in the 4th.
Michigan required a goal, tracking by 4, in the last minute to win since USC defensive takeon Gavin Meyer obstructed the additional point after Johnson’s interception return for a goal.
It likewise required the clutch rating since Edwards fumbled to set up a Trojans goal, Grant’s fumble assisted the Big Ten beginners rating — and Michigan didn’t have a passing danger.
Alex Orji made his veryfirst start at quarterback and was 7 of 12 for 32 lawns and ran 13 times for 43 backyards.
Reporting by the Associated Press.
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