Michigan football shocks Ohio State 13-10, then fight breaks out postgame
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Michigan football put itself in position to pull the stunner against rival No. 2 Ohio State.
And, with plenty of help from the self-wounding Buckeyes, the Wolverines got it done.
Dominic Zvada converted a 21-yard field goal with 45 seconds left to break the tie, and the Wolverines defense held up to give Michigan a 13-10 victory at Ohio Stadium and its fourth straight over its rival. Michigan (7-5, 5-4 Big Ten) was a 19½-point underdog against OSU (10-2, 7-2), which squandered a chance to play Oregon for the Big Ten championship game.
A skirmish broke out at midfield, when Michigan players gathered at the OSU logo waving a Michigan flag in the faces of Ohio State players. The fight lasted several minutes.
Fox TV play-by-play man Gus Johnson said the planting of the flag was uncalled for and unnecessary and ruined the aftermath of a great rivalry game.
Michigan senior running back Kalel Mullings rushed for 116 yards on 32 carries and said postgame, “For such a great game, you hate to see stuff like that after the game. It’s bad for the sport, bad for college football. But at the end of the day, some people, they gotta learn how to lose, man. You can’t be fighting and stuff just cause you lost the game. We had 60 minutes, we had four quarters to do all that fighting and now people want to talk and fight. That’s wrong, it’s just bad for the game, classless in my opinion. People gotta be better.”
The game was filled with mistakes from both offenses. Jayden Fielding missed two short field goals for OSU and Will Howard threw two interceptions, one to Aamir Hall in the second quarter which set up the Wolverines’ lone touchdown. U-M’s Davis Warren threw two interceptions, including one into the end zone with the game tied in the middle of the fourth quarter.
The Wolverines will learn their 2024 bowl season fate a week from Sunday.
This is a breaking news story with more to come.
Make “Hail Yes!” your go-to Michigan Wolverines podcast, available anywhere you listen to podcasts (Apple, Spotify).
Tony Garcia is the Michigan Wolverines beat writer for the Detroit Free Press. Email him at apgarcia@freepress.com and follow him on X @RealTonyGarcia.
Related
Ohio State-Michigan Football Rivalry Needs Reset After Postgame Melee
Before the melee, the pepper spray and the vicious booing that punctuated a rivalry that has gone too far, there were sideline tears. There were two minutes lef
Grambling State-Southern football: Memorable moments, all-time history of the Bayou…
It's been more than 85 years since Grambling State and Southern first battled on the gridiron. The Grambling State and Southern football rivalry, known a
