Kalel Mullings surged 2 yards for a landing run on fourth down with 37 seconds left, lifting No. 18 Michigan to a 27-24 win over No. 11 Southern California on Saturday, welcoming the Trojans to the Huge Ten with a heavy dose of smashmouth soccer.
The Wolverines (3-1, 1-0) overcame shedding a 14-0 lead within the first half and coughing up two fumbles within the second half. They gained with a 10-play, 89-yard TD drive, with Mullings doing many of the work. He capped it together with his second landing of the sport, this one working behind a fullback in a jumbo package deal that left little doubt the place the ball was going.
The Trojans (2-1, 0-1) went forward 24-20 halfway by the fourth when Miller Moss threw his third landing cross, a 24-yarder to Ja’Kobi Lane.
USC’s final likelihood ended with a fourth-down throw arising wanting the road to achieve close to midfield.
Mullings had a career-high 159 yards dashing, together with a 53-yard scoring run to place the Wolverines forward early, and Donovan Edwards had a 41-yard run to offer them a two-touchdown lead.
Moss was 28 of 51 for 283 yards with a season-high three touchdowns and a expensive interception.
Miller Moss threw for 283 yards and three TDs but in addition had a pick-six. (Photograph by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Pictures)
USC’s Woody Marks ran for 100 yards on 13 carries, and ripped the soccer out of defensive deal with Kenneth Grant’s hand after he recovered the large defensive deal with had recovered a fumble for Michigan.
Moss bounced again from throwing a pick-6 to Will Johnson that gave the defending nationwide champions a double-digit lead in third quarter with a 16-yard landing cross to Jay Honest later within the quarter and his third landing cross to Lane with 7:01 left within the fourth.
Michigan wanted a landing, trailing by 4, within the remaining minute to win as a result of USC defensive deal with Gavin Meyer blocked the additional level after Johnson’s interception return for a landing.
It additionally wanted the clutch rating as a result of Edwards fumbled to arrange a Trojans landing, Grant’s fumble helped the Huge Ten newcomers rating — and Michigan did not have a passing risk.
Alex Orji made his first begin at quarterback and was 7 of 12 for 32 yards and ran 13 instances for 43 yards.
Reporting by the Related Press.
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