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Northwestern beat Michigan State

No. 16 Michigan State6-231
Northwestern5-339Final
Sat, Oct 28 · Ryan Field, Evanston, Ill. · Crowd 39,369 · 41°

Records are after this game. Rankings are the AP poll before it.

Northwestern beat Michigan State 39-31 in 3 overtimes, October 28, 2017.

How the lead changed

Northwestern took the lead for good in the third overtime, Northwestern 39, Michigan State 31.

Big moments

  1. 1st quarter, 12:25
    Touchdown pass of 6 yards

    Michigan State scored. Michigan State 7, Northwestern 0.

  2. 4th quarter, 10:49
    Touchdown pass of 12 yards

    Northwestern scored. Northwestern 17, Michigan State 10.

  3. 1st overtime
    Touchdown pass of 14 yards

    Northwestern scored. Northwestern 24, Michigan State 17.

  4. 2nd overtime
    Touchdown pass of 11 yards

    Michigan State scored. Michigan State 31, Northwestern 24.

  5. 3rd overtime
    Touchdown pass of 22 yards

    Northwestern scored. Northwestern 39, Michigan State 31.

Scores that changed who was leading, from the play-by-play record.

What happened next

  1. Michigan State went from No. 16 to No. 24 in the next AP poll.

  2. Northwestern's next game: W 31-24 at Nebraska, Nov 4

    7 days later

  3. Michigan State's next game: W 27-24 vs Penn State, Nov 4

    7 days later

  4. The teams' next meeting after Oct 28, 2017: Northwestern 29, Michigan State 19, Oct 6, 2018

    about 11 months later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN.

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