Regular season ·
Akron beat Northwestern
Records are after this game.
Akron trailed Northwestern by 18 points in the 2nd quarter and won 39-34, September 15, 2018.
How the game turned
Q4 7:24 Akron 39, Northwestern 28
Akron 74% to win
Davis return TD, Akron leads 39-28
Big moments
- 1Q1 6:52 · Akron 0, Northwestern 7Akron's win chance fell from 8% to 6%.Larkin 7-yd TD run, Northwestern goes ahead 7-0
- 2Q4 8:28 · Akron 32, Northwestern 28Akron's win chance rose from 8% to 31%.Thorson sacked, fumbles, Akron goes ahead 32-28
- 3Q4 7:24 · Akron 39, Northwestern 28Akron's win chance rose from 28% to 74%.Davis return TD, Akron leads 39-28
Akron's lowest chance to win was 1 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.
The biggest swing
With 7:24 left in the 4th quarter, Akron's chance to win went from 28 percent to 74 percent when Akron scored a touchdown.
The score went from Akron 32, Northwestern 28 to Akron 39, Northwestern 28.
The play: Davis return TD, Akron leads 39-28.
What happened next
Akron's next game: L 13-26 at Iowa State, Sep 22
7 days laterNorthwestern's next game: L 17-20 vs Michigan, Sep 29
14 days later
Related pages
Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.