Regular season ·

Michigan beat Rutgers

Michigan2-348
Rutgers1-442Final
Sat, Nov 21 · SHI Stadium, Piscataway, N.J. · 53°, overcastBTN

Records are after this game.

Michigan trailed Rutgers by 17 points in the 2nd quarter and won 48-42 in 3 overtimes, November 21, 2020.

How the game turned

Michigan aheadRutgers aheadBiggest swingLow: 22%
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Q4 13:38 Michigan 28, Rutgers 27

Michigan 73% to win

McNamara 6-yd TD pass to Sainristil, Michigan goes ahead 28-27

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 4:33 · Michigan 0, Rutgers 7Michigan's win chance fell from 69% to 62%.Langan 3-yd TD run, Rutgers goes ahead 7-0
  2. 2Q4 13:38 · Michigan 28, Rutgers 27Michigan's win chance rose from 42% to 73%.McNamara 6-yd TD pass to Sainristil, Michigan goes ahead 28-27
  3. 3OT2 · Michigan 35, Rutgers 42Michigan's win chance fell from 66% to 65%.Vedral 25-yd TD pass to Haskins, Rutgers goes ahead 42-35
  4. 4OT2 · Michigan 42, Rutgers 42McNamara 2-yd TD run, ties it 42-42
  5. 5OT3 · Michigan 48, Rutgers 42Haskins 1-yd TD run, two-point try fails, Michigan goes ahead 48-42

Michigan's lowest chance to win was 22 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 13:38 left in the 4th quarter, Michigan's chance to win went from 42 percent to 73 percent when Michigan scored a touchdown.

The score went from Michigan 21, Rutgers 27 to Michigan 28, Rutgers 27.

The play: McNamara 6-yd TD pass to Sainristil, Michigan goes ahead 28-27.

What happened next

  1. Michigan's next game: L 17-27 vs Penn State, Nov 28

    7 days later

  2. Rutgers's next game: W 37-30 at Purdue, Nov 28

    7 days later

  3. The teams' next meeting after Nov 21, 2020: Michigan 20, Rutgers 13, Sep 25, 2021

    about 10 months 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.

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