Regular season ·

Ohio State beat Michigan State

No. 7 Michigan State9-27
No. 5 Ohio State10-156Final
Sat, Nov 20 · Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio · Crowd 101,858 · 41°, overcastABC

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

No. 5 Ohio State beat No. 7 Michigan State by 49 points.

How the game turned

Ohio State aheadMichigan State ahead
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Q1 10:42 Ohio State 7, Michigan State 0

Ohio State 93% to win

Stroud 23-yd TD pass to Olave

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 10:42 · Ohio State 7, Michigan State 0Ohio State's win chance rose from 92% to 93%.Stroud 23-yd TD pass to Olave

Ohio State was never below a 90 percent chance to win. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

How the lead changed

Ohio State led after every score.

The 49-point margin is the largest in this series since 1970 in our games data, 40 meetings in all.

What happened next

  1. Ohio State's next game: L 27-42 at Michigan, Nov 27

    7 days later

  2. Michigan State's next game: W 30-27 vs Penn State, Nov 27

    7 days later

  3. The teams' next meeting after Nov 20, 2021: Ohio State 49, Michigan State 20, Oct 8, 2022

    about 11 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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