Kalel Mullings had a 63-yard run to put Michigan in scoring position. It was fitting that the linebacker turned running back got the game-winning score on 10-play, 89-yard drive that gave the Wolverines a 27-24 victory over USC.
The game on Saturday at the Big House was USC’s first as a Big Ten school.
Mullings scored on a one-yard run with 37 seconds left for the decisive points.
First, the long run that saw him shake multiple defenders.
MULLINGS DRAGGING DEFENDERS.
Huge run for Michigan. pic.twitter.com/NbWP2VlAWW
— CBS Sports College Football 🏈 (@CBSSportsCFB) September 21, 2024
MULLINGS POWERS THROUGH. MICHIGAN ON TOP! pic.twitter.com/JCYbvul3Ab
— CBS Sports College Football 🏈 (@CBSSportsCFB) September 21, 2024
Mullings finished with 17 carries for 159 yards and two touchdowns. Eight of his carries came on the final drive.
The Wolverines got a big play in the third quarter when Will Johnson took an interception of Miller Moss 42 yards to the house in the Big House.
]That gave Michigan a 20-10 lead.
USC came back with two9 touchdown passes from Moss to take the lead at 24-20 setting the stage for the late heroics.
The Wolverines need a touchdown late rather than a field goal to tie because USC had blocked an extra-point attempt by the Michigan after the Will Johnson pick-six.
