The Spartans defeated Ohio State on the road in Columbus, playing without Connor Cook and relying on the arms of backup QBs Damion Terry and Tyler O'Connor.
The Spartans defeated in-state rival Michigan in Ann Arbor after a fumbled snap by Wolverine punter Blake O'Neill was picked up by Jalen Watts-Jackson and returned for a touchdown in the final ten seconds to give Michigan State a 27–23 win. The season was one of the most successful in school history. 3 in the College Football Playoff rankings and were selected to play in the CFP Semifinals at the Cotton Bowl Classic where they lost to No. Due to their head-to-head win over Ohio State, they represented the East Division in the Big Ten Championship Game where they defeated West Division champion Iowa to become Big Ten Champions. They finished the season 12–2, 7–1 in Big Ten play to share the East Division championship with Ohio State. Michigan State played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan and were led by ninth-year head coach Mark Dantonio. The 2015 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the East Division of the Big Ten Conference during the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season.
^ – College Football Playoff participant. They couldn’t quite shake Michigan State, however, who-with help from a 74-yard completion on a wheel route from Connor Cook to fullback Trevor Pendleton-scored to cut the lead to 23-21 in the fourth quarter. Michigan scored on a controversial one-yard touchdown plunge by Sione Houma in the third quarter to take a 17-7 lead, their largest of the game. It was Jim Harbaugh‘s game against Michigan State as the Wolverines’ head coach and, despite the fact that Michigan State was the better team statistically, outgaining Michigan 386-230 and picking up 20 first downs to the Wolverines’ 10, the Spartans never led until the clock read 0:00. Lost in all of this is the fact that the game was a pretty great game in its own right before that final play. Broadcasters George Blaha and Jim Brandstatter did not disappoint with their respective radio calls of the play. The shocked expressions of Michigan fans completely captured the unbelievability of the moment and found their way onto memes and t-shirts across the Midwest. The win saved the Spartans’ College Football Playoff hopes while keeping them atop the Big Ten East, and it did so in front of 100,000 fans in their hated rival’s house and millions more watching live in primetime. But he said he would do it all over again.Īdding to the improbability of the moment is its importance. Michigan State had a 0.2% chance of winning the game before the final play, according to ESPN, who opted to label the thing an “end of game touchdown” in their play-by-play record of the game, presumably because no one knew what to call it. Watts-Jackson had never touched the ball in a college game before and broke his hip upon being tackled, ending his season. 
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