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Michigan vs. Alabama game recap, highlights Final: Michigan gets goal line stop to secure 27-20 Rose Bowl win, trip to National title game. Michigan's top-ranked defense came up with the biggest ...
The last time U-M got to Milroe was in the fourth quarter when McGregor dropped him for a loss of 5 to force a 52-yard Alabama field goal attempt, its final points of the game.
Michigan’s win came after JJ McCarthy found Roman Wilson for a short pass to tie the game with 1:34 to go in regulation. Alabama had taken a 20-13 lead with 4:41 to go after a 52-yard field goal.
The 11th edition of the Outback Bowl featured the Alabama Crimson Tide, representing the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and the Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten Conference. Alabama was victorious in by a final score of 17–14.
Brady threw the game-winning score in overtime on a bootleg to tight end Shawn Thompson. The game was won by Michigan when Alabama's placekicker, Ryan Pflugner, missed an extra point following their own touchdown. This was the first BCS Bowl game to go into overtime. This was Brady's final game for the Michigan Wolverines.
Michigan drove 17 yards to the Alabama 27-yard line, and Dominic Zvada kicked a 45-yard field goal at the 8:15 mark. On Alabama's next play from scrimmage, as hard rain fell, Milroe fumbled, and Derrick Moore recovered the ball at Alabama's 25-yard line. Michigan advanced the ball seven yards, and Zvada kicked a 30-yard field goal at the 5:52 mark.
The former Wolverines quarterback won no Big Ten titles in his first six seasons, but Michigan has been elite since 2021, winning three straight conference titles and advancing to three Playoffs.
In their fifth year under head coach Lloyd Carr, the Wolverines compiled a 10–2 record (6–2 against conference opponents), tied for second place in the Big Ten, defeated Alabama in the 2000 Orange Bowl, and were ranked No. 5 in the final AP and coaches polls.