Kalel Mullings’ 63-yard run sets up Michigan’s game-winning touchdown

Michigan edged USC on a late Kalen Mullings touchdown

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 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.