4th quarter
Final score: Michigan 24, Michigan State 17
1:04: Orji picks up 8 yards and a first down to put the game on ice for the Wolverines.
1:14: Orji picks up a first down with his legs. After a Kalel Mullings from for three yards, MUS will start burning its timeouts.
1:50: Quinten Johnson breaks up a Chiles pass in the endzone as the Wolverines take back over on downs.
2:00: At the two-minute timeout, MSU will have a 4th-and-5 at the Michigan 15.
3:30: Chiles completes another pass on 3rd-and-long, this time to Carter, for a big gain to the Michigan 24.
4:28: Michigan's offense goes three-and-out and a 25-yard punt from Doman gives it back to the Spartans at midfield.
6:12: Touchdown Michigan State.
Chiles finds Nick Marsh over the middle on a 3rd-and-long for a 20-yard touchdown connection.
Michigan 24, Michigan State 17
13:20: Touchdown Michigan.
Donovan Edwards gets a toss from Warren and he throws it to a wide open Colston Loveland for a 23-yard score. After a successful two-point conversion, the Wolverines go up 14.
Michigan 24, Michigan State 10
3rd quarter
End of the third quarter: Michigan 16, Michigan State 10
0:26: Michigan's defense forces a three-and-out as Zeke Berry makes a play on the ball on a 3rd-and-5 play. Michigan has it back on its own 40 on offense up six.
2:06: Michigan is forced to punt after not taking advantage of the short field and goes three-and-out. MSU has the ball back at its own 13 after a Doman punt.
3:43: Michigan State attempts an onside kick but it's recovered by Michigan's Dunlap. The Spartans were also offsides on the play, moving the ball up to the MSU 47.
3:45: Kenneth Grant gets into the backfield and makes a tackle for loss to stop an MSU drive. Kim does connect on a field goal from 46 yards out to make it a one score game.
Michigan 16, Michigan State 10
7:30: Chiles connects on a big play down the field on a 3rd-and-4 play to Montorie Foster for a 30-yard gain to the UM 46.
9:49: Touchdown Michigan.
Alex Orji takes it in off the right side from two yards out on a nice looking Michigan drive that took up over five minutes.
Michigan 16, Michigan State 7
13:40: After a 3rd-and-8 completion from Warren, Alex Orji enters the game and takes the ball over the left side for 29 yards to the MSU 35.
Halftime
Michigan 9, Michigan State 7
2nd quarter
0:02: Dominic Zvada connects on a 37-yard field goal as Michigan capitalizes off the turnover.
Michigan 9, Michigan State 7
0:12: Josaiah Stewart forces a strip sack on Chiles and it's recovered by Kenneth Grant at the MSU 30.
0:29: Touchdown Michigan.
Warren finds Colston Loveland on a play action pass in the corner of the endzone from 10 yards out. The extra point was botched.
Michigan State 7, Michigan 6
2:06: After a short completion to Colston Loveland, Michigan right tackle Andrew Gentry is down injured.
2:58: Michigan's defense gets off the field again as it forces a three-and-out. Tyler Morris returns the ensuing punt 12 yards to the Michigan 36, where the Wolverines take over.
5:17: Michigan's next offensive drive stalls arounds midfield when the Wolverines chose to run the ball on 3rd-and-6. MSU has it back on its own 15 after a 35-yard punt.
9:12: After a couple of nice defensive plays by LB Ernest Hausman, Michigan's defense gets a stop. After a 51-yard punt, Wolverines take back over on their own 30.
13:30: Michigan State's defense makes a tackle for loss on a sweep play designed for Donovan Edwards and forces a Tommy Doman punt, which lands at the MSU 10-yard line where the Spartans take back over on offense.
1st quarter
End of the first quarter: Michigan State 7, Michigan 0
0:10: Touchdown Michigan State. Nate Carter powers it in for the Spartans from two yards out on a fourth down play.
Michigan State 7, Michigan 0
2:25: Carter breaks a big run play over the right side on a 3rd-and-9 play for a gain of 34 yards to the Michigan 11.
5:23: Michigan goes three-and-out on its opening series and gives the ball back to MSU after a 41-yard punt by Tommy Doman to the Spartans' 38-yard line.
6:57: Michigan State's offense moves the ball down to the Michigan 2-yard line, but gets a delay of game penalty on fourth down. Spartans then try a short FG and it's wide right from Jonathan Kim, keeping the score at 0-0.
12:30: Aidan Chiles completes a screen pass to Nate Carter that goes for 26 yards, which takes the ball down to the Michigan 33.
15:00: After a touchback, MSU starts with the ball on its own 25.
Pregame
Michigan has won the coin toss and defers to the second half. MSU will receive the opening kickoff.
Michigan football (4-3) hosts rival Michigan State under the lights for a 7:40 p.m. kickoff with the Paul Bunyan Trophy on the line.
The Wolverines are looking to snap a two-game losing streak as head coach Sherrone Moore has gone back to Davis Warren at quarterback in hopes he can inflict some sort of life into Michigan's offense.
Michigan will be without top cornerback Will Johnson for the game as he was listed as out on the pregame availability report. The good news for the Wolverines is they are getting left tackle Myles Hinton back for the rivalry game after he missed the contest against Illinois due to injury.
Follow along here for live updates throughout the game as Michigan looks to keep Paul Bunyan in Ann Arbor for a third straight year.
