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Michigan State Football: Mark Dantonio’s 15 most memorable games

By Connor Muldowney

Oct 17, 2015; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Michigan State Spartans defensive back Jalen Watts-Jackson (20) dives into the end zone for a game winning touchdown as the clock runs out in the fourth quarter against the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium. Michigan State 27-23. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 17, 2015; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Michigan State Spartans defensive back Jalen Watts-Jackson (20) dives into the end zone for a game winning touchdown as the clock runs out in the fourth quarter against the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium. Michigan State 27-23. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oct 17, 2015; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Michigan State Spartans defensive back Jalen Watts-Jackson (20) dives into the end zone for a game winning touchdown as the clock runs out in the fourth quarter against the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium. Michigan State 27-23. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 17, 2015; Ann Arbor, MI, USA; Michigan State Spartans defensive back Jalen Watts-Jackson (20) dives into the end zone for a game winning touchdown as the clock runs out in the fourth quarter against the Michigan Wolverines at Michigan Stadium. Michigan State 27-23. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports /

1. MSU vs. Michigan (2015)

“And the ball is free, picked up by Michigan State’s Jalen Watts-Jackson and he scores. On the last play of the game.”

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Every Michigan State fan remembers where they were when Watts-Jackson picked up a botched punt from Michigan’s Blake O’Neill and returned it to the house for a huge win at Michigan in Jim Harbaugh’s first season with the Wolverines.

Heck, every Michigan fan probably remembers, too, and still has nightmares about it. The punting game will never be the same for the Wolverines and every time they line up for a special teams play against the Spartans, that thought will always be in the back of their minds.

With 10 seconds left, all O’Neill had to do was get the ball off his foot and down the field even 20 yards since MSU didn’t have a returner.

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The Spartans rushed 11, Harbaugh had two gunners for some reason or another and the green and white got the last laugh. This had to be the most memorable Michigan vs. Michigan State game in the history of the rivalry.

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