Tyrell Henry forgets to catch the kickoff, allowing Thomas Amankwaa to recover and Kyle Monangai to score the winning TD nine seconds later. Also, earlier they had 'trouble with the snap' (2023)
Brian Ferentz's offense can't move the ball? They don't have to when Cooper DeJean scores on a 70 yard punt return (2023)
Ben Patton missed a 22-year FG to win. Then both teams blocked FGs in 1OT. Then they were stopped in 2OT, and 540 yards of offense went to waste. (2022)
Was it Brandon Peters's 83 yard TD pass? Sydney Brown's 76 yard pick-six? DPI on 4th and goal? So many options when you blow a 25-point lead (2019)
Matt Coghlin kicks a 42-yard FG to tie! But, whoops, 12 men on the field. Matt Coghlin then misses the 47-yard retry (2019)
Did Brian Lewerke muff the snap or was it a deliberate fake FG? Either way, it was the best Redbox Bowl ever (2018)
Tre Neal breaks up a Rocky Lombardi pass, meaning Barret Pickering's 3 FGs beat Matt Coghlin's 2 (2018)
Herm Edwards coaches to win the game and Brandon Ruiz kicks the game-winning FG as time expires (2018)
After recovering his own fumble in 3OT, Brian Lewerke chucks it into double coverage, where it gets picked off by Nate Hall (2017)
Two defensive PI calls set up Jeff George Jr.'s winning TD pass to Sam Mays with 1:35 left (2016)
Maybe if Riley Bullough hadn't gotten himself ejected after 3 PFs in the first quarter, Sparty could have stopped Kenny Goins and Levern Jacobs from scoring two 4th quarter TDs (2016)
Sparty overcomes two Richard Lagow 4th Q TDs to tie the game, but a personal foul on Drake Martinez gives Griffin Oakes a second change to hit the game-winning FG (2016)
Big Ten refs rule Jermaine Edmonson pushed Brandon Reilly out-of-bounds and thus Reilly could legally catch the game-winning 23-yard TD (2015)
Taylor Martinez connects with Jamal Turner with 0:06 left after a horrible PI call on Darqueze Dennard. LeVeon Bell makes an ass of himself on Twitter after the game (2012)
Brendan Gibbons hits a 38-yard FG with 0:05 left after being set up by a 20-yard pass to Drew Dileo (2012)
After missing a chance to kick a FG before halftime, Sparty gives up a last-minute TD to Mark Weisman and then throws a game-losing INT in 3OT (2012)
After Sparty stops Montee Ball on 3rd down, Isaiah Lewis runs into punter Brad Nortman, clinching the loss for MSU (2011)
Andrew Aguila kicks a game-winning FG after an MSU offsides gives him a second chance (2009)
Larry Caper drops TD pass in end zone; Kyle McCarthy intercepts Kirk Cousins on next play (2009)
With 0:02 left, Ricky Stanzi throws a TD pass to Marvin McNutt, four plays after defensive holding nullified an MSU INT (2009)
Brett Swenson misses a game-tying FG with 3:23 remaining; Taylor Mehlhaff's made FG is MSU's margin of defeat (2007)
Brian Hoyer throws a 6 yard route to Devin Thomas on 4th & 13 in 2OT (Drew Gardner makes the tackle) (2007)
Brian Hoyer throws 4 incompletions in OT after Omar Conteh's TD catch put MSU down 7 (2007)
Chad Henne overcomes a 10 point 4th quarter deficit with 2 TD passes in the final 6:47 (2007)
Sparty fights with the visitors when they try and plant a flag at midfield after winning on a Jason Reda FG (2006)
Terrail Lambert's pick-six with 2:53 left caps off a comeback from a 17-point halftime deficit (2006)
A Drew Stanton INT with 6:23 left sets up Casey Welch's game-winning FG (2006)
Stanton is sacked 4 times in the last 5 minutes after MSU falls behind on a Santonio Holmes TD (2005)
John Goss misses a 37-yard FG in OT; Garrett Rivas responds with the winning kick (2005)
Chad Owens's 4th TD catch from Timmy Chang puts the game away with 3:43 left (2004)
Up 27-10 with 6:30 to go, MSU gives up 3 TD passes to Braylon Edwards, including the winner in 3OT (2004)
Luke McCown throws 2 TD passes in the final 1:09, erasing a 19-7 MSU lead (2003)
Backup Kyle Orton's only pass is a game-winning 40-yard TD to John Standeford with 3:18 left (2002)
Arnaz Battle turns a short crossing pass into a 60-yard TD with 1:19 left (2002)
John Schweighardt's 54-yard catch with :08 remaining sets up the game-winning FG after an MSU extra point is blocked (2001)
A Jeff Smoker INT at 1:26 cuts short any chance for an MSU comeback following TDs by Tellis Redmon and Marion Barber (2001)
Deryck Toles stops Charles Rogers short on 4th-and-7 after MSU blows a 31-14 first half lead (2001)
Jim Sorgi hits Lee Evans for a 45-yard TD with 29 seconds left in his first collegiate game (2000)
Jon Beutjer's 43-yard TD pass with 2:47 left broke his team's 13 game losing streak. Beutjer later transferred to Illinois. (2000)
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