No. 12 Michigan (9-2, 6-1) kept its Big Ten championship hopes alive Saturday with a hard-fought 28-16 victory over Penn State (7-4, 4-3) at Beaver Stadium.
The biggest difference was the Nittany Lions' inability to take advantage of their red-zone opportunities. Three times they drove inside the Wolverines' 10-yard line, and they came away with just nine points. It's hard to pull off an upset with that lack of efficiency in key situations.
Here's the quarter-by-quarter scoring recap for the Big Ten clash:
One thing Michigan senior quarterback Jake Rudock has learned during his collegiate career, which started at Iowa before he joined the Wolverines, is the importance of finishing strong.