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Rutgers' upset bid of Michigan State ends in unfortunate fashion

Oct 10, 2015 at 11:44p ET

Oct 10, 2015 at 11:44p ET

Rutgers football has endured a rough season on and off the field so far in 2015, but the Scarlet Knights nearly scored one of the biggest upsets of the season with No. 4 Michigan State in town Saturday night.

Then they spiked the ball on fourth down in the final seconds while trying to force overtime.

ICYMI: Here's how the wild @MSU_Football at @RFootball game just ended. http://t.co/53KsFDAYu8

It was an tough way to end a hard-fought game for Rutgers, which led the Spartans 14-10 at the half and later rallied from a 10-point deficit to tie the game at 24 with 4:21 left in the fourth quarter.