Michigan stops Alabama in OT at Rose Bowl to reach CFP title game - ESPN

PASADENA, Calif. — Top-seeded Michigan outmatched No. 4 Alabama in a 27-20 overtime win at the Rose Bowl on Monday that clinched the Wolverines' first-ever appearance in the College Football Playoff national championship game.

Blake Corum rushed for a 17-yard touchdown on the second snap of overtime and Michigan's defense ended only the second overtime game in the 110 editions of the Rose Bowl when Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe was emphatically stopped as he attempted to sneak up the middle on fourth down from the Michigan 3.

For the better part of the past 15 years, Nick Saban's Alabama teams have represented not only college football's paragon, but also the sport's most physically dominant entity. But during a season in which the Tide were forced to constantly survive rather than impose their will, Michigan (14-0) proved to be their end game.

Roman Wilson made a 4-yard TD catch with 1:34 left in regulation for the Wolverines, who hadn't scored in the second half until that gritty 75-yard drive led by J.J. McCarthy.

• First National Championship Game appearance in BCS/CFP Era (since 1998)
• 1st CFP Playoff victory; had lost in semifinals each of the past two seasons
• 14th win this season; most in school history & ties Big Ten record with 1903 Minnesota (14-0-1), 2002 Ohio State (14-0) & 2014 Ohio State (14-1)
• 1st bowl win since 2016 Citrus Bowl (2015 season, Harbaugh's first at Michigan); snaps 6-game bowl losing streak, tied for the 2nd-longest active streak in FBS
• Overcame 7-point deficit in 4th quarter to win, tied for largest 4th-quarter comeback win under Jim Harbaugh (since 2015)
• Trailed for 18:14 today vs. Alabama, most in any game this season; entering tonight, Wolverines trailed for 23:29 all season
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