With less than ten seconds remaining in todays CMU-Michigan State football game, Spartan Stadium went silent.
Senior kicker Andrew Aguila kicked the game-winning 42-yard field goal to put CMU ahead 29-27, leaving three seconds on the clock for a long return.
The Chippewas recovered the ensuing kickoff after a squib-kick hit the back of a Spartan player on the front line of the return team as time expired.
Every man to a man believed we were going to win the football game, said coach Butch Jones.
CMU scored a touchdown with 32 seconds remaining to seemingly tie the game, but Jones decided to go for the two-point conversion and the win. Senior quarterback Dan LeFevours pass led senior wide receiver Antonio Brown out of bounds, and the attempt was no good.
However, the onside kick attempt bounced in the hands of senior wide receiver Bryan Anderson with 28 seconds remaining. Anderson was the closest player to the sideline.
The Chippewas moved the ball from the MSU 41-yard line to the MSU 25-yard line, where Aguila made the kick.
(Aguila made) two extremely pressure-type field kicks on the onside kick (and the field goal), Jones said.
CMU outgained the Spartans in total yardage 418 to 316. LeFevour, who threw for 108 yards against Arizona last Saturday, completed 33-of-46 passes for 328 yards with three touchdowns and one interception.