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Article: Ohio State's Bruce Goes Out a Winner; Fired Head Coach Enjoys Come-From-Behind 23-20 Victory Over Michigan in Final Game
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- The Washington Post
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- November 22, 1987
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Ohio State Coach Earle Bruce could not have written, nor
conceived a better way to go out than with the players on his 6-4-1
team carrying him off the Michigan Stadium field on their shoulders,
surrounded by the Ohio State band, fans, alumni and teammates.
The Buckeyes beat Michigan, 23-20, on a 26-yard field goal by
Matt Frantz with 5:18 left, before 106,031 today. That was
important, because it was Michigan-Ohio State, but it was almost
forgotten in the game's near-frenzied atmosphere.
There was Bruce, fired for reasons he still doesn't understand
and the university president still won't discuss. There was freshman
running back Carlos Snow, finding out what this rivalry really means. ...