A fight broke out between Michigan and Ohio State Saturday afternoon following the Wolverines’ 13-10 upset victory over the No. 2 ranked Buckeyes.
The brawl erupted after Michigan football players brought a school flag onto the field after the win and tried to plant it at center field at Ohio Stadium, commonly referred to as “The Horseshoe” by Ohio State fans.
Police used pepper spray to breakup the altercation that ESPN reported lasted for approximately five minutes.
A fight has broken out between Michigan and Ohio State after The Game pic.twitter.com/XPwdAjfYzN
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) November 30, 2024
Ohio State Police said in a statement that “officers from multiple law enforcement agencies assisted in breaking up an on-field altercation.”
“During the scuffle, multiple officers representing Ohio and Michigan deployed pepper spray,” the statement said. “OSUPD is the lead agency for games & will continue to investigate.”
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Following the game, officers from multiple law enforcement agencies assisted in breaking up an on-field altercation. During the scuffle, multiple officers representing Ohio and Michigan deployed pepper spray. OSUPD is the lead agency for games & will continue to investigate.
— OSU Police (@OSUPOLICE) November 30, 2024
Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day later blamed Michigan for starting the melee by planting the flag.
“I don’t know all the details of it, but I know these guys are looking to put a flag on our field and our guys weren’t going to let that happen,” Day said. “I’ll find out exactly what happened. But this is our field and certainly we’re embarrassed of the fact that we lost the game, but there’s some prideful guys in this team that weren’t going to just let that happen.”
Wolverines head coach Sherrone Moore said that emotions were running high on both sides.
“I did see they had the flag and guys were waving it around and their guys charged us. There’s emotion on both sides,” he said. “It can’t happen. Rivalry games get heated, especially this one, it’s the biggest one in the country, so we got to handle that one better.”