Massachusetts stuns Rutgers as 29-point underdog
Pop Watson threw three touchdowns as Massachusetts beat Rutgers 37:21, ending a 16-game losing streak and pulling off its biggest upset since 2012.
Sportsbooks had made Massachusetts a 29-point underdog. Beating Rutgers by 16 points instead turned it into the biggest upset of a team getting a spread of +29 or worse since 2012, when Texas State, a 35-point underdog, beat Houston 30:13.
Massachusetts led 24:7 at the half. Quarterback Pop Watson threw for 197 yards and three touchdowns.
The Minutemen had not beaten an FBS opponent since 2023, when they beat Army. Massachusetts joined FBS in 2012, and the win over Rutgers is the program's largest since the move up.
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