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          Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Michigan Wolverines football - Best moments, biggest plays and social media reactions

          • ESPN
          Nov 27, 2021, 03:47 PM ET

          The No. 5 Michigan Wolverines defeated their archrival, the No. 2 Ohio State Buckeyes, for the first time under head coach Jim Harbaugh on Saturday, 42-27. The win puts Michigan in the Big Ten championship game and one step closer to the College Football Playoff.

          Michigan running back Hassan Haskins was the star of the show. He had five touchdowns in the game. That broke a tie with J.K. Dobbins (2019), James Otis (1968) and Robert Ferguson (1961) for the most rushing touchdowns by a player in this rivalry game, per ESPN Stats & Information research. He also tied former Michigan back Ron Johnson (1968) with the most single-game rushing touchdowns in school history.

          As a team, the Wolverines ran for more than 200 yards against Ohio State for the first time since 2011 -- the last time they beat the Buckeyes.

          There were snow flurries as well as some feistiness between the teams. There were highlight-worthy catches, trickeration and some old-school football that created many memorable moments from the latest chapter in Michigan and Ohio State's longstanding feud.

          Here are the best plays and moments from this year's edition of The Game:

          Social media reacts

          This made five for Hassan Haskins

          Haskins is the first player in the history of the rivalry to rush for five touchdowns. He is only the second Wolverines running back to run for five scores in a game and the first since 1968.

          Buckeyes tried to claw back

          No. 4 for Hassan Haskins

          TD run follows another amazing Ohio State catch

          No slowing Hassan Haskins?

          Haskins has his third rushing score of the day. He is the first Wolverines player to run for three scores against Ohio State since Mike Hart in 2006.

          This one was chippy

          Big runs helped Michigan build on its lead

          Following this drive, Ohio State had allowed 190 rushing yards. That was the most since allowing 269 in the Buckeyes' loss to Oregon in Week 2.

          McNamara goes deep; Haskins goes over the top

          Garrett Wilson, catch of the day?

          Big sack set the tone for Michigan

          Michigan got tricky to score first

          A proposal and some pregame hype

          The Nature Boy was ready