The 2007 Appalachian State vs. Michigan football game was a college football game held on September 1 at Michigan Stadium on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It pitted the No. 5 ranked Michigan Wolverines against the two-time defending champions of the Division I FCS, the Appalachian State Mountaineers. In what was hailed as one of the biggest upsets in the history of college football, the Mountaineers shocked the fifth-ranked Wolverines 34–32. It was the first win ever by a team in Division I FCS (I-AA) over a "ranked" team in Division I FBS (I-A) since the NCAA split its Division I into two football subdivisions in 1978. The game has been referred to by one sports writer as the Miracle in Michigan. The game was also one of the first football games carried by the Big Ten Network, airing just two days after its launch. Most of the country was unable to watch the game however, as the network had not yet achieved carriage by most major TV providers.
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