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Once upon a time, Rutgers actually beat Michigan | Politi

Looking at the box score now, I can't decide which number seems the most impossible.

Maybe it's the big one at the bottom: 53,327. That's how many fans filled HighPoint.com Stadium to see Rutgers play Michigan that night, and unlike what is certain to be an enemy invasion when those two teams meet again this weekend, it was as good a home crowd as this state has ever witnessed for a college football game.

Or, then again, it could be this one: 404. That's the number of passing yards that quarterback Gary Nova had that night.