College Football
BOXSCORE
Michigan State 44, Montana State 3
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 5, 2009
Where: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan
Attendance: 74518
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Montana State 0 0 3 0 3
Michigan State 7 21 6 10 44
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:24
Michigan State   TD  Michigan State 7 - Montana State 0
B.J. Cunningham 29 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Brett Swenson kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:24
Michigan State   TD  Michigan State 14 - Montana State 0
Brian Linthicum 3 yd. pass from Keith Nichol (Brett Swenson kick)
2nd Quarter - 10:50
Michigan State   TD  Michigan State 21 - Montana State 0
Dion Sims 26 yd. pass from Keith Nichol (Brett Swenson kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:54
Michigan State   TD  Michigan State 28 - Montana State 0
Blair White 15 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Brett Swenson kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:34
Montana State   FG  Michigan State 28 - Montana State 3
3rd Quarter - 6:53
Michigan State   FG  Michigan State 31 - Montana State 3
Brett Swenson 37 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 10:38
Michigan State   FG  Michigan State 34 - Montana State 3
Brett Swenson 45 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 5:51
Michigan State   FG  Michigan State 37 - Montana State 3
Dan Conroy 43 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 14:53
Michigan State   TD  Michigan State 44 - Montana State 3
Blair White 24 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Brett Swenson kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Montana State Michigan State
W/L 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Montana State Michigan State
Score 3 44
1st Downs 12 29
3rd Down Efficiency 2-for-14
14% 		7-for-13
54%
4th Down Efficiency 2-for-2
100% 		0-for-0
0%
Total Yards 160 493
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 28-62 40-175
Average/Rush 2.2 4.4
Passing
Comp-Att 13-26 19-35
Passing Yards 98 318
Average/Pass Play 3.2 9.1
Penalties-Yards 7-55 5-46
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Time of Possession 29:19 30:41
PLAYER STATS
Montana State (0 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
No passing
Michigan State (1 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Cousins 10/17 183 3 0
K. Nichol 9/18 135 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
No rushing
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
C. Ray 12 71 5.9 0
L. Caper 7 34 4.9 0
E. Baker 8 27 3.4 0
G. Winston 4 24 6.0 0
K. Nichol 4 18 4.5 0
A. Anderson 1 3 3.0 0
A. Leggett 1 0 0.0 0
A. Jimmerson 2 -1 -0.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
No receiving
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
B. White 9 162 18.0 2
B. Cunningham 3 62 20.7 1
D. Sims 2 32 16.0 1
B. Linthicum 3 26 8.7 1
C. Rucker 1 21 21.0 0
C. Gantt 1 15 15.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
G. Jones 1.5 11.0
D. Rolf 1.0 7.0
T. Anderson (MST) 0.5 4.0
Tackles
  TK AST
No tackles
Tackles
  TK AST
G. Jones 5 9
J. Worthy 3 1
D. Fortener 2 0
K. Davis-Clark 2 0
C. Rucker 2 1
A. Decker 2 1
C. Neely 2 1
T. Robinson 2 2
M. Hyde 2 4
C. Norman 1 0
A. Anderson 1 0
J. Misch 1 0
A. Henderson 1 0
R. Jenrette 1 0
D. Rolf 1 1
T. Hoover 1 2
B. Denson 1 3
T. Anderson (MST) 1 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
G. Jones 2.5 16.0
D. Rolf 1.0 7.0
T. Anderson (MST) 0.5 4.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles