College Football
BOXSCORE
Notre Dame 33, Michigan State 30
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, September 19, 2009
Where: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana
Attendance: 80796
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Michigan State 3 14 6 7 30
Notre Dame 13 3 10 7 33
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 4:59
Notre Dame   TD  Notre Dame 6 - Michigan State 0
Michael Floyd 22 yd. pass from Jimmy Clausen (kick failed)
1st Quarter - 7:11
Michigan State   FG  Notre Dame 6 - Michigan State 3
Brett Swenson 43 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 12:21
Notre Dame   TD  Notre Dame 13 - Michigan State 3
Armando Allen 13 yd. run (Nick Tausch kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:01
Michigan State   TD  Notre Dame 13 - Michigan State 10
Larry Caper 1 yd. run (Brett Swenson kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:14
Notre Dame   FG  Notre Dame 16 - Michigan State 10
Nick Tausch 22 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 9:30
Michigan State   TD  Notre Dame 16 - Michigan State 17
Blair White 30 yd. pass from Keshawn Martin (Brett Swenson kick)
3rd Quarter - 1:24
Michigan State   TD  Notre Dame 16 - Michigan State 23
Larry Caper 7 yd. run (kick failed)
3rd Quarter - 5:34
Notre Dame   FG  Notre Dame 19 - Michigan State 23
Nick Tausch 46 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 11:49
Notre Dame   TD  Notre Dame 26 - Michigan State 23
Robby Parris 5 yd. pass from Armando Allen (Nick Tausch kick)
4th Quarter - 5:18
Notre Dame   TD  Notre Dame 33 - Michigan State 23
Golden Tate 33 yd. pass from Jimmy Clausen (Nick Tausch kick)
4th Quarter - 9:33
Michigan State   TD  Notre Dame 33 - Michigan State 30
Blair White 17 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Brett Swenson kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Michigan State Notre Dame
W/L 1 - 2 - 0 2 - 1 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Michigan State Notre Dame
Score 30 33
1st Downs 27 25
3rd Down Efficiency 5-for-10
50% 		5-for-11
45%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-0
0% 		1-for-1
100%
Total Yards 459 437
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 25-105 37-133
Average/Rush 4.2 3.6
Passing
Comp-Att 26-40 24-34
Passing Yards 354 304
Average/Pass Play 8.8 8.4
Penalties-Yards 6-40 11-99
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0
Interceptions Thrown 1 1
Time of Possession 25:30 34:30
PLAYER STATS
Michigan State (1 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Cousins 23/35 302 1 1
K. Martin 1/1 30 1 0
K. Nichol 2/4 22 0 0
Notre Dame (2 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
J. Clausen 22/31 300 2 0
A. Allen 1/1 5 1 0
D. Crist 1/2 -1 0 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
L. Caper 12 51 4.2 2
C. Ray 3 23 7.7 0
G. Winston 6 14 2.3 0
K. Nichol 2 14 7.0 0
K. Cousins 2 3 1.5 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
A. Allen 23 115 5.0 1
J. Gray 4 24 6.0 0
G. Tate 1 -1 -1.0 0
J. Clausen 7 -1 -0.1 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
M. Dell 6 121 20.2 0
B. White 6 75 12.5 2
B. Cunningham 7 74 10.6 0
B. Linthicum 3 34 11.3 0
C. Gantt 2 31 15.5 0
C. Ray 1 14 14.0 0
D. Sims 1 5 5.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
G. Tate 7 127 18.1 1
K. Rudolph 6 95 15.8 0
M. Floyd 2 38 19.0 1
D. Kamara 3 23 7.7 0
R. Parris 3 16 5.3 1
A. Allen 2 6 3.0 0
R. Hughes 1 -1 -1.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
T. Robinson 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
K. McCarthy 1 20 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Worthy 1.0 6.0
K. Pickelman 0.5 5.0
E. Gordon 0.5 5.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK AST
J. Ware 7 0
M. Hyde 4 2
G. Jones 3 6
J. Strayhorn 2 0
C. Rucker 2 3
B. Denson 2 3
T. Robinson 2 4
R. Jenrette 2 4
K. Pickelman 2 4
E. Gordon 2 6
K. Cousins 1 0
D. Fortener 1 0
D. Rolf 1 0
C. Neely 1 1
K. Davis-Clark 1 1
J. Worthy 1 1
T. Anderson (MST) 1 2
Tackles
  TK AST
K. McCarthy 7 2
H. Smith 5 2
R. Herring 4 0
B. Smith 3 2
S. Brown 2 0
D. Fleming 2 0
D. Walls 2 0
I. Williams 2 1
Z. Motta 2 1
S. Smith 2 2
R. Blanton 2 3
A. McDonald 1 0
J. Slaughter 1 0
K. Lewish-Moore 1 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
K. Pickelman 1.0 6.0
J. Worthy 1.0 6.0
J. Strayhorn 1.0 1.0
E. Gordon 0.5 5.0
G. Jones 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
D. Fleming 2.0 2.0
B. Smith 1.0 1.0
I. Williams 1.0 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles