College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Michigan State 35, Northwestern 27
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 23, 2010
Where: Ryan Field, Evanston, Illinois
Attendance: 41115
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Michigan State 0 7 7 21 35
Northwestern 7 10 7 3 27
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 5:11
Northwestern   TD  Northwestern 7 - Michigan State 0
Dan Persa 3 yd. run (Stefan Demos kick)
2nd Quarter - 12:42
Northwestern   FG  Northwestern 10 - Michigan State 0
Stefan Demos 37 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 6:07
Northwestern   TD  Northwestern 17 - Michigan State 0
Dan Persa 1 yd. run (Stefan Demos kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:49
Michigan State   TD  Northwestern 17 - Michigan State 7
Mark Dell 7 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Conroy kick)
3rd Quarter - 11:56
Michigan State   TD  Northwestern 17 - Michigan State 14
Bennie Fowler 22 yd. run (Dan Conroy kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:50
Northwestern   TD  Northwestern 24 - Michigan State 14
Dan Persa 6 yd. run (Stefan Demos kick)
4th Quarter - 13:12
Michigan State   TD  Northwestern 24 - Michigan State 21
Mark Dell 13 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Conroy kick)
4th Quarter - 9:47
Northwestern   FG  Northwestern 27 - Michigan State 21
Stefan Demos 41 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 2:00
Michigan State   TD  Northwestern 27 - Michigan State 28
B.J. Cunningham 9 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Conroy kick)
4th Quarter - 1:07
Michigan State   TD  Northwestern 27 - Michigan State 35
Edwin Baker 25 yd. run (Dan Conroy kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Michigan State Northwestern
W/L 8 - 0 - 0 5 - 2 - 0
Conference 4 - 0 - 0 1 - 2 - 0
Team Stats
  Michigan State Northwestern
Score 35 27
1st Downs 24 22
3rd Down Efficiency 5-for-14
36% 		8-for-16
50%
4th Down Efficiency 2-for-2
100% 		0-for-1
0%
Total Yards 459 387
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 25-107 46-172
Average/Rush 4.3 3.7
Passing
Comp-Att 30-44 19-30
Passing Yards 352 215
Average/Pass Play 7.7 5.7
Penalties-Yards 4-30 6-66
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-1
Interceptions Thrown 0 1
Time of Possession 30:44 29:16
PLAYER STATS
Michigan State (8 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Cousins 29/43 331 3 0
A. Bates 1/1 21 0 0
Northwestern (5 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Persa 18/29 187 0 1
J. Ebert 1/1 28 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
E. Baker 10 73 7.3 1
B. Fowler 1 22 22.0 1
L. Bell 8 12 1.5 0
K. Martin 1 9 9.0 0
K. Nichol 1 3 3.0 0
L. Caper 1 3 3.0 0
B. Cunningham 1 0 0.0 0
K. Cousins 2 -15 -7.5 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
M. Trumpy 10 50 5.0 0
D. Persa 22 46 2.1 3
A. Smith 10 44 4.4 0
V. Mark 1 29 29.0 0
J. Schmidt 3 3 1.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
B. Cunningham 8 113 14.1 1
M. Dell 9 109 12.1 2
K. Nichol 4 51 12.8 0
B. Fowler 2 27 13.5 0
C. Gantt 3 20 6.7 0
E. Baker 1 13 13.0 0
K. Martin 1 12 12.0 0
L. Caper 2 7 3.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
S. Stewart 6 82 13.7 0
R. Lawrence 4 67 16.8 0
C. Brown 1 28 28.0 0
J. Ebert 2 20 10.0 0
D. Fields 2 17 8.5 0
T. Jones 1 1 1.0 0
M. Trumpy 3 0 0.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
E. Gordon 1 16 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Strayhorn 2.0 9.0
T. Hoover 2.0 5.0
J. Worthy 1.5 12.0
E. Gordon 1.0 2.0
D. Dennard 1.0 2.0
A. White 0.5 5.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
B. McNaul 1.0 10.0
V. Browne 1.0 8.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Adams 7 0
T. Hoover 7 2
G. Jones 7 2
M. Hyde 5 3
D. Dennard 4 0
E. Gordon 4 2
C. Neely 3 0
J. Strayhorn 3 0
C. Norman 3 1
T. Anderson 2 0
I. Lewis 2 0
C. Freeman 1 0
M. Bullough 1 0
K. Elsworth 1 0
J. Misch 1 0
J. Worthy 1 1
T. Robinson 1 1
D. Drone 1 2
Tackles
  TK Ast
J. Mabin 7 0
B. McNaul 6 4
B. Peters 4 1
M. Bolden 3 1
N. Williams 3 2
V. Browne 3 2
J. DiNardo 2 0
D. Nwabuisi 2 0
Q. Davie 2 1
J. Carpenter 2 1
S. Simmons 1 0
S. Demos 1 0
B. Burkett 1 0
D. Proby 1 0
K. Watt 1 1
H. Bates 1 1
C. Bryant 1 1
J. Vaughn 1 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
J. Strayhorn 2.0 9.0
T. Hoover 2.0 5.0
J. Worthy 1.5 12.0
E. Gordon 1.0 2.0
J. Adams 1.0 2.0
D. Dennard 1.0 2.0
J. Misch 1.0 1.0
A. White 0.5 5.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
K. Watt 1.5 4.0
B. McNaul 1.0 10.0
V. Browne 1.0 8.0
M. Bolden 1.0 1.0
Q. Davie 0.5 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
E. Baker 1
K. Cousins 1
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Trumpy 1
J. Schmidt 1