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BOXSCORE | RECAP

Notre Dame 31, Michigan State 13

When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, September 17, 2011
Where: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana
Attendance: 80795

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	4	T
Michigan State	3	7	0	3	13
Notre Dame	14	7	7	3	31

SCORING

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter - 10:41
Notre Dame	TD	Notre Dame 7 - Michigan State 0 Cierre Wood 22 yd. run (David Ruffer kick)
1st Quarter - 1:32
Michigan State	FG	Notre Dame 7 - Michigan State 3 Dan Conroy 40 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 1:20
Notre Dame	TD	Notre Dame 14 - Michigan State 3 George Atkinson III 89 yd. kickoff return (David Ruffer kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:57
Michigan State	TD	Notre Dame 14 - Michigan State 10 Dion Sims 6 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Conroy kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:36
Notre Dame	TD	Notre Dame 21 - Michigan State 10 Cierre Wood 6 yd. run (David Ruffer kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:30
Notre Dame	TD	Notre Dame 28 - Michigan State 10 T.J. Jones 26 yd. pass from Tommy Rees (David Ruffer kick)
4th Quarter - 10:56
Michigan State	FG	Notre Dame 28 - Michigan State 13 Dan Conroy 35 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 3:11
Notre Dame	FG	Notre Dame 31 - Michigan State 13 David Ruffer 33 yd. field goal

TEAMS

Team Records

	Michigan State	Notre Dame
W/L	2 - 1 - 0	1 - 2 - 0
Conference	0 - 0 - 0	0 - 0 - 0

Team Stats

	Michigan State	Notre Dame
Score	13	31
1st Downs	21	18
3rd Down Efficiency	5-for-17 29%	5-for-12 42%
4th Down Efficiency	1-for-3 33%	0-for-0 0%
Total Yards	358	275
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards	23-29	32-114
Average/Rush	1.3	3.6
Passing
Comp-Att	34-54	18-26
Passing Yards	329	161
Average/Pass Play	5.9	6.0
Penalties-Yards	12-86	6-53
Fumbles-Lost	1-1	3-2
Interceptions Thrown	1	1
Time of Possession	32:28	27:32

PLAYER STATS

Michigan State (2 - 1)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
K. Cousins	34/53	329	1	1
B. Sonntag	0/1	0	0	0

Notre Dame (1 - 2)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
T. Rees	18/26	161	1	1

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
L. Bell	7	27	3.9	0
E. Baker	10	26	2.6	0
B. Cunningham	1	-1	-1.0	0
K. Martin	1	-3	-3.0	0
K. Cousins	4	-20	-5.0	0

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
J. Gray	12	65	5.4	0
C. Wood	14	61	4.4	2
T. Rees	4	-7	-1.8	0

Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
B. Cunningham	12	158	13.2	0
D. Sims	3	38	12.7	1
K. Martin	5	32	6.4	0
L. Caper	4	25	6.2	0
L. Bell	5	23	4.6	0
T. Anderson	1	21	21.0	0
E. Baker	2	15	7.5	0
K. Nichol	1	9	9.0	0
B. Linthicum	1	8	8.0	0

Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
M. Floyd	6	84	14.0	0
T. Jones	3	40	13.3	1
T. Eifert	2	25	12.5	0
T. Riddick	1	7	7.0	0
C. Wood	6	5	0.8	0

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
K. Drummond	1	34	0

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
R. Blanton	1	82	0

Sacks
	NO.	YDS
K. Pickelman	1.0	7.0

Sacks
	NO.	YDS
R. Blanton	1.0	11.0
A. Lynch	1.0	7.0

Tackles
	TK	Ast
I. Lewis	5	4
J. Adams	4	1
D. Allen	4	3
J. Worthy	3	1
W. Gholston	3	1
M. Rush	3	4
D. Dennard	2	0
K. Pickelman	2	1
T. Robinson	2	1
C. Norman	2	5
K. Drummond	1	0
L. Bell	1	0
M. Bullough	1	1
J. Gainer	1	1
C. Freeman	0	1
K. Elsworth	0	1
K. Mumhpery	0	1
T. Jones	0	1
A. White	0	1

Tackles
	TK	Ast
G. Gray	7	3
H. Smith	4	4
R. Blanton	3	3
J. Slaughter	2	2
A. Lynch	2	3
K. Lewis-Moore	2	3
M. Te'o	2	10
K. Brindza	1	0
S. Filer	1	0
C. Wood	1	0
S. Tuitt	1	1
C. Calabrese	1	3
D. Fox	1	4
D. Fleming	1	4
C. Salvi	0	1
P. Coughlin	0	1
S. Cwynar	0	1
D. Posluszny	0	2
E. Johnson	0	2
L. Nix	0	3
T. Niklas	0	3

Tackles For Loss
	NO.	YDS
D. Allen	2.5	7.0
M. Rush	2.0	10.0
K. Pickelman	2.0	9.0
J. Adams	1.0	3.0
I. Lewis	0.5	1.0
C. Norman	0.5	1.0
W. Gholston	0.5	0.0

Tackles For Loss
	NO.	YDS
R. Blanton	3.0	13.0
A. Lynch	1.0	7.0
S. Filer	1.0	3.0

Fumbles
	NO.
K. Cousins	1

Fumbles
	NO.
J. Goodman	1
G. Atkinson III	1
T. Rees	1