College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Michigan State 31, Minnesota 24
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 5, 2011
Where: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan
Attendance: 72219
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Minnesota 14 3 7 0 24
Michigan State 7 14 0 10 31
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:02
Minnesota   TD  Michigan State 0 - Minnesota 7
Da'Jon McKnight 64 yd. pass from MarQueis Gray (Jordan Wettstein kick)
1st Quarter - 9:12
Michigan State   TD  Michigan State 7 - Minnesota 7
Keith Nichol 4 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Conroy kick)
1st Quarter - 5:51
Minnesota   TD  Michigan State 7 - Minnesota 14
Da'Jon McKnight 13 yd. pass from MarQueis Gray (Jordan Wettstein kick)
2nd Quarter - 14:57
Michigan State   TD  Michigan State 14 - Minnesota 14
Le'Veon Bell 1 yd. run (Dan Conroy kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:03
Minnesota   FG  Michigan State 14 - Minnesota 17
Jordan Wettstein 27 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:05
Michigan State   TD  Michigan State 21 - Minnesota 17
Todd Anderson 2 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Conroy kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:40
Minnesota   TD  Michigan State 21 - Minnesota 24
Da'Jon McKnight 15 yd. pass from MarQueis Gray (Jordan Wettstein kick)
4th Quarter - 14:49
Michigan State   FG  Michigan State 24 - Minnesota 24
Dan Conroy 40 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 10:58
Michigan State   TD  Michigan State 31 - Minnesota 24
Le'Veon Bell 35 yd. run (Dan Conroy kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Minnesota Michigan State
W/L 2 - 7 - 0 7 - 2 - 0
Conference 1 - 4 - 0 4 - 1 - 0
Team Stats
  Minnesota Michigan State
Score 24 31
1st Downs 22 19
3rd Down Efficiency 6-for-14
43% 		4-for-13
31%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-1
0% 		1-for-2
50%
Total Yards 415 402
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 40-120 28-106
Average/Rush 3.0 3.8
Passing
Comp-Att 19-34 23-34
Passing Yards 295 296
Average/Pass Play 8.2 8.2
Penalties-Yards 8-73 5-40
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1
Interceptions Thrown 2 0
Time of Possession 34:28 25:32
PLAYER STATS
Minnesota (2 - 7)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Gray 19/32 295 3 2
B. Green 0/1 0 0 0
Michigan State (7 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Cousins 23/34 296 2 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
M. Gray 21 71 3.4 0
D. Bennett 13 42 3.2 0
D. Crawford-Tufts 1 5 5.0 0
D. Kirkwood 4 3 0.8 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
L. Bell 15 96 6.4 2
E. Baker 8 20 2.5 0
B. Cunningham 1 3 3.0 0
K. Martin 1 1 1.0 0
K. Cousins 2 -13 -6.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
D. McKnight 9 173 19.2 3
G. Harris 1 28 28.0 0
J. Rabe 2 27 13.5 0
C. McGarry 3 21 7.0 0
D. Crawford-Tufts 1 21 21.0 0
B. Green 2 20 10.0 0
E. Lair 1 5 5.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
B. Cunningham 3 104 34.7 0
K. Martin 7 77 11.0 0
K. Nichol 3 41 13.7 1
L. Bell 5 38 7.6 0
B. Fowler 2 20 10.0 0
B. Linthicum 2 14 7.0 0
T. Anderson 1 2 2.0 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
T. Robinson 2 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
G. Tinsley 1.0 12.0
M. Amaefula 0.5 1.0
A. Hill 0.5 0.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Drone 1.0 2.0
W. Gholston 0.5 3.0
K. Elsworth 0.5 3.0
Tackles
  TK Ast
M. Rallis 6 3
B. Vereen 5 1
K. Royston 5 2
A. Jacobs 2 0
S. Reeves 2 1
C. Lewis 2 2
G. Tinsley 2 4
R. Grant 1 0
J. Johnson 1 0
A. Hill 1 2
K. Cooper 1 6
L. Edwards 0 1
D. Wilhite 0 1
B. Perry 0 2
D. Wells 0 2
M. Amaefula 0 2
K. Henderson 0 2
J. Manuel 0 2
B. Kirksey 0 3
Tackles
  TK Ast
I. Lewis 6 6
W. Gholston 5 9
T. Robinson 4 2
M. Bullough 3 5
D. Stevens 2 0
D. Allen 2 1
J. Adams 2 3
K. Elsworth 2 5
D. Drone 1 0
T. Lippett 1 1
K. Drummond 1 2
S. Gardiner 0 1
T. Hammock 0 1
A. White 0 2
J. Worthy 0 2
T. Jones 0 3
M. Rush 0 3
K. Pickelman 0 4
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
A. Jacobs 2.0 3.0
G. Tinsley 1.0 12.0
M. Amaefula 0.5 1.0
A. Hill 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
W. Gholston 1.5 5.0
D. Drone 1.0 2.0
M. Bullough 1.0 2.0
K. Elsworth 0.5 3.0
Fumbles
  NO.
D. Bennett 1
Fumbles
  NO.
E. Baker 1