College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Northwestern 23, Michigan State 20
When: 12:00 PM   ET ,  Saturday, November 17, 2012
Where: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan
Attendance: 75101
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Northwestern 3 3 14 3 23
Michigan State 2 3 8 7 20
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 8:53
Northwestern   FG  Michigan State 0 - Northwestern 3
Jeff Budzien 24 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 2:43
Michigan State   S  Michigan State 2 - Northwestern 3
Kain Colter tackled in end zone by William Gholston for a safety
2nd Quarter - 12:52
Michigan State   FG  Michigan State 5 - Northwestern 3
Dan Conroy 35 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:41
Northwestern   FG  Michigan State 5 - Northwestern 6
Jeff Budzien 43 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 14:06
Northwestern   TD  Michigan State 5 - Northwestern 13
David Nwabuisi 43 yd. interception return (Jeff Budzien kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:43
Michigan State   TD  Michigan State 13 - Northwestern 13
Aaron Burbridge 15 yd. pass from Andrew Maxwell (Keith Mumphery pass from Andrew Maxwell)
3rd Quarter - 7:11
Northwestern   TD  Michigan State 13 - Northwestern 20
Tim Riley 6 yd. pass from Kain Colter (Jeff Budzien kick)
4th Quarter - 9:22
Michigan State   TD  Michigan State 20 - Northwestern 20
Tony Lippett 6 yd. pass from Andrew Maxwell (Dan Conroy kick)
4th Quarter - 7:30
Northwestern   FG  Michigan State 20 - Northwestern 23
Jeff Budzien 27 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Records
  Northwestern Michigan State
W/L 8 - 3 - 0 5 - 6 - 0
Conference 4 - 3 - 0 2 - 5 - 0
Team Stats
  Northwestern Michigan State
Score 23 20
1st Downs 17 23
3rd Down Efficiency 3-for-14
21%
8-for-17
47%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-0
0%
0-for-2
0%
Total Yards 303 419
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 27-57 39-122
Average/Rush 2.1 3.1
Passing
Comp-Att 26-43 22-47
Passing Yards 246 297
Average/Pass Play 5.6 5.9
Penalties-Yards 3-25 2-21
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2
Interceptions Thrown 0 2
Time of Possession 25:41 34:19
PLAYER STATS
Northwestern (8 - 3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Siemian 13/23 165 0 0
K. Colter 13/20 81 1 0
Michigan State (5 - 6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
A. Maxwell 22/46 297 2 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
K. Colter 6 28 4.7 0
M. Trumpy 7 13 1.9 0
T. Jones 4 10 2.5 0
V. Mark 6 7 1.2 0
T. Siemian 1 4 4.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
L. Bell 32 133 4.2 0
K. Mumphery 2 8 4.0 0
A. Maxwell 4 -19 -4.8 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
D. Vitale 9 110 12.2 0
R. Lawrence 6 40 6.7 0
C. Jones 3 39 13.0 0
T. Jones 3 29 9.7 0
D. Fields 3 21 7.0 0
T. Riley 1 6 6.0 1
V. Mark 1 1 1.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
D. Sims 5 102 20.4 0
K. Mumphery 6 79 13.2 0
A. Burbridge 4 47 11.8 1
B. Fowler 3 31 10.3 0
T. Lippett 2 17 8.5 1
D. Arnett 1 12 12.0 0
L. Caper 1 9 9.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. Nwabuisi 1 43 0
J. Carpenter 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Lowry 1.0 11.0
C. Ariguzo 1.0 9.0
D. Smith 1.0 7.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Bullough 0.5 1.0
W. Gholston 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
D. Smith 1.5 9.0
D. Lowry 1.0 11.0
C. Ariguzo 1.0 9.0
Q. Williams 1.0 3.0
D. Nwabuisi 1.0 1.0
I. Campbell 0.5 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
M. Bullough 1.0 2.0
D. Dennard 1.0 1.0
J. Kittredge 1.0 1.0
M. Rush 0.5 1.0
W. Gholston 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Burbridge 1