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 | |  | | Michigan State (3-1) | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | | Notre Dame (1-2) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
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| Scoring Summary | | 1st Quarter | | | 11:18 | Michigan State: FG, D Rayner 51 YD | | | 2:59 | Notre Dame: FG, N Setta 35 YD | | | 2nd Quarter | | | 14:11 | Notre Dame: FG, N Setta 29 YD | | | 7:43 | Michigan State: FG, D Rayner 30 YD | | | 3rd Quarter | | | 5:25 | Michigan State: TD, J Hayes 71 YD RUN (D Rayner KICK) | | | 0:30 | Notre Dame: FG, N Setta 30 YD | | | 4th Quarter | | | 9:10 | Michigan State: FG, D Rayner 30 YD | | | 6:55 | Michigan State: TD, G Taplin 40 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (TWO-POINT CONVERSION FAILED) | | | 2:29 | Notre Dame: TD, R McKnight 29 YD PASS FROM B Quinn (N Setta KICK) | |
| Team Statistics | | | Notre Dame | Michigan State | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 20 | 15 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 302 | 300 | | Total Plays | 79 | 66 | | Average Gain | 3.8 | 4.5 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 100 | 181 | | Rushes | 37 | 39 | | Average per rush | 2.7 | 4.6 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 202 | 119 | | Completions-attempted | 17-42 | 13-27 | | Sacked | | | | Yards Lost | | | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 3 | 3 | | Interceptions | 2 | 2 | | Fumbles Lost | 1 | 1 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 8 | 9 | | Penalty Yards | 55 | 70 | | Time of Possesion | 31:52 | 28:08 | | Punts | 7 | 5 | | Punt Average | 38.6 | 53.8 | | Return Yards | 77 | 69 |
| Passing | | Notre Dame | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Carlyle Holiday | 10 | 25 | 99 | | 2 | 4.0 | | | Brady Quinn | 7 | 17 | 103 | | 0 | 6.1 | | | Michigan State | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Jeff Smoker | 13 | 27 | 119 | | 2 | 4.4 | |
| Rushing | | Notre Dame | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Julius Jones | 14 | 32 | | 2.3 | | | Carlyle Holiday | 8 | 29 | | 3.6 | | | Ryan Grant | 10 | 21 | | 2.1 | | | Marcus Wilson | 3 | 11 | | 3.7 | | | Brady Quinn | 2 | 7 | | 3.5 | | | Michigan State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Tyrell Dortch | 13 | 64 | | 4.9 | | | - Team | 3 | -5 | | -1.7 | | | Jaren Hayes | 19 | 109 | | 5.7 | | | Jeff Smoker | 3 | 21 | | 7.0 | | | Agim Shabaj | 1 | -8 | | -8.0 | |
| Receiving | | Notre Dame | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Anthony Fasano | 1 | 15 | | 15.0 | | | Rhema McKnight | 8 | 104 | | 13.0 | | | Omar Jenkins | 3 | 33 | | 11.0 | | | Jeff Samardzija | 1 | 19 | | 19.0 | | | Billy Palmer | 1 | 13 | | 13.0 | | | Josh Schmidt | 1 | 10 | | 10.0 | | | Ryan Grant | 1 | 7 | | 7.0 | | | Dan Stevenson | 1 | 1 | | 1.0 | | | Michigan State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Kyle Brown | 3 | 26 | | 8.7 | | | Jerramy Scott | 1 | 19 | | 19.0 | | | Jason Randall | 2 | 18 | | 9.0 | | | Jaren Hayes | 2 | 18 | | 9.0 | | | Aaron Alexander | 2 | 13 | | 6.5 | | | Agim Shabaj | 1 | 11 | | 11.0 | | | Matt Trannon | 1 | 9 | | 9.0 | | | Tyrell Dortch | 1 | 5 | | 5.0 | |
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