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 | |  | | Michigan State (3-0) | 14 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 44 | | Notre Dame (2-1) | 7 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 41 |
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| Scoring Summary | | 1st Quarter | | | 11:38 | Notre Dame: TD, M Trannon 20 YD PASS FROM D Stanton (J Goss KICK) | | | 5:14 | Notre Dame: TD, J Samardzija 18 YD PASS FROM B Quinn (D Fitzpatrick KICK) | | | 2:01 | Michigan State: TD, K Davis 11 YD PASS FROM D Stanton (J Goss KICK) | | | 2nd Quarter | | | 9:49 | Notre Dame: FG, D Fitzpatrick 48 YD | | | 8:43 | Notre Dame: TD, J Samardzija 31 YD PASS FROM B Quinn (D Fitzpatrick KICK) | | | 5:26 | Michigan State: FG, J Goss 21 YD | | | 0:27 | Michigan State: TD, D Stanton 3 YD RUN (J Goss KICK) | | | 3rd Quarter | | | 14:42 | Michigan State: TD, S Adams 30 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (J Goss KICK) | | | 5:07 | Michigan State: TD, M Trannon 65 YD PASS FROM D Stanton (J Goss KICK) | | | 1:23 | Notre Dame: TD, D Walker 6 YD PASS FROM B Quinn (D Fitzpatrick KICK) | | | 4th Quarter | | | 12:29 | Notre Dame: TD, M Stovall 7 YD PASS FROM B Quinn (D Fitzpatrick KICK) | | | 2:31 | Notre Dame: TD, J Samardzija 4 YD PASS FROM B Quinn (D Fitzpatrick KICK) | |
| Team Statistics | | | Notre Dame | Michigan State | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 31 | 18 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 594 | 488 | | Total Plays | 98 | 63 | | Average Gain | 6.1 | 7.7 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 107 | 161 | | Rushes | 38 | 36 | | Average per rush | 2.8 | 4.5 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 487 | 327 | | Completions-attempted | 33-60 | 16-27 | | Sacked | | | | Yards Lost | | | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 2 | 3 | | Interceptions | 1 | 1 | | Fumbles Lost | 1 | 2 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 12 | 9 | | Penalty Yards | 92 | 85 | | Time of Possesion | 35:49 | 24:11 | | Punts | 5 | 5 | | Punt Average | 34 | 42.6 | | Return Yards | 36 | 36 |
| Passing | | Notre Dame | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Brady Quinn | 33 | 60 | 487 | | 1 | 8.1 | | | Michigan State | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Drew Stanton | 16 | 27 | 327 | | 1 | 12.1 | |
| Rushing | | Notre Dame | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Darius Walker | 26 | 116 | | 4.5 | | | Asaph Schwapp | 5 | -1 | | -0.2 | | | Brady Quinn | 7 | -8 | | -1.1 | | | Michigan State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Drew Stanton | 14 | 48 | | 3.4 | | | Jehuu Caulcrick | 6 | 10 | | 1.7 | | | Jason Teague | 10 | 72 | | 7.2 | | | Javon Ringer | 4 | 24 | | 6.0 | | | Jerramy Scott | 2 | 7 | | 3.5 | |
| Receiving | | Notre Dame | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Maurice Stovall | 8 | 176 | | 22.0 | | | Jeff Samardzija | 6 | 96 | | 16.0 | | | Anthony Fasano | 7 | 93 | | 13.3 | | | Matt Shelton | 6 | 87 | | 14.5 | | | Darius Walker | 5 | 24 | | 4.8 | | | David Grimes | 1 | 11 | | 11.0 | | | Michigan State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Matt Trannon | 5 | 136 | | 27.2 | | | Terry Love | 3 | 69 | | 23.0 | | | Kyle Brown | 3 | 39 | | 13.0 | | | Jason Teague | 1 | 34 | | 34.0 | | | Jerramy Scott | 2 | 29 | | 14.5 | | | Kellen Davis | 1 | 11 | | 11.0 | | | Kerry Reed | 1 | 9 | | 9.0 | |
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