| |

|
 |
 | |  | | Notre Dame (3-1) | 0 | 14 | 7 | 19 | 40 | | Michigan State (3-1) | 17 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 37 |
|
| Scoring Summary | | 1st Quarter | | | 12:15 | Michigan State: TD, K Reed 34 YD PASS FROM D Stanton (B Swenson KICK) | | | 6:49 | Michigan State: TD, J Ringer 26 YD PASS FROM M Trannon (B Swenson KICK) | | | 1:39 | Michigan State: FG, B Swenson 32 YD | | | 2nd Quarter | | | 11:07 | Notre Dame: TD, R McKnight 32 YD PASS FROM B Quinn (C Gioia KICK) | | | 9:04 | Michigan State: TD, E Baldwin 19 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (B Swenson KICK) | | | 6:45 | Notre Dame: TD, J Samardzija 17 YD PASS FROM B Quinn (C Gioia KICK) | | | 2:11 | Michigan State: TD, K Reed 15 YD PASS FROM D Stanton (B Swenson KICK) | | | 3rd Quarter | | | 11:13 | Notre Dame: TD, J Carlson 62 YD PASS FROM B Quinn (C Gioia KICK) | | | 5:50 | Michigan State: TD, J Caulcrick 30 YD RUN | | | 4th Quarter | | | 8:18 | Notre Dame: TD, J Samardzija 43 YD PASS FROM B Quinn (PAT FAILED) | | | 4:57 | Notre Dame: TD, R McKnight 14 YD PASS FROM B Quinn (PAT FAILED) | | | 2:53 | Notre Dame: TD, T Lambert 19 YD INTERCEPTION RETURN (C Gioia KICK) | |
| Team Statistics | | | Michigan State | Notre Dame | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 18 | 13 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 388 | 366 | | Total Plays | 66 | 53 | | Average Gain | 5.9 | 6.9 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 248 | 47 | | Rushes | 43 | 17 | | Average per rush | 5.8 | 2.8 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 140 | 319 | | Completions-attempted | 11-23 | 20-36 | | Sacked | | | | Yards Lost | | | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 3 | 2 | | Interceptions | 2 | 1 | | Fumbles Lost | 1 | 1 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 9 | 8 | | Penalty Yards | 75 | 58 | | Time of Possesion | 35:39 | 24:21 | | Punts | 7 | 7 | | Punt Average | 46.9 | 43.3 | | Return Yards | 34 | 52 |
| Passing | | Michigan State | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Drew Stanton | 10 | 22 | 114 | | 2 | 5.2 | | | Matt Trannon | 1 | 1 | 26 | | 0 | 26.0 | | | Notre Dame | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Brady Quinn | 20 | 36 | 319 | | 1 | 8.9 | |
| Rushing | | Michigan State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Jehuu Caulcrick | 8 | 111 | | 13.9 | | | Javon Ringer | 14 | 76 | | 5.4 | | | Drew Stanton | 19 | 53 | | 2.8 | | | Terry Love | 1 | 5 | | 5.0 | | | Kerry Reed | 1 | 3 | | 3.0 | | | Notre Dame | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Darius Walker | 11 | 47 | | 4.3 | | | Brady Quinn | 6 | 0 | | 0.0 | |
| Receiving | | Michigan State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Kerry Reed | 2 | 49 | | 24.5 | | | Javon Ringer | 3 | 32 | | 10.7 | | | Matt Trannon | 2 | 23 | | 11.5 | | | Jerramy Scott | 2 | 16 | | 8.0 | | | Terry Love | 1 | 15 | | 15.0 | | | Jehuu Caulcrick | 1 | 5 | | 5.0 | | | Notre Dame | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | John Carlson | 4 | 121 | | 30.3 | | | Jeff Samardzija | 7 | 113 | | 16.1 | | | Rhema McKnight | 4 | 70 | | 17.5 | | | Darius Walker | 5 | 15 | | 3.0 | |
|
| |