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| Scoring Summary | | Notre Dame: Michael Floyd 7 yd pass from Dayne Crist (David Ruffer kick) | | | Michigan State: Keshawn Martin 6 yd pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Conroy kick) | | | Michigan State: Edwin Baker 56 yd run (Dan Conroy kick) | | | Notre Dame: Kyle Rudolph 10 yd pass from Dayne Crist (David Ruffer kick) | | | Michigan State: Le'Veon Bell 16 yd run (Dan Conroy kick) | | | Notre Dame: Theo Riddick 15 yd pass from Dayne Crist (David Ruffer kick) | | | Notre Dame: Michael Floyd 24 yd pass from Dayne Crist (David Ruffer kick) | | | Michigan State: B.J. Cunningham 24 yd pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Conroy kick) | | | Notre Dame: David Ruffer 33 yd FG | | | Michigan State: Charlie Gantt 29 yd pass from Aaron Bates | |
| Team Statistics | | | Michigan State | Notre Dame | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 26 | 28 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 477 | 461 | | Total Plays | 77 | 81 | | Average Gain | 6.2 | 5.7 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 203 | 92 | | Rushes | 43 | 26 | | Average per rush | 4.7 | 3.5 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 274 | 369 | | Completions-attempted | 24-34 | 32-55 | | Sacked | 4 | 1 | | Yards Lost | -22 | -6 | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 1 | 3 | | Interceptions | 1 | 1 | | Fumbles Lost | 0 | 2 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 11 | 7 | | Penalty Yards | 79 | 70 | | Time of Possesion | 34:24 | 25:36 | | Punts | 8 | 5 | | Punt Average | 45.38 | 36.2 | | Return Yards | 71 | 116 |
| Passing | | Michigan State | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Kirk Cousins | 23 | 33 | 245 | 2 | 1 | 7.4 | | | Aaron Bates | 1 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 29.0 | | | Notre Dame | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Dayne Crist | 32 | 55 | 369 | 4 | 1 | 6.7 | |
| Rushing | | Michigan State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Le'Veon Bell | 17 | 114 | 1 | 6.7 | | | Edwin Baker | 14 | 90 | 1 | 6.4 | | | Keshawn Martin | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4.0 | | | Larry Caper | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | | | Kirk Cousins | 8 | -5 | 0 | -0.6 | | | Notre Dame | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Armando Allen | 13 | 71 | 0 | 5.5 | | | Jonas Gray | 3 | 12 | 0 | 4.0 | | | Dayne Crist | 6 | 8 | 0 | 1.3 | | | Cierre Wood | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.0 | | | Team | 1 | -2 | 0 | -2.0 | |
| Receiving | | Michigan State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Keshawn Martin | 8 | 96 | 1 | 12.0 | | | B.J. Cunningham | 7 | 101 | 1 | 14.4 | | | Charlie Gantt | 2 | 41 | 1 | 20.5 | | | Le'Veon Bell | 2 | 18 | 0 | 9.0 | | | Mark Dell | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | | | Brian Linthicum | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5.0 | | | Keith Nichol | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | | | Fred Smith | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | | | Edwin Baker | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | | | Notre Dame | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Theo Riddick | 10 | 128 | 1 | 12.8 | | | Kyle Rudolph | 8 | 80 | 1 | 10.0 | | | Michael Floyd | 6 | 81 | 2 | 13.5 | | | Armando Allen | 6 | 70 | 0 | 11.7 | | | TJ Jones | 2 | 10 | 0 | 5.0 | |
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