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 | |  | | Michigan State (2-1) | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 13 | | Notre Dame (1-2) | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
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| Scoring Summary | | Notre Dame: Cierre Wood 22 yd run (David Ruffer kick) | | | Michigan State: Dan Conroy 40 yd FG | | | Notre Dame: George Atkinson 89 yd kick return (David Ruffer kick) | | | Michigan State: Dion Sims 6 yd pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Conroy kick) | | | Notre Dame: Cierre Wood 6 yd run (David Ruffer kick) | | | Notre Dame: TJ Jones 26 yd pass from Tommy Rees (David Ruffer kick) | | | Michigan State: Dan Conroy 35 yd FG | | | Notre Dame: David Ruffer 33 yd FG | |
| Team Statistics | | | Notre Dame | Michigan State | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 18 | 21 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 275 | 358 | | Total Plays | 58 | 77 | | Average Gain | 4.7 | 4.6 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 114 | 29 | | Rushes | 32 | 23 | | Average per rush | 3.6 | 1.3 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 161 | 329 | | Completions-attempted | 18-26 | 34-54 | | Sacked | 1 | 2 | | Yards Lost | -7 | -18 | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 3 | 2 | | Interceptions | 1 | 1 | | Fumbles Lost | 2 | 1 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 6 | 12 | | Penalty Yards | 53 | 86 | | Time of Possesion | 27:32 | 32:28 | | Punts | 4 | 6 | | Punt Average | 41.5 | 39.67 | | Return Yards | 139 | 129 |
| Passing | | Notre Dame | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Tommy Rees | 18 | 26 | 161 | 1 | 1 | 6.2 | | | Michigan State | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Kirk Cousins | 34 | 53 | 329 | 1 | 1 | 6.2 | | | Brad Sonntag | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Rushing | | Notre Dame | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Jonas Gray | 12 | 65 | 0 | 5.4 | | | Cierre Wood | 14 | 61 | 2 | 4.4 | | | Team | 2 | -5 | 0 | -2.5 | | | Tommy Rees | 4 | -7 | 0 | -1.8 | | | Michigan State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Le'Veon Bell | 7 | 27 | 0 | 3.9 | | | Edwin Baker | 10 | 26 | 0 | 2.6 | | | B.J. Cunningham | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1.0 | | | Keshawn Martin | 1 | -3 | 0 | -3.0 | | | Kirk Cousins | 4 | -20 | 0 | -5.0 | |
| Receiving | | Notre Dame | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Michael Floyd | 6 | 84 | 0 | 14.0 | | | Cierre Wood | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0.8 | | | TJ Jones | 3 | 40 | 1 | 13.3 | | | Tyler Eifert | 2 | 25 | 0 | 12.5 | | | Theo Riddick | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | | | Michigan State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | B.J. Cunningham | 12 | 158 | 0 | 13.2 | | | Keshawn Martin | 5 | 32 | 0 | 6.4 | | | Le'Veon Bell | 5 | 23 | 0 | 4.6 | | | Larry Caper | 4 | 25 | 0 | 6.3 | | | Dion Sims | 3 | 38 | 1 | 12.7 | | | Edwin Baker | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7.5 | | | Todd Anderson | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21.0 | | | Keith Nichol | 1 | 9 | 0 | 9.0 | | | Brian Linthicum | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | |
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