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 | |  | | Michigan State (10-2) | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 31 | | Northwestern (6-6) | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
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| Scoring Summary | | Michigan State: Dan Conroy 25 yd FG | | | Northwestern: Jeff Budzien 34 yd FG | | | Michigan State: Le'Veon Bell 7 yd run (Dan Conroy kick) | | | Michigan State: Keshawn Martin 57 yd punt return (Dan Conroy kick) | | | Northwestern: Jeremy Ebert 2 yd pass from Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien kick) | | | Michigan State: B.J. Cunningham 33 yd pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Conroy kick) | | | Northwestern: Demetrius Fields 12 yd pass from Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien kick) | | | Michigan State: B.J. Cunningham 29 yd pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Conroy kick) | |
| Team Statistics | | | Northwestern | Michigan State | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 21 | 20 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 370 | 380 | | Total Plays | 75 | 56 | | Average Gain | 4.9 | 6.8 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 117 | 166 | | Rushes | 41 | 36 | | Average per rush | 2.9 | 4.6 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 253 | 214 | | Completions-attempted | 24-34 | 14-20 | | Sacked | 6 | 0 | | Yards Lost | -31 | 0 | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 1 | 1 | | Interceptions | 0 | 1 | | Fumbles Lost | 1 | 0 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 6 | 8 | | Penalty Yards | 70 | 66 | | Time of Possesion | 30:50 | 29:10 | | Punts | 4 | 4 | | Punt Average | 44.25 | 39 | | Return Yards | 88 | 136 |
| Passing | | Northwestern | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Dan Persa | 23 | 32 | 245 | 2 | 0 | 7.7 | | | Trevor Siemian | 1 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | | | Michigan State | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Kirk Cousins | 14 | 20 | 214 | 2 | 1 | 10.7 | |
| Rushing | | Northwestern | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Jacob Schmidt | 14 | 39 | 0 | 2.8 | | | Treyvon Green | 7 | 32 | 0 | 4.6 | | | Venric Mark | 2 | 20 | 0 | 10.0 | | | Kain Colter | 4 | 18 | 0 | 4.5 | | | Trevor Siemian | 1 | 14 | 0 | 14.0 | | | Team | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1.0 | | | Dan Persa | 12 | -5 | 0 | -0.4 | | | Michigan State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Le'Veon Bell | 16 | 86 | 1 | 5.4 | | | Edwin Baker | 15 | 47 | 0 | 3.1 | | | Kirk Cousins | 4 | 25 | 0 | 6.3 | | | Keshawn Martin | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | |
| Receiving | | Northwestern | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Jeremy Ebert | 7 | 39 | 1 | 5.6 | | | Kain Colter | 6 | 44 | 0 | 7.3 | | | Demetrius Fields | 4 | 36 | 1 | 9.0 | | | Christian Jones | 3 | 20 | 0 | 6.7 | | | Rashad Lawrence | 2 | 37 | 0 | 18.5 | | | Drake Dunsmore | 1 | 69 | 0 | 69.0 | | | Jacob Schmidt | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8.0 | | | Michigan State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | B.J. Cunningham | 6 | 120 | 2 | 20.0 | | | Brian Linthicum | 3 | 31 | 0 | 10.3 | | | Le'Veon Bell | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2.0 | | | Keshawn Martin | 2 | 57 | 0 | 28.5 | |
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