200-yard passers 8/31/2011 9/17/2011 9/24/2011 10/1/2011 10/22/2011 11/5/2011 11/12/2011 11/19/2011 11/26/2011 12/3/2011 1/2/2012
Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins
(22-18-0) (53-34-1) (22-13-1) (32-20-2) (31-22-0) (34-23-0) (31-18-0) (23-16-0) (20-14-1) (30-22-1) (50-27-3)
vs. Youngstown State vs. Notre Dame vs. Central Michigan vs. Ohio State vs. Wisconsin vs. Minnesota vs. Iowa vs. Indiana vs. Northwestern vs. Wisconsin vs. Georgia
222 329 213 250 290 296 260 272 214 281 300
* MSU Single-Game Record
Spartan Records As a senior in 2011, Kirk Cousins threw for 3,316 yards and 25 touchdowns, including a school-record tying 11 200-yard passing games.
11 11 10 9 8 8 8 7 7 7
Kirk Cousins (11) Drew Stanton (11) Jeff Smoker (10) Tony Banks (7) Kirk Cousins (8) Jeff Smoker (6) Jeff Smoker (6) Kirk Cousins (7) Bill Burke (7) Dave Yarema (7)
Todd Schultz (2) Damon Dowdell (2) Damon Dowdell (1)
Ryan Van Dyke (1)
Bowl History
2011 2005 2003 1995 2009 2002 2001 2010 1998 1986
Honors & awards
most 200-yard games in a season_____________________________________
Spartan history
Most career 200-yard games________________________________________
26 23 18 13 12 12 11 11 11
Kirk Cousins Jeff Smoker Drew Stanton Brian Hoyer Bill Burke Ed Smith Todd Schultz Tony Banks John Leister
2009 (8) 2000 (1) 2004 (3) 2006 (2) 1998 (7) 1976 (3) 1995 (2) 1994 (4) 1980 (5)
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2010 (7) 2001 (6) 2005 (11) 2007 (6) 1999 (5) 1977 (3) 1996 (5) 1995 (7) 1981 (3)
2011 (11) 2002 (6) 2006 (4) 2008 (5) 1978 (6) 1997 (4)
2003 (10)
the university
232 213 206 281 263 229 203 253 324 351 218 351 317 252 254 351 207 357 270 245 308 262 330 297 301 327 259 282 340 234 244 248 312 233 225 254 252 294 330 291 201 250 323 308 266 257 321 261 282 252 206 302 201 281 225 236 353 208 220 245 290 269 284 201 331 276
2011 Recap
vs. Eastern Michigan vs. Rice vs. California vs. Notre Dame vs. Northwestern vs. Minnesota vs. Indiana vs. Purdue vs. Western Michigan vs. Rutgers vs. Iowa vs. Indiana vs. Illinois vs. Minnesota vs. Michigan vs. Ohio State vs. Wisconsin vs. Penn State vs. Rutgers vs. Iowa vs. Minnesota vs. Ohio State vs. Hawaii vs. Kent State vs. Hawaii vs. Notre Dame vs. Illinois vs. Michigan vs. Ohio State vs. Northwestern vs. Indiana vs. Purdue vs. Minnesota vs. Penn State vs. Idaho vs. Eastern Michigan vs. Michigan vs. Northwestern vs. Minnesota vs. Penn State vs. UAB vs. Bowling Green vs. Wisconsin vs. Iowa vs. Purdue vs. Penn State vs. California vs. Indiana vs. Michigan vs. Wisconsin vs. Penn State vs. Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin vs. Northwestern vs. Iowa vs. Minnesota vs. Western Michigan vs. Purdue vs. Texas Tech vs. Notre Dame vs. Northern Colorado vs. Wisconsin vs. Michigan vs. Illinois vs. Northwestern vs. Purdue
Coaching staff
(24-14-1) (26-16-0) (33-16-2) (34-19-2) (24-15-2) (29-17-1) (25-17-0) (32-18-2) (34-21-2) (32-21-1) (44-28-0) (40-32-0) (31-23-0) (46-30-0) (40-21-1) (55-35-2) (31-16-2) (50-29-1) (39-22-1) (54-29-0) (31-20-2) (46-29-3) (32-22-0) (29-22-1) (26-21-0) (27-16-1) (26-20-0) (30-20-1) (36-26-0) (38-20-3) (31-17-1) (30-22-1) (45-29-0) (36-23-4) (25-16-0) (32-24-1) (35-20-2) (37-27-1) (50-26-2) (61-30-0) (17-14-0) (29-17-2) (36-22-0) (42-25-0) (31-22-0) (21-16-2) (48-20-1) (26-14-0) (29-17-0) (44-19-0) (40-25-2) (35-23-1) (34-17-1) (31-21-0) (32-16-0) (35-21-1) (25-22-0) (25-11-0) (27-13-2) (33-23-1) (20-16-0) (29-20-2) (25-18-0) (24-13-0) (43-29-0) (37-28-1)
Jeff Smoker Jeff Smoker Jeff Smoker Jeff Smoker Jeff Smoker Jeff Smoker Damon Dowdell Damon Dowdell Jeff Smoker Jeff Smoker Jeff Smoker Jeff Smoker Jeff Smoker Jeff Smoker Jeff Smoker Jeff Smoker Jeff Smoker Jeff Smoker Damon Dowdell Drew Stanton Drew Stanton Damon Dowdell Drew Stanton Drew Stanton Drew Stanton Drew Stanton Drew Stanton Drew Stanton Drew Stanton Drew Stanton Drew Stanton Drew Stanton Drew Stanton Drew Stanton Drew Stanton Drew Stanton Drew Stanton Drew Stanton Brian Hoyer Brian Hoyer Brian Hoyer Brian Hoyer Brian Hoyer Brian Hoyer Brian Hoyer Brian Hoyer Brian Hoyer Brian Hoyer Brian Hoyer Brian Hoyer Brian Hoyer Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins Kirk Cousins
2012 Spartans
(A-c-I) Opponent Yards
8/31/2002 9/7/2002 9/14/2002 9/21/2002 9/28/2002 10/19/2002 11/9/2002 11/16/2002 8/30/2003 9/6/2003 9/27/2003 10/4/2003 10/11/2003 10/18/2003 11/1/2003 11/8/2003 11/15/2003 11/22/2003 9/4/2004 10/2/2004 10/16/2004 11/6/2004 12/4/2004 9/3/2005 9/10/2005 9/17/2005 9/24/2005 10/1/2005 10/15/2005 10/22/2005 10/29/2005 11/5/2005 11/12/2005 11/19/2005 9/2/2006 9/9/2006 10/7/2006 10/21/2006 11/11/2006 11/18/2006 9/1/2007 9/8/2007 9/29/2007 10/27/2007 11/10/2007 11/17/2007 8/30/2008 9/27/2008 10/25/2008 11/1/2008 11/22/2008 9/19/2009 9/26/2009 10/17/2009 10/24/2009 10/31/2009 11/7/2009 11/14/2009 1/2/2010 9/18/2010 9/25/2010 10/2/2010 10/9/2010 10/16/2010 10/23/2010 11/20/2010
2012 outlook
Date Player
1982 (3)
101