2011 Game Recaps Game 4 | Michigan State 45, Central Michigan 7 Sept. 24, 2011 • East Lansing, Mich. Spartan Stadium • Att: 72,119
SCORE BY QUARTERS Michigan State (2-1) Notre Dame (1-2)
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 F Central Michigan (1-3) 0 0 7 0 - 7 Michigan State (3-1) 7 24 7 7 - 45
1 2 3 4 F 3 7 0 3 - 13 14 7 7 3 - 31
TEAM STATISTICS MSU
SECOND QUARTER MSU (14-0) Bell 5-yard run (Conroy kick), 10:05 left Drive: 5 plays, 63 yards, 2:19 MSU (21-0) Lewis 37-yard interception return (Conroy kick), 7:47 left MSU (24-0) Conroy 23-yard field goal, 5:00 left Drive: 5 plays, 23 yards, 2:01 MSU (31-0) Bell 13-yard run (Conroy kick), 1:23 left Drive: Drive: 9 plays, 62 yards, 1:59 left THIRD QUARTER Blackburn 5-yard pass from Radcliff (Harman kick), 10:11 left CMU (7-31) Drive: 3 plays, 13 yards, 1:33 MSU (38-7) Caper 15-yard pass from Cousins (Conroy kick), 6:45 left Drive: 6 plays, 71 yards, 3:20 left FOURTH QUARTER Sims 3-yard pass from Maxwell (Conroy kick), 11:02 left MSU (45-7) Drive: 5 plays, 42 yards, 2:48
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
PASSING (C-A-I-YARDS-TD) MSU: Cousins 34-53-1-329-1, Sonntag 0-1-0-0-0; ND: Rees 18-26-1-161-1.
TACKLES-TOP FIVE (TOTAL-SOLO-ASSISTS) MSU: Lewis 9 (5-4), Allen 7 (4-3), Rush 7 (3-4), Norman 7 (2-5), Adams 5 (4-1); ND: Te’o 12 (2-10), G. Gray 10 (7-3), Smith 8 (4-4), Blanton 6 (3-3), Motta 6 (1-5).
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING (CARRIES-YARDS) CMU: Westendorp 2-15, Garland 7-9, Phillips 7-8, Radcliff 2-(-11); MSU: Bell 8-81, Caper 11-52, Baker 16-49, Hill 8-20, Maxwell 2-(-2), Team 2-(-3). PASSING (C-A-I-YARDS-TD) CMU: Radcliff 11-29-2-87-1, Westendorp 1-4-2-4-0; MSU: Cousins 13-22-1-213-1, Maxwell 7-8-0-71-1. RECEIVING (RECEPTIONS-YARDS) CMU: Wilson 3-31, Phillips 3-25, Blackburn 2-7, Harris 2-7, Wilson 1-23, Fleming 1-(-2); MSU: Sonntag 4-32, Cunningham 3-67, Nichol 3-54, Lippett 3-29, Sims 2-15, Mumphery 1-31, Baker 1-19, Bell 1-17, Caper 1-15, Linthicum 1-5.
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TACKLES-TOP FIVE (TOTAL-SOLO-ASSISTS) CMU: Cunningham 10 (5-5), Addae 10 (2-8), Eaddy 7 (2-5), Carr 6 (5-1), Petrucci 6 (2-4); MSU: Allen 5 (3-2), Hammock 5 (2-3), Elsworth 5 (2-3), Robinson 5 (1-4), Lewis 3 (1-2).
Bowl History
RECEIVING (RECEPTIONS-YARDS) MSU: Cunningham 12-158, Martin 5-32, Bell 5-23, Caper 4-25, Sims 3-38, Baker 2-15, Anderson 1-21, Nichol 1-9, Linthicum 1-8; ND: Floyd 6-84, Wood 6-5, Jones 3-40, Eifert 2-25, Riddick 1-7.
MSU
First Downs 8 23 Rushes-Yards 18-21 47-197 Passing Yards 91 284 Passes 12-33-4 20-30-1 Total Offense 51-112 77-481 Punts-Avg. 7-38.0 3-29.0 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 2-0 Penalties-Yards 3-26 4-20 Possession Time 21:55 38:05
Honors & awards
RUSHING (CARRIES-YARDS) MSU: Bell 7-27, Baker 10-26, Cunningham 1(-1), Martin 1-(-3), Cousins 4-(-20); ND: J. Gray 12-65, Wood 14-61, Team 2-(-5), Rees 4-(-7).
TEAM STATISTICS CMU
Spartan history
First Downs 21 18 Rushes-Yards 23-29 32-114 Passing Yards 329 161 Passes 34-54-1 18-26-1 Total Offense 77-358 58-275 Punts-Avg. 6-39.7 4-41.5 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2 Penalties-Yards 12-86 6-53 Possession Time 32:28 27:32
Spartan Records
FOURTH QUARTER MSU (13-28) Conroy 35-yard field goal, 10:56 left Drive: 8 plays, 42 yards, 3:53 Ruffer 33-yard field goal, 3:11 left ND (31-13) Drive: 4 plays, -5 yards, 0:21
FIRST QUARTER MSU (7-0) Bell 1-yard run (Conroy kick), 11:44 left Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards, 3:16
2011 Recap
THIRD QUARTER Jones 26-yard pass from Rees (Ruffer kick), 9:30 left ND (28-10) Drive: 8 plays, 71 yards, 3:47
SCORING SUMMARY
Coaching staff
FIRST QUARTER ND (7-0) Wood 22-yard run (Ruffer kick), 10:41 left Drive: 8 plays, 76 yards, 4:19 MSU (3-7) Conroy 40-yard field goal, 1:32 left Drive: 4 plays, 4 yards, 1:27 ND (14-3) Atkinson 89-yard kickoff return (Ruffer kick), 1:20 left SECOND QUARTER MSU (10-14) Sims 6-yard pass from Cousins (Conroy kick), 11:57 left Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 4:23 ND (21-10) Wood 6-yard run (Ruffer kick), 3:36 left Drive: 10 plays, 92 yards, 4:49
2012 Spartans
SCORING SUMMARY
2012 outlook
Game 3 | Notre Dame 31, No. 15 Michigan State 13 Sept. 17, 2011 • Notre Dame, Ind. Notre Dame Stadium • Att: 80, 795
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