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2011 Game Recaps Game 9 | No. 15 Michigan State 31, Minnesota 24 Nov. 5, 2011 • East Lansing, Mich. Spartan Stadium • Att: 72,219
Game 10 | No. 13 Michigan State 37, Iowa 21 Nov. 12, 2011 • Iowa City, Iowa Kinnick Stadium • Att: 70,585
SCORE BY QUARTERS Minnesota (2-7, 1-4) Michigan State (7-2, 4-1)
SCORE BY QUARTERS Michigan State (8-2, 5-1) Iowa (6-4, 3-3)
1 2 3 4 F 14 3 7 0 - 24 7 14 0 10 - 31
SCORING SUMMARY
SCORING SUMMARY
SECOND QUARTER MSU (14-14) Bell 1-yard run (Conroy kick), 14:57 left Drive: 4 plays, 54 yards, 1:31 MINN (17-14) Wettstein 27-yard field goal, 1:03 left Drive: 15 plays, 83 yards, 8:26 MSU (21-17) Anderson 2-yard pass from Cousins (Conroy kick), 0:05 left Drive: 8 plays, 74 yards, 0:51
SECOND QUARTER IOWA (7-14) Fiedorowicz 8-yard pass from Vandenberg (Meyer kick), 14:53 left Drive: 7 plays, 83 yards, 3:22 Conroy 22-yard field goal, 7:37 left MSU (17-7) Drive: 9 plays, 82 yards, 3:42 MSU (24-7) Bell 25-yard run (Conroy kick), 1:57 left Drive: 3 plays, 35 yards, 0:32 Cunningham 22-yard pass from Cousins (Conroy kick), 1:21 left MSU (31-7) Drive: 2 plays, 27 yards, 0:36
FIRST QUARTER MINN (7-0) McKnight 64-yard pass from Gray (Wettstein kick), 11:02 left Drive: 4 plays, 82 yards, 1:45 Nichol 4-yard pass from Cousins (Conroy kick), 9:12 left MSU (7-7) Drive: 5 plays, 90 yards, 1:46 MINN (14-7) McKnight 13-yard pass from Gray (Wettstein kick), 5:51 left Drive: 2 plays, 26 yards, 0:35
THIRD QUARTER MINN (24-21) McKnight 15-yard pass from Gray (Wettstein kick), 9:40 left Drive: 11 plays, 80 yards, 5:18 FOURTH QUARTER MSU (24-24) Conroy 40-yard field goal, 14:49 left Drive: 5 plays, 19 yards, 1:38 MSU (31-24) Bell 35-yard run (Conroy kick), 10:58 Drive: 5 plays, 58 yards, 2:22
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1 2 3 4 F 14 17 3 3 - 37 0 7 14 0 - 21
MSU
First Downs 22 19 Rushes-Yards 40-120 28-106 Passing Yards 295 296 Passes 19-34-2 23-34-0 Total Offense 74-415 62-402 Punts-Avg. 5-36.6 6-35.0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 8-73 5-40 Possession Time 34:28 25:32
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING (CARRIES-YARDS) MINN: Gray 21-71, Bennett 13-42, Crawford-Tufts 1-5, Kirkwood 4-3, Team 1-(-1); MSU: Bell 15-96, Baker 8-20, Cunningham 1-3, Martin 1-1, Team 1-(-1). PASSING (C-A-I-YARDS-TD) MINN: Gray 19-32-2-295-3, Green 0-1-0-0-0; MSU: Cousins 23-34-0-296-2. RECEIVING (RECEPTIONS-YARDS) MINN: McKnight 9-173, McGarry 3-21, Rabe 2-27, Green 2-20, Harris 1-28, Crawford-Tufts 1-21, Lair 1-5; MSU: Martin 7-77, Bell 5-38, Cunningham 3-104, Nichol 3-41, Fowler 2-20, Linthicum 2-14, Anderson 1-2. TACKLES-TOP FIVE (TOTAL-SOLO-ASSISTS) MINN: Rallis 9 (6-3), Royston 7 (5-2), Cooper 7 (1-6), Vereen 6 (5-1) Tinsley 6 (2-4); MSU: Gholston 14 (5-9), Lewis 12 (6-6), Bullough 8 (3-5), Elsworth 7 (2-5), Robinson 6 (4-2).
FIRST QUARTER MSU (7-0) Cunningham 6-yard pass from Cousins (Conroy kick), 9:17 left Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards, 3:30 MSU (14-0) Baker 17-yard pass from Cousins (Conroy kick), 7:37 left Drive: 3 plays, 19 yards, 0:57
THIRD QUARTER MSU (34-7) Conroy 31-yard field goal, 8:31 left Drive: 9 plays, 47 yards, 3:23 IOWA (14-34) McNutt 3-yard pass from Vandenberg (Meyer kick), 5:39 left Drive: 9 plays, 28 yards, 2:52 IOWA (21-34) Coker 2-yard run (Meyer kick), 0:49 left Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards, 2:44 FOURTH QUARTER MSU (37-21) Conroy 48-yard field goal, 5:11 left Drive: 7 plays, 37 yards, 2:31
TEAM STATISTICS MSU
IOWA
First Downs 19 20 Rushes-Yards 40-155 30-87 Passing Yards 288 262 Passes 19-32-0 22-47-1 Total Offense 72-443 77-349 Punts-Avg. 6-46.2 7-41.0 Fumbles-Lost 3-0 3-2 Penalties-Yards 7-75 6-39 Possession Time 33:24 26:36
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING (CARRIES-YARDS) MSU: Bell 20-112, Baker 13-51, Sonntag 1-5, Team 2-(-6), Cousins 4-(-7); IOWA: Coker 2157, McNutt 2-27, Rogers 1-2, Vandenberg 6-1. PASSING (C-A-I-YARDS-TD) MSU: Cousins 18-31-0-260-3, Martin 1-1-0-28-0; IOWA: Vandenberg 22-47-1-262-2. RECEIVING (RECEPTIONS-YARDS) MSU: Linthicum 5-71, Martin 4-87, Cunningham 4-46, Bell 2-49, Nichol 2-13, Baker 1-17, Anderson 1-5; IOWA: McNutt 8-130, Staggs 3-36, Derby 3-31, Coker 3-24, Davis 2-18, Fiedorowicz 2-10, Martin-Manley 1-13. TACKLES-TOP FIVE (TOTAL-SOLO-ASSISTS) MSU: Bullough 13 (8-5), Allen 9 (3-6), Norman 6 (2-4), Lewis 5 (2-3), Adams 4 (3-1); IOWA: Kirksey 9 (5-4), Prater 8 (5-3), Hyde 7 (5-2), Miller 7 (2-5), Nardo 6 (3-3).
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