2011 Game Recaps Game 12 | No. 11 Michigan State 31, Northwestern 17 Nov. 26, 2011 • Evanston, Ill. Ryan Field • Att: 32,172
SCORE BY QUARTERS Indiana (1-10, 0-7) Michigan State (9-2, 6-1)
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1 2 3 4 F Michigan State (10-2, 7-1) 3 14 7 7 - 31 Northwestern (6-6, 3-5) 0 3 7 7 - 17
1 2 3 4 F 0 3 0 0 - 3 17 17 14 7 - 55
TEAM STATISTICS IND
MSU
RUSHING (CARRIES-YARDS) IND: Houston 13-40, Hughes 3-17, Roberson 10-12, Roberts 5-11, Stoner 1-6, Perez 2-6, Blackwell 1-5, Muhammad 1-2, Wright-Baker 1-(-5); MSU: Bell 9-68, Baker 10-34, Hill 5-30, Martin 1-19, Caper 5-16, Maxwell 1-4, Foreman 1-3, Anderson 1-1.
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING (YARDS-CARRIES) MSU: Bell 16-86, Baker 15-47, Cousins 4-25, Martin 1-8; NU: Schmidt 14-39, Green 7-32, Mark 2-20, Colter 4-18, Siemian 1-14, Team 1-(-1), Persa 12-(-5). PASSING (C-A-I-YARDS-TD) MSU: Cousins 14-20-1-214-2; NU: Persa 23-32-0-245-2; Siemian 1-2-0-8-0. RECEIVING (RECEPTIONS-YARDS) MSU: Cunningham 6-120, Linthicum 3-31, Bell 3-6, Martin 2-57; NU: Ebert 7-39, Colter 6-44, Fields 4-36, Jones 3-20, Lawrence 2-37, Dunsmore 1-69, Schmidt 1-8. TACKLES-TOP FIVE (TOTAL-SOLO-ASSISTS) MSU: Pickelman 8 (8-0), Robinson 8 (7-1), Bullough 8 (5-3), Norman 7 (5-2), four others with 5; NU: Matthews 9 (7-2), Campbell 8 (7-1), McNaul 7 (4-3), Jones 6 (5-1), Peters 6 (5-1).
TACKLES-TOP FIVE (TOTAL-SOLO-ASSISTS) IND: Barnett 9 (8-1), Beckum 9 (7-2), Heban 8 (3-5), Hoobler 6 (2-4), Murphy 5 (3-2); MSU: Allen 9 (5-4), Robinson 5 (3-2), J. Jones 5 (2-3), Norman 5 (1-4), Lippett 4 (2-2).
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RECEIVING (RECEPTIONS-YARDS) IND: Muhammad 9-73, Hughes 2-27, Houston 2-26, Wynn 1-11, Perez 1-5; MSU: Martin 8-99, Cunningham 6-132, Linthicum 2-12, Bell 1-23, Celek 1-21, Nichol 1-4, Sonntag 1-3, Palazeti 1-2.
NU
First Downs 20 21 Rushes-Yards 36-166 41-117 Passing Yards 214 253 Passes 14-20-1 24-34-0 Total Offense 56-380 75-370 Punts-Avg. 4-39.0 4-44.2 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 8-66 6-70 Possession Time 29:10 30:18
Bowl History
PASSING (C-A-I-YARDS-TD) IND: Roberson 10-23-2-92-0 Wright-Baker 5-9-0-50-0; MSU: Cousins 16-23-0-272-3, Maxwell 4-7-0-22-0.
TEAM STATISTICS MSU
Honors & awards
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
FOURTH QUARTER NU (17-24) Fields 12-yard pass from Persa (Budzien kick), 13:57 left Drive: 8 plays, 65 yards, 3:13 Cunningham 29-yard pass from Cousins (Conroy kick), 5:17 left MSU (31-17) Drive: 9 plays, 93 yards, 5:05
Spartan history
First Downs 12 22 Rushes-Yards 37-94 34-174 Passing Yards 142 296 Passes 15-32-2 21-31-0 Total Offense 69-236 65-470 Punts-Avg. 9-40.9 3-47.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 8-75 5-45 Possession Time 29:56 30:04
SECOND QUARTER NU (3-3) Budzien 34-yard field goal, 14:03 left Drive: 12 plays, 44 yards, 4:57 MSU (10-3) Bell 7-yard run (Conroy kick), 1:40 left Drive: 8 plays, 97 yards, 3:45 Martin 57-yard punt return (Conroy kick), 0:34 left MSU (17-3) THIRD QUARTER Ebert 2-yard pass from Persa (Budzien kick), 13:02 left NU (10-17) Drive: 5 plays, 69 yards, 1:58 MSU (24-10) Cunningham 33-yard pass from Cousins (Conroy kick), 7:35 left Drive: 10 plays, 67 yards, 5:27
Spartan Records
THIRD QUARTER MSU (41-3) Cunningham 7-yard pass from Cousins (Conroy kick),11:35 left Drive: 8 plays, 68 yards, 3:22 MSU (48-3) Adams 86-yard interception return (Conroy kick), 7:37 left FOURTH QUARTER MSU (55-3) Baker 3-yard run (Conroy kick), 14:28 left Drive: 10 plays, 41 yards, 6:00
FIRST QUARTER MSU (3-0) Conroy 25-yard field goal, 4:00 left Drive: 13 plays, 72 yards, 5:17
2011 Recap
SECOND QUARTER IND (3-17) Ewald 22-yard field goal, 10:44 left Drive: 10 plays, 55 yards, 3:27 MSU (24-3) Martin 19-yard run (Conroy kick), 10:06 left Drive: 2 plays, 24 yards, 0:29 Baker 10-yard run (Conroy kick), 5:17 left MSU (31-3) Drive: 6 plays, 33 yards, 3:09 Conroy 33-yard field goal, 0:48 left MSU (34-3) Drive: 8 plays, 35 yards, 2:07
SCORING SUMMARY
Coaching staff
FIRST QUARTER MSU (3-0) Conroy 21-yard field goal, 10:07 left Drive: 8 plays, 65 yards, 3:11 MSU (10-0) Cunningham 63-yard pass from Cousins (Conroy kick), 6:24 left Drive: 3 plays, 76 yards, 1:07 MSU (17-0) Martin 47-yard pass from Cousins (Conroy kick), 2:09 left Drive: 5 plays, 70 yards, 2:29
2012 Spartans
SCORING SUMMARY
2012 outlook
Game 11 | No. 12 Michigan State 55, Indiana 3 Nov. 19, 2011 • East Lansing, Mich. Spartan Stadium • Att: 74,128
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