2013 GAME RECAPS GAME 10 • NO. 14/16 MICHIGAN STATE 41, NEBRASKA 28 Game 10 | Michigan State 41, Nebraska 28 Nov. 16, 2013 • Lincoln, Neb. Memorial Stadium • Att: 90,872
SCORE BY QUARTERS Michigan State (9-1, 6-0) Nebraska (7-3, 4-2)
WHAT HAPPENED
FIRST QUARTER MSU (3-0) Geiger 45-yard field goal, 12:23 left Drive: 7 plays, 12 yards, 1:47 MSU (10-0) Shelton 5-yard run (Geiger kick), 4:57 left Drive: 2 plays, 8 yards, 0:46 NEB (7-10) Burtch 32-yard pass from Armstrong (Smith kick), 2:44 left Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:13
• For the first time in eight meetings, Michigan State defeated Nebraska, 41-28. The win clinched a share of the Big Ten Legends Division title for the Spartans.
KEY STAT
• Michigan State forced five Nebraska turnovers, the most caused by the Spartans in the Coach Mark Dantonio era (fumble recovery by Shilique Calhoun in first quarter; interception by Kurtis Drummond in first quarter; fumble recovery by Taybor Pepper in first quarter; fumble recovery by Isaiah Lewis in second quarter; fumble recovery by Trae Waynes in third quarter). MSU converted those five turnovers into 24 points.
KEY PLAY
• With MSU leading 27-21 midway through the fourth quarter, Spartan placekicker Michael Geiger lined up for a 45-yard field goal to put MSU up two scores; however, holder Mike Sadler pulled off the fake field goal by gaining 3 yards on the ground up the middle for a first down. Later on the drive, Connor Cook found Keith Mumphery for a 27-yard touchdown pass to give MSU a 35-21 advantage.
QUOTABLE
“We have played for a championship in 2008 at the end of the season, 2010, 2011 and now 2013, we will have a chance to play for a championship. On the last game of the season, any way you cut it, it is a Legends Championship, any way you cut it. Those are positives, those are big positive steps for a program from when we came here. It shows we have a solid foundation but we need to continue to coach, and play and play up and continue to climb the latter. You want to be where we are at, at the end of the season. I think it was a statement for a lot of people, for recruits and for everybody else.” - MSU head coach Mark Dantonio
KEY NOTE
• The 2013 senior class won its 38th game since 2010 (38-12) to become the winningest senior class in the 117-year history of Michigan State football.
RECAP
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Michigan State all but locked up a spot in the Big Ten Championship Game, and the Spartans didn’t even need their nation-leading defense at its best to do it. With Nebraska turning over the ball five times and Connor Cook directing a gamebreaking drive in the fourth quarter, the Spartans won 41-28 to take a two-game lead in the Legends Division with two games to play. Jeremy Langford ran 32 times for 151 yards and scored two touchdowns, and Keith Mumphery caught a 27-yard touchdown from Cook after the Cornhuskers pulled within six points.
1 10 7
2 10 0
3 7 14
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F 41 28
SCORING SUMMARY
SECOND QUARTER MSU (13-7) Geiger 25-yard field goal, 10:29 left Drive: 17 plays, 74 yards, 7:10 MSU (20-7) Langford 6-yard run (Geiger kick), 0:21 left Drive: 3 plays, 22 yards, 0:39 THIRD QUARTER NEB (14-20) Cross 51-yard run (Smith kick), 11:25 left Drive: 3 plays, 63 yards, 1:01 MSU (27-14) Langford 3-yard run (Geiger kick), 5:26 left Drive: 1 play, 3 yards, 0:04 NEB (21-27) Bell 38-yard pass from Armstrong, 1:12 left Drive: 11 plays, 79 yards, 4:09 FOURTH QUARTER MSU (34-21) Mumphery 27-yard pass from Cook (Geiger kick), 7:56 left Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 5:46 MSU (41-21) Langford 37-yard run (Geiger kick) Drive: 8 plays, 67 yards, 5:06 NEB (28-41) Abdullah 12-yard pass from Kellogg (Smith kick), 0:10 left Drive: 12 plays, 75 yards, 1:48
TEAM STATISTICS First Downs Rushes-Yards Passing Yards Passes Total Offense Punts-Avg. Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards Possession Time
MSU
18 48-168 193 15-32-0 361 7-40.6 0-0 6-60 38:37
NEB
19 32-182 210 17-32-1 392 5-43.2 6-4 3-30 21:23
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING (CARRIES-YARDS) MSU: Langford 32-151; D. Williams 3-8; Shelton 3-6, Fowler 1-4, Sadler 1-3, Cook 6-(-1), Kings 1-(-1), Team 1-(-2); NEB: Abdullah 22-123, Cross 3-50, Armstrong 5-9, Newby 1-3, Team 1-(-3). PASSING (C-A-I-YARDS-TD) MSU: Cook 15-31-0-193-1, Lippett 0-1-0-0-0; NEB: Armstrong 9-21-1-143-2, Kellogg 8-11-0-67-1. RECEIVING (RECEPTIONS-YARDS) MSU: Lippett 4-67, Langford 4-23, Kings 3-37, Fowler 2-29, Mumphery 1-27, Hill 1-10; NEB: Bell 7-81, Burtch 5-86, Allen 3-22, Abdullah 1-12, Carter 1-9.
Jeremy Langford recorded career highs in carries (32) and rushing yards (151) and tied a career high with three rushing TDs in MSU’s 41-28 win at Nebraska.
TACKLES-TOP FIVE (TOTAL-SOLO-ASSISTS) MSU: Drummond 10 (4-6), Bullough 9 (5-4), Waynes 5 (4-1), T. Jones 5 (3-2), D. Allen 5 (1-4); NEB: Evans 8 (6-2), Cooper 8 (5-3), Santos 8 (5-3), Anderson 8 (3-5), Gregory 8 (3-5).
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