College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Michigan State 31, Northwestern 17
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 26, 2011
Where: Ryan Field, Evanston, Illinois
Attendance: 32172
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Michigan State 3 14 7 7 31
Northwestern 0 3 7 7 17
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 4:00
Michigan State   FG  Northwestern 0 - Michigan State 3
Dan Conroy 25 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 14:03
Northwestern   FG  Northwestern 3 - Michigan State 3
Jeff Budzien 34 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 1:40
Michigan State   TD  Northwestern 3 - Michigan State 10
Le'Veon Bell 7 yd. run (Dan Conroy kick)
2nd Quarter - 0:34
Michigan State   TD  Northwestern 3 - Michigan State 17
Keshawn Martin 57 yd. punt return (Dan Conroy kick)
3rd Quarter - 13:02
Northwestern   TD  Northwestern 10 - Michigan State 17
Jeremy Ebert 2 yd. pass from Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien kick)
3rd Quarter - 7:35
Michigan State   TD  Northwestern 10 - Michigan State 24
B.J. Cunningham 33 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Conroy kick)
4th Quarter - 13:57
Northwestern   TD  Northwestern 17 - Michigan State 24
Demetrius Fields 12 yd. pass from Dan Persa (Jeff Budzien kick)
4th Quarter - 5:17
Michigan State   TD  Northwestern 17 - Michigan State 31
B.J. Cunningham 29 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Conroy kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Michigan State Northwestern
W/L 10 - 2 - 0 6 - 6 - 0
Conference 7 - 1 - 0 3 - 5 - 0
Team Stats
  Michigan State Northwestern
Score 31 17
1st Downs 20 21
3rd Down Efficiency 8-for-13
62% 		7-for-17
41%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-0
0% 		4-for-5
80%
Total Yards 380 370
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 36-166 41-117
Average/Rush 4.6 2.9
Passing
Comp-Att 14-20 24-34
Passing Yards 214 253
Average/Pass Play 10.7 6.3
Penalties-Yards 8-66 6-70
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1
Interceptions Thrown 1 0
Time of Possession 29:10 30:18
PLAYER STATS
Michigan State (10 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Cousins 14/20 214 2 1
Northwestern (6 - 6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Persa 23/32 245 2 0
T. Siemian 1/2 8 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
L. Bell 16 86 5.4 1
E. Baker 15 47 3.1 0
K. Cousins 4 25 6.2 0
K. Martin 1 8 8.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
J. Schmidt 14 39 2.8 0
T. Green 7 32 4.6 0
V. Mark 2 20 10.0 0
K. Colter 4 18 4.5 0
T. Siemian 1 14 14.0 0
D. Persa 12 -5 -0.4 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
B. Cunningham 6 120 20.0 2
K. Martin 2 57 28.5 0
B. Linthicum 3 31 10.3 0
L. Bell 3 6 2.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
D. Dunsmore 1 69 69.0 0
K. Colter 6 44 7.3 0
J. Ebert 7 39 5.6 1
R. Lawrence 2 37 18.5 0
D. Fields 4 36 9.0 1
C. Jones 3 20 6.7 0
J. Schmidt 1 8 8.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Matthews 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
M. Rush 2.0 6.0
J. Worthy 1.0 9.0
K. Pickelman 1.0 8.0
D. Allen 1.0 7.0
M. Bullough 1.0 1.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK Ast
K. Pickelman 8 0
T. Robinson 7 1
D. Allen 5 0
C. Norman 5 2
M. Bullough 5 3
I. Lewis 4 1
M. Rush 4 1
K. Elsworth 2 0
J. Worthy 2 0
W. Gholston 2 2
T. Lippett 2 3
T. Hammock 1 0
B. Cunningham 1 0
J. Adams 1 0
M. White 1 0
A. White 1 0
B. Sonntag 1 0
N. Hill 1 0
J. Jones 1 1
D. Drone 1 1
D. Knox 0 1
Tackles
  TK Ast
I. Campbell 7 1
J. Matthews 7 2
D. Jones 5 1
B. Peters 5 1
B. McNaul 4 3
J. DiNardo 3 0
N. Mafuli 3 1
J. Mabin 2 0
D. Nwabuisi 2 1
M. Bolden 1 0
H. Bates 1 0
Q. Williams 1 0
W. Hampton 1 0
D. Proby 1 1
V. Browne 1 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
D. Allen 2.0 9.0
M. Rush 2.0 6.0
J. Worthy 1.0 9.0
K. Pickelman 1.0 8.0
M. Bullough 1.0 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
B. McNaul 1.0 3.0
Fumbles
  NO.
K. Cousins 1
Fumbles
  NO.
T. Green 1
D. Persa 1