Michigan State 55, Indiana 3
When: 12:00 PM ET, Saturday, November 19, 2011
Where: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan
Temperature:
46°
Head Official:
Bill LeMonnier
Attendance:
74128
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Kirk Cousins threw for 272 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 12 Michigan State to an easy 55-3 victory over Indiana on Senior Day at Spartan Stadium.
The win could clinch the Big Ten Legends Division for the Spartans (9-2, 6-1 Big Ten) pending a possible Nebraska loss at Michigan. Michigan State closes the regular season at Northwestern next weekend.
Indiana (1-10, 0-7 Big Ten) lost its eighth straight and fell by at least 21 points for the fifth time in the last six games.
Cousins, a fifth-year senior who is the Michigan State’s all-time career leader in passing efficiency, did most of his damage in the first half, throwing for 241 yards and two touchdowns.
B.J. Cunningham, another fifth-year senior, had 132 receiving yards and two scores for the Spartans, who led 34-3 at halftime.
Cousins hooked up with Cunningham for a 63-yard bomb to give Michigan State an early 10-0 lead, and later Cousins found Cunningham again for a 7-yard score that put the Spartans on top 41-3 with 11:35 left in the third quarter.
Cousins and Cunningham weren’t the only seniors to have their moment, though.
Wide receiver Keshawn Martin scored on a 47-yard catch and a 19-yard reverse, and fifth-year offensive lineman Joel Foreman even got in on the action with a 3-yard end-around — his first career carry — in the third quarter.
Cousins, the leaders of the winningest senior class in school history, left the game with about five minutes left in the third quarter to a standing ovation from the Spartan Stadium crowd.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Indiana
|
236 |
94 |
142 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.0 |
0 |
| Michigan State
|
470 |
174 |
296 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
3.0 |
0 |