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BOXSCORE | RECAP

Michigan State 23, Nebraska 20

When: 7:00 PM ET , Saturday, September 25, 2021
Where: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan
Attendance: 70332

Final Scoring Summary

Final	1	2	3	4	OT	T
Nebraska	0	10	3	7	0	20
Michigan State	0	13	0	7	3	23

SCORING

Scoring Summary

2nd Quarter - 14:08
Michigan State	TD	Michigan State 7 - Nebraska 0 Jayden Reed 35 yd. pass from Payton Thorne (Matt Coghlin kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:22
Nebraska	FG	Michigan State 7 - Nebraska 3 Connor Culp 28 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 8:20
Michigan State	FG	Michigan State 10 - Nebraska 3 Matt Coghlin 26 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 4:20
Nebraska	TD	Michigan State 10 - Nebraska 10 Adrian Martinez 12 yd. run (Connor Culp kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:03
Michigan State	FG	Michigan State 13 - Nebraska 10 Matt Coghlin 27 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 9:10
Nebraska	FG	Michigan State 13 - Nebraska 13 Connor Culp 28 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 7:29
Nebraska	TD	Michigan State 13 - Nebraska 20 Adrian Martinez 3 yd. run (Connor Culp kick)
4th Quarter - 3:47
Michigan State	TD	Michigan State 20 - Nebraska 20 Jayden Reed 62 yd. punt return (Matt Coghlin kick)
OT - 0:00
Michigan State	FG	Michigan State 23 - Nebraska 20 Matt Coghlin 21 yd. field goal

TEAMS

Team Records

	Nebraska	Michigan State
W‑L	2 - 3 - 0	4 - 0 - 0
Conference	0 - 2 - 0	2 - 0 - 0

Team Stats

	Nebraska	Michigan State
Score	20	23
1st Downs	26	12
3rd Down Efficiency	7-for-19 37%	1-for-10 10%
4th Down Efficiency	2-for-2 100%	0-for-1 0%
Total Yards	442	254
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards	50-194	30-71
Average/Rush	3.9	2.4
Passing
Comp-Att	25-36	14-23
Passing Yards	248	183
Average/Pass Play	5.8	7.0
Penalties-Yards	6-40	5-44
Fumbles-Lost	2-1	0-0
Interceptions Thrown	1	1
Time of Possession	37:28	22:32

PLAYER STATS

Nebraska (2 - 3)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
A. Martinez	24/34	244	0	1
L. Smothers	1/2	4	0	0

Michigan State (4 - 0)

Passing
	COMP/ATT	YDS	TD	INT
P. Thorne	14/23	183	1	1

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
R. Johnson	19	76	4.0	0
A. Martinez	21	72	3.4	2
S. Morrison	3	15	5.0	0
L. Falck	0	12	0.0	0
L. Smothers	3	11	3.7	0
S. Toure	1	4	4.0	0
B. Belt	1	3	3.0	0
M. Stepp	1	2	2.0	0
O. Manning	1	-1	-1.0	0

Rushing
	ATT	YDS	AVG	TD
K. Walker III	19	61	3.2	0
J. Simmons	3	13	4.3	0
J. Reed	1	2	2.0	0
P. Thorne	7	-5	-0.7	0

Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Z. Betts	5	62	12.4	0
S. Toure	5	42	8.4	0
T. Vokolek	2	29	14.5	0
A. Allen	4	28	7.0	0
B. Belt	1	24	24.0	0
L. Falck	1	22	22.0	0
O. Manning	4	16	4.0	0
S. Morrison	1	14	14.0	0
R. Johnson	2	11	5.5	0

Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
T. Mosley	6	70	11.7	0
J. Reed	4	59	14.8	1
C. Heyward	2	39	19.5	0
H. Joiner	1	9	9.0	0
J. Simmons	1	6	6.0	0

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
M. Dismuke	1	0	0

Interceptions
	NO.	YDS	TD
C. Kimbrough	1	62	0

Sacks
	NO.	YDS
D. Thomas	1.0	8.0
G. Nelson	1.0	3.0
L. Reimer	0.5	4.0
N. Henrich	0.5	3.0

Sacks
	NO.	YDS
J. Panasiuk	2.0	11.0
J. Pietrowski	1.5	7.0
J. Slade	1.0	5.0
Q. Crouch	1.0	4.0
D. Beesley	0.5	3.0
C. Kline	0.5	2.0
S. Barrow	0.5	2.0

Tackles
	Tk	Ast
L. Reimer	6	5
G. Nelson	4	2
J. Domann	3	1
D. Williams	3	2
N. Henrich	3	6
C. Taylor-Britt	2	0
Q. Newsome	2	1
C. Tannor	2	2
P. Sanford	1	0
C. Jurgens	1	0
D. Thomas	1	1
T. Robinson	1	1
B. Stille	1	1
M. Dismuke	1	1
P. Payne	0	1
N. Pola-Gates	0	1
C. Kolarevic	0	1
J. Bullock	0	1
M. Farmer	0	1
D. Daniels	0	4

Tackles
	Tk	Ast
X. Henderson	10	7
J. Slade	5	3
Q. Crouch	4	3
A. Grose	4	3
R. Williams Jr.	3	0
M. Dowell	3	2
C. Brantley	2	0
J. Pietrowski	2	2
J. Panasiuk	2	5
S. Barrow	2	5
J. Hunt	1	0
H. Joiner	1	0
J. Nailor	1	0
C. Kimbrough	1	0
D. Jordan	1	1
D. Snow	1	1
M. Hansen	1	2
M. Fletcher	0	1
B. Wright	0	1
B. VanSumeren	0	1
C. Kline	0	2
D. Beesley	0	3
C. Haladay	0	8

Tackles For Loss
	NO.	YDS
G. Nelson	2.0	9.0
L. Reimer	1.5	7.0
D. Thomas	1.0	8.0
J. Domann	1.0	5.0
C. Tannor	1.0	2.0
T. Robinson	1.0	1.0
D. Williams	1.0	1.0
N. Henrich	0.5	3.0

Tackles For Loss
	NO.	YDS
J. Panasiuk	2.0	11.0
J. Slade	2.0	6.0
J. Pietrowski	1.5	7.0
Q. Crouch	1.0	4.0
R. Williams Jr.	1.0	1.0
M. Hansen	1.0	1.0
X. Henderson	1.0	1.0
D. Beesley	0.5	3.0
C. Kline	0.5	2.0
S. Barrow	0.5	2.0

Fumbles
	NO.
S. Toure	1
A. Martinez	1

Fumbles
	NO.
No fumbles