Football

Michigan State

4-5

VS

Minnesota

5-4
Saturday, October 31, 2009
8:00 PM (CT), Big Ten Network
TCF Bank Stadium
Minneapolis, MN
 Final 
Michigan State  21  34 
Minnesota  14  14  42 

SCORING SUMMARY
QUARTER 1 Michigan St. Minnesota
Minnesota TD 14:40 Duane Bennett 62 yd pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)
1 plays 62 yards
0 7
Minnesota TD 13:13 Brandon Green 37 yd pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)
3 plays 28 yards
0 14
Michigan State FG 0:15 Brett Swenson 20 yd FG
13 plays 87 yards
3 14
QUARTER 2 Michigan St. Minnesota
Michigan State TD 10:35 Brian Linthicum 26 yd pass from Kirk Cousins (Brett Swenson kick)
3 plays 26 yards
10 14
Minnesota TD 2:32 Nick Tow-Arnett 7 yd pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)
7 plays 49 yards
10 21
QUARTER 3 Michigan St. Minnesota
Michigan State TD 14:47 Keshawn Martin 93 yd kick return (Brett Swenson kick) 17 21
Minnesota TD 12:27 Duane Bennett 1 yd run (Eric Ellestad kick)
5 plays 61 yards
17 28
Michigan State TD 5:03 Keshawn Martin 84 yd run (Brett Swenson kick)
1 plays 84 yards
24 28
Michigan State TD 0:00 Dion Sims 11 yd pass from Kirk Cousins (Brett Swenson kick)
3 plays 24 yards
31 28
QUARTER 4 Michigan St. Minnesota
Minnesota TD 12:40 Nick Tow-Arnett 2 yd pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)
6 plays 73 yards
31 35
Michigan State FG 8:10 Brett Swenson 20 yd FG
9 plays 52 yards
34 35
Minnesota TD 6:04 Duane Bennett 59 yd pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)
4 plays 66 yards
34 42
TEAM COMPARISON
  Michigan St. Minnesota
First Downs 17 17
  Passing 13 13
  Rushing 2 3
  Penalty 2 1
Third Down Efficiency 5-12 10-18
Fourth Down Efficiency 0-1 0-0
TOTAL NET YARDS 360 505
  Total Plays 56 72
  Average Gain Per Play 6.4 7.0
NET YARDS RUSHING 124 89
  Rushes 20 39
  Average Per Rush 6.2 2.3
NET YARDS PASSING 236 416
  Completion-Attempts 21-36 19-33
  Yards Per Pass Play 6.6 12.6
  Times Sacked 0 2
  Yards Lost to Sacks 0 -7
  Had Intercepted 1 1
PUNTS 4 4
  Average Punt 43.5 36.0
PENALTIES 9 17
  Penalty Yards 73 157
FUMBLES 2 1
  Fumbles Lost 2 1
Passing
Michigan State Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int Rating
Kirk Cousins 21 35 236 60 6.7 49 2 1 129.8
Keith Nichol 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0
Minnesota Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int Rating
Adam Weber 19 31 416 61.3 13.4 62 5 1 220.8
Kevin Whaley 0 0 0 - - - 0 0 -
MarQueis Gray 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .0

Rushing
Michigan State Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
Keshawn Martin 1 84 84 84 1 -
Keith Nichol 1 9 9 9 0 -
Edwin Baker 11 24 2.2 13 0 1
Larry Caper 5 9 1.8 5 0 -
Andrew Hawken 1 -1 -1 0 0 -
Kirk Cousins 1 -1 -1 0 0 1
Minnesota Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
MarQueis Gray 8 23 2.9 4 0 -
Kevin Whaley 13 35 2.7 7 0 -
Duane Bennett 14 36 2.6 5 1 -
Adam Weber 4 -5 -1.2 7 0 1

Receiving
Michigan State Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
B.J. Cunningham 5 83 16.6 49 0 -
Brian Linthicum 3 38 12.7 26 1 -
Dion Sims 1 11 11 11 1 -
Keshawn Martin 2 22 11 13 0 -
Mark Dell 1 11 11 11 0 -
Charlie Gantt 2 19 9.5 13 0 -
Blair White 4 36 9 13 0 -
Edwin Baker 2 13 6.5 7 0 1
Andrew Hawken 1 3 3 3 0 -
Minnesota Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL
Duane Bennett 2 121 60.5 62 2 -
Troy Stoudermire 1 48 48 48 0 -
Brandon Green 2 60 30 37 1 -
Da'Jon McKnight 4 98 24.5 53 0 -
Nick Tow-Arnett 8 81 10.1 33 2 -
Jon Hoese 2 8 4 6 0 -

Punting
Michigan State Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB Yds
Aaron Bates 4 43.5 51 174
Minnesota Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB Yds
Dan Orseske 1 40 40 40
Blake Haudan 4 36 50 144

Kick/Punt Return
Michigan State PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD
Edwin Baker - - - - - 1 19 19 19 0
Keshawn Martin 1 2 2 2 0 4 176 44 93 1
Minnesota PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD
Nick Tow-Arnett - - - - - 1 0 0 0 0
Troy Stoudermire - - - - - 6 192 32 71 0

 
Statistical information ©2009 STATS LLC - All Rights Reserved.
 

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