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Michigan St at Northwestern: Box Score

Friday Sep 3, 2021 9:00 pm - Evanston, IL
Odds: Northwestern by 3, Total Points: 45

Matchup Menu: MSU @ NW

More Games From Week 1
  1 2 3 4
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Michigan St. Spartans (4-8) 14 7 7 10
38
Northwestern Wildcats (7-5) 0 7 0 14
21

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary MSU
NW
Michigan St 14:47 6 1 Rushing TD: Kenneth Walker III 75 yard rush. Extra Point good by Matt Coghlin. 7
0
Michigan St 7:44 6 1 Rushing TD: Kenneth Walker III 3 yard rush. Extra Point good by Matt Coghlin. 14
0
2nd Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary MSU
NW
Michigan St 9:45 6 1 Passing TD: Jordon Simmons 14 yard pass from Payton Thorne. Extra Point good by Matt Coghlin. 21
0
Northwestern 0:59 6 1 Passing TD: Trey Pugh 1 yard pass from Hunter Johnson. Extra Point good by Charlie Kuhbander. 21
7
3rd Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary MSU
NW
Michigan St 7:06 6 1 Rushing TD: Kenneth Walker III 5 yard rush. Extra Point good by Matt Coghlin. 28
7
4th Quarter Time Pts Xtra Summary MSU
NW
Northwestern 11:17 6 1 Passing TD: Trey Pugh 5 yard pass from Hunter Johnson. Extra Point good by Charlie Kuhbander. 28
14
Michigan St 6:04 3 Field Goal: Matt Coghlin kicks a 37 yard field goal. 31
14
Northwestern 2:27 6 1 Passing TD: Stephan Robinson 14 yard pass from Hunter Johnson. Extra Point good by Charlie Kuhbander. 31
21
Michigan St 1:29 6 1 Rushing TD: Kenneth Walker III 6 yard rush. Extra Point good by Matt Coghlin. 38
21
MSU
NW
1st Downs 23
20
Passing 1st downs 11
10
Rushing 1st downs 11
10
1st downs from Penalties 1
0
3rd down efficiency 4-10
8-20
3rd down conversion % 40.0%
40.0%
4th down efficiency 1-1
4-5
4th down conversion % 100.0%
80.0%
Total Plays 65
84
Total Yards 511
400
Net Yards Passing 185
283
Sacked-Yards lost 2-11
3-18
Gross yards passing 196
301
Completions-Attempts 15-26
30-43
Completion% 57.7%
69.8%
Net yards per pass play 6.6
6.2
Touchdowns 1
3
Interceptions 0
0
Passer Rating 130.2
148.1
Net Yards Rushing 326
117
Rushing attempts 37
38
Yards per rush 8.8
3.1
Touchdowns 4
0
MSU
NW
Red Zone (Made-Att) 5-5
3-4
Red Zone Success % 100.0%
75.0%
Penalties 5-50
6-40
Turnovers 1
0
Fumbles-Lost 1-1
1-0
Interceptions thrown 0
0
Punting (Punts-Yards) 4-189
5-195
Yards per Punt 47.2
39.0
Field Goals 1-2
0-2
Extra Points 5
3
Punt Returns (Returns-Yards) 0-0
1-13
Yards per return --
13.0
Kickoff Returns (Returns-Yards) 1-12
3-62
Yards per return 12.0
20.7
Possession 22:25
37:35
1st Quarter 07:07
07:53
2nd Quarter 03:07
11:53
3rd Quarter 05:50
09:10
4th Quarter 06:21
08:39

Michigan St. Spartans Passing

  C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT NCAAF RATING
Payton Thorne 15/25 185 7.4 1 0 135.4
Team 15/26 196 7.5 1 0 130.2

Michigan St. Spartans Rushing

  CAR YDS AVG TD
Kenneth Walker III 23 264 11.5 4
Payton Thorne 5 28 5.6 0
Jayden Reed 1 12 12.0 0
Harold Joiner 3 12 4.0 0
Jordon Simmons 5 10 2.0 0
Team 37 326 8.8 4

Michigan St. Spartans Receiving

  REC YDS AVG TD
Jayden Reed 5 64 12.8 0
Jordon Simmons 1 14 14.0 1
Tre Mosley 4 59 14.8 0
Connor Heyward 3 28 9.3 0
Jalen Nailor 2 20 10.0 0
Team 15 196 13.1 1

Michigan St. Spartans Fumbles

  FUM LOST
Harold Joiner 1 1
Team 1 1

Michigan St. Spartans Interceptions

  INT YDS
Team 0 0

Michigan St. Spartans Defensive

  TACKLES MISC
  TOT SOLO SACKS TFL PD
Xavier Henderson 9 7 1 2 0
Angelo Grose 9 5 0 0 0
Kalon Gervin 8 8 0 0 0
Quavaris Crouch 7 5 1 1 0
Cal Haladay 6 3 0 0 0
Ronald Williams Jr. 5 4 1 1 0
Michael Dowell 4 2 0 0 0
Darius Snow 3 2 0 1 0
Simeon Barrow 3 3 0 0 0
Drew Beesley 3 3 0 0 0
Chase Kline 3 2 0 0 0
Itayvion Brown 2 2 0 0 0
Drew Jordan 2 2 0 0 0
Jeff Pietrowski 2 1 0 0 0
Kyle King 2 2 0 0 0
Kobe Myers 1 1 0 0 0
Maverick Hansen 1 1 0 1 0
Noah Harvey 1 0 0 0 0
Jacob Slade 1 1 0 0 0
Jalen Hunt 1 1 0 0 0
Team 73 55 3 6 0

Michigan St. Spartans Kick Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
Jalen Nailor 1 12 12.0 12
Team 1 12 12.0

Michigan St. Spartans Punt Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
Team 0 0 --

Michigan St. Spartans Kicking

  FG PCT LONG XP PTS
Matt Coghlin 1/2 50.0% 37 5 5
Team 1/2 50.0% 5 5

Michigan St. Spartans Punting

  TOT YDS AVG LG
Bryce Baringer 4 189 47.2 57
Team 4 189 47.2

Northwestern Wildcats Passing

  C/ATT YDS AVG TD INT NCAAF RATING
Hunter Johnson 30/43 283 6.6 3 0 148.1
Team 30/43 301 7.0 3 0 148.1

Northwestern Wildcats Rushing

  CAR YDS AVG TD
Evan Hull 9 87 9.7 0
Andrew Clair 4 14 3.5 0
Anthony Tyus III 8 13 1.6 0
Marcus Cisco 3 10 3.3 0
Stephan Robinson 2 5 2.5 0
Malik Washington 1 2 2.0 0
Hunter Johnson 11 -14 -1.3 0
Team 38 117 3.1 0

Northwestern Wildcats Receiving

  REC YDS AVG TD
Evan Hull 3 23 7.7 0
Andrew Clair 1 -4 -4.0 0
Anthony Tyus III 2 4 2.0 0
Stephan Robinson 5 79 15.8 1
Malik Washington 3 32 10.7 0
Bryce Kirtz 7 80 11.4 0
Charlie Mangieri 2 27 13.5 0
Trey Pugh 4 18 4.5 2
Raymond Niro III 2 15 7.5 0
Jacob Gill 1 9 9.0 0
Team 30 301 10.0 3

Northwestern Wildcats Fumbles

  FUM LOST
Hunter Johnson 1 0
Team 1 0

Northwestern Wildcats Interceptions

  INT YDS
Team 0 0

Northwestern Wildcats Defensive

  TACKLES MISC
  TOT SOLO SACKS TFL PD
Chris Bergin 10 8 0.5 0.5 0
Brandon Joseph 8 7 0 0 0
A.J. Hampton 5 4 0 0 0
Peter Mclntyre 5 4 0 0 0
Sam Miller 4 2 0.5 0.5 0
Bryce Jackson 4 4 0 0 0
Coco Azema 3 3 0 0 0
Rod Heard 2 2 0 0 0
Cameron Mitchell 2 2 0 0 0
Adetomiwa Adebawore 2 1 0 0 0
Trevor Kent 1 1 0 0 0
Jeremy Meiser 1 1 0 0 0
Jack Kennedy 1 1 1 1 0
Bryce Gallagher 1 1 0 0 0
Team 49 41 2 2 0

Northwestern Wildcats Kick Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
Coco Azema 3 62 20.7 29
Team 3 62 20.7

Northwestern Wildcats Punt Returns

  NO YDS AVG LG
Bryce Kirtz 1 13 13.0 13
Team 1 13 13.0

Northwestern Wildcats Kicking

  FG PCT LONG XP PTS
Charlie Kuhbander 0/2 0.0% 0 3 3
Team 0/2 0.0% 3 3

Northwestern Wildcats Punting

  TOT YDS AVG LG
Derek Adams 5 195 39.0 48
Team 5 195 39.0