Week 4 · 2008
Notre Dame at Michigan State
Sat 09/20/2008 03:30 PMSpartan Stadium
Notre Dame
7
7–6
Michigan State
23
9–4
Attendance
76,366
reported
Notre DameND
Michigan StateMSU
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | QBR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND | Jimmy Clausen | 24/41 | 242 | 5.9 | 1 | 2 | 33.0 |
| MSU | Brian Hoyer | 12/26 | 143 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 43.1 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND | Golden Tate | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 |
| ND | James Aldridge | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 0 | 9 |
| ND | Robert Hughes | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 0 | 7 |
| ND | Armando Allen Jr. | 6 | 8 | 1.3 | 0 | 5 |
| ND | Jimmy Clausen | 5 | -31 | -6.2 | 0 | 4 |
| MSU | Javon Ringer | 39 | 201 | 5.2 | 2 | 63 |
| MSU | Brian Hoyer | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND | Michael Floyd | 7 | 86 | 12.3 | 1 | 26 |
| ND | Golden Tate | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 0 | 30 |
| ND | Kyle Rudolph | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 18 |
| ND | Robby Parris | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 12 |
| ND | Armando Allen Jr. | 5 | 20 | 4.0 | 0 | 13 |
| ND | Will Yeatman | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| MSU | Mark Dell | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 0 | 28 |
| MSU | B.J. Cunningham | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 |
| MSU | Blair White | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 0 | 12 |
| MSU | Garrett Celek | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 |
| MSU | Deon Curry | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
| MSU | Andrew Hawken | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| MSU | Javon Ringer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Interceptions
| INT | YDS | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSU | Otis Wiley | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND | Brandon Walker | 0/2 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
| MSU | Brett Swenson | 3/3 | 100.0 | 45 | 2/2 | 11 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND | Eric Maust | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 0 | 0 | 46 |
| MSU | Aaron Bates | 5 | 226 | 45.2 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND | Armando Allen Jr. | 4 | 23 | 5.8 | 0 | 18 |
| MSU | Otis Wiley | 3 | 10 | 3.3 | 0 | 10 |
Previous 10 meetings vs. Team
Michigan State 7–3 vs Notre Dame
- 2007 · wk 4Michigan State 31 @ Notre Dame 14
- 2006 · wk 4Notre Dame 40 @ Michigan State 37
- 2005 · wk 3Michigan State 44 @ Notre Dame 41
- 2004 · wk 4Notre Dame 31 @ Michigan State 24
- 2003 · wk 5Michigan State 22 @ Notre Dame 16
- 2002 · wk 5Notre Dame 21 @ Michigan State 17
- 2001 · wk 5Michigan State 17 @ Notre Dame 10
- 2000 · wk 5Notre Dame 21 @ Michigan State 27
- 1999 · wk 4Michigan State 23 @ Notre Dame 13
- 1998 · wk 3Notre Dame 23 @ Michigan State 45
Previous meeting vs. Mark Dantonio
Notre Dame 0–1 vs Mark Dantonio
- 2007 · wk 4Michigan State 31 @ Notre Dame 14
Previous 3 meetings vs. Charlie Weis
Michigan State 2–1 vs Charlie Weis
- 2007 · wk 4Michigan State 31 @ Notre Dame 14
- 2006 · wk 4Notre Dame 40 @ Michigan State 37
- 2005 · wk 3Michigan State 44 @ Notre Dame 41
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