Week 3 · 2011
Michigan State at Notre Dame
Sat 09/17/2011 03:30 PMNotre Dame Stadium
Michigan State
13
11–3
Notre Dame
31
8–5
Attendance
—
not reported
Michigan StateMSU
Notre DameND
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | QBR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSU | Kirk Cousins | 34/53 | 329 | 6.2 | 1 | 1 | 29.5 |
| MSU | Brad Sonntag | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ND | Thomas Rees | 18/26 | 161 | 6.2 | 1 | 1 | 47.4 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSU | Le'Veon Bell | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 0 | 8 |
| MSU | Edwin Baker | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 0 | 6 |
| MSU | B.J. Cunningham | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| MSU | Keshawn Martin | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| MSU | Kirk Cousins | 4 | -20 | -5.0 | 0 | 1 |
| ND | Jonas Gray | 12 | 65 | 5.4 | 0 | 14 |
| ND | Cierre Wood | 14 | 61 | 4.4 | 2 | 22 |
| ND | Thomas Rees | 4 | -7 | -1.8 | 0 | 2 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSU | B.J. Cunningham | 12 | 158 | 13.2 | 0 | 25 |
| MSU | Dion Sims | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 1 | 21 |
| MSU | Keshawn Martin | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 0 | 13 |
| MSU | Larry Caper | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 11 |
| MSU | Le'Veon Bell | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 8 |
| MSU | Todd Anderson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 21 |
| MSU | Edwin Baker | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 8 |
| MSU | Keith Nichol | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| MSU | Brian Linthicum | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| ND | Michael Floyd | 6 | 84 | 14.0 | 0 | 33 |
| ND | TJ Jones | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 1 | 26 |
| ND | Tyler Eifert | 2 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 16 |
| ND | Theo Riddick | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| ND | Cierre Wood | 6 | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | 7 |
Interceptions
| INT | YDS | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSU | Kurtis Drummond | 1 | 34 | 0 |
| ND | Robert Blanton | 1 | 82 | 0 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSU | Dan Conroy | 2/2 | 100.0 | 40 | 1/1 | 7 |
| ND | David Ruffer | 1/1 | 100.0 | 33 | 4/4 | 7 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSU | Mike Sadler | 6 | 238 | 39.7 | 0 | 0 | 55 |
| ND | Ben Turk | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
Kick returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSU | Nick Hill | 4 | 129 | 32.3 | 0 | 42 |
| ND | George Atkinson III | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 1 | 89 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ND | John Goodman | 5 | -3 | -0.6 | 0 | 1 |
Previous 10 meetings vs. Team
Notre Dame 4–6 vs Michigan State
- 2010 · wk 3Notre Dame 31 @ Michigan State 34
- 2009 · wk 3Michigan State 30 @ Notre Dame 33
- 2008 · wk 4Notre Dame 7 @ Michigan State 23
- 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
Previous 2 meetings vs. Brian Kelly
Michigan State 2–0 vs Brian Kelly
- 2010 · wk 3Notre Dame 31 @ Michigan State 34
- 2004 · wk 3Central Michigan 7 @ Michigan State 24
Previous 4 meetings vs. Mark Dantonio
Notre Dame 1–3 vs Mark Dantonio
- 2010 · wk 3Notre Dame 31 @ Michigan State 34
- 2009 · wk 3Michigan State 30 @ Notre Dame 33
- 2008 · wk 4Notre Dame 7 @ Michigan State 23
- 2007 · wk 4Michigan State 31 @ Notre Dame 14
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