Week 13 · 2011
Michigan State at Northwestern
Sat 11/26/2011 12:00 PMRyan FieldConference
Michigan State
31
11–3
Northwestern
17
6–7
Attendance
—
not reported
Michigan StateMSU
NorthwesternNU
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | QBR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSU | Kirk Cousins | 14/20 | 214 | 10.7 | 2 | 1 | 86.8 |
| NU | Dan Persa | 23/32 | 245 | 7.7 | 2 | 0 | 53.7 |
| NU | Trevor Siemian | 1/2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 0 | 74.0 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSU | Le'Veon Bell | 16 | 86 | 5.4 | 1 | 20 |
| MSU | Edwin Baker | 15 | 47 | 3.1 | 0 | 12 |
| MSU | Kirk Cousins | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 21 |
| MSU | Keshawn Martin | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| NU | Jacob Schmidt | 14 | 39 | 2.8 | 0 | 6 |
| NU | Treyvon Green | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 0 | 13 |
| NU | Venric Mark | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 17 |
| NU | Kain Colter | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 10 |
| NU | Trevor Siemian | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 |
| NU | Dan Persa | 12 | -5 | -0.4 | 0 | 13 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSU | B.J. Cunningham | 6 | 120 | 20.0 | 2 | 33 |
| MSU | Keshawn Martin | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 46 |
| MSU | Brian Linthicum | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 0 | 15 |
| MSU | Le'Veon Bell | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 9 |
| NU | Drake Dunsmore | 1 | 69 | 69.0 | 0 | 69 |
| NU | Kain Colter | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 0 | 15 |
| NU | Jeremy Ebert | 7 | 39 | 5.6 | 1 | 19 |
| NU | Rashad Lawrence | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 31 |
| NU | Demetrius Fields | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 1 | 12 |
| NU | Christian Jones | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 0 | 8 |
| NU | Jacob Schmidt | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
Interceptions
| INT | YDS | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NU | Jeravin Matthews | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSU | Dan Conroy | 1/1 | 100.0 | 25 | 4/4 | 7 |
| NU | Jeff Budzien | 1/1 | 100.0 | 34 | 2/2 | 5 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSU | Mike Sadler | 4 | 156 | 39.0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| NU | Brandon Williams | 4 | 177 | 44.3 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
Kick returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSU | Nick Hill | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 0 | 29 |
| MSU | TyQuan Hammock | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 |
| NU | Venric Mark | 4 | 78 | 19.5 | 0 | 31 |
| NU | Timmy Vernon | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSU | Keshawn Martin | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 1 | 57 |
Previous 10 meetings vs. Team
Northwestern 4–6 vs Michigan State
- 2010 · wk 8Michigan State 35 @ Northwestern 27
- 2009 · wk 7Northwestern 14 @ Michigan State 24
- 2008 · wk 7Michigan State 37 @ Northwestern 20
- 2007 · wk 6Northwestern 48 @ Michigan State 41
- 2006 · wk 8Michigan State 41 @ Northwestern 38
- 2005 · wk 8Northwestern 49 @ Michigan State 14
- 2002 · wk 6Northwestern 24 @ Michigan State 39
- 2001 · wk 6Michigan State 26 @ Northwestern 27
- 2000 · wk 6Northwestern 37 @ Michigan State 17
- 1999 · wk 12Michigan State 34 @ Northwestern 0
Previous 5 meetings vs. Pat Fitzgerald
Michigan State 4–1 vs Pat Fitzgerald
- 2010 · wk 8Michigan State 35 @ Northwestern 27
- 2009 · wk 7Northwestern 14 @ Michigan State 24
- 2008 · wk 7Michigan State 37 @ Northwestern 20
- 2007 · wk 6Northwestern 48 @ Michigan State 41
- 2006 · wk 8Michigan State 41 @ Northwestern 38
Previous 4 meetings vs. Mark Dantonio
Northwestern 1–3 vs Mark Dantonio
- 2010 · wk 8Michigan State 35 @ Northwestern 27
- 2009 · wk 7Northwestern 14 @ Michigan State 24
- 2008 · wk 7Michigan State 37 @ Northwestern 20
- 2007 · wk 6Northwestern 48 @ Michigan State 41
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