College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Michigan State 23,
Nebraska 20
When:
7:00 PM
ET
,
Saturday, September 25, 2021
Where: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan
Attendance: 70332
Where: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan
Attendance: 70332
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | T |
| Nebraska | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 20 |
| Michigan State | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
SCORING
Scoring Summary
| 2nd Quarter - 14:08 | ||
| Michigan State | TD | Michigan State 7
- Nebraska 0 Jayden Reed 35 yd. pass from Payton Thorne (Matt Coghlin kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 11:22 | ||
| Nebraska | FG | Michigan State 7
- Nebraska 3 Connor Culp 28 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 8:20 | ||
| Michigan State | FG | Michigan State 10
- Nebraska 3 Matt Coghlin 26 yd. field goal |
| 2nd Quarter - 4:20 | ||
| Nebraska | TD | Michigan State 10
- Nebraska 10 Adrian Martinez 12 yd. run (Connor Culp kick) |
| 2nd Quarter - 1:03 | ||
| Michigan State | FG | Michigan State 13
- Nebraska 10 Matt Coghlin 27 yd. field goal |
| 3rd Quarter - 9:10 | ||
| Nebraska | FG | Michigan State 13
- Nebraska 13 Connor Culp 28 yd. field goal |
| 4th Quarter - 7:29 | ||
| Nebraska | TD | Michigan State 13
- Nebraska 20 Adrian Martinez 3 yd. run (Connor Culp kick) |
| 4th Quarter - 3:47 | ||
| Michigan State | TD | Michigan State 20
- Nebraska 20 Jayden Reed 62 yd. punt return (Matt Coghlin kick) |
| OT - 0:00 | ||
| Michigan State | FG | Michigan State 23
- Nebraska 20 Matt Coghlin 21 yd. field goal |
TEAMS
Team Records
| Nebraska | Michigan State | |
| W‑L | 2 - 3 - 0 | 4 - 0 - 0 |
| Conference | 0 - 2 - 0 | 2 - 0 - 0 |
Team Stats
| Nebraska | Michigan State | |
| Score | 20 | 23 |
| 1st Downs | 26 | 12 |
| 3rd Down Efficiency | 7-for-19 37% |
1-for-10 10% |
| 4th Down Efficiency | 2-for-2 100% |
0-for-1 0% |
| Total Yards | 442 | 254 |
| Rushing | ||
| Rushes-Net Yards | 50-194 | 30-71 |
| Average/Rush | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| Passing | ||
| Comp-Att | 25-36 | 14-23 |
| Passing Yards | 248 | 183 |
| Average/Pass Play | 5.8 | 7.0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 6-40 | 5-44 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Interceptions Thrown | 1 | 1 |
| Time of Possession | 37:28 | 22:32 |
PLAYER STATS
Nebraska
(2 - 3)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| A. Martinez | 24/34 | 244 | 0 | 1 |
| L. Smothers | 1/2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Michigan State
(4 - 0)
| Passing | ||||
| COMP/ATT | YDS | TD | INT | |
| P. Thorne | 14/23 | 183 | 1 | 1 |
| Rushing | ||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | |
| R. Johnson | 19 | 76 | 4.0 | 0 |
| A. Martinez | 21 | 72 | 3.4 | 2 |
| S. Morrison | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 |
| L. Falck | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 |
| L. Smothers | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 |
| S. Toure | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 |
| B. Belt | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 |
| M. Stepp | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| O. Manning | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 |
| Rushing | ||||
| ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | |
| K. Walker III | 19 | 61 | 3.2 | 0 |
| J. Simmons | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 |
| J. Reed | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 |
| P. Thorne | 7 | -5 | -0.7 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | |
| Z. Betts | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 0 |
| S. Toure | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 |
| T. Vokolek | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 |
| A. Allen | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 |
| B. Belt | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 |
| L. Falck | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 |
| O. Manning | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 |
| S. Morrison | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 |
| R. Johnson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 |
| Receiving | ||||
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | |
| T. Mosley | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 0 |
| J. Reed | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 1 |
| C. Heyward | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 |
| H. Joiner | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 |
| J. Simmons | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| M. Dismuke | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Interceptions | |||
| NO. | YDS | TD | |
| C. Kimbrough | 1 | 62 | 0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| D. Thomas | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| G. Nelson | 1.0 | 3.0 |
| L. Reimer | 0.5 | 4.0 |
| N. Henrich | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| Sacks | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| J. Panasiuk | 2.0 | 11.0 |
| J. Pietrowski | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| J. Slade | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| Q. Crouch | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| D. Beesley | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| C. Kline | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| S. Barrow | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| L. Reimer | 6 | 5 |
| G. Nelson | 4 | 2 |
| J. Domann | 3 | 1 |
| D. Williams | 3 | 2 |
| N. Henrich | 3 | 6 |
| C. Taylor-Britt | 2 | 0 |
| Q. Newsome | 2 | 1 |
| C. Tannor | 2 | 2 |
| P. Sanford | 1 | 0 |
| C. Jurgens | 1 | 0 |
| D. Thomas | 1 | 1 |
| T. Robinson | 1 | 1 |
| B. Stille | 1 | 1 |
| M. Dismuke | 1 | 1 |
| P. Payne | 0 | 1 |
| N. Pola-Gates | 0 | 1 |
| C. Kolarevic | 0 | 1 |
| J. Bullock | 0 | 1 |
| M. Farmer | 0 | 1 |
| D. Daniels | 0 | 4 |
| Tackles | ||
| Tk | Ast | |
| X. Henderson | 10 | 7 |
| J. Slade | 5 | 3 |
| Q. Crouch | 4 | 3 |
| A. Grose | 4 | 3 |
| R. Williams Jr. | 3 | 0 |
| M. Dowell | 3 | 2 |
| C. Brantley | 2 | 0 |
| J. Pietrowski | 2 | 2 |
| J. Panasiuk | 2 | 5 |
| S. Barrow | 2 | 5 |
| J. Hunt | 1 | 0 |
| H. Joiner | 1 | 0 |
| J. Nailor | 1 | 0 |
| C. Kimbrough | 1 | 0 |
| D. Jordan | 1 | 1 |
| D. Snow | 1 | 1 |
| M. Hansen | 1 | 2 |
| M. Fletcher | 0 | 1 |
| B. Wright | 0 | 1 |
| B. VanSumeren | 0 | 1 |
| C. Kline | 0 | 2 |
| D. Beesley | 0 | 3 |
| C. Haladay | 0 | 8 |
| Tackles For Loss | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| G. Nelson | 2.0 | 9.0 |
| L. Reimer | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| D. Thomas | 1.0 | 8.0 |
| J. Domann | 1.0 | 5.0 |
| C. Tannor | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| T. Robinson | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| D. Williams | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| N. Henrich | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| Tackles For Loss | ||
| NO. | YDS | |
| J. Panasiuk | 2.0 | 11.0 |
| J. Slade | 2.0 | 6.0 |
| J. Pietrowski | 1.5 | 7.0 |
| Q. Crouch | 1.0 | 4.0 |
| R. Williams Jr. | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| M. Hansen | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| X. Henderson | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| D. Beesley | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| C. Kline | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| S. Barrow | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| S. Toure | 1 |
| A. Martinez | 1 |
| Fumbles | |
| NO. | |
| No fumbles | |