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Purdue at Michigan State
When: 8:00 PM ET, Friday, November 22, 2024
Where: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan
By Field Level Media

Two reeling football teams will collide when Purdue takes on Michigan State in a Big Ten contest on Friday in East Lansing, Mich.

The teams' experiences this year have been similar, yet still different.

Purdue (1-9, 0-7) comes in on a nine-game losing streak since a season-opening shutout over Indiana State.

Just two years removed from an appearance in the Big Ten championship game, the Boilermakers have regressed badly in the second year under head coach Ryan Walters.

For Walters, the plan is simple for the final two games of the season.

"Go out and compete," he said. "You know, but a good game plan together, offense, defense, special teams. Play clean, competitive football and go win some games."

The Boilermakers enter the game last in the Big Ten in both points scored (17.2 per game) and points allowed (38.9). Their leading rusher, Devin Mockobee, has run for 652 yards and three touchdowns.

Purdue will hope to snap its long losing streak against a Michigan State team that also comes in on a losing streak.

The Spartans (4-6, 2-5) have lost three straight games since a win over Iowa on Oct. 19, the latest being a 38-16 defeat at Illinois last week. Michigan State also lost at Michigan and at home to undefeated Indiana in that span.

The silver lining for Michigan State is that bowl eligibility is still a possibility after not qualifying for a bowl game since 2021.

The Spartans can gain bowl eligibility with home wins over Purdue and Rutgers to close the season, which could be a building block in Jonathan Smith's first year at the helm.

"I'm not going to be up here asking for patience," Smith said. "We're not patient people. We do have perspective of we want to get some things established. Immediately, results haven't come, but I'm confident in the process we're taking. And we're continuing to develop the current roster and then, just everywhere, you're going to have new guys on the roster, and confident the results will come."

The Spartans' running trio of Kay'ron Lynch-Adams, Nate Carter and quarterback Aidan Chiles has combined for 1,142 yards and eight touchdowns.

--Field Level Media

Stats and Records
Team Comparison
  W‑L Strk PF PA Home Away Grass Turf Conf
Purdue 1-9 L9 17.2 38.9 1-5 0-4 1-5 0-0 0-7
Michigan State 4-6 L3 19.4 25.5 3-2 1-4 3-2 0-0 2-5
Last Meeting
Purdue Michigan State
Date Away Home Tot Rus Pas Tot Rus Pas
11/6/21 MSU 29 PUR 40 594 58 536 458 182 276
Player Stats
Previous Matchup
Passing Player COMP % YDS TD INT
Purdue A. O'Connell 74.1 536 3 0
Michigan State P. Thorne 66.7 276 2 1
Rushing Player CAR YDS AVG TD
Purdue K. Doerue 13 32 2.5 1
Michigan State K. Walker III 22 136 6.2 1
Receiving Player REC YDS AVG TD
Purdue D. Bell 11 217 19.7 1
Michigan State J. Reed 4 73 18.2 0
Touchdowns Player TD
Purdue J. Anthrop 1
Michigan State T. Mosley 2
Season
Passing Player COMP % YDS TD INT
Purdue H. Card 59.6 1264 8 5
Michigan State A. Chiles 60.7 2106 10 12
Rushing Player CAR YDS AVG TD
Purdue D. Mockobee 115 652 5.7 3
Michigan State K. Lynch-Adams 106 495 4.7 2
Receiving Player REC YDS AVG TD
Purdue M. Klare 39 566 14.5 3
Michigan State N. Marsh 37 611 16.5 3
Touchdowns Player TD
Purdue D. Mockobee 4
Michigan State N. Carter 4
Quickchart Matchup
Purdue Purdue Off vs  Michigan State Michigan State Def
Purdue 318.6 yards
Michigan State 328.1 yards
Purdue 4.5 yards/rush
Michigan State 3.8 yards/rush
Purdue 6.9 yards/attempt
Michigan State 7.3 yards/attempt
Michigan State Michigan State Off vs  Purdue Purdue Def
Michigan State 346.4 yards
Purdue 454.4 yards
Michigan State 3.5 yards/rush
Purdue 5.2 yards/rush
Michigan State 7.7 yards/attempt
Purdue 9.4 yards/attempt