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Michigan St at Rutgers: Box Score

Saturday Oct 9, 2021 12:00 pm - Piscataway, NJ
Odds: Michigan St. by 4, Total Points: 50

Matchup Menu: MSU @ RUTG

More Games From Week 6

	1	2	3	4		T
Michigan St. Spartans (4-8)	7	14	7	3		31
Rutgers Scarlet Knights (6-6)	7	6	0	0		13

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter	Time	Pts	Xtra	Summary	MSU	RUTG
Michigan St	6:05	6	1	Passing TD: Jalen Nailor 63 yard pass from Payton Thorne. Extra Point good by Matt Coghlin.	7	0
Rutgers	6:51	6	1	Passing TD: Aaron Cruickshank 4 yard pass from Johnny Langan. Extra Point good by Valentino Ambrosio.	7	7
2nd Quarter	Time	Pts	Xtra	Summary	MSU	RUTG
Rutgers	12:10	3		Field Goal: Valentino Ambrosio kicks a 26 yard field goal.	7	10
Michigan St	10:18	6	1	Passing TD: Jalen Nailor 63 yard pass from Payton Thorne. Extra Point good by Matt Coghlin.	14	10
Michigan St	6:10	6	1	Passing TD: Jalen Nailor 65 yard pass from Payton Thorne. Extra Point good by Matt Coghlin.	21	10
Rutgers	6:21	3		Field Goal: Valentino Ambrosio kicks a 29 yard field goal.	21	13
3rd Quarter	Time	Pts	Xtra	Summary	MSU	RUTG
Michigan St	7:13	6	1	Rushing TD: Kenneth Walker III 94 yard rush. Extra Point good by Matt Coghlin.	28	13
4th Quarter	Time	Pts	Xtra	Summary	MSU	RUTG
Michigan St	2:07	3		Field Goal: Matt Coghlin kicks a 35 yard field goal.	31	13

	MSU	RUTG
1st Downs	20	20
Passing 1st downs	10	12
Rushing 1st downs	10	6
1st downs from Penalties	0	2
3rd down efficiency	4-13	6-17
3rd down conversion %	30.8%	35.3%
4th down efficiency	0-1	0-2
4th down conversion %	0.0%	0.0%
Total Plays	63	81
Total Yards	600	377
Net Yards Passing	339	266
Sacked-Yards lost	0-0	4-31
Gross yards passing	339	297
Completions-Attempts	16-27	22-41
Completion%	59.3%	53.7%
Net yards per pass play	12.6	5.9
Touchdowns	3	1
Interceptions	1	0
Passer Rating	194.0	116.2
Net Yards Rushing	261	111
Rushing attempts	36	36
Yards per rush	7.2	3.1
Touchdowns	1	0

	MSU	RUTG
Red Zone (Made-Att)	1-2	3-4
Red Zone Success %	50.0%	75.0%
Penalties	9-68	7-65
Turnovers	2	1
Fumbles-Lost	1-1	2-1
Interceptions thrown	1	0
Punting (Punts-Yards)	4-178	7-323
Yards per Punt	44.5	46.1
Field Goals	1-2	2-2
Extra Points	4	1
Punt Returns (Returns-Yards)	1-1	0-0
Yards per return	1.0	--
Kickoff Returns (Returns-Yards)	1-10	3-75
Yards per return	10.0	25.0
Possession	29:03	30:57
1st Quarter	07:45	07:15
2nd Quarter	08:28	06:32
3rd Quarter	07:30	07:30
4th Quarter	05:20	09:40

Michigan St. Spartans Passing

	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	NCAAF RATING
Payton Thorne	16/27	339	12.6	3	1	194.0
Team	16/27	339	12.6	3	1	194.0

Michigan St. Spartans Rushing

	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD
Kenneth Walker III	29	233	8.0	1
Harold Joiner	3	14	4.7	0
Payton Thorne	1	9	9.0	0
Jayden Reed	1	4	4.0	0
Jordon Simmons	1	4	4.0	0
Bryce Baringer	1	-3	-3.0	0
Team	36	261	7.2	1

Michigan St. Spartans Receiving

	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Kenneth Walker III	1	13	13.0	0
Jayden Reed	3	29	9.7	0
Jalen Nailor	5	221	44.2	3
Tre Mosley	4	59	14.8	0
Connor Heyward	3	17	5.7	0
Team	16	339	21.2	3

Michigan St. Spartans Fumbles

	FUM	LOST
Luke Campbell	1	1
Team	1	1

Michigan St. Spartans Interceptions

	INT	YDS
Team	0	0

Michigan St. Spartans Defensive

	TACKLES				MISC
	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Harold Joiner	1	1	0	0	0
Darius Snow	9	6	0	0	0
Angelo Grose	8	4	0	0.5	1
Quavaris Crouch	7	2	0	0	0
Xavier Henderson	7	3	0	1	0
Dashaun Mallory	5	1	0	0	0
Cal Haladay	4	2	0	1	0
Drew Jordan	4	0	0.5	0.5	0
Maverick Hansen	4	0	1	1.5	0
Jacub Panasiuk	4	0	0.5	0.5	0
Simeon Barrow	4	2	2	2	0
Jacob Slade	4	0	0	0	0
Michael Dowell	4	3	0	0	0
Chester Kimbrough	4	1	0	0.5	0
Jeff Pietrowski	2	1	0	0	0
Marqui Lowery	2	1	0	0.5	0
Ronald Williams Jr.	2	1	0	0	1
Kendell Brooks	2	2	0	0	0
Michael Fletcher	1	0	0	0	0
Zach Slade	1	0	0	0	0
Ben VanSumeren	1	0	0	0	0
Kyle King	1	1	0	0	0
Noah Harvey	1	1	0	0	0
Team	82	32	4	8	2

Michigan St. Spartans Kick Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Jalen Nailor	1	10	10.0	10
Team	1	10	10.0

Michigan St. Spartans Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Jayden Reed	1	1	1.0	1
Team	1	1	1.0

Michigan St. Spartans Kicking

	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Matt Coghlin	1/2	50.0%	35	4	4
Team	1/2	50.0%		4	4

Michigan St. Spartans Punting

	TOT	YDS	AVG	LG
Bryce Baringer	4	178	44.5	51
Team	4	178	44.5

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Passing

	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	NCAAF RATING
Noah Vedral	16/31	208	6.7	0	108.0
Cole Snyder	5/9	54	6.0	0	106.0
Johnny Langan	1/1	4	4.0	1	463.6
Team	22/41	297	7.2	1	116.2

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Rushing

	CAR	YDS	AVG
Isaih Pacheco	11	47	4.3
Noah Vedral	14	21	1.5
Aaron Young	5	21	4.2
Kyle Monangai	4	16	4.0
Brandon Sanders	1	8	8.0
Aaron Cruickshank	1	-2	-2.0
Team	36	111	3.1

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Receiving

	REC	YDS	AVG	TD
Kyle Monangai	1	1	1.0	0
Brandon Sanders	1	10	10.0	0
Shameen Jones	8	109	13.6	0
Jovani Haskins	3	52	17.3	0
Isaiah Washington	4	34	8.5	0
Matt Alaimo	2	22	11.0	0
Aaron Cruickshank	3	38	12.7	1
Team	22	297	13.5	1

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Fumbles

	FUM	LOST
Noah Vedral	2	1
Team	2	1

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Interceptions

	INT	YDS
Alijah Clark	1	0
Team	1	0

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Defensive

	TACKLES				MISC
	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Isaih Pacheco	2	1	0	0	0
Olakunle Fatukasi	9	5	0	2	1
Christian Izien	8	6	0	2.5	0
Tre Avery	7	2	0	0.5	1
Julius Turner	7	2	0	0	0
Tyshon Fogg	6	2	0	0	0
Robert Longerbeam	5	2	0	0	1
Avery Young	5	1	0	0	0
Aaron Lewis	4	0	0	0.5	0
Zukodo Igwenagu	3	0	0	0	0
Mohamed Toure	3	1	0	0	0
Jamree Kromah	3	1	0	1	0
Kessawn Abraham	3	1	0	0	0
Tyreek Maddox-Williams	2	1	0	0	0
CJ Onyechi	2	1	0	0.5	0
Alijah Clark	1	1	0	0	0
Lawrence Stevens	1	1	0	0	0
Bill Taylor	1	0	0	0	0
Mike Tverdov	1	1	0	0	0
Drew Singleton	1	0	0	0	0
Kyonte Hamilton	1	0	0	0	0
Team	75	29	0	7	3

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Kick Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Jessie Parson III	1	31	31.0	31
Aaron Cruickshank	2	44	22.0	27
Team	3	75	25.0

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Punt Returns

	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Team	0	0	--

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Kicking

	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Valentino Ambrosio	2/2	100.0%	29	1	1
Team	2/2	100.0%		1	1

Rutgers Scarlet Knights Punting

	TOT	YDS	AVG	LG
Adam Korsak	7	323	46.1	57
Team	7	323	46.1