Michigan State Spartans vs Notre Dame Fighting Irish - September 19, 2009 - College Football

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	Michigan State Spartans

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+10.0

	Notre Dame Fighting Irish

-10.0

Saturday, September 19, 2009
2:00PM ET

Notre Dame Stadium
South Bend, IN
Attendance: 80,795

	Boxscore		Recap		Spread

Stat
Points	30	33
Plays	65	71
Net Yards	459	437
Yards Avg	7.1	6.2
1st Downs	27	25
1st Downs-Rushing	5	13
1st Downs-Passing	18	11
1st Downs-Penalties	4	1
3rd Downs Made	5	5
3rd Downs Att.	10	11
3rd Down Pct	50.0	45.0
4th Downs Made	0	1
4th Downs Att.	0	1
4th Down Pct	0.0	100.0
Carries	25	37
Rushing Yards	105	133
Rushing Yards Avg	4.2	3.6
Completions	26	24
Passing Att.	40	34
INTs	1	1
Passing Net Yards	354	304
Passing Yards Avg	8.9	8.9
Sacked	0	0
Sack Yds Lost
Punts	3	3
Punt Yards	135	123
Punt Yards Avg	45.0	41.3
Punt Return Att.	0	2
Punt Return Yds	0	23
Kick Return Att.	7	5
Kick Return Yds	154	125
Penalties	6	11
Penalty Yards	40	99
Fumbles	1	1
Fumbles Lost	1	0

Recap: Notre Dame vs. Michigan State
Jimmy Clausen threw for 300 yards and two touchdowns as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish grabbed a 33-30 victory the Michigan State Spartans in South Bend. Full Story

Michigan State Passing
Player	Rating	C	Att	Yards	Avg	Long	TD	Int
Kirk Cousins		25	35	302	0.714		1	1
Keshawn Martin		1	1	30	1.0		1	0
Keith Nichol		2	4	22	0.5		0	0

Notre Dame Passing
Player	Rating	C	Att	Yards	Avg	Long	TD	Int
Armando Allen Jr		1	1	5	1.0		1	0
Jimmy Clausen		22	31	300	0.71		2	0
Dayne Crist		1	2	-1	0.5		0	1

Michigan State Rushing
Player	Att	Yards	Avg	Long	TD
Larry Caper	12	51	4.3	11	2
Kirk Cousins	2	3	1.5	4	0
Keith Nichol	2	14	7.0	9	0
Caulton Ray	3	23	7.7	18	0
Glenn Winston	6	14	2.3	5	0

Notre Dame Rushing
Player	Att	Yards	Avg	Long	TD
Armando Allen Jr	23	115	5.0	13	1
Jimmy Clausen	7	-1	-0.1	9	0
Jonas Gray	4	24	6.0	15	0
Golden Tate	1	-1	-1.0	0	0

Michigan State Receiving
Player	Rec	Yards	Avg	Long	TD
B.J. Cunningham	7	74	10.6	16	0
Mark Dell	6	121	20.2	57	0
Charlie Gantt	2	31	15.5	25	0
Brian Linthicum	3	34	11.3	16	0
Caulton Ray	1	14	14.0	14	0
Dion Sims	1	5	5.0	5	0
Blair White	6	75	12.5	30	2

Notre Dame Receiving
Player	Rec	Yards	Avg	Long	TD
Armando Allen Jr	2	6	3.0	5	0
Michael Floyd	2	38	19.0	22	1
Robert Hughes	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Duval Kamara	3	23	7.7	10	0
Robby Parris	3	16	5.3	6	1
Kyle Rudolph	6	95	15.8	52	0
Golden Tate	7	127	18.1	54	1

Michigan State Interceptions
Player	Int	Yards	TD

Notre Dame Interceptions
Player	Int	Yards	TD

Michigan State Kick Returns
Player	Returns	Yards	Long	TD
Glenn Winston	7	154	34	0

Notre Dame Kick Returns
Player	Returns	Yards	Long	TD
Barry Gallup Jr	1	18	18	0
Theo Riddick	4	1037	38	0

Michigan State Punt Returns
Player	Returns	Yards	Long	TD

Notre Dame Punt Returns
Player	Returns	Yards	Long	TD
Golden Tate	2		23	0

Michigan State Kicking
Player	FG Att	FG Made	Lng	FG Blocked	XP Att	XP Made	XP Blocked
Brett Swenson	2	1			4	3

Notre Dame Kicking
Player	FG Att	FG Made	Lng	FG Blocked	XP Att	XP Made	XP Blocked
Nick Tausch	2	2			4	3

Michigan State Punts
Player	Punts	Yards	Long
Aaron Bates	3

Notre Dame Punts
Player	Punts	Yards	Long
Eric Maust	3