Notre Dame 31, Michigan St. 24
Preview - Box Score - Recap

  1 2 3 4 Total
Notre Dame 14 7 7 3 31 Final 
Michigan St. 7 0 7 10 24  
  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary Fighting Irish - Spartans 
  1st Quarter
 Spartans TD MIST blocked punt attempt by D.J. Fitzpatrick. Jerramy Scott returned for14 yards (Dave Rayner made PAT) 0 - 7 
 
 Fighting Irish TD Brady Quinn rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain (D.J. Fitzpatrick made PAT) 7 - 7 
 
 Fighting Irish TD Jason Teague rushed to the left for no gain. Jason Teague fumbled. Tom Zbikowski recovered fumble and returned for 75 yards (D.J. Fitzpatrick made PAT) 14 - 7 
 
  2nd Quarter
 Fighting Irish TD Brady Quinn passed to Matt Shelton to the right for 35 yard gain (D.J. Fitzpatrick made PAT) 21 - 7 
 
  3rd Quarter
 Fighting Irish TD Ryan Grant rushed up the middle for 6 yard gain (D.J. Fitzpatrick made PAT) 28 - 7 
 
 Spartans TD UND kicked off, DeAndra Cobb returned kickoff for 88 yards (Dave Rayner made PAT) 28 - 14 
 
  4th Quarter
 Spartans FG Dave Rayner kicked a 45-yard field goal 28 - 17 
 
 Fighting Irish FG D.J. Fitzpatrick kicked a 23-yard field goal 31 - 17 
 
 Spartans TD Drew Stanton rushed up the middle for 4 yard gain (Dave Rayner made PAT) 31 - 24 
 
 
 Passing                  
 Notre Dame Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 B. Quinn 11 24 215 45.8 19.5 2 11 1 1 
 Michigan St. Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 D. Stanton 8 12 110 66.7 13.8 1 4 0 0 
 S. Reaves 7 20 66 35.0 9.4 0 0 0 3 
 Rushing            
 Notre Dame Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 D. Walker 26 100 3.8 19 0 0 
 R. Grant 11 70 6.4 19 1 0 
 T. Thomas 5 12 2.4 7 0 0 
 B. Quinn 4 12 3.0 11 1 0 
 R. Powers-Neal 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 
 Michigan St. Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 J. Caulcrick 15 85 5.7 14 0 0 
 D. Stanton 8 53 6.6 17 1 0 
 J. Teague 6 26 4.3 18 0 0 
 M. Trannon 1 12 12.0 12 0 0 
 D. Cobb 3 3 1.0 3 0 0 
 S. Reaves 1 0 0.0 -1 0 0 
 Receiving            
 Notre Dame Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 M. Shelton 3 123 0.0 53 1 0 
 J. Samardzija 4 65 0.0 31 0 0 
 M. Stovall 2 17 0.0 11 0 0 
 C. Vaughn 1 7 0.0 7 0 0 
 D. Walker 1 3 0.0 3 0 0 
 Michigan St. Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 J. Scott 3 71 0.0 30 0 0 
 K. Brown 3 43 0.0 24 0 0 
 M. Trannon 2 27 0.0 18 0 0 
 J. Teague 4 14 0.0 8 0 0 
 A. Shabaj 2 14 0.0 9 0 0 
 E. Knott 1 7 0.0 7 0 0 
 Kicking              
 Notre Dame XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 D. Fitzpatrick 4 4 1 2 23 50.0 7 
 Michigan St. XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 D. Rayner 3 3 1 2 46 50.0 6 
 Punting            
 Notre Dame Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 D. Fitzpatrick 5 40.0 51 1 2 0 
 Michigan St. Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 B. Fields 5 44.8 62 0 1 0 
 Kick/Punt Returns
 Notre Dame PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 C. Holiday 3 50 16.7 21 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 M. Stovall 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 13 13.0 13 0 
 C. Anastasio 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 10 10.0 10 0 
 Michigan St. PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 D. Cobb 0 0 0.0 0 0 5 152 30.4 89 1 
 J. Harmon 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 21 21.0 21 0 
 J. Scott 1 14 14.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 A. Shabaj 1 11 11.0 11 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 K. Brown 2 14 7.0 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 

Updated on Tuesday, Sep 21, 2004 1:44 am ET

  
 Top Performers
 Notre Dame
B. Quinn B. Quinn, QB
11-24, 215 yds
1 TD, 1 INT
4 Rush, 12 yds, 1 TD
 Michigan St.
D. Stanton D. Stanton, QB
8-12, 110 yds
8 Rush, 53 yds, 1 TD
 Independents (I-A) Box Scores
Saturday, Sep 18
Notre Dame 31
Michigan St. 24
Final

Navy 29
Tulsa 0
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