Michigan St. 38, Pittsburgh 23
Preview - Box Score - Recap

  1 2 3 4 Total
Michigan St. 0 10 14 14 38 Final 
Pittsburgh 10 0 0 13 23  
  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary Spartans - Panthers 
  1st Quarter
 Panthers FG Conor Lee kicked a 32-yard field goal 0 - 3 
 
 Panthers TD LaRod Stephens-Howling rushed to the left for 8 yard gain (Conor Lee made PAT) 0 - 10 
 
  2nd Quarter
 Spartans FG Brett Swenson kicked a 44-yard field goal 3 - 10 
 
 Spartans TD Drew Stanton passed to Kellen Davis to the left for 2 yard gain (Brett Swenson made PAT) 10 - 10 
 
  3rd Quarter
 Spartans TD Jehuu Caulcrick rushed up the middle for 2 yard gain (Brett Swenson made PAT) 17 - 10 
 
 Spartans TD Drew Stanton rushed to the left for 1 yard gain (Brett Swenson made PAT) 24 - 10 
 
  4th Quarter
 Spartans TD Drew Stanton passed to Kerry Reed to the right for 12 yard gain (Brett Swenson made PAT) 31 - 10 
 
 Spartans TD Jehuu Caulcrick rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain (Brett Swenson made PAT) 38 - 10 
 
 Panthers TD Tyler Palko passed to Steve Buches down the middle for 10 yard gain (Conor Lee made PAT) 38 - 17 
 
 Panthers TD Tyler Palko passed to Derek Kinder to the right for 49 yard gain 38 - 23 
 
 Team Statistics
  Spartans Panthers 
  First Downs 24 22 
    Passing 6 16 
    Rushing 17 4 
    Penalty 1 2 
  Third Down Efficiency 11-15 4-13 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 0-0 2-2 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 551 369 
    Total Plays 74 68 
    Average Gain Per Play 7.4 5.4 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 353 92 
    Rushes 48 20 
    Average Per Rush 7.4 4.6 
  NET YARDS PASSING 198 277 
    Completions-Attempts 16-25 28-47 
    Yards Per Pass Play 7.6 5.8 
    Times Sacked 1 1 
    Yards Lost to Sacks 5 5 
    Had Intercepted 1 2 
  PUNTS 2 5 
    Average Punt 49.5 44.0 
  PENALTIES 9 3 
    Penalty Yards 75 18 
  FUMBLES 1 1 
    Fumbles Lost 1 1 
 Passing                  
 Michigan St. Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 D. Stanton 16 25 198 64.0 7.9 1 5 2 1 
 Pittsburgh Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 T. Palko 28 47 277 59.6 5.9 1 5 2 2 
 Rushing            
 Michigan St. Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 J. Ringer 15 156 10.4 71 0 0 
 D. Stanton 13 105 8.1 21 1 0 
 J. Caulcrick 17 64 3.8 13 2 0 
 A. Jimmerson 3 10 3.3 8 0 0 
 Pittsburgh Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 L. Stephens-Howling 8 33 4.1 12 1 0 
 C. Collins 5 33 6.6 12 0 0 
 T. Palko 5 12 2.4 7 0 0 
 S. Brooks 2 3 1.5 2 0 0 
 Receiving            
 Michigan St. Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 K. Reed 7 103 14.7 26 1 0 
 J. Scott 6 74 12.3 41 0 0 
 J. Ringer 1 13 13.0 13 0 0 
 M. Trannon 1 6 6.0 6 0 0 
 K. Davis 1 2 2.0 2 1 0 
 Pittsburgh Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 D. Kinder 9 121 13.4 49 1 0 
 S. Buches 5 54 10.8 17 1 0 
 O. Turner 5 35 7.0 11 0 0 
 D. Strong 4 32 8.0 11 0 0 
 L. Stephens-Howling 2 19 9.5 11 0 0 
 C. Collins 2 10 5.0 7 0 0 
 M. Pestano 1 6 6.0 6 0 0 
 Kicking              
 Michigan St. XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 B. Swenson 5 5 1 1 43 100.0 8 
 Pittsburgh XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 C. Lee 2 2 1 1 32 100.0 5 
 Punting            
 Michigan St. Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 B. Fields 2 49.5 51 0 1 0 
 Pittsburgh Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 A. Graessle 5 44.0 57 0 3 0 
 Kick/Punt Returns
 Michigan St. PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 D. Williams 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 36 18.0 20 0 
 T. Love 3 14 4.7 9 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 
 Pittsburgh PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 T. Porter 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 101 33.7 53 0 
 L. Robinson 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 84 28.0 43 0 
 D. Revis 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 

Updated on Sunday, Sep 17, 2006 5:47 am ET

  
 Top Performers
 Michigan St.
D. Stanton D. Stanton, QB
16-25, 198 yds
2 TDs, 1 INT
13 Rush, 105 yds, 1 TD
 Pittsburgh
T. Palko T. Palko, QB
28-47, 277 yds
2 TDs, 2 INTs