Michigan St. 24, Northwestern 14
Preview - Box Score - Recap

  1 2 3 4 Total
Northwestern 0 7 0 7 14 Final 
Michigan St. 0 0 17 7 24  
  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary Wildcats - Spartans 
  1st Quarter
 NONE 0 - 0 
 
  2nd Quarter
 Wildcats TD Mike Kafka passed to Andrew Brewer down the middle for 15 yard gain (Stefan Demos made PAT) 7 - 0 
 
  3rd Quarter
 Spartans TD Kirk Cousins passed to Blair White down the middle for 22 yard gain (Brett Swenson made PAT) 7 - 7 
 
 Spartans TD Kirk Cousins passed to Blair White down the middle for 47 yard gain (Brett Swenson made PAT) 7 - 14 
 
 Spartans FG Brett Swenson kicked a 28-yard field goal 7 - 17 
 
  4th Quarter
 Spartans TD Larry Caper rushed to the left for 22 yard gain (Brett Swenson made PAT) 7 - 24 
 
 Wildcats TD Mike Kafka passed to Zeke Markshausen down the middle for 1 yard gain (Stefan Demos made PAT) 14 - 24 
 
 Team Statistics
  Wildcats Spartans 
  First Downs 22 19 
    Passing 14 13 
    Rushing 5
    Penalty 3
  Third Down Efficiency 8-16 5-14 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 0-2 0-1 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 370 375 
    Total Plays 76 65 
    Average Gain Per Play 4.9 5.8 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 79 94 
    Rushes 29 34 
    Average Per Rush 2.7 2.8 
  NET YARDS PASSING 291 281 
    Completions-Attempts 34-47 21-31 
    Yards Per Pass Play 6.2 9.1 
    Times Sacked 3
    Yards Lost to Sacks 15
    Had Intercepted 0
  PUNTS 6 6 
    Average Punt 32.5 40.5 
  PENALTIES 4 4 
    Penalty Yards 25 46 
  FUMBLES 3 1 
    Fumbles Lost 2
 Passing                  
 Northwestern Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 M. Kafka 34 47 291 72.3 6.2 3 15 2
 Michigan St. Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 K. Cousins 21 31 281 67.7 9.1 0 0 2
 Rushing            
 Northwestern Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 M. Kafka 18 42 2.3 18 0
 S. Simmons 5 23 4.6 18 0
 J. Matthews 1 6 6.0 6 0
 A. Fields 2 5 2.5 3 0
 D. Persa 2 4 2.0 4 0
 Michigan St. Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 L. Caper 16 63 3.9 22 1
 E. Baker 12 45 3.8 11 0
 K. Martin 1 2 2.0 2 0
 K. Cousins 2 0 0.0 0 0
 Receiving            
 Northwestern Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 Z. Markshausen 16 111 6.9 20 1
 A. Brewer 8 104 13.0 26 1
 C. Brown 3 31 10.3 16 0
 D. Dunsmore 2 16 8.0 12 0
 J. Ebert 1 12 12.0 12 0
 S. Simmons 3 11 3.7 11 0
 M. Woodsum 1 6 6.0 6 0
 Michigan St. Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 B. White 12 186 15.5 47 2
 B. Cunningham 5 49 9.8 20 0
 C. Gantt 1 15 15.0 15 0
 A. Hawken 1 13 13.0 13 0
 K. Martin 1 10 10.0 10 0
 M. Dell 1 8 8.0 8 0
 Kicking              
 Northwestern XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 S. Demos 2 2 0 0 0 0.0
 Michigan St. XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 B. Swenson 3 3 1 1 28 100.0
 Punting            
 Northwestern Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 S. Demos 6 32.5 43 0 1
 Michigan St. Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 A. Bates 6 40.5 52 0 1
 Kick/Punt Returns
 Northwestern PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 J. Matthews 0 0 0.0 0 0 5 85 17.0 28
 H. Bates 2 10 5.0 10 0 0 0 0.0 0
 Michigan St. PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 T. Robinson 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 47 47.0 47
 E. Baker 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 19 19.0 19
 K. Martin 1 8 8.0 8 0 0 0 0.0 0

Updated on Sunday, Oct 18, 2009 12:56 pm ET

 
 Top Performers
 Northwestern
M. Kafka M. Kafka, QB
34-47, 291 yds
2 TDs
 Michigan St.
B. White B. White, WR
12 Rec, 186 yds
2 TDs