Minnesota 42, Michigan St. 34
Preview - Box Score - Recap

  1 2 3 4 Total
Michigan St. 3 7 21 3 34 Final 
Minnesota 14 7 7 14 42  
  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary Spartans - Golden Gophers 
  1st Quarter
 Golden Gophers TD Adam Weber passed to Duane Bennett to the left for 62 yard gain (Eric Ellestad made PAT) 0 - 7 
 
 Golden Gophers TD Adam Weber passed to Brandon Green to the right for 37 yard gain (Eric Ellestad made PAT) 0 - 14 
 
 Spartans FG Brett Swenson kicked a 20-yard field goal 3 - 14 
 
  2nd Quarter
 Spartans TD Kirk Cousins passed to Brian Linthicum to the left for 26 yard gain (Brett Swenson made PAT) 10 - 14 
 
 Golden Gophers TD Adam Weber passed to Nick Tow-Arnett to the left for 7 yard gain (Eric Ellestad made PAT) 10 - 21 
 
  3rd Quarter
 Spartans TD Minn kicked off, Keshawn Martin returned kickoff for 93 yards (Brett Swenson made PAT) 17 - 21 
 
 Golden Gophers TD Duane Bennett rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain (Eric Ellestad made PAT) 17 - 28 
 
 Spartans TD Keshawn Martin rushed to the right for 84 yard gain (Brett Swenson made PAT) 24 - 28 
 
 Spartans TD Kirk Cousins passed to Dion Sims to the right for 11 yard gain (Brett Swenson made PAT) 31 - 28 
 
  4th Quarter
 Golden Gophers TD Adam Weber passed to Nick Tow-Arnett down the middle for 2 yard gain (Eric Ellestad made PAT) 31 - 35 
 
 Spartans FG Brett Swenson kicked a 20-yard field goal 34 - 35 
 
 Golden Gophers TD Adam Weber passed to Duane Bennett down the middle for 59 yard gain (Eric Ellestad made PAT) 34 - 42 
 
 Team Statistics
  Spartans Golden Gophers 
  First Downs 17 17 
    Passing 13 13 
    Rushing 2 3 
    Penalty 2 1 
  Third Down Efficiency 5-12 10-18 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 0-1 0-0 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 360 505 
    Total Plays 56 72 
    Average Gain Per Play 6.4 7.0 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 124 89 
    Rushes 20 39 
    Average Per Rush 6.2 2.3 
  NET YARDS PASSING 236 416 
    Completions-Attempts 21-36 19-33 
    Yards Per Pass Play 6.6 12.6 
    Times Sacked 0 2 
    Yards Lost to Sacks 0 7 
    Had Intercepted 1 1 
  PUNTS 4 4 
    Average Punt 43.5 36.0 
  PENALTIES 9 17 
    Penalty Yards 73 157 
  FUMBLES 2 1 
    Fumbles Lost 2 1 
 Passing                  
 Michigan St. Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 K. Cousins 21 35 236 60.0 6.7 0 0 2 1 
 K. Nichol 0 1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 
 Minnesota Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 A. Weber 19 31 416 61.3 13.4 2 7 5 1 
 M. Gray 0 2 0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0 0 
 Rushing            
 Michigan St. Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 K. Martin 1 84 84.0 84 1 0 
 E. Baker 11 24 2.2 13 0 0 
 K. Nichol 1 9 9.0 9 0 0 
 L. Caper 5 9 1.8 5 0 0 
 A. Hawken 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 
 K. Cousins 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 
 Minnesota Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 D. Bennett 14 36 2.6 5 1 0 
 K. Whaley 13 35 2.7 7 0 0 
 M. Gray 8 23 2.9 4 0 0 
 A. Weber 4 -5 -1.3 7 0 0 
 Receiving            
 Michigan St. Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 B. Cunningham 5 83 16.6 49 0 0 
 B. Linthicum 3 38 12.7 26 1 0 
 B. White 4 36 9.0 13 0 0 
 K. Martin 2 22 11.0 13 0 0 
 C. Gantt 2 19 9.5 13 0 0 
 E. Baker 2 13 6.5 7 0 0 
 M. Dell 1 11 11.0 11 0 0 
 D. Sims 1 11 11.0 11 1 0 
 A. Hawken 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 
 Minnesota Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 D. Bennett 2 121 60.5 62 2 0 
 D. McKnight 4 98 24.5 53 0 0 
 N. Tow-Arnett 8 81 10.1 33 2 0 
 B. Green 2 60 30.0 37 1 0 
 T. Stoudermire 1 48 48.0 48 0 0 
 J. Hoese 2 8 4.0 6 0 0 
 Kicking              
 Michigan St. XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 B. Swenson 4 4 2 2 20 100.0 10 
 Minnesota XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 E. Ellestad 6 6 0 1 0 0.0 6 
 Punting            
 Michigan St. Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 A. Bates 4 43.5 51 0 0 1 
 Minnesota Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 B. Haudan 4 36.0 50 0 2 0 
 Kick/Punt Returns
 Michigan St. PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 K. Martin 1 2 2.0 2 0 4 176 44.0 93 1 
 E. Baker 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 19 19.0 19 0 
 Minnesota PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 T. Stoudermire 0 0 0.0 0 0 6 192 32.0 71 0 

Updated on Sunday, Nov 1, 2009 11:45 pm ET

  
 Top Performers
 Michigan St.
K. Cousins K. Cousins, QB
21-35, 236 yds
2 TDs, 1 INT
 Minnesota
A. Weber A. Weber, QB
19-31, 416 yds
5 TDs, 1 INT