Michigan St. 40, Purdue 37
Preview - Box Score - Recap

  1 2 3 4 Total
Michigan St. 7 10 6 17 40 Final 
Purdue 10 10 7 10 37  
  Box Score Play by Play Drive Log
 Scoring Summary Spartans - Boilermakers 
  1st Quarter
 Spartans TD Ralph Bolden rushed to the right for 9 yard loss. Ralph Bolden fumbled. Chris L. Rucker recovered fumble and returned for 11 yards (Brett Swenson made PAT) 7 - 0 
 
 Boilermakers TD Joey Elliott passed to Keith Smith down the middle for 26 yard gain (Carson Wiggs made PAT) 7 - 7 
 
 Boilermakers FG Carson Wiggs kicked a 20-yard field goal 7 - 10 
 
  2nd Quarter
 Boilermakers FG Carson Wiggs kicked a 42-yard field goal 7 - 13 
 
 Spartans TD Kirk Cousins passed to Andrew Hawken to the right for 4 yard gain (Brett Swenson made PAT) 14 - 13 
 
 Boilermakers TD Ralph Bolden rushed to the right for 9 yard gain (Carson Wiggs made PAT) 14 - 20 
 
 Spartans FG Brett Swenson kicked a 28-yard field goal 17 - 20 
 
  3rd Quarter
 Spartans FG Brett Swenson kicked a 52-yard field goal 20 - 20 
 
 Boilermakers TD Joey Elliott passed to Cortez Smith to the right for 3 yard gain (Carson Wiggs made PAT) 20 - 27 
 
 Spartans FG Brett Swenson kicked a 52-yard field goal 23 - 27 
 
  4th Quarter
 Boilermakers TD Ralph Bolden rushed up the middle for 1 yard gain (Carson Wiggs made PAT) 23 - 34 
 
 Spartans TD Kirk Cousins passed to B.J. Cunningham down the middle for 73 yard gain (Brett Swenson made PAT) 30 - 34 
 
 Spartans TD Kirk Cousins passed to Blair White down the middle for 9 yard gain (Brett Swenson made PAT) 37 - 34 
 
 Boilermakers FG Carson Wiggs kicked a 49-yard field goal 37 - 37 
 
 Spartans FG Brett Swenson kicked a 21-yard field goal 40 - 37 
 
 Team Statistics
  Spartans Boilermakers 
  First Downs 12 28 
    Passing 5 17 
    Rushing 6 10 
    Penalty 1 1 
  Third Down Efficiency 2-10 14-22 
  Fourth Down Efficiency 0-0 0-1 
  TOTAL NET YARDS 362 524 
    Total Plays 49 92 
    Average Gain Per Play 7.4 5.7 
  NET YARDS RUSHING 154 151 
    Rushes 24 37 
    Average Per Rush 6.4 4.1 
  NET YARDS PASSING 208 373 
    Completions-Attempts 11-25 39-55 
    Yards Per Pass Play 8.3 6.8 
    Times Sacked 0 1 
    Yards Lost to Sacks 0 13 
    Had Intercepted 0 0 
  PUNTS 4 3 
    Average Punt 41.0 45.0 
  PENALTIES 6 5 
    Penalty Yards 35 50 
  FUMBLES 1 2 
    Fumbles Lost 1 1 
 Passing                  
 Michigan St. Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 K. Cousins 11 25 208 44.0 8.3 0 0 3 0 
 Purdue Comp Att Yds Pct Y/A Sack YdsL TD Int 
 J. Elliott 39 55 373 70.9 6.8 1 13 2 0 
 Rushing            
 Michigan St. Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 K. Martin 3 70 23.3 45 0 0 
 E. Baker 7 40 5.7 21 0 0 
 L. Caper 8 36 4.5 12 0 0 
 A. Leggett 3 9 3.0 4 0 0 
 K. Cousins 1 3 3.0 3 0 0 
 Purdue Rush Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 R. Bolden 20 76 3.8 23 2 0 
 J. Taylor 9 60 6.7 13 0 0 
 J. Elliott 7 13 1.9 8 0 0 
 J. Crank 1 2 2.0 2 0 0 
 Receiving            
 Michigan St. Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 B. Cunningham 3 92 30.7 73 1 0 
 C. Gantt 1 55 55.0 55 0 0 
 E. Baker 1 23 23.0 23 0 0 
 B. White 3 18 6.0 9 1 0 
 M. Dell 1 13 13.0 13 0 0 
 A. Hawken 2 7 3.5 4 1 0 
 Purdue Rec Yds Avg Lng TD FumL 
 K. Smith 15 152 10.1 26 1 0 
 K. Adams 5 62 12.4 23 0 0 
 D. Dierking 2 62 31.0 34 0 0 
 C. Smith 8 52 6.5 12 1 0 
 J. Lindsay 3 24 8.0 16 0 0 
 J. Taylor 2 16 8.0 9 0 0 
 R. Bolden 2 7 3.5 5 0 0 
 J. Crank 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 
 A. Valentin 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 0 
 Kicking              
 Michigan St. XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 B. Swenson 4 4 4 4 52 100.0 16 
 Purdue XPM XPA FGM FGA Lng Pct Pts 
 C. Wiggs 4 4 3 5 49 60.0 13 
 Punting            
 Michigan St. Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 A. Bates 4 41.0 56 0 1 0 
 Purdue Punt Avg Lng Blk I20 TB 
 C. Summers 3 45.0 52 0 1 2 
 Kick/Punt Returns
 Michigan St. PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 K. Martin 0 0 0.0 0 0 5 166 33.2 85 0 
 A. Jimmerson 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 63 31.5 43 0 
 Purdue PR Yds Avg Lng TD KR Yds Avg Lng TD 
 A. McBurse 0 0 0.0 0 0 2 38 19.0 21 0 
 A. Valentin 2 19 9.5 12 0 1 9 9.0 9 0 
 R. Maci 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 8 8.0 8 0 

Updated on Monday, Nov 16, 2009 2:24 am ET

  
 Top Performers
 Michigan St.
K. Cousins K. Cousins, QB
11-25, 208 yds
3 TDs
 Purdue
J. Elliott J. Elliott, QB
39-55, 373 yds
2 TDs