Week 3
Final
MSU
NDTop Performers
Pass Yds
329
Cousins
MSU
Rush Yds
65
Gray
ND
Rec Yds
158
Cunningham
MSU
Scrim TD
2
Wood
ND
Matchup
Pass Rush Rec
2011 Big 10
MSU ND
| Team | W | L | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|
 Illinois | 7 | 6 | .538 |
 Indiana | 1 | 11 | .083 |
 Iowa | 7 | 6 | .538 |
 Michigan | 11 | 2 | .846 |
 Michigan State | 11 | 3 | .786 |
 Minnesota | 3 | 9 | .250 |
 Nebraska | 9 | 4 | .692 |
 Northwestern | 6 | 7 | .462 |
 Ohio State | 6 | 7 | .462 |
 Penn State | 9 | 4 | .692 |
 Purdue | 7 | 6 | .538 |
 Wisconsin | 11 | 3 | .786 |
| Team | W | L | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|
 BYU | 10 | 3 | .769 |
 Notre Dame | 8 | 5 | .615 |
 Texas State | 6 | 6 | .500 |
 UTSA | 4 | 6 | .400 |
 Army | 3 | 9 | .250 |
 Navy | 5 | 7 | .417 |
Game Summary
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish emerged victorious over the Michigan State Spartans, 31 to 13, on September 17, 2011.
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K. Cousins #8 | 34/53 | 329 | 6.2 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 118.7 |
B. Sonntag #81 | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0.0 |
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Rees #11 | 18/26 | 161 | 6.2 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 126.2 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Bell #24 | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 |
E. Baker #4 | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 |
B.J. Cunningham #3 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Martin #82 | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Cousins #8 | 4 | -20 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Gray #25 | 12 | 65 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 |
C. Wood #20 | 14 | 61 | 4.4 | 2 | 0 |
T. Rees #11 | 4 | -7 | -1.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B.J. Cunningham #3 | 0/0 | 158 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 |
D. Sims #80 | 0/0 | 38 | 12.7 | 1 | 0 |
K. Martin #82 | 0/0 | 32 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 |
L. Caper #22 | 0/0 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 |
L. Bell #24 | 0/0 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 |
T. Anderson #42 | 0/0 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 |
E. Baker #4 | 0/0 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
K. Nichol #7 | 0/0 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 |
B. Linthicum #88 | 0/0 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Floyd #3 | 0/0 | 84 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 |
TJ Jones #7 | 0/0 | 40 | 13.3 | 1 | 0 |
T. Eifert #80 | 0/0 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 |
T. Riddick #6 | 0/0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Wood #20 | 0/0 | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I. Lewis #9 | 9-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Norman #10 | 7-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Rush #44 | 7-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Allen #28 | 7-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Adams #5 | 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
W. Gholston #2 | 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Worthy #99 | 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Pickelman #96 | 3-2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Robinson #39 | 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Dennard #31 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Gainer #21 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Bullough #40 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Drummond #27 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
K. Elsworth #41 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Freeman #55 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Jones #34 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
L. Bell #24 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Mumphery #25 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Rashad White #98 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Te'O #5 | 12-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
G. Gray #4 | 10-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
H. Smith #22 | 8-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Z. Motta #17 | 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
R. Blanton #12 | 6-3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
D. Fleming #45 | 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Fox #48 | 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Lewis-Moore #89 | 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Lynch #19 | 5-2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Slaughter #26 | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Calabrese #44 | 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Niklas #85 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
L. Nix III #1 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
E. Johnson #90 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Posluszny #36 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Tuitt #7 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P. Coughlin #29 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Cwynar #98 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Filer #46 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Salvi #24 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Brindza #27 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Wood #20 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Conroy #4 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 7 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Ruffer #97 | 1/1 | 4/4 | 7 | 0 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Sadler #3 | 6 | 238 | 39.7 | 0 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
B. Turk #35 | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 0 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. Hill #20 | 4 | 129 | 32.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G. Atkinson III #4 | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K. Cousins #8 | 34/53 | 329 | 6.2 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 118.7 |
B. Sonntag #81 | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0.0 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Bell #24 | 7 | 27 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 |
E. Baker #4 | 10 | 26 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 |
B.J. Cunningham #3 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Martin #82 | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Cousins #8 | 4 | -20 | -5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B.J. Cunningham #3 | 0/0 | 158 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 |
D. Sims #80 | 0/0 | 38 | 12.7 | 1 | 0 |
K. Martin #82 | 0/0 | 32 | 6.4 | 0 | 0 |
L. Caper #22 | 0/0 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 0 |
L. Bell #24 | 0/0 | 23 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 |
T. Anderson #42 | 0/0 | 21 | 21.0 | 0 | 0 |
E. Baker #4 | 0/0 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 |
K. Nichol #7 | 0/0 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 |
B. Linthicum #88 | 0/0 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
I. Lewis #9 | 9-5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Norman #10 | 7-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Rush #44 | 7-3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Allen #28 | 7-4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Adams #5 | 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
W. Gholston #2 | 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Worthy #99 | 4-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Pickelman #96 | 3-2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Robinson #39 | 3-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Dennard #31 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Gainer #21 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Bullough #40 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Drummond #27 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
K. Elsworth #41 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Freeman #55 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Jones #34 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
L. Bell #24 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Mumphery #25 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Rashad White #98 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Conroy #4 | 2/2 | 1/1 | 7 | 0 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Sadler #3 | 6 | 238 | 39.7 | 0 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N. Hill #20 | 4 | 129 | 32.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Rees #11 | 18/26 | 161 | 6.2 | 1 | 1 | 0-0 | 126.2 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Gray #25 | 12 | 65 | 5.4 | 0 | 0 |
C. Wood #20 | 14 | 61 | 4.4 | 2 | 0 |
T. Rees #11 | 4 | -7 | -1.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Floyd #3 | 0/0 | 84 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 |
TJ Jones #7 | 0/0 | 40 | 13.3 | 1 | 0 |
T. Eifert #80 | 0/0 | 25 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 |
T. Riddick #6 | 0/0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Wood #20 | 0/0 | 5 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Te'O #5 | 12-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
G. Gray #4 | 10-7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
H. Smith #22 | 8-4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Z. Motta #17 | 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
R. Blanton #12 | 6-3 | 3 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
D. Fleming #45 | 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Fox #48 | 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Lewis-Moore #89 | 5-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A. Lynch #19 | 5-2 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Slaughter #26 | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Calabrese #44 | 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Niklas #85 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
L. Nix III #1 | 3-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
E. Johnson #90 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Posluszny #36 | 2-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Tuitt #7 | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P. Coughlin #29 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Cwynar #98 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Filer #46 | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Salvi #24 | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Brindza #27 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Wood #20 | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
D. Ruffer #97 | 1/1 | 4/4 | 7 | 0 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
B. Turk #35 | 4 | 166 | 41.5 | 0 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G. Atkinson III #4 | 4 | 142 | 35.5 | 0 | 1 |
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|