Week 4
Final
NEB
MSU2Q 14:14
0 - 7
J. Reed 35-yard TD catch from P. Thorne.
Touchdown
Made XP
1st & 10
2Q 11:26
3 - 7
C. Culp 28-yard field goal.
FG Made
4th & Goal
2Q 08:25
3 - 10
M. Coghlin 26-yard field goal.
FG Made
4th & 7
2Q 04:27
10 - 10
A. Martinez 12-yard TD run.
Touchdown
Made XP
1st & 10
2Q 01:03
10 - 13
M. Coghlin 27-yard field goal.
FG Made
4th & Goal
3Q 09:12
13 - 13
C. Culp 28-yard field goal.
FG Made
4th & 9
4Q 07:33
20 - 13
A. Martinez 3-yard TD run.
Touchdown
Made XP
1st & Goal
4Q 04:02
20 - 20
J. Reed 62-yard TD punt return.
Touchdown
Made XP
4th & 3
OT 00:00
20 - 23
M. Coghlin 21-yard field goal.
FG Made
3rd & Goal
Top Performers
Pass Yds
244
Martinez
NEB
Rush Yds
76
Johnson
NEB
Rec Yds
70
Mosley
MSU
Scrim TD
2
Martinez
NEB
Matchup
Pass Rush Rec
2021 Big 10
| Team | W | L | PCT |
|---|---|---|---|
 Michigan | 12 | 2 | .857 |
 Ohio State | 11 | 2 | .846 |
 Michigan State | 11 | 2 | .846 |
 Iowa | 10 | 4 | .714 |
 Minnesota | 9 | 4 | .692 |
 Wisconsin | 9 | 4 | .692 |
 Purdue | 9 | 4 | .692 |
 Penn State | 7 | 6 | .538 |
 Maryland | 7 | 6 | .538 |
 Illinois | 5 | 7 | .417 |
 Rutgers | 5 | 8 | .385 |
 Nebraska | 3 | 9 | .250 |
 Northwestern | 3 | 9 | .250 |
 Indiana | 2 | 10 | .167 |
Game Summary
The Michigan State Spartans emerged victorious over the Nebraska Cornhuskers, 23 to 20, on September 25, 2021.
Game Info
September 25, 2021
Spartan Stadium
East Lansing, Michigan
64°
15 mph W
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Martinez #2 | 24/34 | 244 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 7-34 | 125.0 |
L. Smothers #7 | 1/2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 66.8 |
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P. Thorne #1 | 14/23 | 183 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 3-18 | 133.4 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Johnson #14 | 19 | 76 | 4.0 | 0 | 18 |
A. Martinez #2 | 21 | 72 | 3.4 | 2 | 45 |
S. Morrison #28 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 |
L. Smothers #7 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 7 |
S. Toure #06 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
B. Belt #38 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
M. Stepp #30 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
O. Manning #5 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K. Walker III #25 | 19 | 61 | 3.2 | 0 | 23 |
J. Simmons #8 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 10 |
J. Reed #5 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
P. Thorne #1 | 7 | -5 | -0.7 | 0 | 9 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Z. Betts #15 | 5/7 | 62 | 12.4 | 0 | 18 |
S. Toure #06 | 5/6 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | 11 |
T. Vokolek #83 | 2/3 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 18 |
A. Allen #11 | 4/6 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | 14 |
B. Belt #38 | 1/2 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 |
L. Falck #88 | 1/3 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 |
O. Manning #5 | 4/5 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 |
S. Morrison #28 | 1/2 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 |
R. Johnson #14 | 2/2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 9 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Mosley #17 | 6/6 | 70 | 11.7 | 0 | 35 |
J. Reed #5 | 4/5 | 59 | 14.8 | 1 | 35 |
C. Heyward #11 | 2/3 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 34 |
H. Joiner #02 | 1/1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
J. Simmons #8 | 1/1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
J. Nailor #8 | 0/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Walker III #25 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Barrow Jr. #10 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
A. Martinez #2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
S. Toure #06 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
J. Pietrowski Jr. #47 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Reimer #28 | 10-6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N. Henrich #42 | 9-3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
G. Nelson #44 | 6-4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Williams #8 | 5-3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Daniels #93 | 4-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Domann #13 | 4-3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Tannor #2 | 4-2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Q. Newsome #6 | 3-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Dismuke #9 | 2-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
C. Taylor-Britt #5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Thomas #97 | 2-1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Robinson #9 | 2-1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Farmer #4 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Jurgens #51 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
L. McCallum #48 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N. Pola-Gates #34 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B. Stille #95 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Brumfield #28 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P. Payne #49 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P. Sanford #37 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Bullock #5 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Kolarevic #31 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
X. Henderson #3 | 17-10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Slade #64 | 8-5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Haladay #27 | 8-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Q. Crouch #27 | 7-5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
J. Panasiuk #96 | 7-2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
A. Grose #15 | 7-4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Barrow Jr. #10 | 6-1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Dowell #21 | 4-3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Pietrowski Jr. #47 | 4-2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
R. Williams #01 | 3-3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Hansen #97 | 3-1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Jordan #86 | 2-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Kline #06 | 2-0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Beesley #86 | 2-0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Snow #23 | 2-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Brantley #0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
H. Joiner #02 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Kimbrough #12 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
B. VanSumeren #13 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Fletcher #5 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Hunt #90 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Lowery Jr. #09 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Culp #33 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 8 | 28 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Coghlin #4 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 11 | 27 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
W. Przystup #92 | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 41 |
D. Cerni #40 | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 44 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
B. Baringer #0 | 6 | 353 | 58.8 | 67 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Johnson #14 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Nailor #8 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Reed #5 | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S. Toure #06 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Reed #5 | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 62 | 1 |
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Martinez #2 | 24/34 | 244 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | 7-34 | 125.0 |
L. Smothers #7 | 1/2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 66.8 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Johnson #14 | 19 | 76 | 4.0 | 0 | 18 |
A. Martinez #2 | 21 | 72 | 3.4 | 2 | 45 |
S. Morrison #28 | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 |
L. Smothers #7 | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 7 |
S. Toure #06 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
B. Belt #38 | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
M. Stepp #30 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
O. Manning #5 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Z. Betts #15 | 5/7 | 62 | 12.4 | 0 | 18 |
S. Toure #06 | 5/6 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | 11 |
T. Vokolek #83 | 2/3 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 18 |
A. Allen #11 | 4/6 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | 14 |
B. Belt #38 | 1/2 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 |
L. Falck #88 | 1/3 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 |
O. Manning #5 | 4/5 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 |
S. Morrison #28 | 1/2 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 |
R. Johnson #14 | 2/2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 9 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
A. Martinez #2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
S. Toure #06 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
L. Reimer #28 | 10-6 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N. Henrich #42 | 9-3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
G. Nelson #44 | 6-4 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Williams #8 | 5-3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Daniels #93 | 4-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Domann #13 | 4-3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Tannor #2 | 4-2 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Q. Newsome #6 | 3-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Dismuke #9 | 2-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
C. Taylor-Britt #5 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Thomas #97 | 2-1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
T. Robinson #9 | 2-1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Farmer #4 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Jurgens #51 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
L. McCallum #48 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
N. Pola-Gates #34 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
B. Stille #95 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Brumfield #28 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P. Payne #49 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
P. Sanford #37 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Bullock #5 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Kolarevic #31 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
C. Culp #33 | 2/2 | 2/2 | 8 | 28 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
W. Przystup #92 | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 41 |
D. Cerni #40 | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 44 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
R. Johnson #14 | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
S. Toure #06 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Passing | Comp | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Sck | Rtg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
P. Thorne #1 | 14/23 | 183 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 3-18 | 133.4 |
| Rushing | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
K. Walker III #25 | 19 | 61 | 3.2 | 0 | 23 |
J. Simmons #8 | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 10 |
J. Reed #5 | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
P. Thorne #1 | 7 | -5 | -0.7 | 0 | 9 |
| Receiving | Rec | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
T. Mosley #17 | 6/6 | 70 | 11.7 | 0 | 35 |
J. Reed #5 | 4/5 | 59 | 14.8 | 1 | 35 |
C. Heyward #11 | 2/3 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 34 |
H. Joiner #02 | 1/1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
J. Simmons #8 | 1/1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
J. Nailor #8 | 0/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
K. Walker III #25 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Barrow Jr. #10 | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumbles | Fum | Lost | Rec |
|---|---|---|---|
J. Pietrowski Jr. #47 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Defense | Tkl-Solo | TFL | Sacks | Int | FF | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
X. Henderson #3 | 17-10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Slade #64 | 8-5 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Haladay #27 | 8-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Q. Crouch #27 | 7-5 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
J. Panasiuk #96 | 7-2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
A. Grose #15 | 7-4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
S. Barrow Jr. #10 | 6-1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Dowell #21 | 4-3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Pietrowski Jr. #47 | 4-2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
R. Williams #01 | 3-3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Hansen #97 | 3-1 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Jordan #86 | 2-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Kline #06 | 2-0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Beesley #86 | 2-0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
D. Snow #23 | 2-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Brantley #0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
H. Joiner #02 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Kimbrough #12 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
B. VanSumeren #13 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Fletcher #5 | 1-0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Hunt #90 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
M. Lowery Jr. #09 | 1-1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kicking | FG | XP | Pts | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
M. Coghlin #4 | 3/4 | 2/2 | 11 | 27 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
B. Baringer #0 | 6 | 353 | 58.8 | 67 |
| Kick Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Nailor #8 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 0 |
J. Reed #5 | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Punt Return | No | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
J. Reed #5 | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 62 | 1 |
Interception
4 plays,
16 yd,
01:340-0
Punt
3 plays,
0 yd,
01:210-0
Downs
10 plays,
11 yd,
04:570-0
Punt
7 plays,
36 yd,
03:350-0
Punt
3 plays,
7 yd,
01:520-0
Punt
4 plays,
8 yd,
01:410-0
Touchdown
3 plays,
55 yd,
00:520-7
Field Goal
7 plays,
66 yd,
02:463-7
Field Goal
6 plays,
49 yd,
03:023-10
Touchdown
9 plays,
75 yd,
04:0010-10
Field Goal
9 plays,
66 yd,
03:1710-13
Punt
4 plays,
14 yd,
00:4710-13
Blocked FG
3 plays,
14 yd,
00:1610-13
Field Goal
14 plays,
60 yd,
05:5013-13
Punt
3 plays,
8 yd,
01:5113-13
Punt
11 plays,
46 yd,
05:0513-13
Punt
3 plays,
5 yd,
01:1713-13
Fumble
5 plays,
14 yd,
01:4013-13
Punt
3 plays,
-1 yd,
01:4313-13
Touchdown
11 plays,
80 yd,
05:0520-13
Punt
3 plays,
-7 yd,
01:1620-13
Punt
3 plays,
7 yd,
02:2620-20
Punt
4 plays,
17 yd,
02:2520-20
Punt
3 plays,
9 yd,
00:3520-20
End of Half
3 plays,
12 yd,
00:4720-20
Interception
3 plays,
7 yd,
00:0020-20
Field Goal
4 plays,
22 yd,
00:0020-23
408
Total Yds
236
214
Pass Yds
165
194
Rush Yds
71
14
Total Drives
13
93
Total Plays
56
4.4
Yards Per Play
4.2
5
Yards Per Pass
6.3
3.9
Yards Per Rush
2.4
37:28
Possession
22:32
7
Biggest Lead
7
26
1st Downs
12
13
Passing 1st Downs
6
12
Rushing 1st Downs
4
1
1st Downs from Penalties
2
7/20
3rd Down
1/11
2/2
4th Down
0/1
7
Punts
6
2
Turnovers
1
1
Interceptions Thrown
1
1
Fumbles Lost
0
6
Penalties
5
3.0
Sacks
7.0
8
Tackles For Loss
5
0
D/ST TD
1