College Football
BOXSCORE
Minnesota 42, Michigan State 34
When: 8:00 PM ET, Saturday, October 31, 2009
Where: Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Attendance: 50805
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Michigan State 3 7 21 3 34
Minnesota 14 7 7 14 42
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 0:15
Michigan State   FG  Minnesota 0 - Michigan State 3
Brett Swenson 20 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 13:13
Minnesota   TD  Minnesota 7 - Michigan State 3
Brandon Green (MINN) 37 yd. pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)
1st Quarter - 14:40
Minnesota   TD  Minnesota 14 - Michigan State 3
Duane Bennett 62 yd. pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)
2nd Quarter - 2:32
Minnesota   TD  Minnesota 21 - Michigan State 3
Jeff Tow-Arnett 7 yd. pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)
2nd Quarter - 10:35
Michigan State   TD  Minnesota 21 - Michigan State 10
Brian Linthicum 26 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Brett Swenson kick)
3rd Quarter - 0:00
Michigan State   TD  Minnesota 21 - Michigan State 17
Dion Sims 11 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Brett Swenson kick)
3rd Quarter - 5:03
Michigan State   TD  Minnesota 21 - Michigan State 24
Keshawn Martin 84 yd. run (Brett Swenson kick)
3rd Quarter - 12:27
Minnesota   TD  Minnesota 28 - Michigan State 24
Duane Bennett 1 yd. run (Eric Ellestad kick)
3rd Quarter - 14:47
Michigan State   TD  Minnesota 28 - Michigan State 31
Keshawn Martin 93 yd. kickoff return (Brett Swenson kick)
4th Quarter - 6:04
Minnesota   TD  Minnesota 35 - Michigan State 31
Duane Bennett 59 yd. pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)
4th Quarter - 8:10
Michigan State   FG  Minnesota 35 - Michigan State 34
Brett Swenson 20 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 12:40
Minnesota   TD  Minnesota 42 - Michigan State 34
Jeff Tow-Arnett 2 yd. pass from Adam Weber (Eric Ellestad kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Michigan State Minnesota
W/L 4 - 5 - 0 5 - 4 - 0
Conference 3 - 3 - 0 3 - 3 - 0
Team Stats
  Michigan State Minnesota
Score 34 42
1st Downs 17 17
3rd Down Efficiency 5-for-12
42% 		10-for-18
56%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-1
0% 		0-for-0
0%
Total Yards 360 505
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 20-124 39-89
Average/Rush 6.2 2.3
Passing
Comp-Att 21-36 19-33
Passing Yards 236 416
Average/Pass Play 6.6 11.9
Penalties-Yards 9-73 17-157
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1
Interceptions Thrown 1 1
Time of Possession 23:52 36:08
PLAYER STATS
Michigan State (4 - 5)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Cousins 21/35 236 2 1
K. Nichol 0/1 0 0 0
Minnesota (5 - 4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
A. Weber 19/31 416 5 1
M. Gray 0/2 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
K. Martin 1 84 84.0 1
E. Baker 11 24 2.2 0
L. Caper 5 9 1.8 0
K. Nichol 1 9 9.0 0
K. Cousins 1 -1 -1.0 0
A. Hawken 1 -1 -1.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
D. Bennett 14 36 2.6 1
K. Whaley 13 35 2.7 0
M. Gray 8 23 2.9 0
A. Weber 4 -5 -1.2 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
B. Cunningham 5 83 16.6 0
B. Linthicum 3 38 12.7 0
B. White 4 36 9.0 0
K. Martin 2 22 11.0 0
C. Gantt 2 19 9.5 0
E. Baker 2 13 6.5 0
M. Dell 1 11 11.0 0
D. Sims 1 11 11.0 1
A. Hawken 1 3 3.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
D. Bennett 2 121 60.5 2
D. McKnight 4 98 24.5 0
N. Tow-Arnett 8 81 10.1 2
B. Green (MINN) 2 60 30.0 1
T. Stoudermire Jr. 1 48 48.0 0
J. Hoese 2 8 4.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
B. Denson 1 20 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
M. Sherels 1 22 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
G. Jones 1.0 2.0
C. Neely 0.5 3.0
B. Treadwell 0.5 2.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK AST
G. Jones 7 5
C. Rucker 5 1
E. Gordon 5 4
M. Hyde 4 0
J. Worthy 3 1
C. Norman 2 0
C. Neely 2 1
K. Davis-Clark 2 1
J. Strayhorn 2 1
A. Henderson 2 2
B. Denson 2 3
E. Baker 1 0
R. Weaver 1 0
O. Wilson 1 1
J. Ware 1 1
Tackles
  TK AST
G. Brown 6 1
K. Theret 4 0
L. Campbell 4 2
M. Sherels 3 0
S. Lawrence 3 0
M. Carter 2 0
B. Moen 2 0
C. McKinley 2 1
T. Simmons 2 1
J. Thomas 1 0
R. Sharpe 1 0
G. Tinsley 1 0
K. Royston 1 1
D. Eskridge 1 2
N. Triplett 1 3
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
C. Neely 2.5 13.0
G. Jones 1.0 2.0
C. Norman 1.0 1.0
B. Treadwell 0.5 2.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
G. Brown 3.0 6.0
S. Lawrence 1.0 3.0
G. Tinsley 1.0 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
E. Baker 1
K. Cousins 1
Fumbles
  NO.
A. Weber 1