College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Notre Dame 31, Michigan State 13
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, September 17, 2011
Where: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, Indiana
Attendance: 80795
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Michigan State 3 7 0 3 13
Notre Dame 14 7 7 3 31
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:41
Notre Dame   TD  Notre Dame 7 - Michigan State 0
Cierre Wood 22 yd. run (David Ruffer kick)
1st Quarter - 1:32
Michigan State   FG  Notre Dame 7 - Michigan State 3
Dan Conroy 40 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 1:20
Notre Dame   TD  Notre Dame 14 - Michigan State 3
George Atkinson III 89 yd. kickoff return (David Ruffer kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:57
Michigan State   TD  Notre Dame 14 - Michigan State 10
Dion Sims 6 yd. pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Conroy kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:36
Notre Dame   TD  Notre Dame 21 - Michigan State 10
Cierre Wood 6 yd. run (David Ruffer kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:30
Notre Dame   TD  Notre Dame 28 - Michigan State 10
T.J. Jones 26 yd. pass from Tommy Rees (David Ruffer kick)
4th Quarter - 10:56
Michigan State   FG  Notre Dame 28 - Michigan State 13
Dan Conroy 35 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 3:11
Notre Dame   FG  Notre Dame 31 - Michigan State 13
David Ruffer 33 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Records
  Michigan State Notre Dame
W/L 2 - 1 - 0 1 - 2 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Michigan State Notre Dame
Score 13 31
1st Downs 21 18
3rd Down Efficiency 5-for-17
29%
5-for-12
42%
4th Down Efficiency 1-for-3
33%
0-for-0
0%
Total Yards 358 275
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 23-29 32-114
Average/Rush 1.3 3.6
Passing
Comp-Att 34-54 18-26
Passing Yards 329 161
Average/Pass Play 5.9 6.0
Penalties-Yards 12-86 6-53
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2
Interceptions Thrown 1 1
Time of Possession 32:28 27:32
PLAYER STATS
Michigan State (2 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
K. Cousins 34/53 329 1 1
B. Sonntag 0/1 0 0 0
Notre Dame (1 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Rees 18/26 161 1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
L. Bell 7 27 3.9 0
E. Baker 10 26 2.6 0
B. Cunningham 1 -1 -1.0 0
K. Martin 1 -3 -3.0 0
K. Cousins 4 -20 -5.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
J. Gray 12 65 5.4 0
C. Wood 14 61 4.4 2
T. Rees 4 -7 -1.8 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
B. Cunningham 12 158 13.2 0
D. Sims 3 38 12.7 1
K. Martin 5 32 6.4 0
L. Caper 4 25 6.2 0
L. Bell 5 23 4.6 0
T. Anderson 1 21 21.0 0
E. Baker 2 15 7.5 0
K. Nichol 1 9 9.0 0
B. Linthicum 1 8 8.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
M. Floyd 6 84 14.0 0
T. Jones 3 40 13.3 1
T. Eifert 2 25 12.5 0
T. Riddick 1 7 7.0 0
C. Wood 6 5 0.8 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
K. Drummond 1 34 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
R. Blanton 1 82 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
K. Pickelman 1.0 7.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
R. Blanton 1.0 11.0
A. Lynch 1.0 7.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
D. Allen 2.5 7.0
M. Rush 2.0 10.0
K. Pickelman 2.0 9.0
J. Adams 1.0 3.0
I. Lewis 0.5 1.0
C. Norman 0.5 1.0
W. Gholston 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
R. Blanton 3.0 13.0
A. Lynch 1.0 7.0
S. Filer 1.0 3.0
Fumbles
  NO.
K. Cousins 1
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Goodman 1
G. Atkinson III 1
T. Rees 1