College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Michigan State 23, Nebraska 20
When: 7:00 PM   ET ,  Saturday, September 25, 2021
Where: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan
Attendance: 70332
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 OT T
Nebraska 0 10 3 7 0 20
Michigan State 0 13 0 7 3 23
SCORING
Scoring Summary
2nd Quarter - 14:08
Michigan State   TD  Michigan State 7 - Nebraska 0
Jayden Reed 35 yd. pass from Payton Thorne (Matt Coghlin kick)
2nd Quarter - 11:22
Nebraska   FG  Michigan State 7 - Nebraska 3
Connor Culp 28 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 8:20
Michigan State   FG  Michigan State 10 - Nebraska 3
Matt Coghlin 26 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 4:20
Nebraska   TD  Michigan State 10 - Nebraska 10
Adrian Martinez 12 yd. run (Connor Culp kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:03
Michigan State   FG  Michigan State 13 - Nebraska 10
Matt Coghlin 27 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 9:10
Nebraska   FG  Michigan State 13 - Nebraska 13
Connor Culp 28 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 7:29
Nebraska   TD  Michigan State 13 - Nebraska 20
Adrian Martinez 3 yd. run (Connor Culp kick)
4th Quarter - 3:47
Michigan State   TD  Michigan State 20 - Nebraska 20
Jayden Reed 62 yd. punt return (Matt Coghlin kick)
OT - 0:00
Michigan State   FG  Michigan State 23 - Nebraska 20
Matt Coghlin 21 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Records
  Nebraska Michigan State
W‑L 2 - 3 - 0 4 - 0 - 0
Conference 0 - 2 - 0 2 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Nebraska Michigan State
Score 20 23
1st Downs 26 12
3rd Down Efficiency 7-for-19
37%		 1-for-10
10%
4th Down Efficiency 2-for-2
100%		 0-for-1
0%
Total Yards 442 254
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 50-194 30-71
Average/Rush 3.9 2.4
Passing
Comp-Att 25-36 14-23
Passing Yards 248 183
Average/Pass Play 5.8 7.0
Penalties-Yards 6-40 5-44
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0
Interceptions Thrown 1 1
Time of Possession 37:28 22:32
PLAYER STATS
Nebraska (2 - 3)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
A. Martinez 24/34 244 0 1
L. Smothers 1/2 4 0 0
Michigan State (4 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Thorne 14/23 183 1 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
R. Johnson 19 76 4.0 0
A. Martinez 21 72 3.4 2
S. Morrison 3 15 5.0 0
L. Falck 0 12 0.0 0
L. Smothers 3 11 3.7 0
S. Toure 1 4 4.0 0
B. Belt 1 3 3.0 0
M. Stepp 1 2 2.0 0
O. Manning 1 -1 -1.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
K. Walker III 19 61 3.2 0
J. Simmons 3 13 4.3 0
J. Reed 1 2 2.0 0
P. Thorne 7 -5 -0.7 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
Z. Betts 5 62 12.4 0
S. Toure 5 42 8.4 0
T. Vokolek 2 29 14.5 0
A. Allen 4 28 7.0 0
B. Belt 1 24 24.0 0
L. Falck 1 22 22.0 0
O. Manning 4 16 4.0 0
S. Morrison 1 14 14.0 0
R. Johnson 2 11 5.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
T. Mosley 6 70 11.7 0
J. Reed 4 59 14.8 1
C. Heyward 2 39 19.5 0
H. Joiner 1 9 9.0 0
J. Simmons 1 6 6.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
M. Dismuke 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
C. Kimbrough 1 62 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
D. Thomas 1.0 8.0
G. Nelson 1.0 3.0
L. Reimer 0.5 4.0
N. Henrich 0.5 3.0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Panasiuk 2.0 11.0
J. Pietrowski 1.5 7.0
J. Slade 1.0 5.0
Q. Crouch 1.0 4.0
D. Beesley 0.5 3.0
C. Kline 0.5 2.0
S. Barrow 0.5 2.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
L. Reimer 6 5
G. Nelson 4 2
J. Domann 3 1
D. Williams 3 2
N. Henrich 3 6
C. Taylor-Britt 2 0
Q. Newsome 2 1
C. Tannor 2 2
P. Sanford 1 0
C. Jurgens 1 0
D. Thomas 1 1
T. Robinson 1 1
B. Stille 1 1
M. Dismuke 1 1
P. Payne 0 1
N. Pola-Gates 0 1
C. Kolarevic 0 1
J. Bullock 0 1
M. Farmer 0 1
D. Daniels 0 4
Tackles
  Tk Ast
X. Henderson 10 7
J. Slade 5 3
Q. Crouch 4 3
A. Grose 4 3
R. Williams Jr. 3 0
M. Dowell 3 2
C. Brantley 2 0
J. Pietrowski 2 2
J. Panasiuk 2 5
S. Barrow 2 5
J. Hunt 1 0
H. Joiner 1 0
J. Nailor 1 0
C. Kimbrough 1 0
D. Jordan 1 1
D. Snow 1 1
M. Hansen 1 2
M. Fletcher 0 1
B. Wright 0 1
B. VanSumeren 0 1
C. Kline 0 2
D. Beesley 0 3
C. Haladay 0 8
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
G. Nelson 2.0 9.0
L. Reimer 1.5 7.0
D. Thomas 1.0 8.0
J. Domann 1.0 5.0
C. Tannor 1.0 2.0
T. Robinson 1.0 1.0
D. Williams 1.0 1.0
N. Henrich 0.5 3.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
J. Panasiuk 2.0 11.0
J. Slade 2.0 6.0
J. Pietrowski 1.5 7.0
Q. Crouch 1.0 4.0
R. Williams Jr. 1.0 1.0
M. Hansen 1.0 1.0
X. Henderson 1.0 1.0
D. Beesley 0.5 3.0
C. Kline 0.5 2.0
S. Barrow 0.5 2.0
Fumbles
  NO.
S. Toure 1
A. Martinez 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles