passing yards per game msu defense allows

The Michigan State Spartans have 181.22 opponent passing yards per game played all-time.

		TEAM	OPP YDS/GP	OPP YDS	GP	SEASON	OPP CMP	OPP ATT	OPP PCT	OPP AVG	OPP TD	OPP INT	OPP RTG	OPP TD%	OPP INT%	OPP SCK	OPP SCKY
1		Michigan State	98.67	888	9	1956	71	168	42.3	5.3	5	24	67.9	3.0	14.3
2		Michigan State	74.33	669	9	1957	53	134	39.6	5.0	1	14	63.1	0.7	10.4
3		Michigan State	83.11	748	9	1958	56	138	40.6	5.4	3	12	75.9	2.2	8.7
4		Michigan State	124.33	1,119	9	1959	93	184	50.5	6.1	6	14	97.2	3.3	7.6
5		Michigan State	86.11	775	9	1960	68	140	48.6	5.5	3	12	85.0	2.1	8.6
6		Michigan State	78.44	706	9	1961	75	183	41.0	3.9	2	14	61.7	1.1	7.7
7		Michigan State	100.22	902	9	1962	79	185	42.7	4.9	8	11	86.0	4.3	5.9
8		Michigan State	92.11	829	9	1963	68	173	39.3	4.8	3	16	66.8	1.7	9.2
9		Michigan State	127.11	1,144	9	1964	88	178	49.4	6.4	5	11	100.3	2.8	6.2
10		Michigan State	124.3	1,243	10	1965	106	234	45.3	5.3	3	17	79.6	1.3	7.3
11		Michigan State	157.9	1,579	10	1966	128	260	49.2	6.1	7	11	100.7	2.7	4.2
12		Michigan State	154.8	1,548	10	1967	107	202	53.0	7.7	10	9	124.8	5.0	4.5
13		Michigan State	166.5	1,665	10	1968	134	262	51.1	6.4	6	18	98.3	2.3	6.9
14		Michigan State	214.7	2,147	10	1969	158	328	48.2	6.5	14	16	107.5	4.3	4.9
15		Michigan State	148.6	1,486	10	1970	106	243	43.6	6.1	3	23	80.1	1.2	9.5
16		Michigan State	108.09	1,189	11	1971	99	219	45.2	5.4	4	20	78.6	1.8	9.1
17		Michigan State	150.18	1,652	11	1972	101	217	46.5	7.6	7	11	111.0	3.2	5.1
18		Michigan State	55.73	613	11	1973	54	139	38.8	4.4	4	14	65.2	2.9	10.1
19		Michigan State	107	1,177	11	1974	87	174	50.0	6.8	7	9	109.8	4.0	5.2
20		Michigan State	102.18	1,124	11	1975	85	182	46.7	6.2	8	13	98.8	4.4	7.1
21		Michigan State	116.18	1,278	11	1976	84	171	49.1	7.5	4	6	112.6	2.3	3.5
22		Michigan State	160.45	1,765	11	1977	114	248	46.0	7.1	8	15	104.3	3.2	6.0
23		Michigan State	125.45	1,380	11	1978	109	260	41.9	5.3	9	15	86.4	3.5	5.8
24		Michigan State	161.27	1,774	11	1979	131	256	51.2	6.9	8	13	109.5	3.1	5.1
25		Michigan State	169.82	1,868	11	1980	147	301	48.8	6.2	12	13	105.5	4.0	4.3
		Average	181.22	1680.6	9.3		139.8	259.0	54.0	6.5	10.5	11.1	113.4	4.1	4.3
		Total	181.22	141,170	779		11,741	21,756	54.0	6.5	885	929	113.4	4.1	4.3

StatMuse has team, season-level data for opponent passing yards going back to the 1956 season.

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14	Rutgers	1-5	4-5
15	Penn State	0-5	3-5
16	Michigan State	0-6	3-6
17	Purdue	0-5	2-6
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Sat 11/15	PSU	@	MSU	1:00 PM
Sat 11/22	MSU	@	IOWA	1:00 PM
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2,702

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2,572

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Rec Yards Leaders

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Rush TD Leaders

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Bailey

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Opp PPG Rankings

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10.4

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12.5

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Total Yards Rankings

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CFB 2025 Division Standings

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1	Boise State	6	3	.667
2	San Diego State	6	1	.857

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	8	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	8	1	.889

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Georgia Tech	8	0	1.000
2	Virginia	7	1	.875

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Ohio State	8	0	1.000
2	Indiana	9	0	1.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Miami (OH)	5	3	.625
2	Central Michigan	5	4	.556

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	6	2	.750
2	UConn	6	3	.667

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Texas A&M	8	0	1.000
2	Alabama	7	1	.875

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Navy	7	1	.875
2	Memphis	8	1	.889

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Washington State	4	4	.500
2	Oregon State	1	7	.125

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	JMU	7	1	.875
2	Southern Miss	6	2	.750

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Kennesaw State	6	2	.750
2	Jacksonville State	5	3	.625

CFB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 10/9	FRES	@	CSU	21-49
Fri 10/10	HOU	@	OKST	39-17
Fri 10/10	OSU	@	ILL	34-16
Fri 10/10	UL	@	JMU	14-24
Fri 10/10	TOL	@	BGSU	23-28

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 11/1	ARST	@	TROY	8:00 PM
Sat 11/1	CIN	@	UTAH	10:15 PM
Sat 11/1	HAW	@	SJSU	10:30 PM
Tue 11/4	M-OH	@	OHIO	7:00 PM
Tue 11/4	MASS	@	AKR	7:00 PM