Northwestern 54-40 Michigan State (Oct 15, 2016)

Scoring Plays All Drives

NW

MSU

1

7

14

2

12

3

21

14

4

14

9

54

40

1Q 09:58

0 - 7

J. Price 15-yard TD catch from B. Lewerke.

Touchdown

Made XP

2nd & 10

1Q 08:40

0 - 14

J. Layne 43-yard TD interception return.

Touchdown

Made XP

3rd & 6

1Q 03:39

7 - 14

J. Jackson 29-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

3rd & 3

2Q 14:20

7 - 17

M. Geiger 41-yard field goal.

FG Made

4th & 4

2Q 10:23

14 - 17

A. Carr 9-yard TD catch from C. Thorson.

Touchdown

Made XP

3rd & 5

2Q 09:29

16 - 17

Safety by J. Gaziano.

Safety

3rd & 8

2Q 06:46

19 - 17

J. Mitchell 33-yard field goal.

FG Made

4th & 10

3Q 13:37

26 - 17

F. Nagel 57-yard TD catch from C. Thorson.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & 10

3Q 06:53

33 - 17

C. Thorson 9-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

2nd & 5

3Q 06:02

33 - 24

R.J. Shelton 59-yard TD catch from T. O'Connor.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & 10

3Q 02:19

33 - 31

R.J. Shelton 86-yard TD catch from T. O'Connor.

Touchdown

Made XP

1st & 10

3Q 02:08

40 - 31

S. Vault 95-yard TD kickoff return.

Touchdown

Made XP

4Q 08:31

47 - 31

J. Jackson 26-yard TD run.

Touchdown

Made XP

3rd & 9

4Q 07:15

47 - 37

D. Corley 9-yard TD catch from T. O'Connor.

Touchdown

2PT Failed

2nd & 3

4Q 05:09

54 - 37

A. Carr 29-yard TD catch from C. Thorson.

Touchdown

Made XP

4th & 6

4Q 01:00

54 - 40

M. Geiger 35-yard field goal.

FG Made

4th & Goal

Top Performers

Pass Yds

281

Thorson

NW

Rush Yds

188

Jackson

NW

Rec Yds

190

Shelton

MSU

Scrim TD

2

Jackson

NW

Matchup

Pass Rush Rec

Clayton Thorson

NW QB #18

Tyler O'Connor

MSU QB #7

281

Pass Yds

281

3

Pass TD

3

1

Int

1

NW

Team Stats

MSU

482

Total Yds

441

35:34

Possession

24:26

26

1st Downs

18

10/19

3rd Down

5/16

1

Turnovers

2

2016 Big 10

Team	W	L	PCT
Ohio State	11	2	.846
Penn State	11	3	.786
Wisconsin	11	3	.786
Michigan	10	3	.769
Nebraska	9	4	.692
Minnesota	9	4	.692
Iowa	8	5	.615
Northwestern	7	6	.538
Indiana	6	7	.462
Maryland	6	7	.462
Purdue	3	9	.250
Illinois	3	9	.250
Michigan State	3	9	.250
Rutgers	2	10	.167

Game Summary

The Michigan State Spartans fell to the Northwestern Wildcats, 54 to 40, on October 15, 2016.

Game Info

October 15, 2016

Spartan Stadium

East Lansing, Michigan

66°

15 mph SW

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Clayton Thorson C. Thorson #18	27/35	281	8.0	3	1	1-8	167.2

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Tyler O'Connor T. O'Connor #7	13/21	281	13.4	3	1	3-27	211.9
Brian Lewerke B. Lewerke #14	12/19	99	5.2	1	0	1-7	124.3
R.J. Shelton R.J. Shelton #12	2/2	44	22.0	0	0	0-0	284.8

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Justin Jackson J. Jackson #21	34	188	5.5	2	29
John Moten IV J. Moten IV #20	8	12	1.5	0	5
Clayton Thorson C. Thorson #18	5	12	2.4	1	9
Solomon Vault S. Vault #4	1	1	1.0	0	1

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	Long
Brian Lewerke B. Lewerke #14	7	30	4.3	24
LJ Scott LJ Scott #3	3	25	8.3	23
Madre London M. London #28	3	6	2.0	2
Donnie Corley D. Corley #9	1	5	5.0	5
Gerald Holmes G. Holmes #24	5	5	1.0	3
Tyler O'Connor T. O'Connor #7	4	-20	-5.0	7

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Austin Carr A. Carr #80	11/11	130	11.8	2	29
Flynn Nagel F. Nagel #2	5/6	81	16.2	1	57
Andrew Scanlan A. Scanlan #82	2/2	32	16.0	0	20
Macan Wilson M. Wilson #15	2/2	15	7.5	0	8
Justin Jackson J. Jackson #21	4/5	10	2.5	0	8
Solomon Vault S. Vault #4	2/4	8	4.0	0	7
Garrett Dickerson G. Dickerson #9	1/2	5	5.0	0	5
Bennett Skowronek B. Skowronek #88	0/2	0	0	0	0

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
R.J. Shelton R.J. Shelton #12	7/12	190	27.1	2	86
Donnie Corley D. Corley #9	5/11	73	14.6	1	25
Josiah Price J. Price #82	4/5	52	13.0	1	19
Jamal Lyles J. Lyles #11	3/3	39	13.0	0	17
Delton Williams D. Williams #22	1/1	22	22.0	0	22
Felton Davis III F. Davis III #18	1/1	15	15.0	0	15
Prescott Line P. Line #29	1/1	12	12.0	0	12
Trishton Jackson T. Jackson #86	1/1	7	7.0	0	7
Monty Madaris M. Madaris #88	1/4	7	7.0	0	7
Gerald Holmes G. Holmes #24	1/1	5	5.0	0	5
LJ Scott LJ Scott #3	2/2	2	1.0	0	2

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
Joe Gaziano J. Gaziano #97	0	0	1

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
Tyler O'Connor T. O'Connor #7	1	1	0

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	FF
Godwin Igwebuike G. Igwebuike #16	9-7	0	0.0	0	0
Anthony Walker A. Walker #1	7-6	1	1.0	0	0
Jaylen Prater J. Prater #51	5-4	1	0.0	0	0
Joe Gaziano J. Gaziano #97	4-3	1	1.0	0	0
Ifeadi Odenigbo I. Odenigbo #7	4-4	2	2.0	0	1
Kyle Queiro K. Queiro #21	4-4	0	0.0	0	0
Trent Goens T. Goens #83	3-3	0	0.0	0	0
Joseph Jones J. Jones #42	3-1	0	0.0	0	0
Nate Hall N. Hall #32	2-2	1	0.0	0	0
Montre Hartage M. Hartage #24	2-2	0	0.0	0	0
Tyler Lancaster T. Lancaster #1	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Alonzo Mayo A. Mayo #12	2-2	0	0.0	0	0
Jared McGee J. McGee #41	2-1	0	0.0	1	0
C.J. Robbins C.J. Robbins #90	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Jordan Thompson J. Thompson #99	2-2	0	0.0	0	0
Fred Wyatt F. Wyatt #92	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Chris Fitzpatrick C. Fitzpatrick #52	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Nathan Fox N. Fox #45	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Justin Jackson J. Jackson #21	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Alex Miller A. Miller #95	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Steven Reese S. Reese #23	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Trae Williams T. Williams #29	1-1	0	0.0	0	0

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	TD
Malik McDowell M. McDowell #4	12-9	1	0.5	0	0
Montae Nicholson M. Nicholson #9	12-7	1	0.0	0	0
Riley Bullough R. Bullough #30	11-10	0	0.0	0	0
Andrew Dowell A. Dowell #5	10-6	0	0.0	0	0
Demetrious Cox D. Cox #7	6-6	0	0.0	0	0
Khari Willis K. Willis #27	6-4	0	0.0	0	0
Vayante Copeland V. Copeland #13	5-3	0	0.0	0	0
Chris Frey C. Frey #23	5-2	0	0.0	0	0
Matt Morrissey M. Morrissey #10	5-5	1	0.0	0	0
Raequan Williams R. Williams #99	4-4	2	0.0	0	0
Justin Layne J. Layne #2	3-3	0	0.0	1	1
Demetrius Cooper D. Cooper #98	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Josh King J. King #12	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Madre London M. London #28	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Tyriq Thompson T. Thompson #17	2-2	0	0.0	0	0
Josh Butler J. Butler #19	2-1	0	0.5	0	0
Donnie Corley D. Corley #9	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Panasiuk M. Panasiuk #72	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Kevin Williams K. Williams #92	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Byron Bullough B. Bullough #38	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Brandon Clemons B. Clemons #64	1-1	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Jack Mitchell J. Mitchell #8	1/1	7/7	10	33

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Michael Geiger M. Geiger #4	2/2	4/4	10	41

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Hunter Niswander H. Niswander #96	5	214	42.8	62

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Jake Hartbarger J. Hartbarger #25	5	231	46.2	61

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Garrett Dickerson G. Dickerson #9	1	13	13.0	0
Flynn Nagel F. Nagel #2	1	24	24.0	0
Solomon Vault S. Vault #4	1	95	95.0	1

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
R.J. Shelton R.J. Shelton #12	4	70	17.5	0	0

Punt Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Flynn Nagel F. Nagel #2	3	12	4.0	7	0

Punt Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Brandon Sowards B. Sowards #16	2	11	5.5	6	0
Edward Barksdale III E. Barksdale III	1	7	7.0	0	0

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Clayton Thorson C. Thorson #18	27/35	281	8.0	3	1	1-8	167.2

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Justin Jackson J. Jackson #21	34	188	5.5	2	29
John Moten IV J. Moten IV #20	8	12	1.5	0	5
Clayton Thorson C. Thorson #18	5	12	2.4	1	9
Solomon Vault S. Vault #4	1	1	1.0	0	1

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
Austin Carr A. Carr #80	11/11	130	11.8	2	29
Flynn Nagel F. Nagel #2	5/6	81	16.2	1	57
Andrew Scanlan A. Scanlan #82	2/2	32	16.0	0	20
Macan Wilson M. Wilson #15	2/2	15	7.5	0	8
Justin Jackson J. Jackson #21	4/5	10	2.5	0	8
Solomon Vault S. Vault #4	2/4	8	4.0	0	7
Garrett Dickerson G. Dickerson #9	1/2	5	5.0	0	5
Bennett Skowronek B. Skowronek #88	0/2	0	0	0	0

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
Joe Gaziano J. Gaziano #97	0	0	1

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	FF
Godwin Igwebuike G. Igwebuike #16	9-7	0	0.0	0	0
Anthony Walker A. Walker #1	7-6	1	1.0	0	0
Jaylen Prater J. Prater #51	5-4	1	0.0	0	0
Joe Gaziano J. Gaziano #97	4-3	1	1.0	0	0
Ifeadi Odenigbo I. Odenigbo #7	4-4	2	2.0	0	1
Kyle Queiro K. Queiro #21	4-4	0	0.0	0	0
Trent Goens T. Goens #83	3-3	0	0.0	0	0
Joseph Jones J. Jones #42	3-1	0	0.0	0	0
Nate Hall N. Hall #32	2-2	1	0.0	0	0
Montre Hartage M. Hartage #24	2-2	0	0.0	0	0
Tyler Lancaster T. Lancaster #1	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Alonzo Mayo A. Mayo #12	2-2	0	0.0	0	0
Jared McGee J. McGee #41	2-1	0	0.0	1	0
C.J. Robbins C.J. Robbins #90	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Jordan Thompson J. Thompson #99	2-2	0	0.0	0	0
Fred Wyatt F. Wyatt #92	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Chris Fitzpatrick C. Fitzpatrick #52	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Nathan Fox N. Fox #45	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Justin Jackson J. Jackson #21	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Alex Miller A. Miller #95	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Steven Reese S. Reese #23	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Trae Williams T. Williams #29	1-1	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Jack Mitchell J. Mitchell #8	1/1	7/7	10	33

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Hunter Niswander H. Niswander #96	5	214	42.8	62

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Garrett Dickerson G. Dickerson #9	1	13	13.0	0
Flynn Nagel F. Nagel #2	1	24	24.0	0
Solomon Vault S. Vault #4	1	95	95.0	1

Punt Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Flynn Nagel F. Nagel #2	3	12	4.0	7	0

Passing	Comp	Yds	Avg	TD	Int	Sck	Rtg
Tyler O'Connor T. O'Connor #7	13/21	281	13.4	3	1	3-27	211.9
Brian Lewerke B. Lewerke #14	12/19	99	5.2	1	0	1-7	124.3
R.J. Shelton R.J. Shelton #12	2/2	44	22.0	0	0	0-0	284.8

Rushing	Att	Yds	Avg	Long
Brian Lewerke B. Lewerke #14	7	30	4.3	24
LJ Scott LJ Scott #3	3	25	8.3	23
Madre London M. London #28	3	6	2.0	2
Donnie Corley D. Corley #9	1	5	5.0	5
Gerald Holmes G. Holmes #24	5	5	1.0	3
Tyler O'Connor T. O'Connor #7	4	-20	-5.0	7

Receiving	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
R.J. Shelton R.J. Shelton #12	7/12	190	27.1	2	86
Donnie Corley D. Corley #9	5/11	73	14.6	1	25
Josiah Price J. Price #82	4/5	52	13.0	1	19
Jamal Lyles J. Lyles #11	3/3	39	13.0	0	17
Delton Williams D. Williams #22	1/1	22	22.0	0	22
Felton Davis III F. Davis III #18	1/1	15	15.0	0	15
Prescott Line P. Line #29	1/1	12	12.0	0	12
Trishton Jackson T. Jackson #86	1/1	7	7.0	0	7
Monty Madaris M. Madaris #88	1/4	7	7.0	0	7
Gerald Holmes G. Holmes #24	1/1	5	5.0	0	5
LJ Scott LJ Scott #3	2/2	2	1.0	0	2

Fumbles	Fum	Lost	Rec
Tyler O'Connor T. O'Connor #7	1	1	0

Defense	Tkl-Solo	TFL	Sacks	Int	TD
Malik McDowell M. McDowell #4	12-9	1	0.5	0	0
Montae Nicholson M. Nicholson #9	12-7	1	0.0	0	0
Riley Bullough R. Bullough #30	11-10	0	0.0	0	0
Andrew Dowell A. Dowell #5	10-6	0	0.0	0	0
Demetrious Cox D. Cox #7	6-6	0	0.0	0	0
Khari Willis K. Willis #27	6-4	0	0.0	0	0
Vayante Copeland V. Copeland #13	5-3	0	0.0	0	0
Chris Frey C. Frey #23	5-2	0	0.0	0	0
Matt Morrissey M. Morrissey #10	5-5	1	0.0	0	0
Raequan Williams R. Williams #99	4-4	2	0.0	0	0
Justin Layne J. Layne #2	3-3	0	0.0	1	1
Demetrius Cooper D. Cooper #98	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Josh King J. King #12	2-1	0	0.0	0	0
Madre London M. London #28	2-0	0	0.0	0	0
Tyriq Thompson T. Thompson #17	2-2	0	0.0	0	0
Josh Butler J. Butler #19	2-1	0	0.5	0	0
Donnie Corley D. Corley #9	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Mike Panasiuk M. Panasiuk #72	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Kevin Williams K. Williams #92	1-1	0	0.0	0	0
Byron Bullough B. Bullough #38	1-0	0	0.0	0	0
Brandon Clemons B. Clemons #64	1-1	0	0.0	0	0

Kicking	FG	XP	Pts	Long
Michael Geiger M. Geiger #4	2/2	4/4	10	41

Punting	No	Yds	Avg	Long
Jake Hartbarger J. Hartbarger #25	5	231	46.2	61

Kick Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
R.J. Shelton R.J. Shelton #12	4	70	17.5	0	0

Punt Return	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Brandon Sowards B. Sowards #16	2	11	5.5	6	0
Edward Barksdale III E. Barksdale III	1	7	7.0	0	0

NW

MSU

1

7

14

2

12

3

21

14

4

14

9

54

40

6 plays, 38 yd, 02:30

0-0

3 plays, 4 yd, 01:16

0-0

3 plays, 39 yd, 01:21

0-7

3 plays, 9 yd, 01:22

0-13

0 play, 0 yd, 00:00

0-14

3 plays, 3 yd, 00:43

0-14

3 plays, 7 yd, 01:33

0-14

8 plays, 66 yd, 02:43

7-14

9 plays, 62 yd, 04:17

7-17

12 plays, 65 yd, 04:11

14-17

3 plays, -12 yd, 00:41

16-17

7 plays, 38 yd, 02:41

19-17

3 plays, 2 yd, 01:13

19-17

6 plays, -3 yd, 03:20

19-17

3 plays, 4 yd, 01:42

19-17

1 play, -2 yd, 00:27

19-17

4 plays, 75 yd, 01:32

26-17

6 plays, 20 yd, 03:11

26-17

10 plays, 86 yd, 03:28

33-17

3 plays, 75 yd, 00:55

33-24

3 plays, 5 yd, 01:10

33-24

4 plays, 8 yd, 01:08

33-24

3 plays, -2 yd, 01:17

33-24

1 play, 86 yd, 00:11

33-31

0 play, 0 yd, 00:15

40-31

6 plays, 8 yd, 02:10

40-31

13 plays, 87 yd, 06:18

47-31

5 plays, 76 yd, 01:15

47-37

6 plays, 47 yd, 02:08

54-37

5 plays, 32 yd, 00:53

54-37

3 plays, 6 yd, 01:47

54-37

7 plays, -4 yd, 01:26

54-40

2 plays, -2 yd, 00:56

54-40

NW

Team Stats

MSU

482

Total Yds

441

273

Pass Yds

390

209

Rush Yds

51

17

Total Drives

16

87

Total Plays

69

5.5

Yards Per Play

6.4

7.6

Yards Per Pass

8.5

4.1

Yards Per Rush

2.2

35:34

Possession

24:26

17

Biggest Lead

14

26

1st Downs

18

12

Passing 1st Downs

15

13

Rushing 1st Downs

3

1

1st Downs from Penalties

0

10/19

3rd Down

5/16

1/1

4th Down

0/1

5

Punts

5

1

Turnovers

2

1

Interceptions Thrown

1

0

Fumbles Lost

1

4

Penalties

5

4.0

Sacks

1.0

6

Tackles For Loss

5

1

D/ST TD

1

3-3 NW

MSU 2-4

Top Performers

Matchup

Team Stats

2016 Big 10

Game Summary

Game Info

Team Stats