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Michigan State Spartans

Team

GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team
11
411
5,294
838
6.3
2,663
498
5.3
2,631
340
7.7
Team Rank
3rd
3rd
33rd
2nd
26th
108th
2nd
8th
13th
19th
Opponent
11
170
3,204
4.2
1,824
503
3.6
1,380
260
5.3
Opponent Rank
33rd
34th
38th
44th
27th
59th
46th
102nd
14th
Net
+241
+2,090
+838
+2.1
+839
-5
+1.7
+1,251
+80
+2.4
Net Rank
3rd
3rd
33rd
2nd
26th
75th
12th
4th
24th
7th

Player Stats

Passing GP CMP ATT PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD INT RTG TD% INT% LNG SCK SCKY
Ed Smith
E. Smith
11
169
292
57.9
26.5
2,226
7.6
202.4
20
8
139.0
6.8
2.7
Bert Vaughn
B. Vaughn
11
21
40
52.5
3.6
346
8.7
31.5
2
1
136.7
5.0
2.5
Bryan Clark
B. Clark
11
4
8
50.0
0.7
59
7.4
5.4
0
1
87.0
0.0
12.5

Rushing GP ATT ATT/G YDS YPC YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Steve Smith
S. Smith
11
115
10.5
772
6.7
70.2
8
128
888
Leroy McGee
L. McGee
11
78
7.1
465
6.0
42.3
4
92
585
Bruce Reeves
B. Reeves
11
73
6.6
339
4.6
30.8
5
79
368
Lonnie Middleton
L. Middleton
11
61
5.5
275
4.5
25.0
5
74
347
Andy Schramm
A. Schramm
11
49
4.5
195
4.0
17.7
2
58
255
Derek Hughes
D. Hughes
11
42
3.8
408
9.7
37.1
4
44
431
Ed Smith
E. Smith
11
29
2.6
21
0.7
1.9
1
Michael Hans
M. Hans
11
26
2.4
150
5.8
13.6
1
29
209
Bert Vaughn
B. Vaughn
11
10
0.9
-44
-4.4
-4.0
0
Kirk Gibson
K. Gibson
11
7
0.6
53
7.6
4.8
2
49
859
Bryan Clark
B. Clark
11
2
0.2
10
5.0
0.9
0
Darrin McClelland
D. McClelland
11
2
0.2
4
2.0
0.4
0
Eugene Byrd
E. Byrd
11
1
0.1
9
9.0
0.8
0
44
727
Samson Howard
S. Howard
11
1
0.1
5
5.0
0.5
0
11
194
Lance Petross
L. Petross
11
1
0.1
2
2.0
0.2
0
Ray Stachowicz
R. Stachowicz
11
1
0.1
-1
-1.0
-0.1
0

Receiving GP REC TRG REC/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Eugene Byrd
E. Byrd
11
43
3.9
718
16.7
65.3
7
44
727
Kirk Gibson
K. Gibson
11
42
3.8
806
19.2
73.3
7
49
859
Mark Brammer
M. Brammer
11
33
3.0
360
10.9
32.7
2
Leroy McGee
L. McGee
11
14
1.3
120
8.6
10.9
0
92
585
Steve Smith
S. Smith
11
13
1.2
116
8.9
10.5
0
128
888
Lonnie Middleton
L. Middleton
11
13
1.2
72
5.5
6.5
1
74
347
Samson Howard
S. Howard
11
10
0.9
189
18.9
17.2
3
11
194
Andy Schramm
A. Schramm
11
9
0.8
60
6.7
5.5
0
58
255
Bruce Reeves
B. Reeves
11
6
0.5
29
4.8
2.6
0
79
368
Michael Hans
M. Hans
11
3
0.3
59
19.7
5.4
2
29
209
Jim Williams
J. Williams
11
3
0.3
41
13.7
3.7
0
Charlie Shafer
C. Shafer
11
2
0.2
30
15.0
2.7
0
Derek Hughes
D. Hughes
11
2
0.2
23
11.5
2.1
0
44
431
Barry Harris
B. Harris
11
1
0.1
-1
-1.0
-0.1
0

Defense GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG
Mark Anderson
M. Anderson
11
3
47
15.7
0
Larry Savage
L. Savage
11
3
23
7.7
0
Tom Graves
T. Graves
11
3
6
2
0
Dan Bass
D. Bass
11
2
101
50.5
1
Mike Marshall
M. Marshall
11
2
0
0
0
Terry Williams
T. Williams
11
1
25
25
0
Jerome Stanton
J. Stanton
11
1
0
0
0

Scoring GP RUSH REC RET TOT FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
Ed Smith
E. Smith
11
1
21
126
Morten Andersen
M. Andersen
11
7
52
73
Kirk Gibson
K. Gibson
11
2
7
9
54
Steve Smith
S. Smith
11
8
0
8
48
Eugene Byrd
E. Byrd
11
0
7
7
42
Lonnie Middleton
L. Middleton
11
5
1
6
36
Bruce Reeves
B. Reeves
11
5
0
5
30
Derek Hughes
D. Hughes
11
4
0
4
24
Leroy McGee
L. McGee
11
4
0
4
24
Michael Hans
M. Hans
11
1
2
3
18
Samson Howard
S. Howard
11
0
3
3
18
Mark Brammer
M. Brammer
11
2
2
12
Andy Schramm
A. Schramm
11
2
0
2
12
Bert Vaughn
B. Vaughn
11
0
2
12
Dan Bass
D. Bass
11
1
6

Returns GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD KR LNG PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD PR LNG
Steve Smith
S. Smith
11
12
272
22.7
0
22
224
10.2
0
Bruce Reeves
B. Reeves
11
16
302
18.9
0
6
64
10.7
0
Andy Schramm
A. Schramm
11
2
25
12.5
0
Mark Anderson
M. Anderson
11
2
14
7.0
0
Melvin Land
M. Land
11
1
0
0.0
0
1
8
8.0
0
Leroy McGee
L. McGee
11
1
8
8.0
0
Derek Hughes
D. Hughes
11
1
2
2.0
0

Kicking GP FGM FGA FG% FG 1-19 FG 20-29 FG 30-39 FG 40-49 FG 50+ XPM XPA XP% PTS
Morten Andersen
M. Andersen
11
7
16
43.8
52
54
96.3
73

Punting GP PUNT YDS AVG LNG BLK
Ray Stachowicz
R. Stachowicz
11
39
1,681
43.1

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1
Fresno State Fresno State
4
1
.800
2
Boise State Boise State
3
1
.750
Mid-American W L PCT
1
Central Michigan Central Michigan
3
2
.600
2
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2
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Independent W L PCT
1
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2
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1
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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
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LINU LINU
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MASS MASS
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OSU OSU
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KU KU
@
MIZ MIZ
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@
WYO WYO
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Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
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SHSU SHSU
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NMSU NMSU
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WKU WKU
@
DEL DEL
7:00 PM
Fri
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CHAR CHAR
@
USF USF
7:00 PM
Fri
10/3
UNM UNM
@
SJSU SJSU
10:00 PM
Fri
10/3
WVU WVU
@
BYU BYU
10:30 PM