Northwestern at Michigan State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Northwestern | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 | |
| Michigan State | 10 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 29 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Q | |
| 10:34 | Michigan State touchdown. Jalen Nailor 75 Yd pass from Rocky Lombardi (Matt Coghlin Kick) |
| 7:06 | Michigan State field goal. Matt Coghlin 22 Yd Field Goal |
| 2nd Q | |
| 14:55 | Michigan State touchdown. Jayden Reed 15 Yd pass from Rocky Lombardi (Matt Coghlin Kick) |
| 11:02 | Northwestern field goal. Charlie Kuhbander 42 Yd Field Goal |
| 6:35 | Northwestern field goal. Charlie Kuhbander 32 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Q | |
| 10:39 | Northwestern touchdown. Peyton Ramsey 1 Yd Run (Charlie Kuhbander Kick) |
| 4th Q | |
| 13:54 | Northwestern touchdown. Cam Porter 3 Yd Run (Charlie Kuhbander Kick) |
| 10:11 | Michigan State field goal. Matt Coghlin 44 Yd Field Goal |
| 3:35 | Michigan State field goal. Matt Coghlin 48 Yd Field Goal |
| 0:00 | Michigan State touchdown. Kalon Gervin 0 Yd Fumble Return |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Northwestern | Michigan State |
| Total first downs | 18 | 17 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Northwestern | Michigan State |
| Third downs attempted | 18 | 21 |
| Third downs converted | 5 | 10 |
| Third down percentage | 28 % | 48 % |
| Fourth down | Northwestern | Michigan State |
| Fourth downs attempted | 4 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 2 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 50 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Northwestern | Michigan State |
| Total yards | 285 | 362 |
| Total rushing yards | 63 | 1 |
| Total passing yards | 222 | 167 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 27:27 | 32:33 |
| Rushing | Northwestern | Michigan State |
| Total rushing plays | 37 | 195 |
| Total rushing yards | 63 | 1 |
| Average yards per rush | 1.7 | 4.1 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Passing | Northwestern | Michigan State |
| Passes attempted | 44 | 27 |
| Passes completed | 22 | 11 |
| Average yards per completion | 5.0 | 6.2 |
| Passing touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties | Northwestern | Michigan State |
| Penalties committed | 3 | 5 |
| Penalty yards | 20 | 50 |
| Turnovers | Northwestern | Michigan State |
| Passes intercepted | ||
| Interception returns | 2 | 1 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 2 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Drake Anderson | 10 | 41 | 4.1 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Isaiah Bowser | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Cam Porter | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Riley Lees | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Andrew Marty | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Peyton Ramsey | 14 | -6 | -0.4 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Kyric McGowan | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Michigan State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Connor Heyward | 24 | 96 | 4.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Rocky Lombardi | 10 | 65 | 6.5 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Elijah Collins | 13 | 34 | 2.6 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Peyton Ramsey | 43 | 21 | 49 % | 210 | 4.9 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Riley Lees | 1 | 1 | 100 % | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michigan State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Rocky Lombardi | 27 | 11 | 41 % | 167 | 6.2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Riley Lees | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | 27 | ||||
| Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman | 8 | 54 | 6.8 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Kyric McGowan | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Berkeley Holman | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Andrew Marty | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Isaiah Bowser | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Charlie Mangieri | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Drake Anderson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Michigan State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jalen Nailor | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 1 | 75 | ||||
| Jayden Reed | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 1 | 21 | ||||
| Tyler Hunt | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | ||||
| Connor Heyward | 4 | 9 | 2.3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Tre Mosley | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Ramaud Chiaokhiao-Bowman | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Kyric McGowan | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Michigan State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Jack Camper | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Kalon Gervin | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Paddy Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Shakur Brown | 2 | 54 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Paddy Fisher | 12 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Blake Gallagher | 11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Bergin | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brandon Joseph | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| JR Pace | 9 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Earnest Brown IV | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| A.J. Hampton | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jake Saunders | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Trevor Kent | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Spivak | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Eku Leota | 3 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Cameron Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Adetomiwa Adebawore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Peyton Ramsey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cameron Ruiz | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Peter McIntyre | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyler Gillikin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Greg Newsome II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michigan State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Antjuan Simmons | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Noah Harvey | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chase Kline | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Angelo Grose | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Naquan Jones | 6 | 3 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Drew Beesley | 5 | 2 | 2.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Xavier Henderson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kalon Gervin | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tre Person | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Dowell | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Camper | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jacub Panasiuk | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| David Kruse | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Shakur Brown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dashaun Mallory | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Mandryk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Davion Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jacob Slade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Montorie Foster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Fletcher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Coco Azema | 3 | 57 | 19.0 | 35 | 0 | ||||
| Kyric McGowan | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 28 | 0 | ||||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Jalen Nailor | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 | ||||
| Jayden Reed | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Riley Lees | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Jayden Reed | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Northwestern | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Charlie Kuhbander | 2/2 | 42 | 2/2 | 8 | |||||
| Michigan State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Matt Coghlin | 3/4 | 48 | 2/2 | 11 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Northwestern | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Derek Adams | 4 | 186 | 46.5 | 0 | 0 | 49 | |||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Mitchell Crawford | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |||
| Bryce Baringer | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |||
Last updated on Wednesday, December 2, 2020 3:30 AM.