Michigan State at Penn State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Michigan State | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 24 | |
| Penn State | 3 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 39 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Q | |
| 6:06 | Penn State field goal. Jake Pinegar 24 Yd Field Goal |
| 2nd Q | |
| 13:50 | Michigan State touchdown. Jalen Nailor 45 Yd pass from Payton Thorne (Matt Coghlin Kick) |
| 10:00 | Penn State touchdown. Sean Clifford 31 Yd Run (Jake Pinegar Kick) |
| 6:24 | Michigan State touchdown. Tre'Von Morgan 26 Yd pass from Payton Thorne (Matt Coghlin Kick) |
| 1:26 | Michigan State touchdown. Jalen Nailor 7 Yd pass from Payton Thorne (Matt Coghlin Kick) |
| 3rd Q | |
| 10:07 | Penn State touchdown. Parker Washington 8 Yd pass from Sean Clifford (Sean Clifford Pass to Jahan Dotson for Two-Point Conversion) |
| 1:59 | Michigan State field goal. Matt Coghlin 23 Yd Field Goal |
| 0:02 | Penn State touchdown. Will Levis 1 Yd Run (Jake Pinegar Kick) |
| 4th Q | |
| 12:18 | Penn State touchdown. Parker Washington 49 Yd pass from Sean Clifford (Jake Pinegar Kick) |
| 11:24 | Penn State touchdown. Jahan Dotson 81 Yd Punt Return (Jake Pinegar Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Michigan State | Penn State |
| Total first downs | 21 | 21 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Michigan State | Penn State |
| Third downs attempted | 12 | 12 |
| Third downs converted | 2 | 4 |
| Third down percentage | 17 % | 33 % |
| Fourth down | Michigan State | Penn State |
| Fourth downs attempted | 1 | 1 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Michigan State | Penn State |
| Total yards | 394 | 405 |
| Total rushing yards | 69 | 0 |
| Total passing yards | 325 | 286 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 26:36 | 33:24 |
| Rushing | Michigan State | Penn State |
| Total rushing plays | 31 | 119 |
| Total rushing yards | 69 | 0 |
| Average yards per rush | 2.2 | 3.0 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Passing | Michigan State | Penn State |
| Passes attempted | 39 | 30 |
| Passes completed | 22 | 20 |
| Average yards per completion | 8.3 | 9.5 |
| Passing touchdowns | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties | Michigan State | Penn State |
| Penalties committed | 8 | 5 |
| Penalty yards | 62 | 45 |
| Turnovers | Michigan State | Penn State |
| Passes intercepted | ||
| Interception returns | 1 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Jordon Simmons | 14 | 72 | 5.1 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Jayden Reed | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Connor Heyward | 5 | 10 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Elijah Collins | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Payton Thorne | 8 | -20 | -2.5 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Penn State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Sean Clifford | 9 | 48 | 5.3 | 1 | 31 | ||||
| Will Levis | 15 | 36 | 2.4 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Keyvone Lee | 12 | 31 | 2.6 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Caziah Holmes | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Payton Thorne | 39 | 22 | 56 % | 325 | 8.3 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Penn State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Sean Clifford | 27 | 17 | 63 % | 232 | 8.6 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Will Levis | 3 | 3 | 100 % | 54 | 18.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jalen Nailor | 6 | 100 | 16.7 | 2 | 45 | ||||
| Jayden Reed | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 0 | 37 | ||||
| Matt Dotson | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Tre'Von Morgan | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 1 | 26 | ||||
| Tre Mosley | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Tyler Hunt | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 0 | 17 | ||||
| Elijah Collins | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Penn State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jahan Dotson | 8 | 108 | 13.5 | 0 | 36 | ||||
| Parker Washington | 4 | 95 | 23.8 | 2 | 49 | ||||
| Brenton Strange | 3 | 45 | 15.0 | 0 | 27 | ||||
| KeAndre Lambert-Smith | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Keyvone Lee | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Matt Carrick | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Penn State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Jaquan Brisker | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Penn State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Jaquan Brisker | 1 | 18 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Antjuan Simmons | 10 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Noah Harvey | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Drew Beesley | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dashaun Mallory | 6 | 5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Angelo Grose | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Camper | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Xavier Henderson | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Naquan Jones | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kalon Gervin | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Dowell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Shakur Brown | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jacob Slade | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brandon Wright | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elijah Collins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chase Kline | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Mandryk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jalen Nailor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Emmanuel Flowers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Davion Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Kruse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Maverick Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Pietrowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Montorie Foster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Penn State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Jaquan Brisker | 9 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Shane Simmons | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jesse Luketa | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ellis Brooks | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Shaka Toney | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Curtis Jacobs | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Antonio Shelton | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lamont Wade | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jonathan Sutherland | 3 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joey Porter Jr. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Daequan Hardy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Marquis Wilson | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| PJ Mustipher | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Drew Hartlaub | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brandon Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keaton Ellis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Hansard | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Adisa Isaac | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Smith Vilbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Theo Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jahan Dotson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Jayden Reed | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | ||||
| Penn State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Lamont Wade | 3 | 87 | 29.0 | 37 | 0 | ||||
| Nick Tarburton | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Robbie Dwyer | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Jayden Reed | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Penn State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Jahan Dotson | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 81 | 1 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Michigan State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Matt Coghlin | 1/1 | 23 | 3/3 | 6 | |||||
| Penn State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Jake Pinegar | 1/1 | 24 | 4/4 | 7 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Bryce Baringer | 6 | 266 | 44.3 | 0 | 0 | 55 | |||
| Mitchell Crawford | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |||
| Penn State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Jordan Stout | 5 | 209 | 41.8 | 0 | 0 | 53 | |||
Last updated on Wednesday, December 16, 2020 9:25 AM.