Michigan State at Rutgers
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Michigan State | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 31 | |
| Rutgers | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 6:51 | Rutgers touchdown. Aron Cruickshank 4 Yd pass from Johnny Langan (Valentino Ambrosio Kick) |
| 6:05 | Michigan State touchdown. Jalen Nailor 63 Yd pass from Payton Thorne (Matt Coghlin Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 12:10 | Rutgers field goal. Valentino Ambrosio 26 Yd Field Goal |
| 10:18 | Michigan State touchdown. Jalen Nailor 63 Yd pass from Payton Thorne (Matt Coghlin Kick) |
| 6:21 | Rutgers field goal. Valentino Ambrosio 29 Yd Field Goal |
| 6:10 | Michigan State touchdown. Jalen Nailor 65 Yd pass from Payton Thorne (Matt Coghlin Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 7:13 | Michigan State touchdown. Kenneth Walker III 94 Yd Run (Matt Coghlin Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 1:54 | Michigan State field goal. Matt Coghlin 35 Yd Field Goal |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Michigan State | Rutgers |
| Total first downs | 20 | 20 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Michigan State | Rutgers |
| Third downs attempted | 13 | 16 |
| Third downs converted | 4 | 5 |
| Third down percentage | 31 % | 31 % |
| Fourth down | Michigan State | Rutgers |
| Fourth downs attempted | 1 | 2 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Michigan State | Rutgers |
| Total yards | 588 | 377 |
| Total rushing yards | 249 | 0 |
| Total passing yards | 339 | 266 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 29:03 | 30:57 |
| Rushing | Michigan State | Rutgers |
| Total rushing plays | 38 | 111 |
| Total rushing yards | 249 | 0 |
| Average yards per rush | 6.6 | 3.1 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Passing | Michigan State | Rutgers |
| Passes attempted | 27 | 41 |
| Passes completed | 16 | 22 |
| Average yards per completion | 12.6 | 6.5 |
| Passing touchdowns | 3 | 1 |
| Penalties | Michigan State | Rutgers |
| Penalties committed | 9 | 7 |
| Penalty yards | 68 | 65 |
| Turnovers | Michigan State | Rutgers |
| Passes intercepted | ||
| Interception returns | 1 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 2 | 1 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Kenneth Walker III | 29 | 233 | 8.0 | 1 | 94 | ||||
| Harold Joiner | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Jayden Reed | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Jordon Simmons | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Payton Thorne | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Bryce Baringer | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rutgers | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Isaih Pacheco | 11 | 47 | 4.3 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Aaron Young | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Noah Vedral | 14 | 21 | 1.5 | 0 | 33 | ||||
| Kyle Monangai | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Brandon Sanders | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Aron Cruickshank | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Payton Thorne | 27 | 16 | 59 % | 339 | 12.6 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Rutgers | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Noah Vedral | 31 | 16 | 52 % | 208 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cole Snyder | 9 | 5 | 56 % | 54 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Langan | 1 | 1 | 100 % | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jalen Nailor | 5 | 221 | 44.2 | 3 | 65 | ||||
| Tre Mosley | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | 39 | ||||
| Jayden Reed | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Connor Heyward | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Kenneth Walker III | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Rutgers | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Shameen Jones | 8 | 109 | 13.6 | 0 | 28 | ||||
| Jovani Haskins | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | 27 | ||||
| Aron Cruickshank | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| Isaiah Washington | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Matt Alaimo | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Brandon Sanders | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Kyle Monangai | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Jacob Slade | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Luke Campbell | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Payton Thorne | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Rutgers | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Tyreem Powell | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Noah Vedral | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Rutgers | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Alijah Clark | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Darius Snow | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Angelo Grose | 8 | 4 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Xavier Henderson | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quavaris Crouch | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Dashaun Mallory | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Dowell | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Simeon Barrow | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cal Haladay | 4 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chester Kimbrough | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Maverick Hansen | 4 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Drew Jordan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jacub Panasiuk | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jacob Slade | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kendell Brooks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marqui Lowery | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Pietrowski | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Noah Harvey | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harold Joiner | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kyle King | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben VanSumeren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Zach Slade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Fletcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Rutgers | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Olakunle Fatukasi | 9 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Christian Izien | 8 | 6 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Julius Turner | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Tre Avery | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyshon Fogg | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Robert Longerbeam | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Avery Young | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aaron Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kessawn Abraham | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jamree Kromah | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mohamed Toure | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Desmond Igbinosun | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyreek Maddox-Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| CJ Onyechi | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Isaih Pacheco | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lawrence Stevens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Tverdov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Alijah Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Drew Singleton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Billy Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kyonte Hamilton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Jalen Nailor | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Rutgers | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Aron Cruickshank | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| Jessie Parson III | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Jayden Reed | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Rutgers | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Michigan State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Matt Coghlin | 1/2 | 35 | 4/4 | 7 | |||||
| Rutgers | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Valentino Ambrosio | 2/2 | 29 | 1/1 | 7 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Bryce Baringer | 4 | 178 | 44.5 | 1 | 1 | 51 | |||
| Rutgers | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Adam Korsak | 7 | 323 | 46.1 | 0 | 6 | 57 | |||
Last updated on Wednesday, October 13, 2021 2:21 AM.