Penn State at Michigan State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Penn State | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 27 | |
| Michigan State | 14 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 30 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 11:22 | Michigan State touchdown. Kenneth Walker III 2 Yd Run (Matt Coghlin Kick) |
| 6:09 | Michigan State touchdown. Tre Mosley 9 Yd pass from Payton Thorne (Matt Coghlin Kick) |
| 3:37 | Penn State touchdown. Jahan Dotson 27 Yd pass from Sean Clifford (Jordan Stout Kick) |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 12:11 | Penn State touchdown. Jahan Dotson 30 Yd pass from Sean Clifford (Jordan Stout Kick) |
| 5:59 | Michigan State field goal. Matt Coghlin 22 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 11:07 | Penn State touchdown. Daequan Hardy 17 Yd Interception Return (Jordan Stout PAT failed) |
| 2:14 | Michigan State touchdown. Payton Thorne 1 Yd Run (Evan Johnson PAT failed) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 5:10 | Michigan State touchdown. Jayden Reed 20 Yd pass from Payton Thorne (Evan Johnson Kick) |
| 0:43 | Penn State touchdown. Parker Washington 15 Yd pass from Sean Clifford (Jake Pinegar Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Penn State | Michigan State |
| Total first downs | 19 | 21 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Penn State | Michigan State |
| Third downs attempted | 13 | 18 |
| Third downs converted | 5 | 9 |
| Third down percentage | 38 % | 50 % |
| Fourth down | Penn State | Michigan State |
| Fourth downs attempted | 3 | 4 |
| Fourth downs converted | 2 | 3 |
| Fourth down percentage | 67 % | 75 % |
| Offense | Penn State | Michigan State |
| Total yards | 374 | 451 |
| Total rushing yards | 61 | 1 |
| Total passing yards | 313 | 268 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 23:28 | 36:32 |
| Rushing | Penn State | Michigan State |
| Total rushing plays | 26 | 183 |
| Total rushing yards | 61 | 1 |
| Average yards per rush | 2.3 | 3.9 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Passing | Penn State | Michigan State |
| Passes attempted | 34 | 30 |
| Passes completed | 23 | 19 |
| Average yards per completion | 9.2 | 8.9 |
| Passing touchdowns | 3 | 2 |
| Penalties | Penn State | Michigan State |
| Penalties committed | 2 | 7 |
| Penalty yards | 17 | 50 |
| Turnovers | Penn State | Michigan State |
| Passes intercepted | ||
| Interception returns | 0 | 1 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 2 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Penn State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Keyvone Lee | 15 | 79 | 5.3 | 0 | 33 | ||||
| Devyn Ford | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Noah Cain | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sean Clifford | 8 | -25 | -3.1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Michigan State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Kenneth Walker III | 30 | 138 | 4.6 | 1 | 35 | ||||
| Payton Thorne | 8 | 39 | 4.9 | 1 | 8 | ||||
| Elijah Collins | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Harold Joiner | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jayden Reed | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Penn State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Sean Clifford | 34 | 23 | 68 % | 313 | 9.2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Michigan State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Payton Thorne | 30 | 19 | 63 % | 268 | 8.9 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Penn State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jahan Dotson | 8 | 137 | 17.1 | 2 | 30 | ||||
| Brenton Strange | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Parker Washington | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 1 | 18 | ||||
| Keyvone Lee | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| KeAndre Lambert-Smith | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Michigan State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jayden Reed | 6 | 89 | 14.8 | 1 | 23 | ||||
| Connor Heyward | 4 | 60 | 15.0 | 0 | 25 | ||||
| Maliq Carr | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 0 | 40 | ||||
| Montorie Foster | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Elijah Collins | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Tre Mosley | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Harold Joiner | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Penn State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| John Lovett | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Keyvone Lee | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Sean Clifford | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Michigan State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Drew Beesley | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Justin White | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Cal Haladay | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Ma'A Gaoteote | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Brandon Wright | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Penn State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Daequan Hardy | 1 | 17 | 1 | ||||||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Penn State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Ji'Ayir Brown | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ellis Brooks | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Curtis Jacobs | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaquan Brisker | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kalen King | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joey Porter Jr. | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brandon Smith | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tariq Castro-Fields | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dvon Ellies | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Arnold Ebiketie | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jesse Luketa | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick Tarburton | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Derrick Tangelo | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Johnny Dixon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Coziah Izzard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Keaton Ellis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charlie Katshir | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Daequan Hardy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Kyle King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jaylen Reed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Michigan State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Cal Haladay | 11 | 6 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darius Snow | 7 | 5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Drew Beesley | 7 | 3 | 1.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Xavier Henderson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jacub Panasiuk | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Brandon Wright | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Noah Harvey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jacob Slade | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Pietrowski | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Angelo Grose | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Williams | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Maverick Hansen | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben VanSumeren | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Dowell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ma'A Gaoteote | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stephen Rusnak | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Drew Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Harold Joiner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Derrick Harmon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Justin White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Penn State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Devyn Ford | 5 | 119 | 23.8 | 36 | 0 | ||||
| John Lovett | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Montorie Foster | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Penn State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Penn State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Jordan Stout | 0/1 | 0 | 2/3 | 2 | |||||
| Jake Pinegar | 0/0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 | |||||
| Michigan State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Matt Coghlin | 1/1 | 22 | 2/2 | 5 | |||||
| Evan Johnson | 0/0 | 0 | 1/2 | 1 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Penn State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Jordan Stout | 3 | 144 | 48.0 | 0 | 3 | 52 | |||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Bryce Baringer | 3 | 100 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | |||
Last updated on Tuesday, November 30, 2021 3:48 AM.