Nebraska at Michigan State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Score | Status |
| Nebraska | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 20 | |
| Michigan State | 0 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 23 | F/OT |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 14:08 | Michigan State touchdown. Jayden Reed 35 Yd pass from Payton Thorne (Matt Coghlin Kick) |
| 11:22 | Nebraska field goal. Connor Culp 28 Yd Field Goal |
| 8:20 | Michigan State field goal. Matt Coghlin 26 Yd Field Goal |
| 4:20 | Nebraska touchdown. Adrian Martinez 12 Yd Run (Connor Culp Kick) |
| 1:03 | Michigan State field goal. Matt Coghlin 27 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 9:10 | Nebraska field goal. Connor Culp 28 Yd Field Goal |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 7:29 | Nebraska touchdown. Adrian Martinez 3 Yd Run (Connor Culp Kick) |
| 3:47 | Michigan State touchdown. Jayden Reed 62 Yd Punt Return (Matt Coghlin Kick) |
| Overtime | |
| Michigan State field goal. Matt Coghlin 21 Yd Field Goal | |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Nebraska | Michigan State |
| Total first downs | 26 | 12 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Nebraska | Michigan State |
| Third downs attempted | 20 | 11 |
| Third downs converted | 7 | 1 |
| Third down percentage | 35 % | 9 % |
| Fourth down | Nebraska | Michigan State |
| Fourth downs attempted | 2 | 1 |
| Fourth downs converted | 2 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 100 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Nebraska | Michigan State |
| Total yards | 442 | 254 |
| Total rushing yards | 194 | 1 |
| Total passing yards | 248 | 183 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 37:28 | 22:32 |
| Rushing | Nebraska | Michigan State |
| Total rushing plays | 50 | 71 |
| Total rushing yards | 194 | 1 |
| Average yards per rush | 3.9 | 2.4 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 2 | 0 |
| Passing | Nebraska | Michigan State |
| Passes attempted | 36 | 23 |
| Passes completed | 25 | 14 |
| Average yards per completion | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Passing touchdowns | 0 | 1 |
| Penalties | Nebraska | Michigan State |
| Penalties committed | 6 | 5 |
| Penalty yards | 40 | 44 |
| Turnovers | Nebraska | Michigan State |
| Passes intercepted | ||
| Interception returns | 1 | 1 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Nebraska | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Rahmir Johnson | 19 | 76 | 4.0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Adrian Martinez | 21 | 72 | 3.4 | 2 | 45 | ||||
| Sevion Morrison | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Levi Falck | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Logan Smothers | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Samori Toure | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Brody Belt | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Markese Stepp | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Omar Manning | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Michigan State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Kenneth Walker III | 19 | 61 | 3.2 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Jordon Simmons | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Jayden Reed | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Payton Thorne | 7 | -5 | -0.7 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Nebraska | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Adrian Martinez | 34 | 24 | 71 % | 244 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Logan Smothers | 2 | 1 | 50 % | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Michigan State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Payton Thorne | 23 | 14 | 61 % | 183 | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Nebraska | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Zavier Betts | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Samori Toure | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Travis Vokolek | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Austin Allen | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Brody Belt | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Levi Falck | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 | ||||
| Omar Manning | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Sevion Morrison | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Rahmir Johnson | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Michigan State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Tre Mosley | 6 | 70 | 11.7 | 0 | 35 | ||||
| Jayden Reed | 4 | 59 | 14.8 | 1 | 35 | ||||
| Connor Heyward | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 0 | 34 | ||||
| Harold Joiner | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Jordon Simmons | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Nebraska | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Adrian Martinez | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Samori Toure | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Michigan State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Jeff Pietrowski | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Nebraska | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Marquel Dismuke | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Chester Kimbrough | 1 | 62 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Nebraska | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Luke Reimer | 11 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nick Henrich | 9 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Garrett Nelson | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deontai Williams | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| JoJo Domann | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Caleb Tannor | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Damion Daniels | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quinton Newsome | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cam Taylor-Britt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deontre Thomas | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Marquel Dismuke | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben Stille | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ty Robinson | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cameron Jurgens | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Phalen Sanford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chris Kolarevic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Noa Pola-Gates | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Myles Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| John Bullock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Pheldarius Payne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michigan State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Xavier Henderson | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jacob Slade | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cal Haladay | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Quavaris Crouch | 7 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Angelo Grose | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jacub Panasiuk | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Simeon Barrow | 7 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Dowell | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jeff Pietrowski | 4 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Williams | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Maverick Hansen | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Drew Beesley | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Charles Brantley | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Drew Jordan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Darius Snow | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chase Kline | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harold Joiner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jalen Nailor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chester Kimbrough | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jalen Hunt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben VanSumeren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Fletcher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brandon Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jayden Reed | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Nebraska | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Rahmir Johnson | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | ||||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Jayden Reed | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 41 | 0 | ||||
| Jalen Nailor | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Nebraska | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Samori Toure | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | ||||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Jayden Reed | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 62 | 1 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Nebraska | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Connor Culp | 2/2 | 28 | 2/2 | 8 | |||||
| Michigan State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Matt Coghlin | 3/4 | 27 | 2/2 | 11 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Nebraska | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| William Przystup | 4 | 116 | 29.0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | |||
| Daniel Cerni | 3 | 111 | 37.0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | |||
| Michigan State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Bryce Baringer | 6 | 353 | 58.8 | 0 | 0 | 67 | |||
Last updated on Wednesday, September 29, 2021 2:49 AM.