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| Scoring Summary | | Michigan State: B.J. Cunningham 29 yd pass from Kirk Cousins (Brett Swenson kick) | | | Michigan State: Blair White 15 yd pass from Kirk Cousins (Brett Swenson kick) | | | Michigan State: Dion Sims 26 yd pass from Keith Nichol (Brett Swenson kick) | | | Michigan State: Brian Linthicum 3 yd pass from Keith Nichol (Brett Swenson kick) | | | Michigan State: Brett Swenson 45 yd FG | | | Michigan State: Brett Swenson 37 yd FG | | | Montana St.: Jason Cunningham 33 yd FG | | | Michigan State: Blair White 24 yd pass from Kirk Cousins (Brett Swenson kick) | | | Michigan State: Dan Conroy 43 yd FG | |
| Team Statistics | | | Michigan State | Montana St. | | TOTAL FIRST DOWNS | 29 | 12 | | TOTAL NET YARDS | 493 | 160 | | Total Plays | 75 | 54 | | Average Gain | 6.6 | 3 | | NET YARDS RUSHING | 175 | 62 | | Rushes | 40 | 28 | | Average per rush | 4.4 | 2.2 | | NET YARDS PASSING | 318 | 98 | | Completions-attempted | 19-35 | 13-26 | | Sacked | 0 | 0 | | Yards Lost | 0 | 0 | | TOTAL TURNOVERS | 0 | 0 | | Interceptions | 0 | 0 | | Fumbles Lost | 0 | 0 | | OTHER | | | | Penalties | 5 | 7 | | Penalty Yards | 46 | 55 | | Time of Possesion | 30:41 | 29:19 | | Punts | 2 | 9 | | Punt Average | 57 | 37.22 | | Return Yards | 92 | 175 |
| Passing | | Michigan State | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Keith Nichol (0) | 9 | 18 | 135 | 2 | 0 | 7.5 | | | Kirk Cousins (0) | 10 | 17 | 183 | 3 | 0 | 10.8 | | | Montana St. | CMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | YDS/ATT | | | Mark Iddins (0) | 11 | 22 | 91 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | | | Cody Kempt (0) | 2 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.8 | |
| Rushing | | Michigan State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Caulton Ray (0) | 12 | 71 | 0 | 5.9 | | | Larry Caper (0) | 7 | 34 | 0 | 4.9 | | | Edwin Baker (0) | 8 | 27 | 0 | 3.4 | | | Glenn Winston (0) | 4 | 24 | 0 | 6.0 | | | Keith Nichol (0) | 4 | 18 | 0 | 4.5 | | | Andre Anderson (0) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | | | Ashton Leggett (0) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | | | A.J. Jimmerson (0) | 2 | -1 | 0 | -0.5 | | | Team (0) | 1 | -1 | 0 | -1.0 | | | Montana St. | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Ricky Evans (0) | 5 | 31 | 0 | 6.2 | | | C.J. Palmer (0) | 11 | 28 | 0 | 2.5 | | | Aaron Mason (0) | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3.3 | | | Everette Gilbert (0) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | | | Cody Kempt (0) | 5 | -4 | 0 | -0.8 | | | Mark Iddins (0) | 3 | -4 | 0 | -1.3 | |
| Receiving | | Michigan State | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Blair White (0) | 9 | 162 | 2 | 18.0 | | | B.J. Cunningham (0) | 3 | 62 | 1 | 20.7 | | | Brian Linthicum (0) | 3 | 26 | 1 | 8.7 | | | Dion Sims (0) | 2 | 32 | 1 | 16.0 | | | Chris D. Rucker (0) | 1 | 21 | 0 | 21.0 | | | Charlie Gantt (0) | 1 | 15 | 0 | 15.0 | | | Montana St. | ATT | YDS | TD | AVG | | | Elvis Akpla (0) | 4 | 38 | 0 | 9.5 | | | Everette Gilbert (0) | 2 | 15 | 0 | 7.5 | | | Kyle Begger (0) | 2 | 12 | 0 | 6.0 | | | Joe Schreibeis (0) | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4.0 | | | Mark Desin (0) | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3.5 | | | Derek Green (0) | 1 | 18 | 0 | 18.0 | |
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