Notre Dame vs. Michigan State Football Game, 1997 Season, College Football Stats, BYUStats

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		1997 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Michigan State	14	3	3	3	23
Notre Dame	0	7	0	0	7

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	TD	Josh Keur 5 yard pass from Todd Schultz (Chris Gardner kick)	0	7
	TD	Todd Schultz 1 yard run (Chris Gardner kick)	0	14
SECOND QUARTER
	FG	Chris Gardner 31 yard field goal	0	17
	TD	Bobby Brown 7 yard pass from Ron Powlus (Jim Sanson kick)	7	17
THIRD QUARTER
	FG	Chris Gardner 32 yard field goal	7	20
FOURTH QUARTER
	FG	Chris Gardner 31 yard field goal	7	23

Team Stats
	ND	MSU
1st Downs	17	22
Rushing 1st Downs	5	13
Passing 1st Downs	10	7
Penalty	2	2
Rushing	61	222
Rushing Attempts	23	53
Yards Gained Rushing	87	232
Yards Lost Rushing	26	10
TDs Rushing	0	1
Passing	181	131
Passes Attempted	38	19
Passes Completed	23	13
Intercepted	1	1
TDs Passing	1	1
Pass Efficiency	103.96	133.18
Total Offensive Plays	61	72
Total Net Yards	242	353
Average Gain Per Play	3.97	4.90
Fumbles - Lost	0 - 0	1 - 0
Penalties - Yards	4 - 60	6 - 55
Interceptions - Yards	1 - 4	1 - 7
Punts - Yards	6 - 275	3 - 125
Average Per Punt	45.83	41.67
Punt Returns - Yards	2 - 9	5 - 60
Kickoff Returns - Yards	6 - 120	1 - 52
Time of Possession	26:25	33:35
Third Down Conversions	6 of 14	6 of 14
Third Down Percent	42.86%	42.86%
Fourth Down Conversions	0 of 2	0 of 1
Fourth Down Percent	0.00%	0.00%
Sacks	0 - 0	3 - 19

Game Info
Stadium	Notre Dame Stadium
Location	Notre Dame, Indiana
Date	Sep 20, 1997
Attendance	80,225
Conference	ND: Independent MSU: Big Ten
Head Coach	ND: Bob Davie MSU: Nick Saban
AP Rank	ND: NR MSU: 17
Season Record	ND: 7-6 MSU: 7-5

Notre Dame Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Bobby Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Jim Sanson	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
TOTALS	1	0	1	0	0	0	7

Michigan State Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Chris Gardner	0	3	2	0	0	0	11
Todd Schultz	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Josh Keur	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
TOTALS	2	3	2	0	0	0	23

Notre Dame Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Ron Powlus	23-37-1	181	4.9	27	1	106.77
Hunter Smith	0-1-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.00
TOTALS	23-38-1	181	4.8	27	1	103.96

Michigan State Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Todd Schultz	12-18-1	107	5.9	13	1	123.82
Sedrick Irvin	1-1-0	24	24.0	24	0	301.60
TOTALS	13-19-1	131	6.9	24	1	133.18

Notre Dame Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Autry Denson	15	64	5	59	3.9	11	0
Tony Driver	4	15	2	13	3.2	9	0
Ron Powlus	4	8	19	-11	-2.8	8	0
TOTALS	23	87	26	61	2.7	11	0

Michigan State Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Marc Renaud	22	112	0	112	5.1	15	0
Sedrick Irvin	26	115	9	106	4.1	17	0
Todd Schultz	4	5	0	5	1.2	2	1
Travis Reese	1	0	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
TOTALS	53	232	10	222	4.2	17	1

Notre Dame Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Bobby Brown	7	61	8.7	16	1
Malcolm Johnson	4	33	8.2	12	0
Autry Denson	4	26	6.5	10	0
Ken Barry	3	14	4.7	7	0
Joey Goodspeed	2	8	4.0	4	0
Jay Johnson	1	27	27.0	27	0
Raki Nelson	1	10	10.0	10	0
Tony Driver	1	2	2.0	2	0
TOTALS	23	181	7.9	27	1

Michigan State Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Gari Scott	5	66	13.2	24	0
Josh Keur	4	38	9.5	13	1
Sedrick Irvin	2	22	11.0	12	0
Marc Renaud	2	5	2.5	4	0
TOTALS	13	131	10.1	24	1

Notre Dame Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Kory Minor	1	4	0
TOTALS	1	4	0

Michigan State Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Ray Hill	1	7	0
TOTALS	1	7	0

Notre Dame Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Allen Rossum	3	54	18.0	0
Autry Denson	2	43	21.5	0
Deveron Harper	1	23	23.0	0
TOTALS	6	120	20.0	0

Michigan State Kick Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Marc Renaud	1	52	52.0	0
TOTALS	1	52	52.0	0

Notre Dame Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Allen Rossum	2	9	4.5	0
TOTALS	2	9	4.5	0

Michigan State Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	TD
Sedrick Irvin	5	60	12.0	0
TOTALS	5	60	12.0	0

Notre Dame Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Jim Sanson	0-	0	1-1	1
TOTALS	0-	0	1-1	1

Michigan State Kicking
	FG	Lng	XP	Pts
Chris Gardner	3-	32	2-2	11
TOTALS	3-	32	2-2	11

Notre Dame Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Hunter Smith	6	275	45.8	52
TOTALS	6	275	45.8	52

Michigan State Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Paul Edinger	3	125	41.7	49
TOTALS	3	125	41.7	49

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