Michigan State would not take long to respond, needing only 3 plays to score off of a 33-yard rushing touchdown by Keith Mumphery. The Knights next drive was cut short when linebacker The third quarter began with MSU receiving the kickoff. Michigan State won the ball game 45–7. Eastern would finally score their first points the following possession after a Rob Bolden pass to Tyler Allen that went for 43 yards, cutting the State lead to 49. With a breath of new life Purdue quickly scored on a 52-yard run by Akeem Hunt, closing the score to 38–24.
On the first play of the drive, Cook connected with Keith Mumphery for a 50-yard gain.
The following Michigan State possession, the Spartans were forced to punt, which Nebraska would take advantage of off a 62-yard With the victory, Michigan State recorded its 10th straight conference win, and its second straight victory over Nebraska after losing the previous 7 meetings.
Baylor's next drive began with Shilique Calhoun sacking and forcing a Petty fumble, which was recovered by the Bears.
State was able to drive to the RU six yard line, where Geiger connected on a 23-yard FG attempt.
The game started off with Rutgers receiving the opening kick, which resulted in a three and out for the knights. Penn State fell to 6–6 overall, 2–6 Big Ten, and would be invited to the Michigan State was selected to play in the 79th Cotton Bowl Classic against the Big 12 Co-Champion Baylor Bears (11–1, 8–1 Big 12) in the first iteration of the On Michigan State's first possession, Jeremy Langford broke open a career long 65 yard run down to the Baylor one yard line. Instead, holder Mike Sadler flipped the ball to Geiger who ran it down to the one yard line. Three plays later Cook connected with Keith Mumphery for an additional 28 yards to the Michigan 21.
Nebraska would score on their first possession of the 4th quarter on a 2-yard Ameer Abdullah touchdown run.
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The 3rd quarter would be a struggle for both offenses, with the only score coming on a Jeremy Langford 29 yard touchdown run. After stalled drives by both teams, Baylor tied the game on a 53-yard pass by wide receiver Jay Lee to Corey Coleman with 2:32 remaining in the quarter. Michigan State would win by the final score of 73–14 Head coach Mark Dantonio addressed the stake incident in his postgame press conference by stating “we drove a stake in them.”
The Spartans opened the 2014 season under the lights at Nick Hill scored on a 17-yard run during the first drive of the 2nd quarter, putting Michigan State ahead 28–0. With new life the MSU offense lined up and quickly completed a 17-yard pass to Mumphery. Brown pass and took the ball to the UMD 28. The Spartans received the ball to begin the game with RJ Shelton taking back the opening kick 90 yards for a touchdown.
A targeting penalty by MSU reserve linebacker Chris Frey (which resulted in his ejection) gave Michigan the ball at the MSU 29. With the ball, Baylor drove down the Spartan goal line and scored on a Bryce Petty QB sneak. Six plays later Baylor would give the ball back to Michigan State after failing to convert on fourth down from the MSU 39.
After a successful fourth down conversion on 4th and 11, Austin Applebee fumbled the ball after a missed handoff. At the end of a meaningless game in a meaningless season, an apparently distracted or uninterested Brady Hoke allowed his quarterback to get injured multiple times within just a few minutes, ultimately taking a devastating blow to the head. Six plays later, a four-yard pass from Cook to R.J. Shelton extended the lead to 35–17.
Like, say, student tickets to an unexciting midseason tilt against Minnesota. MSU's offense got themselves going with a nine play, 66 yard drive that was capped by a 30-yard TD pass from Cook to Tony Lippett. After converting a third and ten with a 24-yard gain to The victory gave MSU their sixth win in seven meetings against the Wolverines and their fourth straight at Spartan Stadium. Tony Lippett finished the game with 4 catches for 167 yards and 2 touchdowns; no Michigan State receiver recorded a 100-yard receiving game The first quarter was a defensive struggle until a Connor Cook pass was intercepted by Ducks defensive back Erick Dargan, who returned the ball 36 yards to the Michigan State 39 yard line.