2008 Michigan State Spartans through 11/29/2008

Team Statistics
Michigan State Opponents
Scoring: Points/Game 26.2 21.9
Scoring: Games - Points 12 - 314 12 - 263
First Downs: Total 228 209
First Downs: Rushing - Passing - By Penalty 88 - 116 - 24 84 - 103 - 22
Rushing: Yards / Attempt 3.48 4.25
Rushing: Attempts - Yards - TD 477 - 1661 - 23 417 - 1771 - 16
Passing: Rating 118.33 112.40
Passing: Yards 2568 2524
Passing: Attempts - Completions - Interceptions - TD 360 - 192 - 9 - 11 391 - 204 - 13 - 15
Total Offense: Yards / Play 5.1 5.3
Total Offense: Plays - Yards 837 - 4229 808 - 4295
Punt Returns: Yards / Return 9.78 8.69
Punt Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 27 - 264 - 0 29 - 252 - 1
Kickoff Returns: Yards / Return 19.14 21.58
Kickoff Returns: Returns - Yards - TD 49 - 938 - 0 50 - 1079 - 0
Punting: Yards / Punt 41.01 41.11
Punting: Punts - Yards 68 - 2789 72 - 2960
Interceptions: Returns - Yards - TD 13 - 216 - 2 9 - 87 - 0
Fumbles: Number - Lost 21 - 12 17 - 9
Penalties: Number - Yards 61 - 550 75 - 652
Time of Possession / Game 31:06.50 28:53.50
3rd Down Conversions: Conversion % 35.43% 40.78%
3rd Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 175 - 62 179 - 73
4th Down Conversions: Conversion % 66.67% 18.75%
4th Down Conversions: Attempts - Conversions 12 - 8 16 - 3
Red Zone: Success % 84% 76.92%
Red Zone: Attempts - Scores 50 - 42 39 - 30
Field Goals: Success % 80% 66.7%
Field Goals: Attempts - Made 25 - 20 12 - 8
PAT Kicking: Success % 100% 100%
PAT Kicking: Attempts - Made 34 - 34 33 - 33
2-Point Conversions: Success % 50% 0%
2-Point Conversions: Attempts - Made 2 - 1 1 - 0
Team Schedule
Date Opponent Result Game Time Attendance
08/30/08 @ California L 31-38 3:38 62,956
09/06/08 Eastern Mich. W 42-10 3:06 71,789
09/13/08 Fla. Atlantic W 17-0 3:05 70,321
09/20/08 Notre Dame W 23-7 3:13 76,366
09/27/08 @ Indiana W 42-29 3:40 31,832
10/04/08 Iowa W 16-13 2:58 77,526
10/11/08 @ 24 Northwestern W 37-20 3:17 32,527
10/18/08 10 Ohio St. L 7-45 3:08 77,360
10/25/08 @ Michigan W 35-21 3:15 110,146
11/01/08 Wisconsin W 25-24 3:34 75,121
11/08/08 Purdue W 21-7 3:09 75,522
11/22/08 @ 6 Penn St. L 18-49 3:21 109,845
@ : Away, + : Neutral Site
Team Record
Split Record
All Games 9-3
at Home 6-1
on Road 3-2
at Neutral Site 0-0
on Grass Field 7-2
on Turf Field 2-1
vs. Conference 6-2
vs. Non-Conference 3-1
vs. Winning 3-3
vs. Non-Winning 6-0
vs. Ranked (AP) 1-2
vs. Unranked (AP) 8-1
in August/September 4-1
in October 3-1
in November 2-1
in December/January 0-0