FINAL: Michigan State uses late touchdown to hold off Rutgers
Michigan State scored a late touchdown to beat Rutgers Saturday night at Spartan Stadium on Senior Day.
Michigan State scored a late touchdown to beat Rutgers Saturday night at Spartan Stadium on Senior Day.
Saturday against Rutgers in what is Michigan State football's final regular season game, the seniors on the team will reflect on their Spartan careers.
Football beat reporter Jonathan LeBlanc's three takeaways from Michigan State's 9-6 loss to Nebraska Saturday.
Nebraska beat Michigan State 9-6 Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium, dropping the Spartans to 6-5 overall and 4-4 in Big Ten play.
After dropping out of the College Football Playoff rankings following their 26-6 loss to No. 10 Ohio State, the Spartans (6-4, 4-3 in Big Ten Play) will get ready to take on Nebraska (3-7, 2-5 ).
These last couple of weeks is a chance for Michigan State to have a strong finish to a season that has been filled with injuries and inconsistencies on offense.
Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio made it well-known he won’t announce whether usual-starting quarterback Brian Lewerke or backup Rocky Lombardi will start for the Spartans against Nebraska Saturday.
Michigan State football falls out of the third edition of the College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings Tuesday evening.
Michigan State limited the Buckeyes to 347 total yards of offense on Saturday, but that effort was wasted by a struggling Spartan offense.
With the last two regular season games against Nebraska and Rutgers approaching for Michigan State, people will continue to wonder who will get the start at quarterback from here on out: Brian Lewerke or Rocky Lombardi?
No. 10 Ohio State won 26-6 Saturday at Spartan Stadium to improve its overall record to 9-1, while dropping No. 18 Michigan State to 6-4 (4-3 in the Big Ten).
To get to know this year's Buckeyes better ahead of their matchup with the Spartans Saturday, The State News talked to OSU football beat reporter and assistant sports editor Wyatt Crosher of The Lantern — OSU's student newspaper.
Watch the Spartans preview their game against the Buckeyes Saturday at Spartan Stadium.
Michigan State's upcoming matchup against Ohio State means a little more to Ohio native Mark Dantonio and other Spartans from the state.
The Spartans held Maryland to 26 rushing yards, and they'll look to have a repeat performance Saturday against high-powered No. 8 Ohio State and Heisman hopeful Dwayne Haskins.
Mark Dantonio was very clear in regards to the quarterback situation during his weekly news conference Tuesday: Brian Lewerke will start against Ohio State Saturday.
Former Michigan State football defensive end Auston Robertson pleaded guilty to one count of assault with intent to commit criminal sexual penetration at Ingham County Circuit Court Wednesday morning.
The Spartans (6-3, 4-2 in Big Ten) are ranked 18th in the second edition of the College Football Playoff rankings.
Linebacker Joe Bachie earned his third career Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honor this week.
Michigan State football finds themselves back in the rankings, coming in at No. 24 in the Week 11 AP Poll after being unranked in back-to-back weeks.