MSU vs. Eastern Michigan: Post-Game Notes

Sept. 11, 1999

ATTENDANCE: 72,569 (sellout, Michigan State has already sold out every home game of 1999)

SERIES RECORD: Michigan State leads the series 5-0.

NOTES:

? WR Gari Scott had one catch for 25 yards and 1 TD. His touchdown reception gave him 15 for his career and moved him into a tie with Eugene Byrd for fourth place on the Michigan State career receiving touchdowns chart. His one reception gives him 111 for his career and moves him into 7th-place on the career charts.

? Gari Scott also returned four punts for 96 yards. His 51-yard return in the second quarter was a career best.

? QB Bill Burke?s 17-yard touchdown pass to Chris Baker in the first quarter marked the sixth consecutive game in which he has thrown at least one touchdown pass.

? PK Paul Edinger was 3-3 on field goal attempts. His 51-yard kick in the third quarter marked his career long. Four of Edinger?s nine kickoffs were for touchbacks.

? FB Dawan Moss scored a touchdown on a 42-yard run in the second quarter. Not only was it his first career carry, but it also marked the first time that a Michigan State fullback scored a rushing touchdown since Travis Reece scored on a 1-yard run against Michigan in the fourth quarter, Nov. 2, 1996.

? DB Lorenzo Guess returned an interception 39 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter. It was his first career interception and touchdown.

? QB Arron Agler?s 8-yard touchdown pass to Ivory McCoy was the first TD pass of his career. Today marked the first career appearance for Agler, a red-shirt freshman.

? Eastern Michigan punter Nick Arondet set a new Michigan State opponent record for most punts in a game with 16. The 16 punts also set an opponent team record.

? Michigan State?s defense held Eastern Michigan without a first down until the 10:15 mark of the second quarter. Eastern Michigan finished with only seven first downs.

? Michigan State?s 51 points were the most scored by a Spartan offense since a Sept. 13, 1997 51-21 win over Memphis.

? MSU?s 44-point win is its largest margin of victory since the 47-0 shutout of Eastern Michigan on Sept. 28, 1996.

? Michigan State opens the season 2-0 for just the second time since 1983 (also in 1997, when MSU went 5-0 to start the year).