Post-Game Notes vs. Indiana
9/27/2008 12:00:00 AM | Football
Sept. 27, 2008
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• In the 57th meeting between the two schools, Michigan State defeated Indiana, 42-29, before a crowd of 31,832 at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Ind...MSU leads the overall series, 40-15-2, including a 19-9-1 record in Bloomington...MSU has won 10 of the last 12 meetings overall.
• Javon Ringer rushed for 198 yards, marking his fourth consecutive 100-yard game...he also rushed for four straight 100-yard games last season...he is only the third back in MSU history to rush for 100 yards in four consecutive games on two separate occasions (Lorenzo White and Blake Ezor).
• Ringer's 681 yards in the last three games is the third-best three-game stretch by an MSU running back (first: Eric Allen, 1971, 774 yards; second: Lorenzo White, 1985, 702 yards).
• Ringer now has 3,658 career rushing yards, passing Sedrick Irvin for fourth most in MSU history...Ringer has 897 yards this season (179.4 avg.) through five games.
• Ringer scored on a 1-yard run in the third quarter, giving MSU a 33-22 lead...Ringer, who entered the game leading the nation in scoring, now has 12 rushing touchdowns this season.
• Ringer finished the game with a career-high 44 carries...he leads the nation with 187 rushing attempts through five games.
• Brian Hoyer was 14-for-26 passing for 261 yards, his second-best passing effort of the season...he threw a career-long completion with an 82-yard TD connection to Charlie Gantt at the 1:29 mark in the second quarter, pushing MSU's lead to 27-16...he threw his first touchdown pass since the season opener with a 14-yard strike to Mark Dell in the second quarter at the 9:18 mark...he rushed for his second-career TD in the first quarter, a 1-yard run, giving MSU a 13-7 lead...in four career games against the Hoosiers, Hoyer completed 39-for-57 passes for 512 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions.
• Tight end Charlie Gantt scored his first career touchdown on a career-long 82-yard reception from Hoyer in the second quarter, making it 27-16 in favor of the Spartans...he finished with two catches for a career-high 92 yards.
• Keshawn Martin recorded career highs in receptions (3) and receiving yards (31).
• Brett Swenson kicked a career-high four field goals (45, 48, 45, 32)...the 48-yarder in the first quarter was a career long...he also scored a career-high 16 points (four field goals, four PATs)...he now has 221 career points, passing Paul Edinger for ninth in the MSU record books.
• Ross Weaver recorded his first-career interception and returned it 35 yards, leading to MSU's first TD of the day in the first quarter.
• Danny Fortener recorded his first career interception with a pick on the first play of the fourth quarter...he returned it 16 yards.
• By forcing three turnovers against the Hoosiers (interception by Weaver; interception by Fortener; forced fumble by Chris L. Rucker and recovered by Otis Wiley), MSU now has 10 takeaways this season...MSU has scored points on five of those takeaways, good for 27 points...MSU has six interceptions this season.
• MSU gave up a safety in the second quarter, the first safety allowed since the 2007 season opener last year vs. UAB...the play cut MSU's lead to 20-16...the safety arrived on a blocked punt, the second blocked punt MSU has allowed this season (season opener vs. Cal).
• Michigan State recorded a safety at the 1:39 mark in the third quarter, marking MSU's first safety since 2006 vs. Minnesota.
