Post-Game Notes: Michigan
10/25/2014 12:00:00 AM | Football
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SERIES NOTES
• Michigan State defeated Michigan for the sixth time in the last seven meetings, including a school-record fourth straight time at Spartan Stadium with Saturday's 35-11 final . . . The 24-point win over Michigan was MSU's largest win over the Wolverines since 1967 (won 34-0) . . . The last two years, MSU has outscored Michigan 64-17 . . . the 35 points are the most for MSU against Michigan in Spartan Stadium and tied for the second most in series history for the Spartans . . . Michigan State's 35 points were its most scored against Michigan since also scoring 35 in the 2008 meeting, won by MSU, 35-21, in Ann Arbor . . . MSU head coach Mark Dantonio is now 6-2 against Michigan (.750) during his tenure as Spartans' head coach, including 4-1 in Spartan Stadium . . . MSU's margin of victory in Dantonio's six wins over UM is +16.3 points . . . Dantonio has the highest winning percentage of any Spartan coach against Michigan . . . Michigan leads the all-time series, 68-34-5, including 19-14-2 in East Lansing.
• With MSU's 219-61 rushing advantage, the team with the most productive run ground attack has won 42 of the last 45 games in the MSU-UM series . . . Since Mark Dantonio's arrival to MSU in 2007, the Spartans have outrushed the Wolverines by 858 yards (1,490-632).
• Mark Dantonio is now ranked second all-time in wins at Michigan State with 71 (school record: Duffy Daugherty with 109) . . . Dantonio owns a record of 71-30 (.703) at MSU . . . Dantonio is also 42-18 in Big Ten games (.700).
• Michigan State has now won 49 of its last 62 games (.790), dating back to the beginning of the 2010 season . . . MSU has also won 22 of its last 24 games (.917), dating back to the 2012 regular-season finale.
• Under Dantonio, MSU has produced a 43-11 record in home games, including 12 straight victories.
• Saturday was also Michigan State's 13th-straight Big Ten Conference win, which is the second-longest in school history (school-record 16 from 1965-67) . . . In addition, MSU has won 14 consecutive games against Big Ten opponents (2013 Big Ten Championship Game vs. No. 2 Ohio State).
• Saturday's sellout crowd of 76,331 was the 68th-consecutive sellout in the Michigan State-Michigan series, dating from 1948.
• The home team has won 17 of the last 23 meetings between Michigan State and Michigan, including the last four . . . Saturday marked the first time in series history that MSU has hosted UM in consecutive years.
• MSU is now 36-10 (.783) as a ranked team in the AP poll under Dantonio . . . As a ranked team, Michigan State has not lost to an unranked opponent under Dantonio (26-0).
OFFENSE
• Connor Cook has now thrown a touchdown pass in each of his last 15 games (school record: 16 by Kirk Cousins and Drew Stanton) . . . Cook recorded his sixth 200-yard passing game of the season and 14th of his career, completing 12-of-22 throws for 227 yards with one TD . . . With the one TD, Cook became the seventh MSU QB to throw for at least 40 career TDs . . . With his 227 yards, Cook now has 4,717 career yards, needing just 283 to become the ninth MSU QB to reach the 5,000 career passing yards plateau . . . Cook's 22 pass attempts give him 595 for his career, moving him to No. 10 on MSU's career pass attempts list . . . The 12 pass completions by Cook give him 352 for his career, needing eight for the No. 9 spot on MSU's career pass completions list.
• Jeremy Langford rushed for a career-high 177 yards; it's the fifth-highest single-game total for a Spartan vs. Michigan . . . He scored multiple touchdowns in a game for the seventh time in his career with his career-high tying three rushing TDs Saturday . . . Langford extended his school record by posting his 12th-straight 100-yard game against a Big Ten opponent and his 11th-straight in conference action . . . the 11-game 100-yard streak in regular-season conference games is the longest active streak in the FBS and the second-longest streak in the last 10 seasons (Arizona's Ka'Deem Carey, 12 straight) . . . Langford's three rushing TDs give him 28 for his career, which moves him up to tie for No. 8 on MSU's career rushing TD list . . . Langford now has 2,186 career rushing yards, good for No. 16 on MSU's career rushing list . . . In his last two games vs. Michigan, Langford has rushed 61 times for 297 yards (148.5 ypg.) and four touchdowns . . . Langford was the fourth game captain for the Spartans vs. Michigan.
• Tony Lippett recorded his sixth 100-yard receiving game of the season, with three receptions for 103 yards and one touchdown with a 70-yard TD catch . . . The 70-yarder was Lippett's second-longest of the season and his career behind a 71-yarder in the season-opener against Jacksonville State . . . It was Lippett's ninth game in his last 10 outings with a TD catch as his streak of eight in a row was snapped last week at Indiana . . . Lippett has now caught a pass in 18 consecutive games.
• Michigan State rushed for three touchdowns on a Michigan defense that had allowed just one rush TD in last five games entering Saturday.
• Michigan State has scored touchdowns on its first possession in six of its eight games this season.
• With its 446 yards of total offense, MSU has now totaled over 400 yards in all eight games this season . . . MSU has rushed for at least 200 yards in six games this season.
• MSU entered Saturday's game leading the FBS in time of possession . . . The Spartans dominated Saturday's clock with a 33:46-26:14 advantage.
DEFENSE
• The MSU defense's streak of keeping Michigan out of the end zone ended after 11 quarters on a 1-yard TD by De'Veon Smith with 3:30 left in the fourth quarter . . . MSU held Michigan out of the end zone for a total of 186:08, dating back to the 2011 game in the fourth quarter.
• In the last two games vs. Michigan, the Spartans have recorded 18 tackles for loss (96 yards), including nine sacks (62 yards).
• The Spartan defense forced three turnovers Saturday, for their seventh game this season with at least one turnover . . . It was also the fourth game this season with multiple turnovers forced . . . MSU has now forced at least one turnover in 81 of its last 101 games over the last eight seasons.
• MSU's +3 in the turnover category is nearly double the Spartans' season average of 1.57 per game, which led the Big Ten and ranked tied for third in FBS entering Saturday.
• RJ Williamson's 29-yard interception return for a touchdown marked the second defensive touchdown scored by the Spartans this season and the 21st since Mark Dantonio became head coach in 2007 . . . It was also the sixth time in Dantonio's eight seasons at the helm of the Spartans that the MSU defense has had multiple defensive TDs in a season.
• The 186 yards of total offense yielded by the Michigan State defense marks the second game this season in holding the opposition under 200 total yards (135 vs. Eastern Michigan).
• By limiting Michigan to 61 rushing yards, the MSU defense held the opponent under 100 yards rushing for the fifth time this season . . . UM's 125 passing yards are the third-fewest allowed by MSU this season (11 at Indiana, 115 vs. Eastern Michigan).
• Michigan State's defense posted four three-and-outs Saturday.
• Taiwan Jones led the Michigan State defense with eight tackles and also snared his first career interception . . . Jones added two tackles for loss, including an 8-yard sack and a 7-yard tackle behind the line of scrimmage . . . Jones now has a tackle for loss in five straight games.
• Darien Harris tied a career high with seven stops, including a 1-yard tackle for loss.
• Ed Davis and Kurtis Drummond logged six stops apiece, with Davis recording two tackles for loss for a total of 6-yards lost and Drummond posting one, a 4-yard loss . . . in his last two games against Michigan, Davis has recorded 10 tackles, including 4.5 for losses (20 yards).
• The 29-yard interception return by RJ Williamson was his second interception this season and the fifth of his career . . . It marked Williamson's first career touchdown.
