Michigan State Falls at Home to No. 25 Michigan, 31-20

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State scored 13 points in the fourth quarter but fell to No. 25 Michigan, 31-20, in front of a sellout crowd of 75,085 fans at Spartan Stadium Saturday night.

Sophomore running back Makhi Frazier had 14 carries for a career-high 109 yards to lead MSU, while junior quarterback Aidan Chiles completed 14-of-28 passes for 130 yards and had a 1-yard rushing touchdown, his sixth rushing TD of the season.

Junior linebacker Jordan Hall led the defensive unit with nine tackles, while graduate linebacker Darius Snow and junior defensive lineman Jalen Thompson had six tackles apiece and redshirt junior defensive lineman Alex VanSumeren added five tackles.

SCORING SUMMARY
The Spartans received the opening kickoff, but fumbled on their third play, giving Michigan good field position at the UM 37-yard line. MSU's defense held the Wolverines to a 21-yard field goal by Dominic Zvada.

The Wolverines (6-2, 4-1 Big Ten) took a 10-0 lead with 3:58 left in the first quarter on Bryce Underwood's 13-yard rushing touchdown.

Michigan State cut the lead to 10-7 thanks for Aidan Chiles' 1-yard rush midway through the second quarter. MSU's TD drive was aided by Makhi Frazier's season-long 49-yard rush to the Spartan 26-yard line; the total drive encompassed 73 yards on 10 plays and took 6:36 off the clock.

The Wolverines scored on their first possession of the second half, going 71 yards on seven plays, capped by a 5-yard touchdown run by Justice Haynes. On third-and-8 from the MSU 21-yard line, Malcolm Bell blitzed off the edge and forced an Underwood fumble, but Bell was called offsides, and the Wolverines scored two plays later.

Michigan increased its advantage to 24-7 on Haynes' second touchdown run, this time from 14 yards out, at the 3:08 mark in the third quarter.

The Spartans (3-5, 0-5 Big Ten) responded with a 12-play, 75-yard touchdown drive to make it 24-13 with 12:34 remaining, but didn't convert the 2-point conversion. Chiles' 24-yard pass to Marsh to the UM 1 set up Brandon Tullis' 1-yard rushing score.

The Wolverines pushed their lead to 31-13 on a 56-yard score from Jordan Marshall with 2:48 to play in the game.

Michigan State redshirt freshman quarterback Alessio Milivojevic engineered a nine-play, 75-yard drive in the final minutes, throwing a 21-yard touchdown pass to redshirt junior tight end Michael Masunas to make it 31-20.

UP NEXT
Michigan State travels to Minnesota to face the Golden Gophers on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 3:30 p.m. ET/2:30 p.m. CT in Minneapolis. The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network.

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Team Stats

Aidan Chiles

Alessio Milivojevic

Players Mentioned

Malcolm Bell

Aidan Chiles

Makhi Frazier

Jordan Hall

Michael Masunas

Alessio Milivojevic

Darius Snow

Jalen Thompson

Brandon Tullis

Alex VanSumeren