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2009 Michigan State Spartans Stats

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Record: 6-7, .462 W-L% (70th of 120)
Conference: Big Ten (Schedule and Results)
Coach: Mark Dantonio (6-7)

PS/G: 29.7 (37th of 120) ▪ PA/G: 26.3 (67th of 120)
SRS: 2.52 (55th of 120) ▪ SOS: 1.68 (54th of 120)

Bowl Game: Lost Alamo Bowl 41-31 versus Texas Tech

Team Stats

Most values are per game averages
Passing Rushing Total Offense First Downs Penalties Turnovers
Split G Cmp Att Pct Yds TD Att Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg Pass Rush Pen Tot No. Yds Fum Int Tot
Offense 13 19.3 32.5 59.3 269.4 2.2 32.2 136.8 4.2 1.2 64.8 406.2 6.3 11.8 6.5 1.5 19.8 6.4 55.4 0.6 0.9 1.5
Defense 13 22.5 37.0 60.9 267.6 2.5 33.3 113.2 3.4 0.8 70.3 380.8 5.4 11.7 6.9 1.7 20.3 7.0 57.7 0.6 0.5 1.1
Difference -3.2 -4.5 -1.6 +1.8 -0.3 -1.1 +23.6 +0.8 +0.4 -5.5 +25.4 +0.9 +0.1 -0.4 -0.2 -0.5 -0.6 -2.3 0.0 +0.4 +0.4

Passing

Stats include bowl game
Passing
Rk Player Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A AY/A TD Int Rate
1 Kirk Cousins 198 328 60.4 2680 8.2 8.1 19 9 142.6
2 Keith Nichol 49 91 53.8 764 8.4 8.5 7 3 143.2
3 Keshawn Martin 3 3 100.0 40 13.3 26.7 2 0 432.0
4 Aaron Bates 1 1 100.0 18 18.0 18.0 0 0 251.2

Rushing & Receiving

Stats include bowl game
Rushing Receiving Scrimmage
Rk Player Att Yds Avg TD Rec Yds Avg TD Plays Yds Avg TD
1 Larry Caper 120 468 3.9 6 3 47 15.7 0 123 515 4.2 6
2 Edwin Baker 85 427 5.0 1 7 43 6.1 0 92 470 5.1 1
3 Glenn Winston 60 204 3.4 2 1 6 6.0 0 61 210 3.4 2
4 Caulton Ray 40 156 3.9 1 1 14 14.0 0 41 170 4.1 1
5 Kirk Cousins 31 60 1.9 0 1 2 2.0 0 32 62 1.9 0
6 Keith Nichol 22 128 5.8 1 2 11 5.5 0 24 139 5.8 1
7 Ashton Leggett 20 125 6.3 4 4 5 1.3 0 24 130 5.4 4
8 Keshawn Martin 18 219 12.2 1 18 411 22.8 5 36 630 17.5 6
9 A.J. Jimmerson 4 10 2.5 0 4 10 2.5 0
10 David Spears 2 7 3.5 0 2 7 3.5 0
11 Andre Anderson 2 4 2.0 0 2 4 2.0 0
12 Andre Buford 1 3 3.0 0 1 3 3.0 0
13 Andrew Hawken 1 -1 -1.0 0 12 74 6.2 1 13 73 5.6 1
14 Dion Sims 1 -2 -2.0 0 11 133 12.1 3 12 131 10.9 3
15 Blair White 70 990 14.1 9 70 990 14.1 9
16 B.J. Cunningham 48 641 13.4 4 48 641 13.4 4
17 Mark Dell 26 449 17.3 1 26 449 17.3 1
18 Charlie Gantt 22 348 15.8 2 22 348 15.8 2
19 Brian Linthicum 20 266 13.3 2 20 266 13.3 2
20 Garrett Celek 3 33 11.0 1 3 33 11.0 1
21 Chris D. Rucker 2 29 14.5 0 2 29 14.5 0

Defense & Fumbles

Stats include bowl game
Tackles Def Int Fumbles
Rk Player Solo Ast Tot Loss Sk Int Yds Avg TD PD FR Yds TD FF
1 Greg Jones 67 87 154 14.0 9.0 1 1 15 0 1
2 Eric Gordon 35 57 92 7.5 3.5 2 1
3 Brandon Denson 23 45 68 4.0 2.5 1 20 20.0 0 2
4 Trenton Robinson 37 30 67 0.0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 3
5 Chris L. Rucker 37 21 58 3.0 1.0 1 0 0.0 0 8 1 11 1 2
6 Dan Fortener 29 25 54 2.5 0.0 1 45 45.0 1 4
7 Jeremy Ware 39 13 52 3.0 2.0 1 0 0.0 0 6
8 Marcus Hyde 21 25 46 0.0 0.0
9 Trevor Anderson 12 33 45 7.5 4.0
10 Jerel Worthy 19 18 37 9.0 4.5 2
11 Ross Weaver 24 7 31 0.0 0.0 1 0 0.0 0 4 1
12 Jon Misch 13 15 28 1.5 0.0
13 Davis-Clark 17 9 26 0.0 0.0 1
14 Roderick Jenrette 13 12 25 0.0 0.0 3
15 Colin Neely 14 10 24 7.0 3.0 1
16 Kevin Pickelman 9 11 20 2.0 1.5
17 Oren Wilson 7 11 18 1.5 1.0
18 Adam Decker 8 6 14 0.0 0.0
19 Tyler Hoover 3 10 13 0.5 0.5 1
20 Ashton Henderson 6 6 12 0.0 0.0
21 Johnathan Strayhorn 6 6 12 2.0 1.0
22 Chris Norman 6 5 11 1.0 0.0
23 Blake Treadwell 2 9 11 0.5 0.5 1
24 David Rolf 3 5 8 1.5 1.0 2
25 Andre Anderson 2 3 5 0.0 0.0
26 Steve Gardiner 3 1 4 0.0 0.0
27 Andrew Hawken 2 2 4 0.0 0.0
28 Drew Stevens 2 2 4 0.0 0.0
29 Kirk Cousins 2 1 3 0.0 0.0
30 Ishmyl Johnson 0 2 2 0.0 0.0
31 Brynden Trawick 1 1 2 0.0 0.0
32 Blair White 2 0 2 0.0 0.0
33 Edwin Baker 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
34 Rocco Cironi 0 1 1 0.0 0.0
35 Mark Dell 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
36 Jesse Johnson 0 1 1 0.0 0.0
37 Ashton Leggett 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
38 Brian Linthicum 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
39 Keshawn Martin 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
40 Keith Nichol 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
41 Andrew Pendy 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
42 Alex Shackleton 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
43 Marcus Webb 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
44 Mitchell White 0 1 1 0.0 0.0
45 D.J. Young 0 1 1 0.0 0.0

Kick & Punt Returns

Stats include bowl game
Kick Ret Punt Ret
Rk Player Ret Yds Avg TD Ret Yds Avg TD
1 Keshawn Martin 23 665 28.9 1 21 156 7.4 0
2 Glenn Winston 21 503 24.0 0
3 A.J. Jimmerson 7 163 23.3 0
4 Edwin Baker 2 38 19.0 0
5 Trenton Robinson 1 47 47.0 0
6 Andrew Hawken 1 6 6.0 0
7 Blair White 1 27 27.0 0
8 Roderick Jenrette 1 9 9.0 0

Kicking & Punting

Stats include bowl game
Kicking Punting
Rk Player XPM XPA XP% FGM FGA FG% Pts Punts Yds Avg
1 Brett Swenson 44 45 97.8 19 22 86.4 101
2 Dan Conroy 0 0 1 1 100.0 3
3 Aaron Bates 63 2621 41.6

Scoring

Stats include bowl game
Touchdowns Kicking
Rk Player Rush Rec Int FR PR KR Oth Tot XPM FGM 2PM Sfty Pts
1 Brett Swenson 44 19 101
2 Blair White 9 9 54
3 Keshawn Martin 1 5 1 7 42
4 Larry Caper 6 6 36
5 Ashton Leggett 4 4 24
6 B.J. Cunningham 4 4 24
7 Dion Sims 3 3 18
8 Charlie Gantt 2 2 12
9 Brian Linthicum 2 2 12
10 Glenn Winston 2 2 12
11 Keith Nichol 1 1 6
12 Andrew Hawken 1 1 6
13 Garrett Celek 1 1 6
14 Edwin Baker 1 1 6
15 Dan Fortener 1 1 6
16 Mark Dell 1 1 6
17 Chris L. Rucker 1 1 6
18 Caulton Ray 1 1 6
19 Dan Conroy 1 3