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4th Quarter
Final: Michigan State 38, Miami 17: What a win for Michigan State, beating a ranked team on the road to go to 3-0 on the year. The Spartans were solid in just about every aspect of this game, with four passing touchdowns, 172 rushing yards for Kenneth Walker III. The Spartans defense had four takeaways and its offense had no giveaways.
2:32: Jayden Reed scores a rushing touchdown for good measure, after a Ronald Williams interception gave them good field position. Spartans en route to win this by three touchdowns. Michigan State 38, Miami 17
4:12: There’s the dagger. Payton Thorne finds Jalen Nailor for a 39-yard touchdown pass that likely seals this one. Michigan State went for it on 4th-and-1 from the Miami 40 and converted on the previous play, and the gamble pays off one play later. Michigan State 31, Miami 17
8:11: After missing from 27 yards earlier in the game, Miami kicker Andres Borregales hits from 55 yards to make this a one-score game again midway through the fourth quarter. D’Eriq King was once again wincing on that last drive after diving on fourth-down and missing his next two throws. Michigan State 24, Miami 17
13:10: Michigan State takes advantage of the takeaway as Payton Thorne finds Jayden Reed for a 10-yard touchdown and put the Spartans back on top by 10, 24-14.
14:37: Enormous play by Drew Beesley to his D’Eriq King from behind and force a fumble to give the Spartans the ball deep in Hurricanes territory. Michigan State 17, Miami 14
3rd Quarter
0:53: Miami has all the momentum back as Michigan State punts following a six-play drive. Our 16th penalty of the day is a hold against Miami which will force it to start deep in its own end. Michigan State 17, Miami 14
3:53: Charleston Rambo continues to eviscerate the Spartans’ defense. He catches a 14-yard touchdown pass on a throw threaded between two Spartans defensive backs. Rambo is up to 12 catches for 156 yards and two touchdowns and the Hurricanes are back to being down by a field goal. Michigan State 17, Miami 14
6:08: Michigan State goes up by double-digits with a balanced 10-play, 85-yard drive, capped off by an 11-yard Payton Thorne touchdown pass. Thorne had other completions of 13 and 24 yards, with quick outs to beat Miami’s pressure, and Kenneth Walker III continues to get yards through the middle of the Miami defense. Hurricanes quarterback D’Eriq King left the field during that drive but returned. Michigan State 17, Miami 7
10:07: Michigan State had forced a 3-and-out, but Maliq Carr roughed Miami’s punter to give the Hurricanes a first down. The Spartans’ defense went back onto the field and forced another 3-and-out. A good series for freshman cornerback Charles Brantley, who had a pass breakup and a tackle while taking on Miami star Charleston Rambo. Michigan State 10, Miami 7
13:27: Kenneth Walker goes up the middle for another long run to start the second half, but the Spartans are forced to punt four plays after that. Bryce Baringer had pinned Miami at the 5-yard-line, but an illegal formation forced a rekick and a touchback. Michigan State 10, Miami 7
2nd Quarter
Half: Michigan State goes into halftime with a three-point lead against a ranked team on the road. Kenneth Walker III with 86 rush yards already. The Hurricanes often moved the ball well but had two turnovers and a missed chip shot field goal, plus 53 yards in penalties. Spartans failed to capitalize on those two turnovers.1:29: Miami was starting to pick apart the Spartans’ secondary again before Angelo Grose steps in front of a deep ball and comes up with a key interception, the Spartans’ second takeaway of the first half. Michigan State 10, Miami 7
2:56: A few minutes after Miami seemed poised to go up by double digits, the Spartans drive 80 yards in nine plays to take the lead. Kenneth Walker III had 42 yards on the ground, then caught a 7-yard touchdown pass on third down. Michigan State 10, Miami 7
6:10: Miami returns the favor by missing a field goal of its own, a 27-yarder, a few plays after Miami dropped a touchdown pass. The Hurricanes have had success throwing on the Spartans’ secondary, as D’Eriq King is 18-for-21 for 182 yards and a touchdown. Miami 7, Michigan State 3
9:07: Tre Mosley broke a tackle at the line of scrimmage and went 51 yards down the sideline on the Spartans’ first play from scrimmage of the drive, getting the Spartans down to the Miami 24-yard-line. But the Spartans get only two yards after that, after back-to-back Thorne incompletions, and Matt Coghlin misses a 37-yard-field goal. Miami 7, Michigan State 3
10:08: Miami goes for it on 4th-and-goal from the Michigan State 2-yard-line converts its first touchdown. d Tough series for Kalon Gervin, who twice missed tackles on Miami’s Charleston Rambo after playing off and giving up catches. Both went for 20-plus yards to Rambo, who recorded 70 yards on the series. Miami 7, Michigan State 3
13:58: Michigan State goes 12 plays and 73 yards to get its offense going and ends in a field goal. A solid drive from Payton Thorne, who had the answer for Miami’s pressure with multiple quick-strike throws early in the drive. He also scampered for a key third-down conversion later in the drive. Michigan State 3, Miami 0
1st Quarter
3:51: The Spartans have allowed four first-downs through three drives (aided on the last one by a third-down drop) and it’s been a field position game in the earlygoing. The Spartans are giving Miami receivers a cushion at the line of scrimmage but have done a solid job limiting the run game. Michigan State 0, Miami 0
5:01: Michigan State’s offensive line struggling against a better defense. The Spartans gave up a second-down sack and have to punt after a three-and-out. The Spartans also have only 11 yards on four carries for Kenneth Walker III. Michigan State 0, Miami 0
7:07: Miami gets out of its own end zone but not much further as it punts from its own 19. Drew Beesley had the key play with a sack on D’Eriq King. Michigan State takes over at its own 37. Michigan State 0, Miami 0
10:07: Michigan State grabs a first down on its first offensive play, but a Payton Thorne sack quickly put the Spartans in a long yardage situation and they punt after four plays. Bryce Baringer boots it 56 yards down o the Miami 1-yard-line. Michigan State 0, Miami 0
12:36: A big play by Michigan State’s defense on the first drive of the game. With Miami driving into field goal range, Jeff Pietrowski strips Hurricanes quarterback D’Eriq King from behind. Quavaris Crouch comes up with the loose ball. The Spartans’ two transfers, Ronald Williams and Chester Kimbrough, started at cornerback while Kalon Gervin isn’t starting for the first time this season. Michigan State 0, Miami 0
Pregame: Michigan State will get a nice boose on the defensive line today as defensive ends Drew Beesley and Drew Jordan both return after missing last week’s game against Youngstown State.
As for who won’t be in uniform: RB Elijah Collins, DE Michael Fletcher and DE Itayvion Brown are among them.
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Time to see how Michigan State holds up in a marquee non-conference environment.
Michigan State is in Miami to take on the No. 25 Hurricanes at Hard Rock Stadium in the most anticipated game of its non-conference slate.
The Spartans do so after convincing wins against Northwestern and Youngstown State to open the season, in which they’ve shown an offensive resurgence, particularly in the run game.
But they’re facing a team picked to finish near the top of the ACC, featuring a sixth-year quarterback and plenty of other talent. The Hurricanes, though, were beaten soundly by Alabama and needed a late field goal to beat Appalachian State.
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