Sept. 18, 2004
Notre Dame 14 7 7 3-31Michigan St. 7 0 7 10-24
First Quarter
MSU-Scott 0 blocked punt return (Rayner kick), 12:18.
ND-Quinn 1 run (Fitzpatrick kick), 4:42.
ND-Zbikowski 75 fumble return (Fitzpatrick kick), :07.
Second Quarter
ND-Shelton 35 pass from Quinn (Fitzpatrick kick), 8:52.
Third Quarter
ND-Grant 6 run (Fitzpatrick kick), 5:39.
MSU-Cobb 89 kickoff return (Rayner kick), 5:28.
Fourth Quarter
MSU-FG Rayner 46, 14:55.
ND-FG Fitzpatrick 23, :57.
MSU-Stanton 4 run (Rayner kick), :09.
A-74,962.
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ND MSUFirst downs 19 18Rushes-yards 48-173 35-165Passing 215 176Comp-Att-Int 11-24-1 15-34-3Return Yards 214 39Punts-Avg. 6-33 5-45Fumbles-Lost 2-2 5-3Penalties-Yards 4-22 3-20Time of Possession 34:01 25:59
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING-Notre Dame, Walker 26-98, Grant 11-66, Thomas 5-10, Quinn 4-1, Powers-Neal 1-0, Team 1-(minus 2). Michigan St., Caulcrick 15-85, Stanton 8-49, Teague 6-21, Trannon 1-12, Cobb 3-3, Reaves 1-(minus 1), Team 1-(minus 4).
PASSING-Notre Dame, Quinn 11-24-1-215. Michigan St., Reaves 7-20-3-66, Stanton 8-12-0-110, Team 0-2-0-0.
RECEIVING-Notre Dame, Samardzija 4-65, Shelton 3-123, Stovall 2-17, Vaughn 1-7, Walker 1-3. Michigan St., Teague 4-14, Scott 3-71, Brown 3-43, Trannon 2-27, Shabaj 2-14, Knott 1-7.