Michigan Holds Onto the Paul Bunyon Trophy

3-5 (0-4) Michigan State gave Michigan all they could handle in East Lansing today. They started off hot in the 1st half and went up on the Wolverines 14-0. Michigan couldn't seem to do anything right. Finally, with 38 seconds left in the half, the Wolverines scored on a 6 yard TD pass from Forcier to Stonum. Michigan was able to force a 3 and out on MSU's next possession. Fitzgerald Toussaint, in his first punt return of his career would take it back 52 yards (a Michigan record under coach Jello's watch) to the MSU 13 yard line with 7 seconds remaining. Michigan had 1 shot at the end zone and Forcier would connect with Jeremy Gallon for a 13 yard TD to tie the game up at the half.

The 3rd quarter went back and forth as Michigan outscored the Spartans 14-10, thanks to 2 rushing TDs by Vincent Smith, including a 45 yarder. Forcier would connect with freshman Je'Ron Stokes for his 3rd passing TD of the game which tied a career high. Sr LB Marrell Evans earned player of the game honors as he tallied 11 tackles, 1 forced fumble and had 3 of Michigan's 6 sacks. Offensively Vincent Smith had a big game, rushing for 136 yards and 2 TDs on 16 carries. For MSU, their 4th string true freshman QB had a surprisingly good game. He completed 15 of 21 passes for 251 yards and 2 TDs. Michigan's defense, despite giving up 32 points and 251 passing yards, played well. They held the Spartans to only 16 yards rushing on 25 carries and sacked the QB 6 times while forcing 2 turnovers.

Game Statistics
Category	Michigan	Michigan State
Score	38	32
First Downs	14	14
Total Offense	340	267
Rushes-YDS-TD	33-193-2	25-16-1
COMP-ATT-TD	12-18-3	15-21-2
Passing YDS	147	251
Sacked	1	6
3rd Down Conv	5-9	5-8
4th Down Conv	1-1	0-0
2pt Conv	0-0	1-1
Redzone-TD-FG	3-3-0	4-3-1
Turnovers	2	2
Fumbles-Lost	0-0	1-1
Intercepted	2	1
PR Yds	52	9
KR Yds	171	239
Total Yards	563	515
Punts-Average	1-43	2-36
Penalties-YDS	2-20	2-20
T.O.P.	14:54	13:14