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Box Score EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State redshirt junior quarterback Payton Thorne threw two touchdown passes and kicker Ben Patton added two fourth quarter field goals as the Spartans beat Rutgers, 27-21, on Saturday afternoon in front of 63,267 at Spartan Stadium.
Michigan State improves to 5-5 overall, while the Scarlet Knights fall to 4-6.
Thorne completed 19-of 35 passes for 256 yards and two touchdowns, one to redshirt senior receiver Jayden Reed, who caught 10 passes for 90 yards, and the second to fifth year tight end Daniel Barker, who had four catches for 64 yards. Redshirt sophomore running back Jalen Berger had 16 carries for 85 yards and one touchdown, while fifth year running back Jarek Broussard finished with 11 carries for 80 yards.
Redshirt sophomore linebacker Cal Haladay led the defense with 19 tackles, including one for loss, while Kendell Brooks had 10, redshirt senior linebacker Ben VanSumeren added eight, including one sack and one tackle-for-loss, and sixth year cornerback Ronald Williams had seven tackles.
The Spartans dominated the first quarter, outgaining the Scarlet Knights, 178 yards to 44, while taking a 7-0 lead on a 26-yard Daniel Barker touchdown catch.
Although Bryce Baringer, the nation’s leading punter, booted a 64-yard punt that was downed at the Rutgers 4-yard line, the Scarlet Knights drove 96 yards on nine plays to tie it at 7 with 5:56 left in the second quarter. Gavin Wimsatt found Avery Young in the end zone for an 18-yard…
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