FINAL SCORE
Eastern Michigan Eagles at Michigan State Spartans game details
Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM ET
Spartan Stadium · Attendance 70,712
Put the final score in perspective.
Michigan State finished 28 points ahead. The teams combined for 42 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Eastern Michigan 7, Michigan State 14. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Michigan State outscored its opponent in 3 and Eastern Michigan in 0. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Eastern Michigan | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
 Michigan State | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 13 | 24 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 6-13 | 10-15 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| Total Yards | 219 | 472 |
| Passing | 118 | 214 |
| Comp/Att | 16/26 | 18/26 |
| Yards per pass | 4.5 | 8.2 |
| Rushing | 101 | 258 |
| Rushing Attempts | 26 | 45 |
| Yards per rush | 3.9 | 5.7 |
| Penalties | 3-12 | 4-32 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 28:39 | 31:21 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Eastern Michigan Eagles
passing
| Noah Kim | 16/26 | 118 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 62.7 |
rushing
| Braydon Bennett | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 0 | 16 |
| Amareon Blue | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 0 | 20 |
| Joey Mattord | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Noah Kim | 7 | 2 | 0.3 | 1 | 11 |
receiving
| Harold Mack | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 0 | 20 |
| Benson Prosper | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 9 |
| Braydon Bennett | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 0 | 22 |
| Nick Devereaux | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Joey Mattord | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 10 |
| Joshua Long | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
fumbles
defensive
| Jason Marshall | 13 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Salas | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rayquan Adkins | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davion Williams | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Eliuk | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elgin McDuffey | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronn Hardin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Mowchan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Caleb Dobbs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Llewellyn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Quincy Byas | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Peyton Christian | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Makhi Gilbert | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joseph Oluwayemi | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tylan Boykin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reggie Gardner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Kearse | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Coley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warren-Stevens Tayou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Patterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marvell Eggleston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Hull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RJ Alphonse | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hector Gonzalez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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kickReturns
| Joey Mattord | 0 | 28 | 0.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Nick Devereaux | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
kicking
| Rudy Kessinger | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
punting
| Daniel Hull | 5 | 210 | 42.0 | 1 | 1 | 52 |
| Rudy Kessinger | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 1 | 0 | 38 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Michigan State Spartans
passing
| Alessio Milivojevic | 12/20 | 170 | 8.5 | 2 | 0 | 77.1 |
| Cam Fancher | 6/6 | 44 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 55.3 |
rushing
| Cam Edwards | 21 | 152 | 7.2 | 2 | 40 |
| Brandon Tullis | 4 | 37 | 9.3 | 0 | 13 |
| Jaziun Patterson | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 1 | 14 |
| Alessio Milivojevic | 7 | 14 | 2.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Marvis Parrish | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | 6 |
| Kenneth Williams | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Cam Fancher | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Zion Gist | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 8 |
receiving
| Charles Taplin | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 1 | 38 |
| Jayden Savoury | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 0 | 46 |
| Rodney Bullard Jr. | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 17 |
| Braylon Collier | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 17 |
| Fredrick Moore | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | 18 |
| Chrishon McCray | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Kai Rios | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Cam Edwards | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Marvis Parrish | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
fumbles
defensive
| Devin Vaught | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Pretzlaff | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dion Crawford | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenny Soares Jr. | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nikai Martinez | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eli Coenen | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Charles Brantley | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NiJhay Burt | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Wheatland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Roberts | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre Bell | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keahnist Thompson | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Isaac Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DiMari Malone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyran Chappell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Stodghill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Richard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anelu Lafaele | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Caleb Gash | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mikeshun Beeler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Deuce Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrick Simmons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Chrishon McCray | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
kicking
| Liam Boyd | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 |
punting
| Rhys Dakin | 2 | 101 | 50.5 | 1 | 1 | 59 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 6:32 | Fredrick Moore 18 Yd pass from Alessio Milivojevic (Liam Boyd Kick) | 0 – 7 |
| 2 | 8:45 | Cam Edwards 1 Yd Run (Liam Boyd Kick) | 0 – 14 |
| 2 | 1:50 | Noah Kim 4 Yd Run (Rudy Kessinger Kick) | 7 – 14 |
| 3 | 8:50 | Cam Edwards 2 Yd Run (Liam Boyd Kick) | 7 – 21 |
| 3 | 5:46 | Charles Taplin 38 Yd pass from Alessio Milivojevic (Liam Boyd Kick) | 7 – 28 |
| 4 | 7:48 | Jaziun Patterson 7 Yd Run (Liam Boyd Kick) | 7 – 35 |
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