• With the 31-13 victory at Rutgers, Michigan State improved to 6-0 . . . it marks the ninth time in school history Michigan State has started 6-0 (1913, 1951, 1952, 1965, 1966, 1999, 2010, 2015, 2021) . . . the Spartans are also 3-0 in Big Ten action for the first time since 2017.
• MSU is now 9-4 all-time against Rutgers, including a 7-1 mark in Big Ten action . . . the Spartans improved to 5-1 against the Scarlet Knights in Piscataway, including 4-0 in Big Ten play.
OFFENSE
• Saturday was the first time in Michigan State program history to have individuals with a 300-yard passing game, 200-yard rushing game and 200-yard receiving in the same game . . . overall MSU is only the fifth team in FBS history to accomplish that feat. The other times it occurred are below:
-San Diego State, Billy Blanton (328 passing), George Jones (208 rushing) and Will Blackwell (210 receiving) vs. New Mexico, Nov. 4, 1995 (San Diego State won, 38-29)
-Pittsburgh, John Thurman (332 passing), Kevan Barlow (209 rushing) and Antonio Bryant (222 receiving) vs. Boston College, Oct. 21, 2000 (Pittsburgh won, 42-26)
-Wisconsin, Jim Sorgi (380 passing), Dwayne Smith (207 rushing) and Lee Evans (258 receiving) vs. Michigan State, Nov. 15, 2003 (Wisconsin won, 56-21)
-Oklahoma State, Zac Robinson (320 passing), Kendall Hunter (210 rushing) and Dez Bryant (235 receiving) vs. Houston, Sept. 6, 2008 (Oklahoma St. won, 56 -37)
• Kenneth Walker III's 94-yard TD run in the third quarter was the longest rush in school history, bettering a 90-yard by Lynn Chandnois vs. Arizona in 1949 . . . it was also the longest offensive play from scrimmage in school history, topping the 93-yard pass from Tony Banks to Nigea Carter vs. Indiana in 1994.
• Walker finished Saturday's game with 24 carries for 233 yards, marking his second 200-yard outing of the season and second-most behind his 264 yards vs. Northwestern (9/3/21) . . . Saturday was Walker's second-straight 100-yard rushing outing and his fourth this season in the six games.
• Jalen Nailor's 65-yard TD pass play and Walker's 94-yard TD run give MSU's four one-play drives this season, joining 1-play, 75-yards on Walker's 75-yard run to open the Northwestern game (9/3/21), and a 75-yard pass from Payton Thorne to Jayden Reed to open the Youngstown State game (9/11/21) . . . MSU had three scoring drives of less than 1:00 on Saturday, as the Spartans now have eight scoring drives this season of under 1:00, with at least one in every game except vs. Miami.
• Walker has at least rushing one TD in four of the six games and nine overall on the season . . . the 24 carries tied Walker's second-most carries this season, matching last week's 24 vs. Western Kentucky and behind his season-high 27 at Miami (9/18/21) . . . Walker's 94-yard run was his second-longest overall of his career, as he had a 96-yarder during his career at Wake Forest vs. Rice (9/6/19), which was also a school record.
• Walker's 94-yard run was the longest rush in SHI Stadium history overall by any player home or visitor, bettering the previous record of 91 yards by Mohamed Sanu of Rutgers vs. Tulane in 2010.
• Redshirt junior wide receiver Jalen Nailor's four catches for 208 yards in the first half topped the SHI Stadium single-game receiving record by a visiting player of 207 yards held by Larry Fitzgerald of Pittsburgh in 2003.
• Nailor's career-high 221 receiving yards on five catches was the sixth 200-yard receiving game school history . . . Nailor's career-best three receiving TDs tied a school record for the 11th time, most recently done by Cody White in 2019 also at Rutgers . . . the three TDs marked his second multi-TD outing this season, joining two vs. Miami (9/18/21) and his third career multi-TD game joining Penn State (2020).
• MSU had a season-high four scoring plays of 60+ yards Saturday, with the pair of 63-yard TD passes, along with the 65-yard TD pass from Payton Thorne to Jalen Nailor in the first and second quarters, then Kenneth Walker III's 94-yard rushing TD in the third quarter . . . the Spartans now have six scoring plays of 50+ yards this season, with four pass plays, joining a 75-yard scoring pass and an 85-yard pass from Thorne to Jayden Reed vs. Youngstown State (9/11/21), and two rushing scores, along with a 75-yard rush by Walker vs. Northwestern (9/3/21).
• Redshirt sophomore quarterback Payton Thorne threw for a career-high 339 yards on 16-of-27 passing for three TDs, marking the second game in a row that Thorne threw for a career-best, topping last week's 327 yards vs. Western Kentucky . . . Thorne's three passing TDs was his third game this season with three or more scores, behind his four TDs in back-to-back games vs. Youngstown State (9/11/21) and at Miami (9/18/21) . . . Saturday's 339 passing yards was Thorne's second straight 300-yard passing outing and third career 300-yard passing game, joining 325 vs. Penn State last season.
• Michigan State has collected more than 500 yards of total offense in four of the six games this season, including 588 yards vs. Rutgers.
DEFENSE
• MSU's defense has forced at least one turnover in each of the last five games with Saturday's fumble recovery.
• The Spartan defense had 4.0 sacks Saturday, marking the fourth straight game with at least 3.0 sacks and fifth time in the six games . . . the 4.0 sacks ties for the second-most this season behind season-high 7.0 sacks vs. Nebraska (9/18/21) and matching 4.0 sacks vs. Northwestern (9/3/21).
• Sophomore safety Darius Snow posted a career-high nine tackles, marking second game in a row notching career-best tackles after his five stops last week vs. Western Kentucky.
• Fifth-year senior defensive end Jacub Panasiuk registered his third straight game with at least 0.5 sack and fifth straight game with at least 0.5 TFL with 0.5 sack on Saturday . . . Panasiuk now has 7.5 tackles for loss and 4.5 sacks this season, as well as 28.5 career TFLs and 13.5 career sacks, holding at No. 20 on MSU's career TFL list and sole possession of No. 13 spot on MSU's career sacks list.
• Redshirt freshman defensive tackle Simeon Barrow posted 2.0 sacks and he now has 2.5 sacks this season . . .all have come in the last three games, with 0.5 sack vs. Nebraska (9/18/21).
• Redshirt sophomore defensive tackle Maverick Hansen has posted at least 1.0 tackle for loss in each of the three games and in four of the six games this season . . . Hansen also posted 1.0 sack for the second straight game . . . Hansen now has 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.0 sacks this season.
• Redshirt junior defensive tackle Jacob Slade recorded his first career fumble recovery with the 19-yard scoop and run.
SPECIAL TEAMS
• With his 35-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, senior placekicker Matt Coghlin broke MSU's career field goals record with his 72nd career upright split, pulling away from tying Brett Swenson (2006-09) for the record . . . Coghlin was also 4-of-4 on PATs and is now 135-of-135, currently No. 5 on MSU's career PAT list . . . with seven points on the four PATs and one field goal Saturday, Coghlin now has 357 career points, tying Michael Geiger (2013-16) for No. 2 on MSU's career scoring list.
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