The Michigan State Spartans hosted the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Spartan Stadium on Saturday and earned a 27-21 victory, despite being down several players due to suspensions and injuries.
Michigan State improves to 5-5 overall this season, and 3-4 in Big Ten Conference play, as the Spartans keep hopes alive for a bowl game bid. MSU also defeated Illinois last week, and this marks the first time the Spartans have had back-to-back victories this season since the first two games against Western Michigan and Akron.
Meanwhile, Rutgers slips to to 4-6 overall and is now just 1-6 in conference play.