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Michigan State goes three-and-out up three scores
Michigan State can all but end the night for Northwestern with a score on this drive. The Spartans take over at their own 26, leading by 21 with 8:16 to go in the second quarter.
A pair of incompletions by Payton Thorne bookend a three-and-out for Michigan State. Harold Joiner also ran for a gain of 1.