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Incredible...the team that tanks the most every season makes the biggest comeback ever. If there had been one more quarter it might have been 100-38.
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MSU wiped tOSU's 31-point comeback against Minny in 1989 out of the record books.
It was a little-known tOSU record, because for some reason the media always talk about the Maryland 31-point comeback against Cryami in 1984 (the game before the Flutie Hail Mary), and rarely mention tOSU's against Minnesota. Oh well, now they're both wiped out.
It was a little-known tOSU record, because for some reason the media always talk about the Maryland 31-point comeback against Cryami in 1984 (the game before the Flutie Hail Mary), and rarely mention tOSU's against Minnesota. Oh well, now they're both wiped out.
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MICHIGAN STATE 41 NORTHWESTERN 38
Field goal caps Spartans rally
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Rick Gano
ASSOCIATED PRESS
</IMG> Michigan State players celebrate after overcoming a 35-point deficit in the second half against Northwestern.
EVANSTON, Ill. ? Nearly an hour after the game, Drew Stanton was trying to digest what he?d just been a part of ? the greatest comeback in NCAA Division I-A history.
Trailing 38-3 in the third quarter, Michigan State rallied yesterday for a 41-38 Big Ten victory over Northwestern as the Spartans ended a four-game losing streak in dramatic fashion and momentarily took the heat off coach John L. Smith.
"It hasn?t really sunk in yet," Stanton said.
After a losing stretch that began when they blew a big lead late against Notre Dame, the Spartans got a chance to experience the other side.
Michigan State (4-4, 1-3) got back in game when Ashton Henderson returned a blocked punt for a TD early in the fourth quarter, and the Spartans won it when Brett Swenson kicked a 28-yard field goal with 13 seconds left after a key interception by Travis Key.
Smith, who has been under heavy criticism, took no questions in a postgame news conference. He pointed to his staff and especially his players.
"The ones who really deserve the credit are those guys," Smith said. "They played the game, they believed in each other. They continued to fight, they pulled together and deserved everything they got."
The previous biggest comeback was 31 points ? when Maryland beat Miami 42-40 on Nov. 10, 1984, and when Ohio State defeated Minnesota 41-37 on Oct. 28, 1989.
Northwestern (2-6, 0-4) led 24-3 at the half, and the crushing defeat sent the Wildcats to their fifth straight loss.
"As difficult a loss as I?ve ever been a part of," said first-year Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald, who took the blame for his team losing momentum and eventually the game.
Michigan State trailed 38-3 with 9:54 left in the third quarter after Northwestern?s C.J. Bacher threw his third TD pass, a 5-yarder to Shaun Herbert.
Stanton, battling assorted injuries, tossed a TD pass of 18 yards to Jehuu Caulcrick with 7:03 left in the third quarter. A.J. Jimmerson?s 4-yard run, after a 19-yard pass from Stanton to Kerry Reed, made it 38-17.
Michigan State then made it 38-24 early in the fourth quarter when Devin Thomas blocked a punt and Henderson returned it 33 yards for a TD.
Stanton ran 12 yards for a TD with 7:54 left, making it 38-31.
The Spartans then stopped a third-and-1 by the Wildcats, who had to punt. Stanton completed six straight passes in a six-play, 58-yard drive, capping it with a 9-yard TD pass to T.J. Williams that tied the score at 38 with 3:43 left. Key then intercepted Bacher at the 30 with 2:59 left and State moved in position for Swenson?s field goal.
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MICHIGAN STATE 41 NORTHWESTERN 38
Field goal caps Spartans rally
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Rick Gano
ASSOCIATED PRESS
EVANSTON, Ill. ? Nearly an hour after the game, Drew Stanton was trying to digest what he?d just been a part of ? the greatest comeback in NCAA Division I-A history.
Trailing 38-3 in the third quarter, Michigan State rallied yesterday for a 41-38 Big Ten victory over Northwestern as the Spartans ended a four-game losing streak in dramatic fashion and momentarily took the heat off coach John L. Smith.
"It hasn?t really sunk in yet," Stanton said.
After a losing stretch that began when they blew a big lead late against Notre Dame, the Spartans got a chance to experience the other side.
Michigan State (4-4, 1-3) got back in game when Ashton Henderson returned a blocked punt for a TD early in the fourth quarter, and the Spartans won it when Brett Swenson kicked a 28-yard field goal with 13 seconds left after a key interception by Travis Key.
Smith, who has been under heavy criticism, took no questions in a postgame news conference. He pointed to his staff and especially his players.
"The ones who really deserve the credit are those guys," Smith said. "They played the game, they believed in each other. They continued to fight, they pulled together and deserved everything they got."
The previous biggest comeback was 31 points ? when Maryland beat Miami 42-40 on Nov. 10, 1984, and when Ohio State defeated Minnesota 41-37 on Oct. 28, 1989.
Northwestern (2-6, 0-4) led 24-3 at the half, and the crushing defeat sent the Wildcats to their fifth straight loss.
"As difficult a loss as I?ve ever been a part of," said first-year Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald, who took the blame for his team losing momentum and eventually the game.
Michigan State trailed 38-3 with 9:54 left in the third quarter after Northwestern?s C.J. Bacher threw his third TD pass, a 5-yarder to Shaun Herbert.
Stanton, battling assorted injuries, tossed a TD pass of 18 yards to Jehuu Caulcrick with 7:03 left in the third quarter. A.J. Jimmerson?s 4-yard run, after a 19-yard pass from Stanton to Kerry Reed, made it 38-17.
Michigan State then made it 38-24 early in the fourth quarter when Devin Thomas blocked a punt and Henderson returned it 33 yards for a TD.
Stanton ran 12 yards for a TD with 7:54 left, making it 38-31.
The Spartans then stopped a third-and-1 by the Wildcats, who had to punt. Stanton completed six straight passes in a six-play, 58-yard drive, capping it with a 9-yard TD pass to T.J. Williams that tied the score at 38 with 3:43 left. Key then intercepted Bacher at the 30 with 2:59 left and State moved in position for Swenson?s field goal.
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October 28, 1989
The great comeback
The Buckeyes came out horrible. "That was probably the worst half I've ever been associated with," Coach John Cooper said. The Buckeyes fell into a 31-0 hole against Minnesota on the road in the second quarter, and they were behind 31-8 at halftime. But the Buckeyes didn't quit. They came out with guns blazing in the second half and behind Greg Frey's 327 second-half passing yards, the Buckeyes outscored Minnesota 33-6 to take an amazing 41-37 victory. The comeback tied the then-current record for biggest college comeback. "I didn't think there was any way possible they could come back," Gopher DE Eddie Miles said. But Greg Frey said, "We've got a lot of guys who don't want to quit. We proved that today."
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'Hit By A Haymaker'
Michigan State mounts record-setting comeback
Steve Silver
By Steve Silver
The Daily Northwestern
After turning in his best performance of the season, sophomore running back Tyrell Sutton walked off the field Saturday in tears.
Offensive coordinator Garrick McGee wrapped his arm around Sutton, trying to console the tailback as they entered the locker room.
But there was little consolation for a Northwestern team that watched a 35-point lead disintegrate in less than 30 minutes of game time.
Michigan State shocked the Homecoming crowd at Ryan Field and made history as it scored 38 unanswered second-half points to snatch a 41-38 victory from the Wildcats - the all-time largest comeback in NCAA Division I-A football.
"It hurts," sophomore safety Brendan Smith said. "It hurts a lot - knowing that we are capable of doing it, but we couldn't get it done."
The Cats (2-6, 0-4 Big Ten) did exhibit a new ability to move the ball offensively and shut down the Spartans' offensive attack in the first three quarters of the game.
Ranked last in the Big Ten and 103rd nationally, NU's offense was not itself as sophomore quarterback C.J. Bach�r took the reigns as a late substitute.
Bach�r threw for 245 yards and three touchdowns as the offense generated 425 total yards through three quarters.
Sutton added a season-high 172 yards on 21 carries, his first 100-yard rushing performance this season.
But with a 38-3 lead in the middle of the third quarter, NU shifted to cruise control.
"As always when you have a pretty big lead, you say, 'Let's make sure we are making the right calls, and that we are giving our guys a chance to be successful, but let's not do anything crazy,'" coach Pat Fitzgerald said. "Maybe just by me making that statement, we took our foot off the pedal. And when you do that you aren't going to seize momentum back."
Yet Michigan State (4-4, 1-3) did not just snatch the game from the Cats.
Rather, it slipped slowly, almost methodically away.
First senior linebacker Nick Roach broke his right leg while covering a punt - a blow from which the defense never seemed to recover. Roach led the team in tackles (62) before leaving the game.
"When you lose a player like Nick Roach, it is obviously going to affect the defense," said senior linebacker Adam Kadela. "He is a special player."
Roach is expected to miss the rest of the season.
With one of its most vocal leaders in the X-ray room, the defense began to succumb to Spartans senior quarterback Drew Stanton.
Stanton led two consecutive scoring drives to cut the deficit to 38-17 by the end of the third quarter.
The senior quarterback sat out one series after suffering a minor injury from a late hit by redshirt freshman defensive end Corey Wootton, which drew an unnecessary roughness penalty.
Stanton would eventually return to complete 9 of 11 passes for 92 yards and a touchdown in the fourth quarter en route to the Spartans' late rally.
"It hasn't really sunk in yet," Stanton said about the biggest comeback since Ohio State overcame a 31-point deficit to beat Minnesota 41-37 in 1989.
But it was the Spartans' special teams and defense that provided the foundation for the record-breaking victory.
After its first fourth-quarter drive stalled in three plays, NU was forced to punt with 11:22 remaining in the game.
Sophomore receiver Devin Thomas blocked the Cats' punt and freshman cornerback Ashton Henderson returned the failed punt 33 yards for a touchdown - chipping away at NU's lead to bring the Spartans within two scores, 38-24.
"I think the punt block was the biggest shift in momentum," said senior receiver Shaun Herbert, who led the team with six receptions for 54 yards and two touchdowns. "They got points on the board quickly and it took momentum away from us."
With the game knotted at 38-38, NU took possession of the ball late in the fourth quarter. The first play from scrimmage, though, resulted in an interception.
Junior safety Travis Key reeled in his first career interception on Bach�r's pass and returned it to NU's 30-yard line - setting up the eventual game-winning field goal by freshman Brett Swenson.
Still winless in the Big Ten, the Cats will travel to No. 2 Michigan next week in search of a cure for pain left behind from this blown opportunity.
"This is going to be one that's a direct blow right to the chin," Fitzgerald said. "We got hit by a haymaker.
"You get knocked down and you get up and you keep fighting. And you battle, and you fight, and you scratch, and you claw and you find a way to win."
'Hit By A Haymaker'
Michigan State mounts record-setting comeback
Steve Silver
By Steve Silver
The Daily Northwestern
After turning in his best performance of the season, sophomore running back Tyrell Sutton walked off the field Saturday in tears.
Offensive coordinator Garrick McGee wrapped his arm around Sutton, trying to console the tailback as they entered the locker room.
But there was little consolation for a Northwestern team that watched a 35-point lead disintegrate in less than 30 minutes of game time.
Michigan State shocked the Homecoming crowd at Ryan Field and made history as it scored 38 unanswered second-half points to snatch a 41-38 victory from the Wildcats - the all-time largest comeback in NCAA Division I-A football.
"It hurts," sophomore safety Brendan Smith said. "It hurts a lot - knowing that we are capable of doing it, but we couldn't get it done."
The Cats (2-6, 0-4 Big Ten) did exhibit a new ability to move the ball offensively and shut down the Spartans' offensive attack in the first three quarters of the game.
Ranked last in the Big Ten and 103rd nationally, NU's offense was not itself as sophomore quarterback C.J. Bach�r took the reigns as a late substitute.
Bach�r threw for 245 yards and three touchdowns as the offense generated 425 total yards through three quarters.
Sutton added a season-high 172 yards on 21 carries, his first 100-yard rushing performance this season.
But with a 38-3 lead in the middle of the third quarter, NU shifted to cruise control.
"As always when you have a pretty big lead, you say, 'Let's make sure we are making the right calls, and that we are giving our guys a chance to be successful, but let's not do anything crazy,'" coach Pat Fitzgerald said. "Maybe just by me making that statement, we took our foot off the pedal. And when you do that you aren't going to seize momentum back."
Yet Michigan State (4-4, 1-3) did not just snatch the game from the Cats.
Rather, it slipped slowly, almost methodically away.
First senior linebacker Nick Roach broke his right leg while covering a punt - a blow from which the defense never seemed to recover. Roach led the team in tackles (62) before leaving the game.
"When you lose a player like Nick Roach, it is obviously going to affect the defense," said senior linebacker Adam Kadela. "He is a special player."
Roach is expected to miss the rest of the season.
With one of its most vocal leaders in the X-ray room, the defense began to succumb to Spartans senior quarterback Drew Stanton.
Stanton led two consecutive scoring drives to cut the deficit to 38-17 by the end of the third quarter.
The senior quarterback sat out one series after suffering a minor injury from a late hit by redshirt freshman defensive end Corey Wootton, which drew an unnecessary roughness penalty.
Stanton would eventually return to complete 9 of 11 passes for 92 yards and a touchdown in the fourth quarter en route to the Spartans' late rally.
"It hasn't really sunk in yet," Stanton said about the biggest comeback since Ohio State overcame a 31-point deficit to beat Minnesota 41-37 in 1989.
But it was the Spartans' special teams and defense that provided the foundation for the record-breaking victory.
After its first fourth-quarter drive stalled in three plays, NU was forced to punt with 11:22 remaining in the game.
Sophomore receiver Devin Thomas blocked the Cats' punt and freshman cornerback Ashton Henderson returned the failed punt 33 yards for a touchdown - chipping away at NU's lead to bring the Spartans within two scores, 38-24.
"I think the punt block was the biggest shift in momentum," said senior receiver Shaun Herbert, who led the team with six receptions for 54 yards and two touchdowns. "They got points on the board quickly and it took momentum away from us."
With the game knotted at 38-38, NU took possession of the ball late in the fourth quarter. The first play from scrimmage, though, resulted in an interception.
Junior safety Travis Key reeled in his first career interception on Bach�r's pass and returned it to NU's 30-yard line - setting up the eventual game-winning field goal by freshman Brett Swenson.
Still winless in the Big Ten, the Cats will travel to No. 2 Michigan next week in search of a cure for pain left behind from this blown opportunity.
"This is going to be one that's a direct blow right to the chin," Fitzgerald said. "We got hit by a haymaker.
"You get knocked down and you get up and you keep fighting. And you battle, and you fight, and you scratch, and you claw and you find a way to win."
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