Michigan State at Western Michigan 2015

Drive chart

Michigan State Western Michigan bar spans the drive · tick marks the start

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MISSED FG

4 pl · 6 yd · 2:14

0–0

PUNT

6 pl · 20 yd · 1:55

0–0

INT

3 pl · 3 yd · 1:08

0–0

2 pl · 27 yd · 0:34

7–0

0 pl · 0 yd · 0:13

7–7

8 pl · 65 yd · 3:49

13–7

PUNT

3 pl · 6 yd · 2:02

13–7

6 pl · 73 yd · 1:41

20–7

PUNT

7 pl · 25 yd · 3:28

20–7

FUMBLE

3 pl · 29 yd · 1:53

20–7

PUNT

3 pl · 0 yd · 0:26

20–7

8 pl · 80 yd · 2:37

27–7

12 pl · 88 yd · 5:14

27–10

PUNT

5 pl · 10 yd · 1:39

27–10

END OF HALF

6 pl · 6 yd · 1:07

27–10

13 pl · 75 yd · 5:35

27–10

15 pl · 75 yd · 7:48

34–10

PUNT

5 pl · 21 yd · 1:57

34–17

8 pl · 80 yd · 3:31

34–17

9 pl · 71 yd · 3:27

34–24

PUNT

3 pl · -9 yd · 1:10

37–24

PUNT

3 pl · 0 yd · 1:36

37–24

INT

11 pl · 83 yd · 3:20

37–24

END OF GAME

4 pl · 14 yd · 1:36

37–24

24 drives. Field position runs left to right for both teams: 0 is the offense's own goal line, 100 the one it is attacking.

Defense

2	takeaways	1
3	three-and-outs forced	1
4 of 12	scoring drives allowed	6 of 12

No individual defensive box score for this game — CollegeFootballData carries tackles from 2016 on, and nothing but interceptions before that. The team numbers above come from the play and drive rows, which reach back to 2016 and 2015 respectively.

Special teams

1 of 1	field goals	1 of 2
4	punts	4
47.3	punt average	39.0
0	punts inside the 20	0
35	return yards	225
own 30	average drive start	own 27

Michigan State

K	Michael Geiger	1/1 FG · long 21 · 4/4 XP
P	Jake Hartbarger	4 punts · 47.3 avg
KR	R.J. Shelton	1 ret · 35 yds · long 35

Western Michigan

K	Andrew Haldeman	1/2 FG · long 22 · 3/3 XP
P	J. Schroeder	4 punts · 39.0 avg
KR	Darius Phillips	4 ret · 185 yds · long 100 · 1 TD
KR	Daniel Braverman	1 ret · 24 yds · long 24
PR	Daniel Braverman	1 ret · 16 yds · long 16

K kicking, P punting, KR kick returns, PR punt returns. Average drive start counts only drives that began after a punt or a kickoff — a drive handed over by a takeaway is the defense's doing.

Series recent meetings

2025	Western Michigan 6 – 23 Michigan State
2022	Western Michigan 13 – 35 Michigan State
2019	Western Michigan 17 – 51 Michigan State
2017	Western Michigan 14 – 28 Michigan State
2013	Western Michigan 13 – 26 Michigan State
2010	Western Michigan 14 – 38 Michigan State
2009	Western Michigan 14 – 49 Michigan State
2003	Western Michigan 21 – 26 Michigan State

Last 8 meetings shown. Full all-time series sits on each team page.