Michigan State at Michigan 2015

Drive chart

WIN PROBABILITYMichigan State above · Michigan below

KICK65% → 0% MichiganFINAL

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

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PUNT

6 pl · 22 yd · 2:52

0–0

PUNT

3 pl · -9 yd · 2:04

0–0

ON DOWNS

16 pl · 70 yd · 8:05

0–0

8 pl · 72 yd · 3:46

0–7

PUNT

3 pl · 4 yd · 2:32

0–7

PUNT

3 pl · -4 yd · 1:57

0–7

4 pl · 46 yd · 1:38

7–7

5 pl · 28 yd · 1:32

7–10

PUNT

5 pl · 4 yd · 2:50

7–10

PUNT

3 pl · 3 yd · 1:32

7–10

END OF HALF

2 pl · 4 yd · 1:12

7–10

PUNT

3 pl · 9 yd · 1:55

7–10

ON DOWNS

4 pl · 9 yd · 1:04

7–10

6 pl · 38 yd · 2:44

7–17

5 pl · 75 yd · 2:10

14–17

10 pl · 61 yd · 5:01

14–20

ON DOWNS

9 pl · 43 yd · 2:24

14–20

PUNT

6 pl · 24 yd · 2:37

14–20

PUNT

3 pl · 7 yd · 1:14

14–20

4 pl · 8 yd · 1:26

14–23

2 pl · 75 yd · 0:29

21–23

PUNT

3 pl · 1 yd · 1:41

21–23

PUNT

4 pl · 28 yd · 0:34

21–23

PUNT

3 pl · 4 yd · 1:47

21–23

ON DOWNS

9 pl · 27 yd · 3:07

21–23

END OF GAME TD

4 pl · -7 yd · 1:47

27–23

26 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

0	takeaways	0
6	three-and-outs forced	2
5 of 13	scoring drives allowed	3 of 13

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

—	field goals	3 of 3
5	punts	7
37.2	punt average	44.6
0	punts inside the 20	0
54	return yards	154
own 24	average drive start	own 38

Michigan State

K	Michael Geiger	3/3 XP
P	Tyler O'Connor	4 punts · 38.3 avg
P	Jake Hartbarger	1 punt · 33.0 avg
KR	R.J. Shelton	2 ret · 50 yds · long 29
PR	R.J. Shelton	2 ret · 4 yds · long 3

Michigan

K	Kenny Allen	3/3 FG · long 38 · 2/2 XP
P	Blake O'Neill	7 punts · 44.6 avg
KR	Jabrill Peppers	3 ret · 81 yds · long 49
KR	Jehu Chesson	1 ret · 25 yds · long 25
PR	Jabrill Peppers	3 ret · 48 yds · long 34

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	Michigan 31 – 20 Michigan State
2024	Michigan State 17 – 24 Michigan
2023	Michigan 49 – 0 Michigan State
2022	Michigan State 7 – 29 Michigan
2021	Michigan 33 – 37 Michigan State
2020	Michigan State 27 – 24 Michigan
2019	Michigan State 10 – 44 Michigan
2018	Michigan 21 – 7 Michigan State

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