Michigan State vs. Ohio State Football Game, 1976 Season, College Football Stats, UtahStats

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		1976 Season Stats
		Series History

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Michigan State	0	0	7	7	21
Ohio State	21	14	7	14	49

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER
	TD	Rod Gerald 17 yard run (Tom Skladany kick)	0	7
	TD	Pete Johnson 1 yard run (Tom Skladany kick)	0	14
	TD	Rod Gerald 12 yard run (Tom Skladany kick)	0	21
SECOND QUARTER
	TD	Pete Johnson 58 yard run (Tom Skladany kick)	0	28
	TD	Jeff Logan 3 yard run (Tom Skladany kick)	0	35
THIRD QUARTER
	TD	Jeff Logan 75 yard run (Tom Skladany kick)	0	42
	TD	Kirk Gibson 4 yard pass from Marshall Lawson (Hans Neilson kick)	7	42
FOURTH QUARTER
	TD	Kirk Gibson 82 yard pass from Marshall Lawson (Hans Neilson kick)	14	42
	TD	Jeff Logan 68 yard punt return (Tom Skladany kick)	14	49
	TD	Dave Radlet 28 yard pass from Ken Robinson (Hans Neilson kick)	21	49

Team Stats
	MSU	OSU
1st Downs	14	17
Rushing 1st Downs	3	16
Passing 1st Downs	10	1
Penalty	1	0
Rushing	54	463
Rushing Attempts	34	61
Yards Gained Rushing	85	475
Yards Lost Rushing	31	12
TDs Rushing	0	6
Passing	259	36
Passes Attempted	36	2
Passes Completed	16	1
Intercepted	1	0
TDs Passing	3	0
Pass Efficiency	126.82	201.20
Total Offensive Plays	70	63
Total Net Yards	313	499
Average Gain Per Play	4.47	7.92
Fumbles - Lost	2 - 2	2 - 1
Penalties - Yards	1 - 5	8 - 64
Interceptions - Yards	0 - 0	1 - 0
Punts - Yards	9 - 327	6 - 260
Average Per Punt	36.33	43.33
Punt Returns - Yards	4 - 18	3 - 67
Kickoff Returns - Yards	3 - 42	0 - 0
Third Down Conversions	7 of 16	8 of 12
Third Down Percent	43.75%	66.67%

Game Info
Stadium	Ohio Stadium
Location	Columbus, Ohio
Date	Sep 11, 1976
Time	1:31 pm
Attendance	86,509
Temperature	74°F
Conference	MSU: Big Ten OSU: Big Ten
Head Coach	MSU: Darryl Rogers OSU: Woody Hayes
AP Rank	MSU: NR OSU: 4
Final AP Rank	MSU: NR OSU: 6
Season Record	MSU: 4-6-1 OSU: 9-2-1

Michigan State Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Kirk Gibson	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Dave Radlet	1	0	0	0	0	0	6
Hans Neilson	0	0	3	0	0	0	3
TOTALS	3	0	3	0	0	0	21

Ohio State Scoring
	TD	FG	XP	2pt	DXP	Saf	Points
Jeff Logan	3	0	0	0	0	0	18
Pete Johnson	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Rod Gerald	2	0	0	0	0	0	12
Tom Skladany	0	0	7	0	0	0	7
TOTALS	7	0	7	0	0	0	49

Ohio State Passing
	C-Att-Int	Yards	Y/A	Lng	TD	Effic
Jeff Logan	1-1-0	36	36.0	36	0	402.40
James Pacenta	0-1-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.00
TOTALS	1-2-0	36	18.0	36	0	201.20

Ohio State Rushing
	No	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg	Lng	TD
Jeff Logan	7	112	0	112	16.0	75	2
Rod Gerald	10	104	0	104	10.4	32	2
Pete Johnson	12	99	0	99	8.2	58	2
Ron Springs	15	79	3	76	5.1	20	0
James Pacenta	7	51	9	42	6.0	30	0
Paul Campbell	6	21	0	21	3.5	5	0
Charles Hunter	3	5	0	5	1.7	2	0
Larry Molls	1	4	0	4	4.0	4	0
TOTALS	61	475	12	463	7.6	75	6

Ohio State Receiving
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
James Harrell	1	36	36.0	36	0
TOTALS	1	36	36.0	36	0

Ohio State Interceptions
	No	Yds	TD
Duncan Griffin	1	0	0
TOTALS	1	0	0

Ohio State Defense
	Total	Solo	Ast	TFL/Y	FR	PBU
Ed Thompson	11	4	7
Eddie Beamon	11	2	9	2/9
Nick Buonamici	7	3	4	1/4	1	3
Bruce Ruhl	6	3	3	1/3
Paul Ross	6	1	5
Byron Cato	6	0	6			1
Kenneth Fritz	5	2	3	1/10
Tom Cousineau	5	0	5
Bob Brudzinski	4	2	2			2
Aaron Brown	4	2	2	1/3
Kelton Dansler	4	0	4		1	2
Duncan Griffin	3	2	1			1
David Adkins	3	1	2
Joe Allegro	3	1	2
Joe Dixon	3	1	2
Farley Bell	3	0	3
Leonard Mills	2	1	1
Max Midlam	1	1	0
Jeff Logan	1	1	0
William Lukens	1	1	0
Tyrone Harris	1	0	1
Matthew Jackson	1	0	1
Tom Roche	1	0	1			1
James Harrell	1	0	1
Pete Johnson	1	0	1
Joe Hornik	1	0	1
Ronald Ayers	1	0	1
Michael Guess	0	0	0			2
TOTALS	96	28	68	6/29	2	12

Ohio State Punt Returns
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
Jeff Logan	2	67	33.5	68	1
Bruce Ruhl	1	0	0.0	0	0
TOTALS	3	67	22.3	68	1

Ohio State Kicking
	FG	XP	Pts
Tom Skladany	0-0	7-7	7
TOTALS	0-0	7-7	7

Ohio State Punting
	No	Yds	Avg	Lng
Tom Skladany	6	260	43.3	61
TOTALS	6	260	43.3	61

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