Put up-Recreation Notes: USC – Michigan State College Athletics

GAME NOTES
• Sixth-year graduate senior linebacker Darius Snow was the sport captain.

SERIES NOTES

• Saturday marked the ninth all-time assembly between Michigan State and USC and the primary as Big Ten members . . . The Trojans now lead the general sequence, 5-4, as Saturday’s loss snapped the Spartans’ three-game successful streak over the Trojans . . . Saturday additionally marked MSU’s first regular-season sport within the state of California since enjoying at Cal to start out the 2008 season.

OFFENSE NOTES

• MSU scored on its opening possession for the fourth time in as many video games this season, because the Spartans have scored a TD on its opening possession all 4 instances.

• The Spartans’ 11-play, 87-yard scoring drive within the third quarter matched their longest scoring drive by yardage and was their second-longest by performs, tying and trailing an 87-yard drive in 12-plays vs. Youngstown State . . . the 11-yard scoring drive was MSU’s sixth TD drive of 10+ performs and eighth general with two FG drives . . . the 87-yard scoring drive was the fourth of 80+ yards.

• Junior quarterback Aidan Chiles was 12-for-21 passing for 212 yards with three TDs and nil INTs . . . it was Chiles’ third straight sport with 200+ yards passing and seventh profession sport over 200 yards passing.

• The three TDs was Chiles’ second sport this season with a number of TD passes, with three or extra in each instances, as Saturday’s outing joined his career-high 4 TDs vs. Boston College (9/6/25) . . . it additionally marked the fifth multi-TD outing of his profession, alongside together with his third profession with three or extra TDs, as the 2 outings this season joins the three-TD sport vs. Maryland (9/7/24).

• Saturday marked the third sport this season that Chiles didn’t throw an interception, after his streak of 5 straight video games and not using a decide was snapped final week with an INT within the Youngstown State sport after the final three video games of 2024 and the primary two contests of 2025.

• Chiles rushed for a TD on a 4-yard scamper within the third quarter for his second dashing TD this season and fifth dashing rating of his Spartan profession as a part of his eighth collegiate profession TD with three TDs in his freshman season at Oregon State in 2023 . . . Chiles rushed for 31 yards on 9 carries.

• Saturday was the second sport this season that Chiles each three and ran for a TD in the identical sport, becoming a member of the Boston College (9/6/25) sport . . . it was the third time of his Spartan profession, becoming a member of final 12 months vs. Prairie View A&M (9/14/24).

• Senior broad receiver Omari Kelly had his first 100-yard outing of his Spartan profession with six catches for 133 yards and one TD on a 75-yard catch-and-run to the tip zone within the fourth quarter . . . it was Kelly’s fifth 100-yard outing of his collegiate profession after 4 final season at Middle Tennessee State.

• The TD catch was additionally Kelly’s first as a Spartan and his second scoring catch, becoming a member of the game-winning walk-off two-point conversion within the 42-40 2OT Victory for MSU over Boston College (9/6/25) . . . it was Kelly’s fifth profession receiving TD and seventh general TD after 4 receiving and one punt return for a rating whereas at MTSU.

• The 75-yard TD catch was the longest of his collegiate profession, topping a 71-yarder whereas at Middle Tennessee State vs. Western Kentucky (9/14/24).

• Kelly’s 75-yard TD reception was the second-longest yardage play of his profession behind an 83-yard punt return final week vs. Youngstown State, establishing a 4-yard TD on the primary offensive snap.

• Kelly each caught and threw a move in Saturday’s sport, turning into the third completely different Spartan to aim a move this season.

• Chiles’ first-quarter TD move to Chrishon McCray was the Spartan QB’s 10^th straight sport with a minimum of one TD move . . . it marked the thirteenth time in 16 video games as a Spartan that Chiles has thrown a scoring move, and the seventeenth time in his 25 collegiate video games after 4 in 9 video games throughout his freshman season at Oregon State in 2023.

• Chiles related together with his fellow Oregon State switch, senior Jack Velling, for a 1-yard scoring move within the third quarter . . . it was Velling’s second TD catch as a Spartan after one final 12 months and the thirteenth of his profession after 11 throughout his two seasons at Oregon State (2022-23).

• Sophomore operating again Makhi Frazier rushed for 67 yards on 14 carries . . . Frazier had six carries for 41 yards in the course of the Spartans’ third-quarter scoring drive that Chiles capped with a 4-yard run, placing the final touch on an 11-play, 87-yard scoring drive.

• Redshirt junior broad receiver Chrishon McCray caught the primary TD reception of his Spartan profession with the first-quarter TD catch . . . it was the 14th receiving TD of McCray’s collegiate profession after 13 TD catches at Kent State.

 

• McCray is the fourth completely different Spartan receiver with a TD catch this season and the ninth completely different Spartan general with a TD.

DEFENSE

• Senior defensive again Malik Spencer recorded a career-high two move break-ups for his first two PBUs of the season; he now has 10 profession move break-ups.

• Spencer shared high workforce honors with a season-high seven tackles, posting his second sport this season with 5 or extra stops.

• Fellow senior defensive again Nikai Martinez matched Spencer with seven tackles, a brand new season-high for him in solely two video games, after seeing restricted motion final week vs. Youngstown State in his return to motion from an damage.

• The seven stops by Martinez matched his collegiate career-high, additionally logging seven tackles final season vs. Oregon (10/4/24).

• Redshirt senior defensive again Armorion Smith posted his first profession compelled fumble on the fumble restoration within the third quarter . . it was Smith’s second created turnover this season, including an interception within the Youngstown State sport final week, and the fourth of his profession, now with 4 with two profession interceptions, one compelled fumble and one fumble restoration.

• Senior defensive lineman Grady Kelly registered his first fumble restoration as a Spartan and the second of his collegiate profession after one throughout his redshirt-freshman season at Colorado State in 2022.

SPECIAL TEAMS

• Redshirt junior punter Ryan Eckley’s 55-yard and 57-yard punts within the second quarter plus one other 57-yarder within the third quarter give him 9 punts of fifty+ yards this season out of his 13 complete punts, marking his third sport this season within the 4 contests with a minimum of one punt of fifty or extra yards . . . his first punt was not solely contained in the 20, however was inside the ten, as Eckley now has six of these going inside the ten, whereas his second punt was truthful caught on the 11, giving Eckley 9 punts contained in the 20.

• The three punts of fifty+ yards in a sport was his third time in 4 video games with a number of 50+ yard punts.

 

• Redshirt freshman Martin Connington matched his jersey quantity with a 29-yard subject aim within the second quarter to enhance to 5-of-5 on subject objectives this season by three video games performed, earlier than lacking from 56-yards out to finish the primary half, and is now 5-of-6.

• Connington was additionally 4-of-4 on PATs on Saturday, and is now 10-of-10 this season.