Publish-Game Notes: UCLA – Michigan State College Athletics

GAME NOTES
• Saturday was MSU’s 109th Homecoming recreation since 1915 . . . the one two years Homecoming was not held in that span had been 1943 and 2020 . . . MSU is now 71-35-3 in Homecoming video games.

• Senior security Malik Spencer was the sport captain . . . Spencer joined season captains graduate linebacker Sam Edwards, graduate heart Matt Gulbin and junior quarterback Aidan Chiles for the coin toss.

SERIES NOTES

• Saturday marked the primary assembly between Michigan State and UCLA singe 1974, and simply the seventh all-time . . . UCLA now leads the all-time sequence, 4-3, together with 2-1 in video games performed in East Lansing . . . the Spartans gained the primary three video games within the sequence, together with wins within the 1954 and 1956 Rose Bowl Games, together with the 1965 season opener in East Lansing, however UCLA has gained the final 4 video games between the 2 colleges . . . the groups have confronted one another 3 times within the Rose Bowl Game (MSU with a 2-1 report with victories in 1954 and 1956; misplaced in 1966).

• MSU head coach Jonathan Smith is now 2-1 all-time towards UCLA, as he went 2-0 towards the Bruins throughout his six-year Oregon State tenure, with wins over UCLA in 2019 (48-31) and 2023 (36-24).

OFFENSE

• Michigan State scored on its opening possession for the fifth time within the six video games . . . the Spartans had scored a TD on their first drive of the primary 4 video games of the season, earlier than not scoring on their opening drive in recreation 5 of the season at Nebraska (10/4/25).

• Junior quarterback Aidan Chiles scored a dashing TD for the third-straight recreation, the longest streak of his profession after three profession streaks of back-to-back video games . . . it was Chiles’ team-leading fifth dashing TD of the season, with all 5 coming within the final 4 video games, after registering his first profession multi dashing TD outing final week at Nebraska . . . Chiles now has 14 whole TDs on the season, throwing for 9 and dashing for 5 . . . he now has eight dashing TDs throughout his two-year Spartan profession and 10 for his collegiate profession after two throughout his freshman season at Oregon State in 2023.

• Chiles was 8-of-17 passing for 66 yards and 6 dashing for 9 yards and the TD, earlier than leaving early within the second half with an damage.

• Redshirt freshman quarterback Alessio Milivojevic was 8-of-18 passing for 100 yards, all new profession highs, passing for a TD for the second recreation in a row.

 

• Sophomore extensive receiver Nick Marsh snared a season-high seven passes for 77 yards, the second-most of the season behind his high mark of the season of 94 yards vs. Youngstown State (9/13/25).

• With his first catch of the afternoon, Marsh now has a catch in all 17 of his video games as a Spartan, together with a number of receptions within the final 16 video games, after one catch in his collegiate debut.

• Marsh caught his fourth TD catch of the season and first since tallying two in recreation two vs. Boston College (9/6/25).

• Saturday’s seven catches marked Marsh’s fifth recreation with 4 or extra catches as a part of his eleventh profession recreation with 4 or extra receptions . . . the 77 yards marked his third recreation this season with 50+ yards and eighth of his profession. 

• Sophomore operating again Makhi Frazier rushed for team-highs of 12 carries for 58 yards, marking the second recreation in a row he is rushed for 58 yards.

DEFENSE

• Michigan State had 5 gamers on protection make their first begins of the season, together with three of these 5 making their first begins of their collegiate careers . . . freshman defensive again Aydan West, redshirt-sophomore defensive again Chance Rucker, graduate defensive again Dontavius Nash, redshirt-freshman defensive lineman Kekai Burnett and graduate defensive lineman Ru’Quan Buckley all made their first begins of the 2025 season.

• West and Burnett had been each making the primary begins of their collegiate careers, as they’re of their first and second years, respectively, as Spartans . . . Buckley additionally made the primary begin of his collegiate profession, as he didn’t begin any video games throughout his 9 video games performed throughout his three years at Nebraska (2021-23) and his 12 video games final season in his first as a Spartan.

• Rucker made his tenth begin of his school profession as a Spartan after eight in 2023 and one in 2024.

• Nash made his first begin as a Spartan; it was the tenth of his collegiate profession after 9 in his two years at East Carolina with three in 2023 and 6 in 2024.

• Junior linebacker Jordan Hall led the Spartan protection in tackles for the second straight recreation, notching seven stops Saturday.

 

• Hall has now led MSU’s protection in tackles in 4 of the six video games this season, additionally topping the workforce within the Boston College contest (9/13/25) and the season opener vs. Western Michigan (8/29/25).

• Hall has posted seven or extra tackles in 4 of the 5 full video games performed. 

• Redshirt junior defensive lineman Alex VanSumeren notched his season-high six stops for the second time within the final three video games, matching his season and career-best . . . Van Sumeren has logged 4 or extra tackles in every of the final three video games with 4 final week vs. Nebraska, as a part of 4 outings with 4 or extra stops after 5 within the season-opener vs. Western Michigan (8/29/25).

• VanSumeren added 0.5 sack on a 0.5 deal with for loss, as he has posted no less than 0.5 TFL within the final two video games and three of the six video games this season.

• Redshirt senior defensive again Armorion Smith posted six tackles, marking the second-highest of the season behind his career-best of eight stops vs. Boston College (9/6/25).

SPECIAL TEAMS

• Ray Guy Award Watch List member junior punter Ryan Eckley punted 3 times for a forty five.0 ypp common with a protracted of 48 yards, marking his first recreation this season with a median beneath 50 yards out of the 5 video games through which he punted greater than as soon as, in addition to solely the second time and not using a punt of fifty+ yards.

• Redshirt freshman Martin Connington missed a PAT for the primary time this season after making the earlier 14 of the season, going 13-of-13 coming into Saturday and making the primary additional level on MSU’s opening TD, however then lacking the PAT on MSU’s fourth-quarter rating . . . Connington didn’t try a subject purpose for the second straight recreation after making 5-of-6 on the season.