Spartans Journey to No. 3 Indiana in Battle for Old Brass Spittoon

Game 7: Michigan State (3-3, 0-3 B1G) at No. 3/3 Indiana (6-0, 3-0 B1G)

Date: Saturday, Oct. 18
Kickoff: 3:36 p.m. 
Location: Bloomington, Ind.
Stadium: Memorial Stadium (56,626)
Surface: FieldTurf
Game Notes: MSU | Indiana

►BROADCAST INFORMATION

TV/Streaming/Mobile: Peacock

Announcers: Dan Hicks (play-by-play), Jason Garrett (analyst), Zora Stephenson (sidelines)

Live Stats: msuspartans.com | Live Stats

Radio: Spartan Media Network | Affiliate Listings

Play-by-Play: George Blaha

Analyst: Jehuu Caulcrick

Sidelines: Tre Mosley

Broadcast Hosts: Will Tieman, Dalton Shetler

Website/Mobile:  msuspartans.com/watch, MSU Spartans app, Tune In radio

Flagship Stations: Lansing: WMMQ (94.9 FM)/WJIM (1240 AM); Detroit: WJR (760 AM); Grand Rapids: WBFX (101.3 FM)

Affiliates: 21 associates listed at msuspartans.com

Satellite: SiriusXM Ch. 381 | SiriusXM App

Pregame Show: Begins at 2 p.m.

►SERIES INFORMATION

All-Time Series: MSU leads, 50-19-2

Series in Bloomington: MSU leads, 24-10-1

Series in Big Ten Games: MSU leads, 47-16-1

Last Meeting: IU 47, MSU 10 (2024 in East Lansing)

Current Series Streak: 1 by IU

►HEAD COACHES

MSU Head Coach: Jonathan Smith

MSU Record: 8-10 (second yr)

Overall Record: 42-45 (eighth yr)

Record vs. Indiana: 0-1

Indiana Head Coach: Curt Cignetti

IU Record: 17-2 (second yr)

Overall Record: 136-37 (fifteenth yr)

Record vs. MSU: 1-0

►SPARTANS, HOOSIERS FACE OFF FOR OLD BRASS SPITTOON 

• Michigan State travels to Bloomington to face No. 3/3 Indiana on Saturday, Oct. 18 at 3:30 p.m. in Memorial Stadium. The sport might be streamed reside on Peacock with Dan Hicks (play-by-play), Jason Garrett (analyst) and Zora Stephenson (sidelines) on the decision.

• MSU went 3-0 to open the season with house nonconference victories towards Western Michigan, Boston College and Youngstown State, however has misplaced its first three Big Ten video games. The Spartans fell on the street at No. 25 USC (Sept. 20) and Nebraska (Oct. 4) earlier than shedding to UCLA final Saturday in East Lansing.

• Following its 30-20 win at No. 3/2 Oregon final Saturday, Indiana (6-0, 3-0 Big Ten) moved as much as No. 3 on this week’s AP Poll, the very best rating in program historical past. The Hoosiers additionally personal a Top 10 win over No. 9 Illinois at house on Sept. 20. 

• Saturday’s sport marks the 72nd assembly between Michigan State and Indiana. The Spartans lead the all-time collection towards the Hoosiers, 50-19-2, together with a 24-10-1 document in Bloomington. 

• IU beat MSU in East Lansing final season on Nov. 2, 47-10, however Michigan State has gained 12 of the previous 16 video games within the collection. The Spartans gained the final matchup in Bloomington, 24-21, on Nov. 18, 2023.

• Since 1950, the winner of the Michigan State-Indiana sport has been introduced the Old Brass Spittoon. The brass spittoon got here from one in every of Michigan’s earliest buying and selling posts and is broadly believed to be greater than 200 years outdated. Legend has it that the spittoon was round when each establishments have been based – Indiana in 1820 and MAC in 1855. The trophy was initiated by the junior and senior courses and scholar council at Michigan State, and shortly accepted by the Indiana Student Senate. Since 1950, Michigan State leads the collection, 50-16-1. 

►NICK MARSH LEADS TEAM IN RECEPTIONS, TD CATCHES        

• Sophomore large receiver Nick Marsh leads the Spartans with 29 receptions for 340 yards (56.7 ypg; 11.7 avg.), together with a team-best 4 landing catches. Marsh had a season-high seven receptions for 77 yards towards UCLA with a 5-yard TD catch within the fourth quarter. The Detroit, Michigan, native ranks among the many Big Ten leaders in TD catches (tied for seventh with 4), receptions (tied for tenth with 29; 4.8 pg) and receiving yards (twentieth with 56.7 pg). 

►JUNIOR QB AIDAN CHILES RANKS AMONG BIG TEN LEADERS IN TOTAL OFFENSE                  

• Junior Aidan Chiles has began 18 consecutive video games at quarterback for the Spartans. Now in his second season at MSU, Chiles is finishing 61 % of his passes (87-of-142) for 1,019 yards and 9 touchdowns towards three interceptions. Chiles had his 10-game streak of no less than one passing TD snapped at Nebraska. He at present ranks among the many Big Ten leaders in factors liable for per sport (seventh with 14.3 ppg), passing touchdowns (tenth with 9), passing effectivity (tenth with 138.2 ranking), speeding TDs (tenth with 5) and complete offense (fifteenth with 200.8 ypg).

• Chiles has additionally confirmed to be a operating risk and ranks second on the group in speeding with 186 yards on 58 carries with a team-high 5 scores (31.0 ypg); he has 12 carries of 10-plus yards (tied for second amongst Big Ten QBs) and has run for 23 first downs (tied for third amongst Big Ten QBs). 

►OMARI KELLY PROVING TO BE A PRODUCTIVE ALL-AROUND THREAT FOR MSU                  

• Senior large receiver Omari Kelly, who’s in his first season at MSU after transferring from Middle Tennessee State, leads the group in receiving yards (347; 57.8 ypg) and all-purpose yards (470; 78.3 ypg). He can be second with 24 receptions. Kelly ranks nineteenth within the Big Ten in receiving yards per sport (57.8) and tied for 18th in receptions per sport (4.0), whereas additionally main the Big Ten in punt returns (19.7 avg.).

►MATT GULBIN ANCHORING THE OFFENSIVE LINE                                            

• Graduate senior middle Matt Gulbin, a Wake Forest switch who joined this system in 2025, has taken each snap on offense this season for the Spartans (396). He is graded the second-best middle within the FBS by Pro Football Focus (80.5). Gulbin is at present on the Rimington Trophy Watch List for the nation’s greatest middle.

►MAKHI FRAZIER LEADS GROUND GAME IN FIRST YEAR AS STARTER                                    

• Sophomore operating again Makhi Frazier leads the group and ranks eleventh within the Big Ten in speeding, averaging 63.8 yards per sport (4.4 per carry) with two touchdowns. In his first collegiate begin, Frazier ran for 103 yards and a landing towards Western Michigan, then adopted up with 81 yards on 17 carries in Week 2 towards Boston College. In the Big Ten opener at USC, Frazier had 61 yards on 14 carries.

►RED ZONE EFFICIENCY                                                            

• Michigan State has scored on 22 of its 23 journeys to the purple zone this season, good for a .957 share, which ranks second within the Big Ten and 14th within the FBS. The Spartans have scored 18 touchdowns within the purple zone, together with 11 speeding TDs, together with 4 discipline objectives. MSU’s TD share within the purple zone (.783) ranks first within the Big Ten and tenth within the FBS.

►JORDAN HALL LEADS TEAM, RANKS AMONG BIG TEN LEADERS IN TACKLES                             

• Junior co-captain linebacker Jordan Hall leads the group and ranks tied for ninth within the Big Ten with 45 tackles (7.5 pg). He recorded a career-high 15 tackles, together with 9 solo stops, within the win over Boston College on Sept. 6 to earn Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honors. Hall had his first profession interception to go together with eight tackles at Nebraska on Oct. 4.

►PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN RYAN ECKLEY A WEAPON ON SPECIAL TEAMS                                             

• Redshirt junior punter Ryan Eckley, a Ray Guy Award candidate and preseason All-American, led the Big Ten in punting in 2024 along with his 47.9-yard common and was a second-team all-conference choice. 

• Eckley has confirmed why he is likely one of the greatest punters within the nation within the first six video games of the season. Although he would not meet the NCAA stat minimums, Eckley would rank No. 1 within the FBS along with his 51.4-yard punting common. He additionally ranks first within the Big Ten in 50-yard plus punts (12) and second with 9 punts contained in the 20. Eckley has dropped six punts contained in the opponents’ 10-yard line, together with three on the 1 and one on the 2.

• Eckley has a profession punting common of 47.9 yards per punt (119 punts for five,705 yards), which might rank No. 1 at school historical past (present document: Bryce Baringer, 46.0 avg.). That common additionally ranks No. 1 amongst present energetic gamers within the FBS.

• Michigan State additionally ranks No. 6 in punt returns (19.7 avg.) and No. 8 within the FBS in web punting (39.9 avg.).

►STAT LEADERS

Michigan State:

Rushing – So. Makhi Frazier (87 carries for 383 yards, 4.4 avg., 2 TDs, 63.8 ypg)

Passing – Jr. Aidan Chiles (87-of-142, .613, 1,019 yards, 9 TDs, 3 INTs, 169.8 ypg)

Receiving – So. Nick Marsh (29 receptions for 340 yards, 11.7 avg., 4 TDs, 56.7 ypg)

Tackles – Jr. LB Jordan Hall (45 tackles, 3.5 TFLs for 10 yards, 2.0 sacks for 8 yards, 1 FF, 1 INT)

Indiana:

Rushing – R-Sr. Roman Hemby (84 carries for 421 yards, 5.0 avg., 2 TDs, 70.2 ypg)

Passing – R-Jr. Fernando Mendoza (109-of-153, .712, 1,423 yards, 17 TDs, 2 INTs, 237.2 ypg)

Receiving – Sr. Elijah Sarratt (39 receptions for 533 yards, 13.7 avg., 7 TDs, 88.8 ypg)

Tackles – Sr. LB Aidan Fisher (39 tackles, 5.0 TFLs for 15 yards, 2.0 sacks for 11 yards)

►SERIES NOTES                                                          

• Saturday’s sport marks the 72nd assembly between Michigan State and Indiana. The Spartans lead the all-time collection towards the Hoosiers, 50-19-2, together with a 24-10-1 document in Bloomington. 

• IU beat MSU in East Lansing final season on Nov. 2, 47-10, however Michigan State has gained 12 of the previous 16 video games within the collection. The Spartans gained the final matchup in Bloomington, 24-21, on Nov. 18, 2023.

• Since 1950, the winner of the Michigan State-Indiana sport has been introduced the Old Brass Spittoon. The brass spittoon got here from one in every of Michigan’s earliest buying and selling posts and is broadly believed to be greater than 200 years outdated. Legend has it that the spittoon was round when each establishments have been based – Indiana in 1820 and MAC in 1855. The trophy was initiated by the junior and senior courses and scholar council at Michigan State, and shortly accepted by the Indiana Student Senate. Since 1950, Michigan State leads the collection, 50-16-1. 

►A GLANCE AT NO. 3/3 INDIANA (6-0, 3-0 BIG TEN)                                                                         

• The Hoosiers improved to 6-0 general and 3-0 in B1G motion after a 30-20 win at No. 3/2 Oregon for IU’s first-ever win on the street towards a top-five group; it was additionally Indiana’s first over a top-five group since beating then-No. 3 Purdue, 19-14, in 1967 in Bloomington. Indiana’s win additionally snapped Oregon’s 23-game regular-season profitable streak and 18-game house profitable streak, because the Hoosiers dealt the Ducks their first Big Ten regular-season loss.

• IU amassed 326 yards of complete offense with 111 yards speeding and 215 yards passing. The Hoosier protection held the Ducks to 267 yards of complete offense, with simply 81 yards on the bottom and 186 via the air, together with racking up six sacks. Indiana’s protection held Oregon to its fewest yards of complete offense beneath head coach Dan Lanning and fewest yards since 2021 when it had 221 vs. Utah.

• Redshirt junior quarterback Fernando Mendoza threw for 215 yards on 20-of-31 passing with one TD and one INT, including six carries for 31 speeding yards. Mendoza was acknowledged as a part of the Week 7 Davey O’Brien Award Great 8 record. He leads the convention and ranks fourth within the nation in passing TDs (17), whereas rating third within the B1G and fourth in FBS in passing effectivity (183.4), in addition to ninth within the league and forty third within the nation in passing yards per sport (237.2). Mendoza is 109-for-153 passing with 1,423 yards with 17 TDs and two INTs.

• Senior wideout Elijah Sarratt was focused 13 occasions with eight catches for 121 yards and one TD, approaching an 8-yard go from Mendoza with 6:23 left within the sport that gave IU the lead for good. Sarratt leads the B1G and ranks seventh within the FBS in receiving TDs (7), in addition to third within the convention and thirteenth within the nation in receiving yards/sport (88.8), together with fourth within the league and thirteenth within the nation in receptions/sport (6.5). He has 39 catches for 533 yards on the season.

• Redshirt senior operating again Roman Hemby had 19 carries for 70 yards with two TDs, scoring on a 3-yard rush within the first quarter and a 2-yard scoring scamper within the third quarter. Hemby is eighth within the league and sixtieth within the nation in speeding yards/sport (70.2), with 84 carries for 421 yards with two TDs. 

• Redshirt senior linebacker Aiden Fisher and sophomore linebacker Rolijah Hardy had 13 tackles apiece.  Fisher spearheads the Hoosier protection with a team-leading 39 complete tackles, including 5.0 TFLs and a couple of.5 sacks.

• Indiana is second within the B1G and fourth within the FBS in each scoring offense (44.8 ppg) and scoring protection (11.3 ppg).

• The Hoosier offense is second within the B1G and eighth within the FBS in complete offense (502.8 ypg), whereas main the league and rating ninth within the nation in speeding offense (241.7 ypg) and in addition ranks seventh within the convention and fortieth within the nation in passing offense (261.2 ypg).

• IU’s protection is tops within the league and fourth within the nation in complete protection (229.0 ypg), rating fourth within the convention and twelfth within the nation in speeding protection (86.8 ypg) and third within the B1G and sixth within the FBS in passing yards allowed (142.2 ypg).

• Redshirt junior linebacker Isaiah Jones leads the B1G and ranks tied for fourth within the FBS in each complete tackles for loss (10.0) and tackles for loss/sport (1.67). He can be third within the B1G and twenty third within the FBS in sacks/sport (0.75) with 4.5 complete sacks, with 32 complete tackles.

• Redshirt senior defensive again Louis Moore is second within the B1G and tied for third within the FBS in interceptions (4), including 37 tackles with 1.5 TFL.

• Redshirt sophomore placekicker Nicolas Radicic is 7-of-7 on discipline objectives and 35-of-35 on PATs, one in every of two kickers within the B1G with an ideal discipline objective share, and in addition tops the convention in PATs made and made/sport (5.8), rating tied for sixth within the league in scoring (9.3 ppg). Redshirt senior Brendan Franke kicked a 58-yard discipline objective within the waning seconds of the primary half for the longest discipline objective by a Hoosier in a street or neutral-site sport.

• Hoosier head coach Curt Cignetti is in his second season at IU, posting a 17-2 mark. Cignetti is in his fifteenth season as a collegiate head coach, amassing a 136-37 ledger.

LAST TIME OUT: UCLA 38, MSU 13

 ►GAME RECAP                                           

Michigan State fell to UCLA on Homecoming, 38-13, earlier than a crowd of 72,109 final Saturday afternoon at Spartan Stadium.

Redshirt freshman quarterback Alessio Milivojevic accomplished 8-of-18 passes for 100 yards and sophomore large receiver Nick Marsh caught seven passes for 77 yards and one landing, whereas sophomore operating again Makhi Frazier had 12 carries for 58 yards. Junior quarterback Aidan Chiles completed the day finishing 8-of-17 passes for 66 yards and a 2-yard speeding landing.

Junior linebacker Jordan Hall led the defensive unit with seven tackles, whereas redshirt junior defensive lineman Alex VanSumeren had six tackles, together with a half sack and a sort out for loss. Redshirt senior defensive again Armorion Smith added six tackles and redshirt sophomore edge David Santiago completed with 5 tackles.

►SCORING SUMMARY                                                      

Michigan State acquired off to a superb begin, forcing a UCLA three-and-out after which scoring on its first possession with a 10-play, 59-yard drive capped by a 2-yard speeding landing by Aidan Chiles, his fifth speeding TD of the season.

 

The Bruins (2-4, 2-1 Big Ten) acquired on the board on their second collection with a 47-yard discipline objective by Mateen Bhaghani.

 

MSU got here up brief on fourth down on its second possession, giving UCLA good discipline place on the Spartan 34-yard line. The Bruins took benefit with a fast landing whereas taking simply 1:39 off the clock as Jalen Berger fielded a direct snap and raced 16 yards into the tip zone to make it 10-7 UCLA.

 

The Bruins went up 17-7 on the 10:17 mark within the second quarter on Berger’s second TD of the sport, this time on a 3-yard reception from Nico Iamaleava. UCLA prolonged its result in 24-7 as Iamaleava related with Titus Mokiao-Atimalala on a 12-yard landing with 4:09 left within the half.

 

UCLA scored two touchdowns within the third quarter to go up 38-7.

 

Nick Marsh caught his fourth TD go of the season on a 5-yard reception from Alessio Milivojevic on the 13:09 mark within the fourth quarter.

►OFFENSIVE NOTES                                                     

• 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 sport 5 of the season at Nebraska (10/4/25).

• Junior quarterback Aidan Chiles scored a speeding TD for the third straight sport, the longest streak of his profession after three profession streaks of back-to-back video games . . . it was Chiles’ team-leading fifth speeding TD of the season, with all 5 coming within the final 4 video games, after registering his first profession multi-rushing TD outing final week at Nebraska . . . Chiles now has 14 complete TDs on the season, throwing for 9 and speeding for 5 .

• Chiles was 8-of-17 passing for 66 yards and 6 speeding 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 sport in a row.

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

• 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 sport two vs. Boston College (9/6/25).

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

►DEFENSIVE NOTES                                                    

• 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 have 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 faculty 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 sport, notching seven stops..

• Hall has now led MSU’s protection in tackles in 4 of the six video games this season, additionally topping the group 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 . . . VanSumeren 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 sort out 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 NOTES                                                    

• Ray Guy Award Watch List member redshirt junior punter Ryan Eckley punted 3 times for a forty five.0 ypp common with a protracted of 48 yards, marking his first sport this season with a mean beneath 50 yards out of the 5 video games wherein he punted greater than as soon as, in addition to solely the second time with no punt of 50-plus 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 further level on MSU’s opening TD, however then lacking the PAT on MSU’s fourth-quarter rating . . . Connington didn’t try a discipline objective for the second straight sport after making 5-of-6 on the season.