MICHIGAN ST 26, WESTERN MICH 21

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	17	18
Total Yards	339	421
Passing	333	324
Rushing	6	97
Penalties	8-50	10-77
3rd Down Conversions	3-17	3-15
4th Down Conversions	3-3	0-1
Turnovers	2	2
Possession	30:57	28:33

Individual Leaders

Western Michigan Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Munson 30/50 333 2 2	Michigan State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Smoker 21/34 324 3 2
Western Michigan Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Reed 14 54 1 14 Munson 9 -32 0 9	Michigan State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Dortch 16 58 0 25 Hayes 6 42 0 43 Shabaj 1 8 0 8
Western Michigan Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Jennings 10 107 2 45 Mosley 7 49 0 15 Reed 4 47 0 40 Walker 3 52 0 26	Michigan State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Shabaj 6 89 2 50 Trannon 4 21 0 7 Brown 3 80 1 59 Alexander 3 78 0 53

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				WMU	MSU
	TD	10:05	AGIM SHABAJ 50 YD PASS FROM JEFF SMOKER (DAVE RAYNER KICK) Drive info: 3 plays, 62 yards.	0	7
	TD	2:16	GREG JENNINGS 45 YD PASS FROM CHAD MUNSON (ROBERT MENCHINGER KICK) Drive info: 4 plays, 63 yards.	7	7
SECOND QUARTER				WMU	MSU
	TD	12:32	KYLE BROWN 59 YD PASS FROM JEFF SMOKER (DAVE RAYNER KICK) Drive info: 2 plays, 84 yards.	7	14
	TD	11:10	PHILIP REED 2 YD RUN (ROBERT MENCHINGER KICK) Drive info: 3 plays, 77 yards.	14	14
	FG	8:19	DAVE RAYNER 49 YD FG Drive info: 6 plays, 31 yards.	14	17
	TD	6:41	AGIM SHABAJ 21 YD PASS FROM JEFF SMOKER (MISSED KICK) Drive info: 3 plays, 56 yards.	14	23
THIRD QUARTER				WMU	MSU
	FG	5:47	DAVE RAYNER 31 YD FG Drive info: 7 plays, 49 yards.	14	26
FOURTH QUARTER				WMU	MSU
	TD	0:30	GREG JENNINGS 12 YD PASS FROM CHAD MUNSON (ROBERT MENCHINGER KICK) Drive info: 10 plays, 68 yards.	21	26

EAST LANSING, Michigan (Ticker) -- Jeff Smoker made a successful return, passing for three touchdowns as Michigan State posted a 26-21 victory over Western Michigan in John L. Smith's debut as Spartans' coach.

Smoker, who was suspended for the final five games of last season after admitting to a substance abuse problem, completed 21-of-34 passes for 324 yards to become Michigan State's all-time leader in total offense.

He threw TD strikes of 50 yards to Agim Shabaj and 45 yards to Greg Jennings to give the Spartans a 14-7 lead early in the second quarter.

After Western Michigan tied it on on Phil Reed's two-yard TD run just over a minute later, the Spartans took the lead for good on Dave Rayner's 49-yard field goal with 8:19 left in the half.

Less than two minutes later, Smoker and Shabaji combined again for a 21-yard TD that staked Michigan State to a 23-14 halftime lead.

Rayner kicked a 31-yard field goal in the third quarter before the Broncos made it close on Chad Munson's 30-yard TD to Greg Jennings with 30 seconds to play. Jennings had 10 receptions for 107 yards.

Munson completed 30-of-50 passes for 333 yards, but was sacked five times and threw two interceptions. The Broncos were held to just six yards rushing.

Michigan State recorded its sixth straight win over Western Michigan and increased its lead in the all-time series to 8-2.