Michigan State 24, Central Michigan 7

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	14	19
Total Yards	329	405
Passing	93	192
Rushing	236	213
Penalties	7-77	4-19
3rd Down Conversions	6-19	4-14
4th Down Conversions	0-1	1-2
Turnovers	0	0
Possession	31:09	28:51

Individual Leaders

Central Michigan Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Smith 10/30 93 0 0	Michigan State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Reaves 9/19 183 1 0 Stanton 1/3 9 0 0
Central Michigan Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Seymour 26 164 1 90 Smith 9 52 0 26 Lewis 8 30 0 14	Michigan State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Teague 20 74 1 14 Caulcrick 15 67 1 13 Stanton 2 43 0 38
Central Michigan Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Linson 3 21 0 15 Seymour 2 20 0 14 Harper 1 22 0 15 Kurzen 1 13 0 8	Michigan State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Brown 6 123 1 44 Knott 2 59 0 50 Scott 1 8 0 8 Randall 1 2 0 2

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				CMU	MSU
	TD	1:34	KYLE BROWN 44 YD PASS FROM STEPHEN REAVES (DAVE RAYNER KICK) Drive info: 4 plays, 81 yards.	0	7
SECOND QUARTER				CMU	MSU
	FG	11:55	DAVE RAYNER 28 YD FG Drive info: 9 plays, 39 yards.	0	10
THIRD QUARTER				CMU	MSU
	TD	12:03	JEHUU CAULCRICK 7 YD RUN (DAVE RAYNER KICK) Drive info: 6 plays, 47 yards.	0	17
	TD	8:16	JERRY SEYMOUR 90 YD RUN (MIKE GRUZWALSKI KICK) Drive info: 2 plays, 80 yards.	7	17
FOURTH QUARTER				CMU	MSU
	TD	2:08	JASON TEAGUE 1 YD RUN (DAVE RAYNER KICK) Drive info: 13 plays, 96 yards.	7	24

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Michigan State quarterbacks Stephen Reaves and Drew Stanton both made just enough plays to help the Spartans beat Central Michigan 24-7 Saturday.

Reaves started and was 9-of-19 for 183 yards with a touchdown in his college debut. Stanton was just 1-of-3 for 9 yards, but he ran for 38 yards on a fourth-and-1 late in the game for the Spartans (1-1).

Jerry Seymour ran for 164 yards, including a 90-yard TD, for the Chippewas (0-2).

The Spartans went ahead 17-0 on the first drive of the second half, then didn't score again until Jason Teague's 1-yard run gave them a 24-7 lead with 2:08 left.

Michigan State's Kyle Brown caught a career-high six passes for 123 yards and a TD.

Reaves and Stanton both watched quarterback Damon Dowdell play the entire game in last week's 19-14 loss at Rutgers. Reaves' father, John, was a quarterback at Florida from 1969-71 and went on to play in the NFL for 14 seasons.

Reaves threw a perfect 44-yard pass to Brown to put the Spartans ahead 7-0 late in the first quarter. On their next drive, Dave Rayner made a 28-yard field goal.

After Michigan State didn't convert a fourth-and-3 at the Chippewas' 6, Central Michigan drove to the Spartans' 9 before missing a field goal at the end of the first half.

DeAndra Cobb started the second half with a 52-yard return and four plays later, Jehuu Caulcrick's 7-yard run gave Michigan State a 17-0 lead.

Seymour's 90-yard run, which tied the longest against Michigan State, pulled Central Michigan to 17-7 midway through the third quarter.

Kent Smith started for the Chippewas, after backing up Grant Arnoldink in last week's 41-10 loss at Indiana. Smith was 10-of-30 for 93 yards and ran for 52 yards on nine carries.