The entire special teams unit remains intact, except for starting long snapper Matt Giampapa, who left the program during the summer for personal reasons.

MSU held Boise State to just 37 yards rushing, and scored the game-winning touchdown with 8 minutes left.

Pleasant for the exceedingly rare occurrence of a power conference team traveling to the stadium of a small-conference school.

Michigan State held a tenuous 14–0 lead as the second quarter wound down, but they scored 10 points in the final minute of the half, heading to the locker room up 24–0.

The Spartans carried a shutout into the final two minutes, when second-string quarterback Connor Cook threw an interception that Jason Wilson returned for a touchdown.

In addition, the offensive line of Michigan State gave up 5 sacks to Notre Dame in the Irish win.

The Spartans came from behind in the second half to defeat the Eagles in a game that featured a career-high 253 yards rushing from Michigan State's top running back Le'Veon Bell.

Michigan State struck back with a Dan Conroy field goal to make it 7–3 early in the first quarter.

Ohio State blocked a punt later in the 2nd quarter, but it proved to be in vain as Braxton Miller threw an interception afterwards.

The rest of the 2nd quarter was a defense battle, with no one scoring and Michigan State kicker Dan Conroy missing a field goal, which proved to be the deciding points.

Ohio State made a nice drive afterwards but would eventually settle for a Drew Basil field goal to make it 10–6.

Michigan State would later kick a field goal to make it 17–16, after taking over the ball on a Braxton Miller fumble.

[18] Ohio State would eventually run the clock out to give Urban Meyer his first Big Ten win.

After a deep throw was broken up by a defensive pass interference, the Hoosiers were moved into MSU's red zone.

The Spartans gained the ball at their own 29-yard line with 14:10 remaining in the fourth quarter, and launched a 6-minute and 21 second touchdown drive.

Coming into the game, Iowa was undefeated in Big 10 play, but had lost to mutual opponent Central Michigan University.

Keenan Davis made a 35-yard catch to save the Hawkyeyes, and Mark Weisman converted on 3rd and 6 with a 37-yard rush to put the Hawkeyes into the Spartan red zone.

The Michigan Wolverines defeated the Spartans in the Big House 12–10 to win back the Paul Bunyan Trophy.

Brendan Gibbons lined up to kick the game-winning field goal and was iced by MSU Head Coach Mark Dantonio.

In game 3 of the tough Big Ten stretch, the Spartans travelled to Madison aiming to win their 3rd straight regular season matchup.

The budding rivalry has featured incredible games over the past few seasons, such as the Hail Mary victory for MSU in the 2011 regular season matchup, the rollercoaster inaugural Big Ten Championship game won by Wisconsin, and the 2008 matchup that was won on a game-winning field goal by former MSU kicker Brett Swenson.

Wisconsin quarterback Joel Stave finally struck first with a 31-yard touchdown pass to Jacob Peterson with 13:44 remaining in the 2nd quarter.

Andrew Maxwell engineered a 12 play scoring drive tying the game at 10–10, going 8/9 for 69-yards and a TD pass to Le'Veon Bell with 1:08 remaining.

After Le'Veon Bell moved the MSU offense to the Wisconsin 12-yard line, Andrew Maxwell would face a 3rd and 8 hoping to score or continue the drive.

After a combined three opening three-and-outs to start, TCU marched 73 yards (the first 20 of which came from MSU Penalties) down the field in nine plays, scoring a touchdown on a 4-yard run by Matthew Tucker.

A five-yard penalty and a nine-yard sack forced TCU's Jaden Oberkrom to kick a 47-yard field goal.

Thanks to a 61-yard pass to junior Josh Boyce followed by a 15-yard penalty against the Spartans, Oberkrom was again able to finish the drive with a field goal.

Spartan RJ Williamson recovered, giving MSU the ball four yards from the opposing end zone.

Sparked by a 27-yard pass to LaDarius Brown, TCU got close enough for Oberkrom to kick a career-long 53-yard field goal.

Jason Verret and Kenny Cain led the Horned frogs with 12 tackles each, while William Gholston and Max Bullough had 9 each for the Spartans.