Final Nov 19
AKR 38 -10.5 o49.0
KENT 17 10.5 u49.0
Final Nov 19
WMU 14 -6.5 o56.5
CMU 16 6.5 u56.5
Final Nov 19
NIU 9 1.0 o43.0
M-OH 20 -1.0 u43.0
Final Nov 20
OHIO 24 1.0 o46.5
TOL 7 -1.0 u46.5
Final Nov 20
BUFF 37 1.0 o53.0
EMU 20 -1.0 u53.0
Final Nov 21
NCST 29 7.5 o51.5
GT 30 -7.5 u51.5
Final Nov 22
TEM 27 17.0 o55.5
UTSA 51 -17.0 u55.5
Final Nov 22
PUR 17 14.0 o48.5
MSU 24 -14.0 u48.5
Final Nov 22
UNLV 27 -7.5 o59.5
SJSU 16 7.5 u59.5
Final Nov 23
CONN 24 10.0 o53.0
SYR 31 -10.0 u53.0
Final Nov 23
ILL 38 2.5 o47.5
RUTG 31 -2.5 u47.5
Final Nov 23
MISS 17 -13.0 o58.0
FLA 24 13.0 u58.0
Final Nov 23
SHSU 11 5.0 o57.0
JVST 21 -5.0 u57.0
Final Nov 23
SMU 33 -11.0 o54.5
UVA 7 11.0 u54.5
Final Nov 23
IOWA 29 -4.5 o41.0
MD 13 4.5 u41.0
Final Nov 23
WAKE 14 23.5 o66.5
MIA 42 -23.5 u66.5
Final Nov 23
IU 15 10.5 o52.5
OSU 38 -10.5 u52.5
Final Nov 23
UNC 21 -2.5 o50.0
BC 41 2.5 u50.0
Final Nov 23
MASS 21 42.5 o55.0
UGA 59 -42.5 u55.0
Final Nov 23
WKU 21 1.0 o56.0
LIB 38 -1.0 u56.0
Final Nov 23
UTEP 0 41.0 o52.5
TENN 56 -41.0 u52.5
Final Nov 23
CHSO 7 34.0 o44.5
FSU 41 -34.0 u44.5
Final Nov 23
RICE 14 -7.0 o52.0
UAB 40 7.0 u52.0
Final Nov 23
BGSU 38 -12.0 o54.5
BALL 13 12.0 u54.5
Final Nov 23
NMSU 36 3.0 o53.0
MTU 21 -3.0 u53.0
Final Nov 23
JMU 20 -7.0 o57.5
APP 34 7.0 u57.5
Final Nov 23
FIU 26 -9.0 o42.5
KENN 27 9.0 u42.5
Final Nov 23
ULM 21 3.0 o51.5
ARST 28 -3.0 u51.5
Final Nov 23
ARIZ 28 10.5 o60.0
TCU 49 -10.5 u60.0
Final Nov 23
CHAR 39 -3.0 o49.5
FAU 27 3.0 u49.5
Final Nov 23
USA 35 -24.0 o54.0
USM 14 24.0 u54.0
Final Nov 23
NW 6 10.5 o35.0
MICH 50 -10.5 u35.0
Final Nov 23
CIT 14
CLEM 51
Final Nov 23
TTU 56 -4.5 o63.5
OKST 48 4.5 u63.5
Final Nov 23
SDSU 20 5.0 o60.0
USU 41 -5.0 u60.0
Final Nov 23
UCF 21 -3.0 o60.0
WVU 31 3.0 u60.0
Final Nov 23
WIS 25 1.0 o40.5
NEB 44 -1.0 u40.5
Final Nov 23
COLO 21 -1.5 o60.0
KU 37 1.5 u60.0
Final Nov 23
STAN 21 14.5 o53.5
CAL 24 -14.5 u53.5
Final Nov 23
BYU 23 3.5 o49.5
ASU 28 -3.5 u49.5
Final Nov 23
PSU 26 -11.5 o45.0
MINN 25 11.5 u45.0
Final Nov 23
ECU 40 2.5 o74.5
UNT 28 -2.5 u74.5
Final Nov 23
GASO 26 2.0 o59.5
CCU 6 -2.0 u59.5
Final Nov 23
UK 14 18.0 o47.0
TEX 31 -18.0 u47.0
Final Nov 23
TLSA 30 17.5 o61.0
USF 63 -17.5 u61.0
Final Nov 23
PITT 9 7.0 o57.0
LOU 37 -7.0 u57.0
Final Nov 23
LT 14 23.5 o48.5
ARK 35 -23.5 u48.5
Final Nov 23
WOF 12 43.0 o49.5
SOCAR 56 -43.0 u49.5
Final Nov 23
MIZZ 39 -10.0 o58.0
MSST 20 10.0 u58.0
Final Nov 23
TROY 30 7.5 o51.5
ULL 51 -7.5 u51.5
Final Nov 23
BAY 20 -7.0 o51.0
HOU 10 7.0 u51.0
Final Nov 23
GSU 52 23.5 o59.5
TXST 44 -23.5 u59.5
Final Nov 23
WSU 38 -10.5 o56.5
ORST 41 10.5 u56.5
Final Nov 23
BSU 17 -22.5 o54.0
WYO 13 22.5 u54.0
Final Nov 23
ARMY 14 14.0 o44.5
ND 49 -14.0 u44.5
Final 4OT Nov 23
TAM 41 -2.5 o48.0
AUB 43 2.5 u48.0
Final Nov 23
MRSH 42 3.0 o51.5
ODU 35 -3.0 u51.5
Final Nov 23
ISU 31 -6.5 o42.5
UTAH 28 6.5 u42.5
Final Nov 23
ALA 3 -13.5 o47.0
OKLA 24 13.5 u47.0
Final Nov 23
VAN 17 10.0 o52.5
LSU 24 -10.0 u52.5
Final Nov 23
VT 28 -2.5 o46.0
DUKE 31 2.5 u46.0
Final Nov 23
CIN 15 7.5 o55.0
KSU 41 -7.5 u55.0
Final Nov 23
AFA 22 3.0 o44.5
NEV 19 -3.0 u44.5
Final Nov 23
USC 19 -5.0 o53.0
UCLA 13 5.0 u53.0
Final Nov 23
CSU 22 3.5 o43.5
FRES 28 -3.5 u43.5
Akron 12th Mid-American2-10
Michigan State 10th Big Ten5-7

Akron @ Michigan State preview

Spartan Stadium

The Mid-American Conference portion of Michigan State's 2022 schedule continues Saturday with a home game against Akron.

The 14th-ranked Spartans opened the season on Friday with a spotty 35-13 victory over Western Michigan. Michigan State led 21-3 early in the second quarter, then went scoreless until it clinched the victory with two touchdowns in the last six-plus minutes.

Spartans coach Mel Tucker was unhappy with the lapses.

"We're just too inconsistent right now with what we're doing," he said. "We look really, really good, and sometimes we look really, really bad."

Quarterback Payton Thorne threw for four touchdowns but was angry at himself for completing only half of his 24 attempts and getting picked off once. Thorne said afterward there was "a ton of room to improve."

Tucker wasn't surprised Thorne was hard on himself.

"I thought Payton did some good things in the game," Tucker said. "It doesn't surprise me when he comes up here (at the podium) right after the game and says he was disappointed in his performance because he's a perfectionist. That's just how he is. It's never good enough."

With All-American Kenneth Walker playing these days for the NFL's Seattle Seahawks, there were questions about the Spartans' running game. Wisconsin transfer Jalen Berger seized the role of lead back by gaining 120 yards on 16 carries on Friday. Colorado transfer Jarek Broussard added 54 yards on 10 attempts.

"I think you can see both of those guys are capable of carrying the football and being productive," Tucker said.

A new star emerged on defense, as UNLV transfer Jacoby Windmon was named National Defensive Player of the Week and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week. The senior defensive end recorded four sacks and forced a fumble.

The Spartans suffered a significant blow as linebacker Darius Snow was declared out for the season after suffering a leg injury. Snow had 81 tackles last season.

Michigan State is heavily favored against the Zips, but Tucker said he doesn't expect a lack of fire.

"We're super motivated," he said. "We have a lot to prove ... I would think our fans and students would show up and be ready to go, and I can't imagine we would need any type of manufactured hype or whatever to get ready to play."

Akron, which had won a total of three games the previous three seasons, opened the Joe Moorhead coaching era with a 30-23 overtime victory over St. Francis (Pa.) on Thursday. Akron's DJ Irons threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns.

Moorhead was Oregon's offensive coordinator the past two seasons. He also was the head coach at Mississippi State before taking over the downtrodden Akron program.

Irons was sacked six times, and the rushing game only averaged 3 yards per carry against a team from the Northeast Conference.

Moorhead said he wasn't surprised the game was close.

"I was preaching the same message we have since January," he said. "You can never get too high, you can never get too low (in) anything that happens during the course of the game. And we talked about it in the pre-game. We said: 'Guys, it's invariable that there's going to be adversity in this game.

"I can't tell when. I can't tell how much. I can't tell how long, but we've got to recognize it. We've got to plan our response, and we've got to overcome it.'"

--Field Level Media

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