Jimmy Clausen, Notre Dame hold off Michigan State, 33-30
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Jimmy Clausen threw for 300 yards and two touchdowns, including a 33-yarder to Golden Tate with 5:18 left that led Notre Dame to a 33-30 victory over Michigan State on Saturday.
Kyle McCarthy intercepted a pass by Michigan State's Kirk Cousins at the 4 with 57 seconds left and the Irish held on to beat the Spartans in Notre Dame Stadium for the first time since 1993.
The Irish were coming off a dispiriting loss at Michigan the week before that put pressure back on coach Charlie Weis, who is 31-22 for a .585 winning percentage in his fifth season.
"It's a big win for Notre Dame, it's not a big win for Charlie Weis," Weis said after the game. "These kids fought their butts off and I'm happy for them."
Armando Allen Jr. ran for 115 yards and a touchdown and threw for another, and Nick Tausch kicked field goals of 22 and 46 yards for the Irish (2-1).
Blair White caught a pair of touchdown passes and Larry Caper ran for two more as the Spartans (1-2) lost for the second straight week. It was the second time in the past nine meetings that the home team won.
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jeremy
Sat, Sep 19, 2009 : 9:23 p.m.
tater you forgot they also took out floyd. and still couldnt win... I think michigan will win in el, but with injuries on your oline im not sure it will be that easy....unless of course cousins does his hoyer imitation again
tater
Sat, Sep 19, 2009 : 7:20 p.m.
Let's see: UM sapped ND's energy last week, leaving them a shell of themselves this week, MSU injured Jimmah with a dirty hit when he had already taken a knee, AND MSU STILL COULDN'T BEAT ND. This is really, really funny. I think UM will win by ten up in EL.