#12 Notre Dame at Michigan State

Week 4 – Saturday, 8:00 pm EST - ABC

The Fighting Irish look to bounce back from last week's disaster against Michigan when they travel to Michigan State to take on the Spartans. No. 12 Notre Dame (2-1) suffered its most-lopsided home loss in 46 years last Saturday, as it lost to Michigan 47-21.

''They stopped us in the passing game. They stopped us in the running game. They beat our defense. They really just beat our complete team,'' Notre Dame running back Darius Walker said. ''It was a complete team loss.''

The loss dropped the Irish 10 spots from No. 2. ''I was surprised that we collectively, from me on down, laid an egg,'' Weis said. ''I expected us to have a better performance.''
Notre Dame has lost seven of its last nine meetings with the Spartans, but has won its last two visits to East Lansing.

The Irish are 3 point road favorites at SBG Global.

Quinn threw for a career-high 487 yards, five touchdowns and one interception in last season's loss to Michigan State. He has thrown for 805 yards and seven touchdowns in three career games against the Spartans, and has thrown for 767 yards, six touchdowns and three interceptions in his first three games of this season.

The Spartans have allowed just 123 rushing yards in their last two games, and held Pittsburgh scoreless during the second and third quarters of a 38-23 victory on Saturday. ''I'm not going to sit here and say we're one of the top defenses in the country,'' defensive lineman Clifton Ryan said. ''We've got a ways to go. We're making improvements. But we didn't play a complete game on the defensive end. We've got to build on the things we do well and correct the things we didn't do so well.''

The Spartans are ranked third in the nation in total offense (506 yards per game) and seventh in the nation in scoring average (39). Drew Stanton has thrown for 677 yards, six touchdowns and two interceptions this season, and passed for 327 yards, three touchdowns and one interception last season against Notre Dame.

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