By John Raffel

East Lansing, MI

Kirk Cousins tossed two third-quarter touchdown passes to Keshawn Martin to lead No. 23 Michigan State to a 28-14 victory Saturday over No. 11 Michigan at Spartan Stadium.

It was the first loss for Michigan, which is 6-1 overall and 2-1 in the Big Ten. MSU is 5-1 and 2-0 and has beaten its cross-state rival four straight seasons.

Michigan and Michigan State both scored on their first drives of the game and were tied 7-7 at halftime.

Michigan State took a 14-7 lead early in the third on a 10-yard pass from Cousins to Martin. Late in the quarter, the same combination hooked up for a 13-yard scoring pass and a two-touchdown lead.

The Wolverines cut it to 21-14 on a Denard Robinson 34-yard pass to Roy Roundtree early in the fourth quarter. Later in the quarter, Isaiah Lewis intercepted a Robinson pass and returned it 39 yards for the game's final touchdown.

Michigan took the opening kickoff 80 yards and Denard Robinson followed with a 19 yard touchdown run. The Spartans retalliated with a 63-yard drive to tie the game on Edwin Baker's 1-yard run.

Cousins was 13-of-24 in passing for 120 yards while Robinson passed for 123 yards on 9-of-24 and had 42 yards rushing. Baker had 167 yards rushing for MSU.

 

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