The Spartans raced out to an early 17-point lead before the Wildcats clawed their way back to make it competitive, but Michigan State pulled away at the end to win 29-20 in East Lansing. There was plenty of bad in the first half, and things evened out as the game went along, but NU fell flat in the end.

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Wide receivers

Northwestern’s passing attack struggled to find a rhythm for most of this game and part of that was due to missteps and drops from the wideouts, but they made timely plays when they needed to.