After the game, Michigan State players jump a Michigan football player. A 29-7 victory over Michigan State was achieved thanks to Jake Moody's five field goals.

Despite playing far from flawlessly, the Michigan Wolverines easily defeated the Michigan State Spartans in front of the Big House crowd to claim victory.

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Jake Moody, the Lou Groza Award winner in 2021, made five field goals that went through the uprights and was flawless throughout that evening.

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Among them was a 54-yard field goal that the fifth-year senior made to set a career high and give the Wolverines a 15-point lead in the third quarter.

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The Spartans lacked that. In this game, they didn't even try to make a field goal,

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And they haven't even tried to since Week 2. As mid-season All-American punter Bryce Barringer sprang to save two balls,

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special teams were a concern for Michigan State all night.

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