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Post-Game Notes: Wisconsin
10/4/2026 10:09:00 AM | Football
SERIES NOTES
Saturday's game marked the 56th meeting between Michigan State and Wisconsin . . . Saturday was also MSU and Wisconsin's first overall meeting since 2022 and was the first game in Madison between the two teams since 2019 . . . the Spartans still lead the all-time series, 31-25, with Wisconsin now leading the series in Madison, 15-14.
OFFENSE
• Redshirt sophomore quarterback Alessio Milivojevic completed 15-of-32 passes for 103 yards . . . the 15 completions and 103 yards were both season-lows, while the 32 attempts were his second-most this season behind the top mark of 34 attempts in the season-opener vs. Toledo (Sept. 4).Â
• Graduate running back Jaziun Patterson made his first start of the season and as a Spartan, while it was the third start of his collegiate career, making one start in both 2023 and 2025, while at Iowa . . . Patterson finished with 18 carries for 62 yards, both improving on his season-highs for the second-straight week after 16 carries for 54 yards last week vs. Nebraska . . . the 18 carries matches his collegiate career-high of 18 rushing attempts vs. Minnesota (9/21/24) during his time at Iowa.
• Sophomore running back Marvis Parrish also had a season-high rushing and yardage output with 11 carries for 36 yards . . . the 11 rushes were one shy of his career-high 12 carries, which he did three times last season while at Western Kentucky.
• Redshirt freshman tight end Jayden Savoury led the receiving corps with a career-high tying four catches, marking the third time in the five games this season that Savoury has snared four receptions, joining the first two games of the season vs. Toledo (Sept. 4) and Eastern Michigan (Sept. 12) . . . Savoury's four catches shared the team lead with teammate redshirt junior wide receiver Fredrick Moore, while Savoury ended with a team-high 26 yards . . . one of Savoury's four receptions went for a first down.
• Redshirt junior wide receiver Fredrick Moore tied Savoury for the team lead with four catches, finishing with 23 yards . . . Moore's four catches tied a career-high for the second time in as many games, matching four receptions from last week vs. Nebraska (Sept. 26).
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DEFENSE
• Senior linebacker Dion Crawford registered a team-high and season-best eight tackles, marking the third time this season in four games played with five or more stops . . . Crawford's eight tackles betters his previous top mark of the season of seven stops vs. Eastern Michigan (Sept. 12).
• Redshirt junior safety Devin Vaught logged seven tackles to rank second in tackles for the MSU defense, recording the fourth time out of the five games this season with ranking in the top two in tackles on the Spartan defense.
• Redshirt junior defensive lineman Eli Coenen registered at least 1.0 tackle for loss for the third time out of the five games this season as part of fourth out of his last six games played dating back to last season . . . Coenen now has 4.0 TFLs on the season and 11.0 TFLs for his career . . . Coenen also added one pass break-up and has two PBUs on the season, joining one from the season opener vs. Toledo (Sept. 4).
• Senior edge Kenny Soares Jr. tallied three tackles, including 1.0 tackle for loss and one pass break-up . . . Soares now has 2.5 TFLs and two PBUs this season.
SPECIAL TEAMS
• Junior punter Rhys Dakin had a 62-yard punt in the second quarter that was not only a new season long, but his first punt of 60+ yards this season . . . it was Dakin's second-longest punt of his career behind a 65-yarder last season during his tenure at Iowa . . . Dakin now has four career punts of 60+ yards . . . he also has eight punts of 50 or more yards this season, with at least one in four of the five games on the year, only going without a 50-yarder in the season-opener vs. Toledo, when he only had one punt for 44-yards, pinning it inside the 10 . . . Dakin now has 34 career punts of 50+ yards.
• Dakin ended with four punts for a 54.5 ypp average, with all four punts going 49+ yards, with three 50+ yarders, booming the 62-yarder in the second quarter, then a 51 and a 56-yarder in the third quarter, before his shortest punt of the day, the 49-yarder in the fourth quarter.
• Graduate placekicker Liam Boyd made his lone field goal attempt, making a 31-yarder late in the second quarter . . . Boyd now has at least one field goal made in four of the five games this season . . . Boyd is now 9-of-11 on field goals for the season, with both misses coming on attempts of 50+ yards that were both blocked.
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Saturday's game marked the 56th meeting between Michigan State and Wisconsin . . . Saturday was also MSU and Wisconsin's first overall meeting since 2022 and was the first game in Madison between the two teams since 2019 . . . the Spartans still lead the all-time series, 31-25, with Wisconsin now leading the series in Madison, 15-14.
OFFENSE
• Redshirt sophomore quarterback Alessio Milivojevic completed 15-of-32 passes for 103 yards . . . the 15 completions and 103 yards were both season-lows, while the 32 attempts were his second-most this season behind the top mark of 34 attempts in the season-opener vs. Toledo (Sept. 4).Â
• Graduate running back Jaziun Patterson made his first start of the season and as a Spartan, while it was the third start of his collegiate career, making one start in both 2023 and 2025, while at Iowa . . . Patterson finished with 18 carries for 62 yards, both improving on his season-highs for the second-straight week after 16 carries for 54 yards last week vs. Nebraska . . . the 18 carries matches his collegiate career-high of 18 rushing attempts vs. Minnesota (9/21/24) during his time at Iowa.
• Sophomore running back Marvis Parrish also had a season-high rushing and yardage output with 11 carries for 36 yards . . . the 11 rushes were one shy of his career-high 12 carries, which he did three times last season while at Western Kentucky.
• Redshirt freshman tight end Jayden Savoury led the receiving corps with a career-high tying four catches, marking the third time in the five games this season that Savoury has snared four receptions, joining the first two games of the season vs. Toledo (Sept. 4) and Eastern Michigan (Sept. 12) . . . Savoury's four catches shared the team lead with teammate redshirt junior wide receiver Fredrick Moore, while Savoury ended with a team-high 26 yards . . . one of Savoury's four receptions went for a first down.
• Redshirt junior wide receiver Fredrick Moore tied Savoury for the team lead with four catches, finishing with 23 yards . . . Moore's four catches tied a career-high for the second time in as many games, matching four receptions from last week vs. Nebraska (Sept. 26).
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DEFENSE
• Senior linebacker Dion Crawford registered a team-high and season-best eight tackles, marking the third time this season in four games played with five or more stops . . . Crawford's eight tackles betters his previous top mark of the season of seven stops vs. Eastern Michigan (Sept. 12).
• Redshirt junior safety Devin Vaught logged seven tackles to rank second in tackles for the MSU defense, recording the fourth time out of the five games this season with ranking in the top two in tackles on the Spartan defense.
• Redshirt junior defensive lineman Eli Coenen registered at least 1.0 tackle for loss for the third time out of the five games this season as part of fourth out of his last six games played dating back to last season . . . Coenen now has 4.0 TFLs on the season and 11.0 TFLs for his career . . . Coenen also added one pass break-up and has two PBUs on the season, joining one from the season opener vs. Toledo (Sept. 4).
• Senior edge Kenny Soares Jr. tallied three tackles, including 1.0 tackle for loss and one pass break-up . . . Soares now has 2.5 TFLs and two PBUs this season.
SPECIAL TEAMS
• Junior punter Rhys Dakin had a 62-yard punt in the second quarter that was not only a new season long, but his first punt of 60+ yards this season . . . it was Dakin's second-longest punt of his career behind a 65-yarder last season during his tenure at Iowa . . . Dakin now has four career punts of 60+ yards . . . he also has eight punts of 50 or more yards this season, with at least one in four of the five games on the year, only going without a 50-yarder in the season-opener vs. Toledo, when he only had one punt for 44-yards, pinning it inside the 10 . . . Dakin now has 34 career punts of 50+ yards.
• Dakin ended with four punts for a 54.5 ypp average, with all four punts going 49+ yards, with three 50+ yarders, booming the 62-yarder in the second quarter, then a 51 and a 56-yarder in the third quarter, before his shortest punt of the day, the 49-yarder in the fourth quarter.
• Graduate placekicker Liam Boyd made his lone field goal attempt, making a 31-yarder late in the second quarter . . . Boyd now has at least one field goal made in four of the five games this season . . . Boyd is now 9-of-11 on field goals for the season, with both misses coming on attempts of 50+ yards that were both blocked.
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