Who's Playing

Nebraska Cornhuskers @ Michigan State Spartans

Current Records: Nebraska 5-3, Michigan State 2-6

How To Watch

  • When: Saturday, November 4, 2023 at 12 p.m. ET
  • Where: Spartan Stadium -- East Lansing, Michigan
  • TV: Fox Sports 1
  • Online streaming: fuboTV (Try for free. Regional restrictions may apply.)
  • Follow: CBS Sports App
  • Ticket Cost: $22.10

What to Know

Michigan State will be in front of their home fans on Saturday, but a look at the spread shows they might need that home-field advantage. The Michigan State Spartans and the Nebraska Cornhuskers will face off in a Big Ten battle at 12:00 p.m. ET at Spartan Stadium. Michigan State is staggering into the game hobbled by six consecutive losses, while Nebraska will skip in buoyed by three consecutive wins.

Michigan State started off well but failed to capitalize on an early lead against Minnesota. They took a 27-12 bruising from the Golden Gophers on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Nebraska didn't have too much trouble with Purdue at home on Saturday as they won 31-14. Nebraska pushed the score to 21-0 by the end of the third, a deficit Purdue cut but never quite recovered from.

Nebraska relied on the efforts of Jaylen Lloyd, who picked up 73 receiving yards and a touchdown, and Emmett Johnson, who rushed for 76 yards and a touchdown. Lloyd's longest reception was for an incredible 73 yards. Heinrich Haarberg also helped with two touchdowns in total.

Michigan State's loss was their fourth straight on the road (dating back to last season), which dropped their overall record down to 2-6. Those losses could be blamed on the team's lackluster offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 17.0 points per game. As for Nebraska, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a massive bump to their 5-3 record this season.

Going forward, the match is expected to be close, with Nebraska going off as just a 3-point favorite. This will be their first time playing as the favorites on the road this season.

Odds

Nebraska is a 3-point favorite against Michigan State, according to the latest college football odds.

The oddsmakers had a good feel for the line for this one, as the game opened with the Cornhuskers as a 3.5-point favorite.


The oddsmakers are predicting a defensive showdown and set the over/under low at 35 points.

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Series History

Nebraska has won 2 out of their last 3 games against Michigan State.

  • Sep 25, 2021 - Michigan State 23 vs. Nebraska 20
  • Nov 17, 2018 - Nebraska 9 vs. Michigan State 6
  • Nov 07, 2015 - Nebraska 39 vs. Michigan State 38

Injury Report for Michigan State

  • Jarrett Jackson: out (Undisclosed)
  • Tyneil Hopper: Out for the Season (Lower Leg)
  • Tre Mosley: out (Undisclosed)
  • Jacoby Windmon: Out for the Season (Undisclosed)
  • Semar Melvin: out (Undisclosed)
  • Maliq Carr: out (Undisclosed)
  • Marqui Lowery Jr.: out (Undisclosed)
  • Darius Snow: out (Undisclosed)
  • Dre Butler: out (Undisclosed)
  • Joseph Martinez: Out for the Season (Undisclosed)
  • Noah Kim: out (Undisclosed)
  • Jalen Berger: Out for the Season (Undisclosed)
  • Armorion Smith: Out for the Season (Undisclosed)
  • Ma'a Gaoteote: Out for the Season (Undisclosed)
  • Charles Brantley: out (Undisclosed)
  • Davion Primm: out (Undisclosed)
  • Alex VanSumeren: Out for the Season (Undisclosed)
  • Gavin Broscious: Out for the Season (Undisclosed)
  • Stanton Ramil: Out for the Season (Undisclosed)
  • Jaelon Barbarin: Out for the Season (Undisclosed)

Injury Report for Nebraska

  • Billy Kemp IV: questionable (Knee)
  • Rahmir Johnson: Out for the Season (Shoulder)
  • Nouredin Nouili: out (Undisclosed)
  • Ethan Piper: Out for the Season (Undisclosed)
  • Marcus Washington: Out for the Season (Knee)
  • Arik Gilbert: out (Not Injury Related)
  • Turner Corcoran: Out for the Season (Undisclosed)
  • Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda: Out for the Season (Knee)
  • Gabe Ervin Jr.: Out for the Season (Hip)
  • Kaine Williams: out (Undisclosed)
  • Brodie Tagaloa: Out for the Season (Undisclosed)
  • Dwight Bootle II: Out for the Season (Shoulder)
  • Maverick Noonan: Out for the Season (Knee)
  • Princewill Umanmielen: out (Undisclosed)