The 2020 season's largest margin: Michigan State 29, Northwestern 20. A 9-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2020 — The 2020 Season
Michigan State's 2020 season (2-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Rocky LombardiQB1,090 passing yards
- Payton ThorneQB582 passing yards
- Jordan SimmonsRB219 rushing yards
- Connor HeywardRB200 rushing yards
- Jalen NailorWR515 receiving yards
- Jayden ReedWR407 receiving yards
- Ricky WhiteWR223 receiving yards
- Antjuan SimmonsLB75 tackles
- Noah HarveyLB54 tackles
- Xavier HendersonS41 tackles
- Michael FletcherDE3 sacks
- Drew BeesleyDE3 sacks
- Dashaun MalloryDL2 sacks
Season leaders, 2020.
The season's deepest loss: Michigan State 7, Iowa 49. A 42-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Go Green"
2020 is a middle chapter for Michigan State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.