Michigan State Spartans

Grades from Michigan State's 24-21 loss to Northwestern. https://t.co/niLRXw5dGG

REACTION: Michigan State HC Pat Fitzgerald - 'I get paid to win, and we're not winning' FREE: https://t.co/lcOtXF6LfU https://t.co/M6a2a89yQ4

Pat Fitzgerald's Postgame Press Conference Northwestern 24, Michigan State 21 https://t.co/v9v4q8F6Ct

Pat Fitzgerald: "I get paid to win and we're not winning. It starts and ends with me and we have to look at all the reasons why."

ANALYSIS: Michigan State falls to Northwestern, 24-21; what went wrong and what's next https://t.co/VaGDWAe9VA

Final: Northwestern 24, MSU 21. Spartans drop their fifth straight game. They travel to UCLA next week.

Touchdown Northwestern. Aidan Chiles runs in for a 1-yard TD to cap a strong response drive by the Cats. Two-point pass is good on a mesh concept. 21-21, 7:24 4Q

Touchdown MSU. Chrishon McCray wins vs. man coverage and Milivojevic hits him over the top for a 53-yard touchdown. McCray's first TD of the year. 21-13 Spartans, 11:48 4Q

Roberts is having himself a day. His durability this year has been a major plus for MSU's defense.

Touchdown MSU. WR Bryson Williams catches a 32-yard TD from Milivojevic on a fade route. First collegiate TD for Williams. 14-10 Spartans, :47 2Q

Touchdown Northwestern. RB Caleb Komolafe runs through an attempted tackle from Favorite and scores a 10-yard TD. 10-7 Wildcats, 11:04 2Q

Touchdown MSU. Milivojevic decides to take it himself on a bootleg from 3 yards out. 7-3 Spartans, 2:02 1Q

Northwestern takes the first lead, 3-0, on a 39-yard FG at 8:23 of the first quarter.

NiJhay Burt and Jeremiah Favorite warming up as MSU's starting corners. Stodghill and Crawford at LB. Johnson at LT w/o Murawski, and Wright at RT.

The only trademark of a Chip Kelly offense is it bucks convention. At Northwestern, one of the game’s most innovative minds has concocted an amalgamation of modern spread concepts and formations from before the advent of color TV. https://t.co/jymeIQPs4C