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Preseason Week 1: Michigan State Spartans at Vanderbilt Commodores

August 16, 2025
89°
FirstBank Stadium (Nashville, TN) Attendance: 17,110 (60%)
Spartans 0 0 7 13 - 20
Commodores 0 6 0 0 - 6

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 2) Commodores: 4-8-UMS 8 (9:42) 4-William Stembridge 25 yard field goal is GOOD. VAN 3 UMS 0
(Qtr 2) Commodores: 4-9-UMS 25 (0:03) 4-William Stembridge 42 yard field goal is GOOD. VAN 6 UMS 0
(Qtr 3) Spartans: 1-1-VAN 1 (2:20) 23-Andrew Guest ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Luke Gabriel. VAN 6 UMS 7
(Qtr 4) Spartans: 4-14-VAN 20 (14:57) 6-Luke Gabriel 38 yard field goal is GOOD. VAN 6 UMS 10
(Qtr 4) Spartans: 4-7-VAN 7 (7:53) 6-Luke Gabriel 25 yard field goal is GOOD. VAN 6 UMS 13
(Qtr 4) Spartans: 3-11-VAN 34 (3:45) 12-Andrew Bratton pass complete to 83-Timothy Markowitz for 34 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Luke Gabriel. VAN 6 UMS 20

Team Statistics

Commodores Spartans
First Downs 10 12
- Rushing 3 5
- Passing 7 6
- Penalty 0 1
Total Net Yards 127 292
- Offensive Plays 62 56
- Yards Per Play 2.05 5.21
Net Rushing Yards 63 119
- Rushing Attempts 25 39
- Yards Per Rush 2.52 3.05
Net Passing Yards 64 173
- Att/Comp/Int 31 / 16 / 2 17 / 12 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 118 173
- Sacks/Yards Lost 6 / 54 0 / 0
- Yards Per Pass Play 1.73 10.18
- Yards Per Completion 7.38 14.42
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 3 / 2
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 19 4 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.6 8.0
4th Down Conversions 0 / 1 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 1 / 7 4 / 25
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 6 4 / 37
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 1 / 37
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 2 / 67
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 1 4
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 0 / 1 1 / 2
Avg Drive Start OWN 27 OWN 37
Time of Possession 29:48 30:14

Drive Charts

Vanderbilt Commodores

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:38 4:13 OWN 7 6 15 Punt
1 3:39 9:00 OWN 20 16 71 Field Goal
2 7:37 2:55 OWN 23 5 13 Punt
2 3:14 1:26 OWN 30 3 9 Punt
2 1:00 1:00 OPP 26 3 1 Field Goal
3 15:00 0:49 OWN 25 3 -1 Punt
3 12:07 1:26 OWN 14 3 0 Punt
3 8:01 3:01 OWN 8 7 31 Interception
3 2:18 0:20 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
3 1:13 0:10 OPP 44 1 0 Interception
4 14:54 1:32 OWN 25 3 3 Punt
4 7:50 2:12 OWN 25 3 -24 Punt
4 3:37 1:44 OWN 25 6 10 Punt

Michigan State Spartans

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:22 OWN 30 4 24 Punt
1 8:26 4:46 OWN 35 8 52 Missed FG
2 9:39 2:03 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
2 4:41 1:27 OWN 25 3 -2 Punt
2 1:48 0:48 OWN 20 2 0 Fumble
3 14:11 2:03 OWN 29 3 7 Punt
3 10:41 2:41 OWN 39 5 11 Punt
3 5:00 2:42 OPP 27 5 27 Touchdown
3 1:58 0:45 OWN 25 2 7 Fumble
3 1:03 1:09 OPP 16 3 -4 Field Goal
4 13:22 5:32 OWN 27 8 66 Field Goal
4 5:39 2:02 OPP 45 4 45 Touchdown
4 1:54 1:54 OWN 17 6 15 Game

Rushing Stats

Vanderbilt Commodores

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Brian Salter 12 28 2.33 7 0 0
Ernest Franks 10 11 1.10 9 0 0
Ismael Jenkins 1 10 10.00 10 1 0
Timothy Sewell 1 10 10.00 10 1 0
Jefferson Bynum 1 4 4.00 4 0 0

Michigan State Spartans

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Travis Jackson 5 44 8.80 17 3 0
Mark Fernandez 5 29 5.80 10 2 0
Jimmy Latour 9 19 2.11 12 1 0
Adrian Hose 9 13 1.44 8 0 0
Kenneth Berry 5 9 1.80 8 0 0
Kevin Ray 2 4 2.00 5 0 0
Andrew Guest 1 1 1.00 1 0 1
Andrew Bratton 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Vanderbilt Commodores

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Ismael Jenkins 15 13 75 2 / 15 0 16 0 87.50
Timothy Sewell 16 3 43 4 / 39 0 21 2 0.00

Michigan State Spartans

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Andrew Bratton 8 6 126 0 / 0 1 54 0 156.25
Dennis Jenkins 9 6 47 0 / 0 0 18 0 79.40

Receiving Stats

Vanderbilt Commodores

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Stan Linkous 2 26 13.00 16 0
William Najera 1 21 21.00 21 0
Edwin Gonzalez 1 17 17.00 17 0
Ronnie Sotelo 3 13 4.33 6 0
Jefferson Bynum 3 12 4.00 6 0
Leo Starling 3 10 3.33 7 0
Ernest Franks 1 10 10.00 10 0
Brian Salter 1 8 8.00 8 0
Robert Barnes 1 1 1.00 1 0

Michigan State Spartans

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
German Schofield 1 54 54.00 54 0
Timothy Markowitz 1 34 34.00 34 1
Kevin Ray 3 28 9.33 13 0
Adrian Hose 2 18 9.00 18 0
Travis Jackson 1 14 14.00 14 0
Mark Fernandez 1 13 13.00 13 0
Jordan Garcia 2 10 5.00 7 0
Robert Tisdale 1 2 2.00 2 0

Blocking Stats

Vanderbilt Commodores

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Allen Tosh 23 21 2 3
John Stewart 29 10 2 2
Mike Mintz 32 10 1 1
Michael Bracco 21 13 0 0
Robert Schmidt 0 2 0 0
Danial Boyer 0 1 0 0
William Stovall 23 10 0 0
Michael McClelland 1 3 0 0
Bobby King 27 9 0 1
Jermaine Bell 3 2 0 0
Lawrence George 0 1 0 0
Christian Gutierrez 3 1 0 0
Russell Duffy 12 3 0 0
Edwin Gonzalez 0 2 0 0
Theodore Dixon 0 1 0 0
Paul Ladd 0 1 0 1
Richard Portugal 0 1 0 0
Ronnie Sotelo 0 12 0 1
Thomas Quinto 0 2 0 0
Kenneth Brunelle 22 21 0 2
Ernest Franks 9 2 0 0
Robert Barnes 0 3 0 0
Brian Salter 8 1 0 0
Johnny Johnson 3 1 0 1
Clinton Williams 14 13 0 1
William Najera 3 9 0 1
Leo Starling 0 7 0 0
Stan Linkous 6 13 0 1
Stephen Hicks 23 19 0 1
David Snider 22 20 0 1
Robert Harrison 18 19 0 1
Jefferson Bynum 12 11 0 0
John Weimer 2 0 0 0

Michigan State Spartans

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Paul Stokes 2 2 0 0
Mark Fernandez 4 8 0 0
Louis Klink 6 2 0 1
David Shoffner 0 3 0 0
James Kunz 0 2 0 0
Russell Dotson 9 28 0 1
Timothy Perales 12 24 0 4
John Tone 13 23 0 2
Andrew Adkins 6 0 0 0
Kenneth Forte 6 0 0 0
Adrian Hose 4 5 0 0
Henry Smith 0 2 0 0
Frederick Robert 0 4 0 0
Jeffrey Guzman 0 1 0 0
Danny Azar 0 2 0 0
Gregory Taylor 0 2 0 0
Zachary Pike 0 3 0 0
Mathew McElroy 0 2 0 0
Timothy Markowitz 0 8 0 0
Larry Batiste 4 0 0 0
Paul Earnest 0 2 0 0
Andrew Guest 0 2 0 1
Robert Dove 0 1 0 0
Travis Jackson 3 2 0 0
William Daniel 10 1 0 0
Marc Kapoor 1 5 0 0
Kenneth Berry 3 4 0 0
Patrick Williams 0 2 0 0
Lawrence Brannon 0 1 0 0
Jose Kowalsky 0 2 0 1
Ronald Lamarr 0 2 0 0
Charles Jones 0 1 0 0
Carlton Martin 0 1 0 0
Robert Dotts 0 1 0 0
Raymond Singleton 0 2 0 0
Timothy Lamb 13 15 0 3
Jimmy Latour 5 9 0 0
Brian Johnson 16 27 0 4
David Walsh 13 13 0 0
Jordan Garcia 0 11 0 0
Robin Saucier 10 13 0 0
Albert Davis 13 18 0 0
Kevin Ray 0 22 0 0
Bernardo Danley 9 10 0 0
Isaac Allen 0 9 0 0
German Schofield 0 17 0 0
Robert Tisdale 0 18 0 0
Donald Clark 21 31 0 2
Jeffrey Draeger 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Vanderbilt Commodores

Michigan State Spartans

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Paul Stokes 2 67 33.50 0

Fumble Stats

Vanderbilt Commodores

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Stephen Hicks 0 0 1 0
Greg Boyd 0 1 0 0
Danial Boyer 0 0 1 0
Lawrence George 0 1 1 0

Michigan State Spartans

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Adrian Hose 1 1 0 0
Kenneth Berry 1 0 0 0
Jimmy Latour 1 0 0 0

Punting

Vanderbilt Commodores

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
James Whitson 9 437 48.56 45.22 54 1

Michigan State Spartans

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Clarence Sims 5 229 45.80 44.80 52 3

Kicking

Vanderbilt Commodores

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
William Stembridge 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 42 0 / 0

Michigan State Spartans

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Luke Gabriel 2 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 38 2 / 2

Punt Return

Vanderbilt Commodores

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ronnie Sotelo 2 6 3.0 6 0

Michigan State Spartans

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Adrian Hose 3 32 10.7 12 0
German Schofield 1 5 5.0 5 0

Kick Return

Vanderbilt Commodores

Michigan State Spartans

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Frederick Robert 1 37 37.0 0

Defensive Stats

Vanderbilt Commodores

Name Tackles Sacks
Theodore Dixon 5 0
Paul Ladd 4 0
Clinton Welton 4 0
Joel Acosta 4 0
Robert Schmidt 4 0
Thomas Quinto 3 0
Mark Franklin 3 0
Steve Clark 3 0
Christian Gutierrez 2 0
Danial Boyer 2 0
Edward Miller 2 0
Troy Pratt 1 0
Bert Butcher 1 0
William Stembridge 1 0
Lawrence George 1 0
Stephen Hicks 1 0
David Cohen 1 0
Allan Smart 1 0
Greg Boyd 1 0
Johnny Johnson 1 0
Rolland Seman 1 0
Richard Portugal 1 0
Russell Duffy 1 0

Michigan State Spartans

Name Tackles Sacks
Charles Jones 5 0
Ronald Lamarr 4 0
Robert Dotts 4 0
Jimmie Baker 3 0
Lawrence Brannon 3 0
Carlton Martin 3 0
Gregory Taylor 2 2
Mathew McElroy 2 0
Paul Earnest 2 0
John Smith 2 2
Raymond Singleton 2 0
Robert Dove 2 1
Jeffrey Guzman 2 0
Marc Kapoor 2 0
Carl Truss 2 0
Henry Smith 1 0
German Schofield 1 0
David Shoffner 1 0
Danny Azar 1 0
Wayne Brothers 1 0
Adrian Hose 1 0
Patrick Williams 1 0
Jose Kowalsky 1 0
Paul Stokes 1 1