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National Championship: Michigan State Spartans vs. Texas Longhorns

January 25, 2026
70°
Huntington Bank Stadium (Minneapolis, MN) Attendance: 50,805 (100%)
Spartans 7 21 10 7 - 45
Longhorns 14 10 3 8 - 35

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Longhorns: 1-10-UMS 14 (10:07) 7-Dennis Jenkins sacked at UMS 4 for -10 yards (99-Seth Nguyen). Sack allowed by 60-Bernardo Danley. 7-Dennis Jenkins FUMBLES (99-Seth Nguyen) recovered by TEX-99-Seth Nguyen to UMS 0 for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Freeman. TEX 7 UMS 0
(Qtr 1) Spartans: 1-1-TEX 1 (3:25) 7-Dennis Jenkins pass complete to 10-Isaac Allen for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Luke Gabriel. TEX 7 UMS 7
(Qtr 1) Longhorns: 1-10-TEX 25 (3:17) 4-Norman Meyer pass complete to 89-David Carreon for 75 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Freeman. TEX 14 UMS 7
(Qtr 2) Spartans: 2-1-TEX 0 (12:59) 7-Dennis Jenkins pass complete to 80-Jordan Garcia for 0 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Luke Gabriel. TEX 14 UMS 14
(Qtr 2) Longhorns: 1-4-UMS 4 (10:18) 4-Norman Meyer pass complete to 83-Glenn Smith for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 2-James Freeman. TEX 21 UMS 14
(Qtr 2) Spartans: 3-3-TEX 3 (3:41) 16-Robert Tisdale ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Luke Gabriel. TEX 21 UMS 21
(Qtr 2) Spartans: 3-1-TEX 3 (2:27) 13-Adrian Hose ran to TEX 0 for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Luke Gabriel. TEX 21 UMS 28
(Qtr 2) Longhorns: 1-10-UMS 11 (0:05) 2-James Freeman 30 yard field goal is GOOD. TEX 24 UMS 28
(Qtr 3) Spartans: 4-2-TEX 11 (7:53) 6-Luke Gabriel 29 yard field goal is GOOD. TEX 24 UMS 31
(Qtr 3) Longhorns: 4-10-UMS 25 (3:34) 2-James Freeman 44 yard field goal is GOOD. TEX 27 UMS 31
(Qtr 3) Spartans: 3-1-TEX 1 (1:25) 16-Robert Tisdale ran for 1 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Luke Gabriel. TEX 27 UMS 38
(Qtr 4) Spartans: 3-1-TEX 2 (6:00) 11-Kevin Ray ran to TEX 0 for 2 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 6-Luke Gabriel. TEX 27 UMS 45
(Qtr 4) Longhorns: 3-10-UMS 11 (4:33) 4-Norman Meyer pass complete to 37-Darnell Grayson to UMS 0 for 11 yards. TOUCHDOWN! 4-Norman Meyer pass complete to 46-Steven Cooper to UMS 0 for 2 yards. CONVERSION GOOD! Nice job by 46-Steven Cooper on that route to lose his coverage. TEX 35 UMS 45

Team Statistics

Longhorns Spartans
First Downs 18 30
- Rushing 5 13
- Passing 11 14
- Penalty 2 3
Total Net Yards 361 483
- Offensive Plays 48 81
- Yards Per Play 7.52 5.96
Net Rushing Yards 70 247
- Rushing Attempts 11 38
- Yards Per Rush 6.36 6.50
Net Passing Yards 291 236
- Att/Comp/Int 35 / 25 / 0 42 / 34 / 0
- Gross Passing Yards 310 246
- Sacks/Yards Lost 2 / 19 1 / 10
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.86 5.49
- Yards Per Completion 12.40 7.24
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 1 1 / 1
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 8 13 / 15
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 9.1 3.3
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 47 4 / 32
Punt Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 67 1 / 30
Int Returns/Yards 0 / 0 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 1 / 1 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 8
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 1 6 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 32 OWN 31
Time of Possession 26:11 33:50

Drive Charts

Texas Longhorns

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 4:50 OWN 25 7 35 Punt
1 10:01 6:41 OPP 25 12 -75 Touchdown
1 3:21 0:15 OWN 25 1 75 Touchdown
2 12:56 2:41 OWN 25 6 75 Touchdown
2 3:38 0:04 OWN 25 1 0 Fumble
2 2:23 2:21 OWN 25 9 64 Field Goal
3 7:50 4:20 OWN 39 9 36 Field Goal
3 1:23 3:31 OWN 25 6 13 Punt
4 5:57 1:28 OWN 25 8 75 Touchdown

Michigan State Spartans

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 10:10 0:09 OWN 6 1 8 Punt
1 3:06 5:10 OWN 25 13 75 Touchdown
2 10:15 6:37 OWN 25 13 75 Touchdown
2 3:35 1:11 OPP 12 3 12 Touchdown
2 0:02 0:02 OWN 25 1 -1 Half
3 15:00 7:10 OWN 20 11 69 Field Goal
3 3:30 2:07 OWN 25 4 75 Touchdown
4 12:52 6:55 OWN 16 13 84 Touchdown
4 4:29 4:29 OPP 49 10 44 Game

Rushing Stats

Texas Longhorns

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Darnell Grayson 6 27 4.50 13 1 0
Willie Bell 3 26 8.67 11 2 0
Steven Cooper 2 17 8.50 11 1 0

Michigan State Spartans

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Adrian Hose 13 121 9.31 66 4 1
Jimmy Latour 8 65 8.13 13 4 0
Mark Fernandez 7 40 5.71 15 1 0
Robert Tisdale 6 19 3.17 10 1 2
Kevin Ray 1 2 2.00 2 0 1
Dennis Jenkins 3 0 0.00 0 0 0

Passing Stats

Texas Longhorns

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Norman Meyer 35 25 310 2 / 19 3 75 0 127.08

Michigan State Spartans

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Dennis Jenkins 42 34 246 1 / 10 2 19 0 106.94

Receiving Stats

Texas Longhorns

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Lorenzo Hardy 6 97 16.17 49 0
David Carreon 2 89 44.50 75 1
Willie Bell 4 38 9.50 14 0
Glenn Smith 3 23 7.67 12 1
Alexis Peraza 2 21 10.50 18 0
Jerome Hooper 3 21 7.00 12 0
Jeffrey Harrison 1 10 10.00 10 0
Darnell Grayson 3 9 3.00 11 1
Steven Cooper 1 2 2.00 2 0

Michigan State Spartans

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Jordan Garcia 11 95 8.64 19 1
Kevin Ray 2 28 14.00 14 0
Jimmy Latour 5 24 4.80 9 0
Adrian Hose 5 21 4.20 7 0
Frederick Robert 2 20 10.00 14 0
Isaac Allen 4 20 5.00 8 1
German Schofield 2 20 10.00 12 0
Robert Tisdale 2 15 7.50 9 0
Mark Fernandez 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Texas Longhorns

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Christopher Grosso 33 23 1 2
Alexis Peraza 0 12 0 4
Darnell Grayson 5 1 0 0
Joel Johnson 1 2 0 1
Marvin Jones 0 2 0 0
Paul Girardi 0 2 0 0
Mark Cruz 0 2 0 0
Jason Throop 0 2 0 1
Esteban Reed 0 2 0 0
Lynn Forsythe 0 3 0 0
David Derosier 0 1 0 0
Mike Espiritu 0 2 0 0
James Moran 0 1 0 0
James Rodrigues 0 2 0 0
Lorenzo Hardy 10 8 0 0
Matthew Hoyt 0 4 0 1
Jeffrey Harrison 0 5 0 0
Glenn Smith 3 10 0 0
Travis Smith 18 4 0 0
Robert Dills 10 3 0 0
Timothy Armstead 6 5 0 0
Jerome Hooper 0 11 0 0
Jeffrey Woods 20 11 0 0
Steven Cooper 20 6 0 0
Scott Comer 36 17 0 0
John Brosnan 36 18 0 0
Adrian Baker 36 20 0 0
Willie Bell 16 4 0 0
David Carreon 0 10 0 0
Henry Rossetti 34 14 0 0
Arturo Noll 0 1 0 0

Michigan State Spartans

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Bernardo Danley 50 47 1 1
Timothy Lamb 49 46 0 1
Donald Clark 7 0 0 0
Charles Jones 0 1 0 1
Wayne Brothers 0 1 0 0
Ronald Lamarr 0 1 0 0
Lawrence Brannon 0 2 0 0
Patrick Williams 0 1 0 0
Marc Kapoor 0 1 0 0
Danny Azar 0 1 0 0
Raymond Singleton 0 4 0 0
Robert Dotts 0 2 0 0
Carl Truss 0 1 0 0
Andrew Guest 1 7 0 0
Otto Britton 3 1 0 0
Russell Dotson 7 0 0 0
Albert Davis 38 30 0 1
Mark Fernandez 6 6 0 1
Kevin Ray 9 20 0 0
German Schofield 0 9 0 2
Timothy Perales 16 8 0 0
Robert Tisdale 1 7 0 1
Jordan Garcia 9 32 0 0
Isaac Allen 0 13 0 0
Jimmy Latour 19 24 0 1
Robin Saucier 48 42 0 2
Frederick Robert 0 16 0 1
Adrian Hose 9 13 0 1
David Walsh 48 44 0 1
Paul Earnest 0 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Texas Longhorns

Michigan State Spartans

Fumble Stats

Texas Longhorns

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Norman Meyer 1 0 0 0
Seth Nguyen 0 1 1 1

Michigan State Spartans

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Dennis Jenkins 1 0 0 0
Jeffrey Draeger 0 1 1 0
German Schofield 0 1 0 0

Punting

Texas Longhorns

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Brian McClelland 2 79 39.50 39.50 45 2

Michigan State Spartans

Kicking

Texas Longhorns

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
James Freeman 2 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 44 3 / 3

Michigan State Spartans

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Luke Gabriel 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 29 6 / 6

Punt Return

Texas Longhorns

Michigan State Spartans

Kick Return

Texas Longhorns

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Willie Bell 2 67 33.5 0

Michigan State Spartans

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Frederick Robert 1 30 30.0 0

Defensive Stats

Texas Longhorns

Name Tackles Sacks
Mark Cruz 9 0
Willie Brown 6 0
Marvin Jones 6 0
Paul Girardi 5 0
Jason Throop 5 0
Dallas Howell 4 0
Esteban Reed 4 0
Arturo Noll 4 0
James Rodrigues 3 0
Roderick Klaus 3 0
Jimmy Wade 3 0
Brett Record 2 0
Berry Curtis 2 0
Aaron Wright 2 0
James Moran 2 0
Alexis Peraza 1 0
Lynn Forsythe 1 0
Seth Nguyen 1 1
Norman Meyer 1 0
Joel Johnson 1 0
Mike Espiritu 1 0

Michigan State Spartans

Name Tackles Sacks
Danny Azar 8 0
Wayne Brothers 4 0
Lawrence Brannon 3 0
Raymond Singleton 3 0
Charles Jones 3 0
Jose Kowalsky 2 0
Jimmie Baker 2 0
Paul Earnest 2 0
Ronald Lamarr 2 0
Marc Kapoor 1 0
Robert Dotts 1 0
John Smith 1 1
Patrick Williams 1 0
Jeffrey Draeger 1 1
Jacob Ball 1 0