The Spartan Marching Band puts on a show before the game in South Bend (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
Notre Dame honors America's troops before the game (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
An A10 flyover that took place during the National Anthem on Saturday (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
The Notre Dame marching band during pregame (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
Fighting Irish players emerge from the locker room to take the field (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
Sparty leads the Michigan State troops onto the enemy turf (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
Max Bullough (40) makes a tackle in the 1st quarter of the game (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
Notre Dame's Michael Floyd (3) steps up to the line of scrimmage before a play in the 1st quarter; also shown: Anothony Rashad White (98) and Jerel Worthy (95*) (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
* = Worthy wore 95 instead of his usual 99 to honor Spartan great, Bubba Smith, who passed away earlier this year.
Kirk Cousins (8) tries to throw the ball while feeling pressure from one of Notre Dame's defensive linemen (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
Edwin Baker (4) receives a handoff from Kirk Cousins (8) in one of MSU's 23 attempts to get the ground game going (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
Notre Dame gets to Spartan quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) for the sack (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
The Michigan State offense in a huddle before running a play in the 3rd quarter (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
The MSU offense employs a 3-wide receiver set against Notre Dame (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
Head Coach Mark Dantonio expresses the frusterated look that depicted the feel of the game for the Spartans (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
The Spartan defensive line tries to break through the line and get to Irish quarterback Tommy Rees (11) (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
Max Bullough (40) pursues an escaping Tommy Rees (11) (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
The Notre Dame student section erupts after MSU threw an interception in the 4th quarter (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
Michigan State's Max Bullough (40) attempts to block a field goal by Notre Dame kicker David Ruffer (97) (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
Notre Dame's special teams kickoff squad prepares to kick the ball to Michigan State after scoring a field goal (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
Chris McDonald (64) and Fou Fonoti (51) line up on the offensive line before a play (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
Kirk Cousins (8) winds up to throw a pass during the 4th quarter (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
Le'Veon Bell (24) catches a pass coming out of the backfield and turns downfield (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
Le'Veon Bell (24) gets swarmed by a mob of the Fighting Irish; also shown: Blake Treadwell (64) (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
A unit of Michigan State offensive linemen and wide recievers line up to run a play (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
After the game (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
Senior Kirk Cousins (8) takes one more look at the scoreboard before heading into the locker room (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
(Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)
Disappointed, the Spartans head back into the tunnel after the game (Photo by: Jon Coffey/isportsweb.com)