Michigan St. beats Stanford 24-20 in Rose Bowl

1/1/2014
ASSOCIATED PRESS
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    Michigan State cornerback Trae Waynes, right, intercepts a pass intended for Stanford wide receiver Michael Rector during the second half of the Rose Bowl today.

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    • Michigan State cornerback Trae Waynes, right, intercepts a pass intended for Stanford wide receiver Michael Rector during the second half of the Rose Bowl today.
    Michigan State cornerback Trae Waynes, right, intercepts a pass intended for Stanford wide receiver Michael Rector during the second half of the Rose Bowl today.

    PASADENA, Calif. — Connor Cook passed for a career-high 332 yards and hit Tony Lippett with a tiebreaking 25-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter, leading No. 4 Michigan State to a 24-20 victory over No. 5 Stanford tonight in the 100th Rose Bowl.

    Cook also threw a TD pass to Trevon Pendleton, and Jeremy Langford rushed for 84 yards and a score in the first Rose Bowl victory in 26 years for the Big Ten champion Spartans (13-1), who finished the season with 10 straight wins.

    Michigan State’s defense capped its dominant season with one more smash-mouth performance during the centennial celebration of the Granddaddy of Them All.

    The Spartans ended it by stopping the Pac-12 champion Cardinal (11-3) on fourth-and-1 with 1:46 to play, utterly stuffing a run play up the middle.