The Michigan State Spartans defeated the Purdue Boilermakers on Saturday to improve its record to 5-6 but barely snuck by the Boilermakers. Having not scored in

Michigan State football is still alive to reach the postseason. The Spartans jumped out to a convincing lead in the first half, but had to hold in the final minutes to top Purdue on Friday night. Michigan State beat Purdue by the final score of 24-17.

In a cold, Friday night game at Spartan Stadium, the Michigan State football team (5-6, 3-5 Big Ten) scraped by for a 24-17 win over Purdue (1-10 , 0-8). What started off as a strong performance against the Big Ten’s worst team turned into a game way too close for comfort for the Spartans considering all that was on the line.