EAST LANSING – Michigan State will finish the season 0-for-2 in bowl games.

The Spartans (4-5, 2-4 Big Ten) were embarrassed in a 47-10 loss Saturday against no. 13 Indiana (9-0, 6-0), which reclaimed the Old Brass Spittoon. That was a week after their third straight loss to rival Michigan for the Paul Bunyan Trophy.

Here are the explanations and quick observations from the game:

* If the games were only 15 minutes long, Michigan State would have beaten both Michigan and Indiana. That’s probably the biggest positive the Spartans can take from Saturday. They put in another dominant first quarter before being completely outplayed the rest of the way. The Hoosiers scoring 47 unanswered would qualify as an embarrassment.

This was Michigan State’s worst loss of the season in both the final margin and the way it looked. Indiana is the biggest surprise team in the nation and 9-0 for the first time in school history. This is the same program that a Michigan State team limping to the brink of disaster last season went on the road and beat.

Curt Cignetti did an outstanding job in a first-year turnaround at Indiana as Jonathan Smith’s Spartans lost five of their last six, albeit while playing a much more difficult schedule. Michigan State looked to challenge early, jumping out to a 10-0 lead and outscoring Indiana 128 to 52 in the first quarter, but was completely one-sided in all three phases the rest of the way.

Michigan State has its second and final bye of the season next week before playing at Illinois on Nov. 16 in its final road game of the year.

* Aidan Chiles was fouled early before the mistakes piled up amid sustained pressure and was ejected from the game. The sophomore completed 16 of 24 passes for 193 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions while being sacked three times.

While throwing the ball in the third quarter, Chiles was hit by Indiana’s Mikail Kamara and Rolijah Hardy before remaining on the field and eventually going to the locker room. He watched the finale from the sideline with a wrap on his right hand/wrist and Smith said Chiles is expected to play against Illinois.

With Chiles out, backup Tommy Schuster took over and was overwhelmed while being sacked four times as the Hoosiers kept the pressure on.

In nine games, Chiles has 15 fumbles, 11 interceptions and four fumbles. The inability to protect the ball has been the first-year starter’s undoing all season.

* Chiles had very little help Saturday with the linebackers up front as Indiana dominated at the point of attack for seven sacks and 15 tackles for a loss. Michigan State’s resurgent running game over the past two weeks has been stifled, and its minus-36 yards rushing is the second-worst total in program history. Running backs Nathan Carter, Kay’Ron Lynch-Adams and Makhi Frazier combined for 15 carries for 15 yards.

* After back-to-back impressive performances by Michigan State’s offensive line, the top five has been completely overhauled. Indiana spent most of the game on the back foot and never let up. The Spartans had nowhere to run and their defenders had nowhere to hide.

* Nick Marsh continues to make impressive individual plays and finished with five catches for 78 yards and a score. The true freshman threw a contested 33-yard punt down the sideline on the opening drive and dropped his feet as he reached for an 18-yard score on the next possession. Marsh now holds a program record for most receiving yards by a true freshman with 558 and three games remaining for the former four-star recruit who missed one game with an injury.

Montorie Foster had five catches for 35 yards and Aziah Johnson, who started without Jaron Glover, had four receptions for 48 yards. Tight ends haven’t been heavily involved in the passing game and have yet to score a touchdown this season.

* Chiles was one of four Michigan State players to leave the game injured and not return. Others out were a pair of secondary starters in cornerback Charles Brantley and safety Malik Spencer to go with defensive end Anthony Jones. Brantley, who had two pass breakups early, was on the sidelines using crutches and wearing a boot on his left foot during the second half.

“The quick report we got — obviously they’re looking for further evaluation, but this isn’t like the season is over for either of those guys,” Smith said.

* It was a great start for Michigan State defensively, forcing back-to-back three-and-outs early in the second quarter as well. Indiana then took over the rest of the day as the high-powered offense overwhelmed the Spartans, who had no answer.

Most of the damage was done by quarterback Kurtis Rourke, who didn’t look like someone who was out last week after having surgery on the thumb on his throwing hand. He completed 19 of 29 passes for 263 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions while spreading it out and having plenty of time to work in the pocket. Michigan State had 15 sacks in the first four games combined this year, but remarkably has zero in the last five games.

* Jonathan Kim split 47 yards on his only field goal attempt of the game, but special teams were a mess for the second straight week. Standout Ryan Eckley didn’t stand a chance as he got a punt blocked at the goal line before taking it out of the end zone for a safety early in the third quarter. With starting long snapper Kaden Schickel out for the season with a foot injury, Jack Carson Wentz’s big delivery prompted Eckley to desperately try to run the ball before being dropped for a turnover on downs to start the fourth quarter.

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