Aidan Chiles passed for 173 yards — more than Prairie View A&M’s 150 total yards — and Charles Brantley returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown in Michigan State’s 40-0 victory on Saturday at East Lansing, Mich.

Brantley’s play is the first 100-yard interception return for a score in Michigan State history.

The Spartans (3-0) finished with 458 yards of total offense behind Chiles, who completed 12 of 19 passes with a touchdown and no interceptions before reserve Tommy Schuster was inserted in the third quarter.

Schuster completed 8 of 10 attempts for 97 yards.

Nate Carter rushed for 91 yards on eight carries with a touchdown.

Ten Spartans caught at least one pass.

Aziah Johnson had two catches for 50 yards and a touchdown and Montorie Foster Jr. had four receptions for 37 yards.

The win over Prairie View (1-2) in the first meeting of the programs improved Michigan State’s record to 9-0 against FCS teams.

The Panthers were limited to 27 yards rushing on 27 attempts behind Michigan State’s 10 tackles for loss, including three sacks.

Jordan Turner led the Spartans with seven tackles, including 1.5 for loss, and a sack.

Michigan State’s offense scored on all but one of its seven possessions.

Chiles’ 6-yard touchdown run and his 17-yard scoring strike to Johnson capped Michigan State’s first two possessions and put the Spartans ahead 14-0 with 7 seconds left in the first quarter.

Carter rushed for a 60-yard touchdown with 4:45 remaining in the half in the possession before Brantley’s interception return.

The interception occurred on Cameron Peters’ pass into the end zone on a first-and-10 play at the Michigan State 27.

Peters completed 9 of 17 passes for 123 yards and the one interception.

Trejon Spiller caught seven of those passes for 91 yards.

Michigan State’s first two possessions in the second half resulted in field goals of 33 and 23 yards made by Jonathan Kim.

Schuster scored the last touchdown on a 1-yard sneak with 3:49 remaining.

–Field Level Media