1979 Michigan State Spartans football team

1979 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1979 record 5–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach Darryl Rogers (4th season)
Captain Dan Bass, Mark Brammer
Home stadium Spartan Stadium
(Capacity: 76,000)
1979 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Ohio State $ 8 0 0  11 1 0
No. 10 Purdue 7 1 0  10 2 0
No. 18 Michigan 6 2 0  8 4 0
No. 19 Indiana 5 3 0  8 4 0
Iowa 4 4 0  5 6 0
Minnesota 3 5 1  4 6 1
Michigan State 3 5 0  5 6 0
Wisconsin 3 5 0  4 7 0
Illinois 1 6 1  2 8 1
Northwestern 0 9 0  1 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1979 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1979 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fourth season under head coach Darryl Rogers, the Spartans compiled a 5–6 overall record (3–5 against Big Ten opponents) and finished in a tie for sixth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1][2]

Three Spartans were selected by either the Associated Press (AP) or the United Press International (UPI) as first-team players on the 1979 All-Big Ten Conference football teams: tight end Mark Brammer (UPI-1); linebacker Dan Bass (AP-1); and punter Ray Stachowitz (AP-1).[3]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 8 Illinois No. 10 Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI W 3316    
September 15 Oregon* No. 10 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI W 4117    
September 22 Miami (OH)* No. 8 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI W 2421    
September 29 at No. 15 Notre Dame* No. 7 Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy) L 327    
October 6 No. 11 Michigan No. 16 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy) L 721    
October 13 at Wisconsin No. 19 Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI L 2938    
October 20 No. 16 Purdue Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 714    
October 27 at No. 4 Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH L 042    
November 3 at Northwestern Dyche StadiumEvanston, IL W 427    
November 10 Minnesota Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI W 3117    
November 17 at Iowa Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA L 2333    
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Roster

1979 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
TE 91 Mark Brammer
T 53 Angelo Fields
WR 6 Mark Jones
FB 33 Joe Kolodziej
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 49 Dan Bass
CB 28 James Burroughs
LB 40 John McCormick
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 8 Morten Andersen
P 19 Ray Stachowicz
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

References

  1. "Michigan State Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  2. "2015 Michigan State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. p. 147. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  3. "Blue lands four All-Big Ten spots: OSU places six, Purdue five". The Michigan Daily. November 29, 1979. p. 9.
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