1979 Michigan State Spartans football team
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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) |
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Team | W | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||
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September 8 | Illinois | No. 10 | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | W 33–16 | |||||
September 15 | Oregon* | No. 10 | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | W 41–17 | |||||
September 22 | Miami (OH)* | No. 8 | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | W 24–21 | |||||
September 29 | at No. 15 Notre Dame* | No. 7 | Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy) | L 3–27 | |||||
October 6 | No. 11 Michigan | No. 16 | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy) | L 7–21 | |||||
October 13 | at Wisconsin | No. 19 | Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI | L 29–38 | |||||
October 20 | No. 16 Purdue | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | L 7–14 | ||||||
October 27 | at No. 4 Ohio State | Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH | L 0–42 | ||||||
November 3 | at Northwestern | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | W 42–7 | ||||||
November 10 | Minnesota | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | W 31–17 | ||||||
November 17 | at Iowa | Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA | L 23–33 | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. |
Roster
1979 Michigan State Spartans football team roster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- ↑ "Michigan State Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ↑ "2015 Michigan State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. p. 147. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Blue lands four All-Big Ten spots: OSU places six, Purdue five". The Michigan Daily. November 29, 1979. p. 9.
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