1983 Michigan State Spartans football team

1983 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1983 record 4–6–1 (2–6–1 Big Ten)
Head coach George Perles (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Nick Saban (1st season)
Home stadium Spartan Stadium
(Capacity: 76,000)
1983 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 10 Illinois $ 9 –0 –0  10 –2 –0
No. 8 Michigan 8 –1 –0  9 –3 –0
No. 14 Iowa 7 –2 –0  9 –3 –0
No. 9 Ohio State 6 –3 –0  9 –3 –0
Wisconsin 5 –4 –0  7 –4 –0
Purdue 3 –5 –1  3 –7 –1
Michigan State 2 –6 –1  4 –6 –1
Indiana 2 –7 –0  3 –8 –0
Northwestern 2 –7 –0  2 –9 –0
Minnesota 0 –9 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1983 Michigan State Spartans football team represented the Michigan State University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Spartans offense scored 162 points while the defense allowed 233 points.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 10 Colorado* Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan W 23–17   56,835
September 17 at No. 4 Notre Dame* Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, Indiana (Megaphone Trophy) W 28–23   59,075
September 24 Illinois Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan L 10–20   75,867
October 1 at Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana T 29–29   69,203
October 8 No. 14 Michigan Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan (Paul Bunyan Trophy) L 0–42   78,033
October 15 at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana (Old Brass Spittoon) L 12–24   46,088
October 22 at No. 17 Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio L 11–21   89,104
October 29 Minnesotadagger Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan W 34–10   76,481
November 5 at Northwestern Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois W 9–3   27,463
November 12 No. 12 Iowa Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan L 6–12   72,528
November 19 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin L 0–32   54,204
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Game summaries

Purdue

1 234Total
Michigan St 13 3103 29
Purdue 3 13013 29
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Team players drafted into the NFL

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Carl BanksLinebacker13New York Giants
Daryl TurnerWide receiver249Seattle Seahawks
Scott AuerTackle9229Kansas City Chiefs

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1984.htm


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