Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 6 |
12:30 PM |
Western Michigan* |
No. 25 |
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI |
ESPN+ |
W 42–10 |
72,317[2] |
September 13 |
1:00 PM |
Memphis* |
No. 23 |
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI |
|
W 51–21 |
72,131[3] |
September 20 |
1:30 PM |
at Notre Dame* |
No. 18 |
Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Megaphone Trophy) |
NBC |
W 23–7 |
80,225[4] |
October 4 |
1:00 PM |
Minnesota![dagger](../I/m/Dagger-14-plain.png) |
No. 13 |
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI |
|
W 31–10 |
75,263[5] |
October 11 |
12:30 PM |
at Indiana |
No. 11 |
Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon) |
ESPN2 |
W 38–6 |
35,082[6] |
October 18 |
3:30 PM |
at Northwestern |
No. 11 |
Ryan Field • Evanston, IL |
ABC |
L 17–19 |
47,129[7] |
October 25 |
12:30 PM |
No. 5 Michigan |
No. 14 |
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy) |
ESPN |
L 7–23 |
79,687[8] |
November 1 |
3:30 PM |
No. 9 Ohio State |
No. 20 |
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI |
ABC |
L 13–37 |
74,903[9] |
November 8 |
12:30 PM |
at No. 24 Purdue |
|
Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN |
ESPN2 |
L 21–22 |
55,539[10] |
November 22 |
2:00 PM |
at Illinois |
|
Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL |
|
W 27–17 |
30,087[11] |
November 29 |
1:00 PM |
No. 4 Penn State |
|
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Land Grant Trophy) |
ABC |
W 49–14 |
73,623[12] |
December 25 |
3:30 PM |
vs. No. 21 Washington* |
No. 25 |
Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI (Aloha Bowl) |
ABC |
L 23–51 |
34,419[13] |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Game summaries
Notre Dame
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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• Michigan St |
14 |
3 | 3 | 3 |
23 |
Notre Dame |
0 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
7 |
|
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Scoring summary |
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| Q1 | 12:28 | MSU | Keur 5 yard pass from Schultz (Gardner kick) | MSU 7–0 |
| Q1 | 4:47 | MSU | Schultz 1 yard run (Gardner kick) | MSU 14–0 |
| Q2 | 6:28 | MSU | Gardner 31 yard field goal | MSU 17–0 |
| Q2 | :27 | ND | Brown 7 yard pass from Powlus (Sanson kick) | MSU 17–7 |
| Q3 | 7:12 | MSU | Gardner 32 yard field goal | MSU 20–7 |
| Q4 | 6:26 | MSU | Gardner 31 yard field goal | MSU 23–7 |
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Michigan State's first win versus Notre Dame since 1986.
1998 NFL Draft
The following players were selected in the 1998 NFL Draft.
References
- ↑ "1997 Schedule". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Game One Statistics". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. September 6, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Game Two Statistics". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. September 13, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Game Three Statistics". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. September 20, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Game Four Statistics". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. October 4, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Michigan State–Indian Stats". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. October 11, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Michigan State–Northwestern Statistics". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. October 18, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Michigan State–Michigan Statistics". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. October 25, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Ohio State vs. Michigan State Summary (Final)". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. November 1, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Michigan State vs. Purdue Stats". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. November 8, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Michigan State vs. Illinois Statistics". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. November 22, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Penn State vs. Michigan State Statistics". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. November 29, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Washington vs. Michigan Statistics". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. December 25, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ↑ "Michigan State vs. Notre Dame". USA Today. September 20, 1997. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
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