1998 Michigan State Spartans football team

The 1998 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach Nick Saban was in his fourth season with the Spartans. Michigan State played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans went 66 overall and 44 in conference play.[1] The team did not play a bowl game following the 1998 regular season.

1998 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1998 record6–6 (4–3 Big Ten)
Head coachNick Saban (4th season)
Offensive coordinatorGary Tranquill (4th season)
Offensive schemePro set
Defensive coordinatorChris Cosh (1st season)
Base defense4–3
Captains
  • Garett Gould
  • Sedrick Irvin
  • Jason Strayhorn
  • Amp Campbell
  • Sorie Kanu
  • Courtney Ledyard
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
(Capacity: 72,027 AstroTurf)
1998 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 Ohio State %+  7 1     11 1  
No. 6 Wisconsin $+  7 1     11 1  
No. 12 Michigan +  7 1     10 3  
No. 24 Purdue  6 2     9 4  
No. 17 Penn State  5 3     9 3  
Michigan State  4 4     6 6  
Minnesota  2 6     5 6  
Indiana  2 6     4 7  
Illinois  2 6     3 8  
Iowa  2 6     3 8  
Northwestern  0 8     3 9  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 294:00 p.m.Colorado State*No. 23
ESPN2L 16–2368,624
September 53:30 p.m.at Oregon*No. 23ABCL 14–4843,634
September 128:00 p.m.No. 10 Notre Dame*
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)
ABCW 45–2374,267
September 2612:00 p.m.at Michigan
ABCL 17–29111,238
October 31:00 p.m.Central Michigan*
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 38–770,905
October 1012:00 p.m.Indiana
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon)
ESPNW 38–31 2OT73,425
October 2412:00 p.m.at MinnesotaESPN+L 18–1941,327
October 3112:00 p.m.Northwestern
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPN2W 29–567,473
November 73:30 p.m.at No. 1 Ohio StateABCW 28–2493,595
November 1412:00 p.m.Purdue
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPN+L 24–2569,010
November 211:00 p.m.Illinois
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 41–967,285
November 281:00 p.m.at No. 23 Penn StateABCL 28–5196,358
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP / Coaches Polls released prior to game
  • All times are in Eastern time

1999 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 1999 NFL Draft.

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL Team
Dimitrius Underwood129Defensive EndMinnesota Vikings
Sedrick Irvin4103Running BackDetroit Lions

References


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