1969 Michigan State Spartans football team

1969 Big Ten Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; Rankings from AP Poll

1969 Michigan State Spartans football
1969 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1969 record	4–6 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Duffy Daugherty (16th season);
MVP	Ron Saul
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium ; (Capacity: 76,000)
	Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

The 1969 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University during the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 20	Washington*	No. 12	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 27–11
September 27	SMU*	No. 13	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 23–15
October 4	at Notre Dame*	No. 14	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy)	L 28–42
October 11	at No. 1 Ohio State	No. 19	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 21–54
October 18	No. 13 Michigan		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	W 23–12
October 25	at Iowa		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 18–19
November 1	Indiana		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon)	L 0–16
November 8	at No. 10 Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 13–41
November 15	Minnesota		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 10–14
November 22	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 39–7
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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v t Michigan State Spartans football
Venues	Old College Field (1902–1922) Spartan Stadium (1923–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Indiana (Old Brass Spittoon) Michigan (Paul Bunyan Trophy) Notre Dame (Megaphone Trophy) Penn State (Land Grant Trophy)
Culture & lore	Sparty "Victory for MSU" Marching band Zeke the Wonder Dog 1966 "Game of the Century" Clockgate 2006 Northwestern game
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
National championship seasons in bold

1969 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Michigan +	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Purdue	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Iowa	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Michigan State	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Illinois	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll