1979 Michigan State Spartans football team

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1979 Michigan State Spartans football
Michigan State Spartans script.svg
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1979 record5–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator (2nd season)
CaptainDan Bass, Mark Brammer
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
(Capacity: 76,000)
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Big Ten Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
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
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

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[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 8IllinoisNo. 10
W 33–16
September 15Oregon*No. 10
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 41–17
September 22Miami (OH)*No. 8
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 24–21
September 29at No. 15 Notre Dame*No. 7
L 3–27
October 6No. 11 MichiganNo. 16
L 7–21
October 13at WisconsinNo. 19
L 29–38
October 20No. 16 Purdue
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
L 7–14
October 27at No. 4 Ohio State
L 0–42
November 3at Northwestern
  • Dyche Stadium
  • Evanston, IL
W 42–7
November 10Minnesota
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 31–17
November 17at Iowa
L 23–33
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[]

1979 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 91 Mark Brammer Sr
T 53 Angelo Fields Sr
WR 6 Mark Jones
FB 33 Joe Kolodziej
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 16 Mark Anderson Sr
LB 49 Dan Bass Sr
CB 28 James Burroughs So
LB 40 John McCormick Jr
LB 57 Larry Savage Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 8 Morten Andersen So
P 19 Ray Stachowicz Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References[]

  1. ^ "Michigan State Yearly Results (1975-1979)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 14, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
  2. ^ "2015 Michigan State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. p. 147. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
  3. ^ "Blue lands four All-Big Ten spots: OSU places six, Purdue five". The Michigan Daily. November 29, 1979. p. 9.
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