1983 Michigan State Spartans football team

1983 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1983 Michigan State Spartans football
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)
	Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

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

1983 Michigan State Spartans football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
TE	`34`	Tom Robinson	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`54`	Carl Banks	Sr
S	`32`	Phil Parker	So
DE	`93`	Kelly Quinn	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P/K	`2`	Ralf Mojsiejenko	Jr

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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

1983 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		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