1992 Michigan State Spartans football team

1992 Big Ten Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

1992 Michigan State Spartans football
1992 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference	Big Ten
1992 record	5–6 (5–3 Big 10)
Head coach	George Perles (10th season);
Offensive coordinator	Morris Watts (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Norm Parker (3rd season)
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium ; (c. 76,000 natural grass)
	Seasons ← 1991 1993 →

The 1992 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach George Perles was in his tenth season with the Spartans. Michigan State played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans went 5–6 overall and 5–3 in conference play.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	1:00 p.m.	Central Michigan*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		L 20–24	65,123
September 19	3:30 p.m.	No. 7 Notre Dame*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)	ABC	L 31–52	76,188
September 26	12:00 p.m.	at No. 25 Boston College*	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA		L 0–14	32,498
October 3	1:00 p.m.	Indiana	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon)		W 42–31	65,516
October 10	1:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	ABC	L 10–35	106,788
October 17	7:00 p.m.	at Minnesota	Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		W 20–15	35,594
October 24	3:30 p.m.	Ohio State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ABC	L 17–27	70,037
October 31	2:00 p.m.	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		W 27–26	31,101
November 7	3:30 p.m.	Wisconsin	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ABC	W 26–10	45,219
November 14	1:00 p.m.	Purdue	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		W 35–13	36,803
November 21	2:00 p.m.	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		L 10–14	40,552
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

1992 Michigan State Spartans football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`49`	Brice Abrams	Sr
WR	`14`	Tim Bryan	Sr
OT	`79`	Brian DeMarco	So
RB	`35`	Tico Duckett
TE	`23`	Ty Hallock	Sr
T	`63`	Shane Hannah	So
G	`67`	Toby Heaton	Sr
TE	`85`	Mitch Lyons	Sr
QB	`16`	Jim Miller	Jr
G	`50`	Roosevelt Wagner	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
SS	`24`	Myron Bell	Jr
DT	`93`	Mike Edwards	Sr
LB	`83`	Rob Fredrickson	Jr
DT	`99`	Willie Hill	Sr
FS	`2`	Corey Keyes	Jr
SS	`37`	Steve Wasylk	Jr
DB	`18`	Brian Winters	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

The following players were selected in the 1993 NFL Draft.

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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
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National championship seasons in bold

1992 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Michigan $	6	–	0	–	2	9	–	0	–	3
No. 18 Ohio State	5	–	2	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
Michigan State	5	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	1	6	–	5	–	1
Iowa	4	–	4	–	0	5	–	7	–	0
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Minnesota	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll