American college football season
The 1997 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 1997 Big Ten Conference football season. Head coach Nick Saban was in his third season with the Spartans. Michigan State played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans went 7–4 overall and 4–4 in conference play during the regular season.[1] The team played in the Aloha Bowl on December 25, 1997, where they were defeated 51–23 by the Washington Huskies.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 6 | 12:30 p.m. | Western Michigan* | No. 25 | | ESPN+ | W 42–10 | 72,317[2] |
September 13 | 1:00 p.m. | Memphis* | No. 23 | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI
| | W 51–21 | 72,131[3] |
September 20 | 1:30 p.m. | at Notre Dame* | No. 18 | | NBC | W 23–7 | 80,225[4] |
October 4 | 1:00 p.m. | Minnesota | No. 13 | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI
| | W 31–10 | 75,263[5] |
October 11 | 12:30 p.m. | at Indiana | No. 11 | | ESPN2 | W 38–6 | 35,082[6] |
October 18 | 3:30 p.m. | at Northwestern | No. 11 | | ABC | L 17–19 | 47,129[7] |
October 25 | 12:30 p.m. | No. 5 Michigan | No. 14 | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy) (College GameDay)
| ESPN | L 7–23 | 79,687[8] |
November 1 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 9 Ohio State | No. 20 | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI
| ABC | L 13–37 | 74,903[9] |
November 8 | 12:30 p.m. | at No. 24 Purdue | | | ESPN2 | L 21–22 | 55,539[10] |
November 22 | 2:00 p.m. | at Illinois | | | | W 27–17 | 30,087[11] |
November 29 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 4 Penn State | | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI (Land Grant Trophy)
| ABC | W 49–14 | 73,623[12] |
December 25 | 3:30 p.m. | vs. No. 21 Washington* | No. 25 | | ABC | L 23–51 | 34,419[13] |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries[]
Notre Dame[]
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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• Michigan St |
14 |
3 | 3 | 3 |
23 |
Notre Dame |
0 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
7 |
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Scoring summary |
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| Q1 | 12:28 | MSU | Keur 5 yard pass from Schultz (Gardner kick) | MSU 7–0 |
| Q1 | 4:47 | MSU | Schultz 1 yard run (Gardner kick) | MSU 14–0 |
| Q2 | 6:28 | MSU | Gardner 31 yard field goal | MSU 17–0 |
| Q2 | :27 | ND | Brown 7 yard pass from Powlus (Sanson kick) | MSU 17–7 |
| Q3 | 7:12 | MSU | Gardner 32 yard field goal | MSU 20–7 |
| Q4 | 6:26 | MSU | Gardner 31 yard field goal | MSU 23–7 |
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[14]
Michigan State's first win versus Notre Dame since 1986.
Coaching Staff[]
1998 NFL Draft[]
The following players were selected in the 1998 NFL Draft.
References[]
- ^ "1997 Schedule". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ "Game One Statistics". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. September 6, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ "Game Two Statistics". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. September 13, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ "Game Three Statistics". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. September 20, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ "Game Four Statistics". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. October 4, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ "Michigan State–Indian Stats". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. October 11, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ "Michigan State–Northwestern Statistics". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. October 18, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ "Michigan State–Michigan Statistics". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. October 25, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ "Ohio State vs. Michigan State Summary (Final)". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. November 1, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ "Michigan State vs. Purdue Stats". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. November 8, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ "Michigan State vs. Illinois Statistics". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. November 22, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ "Penn State vs. Michigan State Statistics". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. November 29, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ "Washington vs. Michigan Statistics". Michigan State University Department of Athletics. December 25, 1997. Retrieved November 24, 2014.
- ^ "Michigan State vs. Notre Dame". USA Today. September 20, 1997. Retrieved August 17, 2014.
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