1977 Michigan State Spartans football team

1977 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference Big Ten
1977 record 731 (611 Big 10)
Head coach Darryl Rogers
Home stadium Spartan Stadium
1977 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#9 Michigan + 7 1 0     10 2 0
#11 Ohio State + 7 1 0     9 3 0
Michigan State 6 1 1     7 3 1
Indiana 4 3 1     5 5 1
Minnesota 4 4 0     7 5 0
Purdue 3 5 0     5 6 0
Iowa 3 5 0     4 7 0
Wisconsin 3 6 0     5 6 0
Illinois 2 6 0     3 8 0
Northwestern 1 8 0     1 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1977 NCAA Division I football season.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 10 Purdue Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI W 1914   53,014
September 17 Washington State* Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 2123   50,263
September 24 Wyoming* Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI W 3416   56,214
October 1 at No. 14 Notre Dame* Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame, IN L 616   59,075
October 8 No. 3 Michigan Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 1424   78,183
October 15 at Indiana Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN T 1313   36,982
October 22 at Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI W 97   79,203
October 29 Illinoisdagger Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI W 4920   70,589
November 5 at Minnesota Memorial StadiumMinneapolis, MN W 2910   30,600
November 11 Northwestern Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI W 443   61,238
November 19 at Iowa Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA W 2216   43,700
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Game notes

Michigan

1 234Total
Michigan 0 10140 24
Michigan St 0 707 14

On October 8, 1997, Michigan State lost to Michigan, 24-14, at Spartan Stadium. Michigan State took a 7-0 lead on a 19-yard touchdown pass from Ed Smith to Kirk Gibson. Michigan responded with a 12-yard touchdown pass from Rick Leach to White and a 50-yard field goal to take a 10-7 lead at halftime. Michigan extended its lead to 24-7 in the third quarter on touchdown runs by Russell Davis and Ed Leach. Harlan Huckleby rushed for 146 yards, and Russell Davis added 96 yards. Ralph Clayton caught three passes for 99 yards. Michigan completed four of 10 passes in the game and threw only one pass in the second half.[2]

References

  1. College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
  2. Charlie Vincent (October 9, 1977). "U-M Struggles, 24-14". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1E, 4E.
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