1975 Michigan State Spartans football team

1975 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record7–4 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAndy MacDonald (3rd season)
MVPLevi Jackson
Captains
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
1975 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Ohio State $ 8 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Michigan 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 2
Michigan State 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Illinois 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Purdue 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 6 – 1
Minnesota 3 – 5 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Iowa 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Northwestern 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Indiana 1 – 6 – 1 2 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1975 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University during the 1975 Big Ten Conference football season. Led by Denny Stolz in his third and final season as head coach, the Spartans compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 4–4, placing in a three-way tie for third in the Big Ten.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 13No. 3 Ohio StateNo. 11
L 0–2180,383[1]
September 20No. 19 Miami (OH)*
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 14–1361,444[2]
September 27NC State*
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 37–1559,111[3]
October 4at No. 8 Notre Dame*
W 10–359,075[4]
October 11No. 8 MichiganNo. 15
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI (rivalry)
L 6–1679,776[5][6]
October 18at MinnesotaNo. 17
W 38–1539,202[7]
October 25IllinoisNo. 16
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
L 19–2166,223[8]
November 1at Purdue
L 10–2057,104[9]
November 8at Indiana
W 14–631,930[10]
November 15Northwestern
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 47–1454,432[11]
November 22at Iowa
W 27–2342,300[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[13]

Roster

1975 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB Charlie Baggett Sr
TE Mike Cobb Jr
RB Jim Earley So
WR 21 Dane Fortney Sr
WR Kirk Gibson Fr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

Notre Dame

Michigan State at #8 Notre Dame
Team 1 234Total
• Michigan State 0 037 10
Notre Dame 0 003 3
Scoring summary
3MSUNielsen 37 yard field goalMSU 3-0
4NDReeve 35 yard field goalTied 3-3
43:50MSULevi Jackson 4 yard run (Nielsen kick)MSU 10-3

[14]

References

  1. ^ "Buckeyes win touted Big Ten opener 21–0". Rapid City Journal. September 14, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Miami outplays Spartans but loses on extra-point miss". The Ann Arbor News. September 21, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Spartans overwhelm NC State". Lansing State Journal. September 28, 1975. Retrieved January 26, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Notre Dame tumbles". St. Petersburg Times. October 5, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Marcia Merker (October 12, 1975). "Michigan humbles Spartans, 16-6: Runners power Blue in second half surge". The Michigan Daily. pp. 1, 8 – via Bentley Historical Library.
  6. ^ Charlie Vincent (October 12, 1975). "U-M Rolls in 4th Quarter To Turn Back MSU, 16-6". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1C, 7C – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "MSU shatters Gopher jinx, 38–15". Lansing State Journal. October 19, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Illinois upsets Michigan State, 21–19". Santa Cruz Sentinel. October 26, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Purdue slams Spartans". The Muskegon Chronicle. November 2, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Spartans overcome mistakes, win 14–6". Battle Creek Enquirer. November 9, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Northwestern buried by Spartans, 47–14". The Indianapolis Star. November 16, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Baggett directs MSU win". The South Bend Tribune. November 23, 1975. Retrieved September 16, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ 2011 Michigan State football media guide.
  14. ^ "Spartan Veer Upsets Irish, 10-3." Palm Beach Post. 1975 Oct 5.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.