1975 Michigan State Spartans football team

1975 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference Big Ten
1975 record 7–4 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach Denny Stolz
Captain Charles Baggett
Captain Gregory Schaum
Home stadium Spartan Stadium
1975 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#4 Ohio State † 8 – 0 – 0     11 – 1 – 0
#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 college football season.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 13 #3 Ohio State #11 Spartan Stadium β€’ East Lansing, MI L 0–21   80,383
September 20 #19 Miami (OH)* Spartan Stadium β€’ East Lansing, MI W 14–13   61,444
September 27 North Carolina State* Spartan Stadium β€’ East Lansing, MI W 37–15   59,111
October 4 at #8 Notre Dame* Notre Dame Stadium β€’ South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy) W 10–3   59,075
October 11 #8 Michigan #15 Spartan Stadium β€’ East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy) L 6–16   79,776
October 18 at Minnesota #17 Memorial Stadium β€’ Minneapolis, MN W 38–15   39,202
October 25 Illinoisdagger #16 Spartan Stadium β€’ East Lansing, MI L 19–21   66,223
November 1 at Purdue Ross-Ade Stadium β€’ West Lafayette, IN L 10–20   57,104
November 8 at Indiana Memorial Stadium β€’ Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon) W 14–6   31,930
November 15 Northwestern Spartan Stadium β€’ East Lansing, MI W 47–14   54,432
November 22 at Iowa Kinnick Stadium β€’ Iowa City, IA W 27–23   42,300
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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Game notes

Notre Dame


Michigan State at #8 Notre Dame
1 234Total
β€’ Michigan State 0 037 10
Notre Dame 0 003 3

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