1991 Michigan State Spartans football team

1991 Michigan State Spartans football

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1991 record	3–8 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	George Perles (9th season)
Defensive coordinator	Norm Parker (2nd season)
Captain	Alan Haller
Captain	Courtney Hawkins
Captain	Bill Johnson
Captain	Jim Johnson Brian Vooletich
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium (Capacity: 76,000)

1991 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Michigan $	8	–	0	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Iowa	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	1
Ohio State	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Indiana	5	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	6	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Michigan State	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	6	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Minnesota	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1991 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach George Perles was in his ninth season with the Spartans. Michigan State played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans went 3–8 overall and 3–5 in conference play.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 14	1:05 PM	Central Michigan*	No. 18	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI		L 3–20	71,629
September 21	2:30 PM	at No. 11 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Megaphone Trophy)	NBC	L 10–49	59,075
September 28	1:05 PM	Rutgers*		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI		L 7–14	67,636
October 5	2:00 PM	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon)		L 0–31	46,882
October 12	12:30 PM	No. 5 Michigan		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	ESPN	L 28–45	80,157
October 19	1:05 PM	Minnesota		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI		W 20–12	75,097
October 26	3:30 PM	at No. 14 Ohio State		Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	L 17–27	94,341
November 2	1:05 PM	Northwestern		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI		L 13–16	64,991
November 9	2:00 PM	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI		W 20–7	41,074
November 16	1:00 PM	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		L 17–27	30,744
November 23	1:05 PM	Illinois		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI		W 27–24	61,721
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

The following players were selected in the 1992 NFL Draft.

Michigan State Spartans football
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 Winged football helmet 1966 "Game of the Century" Clockgate 2006 Northwestern game
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
National championship seasons in bold

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