1986 Michigan State Spartans football team

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1986 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#8 Michigan + 7 – 1 – 0     11 – 2 – 0
#7 Ohio State + 7 – 1 – 0     10 – 3 – 0
#16 Iowa 5 – 3 – 0     9 – 3 – 0
Minnesota 5 – 3 – 0     6 – 6 – 0
Michigan State 4 – 4 – 0     6 – 5 – 0
Indiana 3 – 5 – 0     6 – 6 – 0
Illinois 3 – 5 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
Northwestern 2 – 6 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
Purdue 2 – 6 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
Wisconsin 2 – 6 – 0     3 – 9 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1986 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach George Perles, the Spartans compiled a 6–5 overall record (4–4 against Big Ten opponents) and finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

Six Spartans were recognized by the Associated Press (AP) and/or the United Press International (UPI) on the 1984 All-Big Ten Conference football team: receivers Andre Rison (AP-1; UPI-1) and Mark Ingram, Sr. (AP-2); defensive linemen John Budde (AP-2) and Mark Nichols (AP-2); linebacker Shane Bullough (AP-2; UPI-1); and punter Greg Montgomery (AP-1; UPI-1).[2][3]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 13 at Arizona State* #20 Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ L 17–20   70,689
September 20 #20 Notre Dame* Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy) W 20–15   79,895
September 27 Western Michigan* #19 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI W 45–10   65,907
October 4 #11 Iowa #17 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI L 21–24   75,102
October 11 2:30 PM at #4 Michigan Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy) CBS L 6–27   106,141
October 18 at Illinois Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL W 29–21   75,083
October 25 Purdue Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI W 37–3   77,063
November 1 at Minnesota Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN W 52–23   57,408
November 8 Indiana Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon) L 14–17   64,973
November 15 at Northwestern #24 Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL L 21–24   26,711
November 22 Wisconsin Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI W 23–13   60,285
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time
Source[4][5].

References

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  4. ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan-state/1986-schedule.html
  5. ↑ http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2009-2010/1986.html
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