2011 Michigan State Spartans football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
AP	No. 23

2011 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Legends Division
No. 11 Michigan State x		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 12 Michigan %		6	–	2					11	–	2
No. 24 Nebraska		5	–	3					9	–	4
Iowa		4	–	4					7	–	6
Northwestern		3	–	5					6	–	7
Minnesota		2	–	6					3	–	9
Leaders Division
No. 10 Wisconsin xy$		6	–	2					11	–	3
Penn State x		6	–	2					9	–	4
Purdue		4	–	4					7	–	6
Ohio State		3	–	5					6	–	7
Illinois		2	–	6					7	–	6
Indiana		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Wisconsin 42, Michigan State 39
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Michigan State Spartans football team competes on behalf of Michigan State University in the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference during the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Head coach Mark Dantonio is in his fifth season with the Spartans. Michigan State plays their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.

Previous season

Main article: 2010 Michigan State Spartans football team

Schedule

September 27:30 PMYoungstown State*No. 17/17

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, Michigan

BTNW 28–675,910 September 1012:00 PMFlorida Atlantic*No. 17/16

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, Michigan

ESPN2W 44–070,249 September 173:30 PMat Notre Dame*No. 15/15

• Notre Dame Stadium
• South Bend, Indiana
  (Megaphone Trophy)

NBCL 13–31 80,795 September 2412:00 PMCentral Michigan*No. NR/23

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, Michigan

ESPNUW 45–772,119 October 13:30 PMat Ohio StateNo. NR/25

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, Ohio

ABCW 10–7105,306 October 1512:00 PMNo. 11/10 MichiganNo. 23/19

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, Michigan
  (Paul Bunyan Trophy)

ESPN   October 228:00 PMWisconsin

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, Michigan

ABC   October 29TBAat Nebraska

• Memorial Stadium
• Lincoln, Nebraska

  November 5TBAMinnesota

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, Michigan

  November 12TBAat Iowa

• Kinnick Stadium
• Iowa City, Iowa

  November 19TBAIndiana

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, Michigan
  (Old Brass Spittoon)

  November 26TBAat Northwestern

• Ryan Field
• Evanston, Illinois

 

Game notes

Youngstown State

Michigan State vs. Youngstown State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Penguins	0	6	0	0	6
#17 Spartans	0	14	7	7	28

See also: 2011 Youngstown State Penguins football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Scoring Summary

First quarter: None

Second quarter: MSU - Larry Caper, 6-yard run (Dan Conroy kick); YSU - Jelani Berassa, 10-yard pass from Kurt Hess (David Brown kick blocked); MSU - Le'Veon Bell, 3-yard run (Dan Conroy kick); YSU - David Brown, 39-yard field goal missed

Third quarter: MSU - B.J. Cunningham, 18-yard pass from Kirk Cousins (Dan Conroy kick)

Fourth quarter: MSU - Le'Veon Bell, 3-yard run (Dan Conroy kick); MSU - Dan Conroy, 27-yard field goal missed

Florida Atlantic

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	0	0	0	0	0
#16 Spartans	14	13	7	10	44

See also: 2011 Florida Atlantic Owls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2010	MSU, 30–17

The Spartans earned their first shutout since 2008, which was also against FAU in a 17-0 win.

Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
#15 Spartans	3	7	0	3	13
Fighting Irish	14	7	7	3	31

See also: 2011 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and Megaphone Trophy

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–45–1	2010	MSU, 34-31

Central Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	0	0	7	0	7
#23 Spartans	7	24	7	7	45

See also: 2011 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4-3	2009	CMU, 29-27

Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Spartans	7	0	0	3	10
Buckeyes	0	0	0	7	7

See also: 2011 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12-27	2008	OSU, 45-7

The Spartans were 16 seconds from their 2nd shutout of the year, but a touchdown pass put the Buckeyes on the board. Michigan State recovered the onside kick securing the victory, their first against Ohio State in 7 meetings.

Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Wolverines					0
#19 Spartans					0

See also: 2011 Michigan Wolverines football team and Paul Bunyan Trophy

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–67–5	2010	MSU, 34-17

Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Badgers					0
Spartans					0

See also: 2011 Wisconsin Badgers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28-21	2010	MSU, 34-24

Nebraska

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans					0
Cornhuskers					0

See also: 2011 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-5	2003	NU, 17-3

Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Gophers					0
Spartans					0

See also: 2011 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26-17	2010	MSU, 31-8

Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans					0
Hawkeyes					0

See also: 2011 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18-22-2	2010	Iowa, 37-6

Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoosiers					0
Spartans					0

See also: 2011 Indiana Hoosiers football team and Old Brass Spittoon

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40-15-2	2008	MSU, 42-29

Northwestern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Spartans					0
Wildcats					0

See also: 2011 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
35-16	2010	MSU, 35-27

Roster

2011 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense {{num=66|class=FR|first=Jack|last=Allen|pos=C}} Pos. # Name Class FB 42 Todd Anderson Sr QB 12 Peter Badovinac Jr RB 4 Edwin Baker Jr RB 24 Le'Veon Bell So FB 45 Jeff Bobek Jr OT 70 Skyler Burkland  Fr WR 11 Juwan Caesar Fr RB 22 Larry Caper Jr TE 85 Garrett Celek Sr OL 76 Donavon Clark Fr OT 73 Henry Conway So QB 18 Connor Cook Fr QB 8 Kirk Cousins Sr WR 3 B.J. Cunningham Sr OT 65 Michael Dennis  Fr G 71 John Deyo Jr OT 51 Fou Fonoti Jr G 67 Joel Foreman Sr WR 13 Bennie Fowler So OT 59 Dan France So TE 92 Andrew Gleichert  Fr RB 20 Nick Hill  Fr TE 84 Derek Hoebing So G 74 Zach Hueter Jr C 63 Travis Jackson  Fr OL 69 Shawn Kamm  Fr C 72 Nate Klatt So OL 54 Connor Kruse  Fr WR 23 Takudzwa Kubvoruno Fr TE 83 Paul Lang Fr TE 88 Brian Linthicum Sr G 53 Kyle Lints Fr WR 82 Keshawn Martin Sr QB 10 Andrew Maxwell So G 62 Chris McDonald Jr OT 75 Jared McGaha Sr WR 25 Keith Mumphery  Fr WR 7 Keith Nichol Sr WR 17 Kyle Nichol So FB 38 Niko Palazeti  Fr FB 37 Trevon Pendleton Fr G 73 Arthur Ray Jr. Sr WR 16 Chris D. Rucker Sr C 68 Ethan Ruhland Jr FB 47 Adam Setterbo Sr TE 80 Dion Sims So WR 21 Andre Sims Jr. Fr WR 81 Brad Sonntag Sr TE 48 Drew Stevens Jr C/OG 64 Blake Treadwell Jr QB 19 A.J. Troup Fr QB 16 Tommy Vento Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 5 Johnny Adams Jr LB 28 Denicos Allen So LB 40 Max Bullough So DE 94 Taylor Calero  Fr DE 89 Shilique Calhoun Fr DL 87 Brandon Clemons Fr CB 36 Arjen Colquhoun Fr DT 65 Doug Curtis Jr LB 43 Ed Davis Sr CB 31 Darqueze Dennard So CB 12 Dana Dixon So DE 52 Denzel Drone So S 27 Kurtis Drummond  Fr DB 29 Spencer Elliott Fr LB 41 Kyler Elsworth So S 19 Danny Folino So DE 55 Corey Freeman Jr LB 47 Jeremy Gainer So LB 50 Steve Gardiner Jr LB 2 William Gholston So LB 42 Ty Hamilton  Fr LB 49 TyQuan Hammock So LB 45 Darien Harris Fr DE 92 Joel Heath Fr CB 6 Mylan Hicks  Fr DE 91 Tyler Hoover Jr NT 61 Antonio Jeremiah Jr S 23 Jairus Jones So LB 34 Taiwan Jones Fr DL 81 James Kittredge So DE 93 Damon Knox Fr DB 35 Chris Laneaux Fr CB 33 Jeremy Langford  Fr S 9 Isaiah Lewis So CB 14 Tony Lippett  Fr LB 10 Chris Norman Jr DL 69 Blake Pacheco Sr NT 96 Kevin Pickelman Sr DT 56 Matt Ramondo Fr NT 60 Micajah Reynolds So LB 48 Pat Rhomberg Fr S 39 Trenton Robinson Sr LB 44 Marcus Rush  Fr NT 58 Jordan Sanders  Fr DT 97 Mark Scarpinato Fr DT 57 Jonathan Strayhorn Sr LB 8 Lawrence Thomas Fr CB 15 Trae Waynes Fr NT 98 Anthony Rashad White Jr CB 32 Mitchell White Jr S 26 R.J. Williamson Fr DT 99 Jerel Worthy Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 4 Dan Conroy Jr LS 57 Matt Giampapa Fr LS 51 Steve Moore So K 17 Kevin Muma So P 3 Mike Sadler  Fr P 20 Kyle Selden Sr	Head coach Mark Dantonio Coordinators/assistant coaches Pat Narduzzi – Defensive Coordinator Dan Roushar – Offensive Coordinator Harlon Barnett – Secondary Ted Gill – Defensive Line Brad Salem – Running Backs/Recruiting Coordinator Terrence Samuel – Wide Receivers Mark Staten – Offensive Line Mike Tressel – Linebackers/Special Teams Dave Warner – Quarterbacks Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Rankings

See also: 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	17	17	15	RV	RV	RV	23
Coaches	17	16	15	23	25	20	19
Harris	Not released						22									Not released
BCS	Not released															Not released

See also

• Michigan State Spartans
• Michigan State Spartans football

External links

• Michigan State Spartans Football Official Site