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1977 Michigan State Spartans football team

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Head coach
  • (2nd season)
1977 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Michigan + 7 1 0 10 2 0
No. 11 Ohio State + 7 1 0 9 3 0
Michigan State 6 1 1 7 3 1
Indiana 4 3 1 5 5 1
Minnesota 4 4 0 7 5 0
Purdue 3 5 0 5 6 0
Iowa 3 5 0 5 6 0
Wisconsin 3 6 0 5 6 0
Illinois 2 6 0 3 8 0
Northwestern 1 8 0 1 10 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1977 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1977 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule

September 10Purdue

W 19–14 53,014 September 17Washington State*

  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI

L 21–23 50,263 September 24Wyoming*

  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI

W 34–16 56,214 October 1at No. 14 Notre Dame*

L 6–16 59,075 October 8No. 3 Michigan

  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI

L 14–24 78,183 October 15at Indiana

T 13–13 36,982 October 22at Wisconsin

W 9–7 79,203 October 29Illinoisdagger

  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI

W 49–20 70,589 November 5at Minnesota

W 29–10 30,600 November 11Northwestern

  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI

W 44–3 61,238 November 19at Iowa

W 22–16 43,700

Template:CFB Schedule End

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Game summaries

Michigan

1 234Total
• Michigan 0 10140 24
Michigan St 0 707 14

On October 8, 1977, Michigan State lost to Michigan, 24-14, at Spartan Stadium. Michigan State took a 7-0 lead on a 19-yard touchdown pass from Ed Smith to Kirk Gibson. Michigan responded with a 12-yard touchdown pass from Rick Leach to White and a 50-yard field goal to take a 10-7 lead at halftime. Michigan extended its lead to 24-7 in the third quarter on touchdown runs by Russell Davis and Ed Leach. Harlan Huckleby rushed for 146 yards, and Russell Davis added 96 yards. Ralph Clayton caught three passes for 99 yards. Michigan completed four of 10 passes in the game and threw only one pass in the second half.[2]

Roster

1977 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 91 Mark Brammer So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DT 88 Larry Bethea Sr
LB 49 Dan Bass So
LB 37 Paul Rudzinski Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

  1. ^ College Football @ Sports-Reference.com
  2. ^ Charlie Vincent (October 9, 1977). "U-M Struggles, 24-14". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1E, 4E.