1969 Michigan State Spartans football team

1969 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–6 (2–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Duffy Daugherty (16th season)
MVP	Ron Saul
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium (Capacity: 76,000)

1969 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Michigan +	6	–	1	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Purdue	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Minnesota	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Iowa	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Michigan State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Illinois	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University during the 1969 Big Ten Conference football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 20	Washington*	No. 12	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 27–11
September 27	SMU*	No. 13	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 23–15
October 4	at Notre Dame*	No. 14	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy)	L 28–42
October 11	at No. 1 Ohio State	No. 19	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 21–54
October 18	No. 13 Michigan		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	W 23–12
October 25	at Iowa		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 18–19
November 1	Indiana		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon)	L 0–16
November 8	at No. 10 Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 13–41
November 15	Minnesota		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 10–14
November 22	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 39–7
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game