1970 Michigan State Spartans football team

1970 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–6 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Duffy Daugherty (17th season)
MVP	Eric Allen
Captain	Gordon Bowdell, Michael Hogan, Wilt Martin
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium (Capacity: 76,000)

1970 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Ohio State $	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Michigan	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Northwestern	6	–	1	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Iowa	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	1
Michigan State	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Purdue	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Illinois	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Indiana	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1970 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1970 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 17th season under head coach Duffy Daugherty, the Spartans compiled a 3–6 overall record (3–4 against Big Ten opponents) and finished in a tie for fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.

No Spartans were selected as first-team players on the 1970 All-Big Ten Conference football teams, though three received second-team honors from either the Associated Press (AP) or the United Press International (UPI): split end Gordon Bowdell (AP-2, UPI-2); guard Joe DeLamielleure (AP-2); and halfback Eric Allen (UPI-2).

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 19	at Washington*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 16–42
September 26	Washington State*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 28–14
October 3	No. 4 Notre Dame*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)	L 0–29
October 10	No. 1 Ohio State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 0–29
October 17	at No. 6 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	L 20–34
October 24	Iowa	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 37–0
October 31	at Indiana	Seventeenth Street Football Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon)	W 32–7
November 7	Purdue	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 24–14
November 14	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 13–23
November 21	No. 18 Northwestern	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 20–23
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1970 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class FB 41 Ken Alderson So WR 24 Eric Allen Jr RB 44 Earl Anderson Sr C 51 Tom Beard Sr WR 83 Gordon Bowdell Sr WR 19 Randy Davis Jr G 59 Joe DeLamielleure So TE 89 Billy Joe DuPree Jr G 65 Chris King So WR 33 Steve Kough Sr WR 86 Dennis Macholz So RB 23 Henry Matthews Jr TE 85 Brian McConnell So RB 35 Brad McLee Jr OT 71 Vic Mittelberg Sr OT 72 Jim Nicholson Jr OT 76 Gary Nowak Sr QB 12 Mike Rasmussen Jr G 60 Mike Tobin Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 25 Doug Barr Jr LB 42 Jay Breslin Sr LB 98 Gail Clark So DL 96 Bill Dawson Sr DE 50 Calvin Fox Sr DE 91 Doug Halliday Jr DE 61 Ernie Hamilton So DB 30 Clifton Hardy Sr LB 66 Mike Hogan Sr S 38 Tom Kutchinsk Sr DT 97 Wilt Martin Sr DT 99 Duane McLaughlin Jr LB 48 Gary Parmentier Sr DB 27 Harold Phillips Sr DE 63 Dave Thomas Sr S 10 Brad Van Pelt So LB 39 Ralph Wielba Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 3 Gary Boyce Sr	Head coach Duffy Daugherty Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt