American college football season
1986 Michigan State Spartans football |
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
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Record | 6–5 (4–4 Big Ten) |
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Head coach | - George Perles (4th season)
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Offensive coordinator | Morris Watts (1st season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Nick Saban (4th season) |
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MVP | Mark Ingram, Dave Yarema |
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Captain | Shane Bullough, Dave Yarema |
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Home stadium | Spartan Stadium |
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Seasons |
1986 Big Ten Conference football standings | Conf | | | Overall |
Team | W | | L | | T | | | W | | L | | T |
No. 8 Michigan + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 11 | – | 2 | – | 0 |
No. 7 Ohio State + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | | | 10 | – | 3 | – | 0 |
No. 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 |
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- + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1986 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A 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 | Source |
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September 13 | 10:18 p.m. | at Arizona State* | No. 20 | | TBS | L 17–20 | 70,689 | |
September 20 | 2:42 p.m. | No. 20 Notre Dame* | | | CBS | W 20–15 | 79,895 | |
September 27 | 1:00 p.m. | Western Michigan* | No. 19 | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI
| | W 45–10 | 65,907 | |
October 4 | 2:42 p.m. | No. 11 Iowa | No. 17 | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI
| CBS | L 21–24 | 75,102 | |
October 11 | 2:42 p.m. | at No. 4 Michigan | | | CBS | L 6–27 | 106,141 | [4][5] |
October 18 | 1:49 p.m. | at Illinois | | | CBS | W 29–21 | 75,083 | |
October 25 | 1:00 p.m. | Purdue | | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI
| | W 37–3 | 77,063 | |
November 1 | 8:00 p.m. | at Minnesota | | | | W 52–23 | 57,408 | |
November 8 | 12:40 p.m. | Indiana | | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI (rivalry)
| TNT | L 14–17 | 64,973 | |
November 15 | 2:00 p.m. | at Northwestern | | | | L 21–24 | 26,711 | |
November 22 | 12:40 p.m. | Wisconsin | | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI
| TNT | W 23–13 | 60,285 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Personnel
1986 Michigan State Spartans football team roster |
Players | Coaches |
Offense | Defense Pos. | # | Name | Class | DB | | Dean Altobelli | DB | 36 | Harlon Barnett | Fr | DL | | Joe Bergin | DB | | Paul Bobbitt | DL | | John Budde | LB | 41 | Shane Bullough | Sr | DB | | Maurice Chamberlain | DL | | Travis Davis | DB | | Todd Krumm | LB | | Kurt Larson | DB | | John Miller | LB | | Tim Moore | DL | | Mark Nichols | DB | | Ron Rowe | LB | 48 | Percy Snow | Fr | LB | | Rob Stradley | DL | | Jim Szymanski | DL | | Dave Wolff | | Special teams | - Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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Season summary
At Arizona State
Notre Dame
Western Michigan
Iowa
At Michigan
At Illinois
Purdue
Lorenzo White rushed for 79 yards on 19 carries in part-time duty in return from injury while the Spartans' defense intercepted four passes. White ran for first half touchdowns of three and one yards, respectively.[6]
At Minnesota
Indiana
At Northwestern
Wisconsin
References
- ^ "Michigan State Yearly Results (1985-1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ^ "Harbaugh heads All-Big Ten team". The Michigan Daily. November 26, 1986. p. 8.
- ^ "Woodson, Waiters Both All-Big Ten". Logansport Pharos-Tribune. November 25, 1986. p. 10.
- ^ Tommy George (October 12, 1986). "U-M flattens MSU, 27-6: Pass rush batters Yarema". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1D, 10D – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Adam Martin (October 12, 1986). "Tradition, 'D' smother Spartans: MSU unoffensive in 27-6 Blue pasting". The Michigan Daily. pp. 1, 12 – via Bentley Historical Library.
- ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1986 Oct 26. Retrieved 2022-Oct-04.
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