1975 Michigan State Spartans football team

The 1975 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University during the 1975 Big Ten Conference football season.

1975 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference	Big Ten
1975 record	7–4 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Denny Stolz (3rd season)
Captains	Charles Baggett Gregory Schaum
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium (Capacity: 76,000)

1975 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Ohio State $	8	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Michigan	7	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	2
Michigan State	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	4	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Iowa	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Indiana	1	–	6	–	1			2	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 13	No. 3 Ohio State	No. 11	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 0–21	80,383
September 20	No. 19 Miami (OH)*		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 14–13	61,444
September 27	NC State*		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 37–15	59,111
October 4	at No. 8 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy)	W 10–3	59,075
October 11	No. 8 Michigan	No. 15	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	L 6–16	79,776
October 18	at Minnesota	No. 17	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	W 38–15	39,202
October 25	Illinois	No. 16	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 19–21	66,223
November 1	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	L 10–20	57,104
November 8	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon)	W 14–6	31,930
November 15	Northwestern		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 47–14	54,432
November 22	at Iowa		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 27–23	42,300
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster

1975 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Charlie Baggett Sr TE Mike Cobb Jr WR 21 Dane Fortney Sr WR Kirk Gibson Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Denny Stolz Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Notre Dame

Michigan State at #8 Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total • Michigan State 0 0 3 7 10 Notre Dame 0 0 0 3 3 Date: October 4 Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN Game attendance: 59,075

Scoring summary 3 MSU Nielsen 37 yard field goal MSU 3-0 4 ND Reeve 35 yard field goal Tied 3-3 4 3:50 MSU Levi Jackson 4 yard run (Nielsen kick) MSU 10-3

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References

1. 2011 Michigan State football media guide.
2. "Spartan Veer Upsets Irish, 10-3." Palm Beach Post. 1975 Oct 5.