1998 Michigan State Spartans football team
The 1998 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach Nick Saban was in his fourth season with the Spartans. Michigan State played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans went 6–6 overall and 4–4 in conference play.[1] The team did not play a bowl game following the 1998 regular season.
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Conference | Big Ten Conference |
1998 record | 6–6 (4–3 Big Ten) |
Head coach | Nick Saban (4th season) |
Offensive coordinator | Gary Tranquill (4th season) |
Offensive scheme | Pro set |
Defensive coordinator | Chris Cosh (1st season) |
Base defense | 4–3 |
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Home stadium | Spartan Stadium (Capacity: 72,027 AstroTurf) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Ohio State %+ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Wisconsin $+ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 Michigan + | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 Purdue | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 Penn State | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michigan State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern | 0 | – | 8 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 29 | 4:00 p.m. | Colorado State* | No. 23 |
| ESPN2 | L 16–23 | 68,624 |
September 5 | 3:30 p.m. | at Oregon* | No. 23 | ABC | L 14–48 | 43,634 | |
September 12 | 8:00 p.m. | No. 10 Notre Dame* |
| ABC | W 45–23 | 74,267 | |
September 26 | 12:00 p.m. | at Michigan |
| ABC | L 17–29 | 111,238 | |
October 3 | 1:00 p.m. | Central Michigan* |
| W 38–7 | 70,905 | ||
October 10 | 12:00 p.m. | Indiana![]() |
| ESPN | W 38–31 2OT | 73,425 | |
October 24 | 12:00 p.m. | at Minnesota | ESPN+ | L 18–19 | 41,327 | ||
October 31 | 12:00 p.m. | Northwestern |
| ESPN2 | W 29–5 | 67,473 | |
November 7 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 1 Ohio State | ABC | W 28–24 | 93,595 | ||
November 14 | 12:00 p.m. | Purdue |
| ESPN+ | L 24–25 | 69,010 | |
November 21 | 1:00 p.m. | Illinois |
| W 41–9 | 67,285 | ||
November 28 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 23 Penn State |
| ABC | L 28–51 | 96,358 | |
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1999 NFL Draft
The following players were selected in the 1999 NFL Draft.
Player | Round | Pick | Position | NFL Team |
Dimitrius Underwood | 1 | 29 | Defensive End | Minnesota Vikings |
Sedrick Irvin | 4 | 103 | Running Back | Detroit Lions |
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