1994 Michigan State Spartans football team

The 1994 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach George Perles was in his twelfth and last season with the Spartans. Perles was fired on November 8, though he was allowed to coach the remaining games on the schedule.[1] Michigan State played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans went 5–6 overall and 4–4 in conference play during the regular season, Although the NCAA found no infractions after two investigations asked for by then President Peter M. McPherson, MSU had their 5 wins self forfeited by President McPherson due to his claim of a 'lack of institutional control'. As a result, the Spartans official record for the season is 0-11 overall and 0-8 in the Big Ten. In terms of record, this is the Spartans worst season to date.

1994 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1994 record	0–11, 5 wins forfeited (0–8 Big Ten, 4 wins forfeited)
Head coach	George Perles (12th season)
Offensive coordinator	Morris Watts (8th season)
Defensive coordinator	Norm Parker (5th season)
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium (72,027)

1994 Big Ten Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Penn State $	8	–	0	–	0			12	–	0	–	0
No. 14 Ohio State	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
No. 12 Michigan	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Purdue	3	–	3	–	2			5	–	4	–	2
Iowa	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	7	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Michigan State†	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	11	–	0
$ – Conference champion † Michigan State forfeited 5 wins, 4 conference wins Rankings from AP Poll

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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	2:00 p.m.	at Kansas*	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS		L 10–17	48,000
September 17	3:30 p.m.	No. 9 Notre Dame*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)	ABC	L 20–21	74,183
September 24	1:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		W 45–10 (vacated)	61,224
October 1	12:30 p.m.	No. 15 Wisconsin	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN	W 29–10 (vacated)	71,234
October 8	12:30 p.m.	at No. 7 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	ESPN	L 20–40	106,272
October 15	3:30 p.m.	Ohio State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ABC	L 7–23	74,585
October 22	2:00 p.m.	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA		L 14–19	68,532
October 29	1:00 p.m.	Indiana	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon)		W 27–21 (vacated)	60,773
November 5	2:00 p.m.	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		W 35–17 (vacated)	47,754
November 12	1:00 p.m.	Purdue	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		W 42–30 (vacated)	60,164
November 26	4:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (Land Grant Trophy)	ESPN	L 31–59	96,493
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Personnel

• LB #22 Reggie Garnett, Soph.
• OT #79 Brian DeMarco, Sr.

1995 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 1995 NFL Draft.

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL team
Brian DeMarco	2	40	Defensive tackle	Jacksonville Jaguars
Shane Hannah	2	63	Guard	Dallas Cowboys

References

1. Andrew Bagnato (November 9, 1994), "Perles emotional after firing", Chicago Tribune
2. http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/MichiganState.htm
3. https://web1.ncaa.org/LSDBi/exec/miSearch?miSearchSubmit=publicReport&key=249&publicTerms=THIS%20PHRASE%20WILL%20NOT%20BE%20REPEATED
4. "Spartans Spared Major Penalties", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Associated Press, September 17, 1996