1975 Michigan State Spartans football team

1975 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference	Big Ten
1975 record	7–4 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Denny Stolz
Captain	Charles Baggett
Captain	Gregory Schaum
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium

1975 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Ohio State $	8	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
#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

The 1975 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University during the 1975 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 13	#3 Ohio State	#11	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	L 0–21	80,383
September 20	#19 Miami (OH)*		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	W 14–13	61,444
September 27	North Carolina State*		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	W 37–15	59,111
October 4	at #8 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium • South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy)	W 10–3	59,075
October 11	#8 Michigan	#15	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	L 6–16	79,776
October 18	at Minnesota	#17	Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN	W 38–15	39,202
October 25	Illinois	#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.

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Game notes

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

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

Michigan State Spartans football

Venues	Spartan Stadium (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Indiana (Old Brass Spittoon) Michigan (Paul Bunyan Trophy) Notre Dame (Megaphone Trophy) Penn State (Land Grant Trophy)

Culture & lore	Sparty "Victory for MSU" Marching band Zeke the Wonder Dog Winged football helmet 1966 "Game of the Century" Clockgate 2006 Northwestern game

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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