1994 Michigan State Spartans football team

1994 Michigan State Spartans football

Conference	Big Ten Conference
1994 record	0–11 (0–8 Big Ten)
Head coach	George Perles (12th year)
Offensive coordinator	Morris Watts (8th year)
Defensive coordinator	Hank Bullough
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium (72,027)

1994 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#2 Penn State $	8	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
#14 Ohio State	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
#12 Michigan	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Iowa	3	–	4	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Purdue	3	–	3	–	2	5	–	4	–	2
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

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, but had their 5 wins forfeited by MSU president M. Peter McPherson in response to grade tampering and other infractions.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 10	2:00 PM	at Kansas*	Memorial Stadium • Lawrence, KS		L 10–17	48,000
September 17	3:30 PM	#9 Notre Dame*	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy)	ABC	L 20–21	74,183
September 24	1:00 PM	Miami (OH)*	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI		L 45–10 (forfeit)	61,224
October 1	12:30 PM	#15 Wisconsin	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	ESPN	L 29–10 (forfeit)	71,234
October 8	12:30 PM	at #7 Michigan	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	ESPN	L 20–40	106,272
October 15	3:30 PM	Ohio State	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	ABC	L 7–23	74,585
October 22	2:00 PM	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA		L 14–19	68,532
October 29	1:00 PM	Indiana	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon)		L 27–21 (forfeit)	60,773
November 5	2:00 PM	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		L 35–17 (forfeit)	47,754
November 12	1:00 PM	Purdue	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI		L 42–30 (forfeit)	60,164
November 26	4:00 PM	at #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 game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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

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

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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