1986 Michigan State Spartans football team
| 1986 Michigan State Spartans football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1986 record | 6–5 (4–4 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | George Perles (4th year) |
| Home stadium | Spartan Stadium |
| 1986 Big Ten football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #8 Michigan + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #7 Ohio State + | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #16 Iowa | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Minnesota | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Michigan State | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Purdue | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1986 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach George Perles, the Spartans compiled a 6–5 overall record (4–4 against Big Ten opponents) and finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]
Six Spartans were recognized by the Associated Press (AP) and/or the United Press International (UPI) on the 1984 All-Big Ten Conference football team: receivers Andre Rison (AP-1; UPI-1) and Mark Ingram, Sr. (AP-2); defensive linemen John Budde (AP-2) and Mark Nichols (AP-2); linebacker Shane Bullough (AP-2; UPI-1); and punter Greg Montgomery (AP-1; UPI-1).[2][3]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 13 | at Arizona State* | No. 20 | Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ | L 17–20 | 70,689 | ||||
| September 20 | No. 20 Notre Dame* | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Megaphone Trophy) | W 20–15 | 79,895 | |||||
| September 27 | Western Michigan* | No. 19 | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | W 45–10 | 65,907 | ||||
| October 4 | No. 11 Iowa | No. 17 | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | L 21–24 | 75,102 | ||||
| October 11 | 2:30 PM | at No. 4 Michigan | Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy) | CBS | L 6–27 | 106,141 | |||
| October 18 | at Illinois | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | W 29–21 | 75,083 | |||||
| October 25 | Purdue | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | W 37–3 | 77,063 | |||||
| November 1 | at Minnesota | Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN | W 52–23 | 57,408 | |||||
| November 8 | Indiana | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon) | L 14–17 | 64,973 | |||||
| November 15 | at Northwestern | No. 24 | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | L 21–24 | 26,711 | ||||
| November 22 | Wisconsin | Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI | W 23–13 | 60,285 | |||||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern TimeSource[4][5]. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "Michigan State Yearly Results (1985-1989)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 18, 2015.
- ↑ "Harbaugh heads All-Big Ten team". The Michigan Daily. November 26, 1986. p. 8.
- ↑ "Woodson, Waiters Both All-Big Ten". Logansport Pharos-Tribune. November 25, 1986. p. 10.
- ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan-state/1986-schedule.html
- ↑ http://www.msuspartans.com/sports/m-footbl/stats/2009-2010/1986.html
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