American college football season
The 1983 Michigan State Spartans football team represented the Michigan State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1983 NCAA Division I-A football season . Led by first-year head coach George Perles , the Spartans compiled an overall record of 4–6–1 with a mark of 2–6–1 in conference play, placing seventh in the Big Ten. The Spartans offense scored 162 points while the defense allowed 233 points.
Schedule [ edit ] Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source September 10 Colorado * W 23–1756,835 September 17 at No. 4 Notre Dame * W 28–2359,075 September 24 Illinois Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI L 10–2075,867 October 1 at Purdue T 29–2969,203 October 8 No. 14 Michigan Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry ) L 0–4278,033 [1] October 15 at Indiana L 12–2446,088 October 22 at No. 17 Ohio State L 11–2189,104 October 29 Minnesota Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI W 34–1076,481 November 5 at Northwestern W 9–327,463 November 12 No. 12 Iowa Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI L 6–1272,528 November 19 at Wisconsin L 0–3254,204 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
1983 Michigan State Spartans football team roster Players Coaches Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 34 Tom Robinson Sr
Defense Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
Game summaries [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Michigan St 13 3 10 3 29 Purdue 3 13 0 13 29
Scoring summary 1 PUR Clark 42-yard field goal PUR 3-0 1 MSU Butler 82-yard pass from Brown (kick failed) MSU 6-3 1 MSU Turner 44-yard pass from Brown (Mojsiejenko kick) MSU 13-3 2 MSU Mojsiejenko 42-yard field goal MSU 16-3 2 PUR Clark 42-yard field goal MSU 16-6 2 PUR Campbell 4-yard run (Clark kick) MSU 16-13 2 PUR Clark 22-yard field goal Tied 16-16 3 MSU Manley 5-yard run (Mojsiejenko kick) MSU 23-16 3 MSU Mojsiejenko 34-yard field goal MSU 26-16 4 PUR Hawthorne 10-yard pass from Campbell (kick failed) MSU 26-22 4 PUR Brunner 15-yard pass from Campbell (Clark kick) PUR 29-26 4 MSU Mojsiejenko 59-yard field goal Tied 29-29
Team players drafted into the NFL [ edit ] [2]
References [ edit ]
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