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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]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 13 10:18 p.m. at Arizona State * No. 20 TBS L 17–2070,689 September 20 2:42 p.m. No. 20 Notre Dame * CBS W 20–1579,895 September 27 1:00 p.m. Western Michigan * No. 19 Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI W 45–1065,907 October 4 2:42 p.m. No. 11 Iowa No. 17 Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI CBS L 21–2475,102 October 11 2:42 p.m. at No. 4 Michigan CBS L 6–27106,141 [ 4] [ 5] October 18 1:49 p.m. at Illinois CBS W 29–2175,083 October 25 1:00 p.m. Purdue Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI W 37–377,063 November 1 8:00 p.m. at Minnesota W 52–2357,408 November 8 12:40 p.m. Indiana Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry ) TNT L 14–1764,973 November 15 2:00 p.m. at Northwestern L 21–2426,711 November 22 12:40 p.m. Wisconsin Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI TNT W 23–1360,285 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Lorenzo White rushed for 79 yards on 19 carries in part-time duty in return from injury while the Spartans' defense intercepted four passes. White ran for first half touchdowns of three and one yards, respectively.[ 6]
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1986 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
DB
Dean Altobelli
DB
36
Harlon Barnett Fr
DL
Joe Bergin
DB
Paul Bobbitt
DL
John Budde
LB
41
Shane Bullough Sr
DB
Maurice Chamberlain
DL
Travis Davis
DB
Todd Krumm
LB
Kurt Larson
DB
John Miller
LB
Tim Moore
DL
Mark Nichols
DB
Ron Rowe
LB
48
Percy Snow Fr
LB
Rob Stradley
DL
Jim Szymanski
DL
Dave Wolff
Special teams
Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain(S) Suspended(I) Ineligible
^ "Michigan State Yearly Results (1985-1989)" . College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. 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.^ Tommy George (October 12, 1986). "U-M flattens MSU, 27-6: Pass rush batters Yarema" . Detroit Free Press . pp. 1D, 10D – via Newspapers.com . ^ Adam Martin (October 12, 1986). "Tradition, 'D' smother Spartans: MSU unoffensive in 27-6 Blue pasting" . The Michigan Daily . pp. 1, 12 – via Bentley Historical Library . ^ Eugene Register-Guard. 1986 Oct 26. Retrieved 2022-Oct-04.
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