1992 Michigan State Spartans football team

1992 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–6 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	George Perles (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Morris Watts (6th season)
Defensive coordinator	Norm Parker (5th season)
MVP	Mill Coleman
Captain	Tico Duckett, Toby Heaton
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium

1992 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 5 Michigan $	6	–	0	–	2			9	–	0	–	3
No. 18 Ohio State	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
Michigan State	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Illinois	4	–	3	–	1			6	–	5	–	1
Iowa	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	7	–	0
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Minnesota	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by tenth-year head coach George Perles, the Spartans compiled an overall record of 5–6 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing third in the Big Ten Michigan State played home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 12	1:00 p.m.	Central Michigan*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		L 20–24	65,123
September 19	3:30 p.m.	No. 7 Notre Dame*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	ABC	L 31–52	76,188
September 26	12:00 p.m.	at No. 25 Boston College*	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA		L 0–14	32,498
October 3	1:00 p.m.	Indiana	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)		W 42–31	65,516
October 10	1:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ABC	L 10–35	106,788
October 17	7:00 p.m.	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		W 20–15	35,594
October 24	3:30 p.m.	Ohio State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ABC	L 17–27	70,037
October 31	2:00 p.m.	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		W 27–26	31,101
November 7	3:30 p.m.	Wisconsin	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ABC	W 26–10	45,219
November 14	1:00 p.m.	Purdue	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		W 35–13	36,803
November 21	2:00 p.m.	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL		L 10–14	40,552
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1992 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 49 Brice Abrams Sr WR 14 Tim Bryan Sr OT 79 Brian DeMarco So RB 35 Tico Duckett TE 23 Ty Hallock Sr OT 63 Shane Hannah So G 67 Toby Heaton Sr TE 85 Mitch Lyons Sr QB 16 Jim Miller Jr G 50 Roosevelt Wagner Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class SS 24 Myron Bell Jr DT 93 Mike Edwards Sr LB 83 Rob Fredrickson Jr DT 99 Willie Hill Sr FS 2 Corey Keyes Jr SS 37 Steve Wasylk Jr DB 18 Brian Winters Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach George Perles Coordinators/assistant coaches Dan Enos (Graduate assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

1993 NFL draft

The following players were selected in the 1993 NFL draft.

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL team
Mitch Lyons	6	151	Tight end	Atlanta Falcons
Ty Hallock	7	174	Linebacker	Detroit Lions