The 1991 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach George Perles was in his ninth season with the Spartans. Michigan State played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans went 3–8 overall and 3–5 in conference play.[1]
Schedule[]
Date
|
Time
|
Opponent
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Site
|
TV
|
Result
|
Attendance
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September 14*
|
1:05 PM
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Central Michigan
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Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
|
|
L 3–20
|
71,629
|
September 21*
|
2:30 PM
|
at Notre Dame
|
Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Megaphone Trophy)
|
NBC
|
L 10–49
|
59,075
|
September 28*
|
1:05 PM
|
Rutgers
|
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
|
|
L 7–14
|
67,636
|
October 5
|
2:00 PM
|
at Indiana
|
Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon)
|
|
L 0–31
|
46,882
|
October 12
|
12:30 PM
|
Michigan
|
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)
|
ESPN
|
L 28–45
|
80,157
|
October 19†
|
1:05 PM
|
Minnesota
|
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
|
|
W 20–12
|
75,097
|
October 26
|
3:30 PM
|
at Ohio State
|
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH
|
ABC
|
L 17–27
|
94,341
|
November 2
|
1:05 PM
|
Northwestern
|
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
|
|
L 13–16
|
64,991
|
November 9
|
2:00 PM
|
at Wisconsin
|
Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI
|
|
W 20–7
|
41,074
|
November 16
|
1:00 PM
|
at Purdue
|
Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN
|
|
L 17–27
|
30,744
|
November 23
|
1:05 PM
|
Illinois
|
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI
|
|
W 27–24
|
61,721
|
*Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
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1992 NFL Draft[]
The following players were selected in the 1992 NFL Draft.
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