The 1979 Michigan State Spartans football team represented
Michigan State University
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the fi ...
in the
1979 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fourth season under head coach
Darryl Rogers
Darryl Dale Rogers (May 28, 1934 – July 10, 2018) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at California State College at Hayward—now known as California State University, East Bay (1965), California State Univers ...
, the Spartans compiled a 5–6 overall record (3–5 against Big Ten opponents) and finished in a tie for sixth place in the
Big Ten Conference
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.
Three Spartans were selected by either the
Associated Press
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(AP) or the
United Press International
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(UPI) as first-team players on the
1979 All-Big Ten Conference football team
The 1979 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Big Ten Conference teams for the 1979 Big Ten Conference football season.
Offensive selections
Quarterbacks
* Art Schlic ...
s: tight end
Mark Brammer
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(UPI-1); linebacker
Danny Bass
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The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: ...
(AP-1); and punter Ray Stachowitz (AP-1).
Following the season, Rogers departed East Lansing to assume the same position at
Arizona State
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. Ironically, the man Rogers replaced in Tempe,
Frank Kush
Frank Joseph Kush (January 20, 1929 – June 22, 2017) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Arizona State University from 1958 to 1979, compiling a record of 176–54–1. Kush was also the head coach of the ...
, was an All-America lineman for the Spartans under
Biggie Munn
Clarence Lester "Biggie" Munn (September 11, 1908 – March 18, 1975) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He was the head football coach at Albright College (1935–1936), Syracuse University (1946), and mo ...
in 1952.
Schedule
Roster
References
Michigan State
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...
Michigan State Spartans football seasons
Michigan State Spartans football
The Michigan State Spartans football program represents Michigan State University (MSU) in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) level. The Spartans are members of the Big Ten Conference. Michigan State claims a ...
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