Michigan State Spartans

The Michigan State Spartans, coached by SlinkyJr, are a collegiate football team playing in the Big Ten. The Spartans play in Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, MI and are a member of the East Division of the Big Ten Conference.
== 2013 Season ==
The 2013 season was a struggle for the Michigan State Spartans, going 2-10 and 0-7 in B1G play. They did not go to a bowl game, but CB Keyshawn Thompson was recognized as All-B1G, All-American, and won the Jim Thorpe Award for best CB in the country. K Daryl Holmes was an All-B1G member and won the Lou Groza for the best K in the country.
==== Schedule ====
Week	Date 	Opponent 	Rank	Location 	Result 	Record
1 	December 12th, 2013	Auburn (N) 	NR 	Soldier Field, Chicago, IL 	L 6-35 	0-1
2 	December 19th, 2013	at Stanford 	NR 	Stanford Stadium, Stanford, CA 	W 24-14	1-1
3 	December 26th, 2013	Colorado 	NR 	Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI 	L 13-16	1-2
4 	January 2nd, 2014 	at Hawaii 	NR 	Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, HI 	W 24-7 	2-2
5 	January 11th, 2014 	Michigan 	NR 	Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI 	L 17-23	2-3
6 	January 18th, 2014 	Minnesota 	NR 	Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI 	L 17-28	2-4
7 	January 24th, 2014 	at Nebraska 	NR 	Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE 	L 10-24	2-5
8 	February 1st, 2014 	at Ohio State	NR 	Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH 	L 10-49	2-6
9 	February 6th, 2014 	Wisconsin 	NR 	Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI 	L 17-59	2-7
10 	February 15th, 2014	Bye 	NR 	Bye 	 	2-7
11 	February 22nd, 2014	Notre Dame 	NR 	Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI 	L 10-45	2-8
12 	March 1st, 2014 	at Penn State	NR 	Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA	L 3-52 	2-9
13 	March 4th, 2014 	Iowa 	NR 	Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI 	L 0-48 	2-10
14 	March 7th, 2014 	Bye 	NR 	Bye 	 	2-10
== 2014 Season ==
The Michigan State Spartans entered the year unranked and with minimal expectations. But after rattling off 6 straight victories including a couple of impressive road wins against Maryland and UCLA, the Michigan State Spartans became the first bowl eligible team in college football and had risen to #14 in the Coaches poll. In Week 7, the Spartans traveled to South Bend to take on rival #7 Notre Dame as a heavy underdog in the eyes of the nation. Instead, Michigan State came away with the 21-17 win and rocketed up the coaches poll to #7, their first time being ranked in the top 10 in Coach SlinkyJr's two years. After a bye week in week 8, Michigan State received their first loss of the season in week 9 to Ohio State 31-35. Michigan State then went on to beat Rutgers, bitter rival Michigan, Penn State and finished off with a triple overtime thriller against Nebraska to finish 11-1 (6-1) good enough for 2nd in the B1G East. Head Coach SlinkyJr was awarded the Home Depot Coach of the Year. CB Keyshawn Thompson won the Jim Thorpe for the second time and was also named an all-american. Michigan State was selected to play #15 North Carolina in the Chick-fil-a Bowl in which they came away on top 27-21 to end the season 12-1 and were ranked #5 in the final coaches poll
==== Schedule ====
Week 	Date 	Opponent 	Rank	Location 	Result 	Record
1 	March 29th, 2014	at Rice 	NR 	Rice Stadium, Houston, TX 	W 28-6 	1-0
2 	April 5th, 2014 	Hawaii 	#25 	Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI 	W 31-14 	2-0
3 	April 18th, 2014	Stanford 	#19 	Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI 	W 42-7 	3-0
4 	April 25th, 2014	at Maryland 	#19 	Byrd Stadium, College Park, MD 	W 14-0 	4-0
5 	May 3rd, 2014 	at UCLA 	#18 	Rose Bowl Stadium, Pasedena, CA 	W 21-16 	5-0
6 	May 10th, 2014 	at Indiana 	#14 	Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, IN 	W 21-17 	6-0
7 	May 17th, 2014 	at Notre Dame 	#14 	Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN 	W 21-17 	7-0
8 	May 24th, 2014 	Bye 	#7 	Bye 	 	7-0
9 	May 31st, 2014 	Ohio State 	#8 	Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI 	L 31-35 	7-1
10 	June 7th, 2014 	Rutgers 	#13 	Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI 	W 14-3 	8-1
11 	June 14th, 2014 	at Michigan 	#10 	Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI 	W 16-0 	9-1
12 	June 21st, 2014 	Penn State 	#10 	Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI 	W 17-14 	10-1
13 	June 28th, 2014 	Nebraska 	#8 	Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI 	W 21-19 3OT	11-1
Bowl Game	July 17th, 2014 	North Carolina	#6 	Chick-fil-a Bowl Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	W 27-21 	12-1
== 2015 Season ==
The Michigan State Spartans entered the year ranked #8 in the nation and opened the season against the #5 Georgia Bulldogs at home. MSU survived their first test in a 13-10 defensive battle on the leg of Punter/Kicker Gary Levels. They followed up the next week with a 35-7 thrashing of the Nebraska Cornhuskers and then survived an overtime battle against the Colorado Buffaloes in week 3. In week 4, the Spartans headed to Fresno to lay a 31-10 beat down on the Bulldogs. Week 5 marked the first annual BFF Classic against the UNC Tar Heels. Michigan State recorded 4 interceptions 2 of which were returned for tds to win 38-0. In week 6 the Spartans survived a close one on the road against Rutgers 17-14 to gain bowl eligibility. The Spartans fell in a close overtime battle with rival Michigan in week 7, dashing their hopes of being ranked #1 this season. The Spartans bounced back in week 8, smacking Maryland 27-7 at home. In week 9, MSU dominated the Indiana Hoosiers, only allowing 89 yards of total offense in a 48-3 thrashing. Following their bye week in week 10, MSU beat Ohio State for the first time in SlinkyJr's time as head coach 20-7. MSU traveled to Happy Valley to take on the #1 Penn State Nitanny Lions and ended up with a 13-17 loss ending their hopes of a B1G Championship. To wrap up the regular season, Michigan State battled Notre Dame to a quadruple overtime 27-25 victory in one of the best games of the year to "hopefully" solidify their spot in the CFBHC Playoffs.
==== Schedule ====
Week 	Date 	Opponent 	Rank	Location 	Result 	Record
1 	August 16th, 2014 	Georgia 	#8 	Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI 	W 13-10 	1-0
2 	August 23rd, 2014 	at Nebraska 	#4 	Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, NE 	W 35-7 	2-0
3 	August 30th, 2014 	Colorado 	#4 	Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI 	W 26-23 OT 	3-0
4 	September 6th, 2014 	at Fresno State 	#4 	Bulldog Stadium, Fresno, CA 	W 31-10 	4-0
5 	September 13th, 2014	North Carolina (N)	#2 	Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati, OH 	W 38-0 	5-0
6 	September 20th, 2014	at Rutgers 	#2 	High Point Solutions Stadium, Piscataway, NJ	W 17-14 	6-0
7 	September 27th, 2014	Michigan 	#2 	Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI 	L 31-34 2OT	6-1
8 	October 4th, 2014 	Maryland 	#6 	Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI 	W 27-7 	7-1
9 	October 11th, 2014 	Indiana 	#5 	Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI 	W 48-3 	8-1
10 	October 18th, 2014 	Bye 	#4 	Bye 	 	8-1
11 	October 25th, 2014 	at Ohio State 	#5 	Ohio Stadium, Columbus, OH 	W 20-7 	9-1
12 	November 1st, 2014 	at Penn State 	#3 	Beaver Stadium, University Park, PA 	L 13-17 	9-2
13 	November 8th, 2014 	Notre Dame 	#6 	Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI 	W 27-25 4OT	10-2
Bowl Game	November 8th, 2014 	Oklahoma 	#7 	Cotton Bowl, Arlington, TX 	L 6-20 	10-3
== 2016 Season ==
===Schedule===
== Season-by-Season Records ==
Coach(es) 	Year	Conference	Record	Record	Bowl 	Final CP Ranking
Coach(es) 	Year	Conference	Wins 	Losses	Bowl 	Final CP Ranking
Michigan State Spartans	 	 	 	 	 	
SlinkyJr 	2013	Big Ten 	2 	10 	No Bowl 	
SlinkyJr 	2014	Big Ten 	12 	1 	Chick-fil-a Bowl vs. North Carolina W 27-21	5
SlinkyJr 	2015	Big Ten 	10 	3 	Cotton Bowl vs. Oklahoma L 6-20 	5
SlinkyJr 	2016	Big Ten 	3 	6 	- 	-
Total 	27 	20 	 	 	 	
National Champions	Conference Champions	Bowl game berth
== Individual Award Winners ==
Keyshawn Thompson - CB
*Jim Thorpe Award (2013)
*All-B1G (2013)
*All-American (2013)
*Jim Thorpe Award (2014)
*All-B1G (2014)
*All-American (2014)
Daryl Holmes - K
*Lou Groza Award (2013)
*All-B1G (2013)
Tron Moses - OT
*All-B1G (2014)
James Baum - FB
*All-B1G (2015)
Robert Roaf - OG
*All-B1G (2015)
Sean Youngblood - FS
*All-B1G (2015)
Brandon Sauter - SS
*All-B1G (2015)
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