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The Michigan State Spartans football program competes in NCAA Division I-A and the Big Ten Conference. Michigan State has won or shared a total of six national championships (1951, 1952, 1955, 1957, 1965 and 1966) and nine Big Ten championships. Currently 19 former Spartans are playing in the NFL. [1] Today, the team competes in Spartan Stadium, a 75,005 person football stadium in the center of campus, though frequently the stadium holds more than 80,000 spectators. Michigan State hired Mark Dantonio on November 27, 2006 as head coach. MSU's traditional archrival is the University of Michigan, against whom they compete for the Paul Bunyan Trophy. Michigan State is one of three Big Ten teams to have an annual non-conference football game against the University of Notre Dame. The Spartans also share a rivalry with Penn State University, against whom they compete for the Land Grant Trophy, with the game being the final contest for both teams during the Big Ten Conference regular season.
[edit] History
Starting as a club sport in 1884, football gained varsity status in 1896.[2] During the 1950s when Detroit was known as the world's leading automobile manufacturer, Michigan State was often referred to as the nation's "football factory."[citation needed] It was then that the Spartans churned out such impressive models as Lynn Chandnois, Dorne Dibble, Don McAulliffe, Tom Yewcic, Sonny Grandelius, Bob Carey, Don Coleman, Earl Morrall and Dean Look. In 1951, the Spartans finished undefeated and untied to claim a share of the national championship with Tennessee. The team was admitted into the Big Ten as a regular member in 1953. They promptly went on to capture the league championship (losing only one game during the season) and beating UCLA in their first Rose Bowl game. After the 1953 season Biggie Munn, the Spartan coach, turned the team over to his protégé Duffy Daugherty. The team won the Rose Bowl in 1954, 1956, and 1988. As of 2007, Michigan State is one of only five of the 119 Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) teams to have never played a Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) team since the division was made in 1978.[3] This streak is expected to end on September 5, 2009, when Michigan State is scheduled to match up against FCS member Montana State. [edit] Head CoachOn November 27, 2006 Mark Dantonio was hired from the University of Cincinnati to become Michigan State's new head coach. Dantonio served as an assistant coach at Michigan State from 1995-2000. Dantonio was Ohio State's defensive coordinator during their 2002 national championship season.[4] He was also an assistant at Kansas and Youngstown State University.
[edit] Stadiums
Until the 1920s, Michigan State's football team played on Old College Field just northwest of the current stadium. In the early 1920s school officials decided to construct a new stadium to replace Old College Field. College Field, the future Spartan Stadium was ready in the fall of 1923 with a capacity of 14,000. Over the years the stadium grew. In 1935 the seating capacity was increased to 26,000 and the facility was dedicated as Macklin Field. By 1957, upper decks were added to the east and west ends, boosting the capacity to 76,000. That same season Michigan State dropped the name Macklin Stadium in favor of Spartan Stadium.[5] After the addition of luxury boxes and club seating in 2004-2005 the capacity of the stadium grew from 72,027 to 75,005, making it the Big Ten's fifth largest stadium.[citation needed] Spartan Stadium is so loud that Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus (1960) uses a recording of the crowd noise during the 1959 Michigan State-Notre Dame game.[citation needed] For the 2007 football season the student section had around 13,000 members.[citation needed] [edit] Records[edit] All-Time recordAs of December 9, 2007, Michigan State's all-time win/loss/tie record is 598-405-44. [edit] National ChampionshipsMichigan State has won two wire national championships, being declared the national champion by the AP and Coaches Polls in 1952 and the Coaches Poll in 1965. Michigan State claims national championships in an additional 4 seasons[6]:
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