2007 Michigan State Spartans football team

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2007 Michigan State Spartans football
Michigan State Spartans script.svg
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record7–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Don Treadwell (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Pat Narduzzi (1st season)
Home stadium Spartan Stadium
Seasons
←  2006
2008  →
2007 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 5 Ohio State $  7 –1   11 –2  
No. 18 Michigan  6 –2   9 –4  
No. 20 Illinois  %  6 –2   9 –4  
No. 24 Wisconsin  5 –3   9 –4  
Penn State  4 –4   9 –4  
Iowa  4 –4   6 –6  
Purdue  3 –5   8 –5  
Indiana  3 –5   7 –6  
Michigan State  3 –5   7 –6  
Northwestern  3 –5   6 –6  
Minnesota  0 –8   1 –11  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Mark Dantonio began his first season as the Spartans' head coach. The Spartans play their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 112:00 p.m. UAB *
 ESPN2 W 55–1867,796
September 812:00 p.m. Bowling Green *
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
 BTN W 28–1767,276
September 1512:00 p.m. Pittsburgh *
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
 ESPN W 17–1368,620
September 223:30 p.m.at Notre Dame *
 NBC W 31–1480,795
September 293:30 p.m.at No. 9 Wisconsin No. 23
 ABC/ESPNL 34–3782,164
October 612:00 p.m. Northwestern
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
BTNL 41–48 OT67,378
October 137:00 p.m. Indiana Dagger-14-plain.png
BTNW 52–2773,449
October 203:30 p.m.at No. 1 Ohio State
ABC/ESPN2L 17–24105,287
October 2712:00 p.m.at Iowa
ESPN2L 27–34 2OT70,585
November 33:30 p.m.No. 14 Michigan
ABC/ESPNL 24–2877,009
November 1012:00 p.m.at Purdue
BTNW 48–3155,630
November 173:30 p.m.No. 22 Penn State
ABC/ESPNW 35–3172,251
December 281:00 p.m.vs. No. 14 Boston College *
ESPNL 21–2446,554
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches Polls released prior to game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

UAB

UAB at Michigan State
1234Total
UAB0321318
•Michigan State21243755

Bowling Green

Bowling Green at Michigan State
1234Total
Bowling Green0143017
•Michigan State777728
  • Date: September 8
  • Location:
    Spartan Stadium
    East Lansing, MI
  • Game start: 12:07 p.m. EST
  • Elapsed time: 3:20
  • Game attendance: 67,276
  • Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C), Wind 3 mph (4.8 km/h) Variable, Sunny
  • Referee: Dennis Lipski
  • TV announcers (BTN):
    Wayne Larrivee (Play-by-play)
    Chris Martin (Analyst)
    Lisa Byington (Sideline)

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh at Michigan State
1234Total
Pittsburgh073313
•Michigan State0140317
Scoring summary
Q214:15MSU Caulcrick 2 yard run (Swenson kick)MSU 7–0
Q213:54PITT McCoy 64 yard run (Lee kick)Tie 7–7
Q211:00MSUKey 31 yard interception return (Swenson kick)MSU 14–7
Q32:13PITTLee 41 yard field goalMSU 14–10
Q47:47PITTLee 29 yard field goalMSU 14–13
Q42:54MSUSwenson 23 yard field goalMSU 17–13

[1]

Notre Dame

Michigan State at Notre Dame
(Megaphone Trophy)
1234Total
• Michigan State14314031
Notre Dame770014
Scoring summary
Q110:01NDThomas 1 yard run (Walker kick)ND 7–0
Q17:05MSU Thomas 7 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick)Tie 7–7
Q1:22MSU Davis 3 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick)MSU 14–7
Q212:19MSUSwenson 27 yard field goalMSU 17–7
Q210:41NDHughes 3 yard run (Walker kick)MSU 17–14
Q312:05MSUDell 16 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick)MSU 24–14
Q32:45MSUDavis 30 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick)MSU 31–14

[2]

Wisconsin

Michigan State at Wisconsin
1234Total
Michigan State14731034
•Wisconsin7207337
Scoring summary
110:11UWHill,PJ 5 yd run (Mehlhaff,Taylor kick)UW 7-0
15:57MSUCaulcrick, Jehuu 2 yd run (Swenson, Brett kick)Tie 7-7
12:27MSUCaulcrick, Jehuu 2 yd run (Swenson, Brett kick)MSU 14-7
212:49UWBeckum,Travis 2 yd pass from Donovan,Tyler (Mehlhaff,Taylor kick)Tie 14-14
28:35UWJefferson,Kyle 64 yd pass from Donovan,Tyler (Mehlhaff,Taylor kick)UW 21-14
28:22MSUThomas, Devin 80 yd pass from Hoyer, Brian (Swenson, Brett kick)Tie 21-21
21:51UWMehlhaff,Taylor 35 yd field goalUW 24-21
20:01UWMehlhaff,Taylor 47 yd field goalUW 27-21
312:23MSUSwenson, Brett 19 yd field goalUW 27-24
39:13UWHill,PJ 1 yd run (Mehlhaff,Taylor kick)UW 34-24
413:54MSUDell, Mark 3 yd pass from Hoyer, Brian (Swenson, Brett kick)UW 34-31
412:14MSUSwenson, Brett 35 yd field goalTie 34-34
46:15UWMehlhaff,Taylor 22 yd field goalUW 37-34

Northwestern

Northwestern at Michigan State
1234OTTotal
•Northwestern137714748
Michigan State671414041

Indiana

Indiana at Michigan State
(Old Brass Spittoon)
1234Total
Indiana10314027
•Michigan State17721752
  • Date: October 13
  • Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI
  • Game start: 7:07 p.m. EST
  • Elapsed time: 3:14
  • Game attendance: 73,449
  • Game weather: 52 °F (11 °C), Wind 9 mph (14 km/h) W, Clear
  • Referee: Bill LeMonnier
  • TV announcers (BTN):
    Wayne Larrivee (Play-by-play)
    Chris Martin (Analyst)
    Lisa Byington (Sideline)
Scoring summary
Q19:57MSU Caulcrick 1 yard run (Swenson kick)MSU 7–0
Q19:42INDLewis 59 yard run (Starr kick)Tie 7–7
Q15:32MSU Ringer 3 yard run (Swenson kick)MSU 14–7
Q12:45MSUSwenson 23 yard field goalMSU 17–7
Q1:30INDStarr 40 yard field goalMSU 17–10
Q213:33MSURinger 64 yard run (Swenson kick)MSU 24–10
Q23:42INDStarr 47 yard field goalMSU 24–13
Q311:00MSU Thomas 34 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick)MSU 31–13
Q37:09MSUCaulcrick 2 yard run (Swenson kick)MSU 38–13
Q34:59MSU Baldwin 12 yard fumble return (Swenson kick)MSU 45–13
Q31:47IND Hardy 37 yard pass from Lewis (Starr kick)MSU 45–20
Q3:01IND Porter 76 yard fumble return (Starr kick)MSU 45–27
Q48:23MSUCaulcrick 3 yard run (Swenson kick)MSU 52–27

[3]

Ohio State

Michigan State at Ohio State
1234Total
Michigan State0014317
•Ohio State1077024
Scoring summary
111:50OSUBallard, Jake 14 yd pass from Boeckman, Todd (Pretorius, Ryan kick)OSU 7-0
13:40OSUPretorius, Ryan 42 yd field goalOSU 10-0
210:15OSUWells, Chris 5 yd run (Pretorius, Ryan kick)OSU 17-0
36:52OSURobiskie, Brian 50 yd pass from Boeckman, Todd (Pretorius, Ryan kick)OSU 24-0
33:52MSUWiley, Otis 54 yd interception return (Swenson, Brett kick)OSU 24-7
32:56MSUAdams, SirDarean 25 yd fumble recovery (Swenson, Brett kick)OSU 24-14
43:42MSUSwenson, Brett 43 yd field goalOSU 24-17

Iowa

Michigan State at Iowa
1234OT2OTTotal
Michigan State710037027
•Iowa031437734
Scoring summary
15:10MSUCaulcrick, Jehuu 1 yd run (Swenson, Brett kick)MSU 7-0
214:10MSUSwenson, Brett 46 yd field goalMSU 10-0
26:40IowaMurray, Daniel 43 yd field goalMSU 10-3
22:12MSUCaulcrick, Jehuu 1 yd run (Swenson, Brett kick)MSU 17-3
310:07IowaYoung, Albert 26 yd run (Murray, Daniel kick)MSU 17-10
33:57IowaYoung, Albert 3 yd run (Murray, Daniel kick)Tie 17-17
410:05IowaMurray, Daniel 47 yd field goalIowa 20-17
40:04MSUSwenson, Brett 29 yd field goalTie 20-20
OT0:00MSUCaulcrick, Jehuu 3 yd run (Swenson, Brett kick)MSU 27-20
OT0:00IowaChaney, Jr., P. 23 yd pass from Christensen, J. (Murray, Daniel kick)Tie 27-27
OT20:00IowaPugh, Jevon 1 yd run (Murray, Daniel kick)Iowa 34-27

Michigan

Michigan at Michigan State
1234Total
•#15 Michigan7701428
Michigan State3071424
Scoring summary
111:28MSUBrett Swenson 36-yard field goalMSU 3-0
13:54MICH Mario Manningham 11-yard pass from Chad Henne (K.C. Lopata kick)MICH 7-3
212:46MICHCarson Butler 5-yard pass from Chad Henne (K.C. Lopata kick)MICH 14-3
36:32MSUJehuu Caulcrick 1-yard run (Brett Swenson kick)MICH 14-10
414:55MSUKellen Davis 5-yard pass from Brian Hoyer (Brett Swenson kick)MSU 17-14
47:40MSUJehuu Caulcrick 1-yard run (Brett Swenson kick)MSU 24-14
46:47MICH Greg Mathews 14-yard pass from Chad Henne (K.C. Lopata kick)MSU 24-21
42:28MICHMario Manningham 31-yard pass from Chad Henne (K.C. Lopata kick)MICH 28-24

Purdue

Michigan State at Purdue
1234Total
•Michigan State72401748
Purdue0213731
Scoring summary
Q13:36MSU Hoyer 1 yard run (Swenson kick)MSU 7–0
Q214:26PUR Painter 27 yard run (Summers kick)Tie 7–7
Q28:09MSU Davis 2 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick)MSU 14–7
Q27:16PUR Sheets 59 yard run (Summers kick)Tie 14–14
Q24:02MSU Caulcrick 2 yard run (Swenson kick)MSU 21–14
Q23:33PURPainter 7 yard run (Summers kick)Tie 21–21
Q21:13MSUCaulcrick 1 yard run (Swenson kick)MSU 28–21
Q2:00MSUSwenson 39 yard field goalMSU 31–21
Q37:05PURSummers 32 yard field goalMSU 31–24
Q414:54MSUSwenson 23 yard field goalMSU 34–24
Q413:57MSUKey 20 yard fumble return (Swenson kick)MSU 41–24
Q413:05PURSheets 41 yard pass from Painter (Summers kick)MSU 41–31
Q47:36MSUAndino 3 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick)MSU 48–31

[4]

Penn State

Penn State at Michigan State
(Land Grant Trophy)
1234Total
Penn State7107731
•Michigan State70141435
Scoring summary
Q18:42MSU Thomas 12 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick)MSU 7–0
Q13:53PSU Butler 37 yard pass from Morelli (Kelly kick)Tie 7–7
Q214:10PSUKelly 21 yard field goalPSU 10–7
Q2:08PSU Kinlaw 4 yard run (Kelly kick)PSU 17–7
Q310:11PSUKelly 5 yard run (Kelly kick)PSU 24–7
Q37:25MSUMcPherson 3 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick)PSU 24–14
Q32:20MSUThomas 20 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick)PSU 24–21
Q413:02PSUKinlaw 4 yard run (Kelly kick)PSU 31–21
Q411:04MSUThomas 26 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick)PSU 31–28
Q44:08MSU Caulcrick 1 yard run (Swenson kick)MSU 35–31

[5]

Boston College (Champs Sports Bowl)

Boston College vs Michigan State
(Champs Sports Bowl)
1234Total
•Boston College773724
Michigan State733821
Scoring summary
Q113:23MSU Kellen Davis 18 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick)MSU 7–0
Q10:36BCJ. Loyte 1 yard pass from Matt Ryan (Aponavicious kick)Tie 7–7
Q28:54BCGunnell, R 29 yd pass from Ryan, M (Aponavicius kick)BC 14–7
Q22:17MSUSwenson, Brett 39 yd field goalBC 14-10
Q38:21MSUSwenson, Brett 23 yd field goalBC 14–13
Q35:10BCAponavicius, S 28 yd field goalBC 17–13
Q39:21BCGunnell, R 68 yd pass from Matt Ryan (Aponavicius)BC 24–13
Q46:04MSUCurry, Deon 14 yd pass from Hoyer, Brian (Davis, Kellen pass from Hoyer, Brian)BC 24–21

Coaching staff

2008 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 2008 NFL draft.

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL Team
Devin Thomas 234Wide Receiver Washington Redskins
Kellen Davis 5158Tight End Chicago Bears
Ervin Baldwin 7208Defensive End Chicago Bears

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