2007 Michigan State Spartans football team

2007 Michigan State Spartans football
Champs Sports Bowl, L 21–24 vs. Boston College
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	7–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Mark Dantonio (1st season)
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

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	12:00 p.m.	UAB *		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN2	W 55–18	67,796
September 8	12:00 p.m.	Bowling Green *		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	BTN	W 28–17	67,276
September 15	12:00 p.m.	Pittsburgh *		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN	W 17–13	68,620
September 22	3:30 p.m.	at Notre Dame *		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Megaphone Trophy)	NBC	W 31–14	80,795
September 29	3:30 p.m.	at No. 9 Wisconsin	No. 23	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ABC/ESPN	L 34–37	82,164
October 6	12:00 p.m.	Northwestern		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	BTN	L 41–48 OT	67,378
October 13	7:00 p.m.	Indiana		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Old Brass Spittoon)	BTN	W 52–27	73,449
October 20	3:30 p.m.	at No. 1 Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC/ESPN2	L 17–24	105,287
October 27	12:00 p.m.	at Iowa		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN2	L 27–34 2OT	70,585
November 3	3:30 p.m.	No. 14 Michigan		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	ABC/ESPN	L 24–28	77,009
November 10	12:00 p.m.	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	BTN	W 48–31	55,630
November 17	3:30 p.m.	No. 22 Penn State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Land Grant Trophy)	ABC/ESPN	W 35–31	72,251
December 28	1:00 p.m.	vs. No. 14 Boston College *		Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Champs Sports Bowl)	ESPN	L 21–24	46,554
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches Polls released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

UAB

See also: 2007 UAB Blazers football team

UAB at Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total UAB 0 3 2 13 18 •Michigan State 21 24 3 7 55 Date: September 1 Location: Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI Game start: 12:02 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:22 Game attendance: 67,796 Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C), Wind 3 mph (4.8 km/h) SSW, Sunny Referee: Ron Tolbert TV announcers (ESPN2): Pam Ward (Play-by-play) Ray Bentley (Analyst) Quint Kessenich (Sideline)

Bowling Green

See also: 2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team

Bowling Green at Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total Bowling Green 0 14 3 0 17 •Michigan State 7 7 7 7 28 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

See also: 2007 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

Pittsburgh at Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total Pittsburgh 0 7 3 3 13 •Michigan State 0 14 0 3 17 Date: September 15 Location: Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI Game start: 12:02 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:23 Game attendance: 68,620 Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C), Wind 8 mph (13 km/h) N, Partly Cloudy Referee: John McDaid TV announcers (ESPN): Dave Pasch (Play-by-play) Andre Ware (Analyst) Quint Kessenich (Sideline)

Scoring summary Q2 14:15 MSU Caulcrick 2 yard run (Swenson kick) MSU 7–0 Q2 13:54 PITT McCoy 64 yard run (Lee kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 11:00 MSU Key 31 yard interception return (Swenson kick) MSU 14–7 Q3 2:13 PITT Lee 41 yard field goal MSU 14–10 Q4 7:47 PITT Lee 29 yard field goal MSU 14–13 Q4 2:54 MSU Swenson 23 yard field goal MSU 17–13

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Notre Dame

See also: 2007 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team and Megaphone Trophy

Michigan State at Notre Dame
(Megaphone Trophy)

1 2 3 4 Total • Michigan State 14 3 14 0 31 Notre Dame 7 7 0 0 14 Date: September 22 Location: Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN Game start: 3:43 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:19 Game attendance: 80,795 Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C), Wind 8 mph (13 km/h) NW, Sunny Referee: Stephon Pamon TV announcers (NBC): Tom Hammond (Play-by-play) Pat Haden (Analyst) Alex Flanagan (Sideline)

Scoring summary Q1 10:01 ND Thomas 1 yard run (Walker kick) ND 7–0 Q1 7:05 MSU Thomas 7 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick) Tie 7–7 Q1 :22 MSU Davis 3 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick) MSU 14–7 Q2 12:19 MSU Swenson 27 yard field goal MSU 17–7 Q2 10:41 ND Hughes 3 yard run (Walker kick) MSU 17–14 Q3 12:05 MSU Dell 16 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick) MSU 24–14 Q3 2:45 MSU Davis 30 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick) MSU 31–14

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Wisconsin

See also: 2007 Wisconsin Badgers football team

Michigan State at Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan State 14 7 3 10 34 •Wisconsin 7 20 7 3 37 Date: September 29 Location: Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI Game start: 3:35 EST Elapsed time: 3:40 Game attendance: 82,164 Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C), Wind 12 mph (19 km/h) S, Cloudy Referee: Dan Capron TV announcers (ABC/ESPN): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play) Bob Griese (Analyst) Paul Maguire (Analyst) Bonnie Bernstein (Sideline)

Scoring summary 1 10:11 UW Hill,PJ 5 yd run (Mehlhaff,Taylor kick) UW 7-0 1 5:57 MSU Caulcrick, Jehuu 2 yd run (Swenson, Brett kick) Tie 7-7 1 2:27 MSU Caulcrick, Jehuu 2 yd run (Swenson, Brett kick) MSU 14-7 2 12:49 UW Beckum,Travis 2 yd pass from Donovan,Tyler (Mehlhaff,Taylor kick) Tie 14-14 2 8:35 UW Jefferson,Kyle 64 yd pass from Donovan,Tyler (Mehlhaff,Taylor kick) UW 21-14 2 8:22 MSU Thomas, Devin 80 yd pass from Hoyer, Brian (Swenson, Brett kick) Tie 21-21 2 1:51 UW Mehlhaff,Taylor 35 yd field goal UW 24-21 2 0:01 UW Mehlhaff,Taylor 47 yd field goal UW 27-21 3 12:23 MSU Swenson, Brett 19 yd field goal UW 27-24 3 9:13 UW Hill,PJ 1 yd run (Mehlhaff,Taylor kick) UW 34-24 4 13:54 MSU Dell, Mark 3 yd pass from Hoyer, Brian (Swenson, Brett kick) UW 34-31 4 12:14 MSU Swenson, Brett 35 yd field goal Tie 34-34 4 6:15 UW Mehlhaff,Taylor 22 yd field goal UW 37-34

Northwestern

See also: 2007 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Northwestern at Michigan State

1 2 3 4 OT Total •Northwestern 13 7 7 14 7 48 Michigan State 6 7 14 14 0 41 Date: October 6 Location: Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI Game start: 12:07 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:38 Game attendance: 67,378 Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C), Wind 9 mph (14 km/h) WSW, Mostly Sunny Referee: John O'Neill TV announcers (BTN): Wayne Larrivee (Play-by-play) Charles Davis (Analyst) Charissa Thompson (Sideline)

Indiana

See also: 2007 Indiana Hoosiers football team and Old Brass Spittoon

Indiana at Michigan State
(Old Brass Spittoon)

1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 10 3 14 0 27 •Michigan State 17 7 21 7 52 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 Q1 9:57 MSU Caulcrick 1 yard run (Swenson kick) MSU 7–0 Q1 9:42 IND Lewis 59 yard run (Starr kick) Tie 7–7 Q1 5:32 MSU Ringer 3 yard run (Swenson kick) MSU 14–7 Q1 2:45 MSU Swenson 23 yard field goal MSU 17–7 Q1 :30 IND Starr 40 yard field goal MSU 17–10 Q2 13:33 MSU Ringer 64 yard run (Swenson kick) MSU 24–10 Q2 3:42 IND Starr 47 yard field goal MSU 24–13 Q3 11:00 MSU Thomas 34 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick) MSU 31–13 Q3 7:09 MSU Caulcrick 2 yard run (Swenson kick) MSU 38–13 Q3 4:59 MSU Baldwin 12 yard fumble return (Swenson kick) MSU 45–13 Q3 1:47 IND Hardy 37 yard pass from Lewis (Starr kick) MSU 45–20 Q3 :01 IND Porter 76 yard fumble return (Starr kick) MSU 45–27 Q4 8:23 MSU Caulcrick 3 yard run (Swenson kick) MSU 52–27

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Ohio State

See also: 2007 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Michigan State at Ohio State

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan State 0 0 14 3 17 •Ohio State 10 7 7 0 24 Date: October 20 Location: Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH Game start: 3:38 EST Elapsed time: 2:54 Game attendance: 105,287 Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C), Wind 18 mph (29 km/h) W, Sunny Referee: Dennis Lipski TV announcers (ABC/ESPN): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play) Bob Griese (Analyst) Paul Maguire (Analyst) Bonnie Bernstein (Sideline)

Scoring summary 1 11:50 OSU Ballard, Jake 14 yd pass from Boeckman, Todd (Pretorius, Ryan kick) OSU 7-0 1 3:40 OSU Pretorius, Ryan 42 yd field goal OSU 10-0 2 10:15 OSU Wells, Chris 5 yd run (Pretorius, Ryan kick) OSU 17-0 3 6:52 OSU Robiskie, Brian 50 yd pass from Boeckman, Todd (Pretorius, Ryan kick) OSU 24-0 3 3:52 MSU Wiley, Otis 54 yd interception return (Swenson, Brett kick) OSU 24-7 3 2:56 MSU Adams, SirDarean 25 yd fumble recovery (Swenson, Brett kick) OSU 24-14 4 3:42 MSU Swenson, Brett 43 yd field goal OSU 24-17

Iowa

See also: 2007 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Michigan State at Iowa

1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Michigan State 7 10 0 3 7 0 27 •Iowa 0 3 14 3 7 7 34 Date: October 27 Location: Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA Game start: 12:05 EST Elapsed time: 3:30 Game attendance: 70,585 Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C), Wind 17 mph (27 km/h) NNW, Sunny Referee: Dave Witvoet TV announcers (ESPN2): Dave Pasch (Play-by-play) Andre Ware (Analyst) Quint Kessenich (Sideline)

Scoring summary 1 5:10 MSU Caulcrick, Jehuu 1 yd run (Swenson, Brett kick) MSU 7-0 2 14:10 MSU Swenson, Brett 46 yd field goal MSU 10-0 2 6:40 Iowa Murray, Daniel 43 yd field goal MSU 10-3 2 2:12 MSU Caulcrick, Jehuu 1 yd run (Swenson, Brett kick) MSU 17-3 3 10:07 Iowa Young, Albert 26 yd run (Murray, Daniel kick) MSU 17-10 3 3:57 Iowa Young, Albert 3 yd run (Murray, Daniel kick) Tie 17-17 4 10:05 Iowa Murray, Daniel 47 yd field goal Iowa 20-17 4 0:04 MSU Swenson, Brett 29 yd field goal Tie 20-20 OT 0:00 MSU Caulcrick, Jehuu 3 yd run (Swenson, Brett kick) MSU 27-20 OT 0:00 Iowa Chaney, Jr., P. 23 yd pass from Christensen, J. (Murray, Daniel kick) Tie 27-27 OT2 0:00 Iowa Pugh, Jevon 1 yd run (Murray, Daniel kick) Iowa 34-27

Michigan

See also: 2007 Michigan Wolverines football team and Paul Bunyan Trophy

Michigan at Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total •#15 Michigan 7 7 0 14 28 Michigan State 3 0 7 14 24 Date: November 3 Location: Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:36 Game attendance: 77,009 Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C), Wind 14 mph (23 km/h) WNW, Partly Cloudy Referee: Bill LeMonnier TV announcers (ABC/ESPN): Brad Nessler (Play-by-play) Bob Griese (Analyst) Paul Maguire (Analyst) Bonnie Bernstein (Sideline)

Scoring summary 1 11:28 MSU Brett Swenson 36-yard field goal MSU 3-0 1 3:54 MICH Mario Manningham 11-yard pass from Chad Henne (K.C. Lopata kick) MICH 7-3 2 12:46 MICH Carson Butler 5-yard pass from Chad Henne (K.C. Lopata kick) MICH 14-3 3 6:32 MSU Jehuu Caulcrick 1-yard run (Brett Swenson kick) MICH 14-10 4 14:55 MSU Kellen Davis 5-yard pass from Brian Hoyer (Brett Swenson kick) MSU 17-14 4 7:40 MSU Jehuu Caulcrick 1-yard run (Brett Swenson kick) MSU 24-14 4 6:47 MICH Greg Mathews 14-yard pass from Chad Henne (K.C. Lopata kick) MSU 24-21 4 2:28 MICH Mario Manningham 31-yard pass from Chad Henne (K.C. Lopata kick) MICH 28-24

Purdue

See also: 2007 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Michigan State at Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total •Michigan State 7 24 0 17 48 Purdue 0 21 3 7 31 Date: November 10 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN Game start: 12:09 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:25 Game attendance: 55,630 Game weather: 44 °F (7 °C), Wind: Calm, Sunny Referee: Dan Capron TV announcers (BTN): Thom Brennaman (Play-by-play) Charles Davis (Analyst) Charissa Thompson (Sideline)

Scoring summary Q1 3:36 MSU Hoyer 1 yard run (Swenson kick) MSU 7–0 Q2 14:26 PUR Painter 27 yard run (Summers kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 8:09 MSU Davis 2 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick) MSU 14–7 Q2 7:16 PUR Sheets 59 yard run (Summers kick) Tie 14–14 Q2 4:02 MSU Caulcrick 2 yard run (Swenson kick) MSU 21–14 Q2 3:33 PUR Painter 7 yard run (Summers kick) Tie 21–21 Q2 1:13 MSU Caulcrick 1 yard run (Swenson kick) MSU 28–21 Q2 :00 MSU Swenson 39 yard field goal MSU 31–21 Q3 7:05 PUR Summers 32 yard field goal MSU 31–24 Q4 14:54 MSU Swenson 23 yard field goal MSU 34–24 Q4 13:57 MSU Key 20 yard fumble return (Swenson kick) MSU 41–24 Q4 13:05 PUR Sheets 41 yard pass from Painter (Summers kick) MSU 41–31 Q4 7:36 MSU Andino 3 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick) MSU 48–31

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Penn State

See also: 2007 Penn State Nittany Lions football team and Land Grant Trophy

Penn State at Michigan State
(Land Grant Trophy)

1 2 3 4 Total Penn State 7 10 7 7 31 •Michigan State 7 0 14 14 35 Date: November 17 Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI Game start: 3:42 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:21 Game attendance: 72,251 Game weather: 36 °F (2 °C), Wind 7 mph (11 km/h) ENE, Light Rain Referee: Dave Witvoet TV announcers (ABC/ESPN): Terry Gannon (Play-by-play) David Norrie (Analyst) Jeannine Edwards (Sideline)

Scoring summary Q1 8:42 MSU Thomas 12 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick) MSU 7–0 Q1 3:53 PSU Butler 37 yard pass from Morelli (Kelly kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 14:10 PSU Kelly 21 yard field goal PSU 10–7 Q2 :08 PSU Kinlaw 4 yard run (Kelly kick) PSU 17–7 Q3 10:11 PSU Kelly 5 yard run (Kelly kick) PSU 24–7 Q3 7:25 MSU McPherson 3 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick) PSU 24–14 Q3 2:20 MSU Thomas 20 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick) PSU 24–21 Q4 13:02 PSU Kinlaw 4 yard run (Kelly kick) PSU 31–21 Q4 11:04 MSU Thomas 26 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick) PSU 31–28 Q4 4:08 MSU Caulcrick 1 yard run (Swenson kick) MSU 35–31

• Devin Thomas 7 Rec, 139 Yds
• Kellen Davis 4 Rec, 106 Yds

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Boston College (Champs Sports Bowl)

See also: 2007 Boston College Eagles football team and 2007 Champs Sports Bowl

Boston College vs Michigan State
(Champs Sports Bowl)

1 2 3 4 Total •Boston College 7 7 3 7 24 Michigan State 7 3 3 8 21 Date: December 28 Location: Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL Game start: 5:04 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:34 Game attendance: 46,554 Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C), Wind 9 mph (14 km/h) ESE, Partly Cloudy Referee: Randy Christal TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Patrick (Play-by-play) Todd Blackledge (Analyst) Holly Rowe (Sideline)

Scoring summary Q1 13:23 MSU Kellen Davis 18 yard pass from Hoyer (Swenson kick) MSU 7–0 Q1 0:36 BC J. Loyte 1 yard pass from Matt Ryan (Aponavicious kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 8:54 BC Gunnell, R 29 yd pass from Ryan, M (Aponavicius kick) BC 14–7 Q2 2:17 MSU Swenson, Brett 39 yd field goal BC 14-10 Q3 8:21 MSU Swenson, Brett 23 yd field goal BC 14–13 Q3 5:10 BC Aponavicius, S 28 yd field goal BC 17–13 Q3 9:21 BC Gunnell, R 68 yd pass from Matt Ryan (Aponavicius) BC 24–13 Q4 6:04 MSU Curry, Deon 14 yd pass from Hoyer, Brian (Davis, Kellen pass from Hoyer, Brian) BC 24–21

Coaching staff

• Mark Dantonio –Head Coach
• Don Treadwell –Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers coach
• Dave Warner –Quarterbacks coach
• Dan Enos –Running backs coach
• Mark Staten –Tight ends coach/Recruiting Coordinator
• Dan Roushar –Offensive line coach
• Pat Narduzzi –Defensive Coordinator
• Ted Gill –Defensive line coach
• Mike Tressel –Linebackers coach/Special Teams Coordinator
• Harlon Barnett –Secondary coach

2008 NFL draft

The following players were selected in the 2008 NFL draft.

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL team
Devin Thomas	2	34	Wide Receiver	Washington Redskins
Kellen Davis	5	158	Tight End	Chicago Bears
Ervin Baldwin	7	208	Defensive End	Chicago Bears

References

1. "Michigan State 17, Pittsburgh 13". ESPN . September 15, 2007. Archived from the original on December 19, 2013. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
2. "Notre Dame Goes 0-4 for First Time in School History". ESPN . September 22, 2007. Archived from the original on August 25, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
3. "Michigan State 52, Indiana 27". ESPN . October 13, 2007. Archived from the original on August 25, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
4. "Michigan State 48, Purdue 31". ESPN . November 10, 2007. Archived from the original on August 25, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
5. "Michigan State 35, Penn State 31". ESPN . November 17, 2007. Retrieved September 15, 2014.