1970 Michigan State Spartans football team

1970 Michigan State Spartans football
1970 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–6 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	Duffy Daugherty (17th season);
MVP	Eric Allen
Captains	Gordon Bowdell; Michael Hogan; Wilt Martin;
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium
	Seasons ← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1970 Big Ten Conference football season. In their 17th season under head coach Duffy Daugherty, the Spartans compiled a 3–6 overall record (3–4 against Big Ten opponents) and finished in a tie for fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.^[1]^[2]

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No Spartans were selected as first-team players on the 1970 All-Big Ten Conference football teams, though three received second-team honors from either the Associated Press (AP) or the United Press International (UPI): split end Gordon Bowdell (AP-2, UPI-2); guard Joe DeLamielleure (AP-2); and halfback Eric Allen (UPI-2).^[3]^[4]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 19	at Washington*	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	L 16–42	52,240
September 26	Washington State*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 28–14	64,053
October 3	No. 4 Notre Dame*	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	L 0–29	76,103
October 10	No. 1 Ohio State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 0–29	75,511
October 17	at No. 6 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	L 20–34	103,580	^[5]
October 24	Iowa	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 37–0	63,482
October 31	at Indiana	Seventeenth Street Football Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	W 32–7	41,126
November 7	Purdue	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 24–14	61,113
November 14	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN	L 13–23	42,834
November 21	No. 18 Northwestern	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 20–23	46,789
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Schedule

1970 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 5 Ohio State $	7	–	0	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Michigan	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	1	–	0
Northwestern	6	–	1	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Iowa	3	–	3	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Wisconsin	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Michigan State	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Purdue	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Illinois	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Indiana	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll