michigan state football record in 1980s

The Michigan State Spartans had a record of 54-53-3 from 1980 through 1989.

TEAMRECSEASONW%GPWLTTDPTSPPGOPP PTSOPP PPG1DWN3DWN%4DWN%
1Michigan State
Michigan State
3-8
1980
.273
11
3
8
0
221
20.1
281
25.5
2Michigan State
Michigan State
5-6
1981
.455
11
5
6
0
263
23.9
249
22.6
3Michigan State
Michigan State
2-9
1982
.182
11
2
9
0
202
18.4
242
22.0
4Michigan State
Michigan State
4-6-1
1983
.409
11
4
6
1
162
14.7
233
21.2
5Michigan State
Michigan State
6-5
1984
.545
11
6
5
0
187
17.0
193
17.5
6Michigan State
Michigan State
7-4
1985
.636
11
7
4
0
244
22.2
202
18.4
7Michigan State
Michigan State
6-5
1986
.545
11
6
5
0
285
25.9
197
17.9
8Michigan State
Michigan State
8-2-1
1987
.773
11
8
2
1
241
21.9
136
12.4
9Michigan State
Michigan State
6-4-1
1988
.591
11
6
4
1
242
22.0
143
13.0
10Michigan State
Michigan State
7-4
1989
.636
11
7
4
0
323
29.4
150
13.6
Average.50511.05.45.30.3237.021.5202.618.4
Total54-53-3.505110545332,37021.52,02618.4

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More Michigan State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

417

Milivojevic

Alessio Milivojevic

RUSH

250

Edwards

Cam Edwards

REC

116

Bullard

Rodney Bullard Jr.
Team Rankings

PPG

32.5

65th

OPP PPG

13.5

33rd

RUSH YDS/G

204.0

47th

PASS YDS/G

230.5

79th

2026 Big 10 Standings
TEAMCONFOVERALL
4
Maryland Maryland
0-0
2-0
5
Michigan Michigan
0-0
3-0
6
Michigan State Michigan State
0-0
2-0
7
Nebraska Nebraska
0-0
3-0
8
Penn State Penn State
0-0
3-0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
9/26
NEB NEB
@
MSU MSU
5:00 PM
Sat
10/3
MSU MSU
@
WIS WIS
1:00 PM
Sat
10/10
ILL ILL
@
MSU MSU
1:00 PM
Sat
10/17
NW NW
@
MSU MSU
1:00 PM
Sat
10/24
MSU MSU
@
UCLA UCLA
1:00 PM
Last Game
EMU Eastern Michigan

1 - 2

7

Final

35

MSU Michigan State

2 - 0

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,173

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

1,053

Stokes

Marcus Stokes

989

Jennings

Kevin Jennings
Rush Yards Leaders

528

Sheppard

Nate Sheppard

437

Carter

Jaylin Carter

397

Burgess

Torrance Burgess Jr.
Rec Yards Leaders

444

Toney

Malachi Toney

419

Duff

KJ Duff

400

Smith

Jeremiah Smith
Pass TD Leaders

12

Maiava

Jayden Maiava

11

Taylor

Kamario Taylor

11

Mensah

Darian Mensah
Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

Jaylin Carter

6

Knight

Wayne Knight

5

Rule

Jamal Rule
Rec TD Leaders

7

Dixon

Collin Dixon

6

Duff

KJ Duff

6

Becker

Charlie Becker
QB Rating Leaders

259.3

Stockton

Gunner Stockton

244.1

Hoover

Josh Hoover

228.6

Mensah

Darian Mensah
Sack Leaders

6.0

Lewis

Xavier Lewis

5.0

Umanmielen

Princewill Umanmielen

4.0

Lester

Lamont Lester Jr.

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Georgia

59.3

Florida

59.0

Virginia Tech

58.5

New Mexico

54.0

James Madison

53.5

Miami

51.7
Opp PPG Rankings
Iowa

4.3

Indiana

5.3

Virginia

5.5

Notre Dame

6.5

New Mexico

7.0

Maryland

7.0
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

594.3

LSU

586.0

Florida

569.0

Maryland

560.5

Mississippi State

544.7

Tennessee

542.5
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

394.0

Navy

376.0

Air Force

319.0

Tennessee

314.0

West Virginia

298.5

South Carolina

277.3
Pass Yards Rankings
Oregon State

396.5

SMU

368.7

Ohio State

364.7

Miami

358.0

LSU

358.0

Oregon

340.7
Sack Leaders
Virginia Tech

12.0

Vanderbilt

12.0

Old Dominion

11.0

LSU

11.0

Kansas State

11.0

Delaware

10.0

CFB 2026 Standings

SoutheasternWLPCT
1
Alabama Alabama
3
0
1.000
2
Auburn Auburn
2
0
1.000
3
Florida Florida
2
0
1.000
4
Georgia Georgia
3
0
1.000
5
LSU LSU
2
0
1.000
6
Mississippi State Mississippi State
3
0
1.000
7
Missouri Missouri
2
0
1.000
8
Ole Miss Ole Miss
2
0
1.000
9
South Carolina South Carolina
2
1
.667
10
Tennessee Tennessee
2
0
1.000
11
Texas Texas
2
0
1.000
12
Texas A&M Texas A&M
2
1
.667
13
Vanderbilt Vanderbilt
3
0
1.000
14
Arkansas Arkansas
1
2
.333
15
Oklahoma Oklahoma
1
1
.500
16
Kentucky Kentucky
2
1
.667
Sun BeltWLPCT
1
Appalachian State Appalachian State
2
0
1.000
2
Troy Troy
2
0
1.000
3
Georgia State Georgia State
2
0
1.000
4
James Madison James Madison
2
0
1.000
5
Arkansas State Arkansas State
1
1
.500
6
Coastal Carolina Coastal Carolina
1
2
.333
7
Georgia Southern Georgia Southern
1
2
.333
8
Louisiana Louisiana
1
1
.500
9
Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech
1
2
.333
10
Marshall Marshall
2
1
.667
11
Old Dominion Old Dominion
1
2
.333
12
South Alabama South Alabama
1
1
.500
13
Southern Miss Southern Miss
1
1
.500
14
Louisiana-Monroe Louisiana-Monroe
0
3
.000
Pac-12WLPCT
1
Colorado State Colorado State
2
0
1.000
2
Boise State Boise State
1
1
.500
3
Fresno State Fresno State
1
1
.500
4
San Diego State San Diego State
1
1
.500
5
Oregon State Oregon State
0
2
.000
6
Texas State Texas State
1
2
.333
7
Utah State Utah State
0
3
.000
8
Washington State Washington State
1
2
.333
Mid-AmericanWLPCT
1
Eastern Michigan Eastern Michigan
1
3
.250
2
UMass UMass
3
0
1.000
3
Akron Akron
1
2
.333
4
Ball State Ball State
1
2
.333
5
Buffalo Buffalo
1
2
.333
6
Central Michigan Central Michigan
2
1
.667
7
Kent State Kent State
1
2
.333
8
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
1
2
.333
9
Ohio Ohio
1
1
.500
10
Toledo Toledo
2
1
.667
11
Western Michigan Western Michigan
1
1
.500
12
Bowling Green Bowling Green
0
3
.000
13
Sacramento State Sacramento State
1
2
.333
Atlantic CoastWLPCT
1
Miami Miami
3
0
1.000
2
Pittsburgh Pittsburgh
3
0
1.000
3
SMU SMU
2
1
.667
4
Virginia Virginia
2
0
1.000
5
California California
2
1
.667
6
Duke Duke
3
0
1.000
7
North Carolina North Carolina
2
1
.667
8
Virginia Tech Virginia Tech
2
0
1.000
9
Boston College Boston College
2
1
.667
10
Clemson Clemson
2
1
.667
11
Louisville Louisville
2
1
.667
12
Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
1
2
.333
13
Wake Forest Wake Forest
2
1
.667
14
Florida State Florida State
1
2
.333
15
NC State NC State
1
2
.333
16
Stanford Stanford
1
2
.333
17
Syracuse Syracuse
1
2
.333
IndependentWLPCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
2
0
1.000
2
UConn UConn
1
1
.500
American AthleticWLPCT
1
South Florida South Florida
2
0
1.000
2
Florida Atlantic Florida Atlantic
2
1
.667
3
Tulsa Tulsa
2
0
1.000
4
UTSA UTSA
2
0
1.000
5
Memphis Memphis
2
1
.667
6
North Texas North Texas
1
2
.333
7
Rice Rice
1
1
.500
8
Temple Temple
1
2
.333
9
Tulane Tulane
1
2
.333
10
UAB UAB
1
1
.500
11
Charlotte Charlotte
0
2
.000
12
East Carolina East Carolina
1
2
.333
13
Army Army
1
1
.500
14
Navy Navy
1
1
.500
Big 10WLPCT
1
USC USC
4
0
1.000
2
Indiana Indiana
3
0
1.000
3
Iowa Iowa
3
0
1.000
4
Maryland Maryland
2
0
1.000
5
Michigan Michigan
3
0
1.000
6
Michigan State Michigan State
2
0
1.000
7
Nebraska Nebraska
3
0
1.000
8
Penn State Penn State
3
0
1.000
9
UCLA UCLA
2
0
1.000
10
Washington Washington
2
0
1.000
11
Oregon Oregon
2
1
.667
12
Northwestern Northwestern
1
0
1.000
13
Illinois Illinois
2
1
.667
14
Minnesota Minnesota
2
1
.667
15
Ohio State Ohio State
2
1
.667
16
Purdue Purdue
1
1
.500
17
Wisconsin Wisconsin
2
1
.667
18
Rutgers Rutgers
0
3
.000
Big 12WLPCT
1
Texas Tech Texas Tech
3
0
1.000
2
BYU BYU
2
0
1.000
3
Cincinnati Cincinnati
3
0
1.000
4
Colorado Colorado
2
0
1.000
5
Kansas State Kansas State
3
0
1.000
6
Utah Utah
3
0
1.000
7
West Virginia West Virginia
2
0
1.000
8
Arizona State Arizona State
2
1
.667
9
Baylor Baylor
2
1
.667
10
Iowa State Iowa State
2
1
.667
11
Kansas Kansas
1
2
.333
12
Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
2
1
.667
13
TCU TCU
1
1
.500
14
UCF UCF
1
1
.500
15
Houston Houston
2
1
.667
16
Arizona Arizona
1
1
.500
Conference USAWLPCT
1
Delaware Delaware
2
1
.667
2
Florida International Florida International
1
2
.333
3
Kennesaw State Kennesaw State
1
1
.500
4
Liberty Liberty
2
1
.667
5
Middle Tennessee Middle Tennessee
1
1
.500
6
Missouri State Missouri State
1
2
.333
7
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
2
2
.500
8
New Mexico State New Mexico State
1
2
.333
9
Sam Houston Sam Houston
0
2
.000
10
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
0
3
.000
Mountain WestWLPCT
1
North Dakota State North Dakota State
3
0
1.000
2
UNLV UNLV
1
2
.333
3
New Mexico New Mexico
2
0
1.000
4
San Jose State San Jose State
2
1
.667
5
Nevada Nevada
1
1
.500
6
UTEP UTEP
1
2
.333
7
Wyoming Wyoming
1
2
.333
8
Northern Illinois Northern Illinois
0
2
.000
9
Air Force Air Force
1
1
.500
10
Hawai'i Hawai'i
1
2
.333

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/5
LAF LAF
@
CONN CONN
7-56
Sat
9/5
UNH UNH
@
SYR SYR
3-66
Sat
9/5
TARL TARL
@
BGSU BGSU
20-13
Sat
9/5
OHIO OHIO
@
NEB NEB
21-49
Sat
9/5
ORST ORST
@
HOU HOU
20-33

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
9/19
NIU NIU
@
ARIZ ARIZ
10:30 PM
Sat
9/19
NDSU NDSU
@
SAC SAC
10:30 PM
Sat
9/19
FRES FRES
@
SJSU SJSU
11:00 PM
Sat
9/19
PUR PUR
@
UCLA UCLA
11:00 PM
Sat
9/19
MONT MONT
@
ORST ORST
11:00 PM