|
Date |
Opponent |
|
Score |
|
Attend |
|
Site |
Notes |
| * |
9/16/1978 |
at Purdue |
L |
14-21 |
|
60365 |
|
|
|
|
9/23/1978 |
SYRACUSE |
W |
49-21 |
|
74511 |
|
East Lansing, Mich. |
|
|
9/29/1978 |
at Southern California |
L |
9-30 |
|
65319 |
|
Los Angeles, Calif. |
|
|
10/7/1978 |
NOTRE DAME |
L |
25-29 |
|
77087 |
|
East Lansing, Mich. |
|
| * |
10/14/1978 |
at Michigan |
W |
24-15 |
|
105132 |
|
Ann Arbor, Mich. |
|
| * |
10/21/1978 |
INDIANA |
W |
49-14 |
|
76013 |
|
East Lansing, Mich. |
|
| * |
10/28/1978 |
WISCONSIN |
W |
55-2 |
|
70114 |
|
East Lansing, Mich. |
|
| * |
11/4/1978 |
at Illinois |
W |
59-19 |
|
48077 |
|
Champaign, Ill. |
|
| * |
11/11/1978 |
MINNESOTA |
W |
33-9 |
|
72122 |
|
East Lansing, Mich. |
|
| * |
11/18/1978 |
at Northwestern |
W |
52-3 |
|
14157 |
|
Evanston, Ill. |
|
| * |
11/25/1978 |
IOWA |
W |
42-7 |
|
57007 |
|
East Lansing, Mich. |
|
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Overall: 8-3
Conference: 7-1
Home: 5-1
Away: 3-2
Neutral: 0-0
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| Rushing |
g |
att |
gain |
loss |
net |
avg |
td |
long |
avg/g |
| Byrd, Eugene |
0 |
1 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
9.0 |
0 |
9 |
0.0 |
| Clark, Bryan |
0 |
2 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
5.0 |
0 |
7 |
0.0 |
| Gibson, Kirk |
11 |
7 |
53 |
0 |
53 |
7.6 |
2 |
21 |
4.8 |
| Hans, Mike |
0 |
26 |
150 |
0 |
150 |
5.8 |
1 |
17 |
0.0 |
| Howard, Samson |
0 |
1 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
5.0 |
0 |
5 |
0.0 |
| Hughes, Derek |
0 |
42 |
408 |
0 |
408 |
9.7 |
4 |
49 |
0.0 |
| McClelland, D. |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
2.0 |
0 |
3 |
0.0 |
| McGee, Leroy |
0 |
78 |
465 |
0 |
465 |
6.0 |
4 |
64 |
0.0 |
| Middleton, Lonn |
0 |
61 |
275 |
0 |
275 |
4.5 |
5 |
23 |
0.0 |
| Petross, Lance |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2.0 |
0 |
2 |
0.0 |
| Reeves, Bruce |
0 |
73 |
339 |
0 |
339 |
4.6 |
5 |
41 |
0.0 |
| Schramm, Andy |
0 |
49 |
195 |
0 |
195 |
4.0 |
2 |
18 |
0.0 |
| Smith, Ed |
11 |
29 |
21 |
0 |
21 |
0.7 |
1 |
30 |
1.9 |
| Smith, Steve |
11 |
115 |
772 |
0 |
772 |
6.7 |
8 |
38 |
70.2 |
| Stachowicz, Bob |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
0 |
-1 |
-1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Vaughn, Bert |
0 |
10 |
-44 |
0 |
-44 |
-4.4 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Team totals |
11 |
498 |
2708 |
45 |
2663 |
5.3 |
32 |
64 |
242.1 |
| Opp totals |
11 |
503 |
1824 |
0 |
1824 |
3.6 |
12 |
38 |
165.8 |
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| Passing |
g |
comp-att-int |
pct |
yds |
td |
long |
avg/g |
effic |
| Clark, Bryan |
0 |
4-8-1 |
50.0 |
59 |
0 |
18 |
0.0 |
86.95 |
| Smith, Ed |
11 |
169-292-8 |
57.9 |
2226 |
20 |
86 |
202.4 |
139.04 |
| Vaughn, Bert |
0 |
21-40-1 |
52.5 |
346 |
2 |
38 |
0.0 |
136.66 |
| Team totals |
11 |
194-340-10 |
57.1 |
2631 |
22 |
86 |
239.2 |
137.53 |
| Opp totals |
11 |
109-260-15 |
41.9 |
1380 |
9 |
50 |
125.5 |
86.39 |
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| Receiving |
g |
no. |
yds |
avg |
td |
long |
avg/g |
| Brammer, Mark |
0 |
33 |
360 |
10.9 |
2 |
22 |
0.0 |
| Byrd, Eugene |
0 |
43 |
718 |
16.7 |
7 |
59 |
0.0 |
| Gibson, Kirk |
11 |
42 |
806 |
19.2 |
7 |
86 |
73.3 |
| Hans, Mike |
0 |
3 |
59 |
19.7 |
2 |
53 |
0.0 |
| Harris, Barry |
0 |
1 |
-1 |
-1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Howard, Samson |
0 |
10 |
189 |
18.9 |
3 |
55 |
0.0 |
| Hughes, Derek |
0 |
2 |
23 |
11.5 |
0 |
13 |
0.0 |
| McGee, Leroy |
0 |
14 |
120 |
8.6 |
0 |
40 |
0.0 |
| Middleton, Lonn |
0 |
13 |
72 |
5.5 |
1 |
21 |
0.0 |
| Reeves, Bruce |
0 |
6 |
29 |
4.8 |
0 |
11 |
0.0 |
| Schramm, Andy |
0 |
9 |
60 |
6.7 |
0 |
14 |
0.0 |
| Shafer, Charlie |
0 |
2 |
30 |
15.0 |
0 |
15 |
0.0 |
| Smith, Steve |
11 |
13 |
116 |
8.9 |
0 |
33 |
10.5 |
| Williams, Jim |
0 |
3 |
41 |
13.7 |
0 |
14 |
0.0 |
| Team totals |
11 |
194 |
2631 |
13.6 |
22 |
86 |
239.2 |
| Opp totals |
11 |
109 |
1380 |
12.7 |
9 |
50 |
125.5 |
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| Scoring |
g |
td |
fg |
k-pat |
2xp |
dxp |
saf |
pts |
| Andersen, Mort. |
0 |
0 |
7-16 |
52-54 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
73 |
| Bass, Dan |
0 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Brammer, Mark |
0 |
2 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
| Byrd, Eugene |
0 |
7 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
42 |
| Gibson, Kirk |
11 |
9 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
54 |
| Hans, Mike |
0 |
3 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
| Howard, Samson |
0 |
3 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
18 |
| Hughes, Derek |
0 |
4 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
| McGee, Leroy |
0 |
4 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
24 |
| Middleton, Lonn |
0 |
6 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
36 |
| Reeves, Bruce |
0 |
5 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
| Schramm, Andy |
0 |
2 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
| Smith, Ed |
11 |
1 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
| Smith, Steve |
11 |
8 |
0-0 |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
48 |
| Team totals |
11 |
55 |
7-16 |
52-54 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
403 |
| Opp totals |
11 |
23 |
3-10 |
17-20 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
164 |
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| Total offense |
g |
rush |
pass |
total |
avg/g |
| Byrd, Eugene |
0 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
0.0 |
| Clark, Bryan |
0 |
10 |
59 |
69 |
0.0 |
| Gibson, Kirk |
11 |
53 |
0 |
53 |
4.8 |
| Hans, Mike |
0 |
150 |
0 |
150 |
0.0 |
| Howard, Samson |
0 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0.0 |
| Hughes, Derek |
0 |
408 |
0 |
408 |
0.0 |
| McClelland, D. |
0 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0.0 |
| McGee, Leroy |
0 |
465 |
0 |
465 |
0.0 |
| Middleton, Lonn |
0 |
275 |
0 |
275 |
0.0 |
| Petross, Lance |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0.0 |
| Reeves, Bruce |
0 |
339 |
0 |
339 |
0.0 |
| Schramm, Andy |
0 |
195 |
0 |
195 |
0.0 |
| Smith, Ed |
11 |
21 |
2226 |
2247 |
204.3 |
| Smith, Steve |
11 |
772 |
0 |
772 |
70.2 |
| Stachowicz, Bob |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
-1 |
0.0 |
| Vaughn, Bert |
0 |
-44 |
346 |
302 |
0.0 |
| Team totals |
11 |
2663 |
2631 |
5294 |
481.3 |
| Opp totals |
11 |
1824 |
1380 |
3204 |
291.3 |
Â
| Punt returns |
no. |
yards |
td |
long |
avg |
| Anderson, Mark |
2 |
14 |
0 |
11 |
7.0 |
| Hughes, Derek |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2.0 |
| Land, Melvin |
1 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
8.0 |
| Reeves, Bruce |
6 |
64 |
0 |
29 |
10.7 |
| Smith, Steve |
22 |
224 |
0 |
55 |
10.2 |
| Team totals |
32 |
312 |
0 |
55 |
9.8 |
| Opp totals |
13 |
154 |
0 |
45 |
11.8 |
Â
| Kick returns |
no. |
yards |
td |
long |
avg |
| Land, Melvin |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| McGee, Leroy |
1 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
8.0 |
| Reeves, Bruce |
16 |
302 |
0 |
46 |
18.9 |
| Schramm, Andy |
2 |
25 |
0 |
14 |
12.5 |
| Smith, Steve |
12 |
272 |
0 |
34 |
22.7 |
| Team totals |
32 |
607 |
0 |
46 |
19.0 |
| Opp totals |
53 |
864 |
0 |
76 |
16.3 |
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| Interceptions |
no. |
yards |
td |
long |
avg |
| Anderson, Mark |
3 |
47 |
0 |
26 |
0.1 |
| Bass, Dan |
2 |
101 |
1 |
99 |
0.0 |
| Graves, Tom |
3 |
6 |
0 |
13 |
0.5 |
| Marshall, Mike |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Savage, Larry |
3 |
23 |
0 |
21 |
0.1 |
| Stanton, Jerome |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Williams, Terry |
1 |
25 |
0 |
25 |
0.0 |
| Team totals |
15 |
202 |
1 |
99 |
0.1 |
| Opp totals |
12 |
316 |
2 |
98 |
0.0 |
Â
| Fumble returns |
no. |
yards |
td |
long |
avg |
| Team totals |
16 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
| Opp totals |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0 |
Â
| All purpose |
g |
rush |
rcv |
pr |
kr |
ir |
total |
avg/g |
| Anderson, Mark |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
47 |
61 |
0.0 |
| Bass, Dan |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
101 |
101 |
0.0 |
| Brammer, Mark |
0 |
0 |
360 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
360 |
0.0 |
| Byrd, Eugene |
0 |
9 |
718 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
727 |
0.0 |
| Clark, Bryan |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
0.0 |
| Gibson, Kirk |
11 |
53 |
806 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
859 |
78.1 |
| Graves, Tom |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
0.0 |
| Hans, Mike |
0 |
150 |
59 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
209 |
0.0 |
| Harris, Barry |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0.0 |
| Howard, Samson |
0 |
5 |
189 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
194 |
0.0 |
| Hughes, Derek |
0 |
408 |
23 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
433 |
0.0 |
| Land, Melvin |
0 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
8 |
0.0 |
| McClelland, D. |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0.0 |
| McGee, Leroy |
0 |
465 |
120 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
593 |
0.0 |
| Middleton, Lonn |
0 |
275 |
72 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
347 |
0.0 |
| Petross, Lance |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0.0 |
| Reeves, Bruce |
0 |
339 |
29 |
64 |
302 |
0 |
734 |
0.0 |
| Savage, Larry |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
23 |
23 |
0.0 |
| Schramm, Andy |
0 |
195 |
60 |
0 |
25 |
0 |
280 |
0.0 |
| Shafer, Charlie |
0 |
0 |
30 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
30 |
0.0 |
| Smith, Ed |
11 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
21 |
1.9 |
| Smith, Steve |
11 |
772 |
116 |
224 |
272 |
0 |
1384 |
125.8 |
| Stachowicz, Bob |
0 |
-1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-1 |
0.0 |
| Vaughn, Bert |
0 |
-44 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
-44 |
0.0 |
| Williams, Jim |
0 |
0 |
41 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
41 |
0.0 |
| Williams, Terry |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
25 |
0.0 |
| Team totals |
11 |
2663 |
2631 |
312 |
607 |
202 |
6415 |
583.2 |
| Opp totals |
11 |
1824 |
1380 |
154 |
864 |
316 |
4538 |
412.5 |
Â
| Punting |
no. |
yds |
avg |
lg |
tb |
fc |
i20 |
50+ |
blk |
| Stachowicz, Ray |
39 |
1681 |
43.1 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Team totals |
40 |
1681 |
42.0 |
75 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| Opp totals |
75 |
2640 |
35.2 |
53 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Â
| Field goals |
made |
att |
pct |
long |
blkd |
| Andersen, Mort. |
7 |
16 |
43.8 |
42 |
0 |
| Team totals |
7 |
16 |
43.8 |
42 |
0 |
| Opp totals |
3 |
10 |
30.0 |
0 |
0 |
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| Extra points |
g |
ua |
a |
tot |
tfl-yds |
sack-yds |
int-yds |
brup |
qbh |
fr-yds |
ff |
blk |
saf |
| Anderson, Mark |
0 |
35 |
21 |
56 |
2.0 - 9 |
- |
3 - 47 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Bass, Dan |
0 |
79 |
57 |
136 |
4.0 - 6 |
- |
2 - 101 |
2 |
- |
2 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Burroughs, Jim |
0 |
14 |
12 |
26 |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Byrd, Eugene |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Converse, Craig |
0 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Cooper, George |
0 |
8 |
9 |
17 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Davis, Alan |
0 |
8 |
6 |
14 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Decker, Mike |
0 |
39 |
21 |
60 |
4.0 - 34 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
2 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Fields, Angelo |
0 |
21 |
20 |
41 |
2.0 - 7 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Foster, Matt |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Gibson, Kirk |
11 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Graves, Tom |
0 |
29 |
14 |
43 |
2.0 - 10 |
- |
3 - 6 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Griffin, Curt |
0 |
4 |
6 |
10 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Griffin, Ike |
0 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
1.0 - 3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Hans, Mike |
0 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Hay, Bernard |
0 |
37 |
34 |
71 |
6.0 - 29 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
1 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Haynes, Johnny |
0 |
11 |
12 |
23 |
4.0 - 33 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Hughes, Derek |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Jones, Eric |
0 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
1.0 - 4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Kolodziej, Joe |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Land, Melvin |
0 |
50 |
41 |
91 |
14.0 - 57 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
2 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Maidlow, Steve |
0 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Marshall, Mike |
0 |
14 |
5 |
19 |
- |
- |
2 - 0 |
2 |
- |
1 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| McCormick, John |
0 |
25 |
7 |
32 |
2.0 - 23 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
2 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| McDowell, Terry |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Muster, Mike |
0 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Otis, Steve |
0 |
17 |
15 |
32 |
1.0 - 6 |
- |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Robinson, Ken |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Savage, Larry |
0 |
28 |
32 |
60 |
8.0 - 42 |
- |
3 - 23 |
2 |
- |
4 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Schario, Rich |
0 |
4 |
2 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Schramm, Andy |
0 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Sheeran, Brett |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Stachowicz, Ray |
11 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Stanton, Jerome |
0 |
16 |
3 |
19 |
1.0 - 3 |
- |
1 - 0 |
3 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Tapling, Mark |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Townsend, Tony |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Webb, Tanya |
0 |
15 |
11 |
26 |
2.0 - 8 |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Williams, Terry |
0 |
7 |
4 |
11 |
- |
- |
1 - 25 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Williams, Van |
0 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
| Team totals |
11 |
501 |
347 |
848 |
54.0 - 274 |
- |
15 - 202 |
30 |
- |
16 - 0 |
- |
- |
- |
| Opp totals |
11 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
- |
12 - 316 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Â
| Team statistics |
Team totals |
Opponent |
| 1st downs rushing |
127 |
103 |
| 1st downs passing |
124 |
69 |
| 1st downs penalty |
14 |
13 |
| 1st downs total |
265 |
185 |
| Penalties against |
56 |
48 |
| Penalty yards |
623 |
540 |
| Fumbles |
29 |
0 |
| Fumbles lost |
15 |
0 |
| 3rd-down convert |
0-0 |
0-0 |
| 4th-down convert |
0-0 |
0-0 |
| Time of possession |
0:00 |
0:00 |
| Misc yards |
0 |
0 |
 |
