American college football season
The 2009 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of the Michigan State University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Spartans were coached by Mark Dantonio , who was in his third season with the Spartans. Michigan State played their home games in Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan .
Schedule
This season saw the Spartans schedule a Division I FCS opponent (Montana State) for the first time since the NCAA split Division I football in 1978. This left Notre Dame , UCLA , USC , and Washington as the only Division I FBS teams to never have played a lower-division opponent since the split.[1]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 5 12:00 p.m.[2] Montana State * BTN [2] W 44–374,518[3]
September 12 12:00 p.m.[2] Central Michigan * Spartan Stadium East Lansing, Michigan ESPN2 [2] L 27–2976,221[4]
September 19 3:30 p.m.[5] at Notre Dame * NBC [5] L 30–3380,795[6]
September 26 12:00 p.m. at Wisconsin ESPN L 30–3880,123[7]
October 3 12:00 p.m. No. 22 Michigan BTN W 26–20 OT 78,629[8]
October 10 12:00 p.m. at Illinois BTN W 24–1462,870[9]
October 17 12:00 p.m.[10] Northwestern Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI ESPN2 W 24–1471,726[11]
October 24 7:00 p.m.[12] No. 6 Iowa Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI BTN[12] L 13–1574,411[13]
October 31 8:00 p.m.[12] at Minnesota BTN[12] L 34–4250,805[14]
November 7 12:00 p.m. Western Michigan * Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI BTN W 49–1473,910[15]
November 14 12:00 p.m. at Purdue ESPN W 40–3748,408[16]
November 21 3:30 p.m. No. 14 Penn State ABC /ESPNL 14–4273,771[17]
January 2, 2010 9:00 p.m. vs. Texas Tech * ESPN L 31–4164,757[18]
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Regular season
Montana State
1
2 3 4 Total
Montana State
0
0 3 0
3
• Michigan State
7
21 6 10
44
Central Michigan
1
2 3 4 Total
• Central Michigan
3
10 0 16
29
Michigan State
10
7 3 7
27
Notre Dame
1
2 3 4 Total
Michigan State
3
14 6 7
30
• Notre Dame
13
3 10 7
33
Wisconsin
1
2 3 4 Total
Michigan State
0
7 10 13
30
• Wisconsin
7
14 3 14
38
Michigan
1
2 3 4 OT Total
Michigan
3
3 0 14 0
20
• Michigan State
7
3 3 7 6
26
Scoring summary 1 12:27 Michigan Jason Olesnavage 36-yard field goal Michigan 3–0
1 2:25 Michigan St Larry Caper 1-yard run (Brett Swenson kick) Michigan St 7–3
2 4:43 Michigan Jason Olesnavage 42-yard field goal Michigan St 7–6
2 0:00 Michigan St Brett Swenson 26-yard field goal Michigan St 10–6
3 6:09 Michigan St Brett Swenson 24-yard field goal Michigan St 13–6
4 14:49 Michigan St Glenn Winston 15-yard run (Brett Swenson kick) Michigan St 20–6
4 4:03 Michigan Darryl Stonum 60-yard pass from Tate Forcier (Jason Olesnavage kick)Michigan St 20–13
4 0:02 Michigan Roy Roundtree 9-yard pass from Tate Forcier (Jason Olesnavage kick)Tie 20–20
OT Michigan St Larry Caper 23-yard run Michigan St 26–20
Michigan came into the game 4–0 (1–0 Big Ten) and ranked #22, looking to reclaim the Paul Bunyan trophy after losing to MSU the previous year. Michigan State dominated the first 55 minutes of regulation, building a 20–6 lead. Michigan rallied with two TDs in the final minutes to send the game to OT, but MSU quickly intercepted a pass and running back Larry Caper rushed 23 yards through multiple tackles for the game-winning score.
Illinois
1
2 3 4 Total
• Michigan State
14
3 7 0
24
Illinois
0
0 7 7
14
Northwestern
1
2 3 4 Total
Northwestern
0
7 0 7
14
• Michigan State
0
0 17 7
24
Iowa
1
2 3 4 Total
• Iowa
0
3 0 12
15
Michigan State
3
0 3 7
13
Final Seconds: With 2 seconds remaining in the game, on 4th and Goal from the Michigan State 7 and a half yard line, Iowa QB Ricky Stanzi snapped the ball and passed the ball to Iowa WR Marvin McNutt into the end zone as the time expired to win the game.
Minnesota
1
2 3 4 Total
Michigan State
3
7 21 3
34
• Minnesota
14
7 7 14
42
Western Michigan
1
2 3 4 Total
Western Michigan
0
0 14 0
14
• Michigan State
21
14 7 7
49
Purdue
Michigan State at Purdue
1
2 3 4 Total
• Michigan State
7
10 6 17
40
Purdue
10
10 7 10
37
Scoring summary 1 14:53 MSU Chris L. Rucker 11-yard fumble return (Brett Swenson kick) MSU 7–0
1 10:58 PUR Keith Smith 26-yard pass from Joey Elliott (Carson Wiggs kick) Tied 7–7
1 3:42 PUR Carson Wiggs 20-yard field goal PUR 10–7
2 11:18 PUR Carson Wiggs 42-yard field goal PUR 13–7
2 9:59 MSU Andrew Hawken 4-yard pass from Kirk Cousins (Brett Swenson kick) MSU 14–13
2 5:47 PUR Ralph Bolden 9-yard run (Carson Wiggs kick) PUR 20–14
2 1:49 MSU Brett Swenson 28-yard field goal PUR 20–17
3 13:24 MSU Brett Swenson 52-yard field goal Tied 20–20
3 4:52 PUR Cortez Smith 3-yard pass from Joey Elliott (Carson Wiggs kick) PUR 27–20
3 1:06 MSU Brett Swenson 52-yard field goal PUR 27–23
4 11:52 PUR Ralph Bolden 1-yard run (Carson Wiggs kick) PUR 34–23
4 11:34 MSU B.J. Cunningham 73-yard pass from Kirk Cousins (Brett Swenson kick) PUR 34–30
4 6:59 MSU Blair White 9-yard pass from Kirk Cousins (Brett Swenson kick) MSU 37–34
4 2:38 PUR Carson Wiggs 49-yard field goal Tied 37–37
4 1:51 MSU Brett Swenson 21-yard field goal MSU 40–37
Penn State
1
2 3 4 Total
• Penn State
0
7 28 7
42
Michigan State
0
7 0 7
14
Alamo Bowl
1
2 3 4 Total
Michigan State
7
7 14 3
31
• Texas Tech
7
13 7 14
41
2010 NFL Draft
Only one Spartan was selected in the 2010 NFL Draft . However, wide receiver Blair White signed with the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent .