2007Michigan 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 →

v t e
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 fromAP Poll

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.	atNotre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Megaphone Trophy)	NBC	W 31–14	80,795
September 29	3:30 p.m.	at No. 9Wisconsin	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. 1Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC/ESPN2	L 17–24	105,287
October 27	12:00 p.m.	atIowa		Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ESPN2	L 27–34^2OT	70,585
November 3	3:30 p.m.	No. 14Michigan		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	ABC/ESPN	L 24–28	77,009
November 10	12:00 p.m.	atPurdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	BTN	W 48–31	55,630
November 17	3:30 p.m.	No. 22Penn State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Land Grant Trophy)	ABC/ESPN	W 35–31	72,251
December 28	1:00 p.m.	vs. No. 14Boston College*		Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Champs Sports Bowl)	ESPN	L 21–24	46,554
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings fromCoaches Polls released prior to game All times are inEastern time


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


Q1	10:01	ND	Thomas 1 yard run (Walker kick)	ND 7–0

Q1	7:05	MSU	Thomas 7 yard pass fromHoyer (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


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


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 fromHoyer (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


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


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


1	11:28	MSU	Brett Swenson 36-yard field goal	MSU 3-0

1	3:54	MICH	Mario Manningham 11-yard pass fromChad 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 fromBrian 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

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
UAB	0	3	2	13	18
•Michigan State	21	24	3	7	55

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

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Pittsburgh	0	7	3	3	13
•Michigan State	0	14	0	3	17

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Indiana	10	3	14	0	27
•Michigan State	17	7	21	7	52


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


Q1	8:42	MSU	Thomas 12 yard pass fromHoyer (Swenson kick)	MSU 7–0

Q1	3:53	PSU	Butler 37 yard pass fromMorelli (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


Q1	13:23	MSU	Kellen Davis 18 yard pass fromHoyer (Swenson kick)	MSU 7–0

Q1	0:36	BC	J. Loyte 1 yard pass fromMatt 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

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

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Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Indiana Michigan Notre Dame Penn State
Culture & lore	Sparty "Victory for MSU" Marching band Zeke the Wonder Dog 1966 "Game of the Century" 2001 Michigan game 2006 Northwestern game Trouble With the Snap
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National championship seasons in bold

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Schedule

Game summaries

UAB

Bowling Green

Pittsburgh

Notre Dame

Wisconsin

Northwestern

Indiana

Ohio State

Iowa

Michigan

Purdue

Penn State

Boston College (Champs Sports Bowl)

Coaching staff

2008 NFL draft

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