1991 Michigan State Spartans football team

The 1991 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by ninth-year head coach George Perles, the Spartans compiled an overall record of 3–8 overall with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the Big Ten. Michigan State played home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.

1991 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	3–8 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	George Perles (9th season)
Defensive coordinator	Norm Parker (4th season)
MVPs	Chuck Bullough Courtney Hawkins
Captains	Alan Haller Courtney Hawkins Bill Johnson Jim Johnson Brian Vooletich
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium

1991 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Michigan $	8	–	0	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
No. 10 Iowa	7	–	1	–	0			10	–	1	–	1
Ohio State	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Indiana	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	1
Illinois	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Purdue	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Michigan State	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Wisconsin	2	–	6	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Northwestern	2	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Minnesota	1	–	7	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 14	1:05 p.m.	Central Michigan*	No. 18	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		L 3–20	71,629
September 21	2:30 p.m.	at No. 11 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC	L 10–49	59,075
September 28	1:05 p.m.	Rutgers*		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		L 7–14	67,636
October 5	2:00 p.m.	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)		L 0–31	46,882
October 12	12:30 p.m.	No. 5 Michigan		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	ESPN	L 28–45	80,157
October 19	1:05 p.m.	Minnesota		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		W 20–12	75,097
October 26	3:30 p.m.	at No. 14 Ohio State		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	L 17–27	94,341
November 2	1:05 p.m.	Northwestern		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		L 13–16	64,991
November 9	2:00 p.m.	at Wisconsin		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		W 20–7	41,074
November 16	1:00 p.m.	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		L 17–27	30,744
November 23	1:05 p.m.	Illinois		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		W 27–24	61,721
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1991 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 49 Brice Abrams Jr WR 14 Tim Bryan Jr OT 79 Brian DeMarco Fr TE 23 Ty Hallock Jr OT 63 Shane Hannah Fr WR 9 Courtney Hawkins Sr G 67 Toby Heaton Jr OT 69 Jim Johnson Sr TE 85 Mitch Lyons Jr WR 17 Mark MacFarland Sr QB 16 Jim Miller So C 56 Chris Piwowarczyk Sr G 50 Roosevelt Wagner Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class SS 24 Myron Bell So LB 41 Chuck Bullough Sr LB 45 Matt Christensen DT 93 Mike Edwards Jr LB 83 Rob Fredrickson So CB 23 Alan Haller Sr DT 99 Willie Hill Jr DE 96 Bill Johnson Sr FS 2 Corey Keyes So DE 84 John MacNeill Sr DT 91 Ed O'Bradovich Sr FS 33 Brian Vooletich Sr SS 37 Steve Wasylk So DB 18 Brian Winters So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach George Perles Coordinators/assistant coaches Dan Enos (Graduate assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

1992 NFL draft

The following players were selected in the 1992 NFL draft.

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL team
Courtney Hawkins	2	44	Wide receiver	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Bill Johnson	3	65	Defensive tackle	Cleveland Browns
Alan Haller	5	123	Defensive back	Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim Johnson	7	181	Tackle	Denver Broncos
Chuck Bullough	8	214	Linebacker	Philadelphia Eagles
John MacNeill	12	320	Defensive end	Seattle Seahawks