2007 Michigan State Spartans football team

American college football season

2007 Michigan 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 →

2007 Big Ten Conference football standings
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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 from AP Poll

The 2007 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Mark Dantonio began his first season as the Spartans' head coach. The Spartans play their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.

Schedule

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

Game summaries

UAB

UAB at Michigan State

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

Date: September 1
Location:
Spartan Stadium
East Lansing, MI
Game start: 12:02 PM EST
Elapsed time: 3:22
Game attendance: 67,796
Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C), Wind 3 mph (4.8 km/h) SSW, Sunny
Referee: Ron Tolbert
TV announcers (ESPN2):
Pam Ward (Play-by-play)
Ray Bentley (Analyst)
Quint Kessenich (Sideline)

Bowling Green

Bowling Green at Michigan State

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

Date: September 8
Location:
Spartan Stadium
East Lansing, MI
Game start: 12:07 PM EST
Elapsed time: 3:20
Game attendance: 67,276
Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C), Wind 3 mph (4.8 km/h) Variable, Sunny
Referee: Dennis Lipski
TV announcers (BTN):
Wayne Larrivee (Play-by-play)
Chris Martin (Analyst)
Lisa Byington (Sideline)

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh at Michigan State

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

Date: September 15
Location:
Spartan Stadium
East Lansing, MI
Game start: 12:02 PM EST
Elapsed time: 3:23
Game attendance: 68,620
Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C), Wind 8 mph (13 km/h) N, Partly Cloudy
Referee: John McDaid
TV announcers (ESPN):
Dave Pasch (Play-by-play)
Andre Ware (Analyst)
Quint Kessenich (Sideline)

Scoring summary

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

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Notre Dame

Michigan State at Notre Dame
(Megaphone Trophy)

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Michigan State	14	3	14	0	31
Notre Dame	7	7	0	0	14

Date: September 22
Location:
Notre Dame Stadium
Notre Dame, IN
Game start: 3:43 PM EST
Elapsed time: 3:19
Game attendance: 80,795
Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C), Wind 8 mph (13 km/h) NW, Sunny
Referee: Stephon Pamon
TV announcers (NBC):
Tom Hammond (Play-by-play)
Pat Haden (Analyst)
Alex Flanagan (Sideline)

Scoring summary

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

Q1	7:05	MSU	Thomas 7 yard pass from Hoyer (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

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Wisconsin

Michigan State at Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan State	14	7	3	10	34
• Wisconsin	7	20	7	3	37

Date: September 29
Location: Camp Randall Stadium
Madison, WI
Game start: 3:35 EST
Elapsed time: 3:40
Game attendance: 82,164
Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C), Wind 12 mph (19 km/h) S, Cloudy
Referee: Dan Capron
TV announcers (ABC/ESPN):
Brad Nessler (Play-by-play)
Bob Griese (Analyst)
Paul Maguire (Analyst)
Bonnie Bernstein (Sideline)

Scoring summary

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

Northwestern

Northwestern at Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
• Northwestern	13	7	7	14	7	48
Michigan State	6	7	14	14	0	41

Date: October 6
Location:
Spartan Stadium
East Lansing, MI
Game start: 12:07 PM EST
Elapsed time: 3:38
Game attendance: 67,378
Game weather: 81 °F (27 °C), Wind 9 mph (14 km/h) WSW, Mostly Sunny
Referee: John O'Neill
TV announcers (BTN):
Wayne Larrivee (Play-by-play)
Charles Davis (Analyst)
Charissa Thompson (Sideline)

Indiana

Indiana at Michigan State
(Old Brass Spittoon)

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

Date: October 13
Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI
Game start: 7:07 PM EST
Elapsed time: 3:14
Game attendance: 73,449
Game weather: 52 °F (11 °C), Wind 9 mph (14 km/h) W, Clear
Referee: Bill LeMonnier
TV announcers (BTN):
Wayne Larrivee (Play-by-play)
Chris Martin (Analyst)
Lisa Byington (Sideline)

Scoring summary

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 from Hoyer (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

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Ohio State

Michigan State at Ohio State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan State	0	0	14	3	17
• Ohio State	10	7	7	0	24

Date: October 20
Location:
Ohio Stadium
Columbus, OH
Game start: 3:38 EST
Elapsed time: 2:54
Game attendance: 105,287
Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C), Wind 18 mph (29 km/h) W, Sunny
Referee: Dennis Lipski
TV announcers (ABC/ESPN):
Brad Nessler (Play-by-play)
Bob Griese (Analyst)
Paul Maguire (Analyst)
Bonnie Bernstein (Sideline)

Scoring summary

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

Iowa

Michigan State at Iowa

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Michigan State	7	10	0	3	7	0	27
• Iowa	0	3	14	3	7	7	34

Date: October 27
Location:
Kinnick Stadium
Iowa City, IA
Game start: 12:05 EST
Elapsed time: 3:30
Game attendance: 70,585
Game weather: 51 °F (11 °C), Wind 17 mph (27 km/h) NNW, Sunny
Referee: Dave Witvoet
TV announcers (ESPN2):
Dave Pasch (Play-by-play)
Andre Ware (Analyst)
Quint Kessenich (Sideline)

Scoring summary

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

Michigan

Michigan at Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #15 Michigan	7	7	0	14	28
Michigan State	3	0	7	14	24

Date: November 3
Location:
Spartan Stadium
East Lansing, MI
Game start: 3:30 PM EST
Elapsed time: 3:36
Game attendance: 77,009
Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C), Wind 14 mph (23 km/h) WNW, Partly Cloudy
Referee: Bill LeMonnier
TV announcers (ABC/ESPN):
Brad Nessler (Play-by-play)
Bob Griese (Analyst)
Paul Maguire (Analyst)
Bonnie Bernstein (Sideline)

Scoring summary

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

1	3:54	MICH	Mario Manningham 11-yard pass from Chad 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 from Brian 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

Purdue

Michigan State at Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Michigan State	7	24	0	17	48
Purdue	0	21	3	7	31

Date: November 10
Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, IN
Game start: 12:09 PM EST
Elapsed time: 3:25
Game attendance: 55,630
Game weather: 44 °F (7 °C), Wind: Calm, Sunny
Referee: Dan Capron
TV announcers (BTN):
Thom Brennaman (Play-by-play)
Charles Davis (Analyst)
Charissa Thompson (Sideline)

Scoring summary

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

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Penn State

Penn State at Michigan State
(Land Grant Trophy)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn State	7	10	7	7	31
• Michigan State	7	0	14	14	35

Date: November 17
Location: Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, MI
Game start: 3:42 PM EST
Elapsed time: 3:21
Game attendance: 72,251
Game weather: 36 °F (2 °C), Wind 7 mph (11 km/h) ENE, Light Rain
Referee: Dave Witvoet
TV announcers (ABC/ESPN):
Terry Gannon (Play-by-play)
David Norrie (Analyst)
Jeannine Edwards (Sideline)

Scoring summary

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

Q1	3:53	PSU	Butler 37 yard pass from Morelli (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

Devin Thomas 7 Rec, 139 Yds
Kellen Davis 4 Rec, 106 Yds

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Boston College (Champs Sports Bowl)

Boston College vs Michigan State
(Champs Sports Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Boston College	7	7	3	7	24
Michigan State	7	3	3	8	21

Date: December 28
Location:
Citrus Bowl
Orlando, FL
Game start: 5:04 PM EST
Elapsed time: 3:34
Game attendance: 46,554
Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C), Wind 9 mph (14 km/h) ESE, Partly Cloudy
Referee: Randy Christal
TV announcers (ESPN):
Mike Patrick (Play-by-play)
Todd Blackledge (Analyst)
Holly Rowe (Sideline)

Scoring summary

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

Q1	0:36	BC	J. Loyte 1 yard pass from Matt 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

Coaching staff

Mark Dantonio – Head Coach
Don Treadwell – Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers coach
Dave Warner – Quarterbacks coach
Dan Enos – Running backs coach
Mark Staten – Tight ends coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Dan Roushar – Offensive line coach
Pat Narduzzi – Defensive Coordinator
Ted Gill – Defensive line coach
Mike Tressel – Linebackers coach/Special Teams Coordinator
Harlon Barnett – Secondary coach

2008 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 2008 NFL Draft.

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

References

^ "Michigan State 17, Pittsburgh 13". ESPN. September 15, 2007. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
^ "Notre Dame Goes 0-4 for First Time in School History". ESPN. September 22, 2007. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
^ "Michigan State 52, Indiana 27". ESPN. October 13, 2007. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
^ "Michigan State 48, Purdue 31". ESPN. November 10, 2007. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
^ "Michigan State 35, Penn State 31". ESPN. November 17, 2007. Retrieved September 15, 2014.

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