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1968 Michigan State

5–⁠5 (2–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Duffy Daugherty.

Schedule and results

Michigan State in 1968, game by game: won vs. Syracuse 14–10; won vs. Baylor 28–10; won at Wisconsin 39–0; lost at Michigan 14–28; lost vs. Minnesota 13–14; won vs. No. 5 Notre Dame 21–17; lost at No. 2 Ohio State 20–25; lost vs. Indiana 22–24; lost vs. No. 15 Purdue 0–9; won at Northwestern 31–14+39−14Won 14–10 vs. Syracuse+4SyracuseWon 28–10 vs. Baylor+18BaylorWon 39–0 at Wisconsin+39WisconsinLost 14–28 at Michigan-14MichiganLost 13–14 vs. Minnesota-1MinnesotaWon 21–17 vs. No. 5 Notre Dame+4No. 5 Notre DameLost 20–25 at No. 2 Ohio State-5No. 2 Ohio StateLost 22–24 vs. Indiana-2IndianaLost 0–9 vs. No. 15 Purdue-9No. 15 PurdueWon 31–14 at Northwestern+17Northwestern
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21vsSyracuseW 14–⁠1046%
Sep 28vsBaylorW 28–⁠1076%
Oct 5atWisconsinW 39–⁠072%
Oct 12atMichiganL 14–⁠2851%
Oct 19vsMinnesotaL 13–⁠1457%
Oct 26vs5Notre DameW 21–⁠1739%
Nov 2at2Ohio StateL 20–⁠2534%
Nov 9vsIndianaL 22–⁠2461%
Nov 16vs15PurdueL 0–⁠944%
Nov 23atNorthwesternW 31–⁠1470%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Northwestern 31–⁠14; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 122 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 4: 19
  2. Wk 5: 12
  3. Wk 8: 16
  4. Wk 9: 17

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1968.

Record
5–⁠5
Conference
2–⁠5 7th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
202–⁠151
Coach
Duffy Daugherty
Elo
1539 +5 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
12.6 No. 24 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Al Brenner
Most valuable player
Al Brenner

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 7Al Brenner DBNew York Giants

All-Big Ten

3 first team

First team

From Wikipedia’s 1968 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1968 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Ohio State7–⁠010–⁠01
Michigan6–⁠18–⁠212
Purdue5–⁠28–⁠210
Minnesota5–⁠26–⁠4
Indiana4–⁠36–⁠4
Iowa4–⁠35–⁠5
Michigan State2–⁠55–⁠5
Northwestern1–⁠61–⁠9
Illinois1–⁠61–⁠9
Wisconsin0–⁠70–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.