1979 Michigan State

• Biggest winBeat Northwestern 42–⁠7Nov 3

  By 35 points, its widest win.

Date	Opponent	Result	Elo
Sep 8	vsIllinois	W 33–⁠16		83%
Sep 15	vsOregon	W 41–⁠17		77%
Sep 22	vsMiami (OH)	W 24–⁠21		59%
Sep 29	at15Notre Dame	L 3–⁠27		39%
Oct 6	vs11Michigan	L 7–⁠21		49%
Oct 13	atWisconsin	L 29–⁠38		66%
Oct 20	vs16Purdue	L 7–⁠14		54%
Oct 27	at4Ohio State	L 0–⁠42		24%
Nov 3	atNorthwestern	W 42–⁠7		77%
Nov 10	vsMinnesota	W 31–⁠17		62%
Nov 17	atIowa	L 23–⁠33		57%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

1. Wk 1: 10
2. Wk 2: 10
3. Wk 3: 8
4. Wk 4: 7
5. Wk 5: 16
6. Wk 6: 19

• Morten AndersenKicker
• Otis GrantReceiver
• Steve MaidlowLinebacker

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 1979.

From Wikipedia’s 1979 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

Team	Conf.	Overall	AP final
Ohio State	8–⁠0	11–⁠1	4
Purdue	7–⁠1	10–⁠2	10
Michigan	6–⁠2	8–⁠4	18
Indiana	5–⁠3	8–⁠4	19
Iowa	4–⁠4	5–⁠6
Minnesota	3–⁠5–⁠1	4–⁠6–⁠1
Michigan State	3–⁠5	5–⁠6
Wisconsin	3–⁠5	4–⁠7
Illinois	1–⁠6–⁠1	2–⁠8–⁠1
Northwestern	0–⁠9	1–⁠10

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