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1992 Michigan State

5–⁠6 (5–⁠3 Big Ten), coached by George Perles.

Schedule and results

Michigan State in 1992, game by game: lost vs. Central Michigan 20–24; lost vs. No. 7 Notre Dame 31–52; lost at No. 25 Boston College 0–14; won vs. Indiana 42–31; lost at No. 3 Michigan 10–35; won at Minnesota 20–15; lost vs. Ohio State 17–27; won at Northwestern 27–26; won vs. Wisconsin 26–10; won vs. Purdue 35–13; lost at Illinois 10–14+22−25Lost 20–24 vs. Central Michigan-4Central MichiganLost 31–52 vs. No. 7 Notre Dame-21No. 7 Notre DameLost 0–14 at No. 25 Boston College-14No. 25 Boston CollegeWon 42–31 vs. Indiana+11IndianaLost 10–35 at No. 3 Michigan-25No. 3 MichiganWon 20–15 at Minnesota+5MinnesotaLost 17–27 vs. Ohio State-10Ohio StateWon 27–26 at Northwestern+1NorthwesternWon 26–10 vs. Wisconsin+16WisconsinWon 35–13 vs. Purdue+22PurdueLost 10–14 at Illinois-4Illinois
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12vsCentral MichiganL 20–⁠2451%
Sep 19vs7Notre DameL 31–⁠5228%
Sep 26at25Boston CollegeL 0–⁠1429%
Oct 3vsIndianaW 42–⁠3140%
Oct 10at3MichiganL 10–⁠3514%
Oct 17atMinnesotaW 20–⁠1552%
Oct 24vsOhio StateL 17–⁠2738%
Oct 31atNorthwesternW 27–⁠2654%
Nov 7vsWisconsinW 26–⁠1058%
Nov 14vsPurdueW 35–⁠1363%
Nov 21atIllinoisL 10–⁠1439%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Illinois 14–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 3rd in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 80th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 122 on file).

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 1992.

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
5–⁠3 3rd in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
238–⁠261
Coach
George Perles
Elo
1492 +15 this season
SP+ rating
5.7 No. 42 of 105; offense No. 45, defense No. 48
SRS
2.4 No. 44 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Morris Watts
Defensive coordinator
Norm Parker
Captains
Tico Duckett and Toby Heaton
Most valuable player
Mill Coleman

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 6Mitch Lyons TEAtlanta Falcons
Rd 7Ty Hallock LBDetroit Lions

All-Big Ten

1 first team, 4 second team

First team

  • Tico DuckettRBAP-1

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan6–⁠0–⁠29–⁠0–⁠35
Ohio State5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠118
Michigan State5–⁠35–⁠6
Illinois4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Iowa4–⁠45–⁠7
Wisconsin3–⁠55–⁠6
Indiana3–⁠55–⁠6
Purdue3–⁠54–⁠7
Northwestern3–⁠53–⁠8
Minnesota2–⁠62–⁠9

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