1962 Michigan State Spartans football team

The 1962 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 1962 Big Ten Conference football season. In their ninth season under head coach Duffy Daugherty, the Spartans compiled a 5–4 overall record 3–3 against Big Ten opponents) and finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.^[1][2]

1962 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	5–4 (3–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Duffy Daugherty (9th season)
MVP	George Saimes
Captain	George Saimes
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium
Seasons ← 1961 1963 →

1962 Big Ten Conference football standings

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

Two Spartans were selected as first-team players on the 1962 All-Big Ten Conference football team. Halfback George Saimes received first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and United Press International (UPI), and center Dave Behrman received first-team honors from the AP.^[3][4][5] Saimes was also a consensus first-team selection for the 1962 College Football All-America Team.^[6] Guard Ed Budde was selected by Time magazine as a first-team All-American.^[7]

The 1962 Spartans won all three of their annual rivalry games. In the annual Indiana–Michigan State football rivalry game, the Spartans defeated the Hoosiers by a 26 to 8 score. In the Notre Dame rivalry game, the Spartans defeated the Fighting Irish by a 31 to 7 score. And, in the annual Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry game, the Spartans defeated the Wolverines by a 28 to 0 score.^[2] In non-conference play, the Spartans defeated North Carolina (38–6) and lost to Stanford (16–13).^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Stanford*	No. 6	Stanford Stadium Palo Alto, CA	L 13–16	32,500
October 6	North Carolina*		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	W 38–6	61,000
October 13	Michigan		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	W 28–0	77,501	[8]
October 20	at Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 31–7	60,116
October 27	at Indiana	No. 10	Seventeenth Street Football Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	W 26–8	24,377
November 3	Minnesota	No. 7	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 7–28	64,783
November 10	Purdue		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	L 9–17	70,059
November 17	at No. 9 Northwestern		Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 31–7	54,342
November 24	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 6–7	19,547
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

• FB George Saimes, Sr.
• RB Ron Rubick

See also

• 1962 in Michigan

References

1. "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 146, 155. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
2. "1962 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 18, 2017.
3. "Gophers Ring the Bell". The Blade, Toledo, Ohio (AP story). November 27, 1962. p. 24.
4. Joe Mooshil (November 27, 1962). "Spartans Saimes and Behrman Get All-Big Ten Team Berths; Bell-Richter, Unanimous". The Owosso Argus-Press (AP story).
5. "Pick Big Ten All-Star Squad". Galesburg Register-Mail. November 27, 1962. p. 12.
6. "2014 NCAA Football Records: Consensus All-America Selections" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). 2014. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved February 10, 2015.
7. "Time All-America Teams: Picked by the Pros". Time.
8. Bob Pille (October 14, 1962). "Spartans Put the Blast on 'M', 28-0". Detroit Free Press. p. 1F – via Newspapers.com.