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Michigan State Spartans

The Michigan State Spartans were 7-2 in 1961.

Scores & Schedules

See schedule
DATE OPP SCORE
Sat
11/25
vs
ILL ILL
W
34-7
Sat
11/18
vs
NW NW
W
21-13
Sat
11/11
@
PUR PUR
L
6-7
Sat
11/4
@
MINN MINN
L
0-13
Sat
10/28
vs
IND IND
W
35-0

Team Leaders

See roster

PASS YDS

630

Smith

Smith

RUSH YDS

451

Saimes

Saimes

REC YDS

247

Sanders

Sanders

1961 Big 10 Standings

TEAM CONF OVERALL
1
Ohio State Ohio State
6-0
8-0-1
Minnesota Minnesota
6-1
8-2
Michigan State Michigan State
5-2
7-2
Michigan Michigan
3-3
6-3
Purdue Purdue
4-2
6-3

1961 Stats

See stats
GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team
9
192
2,885
578
5.0
2,135
463
4.6
750
115
6.5
Team Rank
28th
30th
71st
17th
19th
40th
11th
73rd
88th
35th
Opponent
9
50
1,751
3.0
1,045
399
2.6
706
183
3.9
Opponent Rank
29th
7th
4th
10th
20th
11th
15th
91st
2nd
Net
+142
+1,134
+578
+2.0
+1,090
+64
+2.0
+44
-68
+2.7
Net Rank
12th
13th
71st
9th
11th
28th
9th
45th
103rd
8th

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Pass Yards Leaders

4,779

McCord

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4,313

Ward

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4,266

Dart

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Rush Yards Leaders

2,601

Jeanty

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1,711

Skattebo

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1,660

Hampton

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Rec Yards Leaders

1,554

Fannin

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1,382

Nash

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1,319

McMillan

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Pass TD Leaders

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Ward

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37

Sanders

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36

Klubnik

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Rush TD Leaders

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Daily

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Jeanty

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25

Stewart

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Rec TD Leaders

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Nash

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15

Smith

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Hunter

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QB Rating Leaders

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Dart

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Rourke

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Howard

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Sack Leaders

17.0

Green

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Powell-Ryland

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CFB 2024 Rankings

PPG Rankings
Miami

43.9

Indiana

41.3

Ole Miss

38.6

Texas Tech

37.6

Boise State

37.3

Washington State

36.6
Opp PPG Rankings
Ohio State

12.9

Ole Miss

14.4

Texas

15.3

Army

15.5

Notre Dame

15.5

Indiana

15.6
Total Yards Rankings
Miami

537.2

Ole Miss

525.6

North Texas

488.8

New Mexico

484.3

Texas State

476.9

Utah State

467.7
Rush Yards Rankings
Army

300.5

New Mexico

253.6

Liberty

251.3

Jacksonville State

251.1

UCF

248.1

Navy

247.8
Pass Yards Rankings
Syracuse

370.0

Ole Miss

349.8

Miami

348.2

North Texas

328.2

San José State

321.8

Colorado

318.0
Sack Leaders
Boise State

56.0

Ohio State

53.0

Ole Miss

53.0

Texas

46.0

Penn State

44.0

Duke

44.0

CFB 2024 Division Standings

Big 12 W L PCT
1
Arizona State Arizona State
11
3
.786
2
BYU BYU
11
2
.846
Mountain West W L PCT
1
Boise State Boise State
12
2
.857
2
UNLV UNLV
11
3
.786
Sun Belt W L PCT
1
Marshall Marshall
10
3
.769
2
Louisiana Louisiana
10
4
.714
Independent W L PCT
1
Notre Dame Notre Dame
14
1
.933
2
UConn UConn
9
4
.692
Mid-American W L PCT
1
Ohio Ohio
11
3
.786
2
Miami (OH) Miami (OH)
9
5
.643
Big 10 W L PCT
1
Ohio State Ohio State
13
2
.867
2
Oregon Oregon
13
1
.929
Pac-12 W L PCT
1
Oregon State Oregon State
5
7
.417
2
Washington State Washington State
8
5
.615
Atlantic Coast W L PCT
1
SMU SMU
11
3
.786
2
Clemson Clemson
10
4
.714
Southeastern W L PCT
1
Texas Texas
13
3
.813
2
Georgia Georgia
11
3
.786
American Athletic W L PCT
1
Army Army
12
2
.857
2
Tulane Tulane
9
5
.643
Conference USA W L PCT
1
Jacksonville State Jacksonville State
9
5
.643
2
Western Kentucky Western Kentucky
8
6
.571