1990 Michigan State Spartans football team

The 1990 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by eighth-year head coach George Perles, the Spartans compiled an overall record of 8–3–1 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, placing in four-way tie for the Big Ten title with Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan.

1990 Michigan State Spartans football
Big Ten co-champion John Hancock Bowl champion
John Hancock Bowl, W 17–16 vs. USC
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 16
Record	8–3–1 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	George Perles (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Morris Watts (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Norm Parker (3rd season)
MVP	Dan Enos, Hyland Hickson
Captain	Dan Enos, Mike Iaquaniello, Carlos Jenkins, Eric Moten
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium
Seasons ← 1989 1991 →

1990 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 7 Michigan +	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 16 Michigan State +	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	1
No. 25 Illinois +	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 18 Iowa +	6	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Ohio State	5	–	2	–	1	7	–	4	–	1
Minnesota	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Indiana	3	–	4	–	1	6	–	5	–	1
Northwestern	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Purdue	1	–	7	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Wisconsin	0	–	8	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	7:30 p.m.	at Syracuse*	No. 19	Carrier Dome Syracuse, NY	ESPN	T 23–23	49,822
September 22	3:30 p.m.	No. 1 Notre Dame*	No. 24	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	ABC	L 19–20	80,401
September 29	7:05 p.m.	at Rutgers*	No. 22	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ		W 34–10	26,188
October 6	1:05 p.m.	Iowa	No. 18	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		L 7–12	76,873
October 13	3:30 p.m.	at No. 1 Michigan		Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ABC	W 28–27	106,188
October 20	3:30 p.m.	at No. 8 Illinois	No. 24	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ABC	L 13–15	70,398
October 27	1:05 p.m.	Purdue		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		W 55–33	77,343
November 3	12:30 p.m.	Indiana		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	ESPN	W 45–20	74,261
November 11	2:30 p.m.	at Minnesota		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		W 28–16	38,731
November 17	2:05 p.m.	at Northwestern	No. 24	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		W 29–22	24,953
November 24	1:05 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 24	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		W 14–9	60,517
December 31	2:30 p.m.	vs. No. 21 USC*	No. 22	Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso, TX (John Hancock Bowl)	CBS	W 17–16	50,562
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Michigan State	7	0	7	14	28
Michigan	7	0	7	13	27

Scoring summary

1		MICH	Alexander 16-yard pass from Grbac (Carlson kick)	MICH 7-0

1		MSU	Enos 8-yard run (Langeloh kick)	Tied 7-7

3		MICH	Bunch 1-yard run (Carlson kick)	MICH 14-7

3		MSU	Hickson 4-yard pass from Enos (Langeloh kick)	Tied 14-14

4		MSU	Hickson 26-yard run (Langeloh kick)	MSU 21-14

4	5:50	MICH	Howard 95-yard kickoff return (Carlson kick)	Tied 21-21

4		MSU	Duckett 9-yard run (Langeloh kick)	MSU 28-21

4	0:06	MICH	Alexander 7-yard pass from Grbac (pass failed)	MSU 28-27

^ "Michigan's lament: No call, no catch, no victory." Eugene Register-Guard. October 14, 1990
^ . Archived from the original on December 20, 2007.

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