The Spartans struck first with a touchdown run by Longshore, who lost the starting quarterback job to Riley, threw for 62 yards with 2 interceptions. This game featured a great deal of offense. It was 27–22 at halftime. The 2008 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season.The team's head coach was Mark Dantonio.The Spartans played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.This was Dantonio's second season as the Spartans head coach. The Wolverines tied it up near the end of the first quarter when Coming off of an emotional win against arch-rival Michigan, Michigan State appeared to suffer a bit of an emotional letdown against the underachieving Badgers. Daryll Clark threw for 341 yards and 4 touchdown passes. It had all been Javon Ringer up until this point. The game marked the first time that two Cal running backs had completed over 100 yards rushing since the It was a rainy day in East Lansing. With Wisconsin leading 24–22 late in the fourth quarter with the ball in Spartan territory, the game appeared all but over. View the 2008 Michigan football schedule at FBSchedules.com. The Spartans improved to a 4–1 record. On the second play of the game FAU broke a would-be 79 yd touchdown run, but it was called back on a holding penalty. However, a holding call brought back what would have likely been the game-clinching first down for Wisconsin and forced them to punt. Wisconsin dominated the ground game on both sides of the ball, rushing for 281 yards while holding Michigan State to just 25 yards rushing. Cal scored again on a field goal by freshman kicker David Seawright in the second quarter. In one of the most exciting plays of the game, Hoyer hit TE Charlie Gantt on an 83 yd TD pass. In the 2007 season, the Spartans opened the season 4–0, but lost five of their next six games to put their record at 5–5.Following the conclusion of the non-conference portion of their schedule, the Spartans began Both teams were scoreless until a blocked Spartans punt resulted in a Bears touchdown in the first quarter.
The schedule includes the opponents, dates, and results. That sucked the momentum out the Hoosiers as the Spartans went on to win 42–29. Because of the horrible weather conditions, the teams combined had 3 lost fumbles, and it was a low-scoring affair. In week four, the Spartans welcomed undefeated rival Notre Dame. With 1:19 left to play, Coming into the game, Michigan State had a chance to clinch a share of their first Big Ten title since 1990. The Hoosiers were on their own goal line, and the holding penalty caused a safety. Brian Hoyer was 14–26, threw for 261 yds, and 2 TD's, while Javon Ringer improved his Heisman resume, rushing for 198 yds, and 2 TD's. However, Penn State held Javon Ringer to 42 yards on 17 carries as the Lions beat Michigan state 49–18. All Rights Reserved. In one of the crucial plays of the game, a 99 yd TD pass was called back on a holding penalty. In the previous eight years of the rivalry, the visiting team had won each game. Spartans QB Brian Hoyer finally had a break out game. Michigan State responded when Otis Wiley intercepted a The second half saw both teams score back and forth. The defense stepped up in the second half for the Spartans, allowing only one touchdown. Michigan State was able to dominate the ground game on both sides of the ball, rushing for 203 yards while holding Notre Dame to just 16 rushing yards. Michigan State got out to an early 13–0 lead behind two The Spartans struck first, scoring on a huge 61 yard TD pass from Brian Hoyer to Blair White with just under 12 minutes to go in the first quarter. But the Hoosiers came back with an 80 yd TD run by Marcus Thigpen, who tore up the defense. The official 2008 Football schedule for the University of Michigan Wolverines © 2020 Board of Regents of the University of Michigan.