2010 Michigan State Spartans football team

The 2010 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Head coach Mark Dantonio was in his fourth season with the Spartans. Michigan State played their home games in Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.

2010 Michigan State Spartans football
Big Ten co-champion
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 14
Record11–2 (7–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Mark Dantonio (4th season; first 3 games, final 8 games)
  • Don Treadwell (games 4–5)
Offensive coordinatorDon Treadwell (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorPat Narduzzi (4th season)
CaptainAaron Bates
Kirk Cousins
Greg Jones
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
(Capacity: 75,005)
2010 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 14 Michigan State +  7 1   11 2  
No. 7 Wisconsin $+  7 1   11 2  
Iowa  4 4   8 5  
Illinois  4 4   7 6  
Penn State  4 4   7 6  
Michigan  3 5   7 6  
Northwestern  3 5   7 6  
Purdue  2 6   4 8  
Minnesota  2 6   3 9  
Indiana  1 7   5 7  
No. 5 Ohio State %  0 1   0 1  
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • + Conference co-champions
  • † – Ohio State (12–1, 7–1) self-vacated all of their wins
Rankings from AP Poll

In the hours following the Spartans' September 18, 2010 victory over Notre Dame, Dantonio suffered a heart attack for which he was hospitalized, and received a coronary stent. His recovery was complicated by the subsequent development of a blood clot in his leg. While he recovered, offensive coordinator Don Treadwell stepped in as acting head coach, leading the Spartans against Northern Colorado and Wisconsin. Dantonio resumed his head coaching duties for the sixth game of the season against Michigan, although he coached that game and the next week's game against Illinois from the press box instead of the head coach's traditional place on the sidelines. He returned to the sidelines for MSU's road win against Northwestern.

The Spartans finished the regular season with eleven wins (tied the most to date in school history), one loss, and secured their first share of the Big Ten Championship in twenty years.

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