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BRIAN BRESLIN JOEL I. FERGUSON DIANNE BYRUM MELANIE FOSTER CHAIRMAN VICE CHAIRMAN ONONDAGA EAST LANSING ALTO LANSING

DAN KELLY MITCH LYONS BRIAN MOSALLAM GEORGE PERLES CLARKSTON ROCKFORD DEARBORN EAST LANSING For biographical information, visit http://trustees.msu.edu

Lou Anna K. Simon, the 20th president of Michigan State social sciences, engineering, and advanced physical

THE UNIVERSITY LOU ANNA K. SIMON, PH.D. University, leads the university’s work to advance the sciences. She also leads its commitment to working at PRESIDENT common good in Michigan and around the world. Simon the forefront of emerging opportunities in areas such earned her doctorate at Michigan State in 1974 and held as bioengineering, medicine and genomics, advanced MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY a variety of administrative roles at the university, including mobility, and computation. assistant provost for general academic administration, Simon is a past chair and current board member of associate provost, and provost and vice president for the Association of American Universities, a group of 62 academic affairs. The MSU Board of Trustees appointed leading U.S. and Canadian research universities. She her president in January 2005. is a member of the American Council on Education As president, Simon has engaged Michigan State in and, as a past chair of the National Collegiate Athletic a strategic and transformative journey to adapt the Association Executive Committee, serves as an ex offi cio principles of its land-grant heritage to 21st-century administrative committee member. She is a long-standing challenges. Her initiatives in learning, research, and member of the National Security Higher Education international engagement refl ect MSU’s commitment to Advisory Board. applying knowledge to benefi t society. She outlined these Simon’s activity in economic development has placed her commitments and the philosophy behind them in her on the Council on Competitiveness and the Business- monograph, Embracing the World Grant Ideal: Affi rming Higher Education Forum, both national organizations the Morrill Act for a Twenty-fi rst-century Global Society. focused on U.S. economic competitiveness and Simon’s vision includes building an inclusive and engaged prosperity. She serves on the board of directors of academic community where every student graduates as Business Leaders for Michigan and is past chair of the a skilled and sought-after citizen-scholar. MSU’s Student Detroit Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Success initiative is critical to that effort, and its outcomes She also is an advisory committee member of the are refl ected in Michigan State’s top standing for student Detroit Innovation District, which promotes small business engagement among public research universities. growth and job creation in the city. With the support of external funding now exceeding Building on more than 50 years of development work and $580 million annually, Simon helps ensure that MSU is research in Africa by MSU faculty members, Simon is a making an enduring difference regionally and globally member of the executive committee of the Partnership by fi nding solutions to the world’s great challenges. She to Cut Hunger and Poverty in Africa and speaks to has expanded MSU’s reach through its internationally scholarly international gatherings about global food and regarded research in food, water, education and development issues.

250 2017 MICHIGAN STATE FOOTBALL 2017 2017 THE 2016 SPARTAN SPARTAN HONORS & BOWL THE OUTLOOK SPARTANS STAFF RECAP RECORDS HISTORY AWARDS HISTORY UNIVERSITY 251 nished fi rst for the fi ce building, fi nest football nished in thenished in fi fi Big Ten Tournament titlefth fi cials, a media center, and an fi @MSU_FOOTBALL ces and a hall of history. In the summerces and a hall fi eld Sports Directors’ Cup standings for aneld Sports Directors’ fi eld Hills, Michigan, donated $5 million as the lead fi which also houses MSU Residential and Hospitality Services, gift for the facility expansion and upgrade. The Skandalaris Football Center includes team, staff and position meeting rooms, coaches’ of of 2015, the Spartans opened a renovated locker room in addition to a new state-of-the-art Sports Medicine and Performance Center in the Skandalaris Football Center. Hollis’ vision of the entire athletics administration working in the same building will come true this fall as the Michigan State Athletic Department moves into the brand new 1855 Place on Harrison Road, across the street from the Breslin Center. The mixed-use 102,000-square-foot of and established a Big Ten record by advancing to the NCAAand established a Big Ten record in a row. Men’s and women’sTournament for the 19th year golf, volleyball, women’scross country, men’s and women’s also advanced to theirbasketball and women’s gymnastics respective NCAA Championships. have been upgraded at an Spartan athletic facilities decade – including more thanunprecedented rate the past – and will only continue to$115 million at Spartan Stadium addition to the south endimprove under Hollis. A $13 million to open prior to the 2017of Spartan Stadium is scheduled 20,000-square-foot single-storyseason. Construction on the 2017, will include theproject, which began in February addition of 236 bathrooms, four concession stand areas, and movement of the ticket entrances out from the stadium structure to create donor plazas and renovated gates similar to the North End Zone. A $24.5 million project to the north end of Spartan Stadium was completed in August 2014 that asfeatures a two-story, 50,000-square-foot addition as well an entrance plaza, renovated gates, and additional restrooms and concessions. The building includes new locker rooms for teams, coaches and of engagement center for all varsity sports. Prior to the 2012 season, $10 million scoreboards, totaling 13,300-square-feet, were installed in the north and south end zones, giving MSU one of the top video board systems in the nation. The Spartans moved into one of the nation’s facilities in August 2008, as a $15 million expansion and renovation project for the Duffy Daugherty Football Building was completed. MSU alumni Robert and Julie Skandalaris of Bloom top 50 of the Lear Headlined by a Big Ten Championship in football, the school’s Big Ten Championship in football, Headlined by a title in six years, the Spartans third conference State earned a year in 2015-16. Michigan 18th consecutive its victory over Football Playoff following berth in the College and Big Ten Championship Game No. 4 Iowa in the men’s basketball team set aprogram since 1955-57. The its conference record by winning in the top 10 of the national polls for the third season in a row the national polls for the third in the top 10 of a No. 4 in 2014, No. 6 in 2016), (No. 3 in 2013, cial fi cially honored at the 58th NFF Annual Awards fi fth Big Ten title in the last decade to extend Michiganfth Big fi State’s run of winning at least one Big Ten Championship toState’s run of winning at least one Big Ten Championship 21 consecutive years. Another six programs were represented by individuals at NCAA Championship events. designations. The 15-year agreement will provide guaranteeddesignations. The 15-year agreement revenues in excess of $150 million. the recipient of the NationalIn June 2015, Hollis was named Award, which is presentedFootball Foundation John L. Toner who has demonstratedannually to an athletics director and shown outstanding superior administrative abilities dedication to college athletics and particularly . Hollis was of Dinner on Dec. 8, 2015, at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City. During Hollis’ tenure, Michigan State student-athletes have excelled not only in competition, but in the classroom as well. For 13 consecutive semesters, Spartan student-athletes have posted better than a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average. More than 400 student-athletes (426) posted a cumulative GPA above 3.0 in the spring semester of 2017, marking the highest total in the history of the department for the spring, and 18 teams maintained a cumulative 3.0 GPA. The spring semester of 2017 also saw Spartan student-athletes compile both the highest spring term in program history (3.1009) and the highest cumulative grade-point average in department history at 3.1380. Additionally, 291 student-athletes earned Academic All-Big Ten honors and 102 garnered Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades throughout the 2016-17 academic year. Furthermore, 315 student-athletes were honored at the 2017 SASS Academic Excellence Gala (student-athletes with at least a sophomore academic standing and a 3.0 or better cumulative GPA). Eight teams advanced to their respective NCAA Championships in 2016-17, including the men’s basketball team, which extended its NCAA Tournament streak to 20, the fourth-longest in NCAA history. The women’s golf team won its MSU Athletics Director Mark Hollis (far right), who received the John L. Toner Award at the 2015 NFF AwardsMSU Athletics Director Mark Hollis (far right), who received the John L. Toner Award at the 2015 NFF GeneDinner, was joined by former MSU All-America wide receiver and College Football Hall of Famer CollegeWashington, MSU head coach and former MSU All-America running back and 2015 Football Hall of Fame inductee Clinton Jones in New York City on Dec. 8, 2015. Future events Hollis designed include a 16-team men’s Hollis designed include a Future events schools tournament with Nike-sponsored college basketball celebrate Nike in November 2017 to in Portland, Oregon, Knight’s 80th birthday. President Phil long-range in landing a strategic Hollis was instrumental Sports that MSU Athletics and FOX partnership between parties agreed in April 2016. The two was announced deal effective for the 2016- to a new multimedia rights MSU will grant FOX Sports17 academic year in which rights associated withmarketing and corporate partnership The rights will be managedits 25 varsity sports programs. a division of FOX-ownedby FOX Sports College Properties, include in-venue signage, print,Home Team Sports, and will corporate hospitality, digitalradio, television programming, promotional and experientialand social media integration, property rights and of activities, and intellectual rst eld fi fi nancial fi ight deck of an aircraftight fl nishes in the Lear fi cially assumed the role of fi ve years on the NCAA Division I Men’s fi cial appointment as athletics director began fi MSU’s 18th athletics director on Jan. 1, 2008, succeeding Ron Mason. Hollis has more than 30 years of athletics administration experience, either at the school or conference level. His well- rounded background has led to his knowledge of all areas within an athletics department, including marketing, administration, television negotiations, fund-raising, game operations, facility management, personnel policy, corporate interaction, sports management and public relations. inA 1985 MSU graduate, Hollis returned to his alma mater 1995 as the associate athletics director for external relations. Since then, he has been a critical component of the athletic department executive management staff, helping guide the department through short- and long-range plans. In addition, Hollis spent inBasketball Committee and served as the committee chair I2016-17. He also was a former chair of the NCAA Division Amateurism Cabinet and a former member of the NCAA’s Men’s Basketball Issues Committee. Since his of Sports Directors’ Cup. In addition, during Hollis’ tenure as an administrator at MSU, the Spartans have appeared in 20 consecutive men’s basketball NCAA Tournaments – the longest streak in Big Ten history and the third-longest active streak in the nation – and seven Final Fours. The football team appeared in the 2015 and has also won the (2014) and Cotton Bowl (2015) in addition to three Big Ten titles in Hollis’ tenure. Hollis is credited with developing some of college athletics’ most innovative events. It was his vision that led to Michigan State playing North Carolina in November 2011 in the basketball game to be played on the carrier. In 2003, Hollis was the architect of the “BasketBowl,” which established a then-world record crowd of 78,129 who witnessed the Michigan State-Kentucky game at Detroit’s Ford Field. The concept, which involves placing the court in the center of a football stadium, has been used at the last nine NCAA Final Fours. In 2001, Hollis helped mastermind the Michigan State-Michigan outdoor hockey game that attracted a then world-record crowd of 74,554 in Spartan Stadium. His ingenuity and experience in intercollegiate athletics led to his induction into the National Association of Collegiate Marketing Administrators (NACMA) Hall of Fame in June 2015. “We gather and engage our community to teach, support and celebrate our student-athletes in their quest for excellence.” This is the vision Michigan State Athletics Director Mark Hollis has for Spartan Athletics. Hollis, who was named the 2012 Athletic Director of the Year by Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal/Daily, is in his 10th year leading the MSU Athletics Department. He of in 2008, Hollis has led one of the most successful periods in the history of Michigan State athletics. The Spartans have won one national championship (2014 women’s cross country) and 30 Big Ten Championships (regular season and tournament), appeared in three Final Fours and eight bowl games, and own nine top-50 ATHLETICS DIRECTOR DIRECTOR ATHLETICS HOLLIS MARK women’s cross country, women’s basketball and women’s HIGHLIGHTS IN HOLLIS’ TENURE AS ATHLETICS DIRECTOR AT MSU golf teams also won conference championships. In 2009-10, the men’s basketball team advanced to the Final • One NCAA Championship (2014 women’s cross • Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal/Daily Four for the sixth time in 12 years and won its second straight Big Ten regular-season title, and fi eld hockey captured both country) and 30 Big Ten Championships (regular Athletic Director of the Year (2012) the Big Ten regular-season and tournament championships. season and tournament) • National Association of Collegiate Marketing In Hollis’ fi rst full season as athletics director in 2008-09, • Three Final Fours (2009, 2010, 2015) Administrators Hall of Fame Inductee (2015) Michigan State enjoyed one of its most successful years of • Eight bowl games, including three consecutive BCS/ • National Football Foundation John L. Toner Award the decade with a 27th-place fi nish in the Directors’ Cup, the best showing for the department since 2003 and the New Year’s Six games (2014 Rose Bowl, 2015 Cotton (2015) third highest in the department’s history. Ten teams earned Bowl, 2015 CFP Semifi nal at Cotton Bowl) • NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee bids to their respective NCAA Championships, led by men’s basketball, which reached the national title game against • Nine top-50 fi nishes in Learfi eld Sports Directors’ Cup Member (2012-17) and Chairman (2016-17) North Carolina while also winning the Big Ten regular-season • 13 consecutive semesters of student-athletes post- • NCAA Division I Amateurism Cabinet – Former Chair championship. ing a cumulative grade-point average better than a • NCAA Men’s Basketball Issues Committee – For a complete year-by-year breakdown, visit Hollis’ bio at 3.0, including a record 3.138 in the spring of 2017 Former Member msuspartans.com. Hollis was named athletics director designate on Sept. 12, 2007, and teamed with Mason in the transition throughout the will include administration, athletic communications, business basketball not only reached the NCAA Tournament for the fall of 2007. Prior to his offi cial appointment as athletics director, offi ce, compliance, sales and marketing, Spartan Fund and 18th straight year, tying a Big Ten record, it made a run to Hollis played a lead role in two signifi cant head coaching the Spartan Ticket Offi ce. the Final Four for the ninth time in school history after topping searches during the 2006-07 year. He spearheaded the effort In October 2015, a major facilities upgrade – focused on Louisville in the East Regional Championship. In addition to to hire Mark Dantonio as football coach, which has resulted improving the visitor experience – and the construction of winning the Big Ten outdoor title, the women’s track and fi eld in nine bowl appearances, three Big Ten Championships a Michigan State University Basketball Hall of History at the team posted Top 25 fi nishes at the NCAA Indoor (24th) and (2010, 2013, 2015), a Rose Bowl Championship (2014) Breslin Student Events Center was approved by the MSU Outdoor (20th) Championships. Michigan State fi nished 34th and a College Football Playoff appearance (2015). He also Board of Trustees. The $50 million project will be funded by in the fi nal 2014-15 Directors’ Cup standings. provided major assistance in the hiring of women’s basketball the university ($30 million) and MSU Athletics ($20 million). Fueled by six Big Ten Championships (regular season and coach Suzy Merchant in the spring of 2007, who has brought The work began in January 2016 and substantial completion tournament), which tied the department record, Michigan MSU to eight NCAA Tournaments. Hollis’ fi rst hire as athletics is expected by August 2017, with fi nal completion set for State placed 29th in the 2013-14 Directors’ Cup standings, director arrived on July 2, 2008, when he tabbed Jake Boss June 2018. The improvements that will be addressed include: tied for the fourth best in department history and second Jr. to direct the Spartan baseball program. expanding and improving concession areas and concourses; highest under Hollis. Led by the Big Ten and Rose Bowl Hollis was named the associate athletics director for external improving bathroom facilities; upgrading passenger and Championship football team, the Spartans closed the fall relations at Michigan State in November 1995. He coordinated freight elevators; improving exterior entrances and parking season at No. 2 in the Directors’ Cup. MSU won a school- marketing and promotions, community relations, special- lots; and replacing chiller and water connections. The project record 13 games, fi nished No. 3 in both national polls, event fundraising, sports information, ticket operations, spirit also features a 26,000-square-foot addition that will house defeated No. 5 Stanford in the 100th Rose , groups, broadcast services and corporate sponsorships. He the MSU Basketball Hall of History. The Draymond Green and topped No. 2 Ohio State in the Big Ten Championship received the National Marketer of the Year Award by NACMA Strength and Conditioning Center, accessible from both Game. On the hardwood, men’s basketball won its fourth Big in May 2002. auxiliary gyms on the mezzanine level, will be constructed Ten Tournament title and reached the Elite Eight, while the below the Hall of History. women’s team claimed its second Big Ten regular-season Prior to returning to Michigan State, Hollis spent two years at the University of Pittsburgh as assistant and associate athletic Numerous Olympic sports have also seen their facilities championship in four years and received its sixth consecutive NCAA bid. director. Before his stint at Pitt, Hollis worked for the Western upgraded on campus. On June 1, 2016, the Lasch Family Athletic Conference. He joined the WAC as an administrative Golf Center, the new 15,000-square-foot home of the MSU On the playing fi eld in 2012-13, Michigan State ranked 30th assistant immediately after college. Two years later, he was men’s and women’s golf teams, was offi cially dedicated. The in the Directors’ Cup standings. In 2011-12, MSU won three appointed assistant to the commissioner and soon thereafter $6 million facility includes an indoor practice area, student- Big Ten Championships (women’s cross country, men’s

THE UNIVERSITY was promoted to assistant commissioner. athlete lounge, men’s and women’s locker rooms, coaches’ basketball and women’s golf) and fi nished 34th overall in the offi ces, video room, weight room and a kitchen area featuring 2011-12 Directors’ Cup standings. Hollis earned his bachelor of arts degree in communication from Michigan State in 1985, where he served as a basketball nutrition/hydration stations. In addition, more than $6 million Michigan State won fi ve Big Ten Championships in 2010-11. has been spent on updates to Munn Ice Arena since 2014, team manager under Jud Heathcote. In 1992, he earned The football team won a then school-record 11 games and his MBA in business administration from the University of including new video boards, chairback seating, concourse claimed the program’s seventh Big Ten Championship, the improvement and ice improvements. Colorado. He and his wife Nancy, have a daughter, Katy, and baseball team won its fi rst Big Ten title since 1979, while the two sons, T.R. and Michael. In 2008, the men’s and women’s soccer programs opened DeMartin Stadium, a 2,500-seat facility that enables MSU to host conference and national tournaments, and the facility added lights in 2017. The baseball program played its inaugural season in McLane Baseball Stadium in 2009 following a $4 million donation to the 2,500-seat ballpark by former Houston Astros owner Drayton McLane Jr. In 2011, with the help of a $1 million gift by alumnus Ambassador Peter F. Secchia – the largest cash (outright) gift received by an MSU women’s intercollegiate sports program – Secchia Stadium, a 1,100-seat facility located at Old College Field, opened for the softball program. Michigan State had another banner year in 2014-15, as the women’s cross country team captured the fi rst-ever women’s NCAA Championship in school history, the men’s basketball team advanced to the Final Four, the football team defeated No. 4 Baylor in the Cotton Bowl Classic, and long distance runner Leah O’Connor captured an individual national championship in track (indoor mile). The women’s cross country team also won its second straight Big Ten Championship and the women’s track and fi eld team won its fi rst outdoor Big Ten title since 1982. In addition, the men’s soccer team advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight for the second consecutive season, the volleyball team earned a bid to the NCAA Tournament for the fourth year in a row, and the men’s cross country team placed 24th at the NCAA Championships. The Spartans closed the fall season ranked MSU head coach Mark Dantonio, MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon and MSU Athletics Director Mark Hollis hoist No. 5 in the Learfi eld Sports Directors’ Cup standings. Men’s the 100th trophy following the Spartans’ win over Stanford on Jan. 1, 2014. 252 2017 MICHIGAN STATE FOOTBALL 2017 2017 THE 2016 SPARTAN SPARTAN HONORS & BOWL THE OUTLOOK SPARTANS STAFF RECAP RECORDS HISTORY AWARDS HISTORY UNIVERSITY 253 @MSU_FOOTBALL Saturday, Nov. 4 Illinois at Purdue Maryland at Rutgers Minnesota at Michigan Northwestern at Nebraska Ohio State at Iowa Penn State at Michigan State Wisconsin at Indiana Saturday, Nov. 11 Rutgers at Penn State Indiana at Illinois Iowa at Wisconsin Michigan at Maryland Michigan State at Ohio State Nebraska at Minnesota Purdue at Northwestern Saturday, Nov. 18 Illinois at Ohio State Maryland at Michigan State Michigan at Wisconsin Minnesota at Northwestern Nebraska at Penn State Purdue at Iowa Rutgers at Indiana Friday, Nov. 24 Iowa at Nebraska Saturday, Nov. 25 Ohio State at Michigan Indiana at Purdue Michigan State at Rutgers Northwestern at Illinois Penn State at Maryland Wisconsin at Minnesota Saturday, Dec. 2 Big Ten Championship Game [2] [1] at Arlington, Texas [2] at Indianapolis, Ind. Friday, Sept. 29 Nebraska at Illinois Saturday, Sept. 30 Indiana at Penn State Iowa at Michigan State Maryland at Minnesota Northwestern at Wisconsin Ohio State at Rutgers Saturday, Oct. 7 Illinois at Iowa Penn State at Northwestern Maryland at Ohio State Michigan State at Michigan Minnesota at Purdue Wisconsin at Nebraska Saturday, Oct. 14 Michigan at Indiana Northwestern at Maryland Michigan State at Minnesota Ohio State at Nebraska Purdue at Wisconsin Rutgers at Illinois Saturday, Oct. 21 Purdue at Rutgers Maryland at Wisconsin Indiana at Michigan State Illinois at Minnesota Iowa at Northwestern Michigan at Penn State Saturday, Oct. 28 Wisconsin at Illinois Rutgers at Michigan Penn State at Ohio State Indiana at Maryland Michigan State at Northwestern Minnesota at Iowa Nebraska at Purdue Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts, will host the 2017 Big Ten Championship Game on Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts, will host the 2017 Big Ten Championship Saturday, Dec. 2. Thursday, Aug. 31 Buffalo at Minnesota Ohio State at Indiana Friday, Sept. 1 Washington at Rutgers Utah State at Wisconsin Saturday, Sept. 2 Ball State at Illinois Wyoming at Iowa Maryland at Texas Bowling Green at Michigan State Akron at Penn State Florida vs. Michigan [1] Nevada at Northwestern Louisville vs. Purdue [2] Arkansas State at Nebraska Friday, Sept. 8 Ohio at Purdue Saturday, Sept. 9 Iowa at Iowa State Towson at Maryland Cincinnati at Michigan Northwestern at Duke Florida Atlantic at Wisconsin Indiana at Virginia Western Michigan at Michigan State Pittsburgh at Penn State Eastern Michigan at Rutgers Nebraska at Oregon Oklahoma at Ohio State Western Kentucky at Illinois Minnesota at Oregon State Friday, Sept. 15 Illinois at South Florida Saturday, Sept. 16 Air Force at Michigan Northern Illinois at Nebraska Florida International at Indiana North Texas at Iowa Middle Tennessee State at Minnesota Morgan State at Rutgers Wisconsin at BYU Army West Point at Ohio State Bowling Green State at Northwestern Georgia State at Penn State Purdue at Missouri Saturday, Sept. 23 Rutgers at Nebraska Michigan at Purdue Notre Dame at Michigan State Georgia Southern at Indiana Central Florida at Maryland UNLV at Ohio State Penn State at Iowa SPARTAN STADIUM

Spartan Stadium is in its 94th season as home to Michigan State football. Since its square feet (450-feet long and 10-feet high). Combined, the south and north video opening in 1923, Michigan State has won 70 percent of its games played in Spartan screens/scoreboards total 13,300-square feet. The $10 million project replaced a Stadium. The Spartans hosted their 500th game at Spartan Stadium on Oct. 12, 2013, 14-year-old scoreboard, message board and audio system. In July 2014, ESPN against Indiana on Homecoming. named Spartan Stadium’s south end zone scoreboard among the Top 10 in the Featuring one of the fi nest playing surfaces in all of college football, Spartan Stadium nation at No. 9. was named the top collegiate football fi eld for 2016 by the Sports Turf Managers A $64 million expansion project completed prior to the start of the 2005 football Association (STMA), becoming just the fourth collegiate football fi eld to earn the season featured the addition of nearly 3,000 seats, including 24 suites and a 193- distinction of STMA Field of the Year twice since the award was created in 1992; the seat press box, bringing the current stadium capacity to 75,005. “The Spartan” statue fi eld was also recognized in 2005. was relocated to the atrium of the new structure. The 200,000-square-foot addition Spartan Stadium (capacity: 75,005) represents a tribute to Michigan State’s football also houses the MSU Alumni Association, University Development and other units. past and a vote of confi dence in its future. Since 2012, more than $50 million has been The Michigan State Board of Trustees approved the major addition and expansion THE UNIVERSITY committed to upgrading the 94-year-old facility to continually enhance the gameday project of Spartan Stadium in September 2003. Barton Malow/Clark served as the atmosphere. SPARTAN STADIUM QUICK FACTS ______In December 2016, the Michigan State Board of Trustees approved a $13 million addition to the south end of Spartan Stadium that is scheduled to open prior to the 2017 Capacity ...... 75,005 season. Construction on the 20,000-square-foot single-story project, which began in Opened ...... 1923 MSU All-Time Record ...... 358-153-13 (.696) February 2017, will include the addition of 236 bathrooms, four concession stand areas Playing Surface ...... Natural Grass (completed as a separate project for the 2018 season), and movement of the ticket entrances out from the stadium structure to create donor plazas and renovated gates similar to the North End Zone. In addition, permanent light structures, featuring LED TOP 10 CROWDS AT SPARTAN STADIUM ______fi eld lighting, were installed over the summer as part of the requirement of the new Big Att...... Opponent ...... Year Ten broadcast agreement. The $2 million project meets NCAA national championship 80,401 ...... Notre Dame ...... 1990 broadcast lighting levels of 125 vertical foot candles, and the fi eld lighting will be fully 80,383 ...... Ohio State ...... 1975 controllable. 80,193 ...... Notre Dame ...... 2006 In June 2013, the MSU Board of Trustees approved a $24.5 million project to the 80,157 ...... Michigan ...... 1991 north end of Spartan Stadium that opened in August 2014. The structure features a 80,093 ...... Michigan ...... 1971 two-story, 50,000-square-foot addition as well as an entrance plaza, renovated gates, 80,011 ...... Notre Dame ...... 1966 and additional restrooms and concessions. The building includes locker rooms for 79,895 ...... Notre Dame ...... 1986 teams, coaches and offi cials, including a 4,500-square-foot home locker room and a 79,776 ...... Michigan ...... 1975 700-square-foot home training room, in addition to a 3,600-square-foot media center 79,687 ...... Michigan ...... 1997 and a 4,000-square-foot engagement center for all varsity sports. Former All-America 79,561 ...... Purdue ...... 1979 offensive lineman Flozell Adams provided a leadership gift of $1.5 million for MSU’s new locker room, which is named in honor of his later mother, Rachel Adams. ALL-TIME MSU FOOTBALL SEASON-TICKET SALES ______Prior to the 2012 season, new high-def Panasonic video screens and scoreboards as Rank ...... Season ...... Tickets Sold well as a new sound system were installed in Spartan Stadium. The new scoreboard/ 1...... 2012 ...... 63,831 video screen in the south end zone is 5,300-square feet, compared to its predecessor 2...... 2014 ...... 61,931 that measured just 567-square feet (installed in 1998). The top of the new south end 3...... 2000 ...... 61,479 zone structure reaches 130 feet. In addition, two new video boards as well as an LED 4...... 2015 ...... 61,275 ribbon board were added to the north end zone. The LED ribbon board covers 4,500 5...... 2006 ...... 61,227

254 2017 MICHIGAN STATE FOOTBALL 2017 2017 THE 2016 SPARTAN SPARTAN HONORS & BOWL THE OUTLOOK SPARTANS STAFF RECAP RECORDS HISTORY AWARDS HISTORY UNIVERSITY 255 @MSU_FOOTBALL cial turf came in time cial turf came fi cially named Macklin fi rst game in 2012) and a 12-game winning fi cial turf was installed in 1969. The stadium cial fi ANDY FLYNN ATHLETIC GROUNDSKEEPER ve in 2014), which rank second and tied for third longest, fi cially opened in 1923 at its current location, featured a opened in 1923 at its current location, featured a cially fi eld. The playing surface, planted in May of 2001 at MSU’s eld. The playing surface, planted in May fi rst fi

rst came in 1935, the year in which the stadium was of fi AMY FOUTY SPORTS TURF MANAGER streak (7-0 in 2013, won respectively, in Spartan Stadium history. MSU is 38-11 (.776) at home since 2010 and 22-6 (.786) since 2013. Michigan State’s longest home winning streak at Spartan Stadium is 19 games from Oct. 14, 1950, through Nov. 21, 1953. Field, boosting the capacity to 26,000. The 1948 enlargement raised the total to 51,000. Field, boosting the capacity to 26,000. The 1948 enlargement in 1956, the upper decks were After 9,000 new seats upped the capacity to 60,000 the capacity to 76,000. It also added to the east and west stands in 1957, bringing the summer of 1994 improved became Spartan Stadium that year. Renovations during to 72,027. sightlines and comfort for fans, while reducing the capacity to its storied history as a On Oct. 6, 2001, Spartan Stadium added another chapter outdoor hockey game. then world-record crowd of 74,554 attended the MSU-Michigan plus it reached another In 1998, Spartan Stadium celebrated its 75th anniversary game, a 29-5 MSU victory over milestone that season when it played host to its 400th Northwestern on Oct. 31. since taking up residency in Michigan State has compiled a 358-153-13 record (.696) Spartan Stadium (formerly Macklin Field) in 1923. The Spartans have gone undefeated at home 20 times since the stadium opened in 1923, including four times under current MSU head coach Mark Dantonio (2010, 2011, 2013, 2015). In addition, Michigan State has suffered only one home loss during a season 29 times. Under Dantonio, the Spartans are 53-17 (.757) in home games since 2007, including a 15-game winning streak (7-0 in 2010, 7-0 in 2011, won for the 1969 season. have attended 170 games in Spartan Stadium, including Since 1957, capacity crowds MSU’s 20-19 loss to top-ranked the single-game record 80,401 fans who witnessed among the NCAA’s Top 25 Notre Dame on Sept. 22, 1990. The Spartans have ranked 19th in 2016, averaging 74,667 in attendance each of the last 61 seasons, including in total attendance in 2016 as fans per game. The Spartans ranked 16th in the NCAA games, including a season- 522,666 fans went through the turnstiles for seven home high 75,802 vs. Michigan on Oct. 29. eight times in Spartan football Season-ticket sales have topped the 60,000 mark purchased in 2012. MSU sold history, with an all-time record 63,831 season tickets in school history. 61,931 season tickets for the 2014 season, second most to national football prominence A series of projects paralleling the Spartans’ rise 14,000 seats in 1923 to its enlarged the steel-and-concrete facility from its original present size. The returned to natural grass for the 2002 season. In 2005, the natural grass playing for the 2002 season. In 2005, the natural grass playing returned to natural grass Turf earned Field of the Year honors from the Sports surface in Spartan Stadium Managers Association (STMA). the Stadium in 2002 after a 33-year absence, with Natural grass returned to Spartan installation of a modular of Center, was comprised of a blend of nine varieties Hancock Turfgrass Research switch from natural grass to arti Kentucky bluegrass. The original natural grass playing surface until arti natural grass playing surface SPARTAN STADIUM TURF MANAGEMENT construction manager for the Spartan Stadium expansion project, with HNTB providing expansion project, with for the Spartan Stadium construction manager architectural services. surface in Spartan concert, the entire playing June 26, 2011, U2 “360º” Following the 2010 at Graff’s surface, planted in April to be replaced. The new playing Stadium had of four varieties of is comprised of a blend Fort Morgan, Colorado, Turf Farms in Spartan Stadium in new sod, transported to The installation of the Kentucky bluegrass. three days (July 12-15). 26 refrigerator trucks, took Spartan Stadium, which of • Attempt to avoid rematches of regular-season games and repeat appearances in specifi c bowls. BIG TEN BOWL SCHEDULE • Consider geography. LOCKHEED MARTIN ARMED FORCES BOWL Participants in the New Year’s Bowls DEC. 23, 2017 | 3:30 P.M. EST Both participants in the Orange, Rose and Sugar Bowls are BIG TEN VS. ARMY contracted outside the playoff arrangement (Big Ten and ESPN Pac-12 to Rose Bowl; SEC and Big 12 to Sugar Bowl; ACC to Orange Bowl against the highest ranked available team FORT WORTH, TEXAS from the SEC, Big Ten and Notre Dame). If a conference AMON G. CARTER STADIUM (50,000) College Football Playoff champion qualifi es for the playoff, then the bowl will choose On June 26, 2012, the BCS Presidential Oversight Commit- a replacement from that conference. When those bowls host QUICK LANE BOWL the semifi nals and their contracted conference champions tee agreed to launch a four-team playoff beginning with the DEC. 26, 2017 | TBA 2014-15 season. The format is simple: the best four teams, do not qualify, then the displaced champion(s) will play in BIG TEN VS. ACC/NOTRE DAME two semifi nals played in bowl games and a championship one of the other New Year’s bowls. When not hosting semi- game played in a different city each year. It’s the best of all fi nals, the Cotton, Fiesta and Peach Bowls will welcome dis- ESPN worlds and the biggest innovation in the sport in decades. placed conference champions and the top-ranked champion DETROIT, MICH. The new format will continue at least 12 years, through the from a non-contract conference. The highest-ranked avail- FORD FIELD (65,000) 2025-26 season. able teams will fi ll any other berths. The selection committee will make the pairings. The semifi nals will be rotated among six bowl games and NEW ERA PINSTRIPE BOWL will be played either New Year’s Eve or New Year’s Day. The Future College Football Playoff Schedules DEC. 27, 2017 | 5:15 P.M. EST championship game, to be managed by the 10 conferences 2018-19 Dec. 31: Peach, Cotton (Semifi nal), Orange (Semifi nal) BIG TEN VS. ACC/NOTRE DAME and rotated among neutral sites every year, will be played ESPN on a Monday at least six days after the last semifi nal game. Jan. 1: Fiesta, Sugar, Rose Jan. 7: Championship (Santa Clara, Calif.) NEW YORK, N.Y. Every Game Counts YANKEE STADIUM (52,325) The College Football Playoff preserves the excitement and 2019-20 signifi cance of college football’s unique regular season Dec. 31: Cotton, Peach (Semifi nal), Fiesta (Semifi nal) where every game counts. Jan. 1: Orange, Rose, Sugar FOSTER FARMS BOWL Jan. 13: Championship (New Orleans, La.) DEC. 27, 2017 | 8:30 P.M. EST The Best Four Teams 2020-21 BIG TEN VS. PAC-12 The selection committee ranks the teams based on the FOX members’ evaluation of the teams’ performance on the fi eld, TBA: Cotton, Fiesta, Orange, Peach using conference championships won, strength of schedule, Jan. 1: Rose (Semifi nal), Sugar (Semifi nal) SANTA CLARA, CALIF. head-to-head results, and comparison of results against Jan. 11: Championship (TBA) LEVI’S STADIUM (80,000) common opponents to decide among teams that are com- parable. For more information, visit collegefootballplayoff.com. SAN DIEGO COUNTY CREDIT Two Games UNION HOLIDAY BOWL The kickoff of the new year belongs to college football, with DEC. 28, 2017 | 9 P.M. EST two semifi nal games rotating annually among the Cotton BIG TEN VS. PAC-12 Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange Bowl, Peach Bowl, Rose Bowl FS1 and Sugar Bowl. SAN DIEGO, CALIF. QUALCOMM STADIUM (71,294) One Goal The two teams winning the playoff semifi nals compete for the College Football Playoff National Championship. That FRANKLIN AMERICAN game is in a different city each year, always on a Monday MORTGAGE MUSIC CITY BOWL night. DEC. 29, 2017 | 4:30 P.M. EST SEC/BIG TEN/ACC/NOTRE DAME Site Selection

THE UNIVERSITY ESPN The Management Committee will select cities to host the National Championship Game. A city can host a bowl game NASHVILLE, TENN. and the championship game in the same year. A city can- NISSAN STADIUM (68,798) not, however, host a semifi nal and championship game in COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF the same year. TAXSLAYER BOWL SCHEDULE DEC. 30, 2017 | 12 P.M. EST Universal Access SEC/BIG TEN/ACC/NOTRE DAME Every FBS team has equal access to the College Football ESPN Playoff based on its performance. No team automatically qualifi es. JACKSONVILLE, FLA. EVERBANK FIELD (67,164) More Revenue The format increases revenue for all conferences and inde- NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP ATLANTA, GA. CAPITAL ONE ORANGE BOWL pendent institutions. JAN. 8, 2018 | 8 P.M. EST MERCEDES-BENZ DEC. 30, 2017 | 8 P.M. EST Goverance ESPN STADIUM (75,000) NEW YEAR’S SIX University presidents and chancellors from all 10 FBS con- ESPN ferences and Notre Dame serve on the College Football MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. Playoff Board of Managers and govern the administrative PLAYOFF SEMIFINAL SUN LIFE STADIUM (72,230) operations, with commissioners (the management commit- ROSE BOWL tee) managing the event. A small staff in the playoff offi ce in Irving, Texas, carries out the day-to-day responsibilities. JAN, 1, 2018 | 5 P.M. EST ESPN BUFFALO WILD WINGS CITRUS BOWL Selection Committee JAN. 1, 2018 | 1 P.M. EST A talented group of high-integrity individuals with experience PASADENA, CALIF. SEC/BIG TEN/ACC/NOTRE DAME as coaches, student-athletes, college administrators and ROSE BOWL (92,059) ABC journalists, along with sitting athletics directors, comprise the ORLANDO, FLA. selection committee. Members of the committee are: Kirby CAMPING WORLD STADIUM (70,000) Hocutt (chair), Frank Beamer, Jeff Bower, Herb Deromedi, Chris Howard, Tom Jernstedt, Bobby Johnson, Jeff Long, PLAYOFF SEMIFINAL Rob Mullens, Dan Radakovich, Gene Smith, Steve Wieberg ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL OUTBACK BOWL and Tyrone Willingham. JAN, 1, 2018 | 8:45 P.M. EST JAN. 1, 2018 | 1 P.M. EST ESPN BIG TEN VS. SEC Selection Committee Responsibilities ESPN2 • Rank the top 25 teams and assign the top four to semifi nal NEW ORLEANS, LA. TAMPA, FLA. sites. MERCEDES-BENZ SUPERDOME RAYMOND JAMES STADIUM • Assign teams to New Year’s bowls. (76,468) (65,000) • Create competitive matchups. 256 2017 MICHIGAN STATE FOOTBALL