When your are playing for the national championship, it's not a matter of life or death. It's more important than that.

The Spartans did not play in a bowl game following the 1966 season due to Big Ten rules in place at the time that prohibited its teams from playing in the Rose Bowl in consecutive years and barred participation in any other bowl. The 1965 and 1966 seasons were the high points in Daugherty's coaching tenure if not in the history of Michigan State football. Raised as a Presbyterian he converted to Catholicism in 1964.

Hugh Duffy Daugherty (September 8 1915 – September 25 1987) was an American football player and coach. Duffy's 1965 and 1966 teams won national championships. He served as the head coach at Michigan State University from 1954 to 1972 where he compiled a career record of 109–69–5.