 So despite being Big Ten Champions and undefeated in the regular season, the Spartans could not play in the Rose Bowl, or indeed any bowl game.Players for both schools earned tremendous accolades for the season including All American honors.In the 1967 NFL draft, Michigan State had four players drafted within the first eight picks of the first round

After (but not necessarily as a result of) Eddy's injury while debarking from the train in East Lansing, Notre Dame football never traveled to away games by train again.