1930 Michigan State Spartans football team

The 1930 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College as an independent during the 1930 college football season. In their second season under head coach Jim Crowley, the Spartans compiled a 5–1–2 record and played to a scoreless tie in their annual rivalry game with Michigan. In inter-sectional play, the team defeated Colgate (14–7) and North Dakota State (19–11) and lost to Georgetown (14–13).

1930 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1–2
Head coach
CaptainHarold E. Smead
Home stadiumCollege Field
1930 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Notre Dame    10 0 0
Marquette    8 0 1
Haskell    9 1 0
Michigan State    5 1 2
DePaul    4 2 1
Detroit    5 3 2
Kent State    3 3 1
Saint Louis    3 3 2
John Carroll    3 5 2
Loyola (IL)    2 6 1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1930 Michigan State team played "iron man" football with few substitutions. Sophomore halfback Bob Monnett led the way, playing 440 minutes for the team, missing only 40 minutes from the team's eight games. Center Francis "Buddy" Meyers ranked second with 434 minutes played followed by quarterback Roger Grove (419 minutes), end Cecil Fogg (418 minutes), and tackles Ralph Brunette (414 minutes) and Don Ridler (411 minutes).

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