1939 Michigan State Spartans football team

The 1939 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Spartans compiled a 4–4–1 record and lost their annual rivalry game with Michigan by a 26 to 13 score. In inter-sectional play, the team defeated Syracuse (14–2) and Temple (18–7) and lost to Santa Clara (6–0).

1939 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeNotre Dame Box
MVPLyle Rockenbach
CaptainMichael Kinek, Lyle Rockenbach
Home stadiumMacklin Field
1939 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Central Michigan    8 1 0
No. 13 Notre Dame    7 2 0
Ohio    6 3 0
Detroit    5 3 1
Akron    5 4 0
Cincinnati    4 3 2
Ohio Wesleyan    5 4 1
Marquette    4 4 0
Michigan State    4 4 1
Dayton    4 4 1
Michigan State Normal    3 3 1
Wayne    4 5 0
Xavier    3 5 1
Western State Teachers (MI)    2 6 1
Miami (OH)    1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

Michigan State was ranked at No. 74 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.