1940 Michigan State Spartans football team

The 1940 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Spartans compiled a 3–4–1 record and lost their annual rivalry game with Michigan by a 21 to 14 score. In inter-sectional play, the team lost to Temple (21–19) and Kansas State (32–0), played Santa Clara to a scoreless tie, and defeated West Virginia (17–0).

1940 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeNotre Dame Box
MVPJack Amon
CaptainJack Amon, Paul L. Griffeth
Home stadiumMacklin Field
1940 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Wayne    4 1 3
Detroit    7 2 0
Notre Dame    7 2 0
Xavier    7 3 0
Ohio    5 2 2
Dayton    6 3 0
Cincinnati    5 3 1
Wichita    6 4 0
Central Michigan    4 3 1
Marquette    4 4 0
Michigan State    3 4 1
Ohio Wesleyan    2 4 3
Akron    2 5 2
Western State Teachers (MI)    2 5 0
Michigan State Normal    1 5 1
Miami (OH)    0 7 1

Ole Miss was ranked at No. 22 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.

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