1950 Michigan State Spartans football team

The 1950 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College as an indepdennt during the 1950 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Clarence Munn, the Spartans compiled an 8–1 record and were ranked No. 8 in the final AP Poll.

1950 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 8
Record8–1
Head coach
MVPSonny Grandelius
CaptainLeRoy R. Crane
Home stadiumMacklin Stadium
1950 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Valparaiso    9 1 0
No. 8 Michigan State    8 1 0
Xavier    8 1 0
John Carroll    8 2 0
Baldwin–Wallace    5 2 1
Marquette    5 3 1
Wabash    4 2 3
Butler    4 4 1
Notre Dame    4 4 1
Toledo    4 5 0
Bowling Green    3 4 2
Dayton    4 6 0
Youngstown    3 5 0
Ball State    2 4 1
Washington University    2 7 0
Wayne    2 7 0
Indiana State    1 7 1
Rose Poly    0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Two Spartans received first-team honors on the 1950 College Football All-America Team. Fullback Sonny Grandelius received first-team honors from the Associated Press, International News Service, and Central Press Association, and end Dorne Dibble received the honors from the Football Writers Association of America.

The 1950 Spartans won their annual rivalry games against Notre Dame by a 36–33 score and against Michigan by a 14–7 score. In intersectional play, the Spartans beat Oregon State (6–0), William & Mary (33–14), and Pittsburgh (19–0), but lost to Maryland (34–7).

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