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1942 Michigan State Spartans football team

1942 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–2
Head coach
Offensive schemeNotre Dame Box
MVPRichard Kieppe
CaptainRichard Mangrum, Walter L. Pawlowski
Home stadiumMacklin Field
Seasons
← 1941
1944 →
1942 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central Michigan   –   6 – 0 – 0
Western Michigan   –   5 – 1 – 0
Cincinnati   –   8 – 2 – 0
Dayton   –   8 – 2 – 0
Marquette   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 6 Notre Dame   –   7 – 2 – 2
Bowling Green   –   6 – 2 – 1
Ohio   –   5 – 3 – 0
Detroit   –   5 – 4 – 0
Wichita   –   5 – 4 – 0
Michigan State   –   4 – 3 – 2
Michigan State Normal   –   3 – 3 – 1
Ohio Wesleyan   –   4 – 4 – 0
Xavier   –   4 – 5 – 0
Carthage   –   3 – 4 – 0
Miami (OH)   –   3 – 6 – 0
Wayne   –   1 – 6 – 1
Akron   –   0 – 7 – 2
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College as an independent in the 1942 college football season. In their tenth season under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Spartans compiled a 4–3–2 record and lost their annual rivalry game with Michigan by a 20 to 0 score. In inter-sectional play, the team played both Temple and Oregon State to 7–7 ties, lost to Washington State (25–13), and defeated West Virginia (7–0).[1][2]

Michigan State was ranked at No. 49 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3at Michigan
L 0–2039,163
October 10Wayne
W 46–6[4]
October 17Marquette
  • Macklin Field
  • East Lansing, MI
L 7–28[5]
October 24Great Lakes Navydagger
  • Macklin Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 14–0[6]
October 31at Temple
T 7–7
November 7at Washington State
L 13–2513,000[7]
November 14Purdue
  • Macklin Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 19–67,500
November 21West Virginia
  • Macklin Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 7–06,400[8]
November 28Oregon State
  • Macklin Field
  • East Lansing, MI
T 7–7
  • daggerHomecoming

Game summaries

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Michigan

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Michigan State at Michigan
1 234Total
Mich. St. 0 000 0
• Michigan 0 0137 20

On October 3, 1942, Michigan State played Michigan. Playing in Ann Arbor in front of 39,163 spectators (the smallest crowd to see a Michigan-Michigan State game since 1935), the Wolverines defeated the Spartans, 20–0. With Don Kuzma injured, Don Robinson got the start at left halfback. Robinson scored the first touchdown for Michigan in the third quarter. Frank Wardley and Warren Yaap also scored touchdowns for Michigan. Jim Briske converted two PATs.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 146, 153. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "1942 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Frank Angelo (October 11, 1942). "Wayne Has No Chance Against State". Detroit Free Press. pp. 2–1, 2–2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ George S. Alderton (October 18, 1942). "Exciting Moments on Macklin Field as Marquette Downs State, 28 to 7: Toppers Have Soph Star in Strzykalski". The Lansing State Journal. pp. 17, 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Michigan State Wins; State Upsets Favored Navy Team, 14 to 0". Lansing State Journal. October 25, 1942. pp. 17–18 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Hewins, Jack (November 8, 1942). "Kennedy leads Cougar victory over Spartans". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Associated Press. p. 11. Retrieved April 10, 2021 – via Google News Archives.
  8. ^ "Spartans beat Mountaineers". Battle Creek Enquirer. November 22, 1943. Retrieved July 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Michigan Defeats State Rival, 20-0: Scores All Three Touchdowns in Last Half Before 39,163 Fans". The New York Times. October 4, 1942. Retrieved January 14, 2012.


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