The 1940 Michigan State Spartans football team represented
Michigan State College
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...
as an independent during the
1940 college football season
The 1940 college football season was the 72nd season of college football, intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the 1940 Big Ten Conference football season, Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conferen ...
. 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).
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.
Schedule
Game summaries
Michigan
On October 5, 1940, Michigan State lost to Michigan by a 21 to 14 score. The game was the 35th played between the two programs.
Tom Harmon scored all 21 points for Michigan on three touchdowns and three kicks for extra point. Michigan gained 312 rushing yards compared to 49 rushing yards for Michigan State. Both Michigan State touchdowns were scored by right halfback Walt Pawlowski.
[1941 Michiganensian, page 195.]
References
Michigan State
Michigan State University (Michigan State, MSU) is a public land-grant research university in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855 as the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan, the first of its kind in the United States. It i ...
Michigan State Spartans football seasons
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