1929 Michigan State Spartans football team

American college football season

1929 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3
Head coach	Jim Crowley (1st season)
Captain	Fred Danziger, Vern C. Dickeson
Home stadium	College Field
Seasons ← 1928 1930 →

1929 Midwestern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 1 Notre Dame		–		9	–	0	–	0
Detroit		–		7	–	1	–	1
Haskell		–		8	–	2	–	0
Loyola (IL)		–		5	–	2	–	1
Michigan State		–		5	–	3	–	0
John Carroll		–		5	–	3	–	1
Marquette		–		4	–	3	–	1
Butler		–		4	–	4	–	0
Wabash		–		4	–	5	–	0
Saint Louis		–		3	–	4	–	1
DePaul		–		2	–	7	–	0
Kent State		–		1	–	7	–	0
Valparaiso		–		1	–	7	–	0
Ball State		–		0	–	7	–	0

Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1929 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College (MSC) as an independent during the 1929 college football season. In their first year under head coach Jim Crowley, the Spartans compiled a 5–3 record and outscored their opponents 244 to 104.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Alma	College Field East Lansing, MI	W 59–6
October 5	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	L 0–17	30,494	^[3]
October 12	at Colgate	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	L 0–31
October 19	Adrian	College Field East Lansing, MI	W 74–0
October 26	NC State	College Field East Lansing, MI	W 40–6		^[4]
November 2	Case	College Field East Lansing, MI	W 38–0
November 9	at Mississippi A&M	Municipal Stadium Jackson, MS	W 33–19	< 2,000	^[5]^[6]
November 16	Detroit	College Field East Lansing, MI	L 0–25		^[7]
Homecoming

References

^ "2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 142, 148. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
^ "1929 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
^ F. J. Carveth (October 6, 1929). "Kipke's Powerful Wolverine Eleven Defeats State Team by 17 to 0 Score: Spartan Team Proves Tough for Michigan". Detroit Free Press. pp. 21, 24 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "State humbles Carolina team". Battle Creek Enquirer. October 27, 1929. Retrieved May 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Hewitt, Purser (November 10, 1929). "Few Upsets Crop Out In Dixie; Small Crowd Here As Aggies Lose". Daily Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. p. 1. Retrieved August 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ Hewitt, Purser (November 10, 1929). "Few Upsets Crop Out In Dixie; Small Crowd Here As Aggies Lose (continued)". Daily Clarion-Ledger. Jackson, Mississippi. p. 10. Retrieved August 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com .
^ W. W. Edgar (November 17, 1929). "University of Detroit Used Varied Attack To Smash State Eleven, 25 to 0: Aerial Plays Start Titans On Way To Win". Detroit Free Press. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.

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