1937 Michigan State Spartans football team

The 1937 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Spartans compiled an 8–2 record and won their annual rivalry game with Michigan by a 19 to 14 score. In inter-sectional play, the team defeated Kansas (16–0), Temple (13–6), Carnegie Tech (13–6), and San Francisco (14–0), but lost to Manhattan (3–0) and Auburn (6–0 in the 1938 Orange Bowl).^[1][2]

Halfback John Pingel was selected by the Associated Press (AP) as a second-team player, and by the International News Service (INS) and Central Press Association as a third-team player, on the 1937 College Football All-America Team.^[3][4][5] Pingel was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Wayne	Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	W 19–0	18,000	[6]
October 2	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	W 19–14	71,200	[7]
October 9	at Manhattan	Ebbets Field Brooklyn, NY	L 0–3	8,000	[8]
October 16	at Columbia, MO	W 2–0	10,000	[9]
October 23	Marquette	Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	W 21–7	15,000	[10]
October 30	Kansas	Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	W 16–0	10,000	[11]
November 6	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 13–6	12,000	[12]
November 13	Carnegie Tech	Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	W 13–6	20,000	[13]
November 27	at San Francisco	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 14–0	20,000	[14][15]
January 1, 1938	vs. Auburn	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	L 0–6	18,000	[16]
Homecoming

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