1929 Michigan State Spartans football team

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]

1929 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
CaptainFred Danziger, Vern C. Dickeson
Home stadiumCollege Field
1929 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Alma
W 59–6
October 5at Michigan
L 0–1730,494[3]
October 12at Colgate
L 0–31
October 19Adrian
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 74–0
October 26NC Statedagger
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 40–6[4]
November 2Case
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
W 38–0
November 9at Mississippi A&M
W 33–19< 2,000[5][6]
November 16Detroit
  • College Field
  • East Lansing, MI
L 0–25[7]
  • daggerHomecoming

References
  1. "2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 142, 148. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
  2. "1929 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  3. 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.
  4. "State humbles Carolina team". Battle Creek Enquirer. October 27, 1929. Retrieved May 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. 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 open access.
  6. 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 open access.
  7. 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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