1939 Michigan State Spartans football team

1939 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeNotre Dame Box
MVPLyle Rockenbach
Captains
Home stadiumMacklin Field
1939 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Central Michigan    8 1 0
No. 13 Notre Dame    7 2 0
Michigan Tech    3 1 1
Ohio    6 3 0
Detroit    5 3 1
Akron    5 4 0
Cincinnati    4 3 2
Ohio Wesleyan    5 4 1
Marquette    4 4 0
Michigan State    4 4 1
Dayton    4 4 1
Michigan State Normal    3 3 1
Wayne    4 5 0
Xavier    3 5 1
Western State Teachers    2 6 1
Miami (OH)    1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Spartans compiled a 4–4–1 record and lost their annual rivalry game with Michigan by a 26 to 13 score. In inter-sectional play, the team defeated Syracuse (14–2) and Temple (18–7) and lost to Santa Clara (6–0).

Michigan State was ranked at No. 74 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.