1942 Michigan State Spartans football team

1942 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3–2
Head coach
Offensive schemeNotre Dame Box
MVPRichard Kieppe
Captains
  • Richard Mangrum
  • Walter L. Pawlowski
Home stadiumMacklin Field
1942 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Central Michigan    6 0 0
Western Michigan    5 1 0
Cincinnati    8 2 0
Dayton    8 2 0
Marquette    7 2 0
No. 6 Notre Dame    7 2 2
Bowling Green    6 2 1
Ohio    5 3 0
Detroit    5 4 0
Wichita    5 4 0
Michigan State    4 3 2
Michigan State Normal    3 3 1
Ohio Wesleyan    4 4 0
Xavier    4 5 0
Carthage    3 4 0
Miami (OH)    3 6 0
Wayne    1 6 1
Akron    0 7 2
Michigan Tech    0 3 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College as an independent in the 1942 college football season. In their tenth season under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Spartans compiled a 4–3–2 record and lost their annual rivalry game with Michigan by a 20 to 0 score. In inter-sectional play, the team played both Temple and Oregon State to 7–7 ties, lost to Washington State (25–13), and defeated West Virginia (7–0).

Michigan State was ranked at No. 49 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.