1933 Michigan State Spartans football team
| 1933 Michigan State Spartans football | |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| 1933 record | 4–2–2 |
| Head coach | Charlie Bachman |
| Offensive scheme | Notre Dame Box |
The 1933 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College in the 1933 college football season. In their first season under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Spartans compiled a 4–2–2 record and lost their annual rivalry game with Michigan by a 20 to 6 score. In inter-sectional play, the team defeated Syracuse (27-3) and played scoreless ties with Kansas State and Carnegie Mellon.[1]
Tackle Art Buss was selected by the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) as a second-team player and by the Associated Press (AP) and Collier's Weekly as a third-team player on the 1933 College Football All-America Team.[2][3][4]
Game notes
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On October 7, 1933, the Spartans opened their season against Michigan. Michigan won the game, 20–6, on "a misty, soggy field, with occasional misty rain" at Michigan Stadium.[5] Michigan scored all of its points in the first quarter. Early in the game, Whitey Wistert downed the ball at the Spartans' two-yard line after a long punt by John Regeczi. The Spartans punted the ball back to Michigan, and Michigan got the ball at Michigan State's 18-yard line. Herman Everhardus ran for a touchdown, and Ted Petoskey's extra point kick was unsuccessful. Eight minutes into the game, Michigan scored again. A 37-yard punt return by Everhardus gave Michigan the ball at the Spartans' 19-yard line. On second down, Jack Heston ran for the touchdown, and Everhardus kicked the extra point. Later in the quarter, John Kowalik recovered a Michigan State fumble at the Spartans' 23-yard line. Everhardus ran for his second touchdown of the quarter and followed with his second extra point kick.[6] Neither team scored in the second or third quarters. Early in the final period, with Michigan leading 20–0, Michigan State completed an 86-yard drive with a touchdown on a short pass from Muth to Kurt Warmbein.[6] The touchdown was the first scored by Michigan State against Michigan in 15 years.[6][7]
Charlie Bachman, in his first game as Michigan State's head coach, used a passing game to attempt a comeback. The Spartans completed five of 18 passes for 74 yards. The Wolverines completed one of four passes.[5] After the game, Bachman told reporters: "I am pleased with the outcome of the game, despite the loss, because we got rid of that inferiority complex with Michigan. My two sophomore backs . . . played as if they never heard of Michigan. To them, Michigan was just another football team."[8]
References
- ↑ "Michigan State Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ↑ "AP All America". Bismarck Tribune. 1933-12-02.
- ↑ "Rice Picks His All-American". Modesto Bee And News-Herald. 1933-12-23. (Collier's)
- ↑ "NEA All America". Bismarck Tribune. 1933-12-02.
- 1 2 "Michigan Pressed by Michigan State: Scores All of Its Points in First Period of 20-to-6 Battle Before 30,000". The New York Times (AP story). October 8, 1933.
- 1 2 3 1934 Michiganensian, Michigan State game summary, page 108.
- ↑ "Michigan Wins Over Michigan State, 20 to 6: Wolverines Score 3 Times in First quarter; Strong Start". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 8, 1933. p. A4.
- ↑ "Inferiority Complex Ends, Bachman Says". The Owosso Argus Press. October 9, 1933. p. 8.