1941 Michigan State Spartans football team

1941 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference	Independent
1941 record	5–3–1
Head coach	Charlie Bachman

The 1941 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College in the 1941 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Spartans compiled a 5–3–1 record and lost their annual rivalry game with Michigan by a 19 to 7 score. In inter-sectional play, the team lost to Santa Clara (7-0) and defeated Temple (46-0) and West Virginia (14-12).^[1]

Game notes

Michigan

Michigan State at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan State	7	0	0	0	7
• Michigan	0	7	12	0	19

Date: September 27, 1941
Location: Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Game attendance: 67,079

On September 27, 1941, Michigan State lost Michigan by a 19 to 7 score. The game was Michigan's first without Tom Harmon, who had led the Wolverines from 1938 to 1940. Sophomore tailback Tom Kuzma, from Harmon's home town of Gary, Indiana, took over Harmon's spot and scored two touchdowns in his first game for the Wolverines. Michigan State took the lead on the third play from scrimmage with a 74-yard sweep around left end by halfback Jack Fenton. Michigan came back with a touchdown in the second quarter and two more in the third quarter. In addition to Kuzma's two touchdowns, fullback Bob Westfall also scored on a one-yard run in the third quarter. Robert Ingalls kicked for one point after touchdown for Michigan. Michigan out-gained Michigan State on the ground with 235 rushing yards to 104 for the Spartans. Wilfrid Smith of the Chicago Tribune wrote that the key to Michigan's victory was the its veteran line that "completely outplayed" the Spartans' line.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "Michigan State Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
↑ Wilfrid Smith (September 28, 1941). "Wolverines Top State, 19-7, By 3d Period Drive: Spartans Score on 74 Yard Run". Chicago Tribune. p. 2-1.
↑ "Michigan Rallies for 19-7 Triumph: 67,079 See Fenton's 74-Yard Run in First Two Minutes Put Michigan State Ahead". The New York Times (AP story). September 28, 1941.

Michigan State Spartans football

Venues	Old College Field (1902–1922) Spartan Stadium (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Indiana (Old Brass Spittoon) Michigan (Paul Bunyan Trophy) Notre Dame (Megaphone Trophy) Penn State (Land Grant Trophy)

Culture & lore	Sparty "Victory for MSU" Marching band Zeke the Wonder Dog Winged football helmet 1966 "Game of the Century" Clockgate 2006 Northwestern game

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