1930 Michigan State Spartans football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1930 Michigan State Spartans football 1930 Michigan State Spartans football team.png 285 Independent 5–1–2 Jim Crowley 2nd Harold E. Smead College Field The 1930 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College as an independent during the 1930 college football season. In their second season under head coach Jim Crowley, the Spartans compiled a 5–1–2 record and played to a scoreless tie in their annual rivalry game with Michigan. In inter-sectional play, the team defeated 1930 Colgate Red Raiders Colgate (14–7) and 1930 North Dakota State Bison North Dakota State (19–11) and lost to Georgetown (14–13).2017 Football Media Guide Michigan State University 142, 148 March 17, 2020 https://s3.amazonaws.com/msuspartans.com/documents/2017/8/3/_msu_m_footbl_2017_18_misc_non_event__spartan-history.pdf1930 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results Sports Reference LLC SR/College Football June 16, 2017 https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/michigan-state/1930-schedule.html The 1930 Michigan State team played "iron man" football with few substitutions. Sophomore halfback Bob Monnett led the way, playing 440 minutes for the team, missing only 40 minutes from the team's eight games. Center Francis "Buddy" Meyers ranked second with 434 minutes played followed by quarterback Roger Grove (419 minutes), end Cecil Fogg (418 minutes), and tackles Ralph Brunette (414 minutes) and Don Ridler (411 minutes).Spartans Play Iron Man Act The Port Huron Times Herald December 22, 1930 19 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35336573/spartans_play_iron_man_act/ Newspapers.com Schedule y y September 27 1930 Alma Maroon and Cream Alma College Field East Lansing, MI W 28-0 Michigan State Wins Opening Game of Season By Defeating Alma Eleven, 28-0 Detroit Free Press September 28, 1930 Sports 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35336376/michigan_state_wins_opening_game_of/ Newspapers.com October 4 at Michigan Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry) T 0-0 50,000 Michigan State Makes Gallant Stand and Holds Michigan To Scoreless Tie Detroit Free Press F.J. Carveth October 5, 1930 15 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35335970/michigan_state_makes_gallant_stand_and/ Newspapers.com October 11 Cincinnati College Field East Lansing, MI W 32-0 Spartans Win Handily Over Cincinnati 'U' Detroit Free Press October 12, 1930 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35336299/spartans_win_handily_over_cincinnati_u/ Newspapers.com October 18 Colgate<hc> College Field East Lansing, MI W 14-7 12,000 Monnett's Long Run In Final Period Aids Michigan State To Beat Colgate Detroit Free Press October 19, 1930 16 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35336191/monnetts_long_run_in_final_period_aids/ Newspapers.com October 25 1930 Case Scientists Case College Field East Lansing, MI W 45-0 Case Is Beaten Badly By State Grid Machine Detroit Free Press October 26, 1930 18 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35336099/case_is_beaten_badly_by_state_grid/ Newspapers.com October 31 at Georgetown Griffith Stadium Washington, DC L 13-14 Georgetown Ekes Out 14 to 13 Win as State Rally in Last Half Falls Short Lansing State Journal George S. Alderton November 1, 1930 20 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35335861/georgetown_ekes_out_14_to_13_win_as/ Newspapers.com November 8 North Dakota Agricultural College Field East Lansing, MI W 19-11 9,000 Monnett Leads State To Victory Over Bisons Detroit Free Press November 9, 1930 Sports 2 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35335736/monnett_leads_state_to_victory_over/ Newspapers.com November 22 Detroit College Field East Lansing, MI T 0-0 > 20,000 Titans Tie Spartans, 0 to 0: Detroit Outplayed by Spartans' Line Detroit Free Press W. W. Edgar November 23, 1930 13 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15864376/titans_tie_spartans_0_to_0_detroit/ Newspapers.com Game summaries Michigan Spartans 0 0 0 0 Wolverines 0 0 0 0 On October 4, 1930, the Spartans and Michigan Wolverines played to a scoreless tie in front of a crowd of 49,900 at Michigan Stadium. The game marked the end of a losing streak for the Spartans against the Wolverines dating back to 1916. Michigan had crossed the goal line near the end of the first half, but the play was called back on an offside penalty; the first half ended before Michigan could conclude the drive. One of Michigan's key players, Bill Hewitt sustained an injured ankle while playing at left end of the game;Wolves Held To Scoreless Deadlock Wisconsin State Journal (UP story) 1930-10-05 Hewitt did not play the rest of the season.1930 Football Team University of Michigan, Bentley Historical Library https://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1930fbt.htm 2010-01-03 The Associated Press reported that Michigan's passing attack kept the ball in Michigan State's territory much of the time but the Wolverines "lacked the scoring punch."Wolves Lack Final Punch; Tie State, 0-0 Capital Times 1930-10-05MICHIGAN ELEVENS BATTLE DEADLOCK: State Team Holds University Scoreless for First Time Since 1916 Charleston Daily Mail (UP story) 1930-10-05 Roster The following individuals were awarded varsity letters: Gerald Breen, halfback, Holland, MI Ralph H. Brunette, tackle, Green Bay, WI Abe Eliowitz, fullback, Detroit Jacob B. "Jake" Fase, end, Grand Haven, MI Cecil C. Fogg, end, Jackson, MI Milton C. Gross, guard, Saline, MI Roger Grove, quarterback, Sturgis, MI George B. Handy, guard, Detroit Joseph Kowatch, fullback, Ionia, MI Francis H. "Buddy" Meiers, center, Muskegon, MI Bob Monnett, halfback, Bucyrus, OH Carl A. Nordberg, halfback, St. Joseph, MI Don Ridler, tackle, Detroit Harold E. Smead (captain), Sturgis, MI Claude R. Streb, guard, Birmingham, MI Myron L. Vandermeer, end, Grand Rapids, MI M.S.C. Awards Grid Letters: Smead and Grove of Sturgis Honored; Buskirk on List The Kalamazoo Gazette November 25, 1930 16 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kalamazoo-gazette-msc-awards/167273435/ Newspapers.com Thomas L. Woodworth also received a letter for his service as the team's manager.1931 Wolverine (MSC yearbook), p. 128. References Michigan State Category:Michigan State Spartans football seasons Michigan State Spartans football