1950 Michigan State Spartans football team

1950 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 9
APNo. 8
Record8–1
Head coach
MVPSonny Grandelius
CaptainLeRoy R. Crane
Home stadiumMacklin Stadium
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Valparaiso     9 1 0
No. 8 Michigan State     8 1 0
Xavier     8 1 0
John Carroll     8 2 0
Baldwin–Wallace     5 2 1
Marquette     5 3 1
Wabash     4 2 3
Butler     4 4 1
Notre Dame     4 4 1
Toledo     4 5 0
Bowling Green     3 4 2
Dayton     4 6 0
Youngstown     3 5 0
Ball State     2 4 1
Washington University     2 7 0
Wayne     2 7 0
Indiana State     1 7 1
Rose Poly     0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College as an indepdennt during the 1950 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Clarence Munn, the Spartans compiled an 8–1 record and were ranked No. 8 in the final AP Poll.[1][2]

Two Spartans received first-team honors on the 1950 College Football All-America Team. Fullback Sonny Grandelius received first-team honors from the Associated Press,[3] International News Service,[4] and Central Press Association,[5] and end Dorne Dibble received the honors from the Football Writers Association of America.[6]

The 1950 Spartans won their annual rivalry games against Notre Dame by a 36–33 score and against Michigan by a 14–7 score.[2] In intersectional play, the Spartans beat Oregon State (6–0), William & Mary (33–14), and Pittsburgh (19–0), but lost to Maryland (34–7).[2]

  1. ^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Michigan State University. pp. 146, 154. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 17, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "1950 Michigan State Spartans Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  3. ^ "Two Platoons Selected for All-American Team". Janesville Daily Gazette. December 6, 1950.
  4. ^ Lawton Carver (November 27, 1950). "Youth Dominates INS All-America Teams". Lebanon Daily News.
  5. ^ "Central Press Captains' All-American". Titusville Herald. December 2, 1950.
  6. ^ "FWAA All America" (PDF). Football Writers Association of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2019. Retrieved July 13, 2015.