1937 Michigan State Spartans football team

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1937 Michigan State Spartans football
Orange Bowl, L 6–0 vs. Auburn
Conference Independent
1937 record 8–2
Head coach Charlie Bachman
Offensive scheme Notre Dame Box
Seasons
« 1936 1938 »

The 1937 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College in the 1937 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Spartans compiled an 8–2 record and won their annual rivalry game with Michigan by an 19 to 14 score. In inter-sectional play, the team defeated Kansas (16–0), Temple (13–6), Carnegie Tech (13–6), and San Francisco (14–0), but lost to Manhattan (3–0) and Auburn (6–0 in the 1938 Orange Bowl).[1]

Halfback John Pingel was selected by the Associated Press (AP) as a second-team player, and by the International News Service (INS) and Central Press Association as a third-team player, on the 1937 College Football All-America Team.[2][3][4] Pingel was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

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