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1938 Michigan State Spartans football
1938 Michigan State Spartans football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–3
Head coach	Charlie Bachman (6th season);
Offensive scheme	Notre Dame Box
MVP	John Pingel
Captain	Allen O. Diebold, Dave Diehl
Home stadium	Macklin Field
	Seasons ← 1937 1939 →

1938 Midwestern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 5 Notre Dame		–		8	–	1	–	0
Central Michigan		–		7	–	1	–	0
Michigan State Normal		–		6	–	1	–	1
Xavier		–		7	–	2	–	0
Akron		–		6	–	3	–	0
Michigan State		–		6	–	3	–	0
Detroit Tech		–		6	–	3	–	0
Detroit		–		6	–	4	–	0
Western State Teachers (MI)		–		4	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati		–		4	–	5	–	0
Haskell		–		2	–	6	–	0
Wayne		–		2	–	6	–	0
DePaul		–		2	–	7	–	0
Marquette		–		1	–	7	–	0

Rankings from AP poll

The 1938 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Spartans compiled a 6–3 record and lost their annual rivalry game with Michigan by a 14 to 0 score. In inter-sectional play, the team defeated West Virginia (26–0), Syracuse (19–12), and Temple (10–0), and lost to Santa Clara (7–6).^[1]^[2]

Halfback John Pingel was selected by the Associated Press (AP), International News Service (INS) and Detroit Times as a first-team player, on the 1938 College Football All-America Team.^[3]^[4] Pingel was later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 24	Wayne	Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	W 34–6	22,000	^[5]
October 1	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	L 0–14	82,500	^[6]
October 8	Illinois Wesleyan	Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	W 18–0	12,000	^[7]
October 15	at West Virginia	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 26–0	9,000	^[8]^[9]
October 22	Syracuse	Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	W 19–12	18,000	^[10]
October 29	Santa Clara	Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	L 6–7	21,000	^[11]
November 5	at Missouri	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	L 0–6	10,000	^[12]
November 12	at Marquette	Marquette Stadium Milwaukee, WI	W 20–14	13,000	^[13]
November 19	Temple	Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	W 10–0	12,000	^[14]
Homecoming

Game summaries

Michigan

Michigan State at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan State	0	0	0	0	0
• Michigan	0	7	0	7	14

Date: October 1, 1938
Location: Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Game attendance: 82,500
Referee: J. S. Getschell (St. Thomas)

On October 1, 1938, the Spartans lost to Michigan by a 14 to 0 score. The game, the 33rd between the two programs,^[15] was played at Michigan Stadium before 82,500 spectators.^[16] Sophomore halfback Paul Kromer, appearing in his first game for the Wolverines, scored both touchdowns. Michigan's first points were scored after Fred Trosko intercepted a John Pingel pass at the end of the first quarter, giving Michigan possession at the Spartans' 47-yard line. Kromer scored the touchdown on fourth down from the two-yard line. Michigan's second touchdown was also set up by an interception, with Norm Purucker intercepting a Pingel pass. Kromer again scored on a two-yard run.^[16]