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The 1949 Michigan State Spartans football team was an American football team that represented Michigan State College (now known as Michigan State University) as an independent the 1949 college football season. In their third season under head coach Biggie Munn, the Spartans compiled a 6–3 record, outscored opponents by a total of 309 to 107, and were ranked No. 19 in the final AP poll.[1][2]

ConferenceIndependent
APNo. 19
Record6–3
Headcoach
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1949 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 19
Record6–3
Head coach
MVPEugene Glick
CaptainHarold L. Vogler
Home stadiumMacklin Stadium
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1949 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Notre Dame – 10–0–0
Ball State – 8–0–0
Xavier – 10–1–0
Valparaiso – 8–1–1
Washington University – 7–2–0
Baldwin–Wallace – 6–2–0
Wabash – 5–2–1
Dayton – 6–3–0
John Carroll – 6–3–0
No. 19 Michigan State – 6–3–0
Toledo – 6–4–0
Michigan Tech – 4–3–0
Youngstown – 4–3–1
Bowling Green – 4–5–0
Marquette – 4–5–0
Central Michigan – 3–4–0
Wayne – 3–5–0
Indiana State – 1–9–0
Michigan State Normal – 0–8–0
Rankings from AP Poll
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The 1949 Spartans lost their annual rivalry games against Notre Dame (34–21) and Michigan (7–3).[2] In intersectional play, the Spartans beat Maryland (14–7), William & Mary (42-13), Penn State (24–0), Temple (62–14), and Arizona (75–0), but lost to Oregon State (25–20).[2]

Two Spartans received first-team honors on the 1949 All-America team. Guard Ed Bagdon was a consensus first-team All-American,[3] and halfback Lynn Chandnois received first-team honors from the International News Service[4] and Collier's Weekly,[5] and second-team honors from the United Press[6] and Football Writers Association of America.[7]

After the University of Chicago formally withdrew from the Big Ten Conference in 1946, conference officials began considering other schools to fill the vacancy. In December 1948, conference officials voted unanimously to admit Michigan State, selecting the Michigan State over a competing bid from the University of Pittsburgh.[8] The decision was certified in May 1949, with Spartans' participation slated to begin in the fall of 1950 with the exception of football where their participation was delayed until 1953.[9]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at MichiganL 3–797,239[10]
October 1MarquetteW 48–729,992[11]
October 8MarylandNo. 13
  • Macklin Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 14–732,080[12][13]
October 15William & MaryNo. 19
  • Macklin Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 42–1332,655[14]
October 22Penn StatedaggerNo. 15
  • Macklin Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI (rivalry)
W 24–043,495[15]
October 29TempleNo. 12
  • Macklin Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 62–1435,003–36,986[16][17]
November 5No. 1 Notre DameNo. 10
  • Macklin Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI (rivalry)
L 21–3451,277[18]
November 12at Oregon StateNo. 8L 20–2522,239[19][20]
November 19at ArizonaNo. 18W 75–016,000[21]
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes
Week
Poll12345678Final
AP13191512 (1)10 (2)818—19
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