1938 Orange Bowl

Auburn Tigers	Michigan State Spartans
(5–2–3)	(8–1)
6	0
Head coach: Jack Meagher	Head coach: Charlie Bachman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Auburn	0	6	0	0	6
Michigan State	0	0	0	0	0

Date

January 1, 1938

Season

Stadium

Location

Lou Ervin

Attendance

18,972

Orange Bowl
< 1937	1939 >

The 1938 Orange Bowl was a college football bowl game between the Auburn Tigers and Michigan State Spartans at the Miami Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida on January 1, 1938. It was the fourth Orange Bowl, and the first held in the stadium. The Tigers won 6–0, scoring the game's only points in the second quarter on a two-yard touchdown run by Ralph O'Gwynne. The game holds the Orange Bowl record for the fewest points scored by both teams.

The 1937 Orange Bowl was the fourth game in the annual series. It was the first to be played in the Miami Orange Bowl stadium, which had been built at a cost of $360,000 after the first three games were held in Miami Stadium. A total of 18,972 people attended the contest, more than doubling the event's highest attendance to that point.

At a meeting of college football coaches, 10 were asked by the Associated Press to pick winners of bowl games. Of the eight coaches who responded, all but one selected Auburn to win the Orange Bowl.

Michigan State, coached by Charlie Bachman, began the 1937 college football season with a 34–6 home victory over Wayne State. The Spartans then traveled to Ann Arbor and defeated Michigan by a score of 19–14. One week later, the Spartans lost 3–0 to Manhattan in a game played in New York City. Michigan State then went on a six-game winning streak to end the regular season, which included victories against Missouri, Kansas, and Temple. Four of the Spartans' eight wins during the season were by a margin of at least 14 points. The Spartans were invited to the Orange Bowl, and agreed to participate on November 30.

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