1946 Michigan State Spartans football team
| 1946 Michigan State Spartans football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| 1946 record | 5–5 |
| Head coach | Charlie Bachman |
| Captain | Kenneth E. Balge, Robert B. McCurry |
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The 1946 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College in the 1946 college football season. In their 13th and final season under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Spartans compiled a 5–5 record. The 1946 Spartans lost their annual rivalry game with Michigan by a 55 to 7 score. In intersectional play, the Spartans beat Penn State (19-16), Maryland (26-14), and Washington State (26-20), but lost to Boston College (34-20), Mississippi State (6-0), and Kentucky (39-14). In mid-December 1946, Michigan State hired Biggie Munn to replace Bachman as head coach.
On November 9, 1946, Michigan State lost to Michigan by a score of 55 to 7. With attendance at 77,134, the game drew the largest crowd to that date in the history of the Michigan–Michigan State football rivalry. Michigan scored twice in each quarter. Michigan State's touchdown came on a pass from Horace Smith to Frank Waters covering 77 yards in the third quarter. Michigan gained 500 yards in the game, 293 on the ground and 207 in the air. Michigan was held to 212 yards of which only 47 yards were gained by rushing.
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