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Michigan State Football Team History

Michigan State Spartans

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Founded: 1855
Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Capacity: 75,005
Colors: Green & Gold
Coach: John F. Macklin
Conference: Independent-

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1885 <-- 1914 <- 1915 -> 1916 --> 2024

1915 Season Highlights

John F. Macklin enters his 5th season as Head Coach at Michigan State.

1915 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Oct. 2	vs. Olivet	34	0	W
Sat., Oct. 9	vs. Alma	77	12	W
Sat., Oct. 16	vs. Carroll	56	0	W
Sat., Oct. 23	@ Michigan	24	0	W
Sat., Oct. 30	vs. Oregon Agricultural	0	20	L
Sat., Nov. 6	vs. Marquette	68	6	W

1915 Season Totals
Record	5-1
Points Scored	259
Scoring Average	43.2
Points Allowed	38
Defense Average	6.3
Opponents Record	4-3
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	4-1
Away Record	1-0

1915 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1915 Independent- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
New Mexico	3-1	97	6					R.F. Hutchison
Connecticut	1-7	40	107					John Donahue
Syracuse	9-1-2	331	16					Frank J. Buck ONeill
California	8-5	242	184					James G. Schaeffer
Pittsburgh	8-0	247	26					Glenn Scobey Pop Warner
Notre Dame	7-1	230	29					Jesse C. Harper
Oregon	7-2	204	53					Hugo F. Bezdek
Penn State	7-2	147	51					Richard C. Dick Harlow
Rutgers	7-1	351	33					George Foster Sanford
Washington	7-0	274	14					Gilmour Gloomy Gil Dobie
Washington State	7-0	204	10	Won 14-0				William Lone Star Dietz
Louisiana State	6-2	126	49					E.T. McDonald
Maryland	6-3	161	69					H.C. Curley Byrd
Arizona	5-3	133	34					James F. Pop McKale
Army	5-3-1	114	57					Charles D. Daly
Jacksonville State	5-2	96	31					Ben Harris
Michigan State	5-1	259	38					John F. Macklin
Oregon State	5-3	166	73					Edward J. Doc Stewart
Sam Houston State	5-1-1	251	9					Gene Berry
West Virginia	5-1-1	208	19					Sol S. Metzger
Western Michigan	5-1	291	43					William H. Bill Spaulding
Arkansas State	4-1-1	99	13					Earl Brannon
Hawaii	4-1-2	114	48					John Peden
Memphis	4-3	186	138					Clyde Wilson
Michigan	4-3-1	130	81					Fielding H. Hurry Up Yost
New Mexico State	4-2	82	19					Clarence W. Russell
North Texas	4-1	148	6					J.W. St. Clair
Southern Mississippi	4-4	114	103					A.B. Dillie
Arizona State	3-2	125	36					George H. Schaeffer
Boston College	3-4	45	69					Stephen Mahoney
Buffalo	3-3	32	62					Frank Mt. Pleasant
Navy	3-5-1	99	118					Lt. Jonas H. Ingram
Southern California	3-4	132	119					Ralph Glaze
Temple	3-1-1	32	40					William Nicholai
Wake Forest	3-4	161	90					Dr. Wilbur C. Smith
Middle Tennessee State	2-3-1	34	92					Alfred B. Miles
Northern Illinois	2-5-1	81	210					William W. Wirtz
Akron	1-7-1	20	239					Fred Sefton
Marshall	1-7	80	244					Boyd B. Chambers
Western Kentucky	1-3-2	20	111					J.L. Arthur
Nevada	0-5	22	131					Jack Glascock
Stanford	0-0	0	0					No Team
Texas El Paso	0-1-1	10	43					Tommy Dwyer

1915 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1915 All Independent Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

The first college football National Champion was Princeton. They received the honor in 1869 and only played two games.