1945 Michigan State Spartans football team

1945 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeNotre Dame Box
MVPSteve Contos
CaptainJack Breslin
Home stadiumMacklin Field
1945 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Michigan State Normal    5 0 1
Central Michigan    6 1 0
Miami (OH)    7 2 0
No. 9 Notre Dame    7 2 1
Detroit    6 3 0
Great Lakes Navy    6 4 1
Michigan State    5 3 1
Akron    5 4 0
Marquette    5 4 1
Bowling Green    4 3 0
Western Michigan    4 3 0
Cincinnati    4 4 0
Ohio    3 4 0
Ohio Wesleyan    3 4 0
Carthage    2 3 0
Wayne    2 5 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1945 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State College as an independent during the 1945 college football season. In their 12th season under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Spartans compiled a 5–3–1 record. The Spartans lost their annual rivalry game with Michigan by a 40 to 0 score. In intersectional play, the Spartans beat Kentucky (7–6), Pittsburgh (12–7), and Penn State (33–0), but lost to the Miami Hurricanes (21-7).