1934 Michigan State Spartans football team

1934 Michigan State Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeNotre Dame Box
MVPEd Klewicki
CaptainRussell H. Reynolds
Home stadiumCollege Field
1934 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Michigan State    8 1 0
Wayne    7 1 0
Western State Teachers (MI)    7 1 0
Michigan State Normal    5 2 0
Notre Dame    6 3 0
Central State (MI)    5 3 0
Detroit    5 3 1
DePaul    4 3 0
Saint Louis    3 3 2
Marquette    4 5 0
Michigan Tech    1 2 1
Haskell    3 6 1
Missouri Mines    2 6 0
Wittenberg    2 7 0

The 1934 Michigan State Spartans football team was an American football team that represented Michigan State College (now known as Michigan State University as an independent during the 1934 college football season. In their second season under head coach Charlie Bachman, the Spartans compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 153 to 56. It was Michigan State's most successful football season since the undefeated 1913 season.

The Spartans won their annual rivalry game with Michigan by a 16 to 0 score. In inter-sectional play, the team defeated Carnegie Tech (13–0), Manhattan (39–0), Kansas (6–0), and Texas A&M (26–13), but lost to Syracuse (10–0).

Key players included left halfback and triple-threat player Kurt Warmbein, fullback Art Brandstetter Sr., quarterback Russ Reynolds, guard Sid Wagner, and end Ed Klewicki. Warmbein was selected as the 1934 "Man of the Year" among football players in Michigan.