Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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September 27 | at Michigan | | L 7–19 |
October 11 | Marquette | - Macklin Field
- East Lansing, MI
| W 13–7 |
October 18 | at Santa Clara | | L 0–7 |
October 25 | Wayne | - Macklin Field
- East Lansing, MI
| W 39–6 |
November 1 | Missouri![dagger](../I/m/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Macklin Field
- East Lansing, MI
| L 0–19 |
November 8 | at Purdue | | T 0–0 |
November 15 | Temple | - Macklin Field
- East Lansing, MI
| W 46–0 |
November 22 | Ohio Wesleyan | - Macklin Field
- East Lansing, MI
| W 31–7 |
November 29 | at West Virginia | | W 14–12 |
Homecoming
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Game summaries
Michigan
Michigan State at Michigan
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Michigan State |
7 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
7 |
• Michigan |
0 |
7 | 12 | 0 |
19 |
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On September 27, 1941, Michigan State lost Michigan by a 19 to 7 score. The game was Michigan's first without Tom Harmon, who had led the Wolverines from 1938 to 1940. Sophomore tailback Tom Kuzma, from Harmon's home town of Gary, Indiana, took over Harmon's spot and scored two touchdowns in his first game for the Wolverines. Michigan State took the lead on the third play from scrimmage with a 74-yard sweep around left end by halfback Jack Fenton. Michigan came back with a touchdown in the second quarter and two more in the third quarter. In addition to Kuzma's two touchdowns, fullback Bob Westfall also scored on a one-yard run in the third quarter. Robert Ingalls kicked for one point after touchdown for Michigan. Michigan out-gained Michigan State on the ground with 235 rushing yards to 104 for the Spartans. Wilfrid Smith of the Chicago Tribune wrote that the key to Michigan's victory was the its veteran line that "completely outplayed" the Spartans' line.[3][4]
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