Year-by-Year: 1938

Auburn Squeaks by Spartans

Auburn 6
Michigan State 0

In the lowest scoring game in Orange Bowl history, Auburn won 6-0 while Michigan State’s offense sputtered the entire day.

Not until the fourth quarter did the Spartans make a first down and they totaled only two for the game?to go along with 57 yards of total offense. Although the Auburn offense seemed to move at will, it could score only once?and then missed the extra point.

Ralph O’Gwynne set up his two-yard touchdown run with a 45-yard pass from George Kenmore in the second quarter. He was run out of bounds at the Spartan five. After three attempts which netted two yards, O’Gwynne’s fourth-down skirt over the left side proved the difference.

The Tigers participated in the Orange Bowl after the Southeastern Conference officials voted 7-6 lifting a ban which forbade SEC teams from playing postseason games in bowls other than the Rose and Sugar Bowls.

A sellout crowd of nearly 19,000 attended the game at Miami's brand-new $360,000 Orange Bowl Stadium.

GAME STATISTICS

                                         Auburn           Michigan St.

First Downs                             13                    2

Rushing Yards                         233                   32

Passes Attempted                    10                   12

Passes Completed                     4                     2

Had Intercepted                       2                     3

Passing Yards                        &nb​sp; 79                   25

Total Offense                          312                  57

Punting/Avg.                        10/33.7            12/35.2

Fumbles/Lost                           0/0                  0/0

Yards Penalized                        50                   35

SCORING SUMMARY

UA: O’Gwynne 2 run (kick failed)

Auburn Head Coach-Jack Meagher

Michigan St. Head Coach-Charlie Bachman