Michigan State at Michigan

Saturday, October 9, 1926

Michigan beat Michigan State 55–⁠3. It was their 21st meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 18–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayMichigan State3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1926
3
HomeMichigan7–⁠1 in 1926
55

FinalHigh 60°F, low 42°FAttendance 33,000

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: FOOT BALL RESULTS

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 10, 1926, page 81 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL RESULTS | EUUl EAkL NL6OA1O LOCAL TEAMS. Georgetown, 7s: Washington Col. Iege. 0. University, 0. GalIaudet, :; St. Johns. 6. Chicago. 21: Maryland, 0. RuckneIl, 13: George Washington. a.. American University, 13; Blue Ridge. IL. Navy, “a: Drake. :. Navy Second Team, .26; Richmond St. Xavier College. -; Quantico Ma. rines, IL. Yale, 10: Georgia. 0. Holy Cross. 10: Harvard, IA. Princeton, I; Washington and Lee, !. Pennsylvania. “A: Swarthllore, 0, Cornell. 40; Williams, 0. Dartmouth, 20: Virginia =. L., 0. Penn State. 48: Marietta, 6. Army. 81; Davis. .Elkins, T.. Lafayette, II: Pittsburgh. !. West Virginia. 81; Allegheny, o. Colgate, a; st. BOnaventure. o. Wash. & jeff. 10; Rutgers, 6. IL W. Columbia. al: Wesleyan, o. Brown. 32: I,ehigh, o. Carnegie Tech. ~: Adrian. q. Syracuse, 35; William and Mary, o. Amherst. :; ROwdoin, I. Tufts. 10; Bates. 0. Niagara, so; RuffalO. 0. City College Of New York, ~; st. Lawrence, &. Dickinson, 0; Franklin and Mar, shall. 0. New Hampshire. 8: Colby, o. New York University, “a; West Wiz. ginia Wesleyan, :. Albright, 10; Penn Nj. C.. o. Maine, “a; st. Stephens. o. Delaware, 6; Crsinus, 0. Hamilton, 10; Rochester, 0. Geneva, Sc; Duquesne. 0. Grove City, 10; Canisius, 0. Lowell Textile, Z; Rhode Island State, 0. Worcester Tech. 16; Trinity. 0. Temple, 13; Lebanon Valley, g. Bethany, Z; Westminster, Z. SOUTH. Virginia, 80; Lynchburg, o. Georgia Tech, 9: Tulane. 6. Vanderbilt, 48; Bryan, 0. Clemson, :; North Carolina, State. 3. Aapaia’ tap D,. o. “ss %. Hn,,srS – Mississ ppi. l3: Florida, !. Roanoke. l3: Virginia VI. H.. :. Oglethorpe. -: Central, 0. Duke, go; ElOn. o. Furman. 10; Wake Forest, o. southwestern. l6; Birmingham Southern, IA. Texas, ~; Phillips. o. -, Texas Aggies. s; Sewanee. 3. Millsaps, 70; Southwestern IIOuisiana, O. Oklahoma, I3: Arkansas. 6. Stetson L.. l9; Newberry, o. -Ioyola, Is: Tennessee Meds,\7. Emory and Henry, IL; Tennessee State, Teachers, 0. Rice, 6: Trinity L., 8. Louisville L., 40: Rose Poly, o. Marshall, 32; Transylvania, 6. MIDWEST. Notre Dame. 20: Minnesota, I. Illinois, 38: Butler. I. Iowa, 40; North Dakota. Z. Indiana, IL; Kentucky, 8. Michigan, 55; Michigan State 3. Missouri, IA: Nebraska. :. Wisconsin, 13; Kansas, o. Ok ‘allon,a Aggies, l3: Iowa State. 0. G,’inneE. II; Marquette. ,. Northwestern 33; Carlton. 3. Purdue, 81: Wabash, IA. Akron. 3; Ohio, University, o. Wooster. Z: Case. o. COe. :: Monmouth. 3. Kansas Aggies. l2: Creighton. o. Detroit. 6; Lombard. Q. Western Reserve, AZ Hiram, 0. st. Louis. SO; Drury, o. Buena Vista. l3: South Dakota. D. Washington University: 25; Missouri, Mines. 2. Dennison. II: Cincinnati L., 0. Dayton L., 10: John Carroll, 0. Wittenberg. 81: Rio Grande. I. IoyOla, -: st. Thomas. o. Miami. 81; Ohio Northern, l2. Oherliu. :: Mount Union. ,. Observation-Disclosures. Z; Kenyon. s. WEST. = st. Mary’s, o6: California. :. Leland Stanford. :; Olympic, 2. Washington. %: Oregon. 2. Montana State. 62; Colorado. 3. Utah Aggies. :; Colorado Aggies, 0. Denver, 81; Western State. 13. Greeley. II: Brigham Young. 6. Idaho, %; Montana, ~. Nebraska Wesleyan, Is; Regis Col lege, 13. PRO. FOOT BALL. NATIONAL LEAGUE. Franl1ford Yellow Jackets, 30; Buff falO, 0. AMERICAN LEAGUE. New York Yankees. 13: Boston Bull Dogs, o.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Michigan 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan leads 75–⁠38–⁠5 in 118 meetings, counting the 97 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Michigan 31, Michigan State 20
2024Michigan 24, Michigan State 17
2023Michigan 49, Michigan State 0
2022Michigan 29, Michigan State 7
2021Michigan State 37, Michigan 33
2020Michigan State 27, Michigan 24

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