Grinnell at Michigan State

Saturday, October 8, 1932

Michigan State beat Grinnell 27–⁠6. It was their first meeting; after it, Michigan State led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayGrinnell3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1932
6
HomeMichigan State7–⁠1 in 1932
27

FinalHigh 69°F, low 47°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: MICHIGAN STATE STRONG Grinnell's Stiff Defense Overcome in 27-6 Victory.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 9, 1932, page 49

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    MICHIGAN STATE STRONG Grinnell’s Stiff Defense Overcome in 27–⁠6 Victory. EAST LANSING. Mich. October P).-Michigan State Colleges eleven overcame a stubborn defense to trim !Grinnell College of Iowa, 81 to 6, today. States acknowledgements Armstrong Eliowitz and Kircher-accounted for Michigan States gains and scoring Grinnells touchdown resulted from a poor punt.

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL. RESULTS&

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 10, 1932, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL. RESULTS& The following are scores of var lcus football games played last Saturday afternoon: Washington o; Oregon 0. Santa Clara 0; Stanford IA. Oregon State 0; Southern Cali fornia 10. St. Mary’s 12; California 12. ~ Idaho 2: Gonzaga 20. Willamette O; Washington State ,0 Iowa 0; Wisconsin. 34. Princeton7; Columbia 20. Northwestern 6; Michigan Is. Chicago T; Yale z. Haskell 0; Notre Dame 73. New Hampshire 0; Harvard 40. Washington and Lee 0; Navy g. Carleton g; Army 57. Indian ‘; Ohio State 2. Iowa State 6; Nebraska 12. Montana IA; Carroll College 6. Georgia 25; Tulane 34. Kentucky 12; Georgia Tech 6. Nevada 6; Utah 6. Utah Aggies T; Colorado 26. Colorado Mines 0; Colorado Ag- gies 39. Alabama 28; George Washington 5. Grinnell 6; Michigan State 27. Richmond O.; Cornell 27. Texas. 65; Missouri O. Auburn 13, Duke T.. Purdue T; Minnesota 0.

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 State 64% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan State leads 4–⁠0 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1935Michigan State 41, Grinnell 0
1934Michigan State 33, Grinnell 20
1933Michigan State 14, Grinnell 0
1932Michigan State 27, Grinnell 6

Around this game

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