Michigan State at Syracuse

Saturday, October 29, 1932

Michigan State beat Syracuse 27–⁠13. It was their third meeting; after it, Syracuse led the series 2–⁠1.

AwayMichigan State7–⁠1 in 1932
27
HomeSyracuse4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1932
13

FinalHigh 57°F, low 41°F, 0.05 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: MICHIGAN STATE WINS Syracuse Makes Best Fight of Year on Home Gridiron.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 30, 1932, page 49

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    MICHIGAN STATE WINS Syracuse Makes Best Fight of Year on Home Gridiron. SYRACUSE, N. Y, October 90 CR- Michigan State conquered stubborn Syracuse sophomore team here today, 81 to 13. The Orange put up the best fight it has shown on the home field this year. For State the passing of Monnett and Kircher and the punting of Eliowitz were outstanding Syracuse shone in line work and Fishel’S 53-yard dash was the spectacular play Of the game.

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)

Syracuse 51% to win. Michigan State won as Elo’s underdog.

Michigan State leads 9–⁠3–⁠1 in 13 meetings, counting the 10 since this game.

Recent meetings
1990Michigan State 23, Syracuse 23
1978Michigan State 49, Syracuse 21
1974Michigan State 19, Syracuse 0
1973Michigan State 14, Syracuse 8
1968Michigan State 14, Syracuse 10
1952Michigan State 48, Syracuse 7

Around this game

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