Michigan State at Michigan

Saturday, October 6, 1934

Michigan State beat Michigan 16–⁠0. It was their 29th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 23–⁠3–⁠3.

AwayMichigan State8–⁠1 in 1934
16
HomeMichigan1–⁠7 in 1934
0

FinalHigh 67°F, low 57°FAttendance 25,644

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Michigan State Hands Jolts i To University in 100 Lacing

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 7, 1934, page 27

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    Michigan State Hands Jolts i To University in 100 Lacing was pulled down on Michigan’s wetayear line by Bill Borgmann, the last man with a chance to get him, set the stage for the first touchdown. which came when Warmbein found hole in the right side Of the Wolverine line and outran the Michigan sec ondary defense 29 yards to the goal line With only a few minutes of the game left and Michigan passing desperate from deep in its own ter ritory, Warmbein intercepted one Of Russ divers heaves and ran IA yards to the Michigan 9. Sebo was tossed back to the 13, but Warmbein found that same hole in the right side of the line and galloped across the goal line. Sebo place-kicked the extra point. Michigan made only 3 first downs, the first coming late in the third period on lateral pass. State piled up IS first downs. gaining 219 yards from rushing, to A for the out classed Wolverines. State made of its l3 forward passes good for SO yards. while Michigan completed only out of 8, for yards. Two Michigan passes were intercepted.

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 70% to win. Michigan State pulled the upset.

Michigan leads 75–⁠38–⁠5 in 118 meetings, counting the 89 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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