Michigan State vs. Auburn

Saturday, January 1, 1938, Orange Bowl

Auburn beat Michigan State 6–⁠0. It was their only meeting on record.

Neutral siteMichigan State8–⁠2 in 1937
0
Neutral siteAuburn6–⁠2–⁠3 in 1937
6

FinalAttendance 18,970Referee: Tom ThorpThe game on Wikipedia

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Varied Sports

    Evening star, January 2, 1938, page 24 (results column)

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    Varied Sports Football. California, 10; Alabama, o. Santa Clara, 6; L. S. u, o. Rice, %; Colorado, IA. Auburn, 6; Michigan State. 0. West Virginia, Z; Texas Tech, 6. East, o; West, 0. Basket Ball. George Washington, IS; Minnesota, ~. Nebraska, 43; Niagara, 81. Penn State, 43; Western Reserve, “a. Michigan State. 48: Case, “a. Loyola, “a; Carnegie Tech, rs. Marquette, 36; Iowa, %. Butler, So; Cincinnati, rs. Marshall, 50; st. Louis u, “a. Boston u, 47; Evansville, 80. National Hockey League. New York Americans, 3; Montreal MaroonS, !. Toronto Maple Leafs, 6; Montreal Canadiens, 1.

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 56% to win. Auburn won as Elo’s underdog.

Auburn leads 1–⁠0 in their only meeting.

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