Syracuse at Michigan State

Saturday, October 22, 1938

Michigan State beat No. 10 Syracuse 19–⁠12. It was their sixth meeting; after it, the series stood even at 3–⁠3.

Away10Syracuse5–⁠3 in 1938
12
HomeMichigan State6–⁠3 in 1938
19

FinalHigh 70°F, low 49°FAttendance 18,000

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOT BALL @ ll{5SW& IFS Ma

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 24, 1938, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOT BALL @ ll{5SW& IFS Ma The following are final scores of principal football games played in various parts of the nation last Saturday afternoon: Washington State 6; Oregon State T. Idaho 0; U.CL.A. 33. use. 13; Stanford 2. Arkansas 6; Santa Clara 21. Oklahoma A. & M T; Tulsa U. 20. Washington ‘; California IA Carnegie Tech 0; Notre Dame ‘. Syracuse 12; Michigan State 19. Tufts G. Williams 6, tie. Wayne of Michigan 2; Ohio 52. w. Va. Wesleyan O; Catholic U. 21. Kentucky ‘; Xavier 26. Virginia Tech 0; Washington and Lee 6. Penn State 6; Cornell 21. Texas Christian 21; Marquette 0. Colgate IA; Iowa 0. Virginia Military Institute IA; William Mary 0. Georgetown IA; Manhattan 13. Auburn 6; Georgia Tech ‘. Mercer o; Tulane 51. Kansas T; Iowa State 21. Miami 6; Drake Is. Wisconsin ‘; Purdue 13. Kansas State 13; Indiana 6. Duke 2; Wake Forest 0. Dartmouth 13; Harvard T. So. Methodist T. Pittsburgh 34. Princeton 13; Navy 13, tie. Georgia G. Holy Cross %. Columbia 13; Pennsylvania IA. Chicago T; Ohio State 42. Boston U. o; Army 40. New York U 6; Lafayette T. n Yale 13; Michigan IS. Temple 26; Boston College 26, tie Mississippi State 12; Duquesne 2 Arizona IA; Loyola 12. Willamette 41; College of Idaho o Fordham 26; Oregon 0. Alabama 32; Sewanee o. Centre 26, Presbyterian College z Tennessee 4; Citadel o. Texas A. and M. 6; Baylor 6, tie West Virginia 20; Creighton 13. Oklahoma IA; Nebraska 0. Montana 0; North Dakota T. Missouri 13; Washington of St. Louis o. : Texas 6; Rice 13.

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 70% to win. Michigan State pulled the upset. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan State leads 9–⁠3–⁠1 in 13 meetings, counting the seven 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

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