Michigan State at Michigan

Saturday, October 7, 1939

Michigan beat Michigan State 26–⁠13. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 25–⁠6–⁠3.

AwayMichigan State4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1939
13
HomeMichigan6–⁠2 in 1939
26

FinalHigh 78°F, low 47°FAttendance 68,975

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 7, 1939, page 1 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES The following are final scores of football games played this after noon in various parts of the states as received up to press time: University of Washington T; U. c. L. A. A. Alabama T; Fordham g. West Virginia 0; Pitt 20. Missouri O.; Ohio State 19. Bates O; Harvard 20. Rochester o; Oberlin 12. Western Reserve 12;‘ Ohio U. IA. DePauw 6; Ohio Wesleyan B. Virginia Military Institute 2; Day. idson 0. Auburn 0; Tulane 12. Texas Christian 13; Arkansas IA. Iowa State 32; Indiana 29. Kentucky 21; Vanderbilt 13. Brown 20; Amherst IA. Syracuse 6; Cornell 19. Rhode Island 0; Maine 24 Franklin Marshall T; Boston U. 13 New York U 43; Penn Military o. Michigan State 13; Michigan 26. Lafayette O; Pennsylvania 6. Bucknell 3; Penn State 13. Worcester Tech 6; Coast Guard Academy 0. Williams 6; Princeton 26. Center 6; Army ‘. Columbia ?: Yale 10. Louisiana State 26; Holy Cross ‘. Carnegie Tech 6; Temple 0. Colgate 0; Duke 37. Texas IT; Wisconsin 7 Iowa State 0; Kansas IA. Minnesota 0; Nebraska 6. Georgia Tech IA; Notre Dame IT. Oklahoma 8; Northwestern 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 56% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan leads 75–⁠38–⁠5 in 118 meetings, counting the 84 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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