Michigan State at Michigan
Saturday, October 7, 1939 Share
Michigan beat Michigan State 26–13. It was their 34th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 25–6–3.
FinalHigh 78°F, low 47°FAttendance 68,975
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, October 7, 1939, page 1 (results column)
Read the text
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.
The series
Every Michigan State–Michigan gameMichigan leads 75–38–5 in 118 meetings, counting the 84 since this game.
Around this game
Michigan State
- Next gamevs. MarquetteOct. 14, 1939
- SeasonMichigan State in 1939
- ProgramMichigan State history and records
Michigan
- Next gamevs. IowaOct. 14, 1939
- SeasonMichigan in 1939
- ProgramMichigan history and records

