Michigan State at Temple

Friday, October 18, 1940

Temple beat Michigan State 21–⁠19. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Michigan State led the series 4–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayMichigan State3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1940
19
HomeTemple4–⁠4–⁠1 in 1940
21

FinalHigh 57°F, low 39°F

In the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FridayNighf Grid Results

    The Daily Alaska empire, October 19, 1940, page 5 (results column)

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    FridayNighf Grid Results The following are scores of foot ball games played last night in var iCus parts of the country: Temple 21 Michigan State 19. Catholic University 20; Miami 18 Detroit 6; Manhattan O. Texas Tech 21; Brigham Young 20. Georgetown 46, Virginia Tech 4. Fresno State g. College of Paci- l’t 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 State 60% to win. Temple won as Elo’s underdog.

Michigan State leads 7–⁠1–⁠2 in 10 meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1949Michigan State 62, Temple 14
1947Michigan State 14, Temple 6
1942Michigan State 7, Temple 7
1941Michigan State 46, Temple 0
1940Temple 21, Michigan State 19
1939Michigan State 18, Temple 7

Around this game

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