Michigan State at Temple
Friday, October 18, 1940 Share
Temple beat Michigan State 21–19. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Michigan State led the series 4–1–1.
FinalHigh 57°F, low 39°F
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Michigan State–Temple gameMichigan State leads 7–1–2 in 10 meetings, counting the four since this game.
Around this game
Michigan State
- Next gamevs. Santa ClaraOct. 25, 1940
- SeasonMichigan State in 1940
- ProgramMichigan State history and records
Temple
- Next gamevs. Penn StateOct. 26, 1940
- SeasonTemple in 1940
- ProgramTemple history and records

