Kansas State at Michigan State

Saturday, November 2, 1940

Michigan State beat Kansas State 32–⁠0. It was their second meeting; after it, Michigan State led the series 1–⁠0–⁠1.

AwayKansas State2–⁠7 in 1940
0
HomeMichigan State3–⁠4–⁠1 in 1940
32

FinalHigh 59°F, low 44°FAttendance 20,000

In the newspapers

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    The Daily Alaska empire, November 4, 1940, page 5 (results column)

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    1, }. ,,!ls sy;‘i;E’[| The following are final scores of important football played last Sat- urday afternoon: Notre Dame T; Army O. Navy 0; Pennsylvania 20 Colgate $; Holy Cross O. Dartmouth 26 SeWanee 0. Brown 6; Yale 2. Columbia 0; Cornell 27. Princeton 0; Harvard 0, score less. North Carolina 0; Fordham IA. Kansas State 0; Michigan State 32. Boston College 25; Manhattan 0. Indiana 6; Ohio State 21. Georgetown 28; Syracuse G. Georgia Tech ‘; Duke fl. Temple 10, Bucknell r Tulsa [; Detroit 0. Minnesota 13; Northwestern 12. Baylor 12; Texas Christian IA. Alabama 25; Kentucky 0. New York University 0; Missouri 33. Mississippi 13; Vanderbilt T.

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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan State leads 5–⁠0–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the four since this game.

Recent meetings
1958Michigan State 26, Kansas State 7
1957Michigan State 27, Kansas State 9
1956Michigan State 38, Kansas State 17
1944Michigan State 45, Kansas State 6
1940Michigan State 32, Kansas State 0
1933Kansas State 0, Michigan State 0

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