Michigan State at Indiana
Saturday, November 9, 1940 Share
Indiana beat Michigan State 20–0. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Indiana led the series 3–0–1 as played.
FinalHigh 47°F, low 31°F
In the newspapers
The Nome nugget, Alaska, November 15, 1940, page 3 (results column)
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Football Scores Stanford 20-Washington 10 Wisconsin 6-Columbia ‘ Boston College 21-Boston o Kansas State 13-South Caro- lima 20 Oklahoma 13-Kansas 0 Georgia Tech 7-Kentucky 26 Georgia 13-Florida Is SeWanee 0-Vanderbilt 20 University of Richmond IA North Carolina 13 Tulane 6@Alabama 13 Clemson Auburn 21 Iowa 6-Nebraska IA Georgetown 41-Maryland 0 Rice 14-Arkansas T Michigan State 0-Indiana 20 Illinois 14-Northwestern 32
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 58% to win. Indiana won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Michigan State–Indiana gameOfficially, Michigan State leads 49–20–2; as played, 51–19–2 in 72 meetings, counting the 68 since this game.
Around this game
Michigan State
- Next gameat MarquetteNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonMichigan State in 1940
- ProgramMichigan State history and records
Indiana
- Next gameat WisconsinNov. 16, 1940
- SeasonIndiana in 1940
- ProgramIndiana history and records