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Michigan State at Michigan

Saturday, October 3, 1942

Michigan beat Michigan State 20–⁠0. It was their 37th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 28–⁠6–⁠3.

AwayMichigan State4–⁠3–⁠2 in 1942
0
HomeMichigan7–⁠3 in 1942
20

FinalHigh 77°F, low 52°FAttendance 40,023

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Michigan S Late Rally Gets 700 Win Over Michigan State

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 4, 1942, page 38

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    Michigan S Late Rally Gets 700 Win Over Michigan State ANN ARBOR. Mich, Oct. s. Michigan’s mighty Wolverines, held scoreless for 40 minutes by an underdog Michigan State football team, ran to three quick touch downs in the second half today to win. 20 to 0, for their most decisive victory in 10 years Of the intrastate series.

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 72% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Michigan State–Michigan game

Michigan leads 75–⁠38–⁠5 in 118 meetings, counting the 81 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Michigan 31, Michigan State 20
2024Michigan 24, Michigan State 17
2023Michigan 49, Michigan State 0
2022Michigan 29, Michigan State 7
2021Michigan State 37, Michigan 33
2020Michigan State 27, Michigan 24

Around this game

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