Marquette at Michigan State
Saturday, October 17, 1942 Share
Marquette beat Michigan State 28–7. It was their 10th meeting; after it, the series stood even at 5–5.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 47°F, 0.02 in. of rain
In the newspapers

Detroit evening times, Detroit, Mich, October 19, 1942, page 1
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.Kieppe S Return Cheers State EAST LANSING, Oct. 10 Dick Kieppe is back and so il isn’t all gloom in the Michigan State College football camp today II would take great deal of good news TO cheer up the State football team which SATURDAY suffered its worst defeat in the 10 years Charley Bachman has coached here. But the news on kieppe was the best the battered Spartans could receive. Kieppe, the Spartans’ best back. and the most effective paSser in the aerial attack upon which State must depend, was in the hospital as Marquette surged over the Spartans to a 28–7 vic tory Saturday. Ebert Stark, the Geneva (Ill) back who was called upon 10 take over his duties, just wasn’t equal TO the task. There was some bad news, too. One of Kieppe’s best pass receivers, Ed Fraleigh, junior from Detroit. is out for two weeks with a disloCated shoulder. Fraleigh, who played at Mackenzie High. caught Stark’s pass for States only score against Marquette.
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. Marquette won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Marquette–Michigan State gameMichigan State leads 15–5–1 in 21 meetings, counting the 11 since this game.
Around this game
Marquette
- Next gamevs. ArizonaOct. 24, 1942
- SeasonMarquette in 1942
- ProgramMarquette history and records
Michigan State
- Next gamevs. Great Lakes NavyOct. 24, 1942
- SeasonMichigan State in 1942
- ProgramMichigan State history and records
