Michigan State at Kentucky

Saturday, October 7, 1944

Michigan State beat Kentucky 2–⁠0. It was their first meeting; after it, Michigan State led the series 1–⁠0.

AwayMichigan State6–⁠1 in 1944
2
HomeKentucky3–⁠6 in 1944
0

FinalHigh 72°F, low 54°F, 0.14 in. of rain

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Michigan State Wins Over Kentucky, 20

    The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., October 8, 1944, page 5

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    Michigan State Wins Over Kentucky, 20 LEXINGTON, KY, Oct. 7.-RH Michigan State converted a second period safety into 20 victory over the Kentucky Wildcats today in a game played on soggy gridiron. It was the first football game ever played between the two schools. The playoH score came about midway Of the second quarter when Don Grondzik, freshman end crashed through the Kentucky line to block Wilbur Schu’s at tempted punt from the end zone. The ball bounded out of the end zone for an automatic safety.

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)

Kentucky 53% to win. Michigan State won as Elo’s underdog.

Tied 2–⁠2 in four meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
1947Kentucky 7, Michigan State 6
1946Kentucky 39, Michigan State 14
1945Michigan State 7, Kentucky 6
1944Michigan State 2, Kentucky 0

Around this game

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Kentucky