Michigan State at Missouri
Saturday, November 4, 1944 Share
Missouri beat Michigan State 13–7. It was their fifth meeting; after it, Missouri led the series 3–2.
FinalHigh 54°F, low 38°F
In the newspapers
The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., November 5, 1944, page 8
Read the text
Missouri Tigers Win Over Michigan State COLUMBIA, Mo-, Nov. 4.-‘RE Missouri’s Tigers toppled Michigan State from the nations I’M defeated and united teams with a score of 1877, victory in Memorial stadium here this afternoon. The Tigers came back to score two touchdowns after trailing 20 at the half.
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 56% to win. Missouri won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Michigan State–Missouri gameMichigan State leads 5–3 in eight meetings, counting the three since this game.
Around this game
Michigan State
- Next gamevs. MarylandNov. 11, 1944
- SeasonMichigan State in 1944
- ProgramMichigan State history and records
Missouri
- Next gameat OklahomaNov. 11, 1944
- SeasonMissouri in 1944
- ProgramMissouri history and records