Michigan State at Michigan

Saturday, September 29, 1945

Michigan beat Michigan State 40–⁠0. It was their 38th meeting; after it, Michigan led the series 29–⁠6–⁠3.

AwayMichigan State5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1945
0
HomeMichigan7–⁠3 in 1945
40

FinalHigh 56°F, low 42°F, 0.2 in. of rainAttendance 37,694

In the newspapers

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story: Michigan u. Triumphs Over Michigan State; Break 20 Year Record

    The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., September 30, 1945, page 11

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    Michigan u. Triumphs Over Michigan State; Break 20 Year Record ANN ARBoR, Mich, Sept. 20. -(P)-Piling up the widest mar. gin in nearly 20 years of their ancient rivalry, the University of Michigan scored almost at will before a crowd Of IS, 200 fans here today to swamp Michigan State, 40 to 0. The Wolverines, beaten by Indiana week ago, bounced back with vengeance against the Spartans, driving 40 yards for a first period touchdown and adding two more in the second and fourth stanzas and another in the third. Michigan, mixing frequent passes with its usual power at. tack, had the situation in control all afternoon, piling up a wide statistical edge on 10 first downs to the Spartans’ five.

  • The Detroit evening times's story: UNI 5 Power Whips State Teninee Scores z in 40 TO 0 Rout

    Detroit evening times, Michigan, September 30, 1945, page 11

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    UNI 5 Power Whips State Teninee Scores z in 40 TO 0 Rout ANN ARBOR Sept 29-After a wartime lapse of two years, Mich igan and Michigan State resumed football, relations in the big stadium here this afternoon with the Wolverines punching out an easy 10 To 0 victory before a crowd of

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL SCORES

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 1, 1945, page 3 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL SCORES Following are the final scores of leading football games played last Saturday: East Navy, 49; Villanova, O. Army, 32; AAF Personnel Dis tribution Command, 0. Colgate, 48; Rochester, 0. Cornell, 19; Bucknell, 8. Yale, 27; Tufts, T. Penn State, AT; Muhlenberg, T. Boston College, l3; Squantum Navy, 0. Holy Cross, 13: Dartmouth, 6. Pennsylvania, 30; Brown, Q. Connecticut, 46; Worcester, 0. Franklin & Marshall, T. Swarth- more; ‘ (tie) Columbia, 40; Lafayette, IA. Midwest Indiana, 2; Northwestern, ‘ ttie). Michigan, 40; Michigan State, 0. Ohio State, AT; Missouri, 6. Purdue, 20; Great Lakes, 6. Oklahoma, 20; Nebraska, o. Wisconsin, 40j Marquette, 13. Iowa, IA; Bergstrom Field, l3. Notre Dame, ‘; Illinois, 0. Oberlin, 34; Denison, IA. Muskingum, 0; Otterbein, 0 ttie). :. Bowling Green, 6; Ohio Univer- sity, 0. Kansas, 20; Denver, l9 South Georgia Tech, 20; North Carolina, A. Georgia, 20 Clemson, 0. Duke, 76; Bogue Field, 0. Southwest Texas Christian, T; Baylor, 6. Mississippi State, 31 South West Louisiana Institute, 0. South Carolina, 40; Presbyterian, O. Virginia, 2S; North Carolina State, 6. Tennessee, 2; Wake Forest, 6. Vanderbilt, 12; Tennessee Poly, O. Southwest Oklahoma A & M, 19; Arkansas, IA. Texas, 46; Southwestern, O. Midwest Iowa State, AS; Iowa State Teachers, 13. West Colorado, IS; Colorado College, 0. Nevada, 33; Utah, IS. Southern California, l3; Cali fornia, 2. Washington, 20; Oregon, 6. Washington State, 43; Idaho, l2. UCLA, 20: San Diego Navy, IA. Oregon State, IA; Camp Beale, l4 (tie).

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 70% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan leads 75–⁠38–⁠5 in 118 meetings, counting the 80 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

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