Michigan State at Miami
Friday, November 23, 1945 Share
Miami beat Michigan State 21–7. It was their first meeting; after it, Miami led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 71°F, low 52°FAttendance 21,327
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, November 26, 1945, page 2
Read the text
NAME HOLY CROSS TO ORANGE BOWL MIAMI, Fla, Nov. 25.-W.D-- Holy Cross college of Worchester, Mass, has officially received and accepted an invitation to play in the Orange Bowl football game here on New Years Day, 1t was announced today by George E.. Whitten, president Of the Orange Bowl committee. The announcement followed the Holy Cross sweeping 46–0 victory ever Boston College today. Orange Bowl committeeman made no statement regarding ar opponent for the eastern team. If custom is followed some South eastern Conference eleven would be selected. In recent days, however, local sports, writers have been beating the drums for a home town team the University of Miami. The local Hurricanes are rounding out one of their best season including 8 21–7 victory over Michigan State here Friday. Spearheaded by All American candidate Stan Kowlowski, Holy Cross has won eight of nine games, losing only to Temple 1915. Holy Cross, Kingpin of New England football this fall, has never played in a post-season bowl game.
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 58% to win. Miami won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Michigan State–Miami gameMiami leads 4–1 in five meetings, counting the four since this game.
| 2021 | Michigan State 38, Miami 17 | |
| 1989 | Miami 26, Michigan State 20 | |
| 1982 | Miami 25, Michigan State 22 | |
| 1959 | Miami 18, Michigan State 13 | |
| 1945 | Miami 21, Michigan State 7 |
Around this game
Michigan State
- Next gamevs. Wayne StateSept. 28, 1946
- SeasonMichigan State in 1945
- ProgramMichigan State history and records
Miami
- Next gamevs. AuburnNov. 30, 1945
- SeasonMiami in 1945
- ProgramMiami history and records

