Maryland at Michigan State

Saturday, November 23, 1946

Michigan State beat Maryland 26–⁠14. It was their third meeting; after it, Michigan State led the series 3–⁠0 as played.

AwayMaryland3–⁠6 in 1946
14
HomeMichigan State5–⁠5 in 1946
26

FinalHigh 37°F, low 22°FAttendance 16,239

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Sunday Stu sporiMaand Trounced BY Michigan State 26-14 Shoughnessy Pregome Session With Terps Termed 'PrettyHot

    Evening star, November 24, 1946, page 35

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    Sunday Stu sporiMaand Trounced BY Michigan State 26–⁠14 Shoughnessy Pregome Session With Terps Termed ‘PrettyHot the boys 1t was time to stop clowning around and that they would beat Michigan State If they played football to their ca pabilities. Shaughnessey said the morale Of the team had been excellent for the last two games, but sew eral individuals on the squad still were acting childish. The players said the spirit was “much better than early in the season” The Maryland team was IN charge OF Assistant Coach AL Heagy on the return trip. Shaughnesy went from Detroit to Philadelphia by plane for the Redskins game tomorrow.

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 63% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Michigan State leads 11–⁠4; as played, 12–⁠4 in 16 meetings, counting the 13 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Michigan State 38, Maryland 28
2024Michigan State 27, Maryland 24
2023Maryland 31, Michigan State 9
2022Maryland 27, Michigan State 13
2021Michigan State 40, Maryland 21
2019Michigan State 19, Maryland 16

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