Iowa State at Michigan State
Saturday, October 18, 1947 Share
Michigan State beat Iowa State 20–0. It was their first meeting; after it, Michigan State led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 65°F, low 60°F, 1.38 in. of rainAttendance 25,377
In the newspapers

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 20, 1947, page 3 (results column)
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FOOTBALL | SCORES Final scores of leading football games played over the weekend are as follows: Oregon 6; Washington O. California 21; Washington s. 6. UCLA 39 Stanford 6. Southern Cal 48; Oregon S. 6. Idaho 20, Portland IA. Macy 39; Co.,: ell 19. Virginia Tech 0; Army tc. Wisconsin g; Yale 0. Notre Dame 31 Nebraska 0. Connecticut T. Maine l3. Western Maryland 4l; Washing ton College 0. Iowa State 0; Michigan State 20. Miss. State 34; Duquesne g. Georgetown 12; Tulsa O. Baylor 32; Texas Teachers 6. Colorado 9; Brigham Young ‘. Wyoming 33: Utah State l9 Colorado A & M 29. Colo Coll. ‘. Utah 13; Denver ‘. Montana State IS; Montana University 12 Iowa IS; Ohio Etate 13 Tie. Purdue 62; Boston U T Columbia IA; Pennsylvania 34 Brown 10; Dartmouth 13 Maryland T; Duke g. Colgate ‘; Princeton 20. Wake Forest 39; George Wash ington ‘. Amherst 13; Colby T. Holy Cross o; Harvard ‘. Auburn ‘; Georgia Tech 27. North Carolina IA; William and Mary ‘. Penn State 40; Syracuse O. Rice 0; Southern Methodist IA. West Virginia 40; NYU 0. Rutgers 36; Fordham 6. Bucknell ‘; Layfette 27. Tennessee 0; Alabama 10. VMI 20; Richmond T. Virginia 32; Washington-Le ‘. University of San Francisco 34; Marquette l3. Minnesota l3; Illinois 40. Pittsburgh 6; Indiana 4l. Michigan 49; Northwestern 21. Texas 21; Arkansas 6. Texas A & M O. Texas Christ ian 26. Bowdoin F; Williams O. University of Mississippi 27; Tu- lane IA.

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 20, 1947, page 1 (results column)
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California. surprise team Of the year, dubbed Washington State 81 to 6 for the Bears fifth consecutive win. Highlight of the game was an 83-yard touchdown run by end John Cunningham of California, who raced down the sidelines after grabbing a blocked pass. UCLA, defending Coast cham pion, scored almost at will in defeating Stanford 80 to 6. The Uclans, beaten only by North western, still have their eyes on the Rose Bowl. Here are scores of other out standing games over the week end: East: Navy SO Cornell 10; Dartmouth 10 Brown 10; Prince ton 20 Colgate 7; West Virginia 40 N. Y. U. 0; Harvard Z Holy Cross 0; louisiana State IA Boston College Is; Temple Z Mullen perg 6. Midwest: Michigan State 20 Iowa State 0; Ohio State 10 Iowa 10; Georgia 20 Oklahoma A & M z; Georgetown IL Tulsa 0. South: Virginia 80 Washington and Lee z; Duke 19, Maryland Z; Mississippi State “a Duquesne 0; Wake Forest 80 George Wash ington Z. Far West: Oregon 6 Washing ton O; Utah 10 Denver 7.
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 78% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Iowa State–Michigan State gameMichigan State leads 2–0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1948 | Michigan State 48, Iowa State 7 | |
| 1947 | Michigan State 20, Iowa State 0 |
Around this game
Iowa State
- Next gamevs. MissouriOct. 25, 1947
- SeasonIowa State in 1947
- ProgramIowa State history and records
Michigan State
- Next gamevs. KentuckyOct. 25, 1947
- SeasonMichigan State in 1947
- ProgramMichigan State history and records

