Michigan State at Oregon State
Saturday, October 30, 1948 Share
No. 17 Michigan State beat Oregon State 46–21. It was their second meeting; after it, Michigan State led the series 1–0–1.
FinalHigh 51°F, low 39°F, 0.02 in. of rainAttendance 12,000
In the newspapers
Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 31, 1948, page 46
Read the text
Michigan State Is Victor Over Oregon State, A-21 CORVALLIS, Greg, Oct. 30.-A stout Oregon State line gave Michigan State a scare for Is minutes here today but the visitors had too much football savvy for the Coast team and pulled away 1921. The teams met touchdown for touchdown each time they got their hands on the ball until just before the half. Then Gene Click, Spartan quarterback, broke a 14–14 deadlock by tossing two passes good for SO yards-and the Spartans were in front to stay, 21–14. They added two touchdowns in the third period, two in the final and then coasted out with reserves.
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.
On the newsreel
- MICH. STATE 46, OREGON STATE 21The visiting Midwesterners ride roughshod over the host eleven, and it's a free-scoring battle chock full of grid thrills and excitement. Here's football the way you fans like it
Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Oregon State 54% to win. Michigan State won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Michigan State–Oregon State gameMichigan State leads 6–1–1 in eight meetings, counting the six since this game.
Around this game
Michigan State
- Next gamevs. MarquetteNov. 6, 1948
- SeasonMichigan State in 1948
- ProgramMichigan State history and records
Oregon State
- Next gameat Washington StateNov. 6, 1948
- SeasonOregon State in 1948
- ProgramOregon State history and records