Marquette at Michigan State
Saturday, October 1, 1949 Share
Michigan State beat Marquette 48–7. It was their 15th meeting; after it, Michigan State led the series 9–5–1.
FinalAttendance 29,992
In the newspapers

Evening star, October 2, 1949, page 36
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STATISTICS. Michigan State Passes Beat Marquette, &-7 EAST LANSING, Mich, Oct. /. Michigan State unleashed q spectacularly successful passing attack to overpower Marquette, 1877, in the nineteenth meeting between the midwestern rivals here today. A throng of 80, ,101 saw Michigan State come through with an ava lanche Of aerials, most OF them tossed by senior Quarterback Gene Click. The throwing accounted for three of the seven touchdowns and set up two others. Lynn Chandnois ran for two scores and Sonny Grandelius and Frank Waters made the others for the Spartans. Clicks best throw was 66-yard pass to end Dorne Dibble. Click and Bob Ciolek both tossed touch down passes to Bob Carey.
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 82% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Marquette–Michigan State gameMichigan State leads 15–5–1 in 21 meetings, counting the six since this game.
Around this game
Marquette
- Next gamevs. Saint LouisOct. 8, 1949
- SeasonMarquette in 1949
- ProgramMarquette history and records
Michigan State
- Next gamevs. MarylandOct. 8, 1949
- SeasonMichigan State in 1949
- ProgramMichigan State history and records
