Marquette at Michigan State

Saturday, October 21, 1950

Michigan State beat Marquette 34–⁠6. It was their 16th meeting; after it, Michigan State led the series 10–⁠5–⁠1.

AwayMarquette5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1950
6
HomeMichigan State8–⁠1 in 1950
34

FinalAttendance 29,029

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Michigan State Wins Over Marquette, 34-6

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 22, 1950, page 46

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    Michigan State Wins Over Marquette, 34–⁠6 EAST LANSING, Mich, Oct 2l.-Michigan States Spartans honed UP a two-edged offensive today for Notre Dame, scoring a victory over a rugged Marquette team. Michigan State and Notre Dame play next Saturday. The Spartans lashed out by ground and by air today and scored in all but the last period when Coach Biggie Mum poured in reserves. A crowd of 29,02e attended. Standouts in the Michigan State attack were the reliable Everett Grandelius, who reeled of several long runs, including a 35yard touchdown sprint, End Dorne Dibble and sophomore fullback find. Dick Panim. Dibble had two touchdowns both on passes, and Panim, a reserve. twice lodged over from about Is yards out. Marquette’s only score was set up by pass interference penalty on Jesse Thomas on the Michigan State 5-yard line. Stan Wojcik dived over from the l for the tally.

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 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan State leads 15–⁠5–⁠1 in 21 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1955Michigan State 33, Marquette 0
1954Michigan State 40, Marquette 10
1953Michigan State 21, Marquette 15
1952Michigan State 62, Marquette 13
1951Michigan State 20, Marquette 14
1950Michigan State 34, Marquette 6

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