Michigan State at Notre Dame
Saturday, October 28, 1950. Michigan State took the Megaphone Trophy from Notre Dame Share
No. 15 Michigan State beat Notre Dame 36–33. It was their 12th meeting; after it, Notre Dame led the series 10–2 as played.
FinalHigh 71°F, low 51°FAttendance 57,866
In the newspapers
Evening star, October 29, 1950, page 45
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Michigan State touchdown after a Spartan drive from midfleld. Carey’s point made 1t Michigan State SO, Notre Dame 26. But with time running out, Mazur passed the Irish down to Michigan States five and then winged a scoring toss to Halfback Jerry Marchand. Michigan States center, Dick Tamburo. was elected from the game for slugging after Notre Danes final point made it 36–33. 1t was Michigan States first triumph over Notre Dame since 1918.
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)
Notre Dame 60% to win. Michigan State won as Elo’s underdog.
The series
Every Michigan State–Notre Dame gameOfficially, Notre Dame leads 43–28–1; as played, 45–28–1 in 74 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.
Around this game
Michigan State
- Next gamevs. IndianaNov. 4, 1950
- SeasonMichigan State in 1950
- ProgramMichigan State history and records
Notre Dame
- Next gamevs. NavyNov. 4, 1950
- SeasonNotre Dame in 1950
- ProgramNotre Dame history and records