Colorado at Michigan State
Saturday, November 24, 1951 Share
No. 2 Michigan State beat Colorado 45–7. It was their first meeting; after it, Michigan State led the series 1–0.
FinalAttendance 29,987
In the newspapers

Evening star, District of Columbia, November 25, 1951, page 50
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Sportons End Unbeoten Season With 45–7 Rout of Colorado first play after the third quarter kickoff. Quarterback AL Dorow passed to Bob Carey, the big Michigan State captain and end. for two of the touchdowns. The longest scoring run was made by Fullback Dick Panin, who went through the middle on a ST. yard dash in the first period. Although the firststringers made most of the Michigan State touch downs, the second and third stringers of the pony” backfield also sparkled. Michigan State netted 800 yards rushing to 178 for Colorado. Six pass competitions in IA tries gave the Spartans 100 yards to 6S yards on seven of II passes completed for Colorado. Colorado – q 2 O. = Michigan State -------13 IS 13–4i Colorado scoring: Touchdowns, Hardy Conversion, Williams. Michigan State scoNns: Touchdowns r. Carey io), Panin veg. McAnliffe (2), slonac. Conversions r. Carey (al.

The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, November 26, 1951, page 6 (results column)
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Grid Stars On Saturday Bud Roffler, Washington State Played the entire game. rolling ut 132 yards rushing and TT passing as Washington State shaded Wash ington, 27–25. Johnny Pappa. California = Crossed the goal line twice as Cali fornia upset Stanford, 20–7 Paul Cameron, UCLA = Carried the bulk of his teams offense as UCLA tripped Southern California 2l-7. He picked up l28 yards pas sing and rushing, and tossed one touchdown aerial. Hank Lauricella, Tennessee = Gained 133 yards rushing in IT at temptS to lead his team to 28–0 victory over Kentucky He threw one touchdown pass and averaged 34.5 yards on four punts. Sammy Rcbecca, Illinois–Kicked a 17-yard field goal to give his team a 80 triumph over North western that enabled Illinois to win the Big Ten championship and a trip to the Rose Bowl. Bob Carey, Michigan State = Caught two touchdown passes on plays of 42 and 23 yards and booted three extra points as Michigan State trounced Colorado, 45–7.
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.
On the newsreel
- PALO ALTOMichigan State rounds its greatest season in thirty eight years as they roll over Colorado by the lopsided score of 45 to 7
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Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Michigan State 76% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Colorado–Michigan State gameMichigan State leads 3–0 in three meetings, counting the two since this game.
| 1984 | Michigan State 24, Colorado 21 | |
| 1983 | Michigan State 23, Colorado 17 | |
| 1951 | Michigan State 45, Colorado 7 |
Around this game
Colorado
- Next gamevs. San José StateSept. 20, 1952
- SeasonColorado in 1951
- ProgramColorado history and records
Michigan State
- Next gameat MichiganSept. 27, 1952
- SeasonMichigan State in 1951
- ProgramMichigan State history and records

