Syracuse at Michigan State

Saturday, October 18, 1952

No. 1 Michigan State beat Syracuse 48–⁠7. It was their eighth meeting; after it, Michigan State led the series 5–⁠3.

AwaySyracuse7–⁠3 in 1952
7
Home1Michigan State9–⁠0 in 1952
48

FinalAttendance 38,254

On the newsreel

  • MICHIGANThe Michigan State Spartans hold their top-ranking position, trampling Syracuse, 48-7Universal Newsreel, October 20, 1952. Watch at the National Archives

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)

Michigan State 77% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan State leads 9–⁠3–⁠1 in 13 meetings, counting the five since this game.

Recent meetings
1990Michigan State 23, Syracuse 23
1978Michigan State 49, Syracuse 21
1974Michigan State 19, Syracuse 0
1973Michigan State 14, Syracuse 8
1968Michigan State 14, Syracuse 10
1952Michigan State 48, Syracuse 7

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