Michigan State at Purdue
Saturday, November 1, 1952 Share
No. 1 Michigan State beat No. 8 Purdue 14–7. It was their seventh meeting; after it, the series stood even at 3–3–1 as played.
FinalHigh 63°F, low 40°FAttendance 49,500
In the newspapers

Evening star, November 4, 1952, page 14
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CHICAGO, Nov. 4.-Midwest football briefs: Wisconsin–Harland Carl’s knee injury may keep him on the bench in the Badger homecoming against Northwestern. Extent Of the injury won’t be known till later in the week. Michigan State-Coach Biggie Mum figures his defensive team rates a lot of credit. when you can hold the top team in the Western Conference to net rush. ing total of just 81 yards, that’s really something” says Mum of the Spartans’ 14–7 conquest OF Purdue. Michigan–Ankle injuries are bothering Guard Ron Williams Halfback Ted Kress and Halfback Tom Witherspoon. F.. The VOL VERNE camp is gloomy after the upset 22–13 loss to Illinois. IOwa-Quarterback Burt Britzman reinjured his shoulder against Minnesota and is a very doubt fuls starter for the Illinois game
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
- FOOTBALLMichigan State holds its top rank among the nation's teams beating Purdue, 14-7
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 65% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Michigan State–Purdue gameOfficially, Michigan State leads 36–29–3; as played, 38–28–3 in 69 meetings, counting the 62 since this game.
Around this game
Michigan State
- Next gameat IndianaNov. 8, 1952
- SeasonMichigan State in 1952
- ProgramMichigan State history and records
Purdue
- Next gameat MinnesotaNov. 8, 1952
- SeasonPurdue in 1952
- ProgramPurdue history and records

