Stanford at Michigan State
Saturday, October 8, 1955 Share
Michigan State beat Stanford 38–14. It was their first meeting; after it, Michigan State led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 64°F, low 48°FAttendance 47,586
In the newspapers

Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press, October 14, 1955, page 4
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WISCONSIN, AFTER SCALP OF SOUTHERN CAL TFhe Big Ten conference, al- ways target for the ambitious and a test for the accepted giants, is smack dab in the col aege football spotlight again this weekend with sixth rank cd Wisconsin running against Southern California tonight and unranked Michigan State confronting fourth ranked Not re Dame tomorrow. Wisconsin is touchdown fa- vorite over Southern Cal in the West Coast game. The Irish have been allotted the same vote of confidence against Michigan State in the game of the week Coach Jess Hills Trojans could give the Badgers some arouIble. Still nursing an idea of talking the Pacific Coast con ference title, they cotlld well Joe on the rebound after TO upset by Washington. So far this season, the Big Ten and PCC are 2–2. Washing bon spilled Minnesota and Stan ford upset Ohio State, but Ill., inois whacked California and Michigan State over powered Stamford. Michigan State doesn’t fig sare to have things as easy this week as they were last Satur- day in the 38–14 decision over Stamford. Still, the Spartans loom as the best test yet for the Irish, who are unbeaten united and unscored upon aft CT junking Southern Methodist Indiana and Miami Fla).
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 66% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
The series
Every Stanford–Michigan State gameMichigan State leads 4–2 in six meetings, counting the five since this game.
| 2013 | Michigan State 24, Stanford 20 | Rose Bowl |
| 1996 | Stanford 38, Michigan State 0 | Sun Bowl |
| 1962 | Stanford 16, Michigan State 13 | |
| 1961 | Michigan State 31, Stanford 3 | |
| 1956 | Michigan State 21, Stanford 7 | |
| 1955 | Michigan State 38, Stanford 14 |
Around this game
Stanford
- Next gamevs. UCLAOct. 15, 1955
- SeasonStanford in 1955
- ProgramStanford history and records
Michigan State
- Next gamevs. Notre DameOct. 15, 1955
- SeasonMichigan State in 1955
- ProgramMichigan State history and records

