Stanford at Michigan State

Saturday, October 7, 1961

Michigan State beat Stanford 31–⁠3. It was their third meeting; after it, Michigan State led the series 3–⁠0.

AwayStanford4–⁠6 in 1961
3
HomeMichigan State7–⁠2 in 1961
31

FinalHigh 72°F, low 49°FAttendance 61,367

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Gambling Sportons Rout Stanford, 31-3

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., October 8, 1961, page 103

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    Gambling Sportons Rout Stanford, 31–⁠3 EAST LANSING, Mich, Oct. Z AP).-Michigan State. bank ing on a gambling offense to sustain two long touchdown drives. overcame its fumbling mistakes today for a 31–⁠3 intersectional victory over Stanford The Spartans, ranked sixth in the Nation, kept on the

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 80% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan State leads 4–⁠2 in six meetings, counting the three since this game.

Recent meetings
2013Michigan State 24, Stanford 20Rose Bowl
1996Stanford 38, Michigan State 0Sun Bowl
1962Stanford 16, Michigan State 13
1961Michigan State 31, Stanford 3
1956Michigan State 21, Stanford 7
1955Michigan State 38, Stanford 14

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