Stanford at Michigan State
Saturday, October 7, 1961 Share
Michigan State beat Stanford 31–3. It was their third meeting; after it, Michigan State led the series 3–0.
FinalHigh 72°F, low 49°FAttendance 61,367
In the newspapers

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.
The series
Every Stanford–Michigan State gameMichigan State leads 4–2 in six meetings, counting the three 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. San José StateOct. 14, 1961
- SeasonStanford in 1961
- ProgramStanford history and records
Michigan State
- Next gameat MichiganOct. 14, 1961
- SeasonMichigan State in 1961
- ProgramMichigan State history and records

