Minnesota at Michigan State

Saturday, November 3, 1962

Minnesota beat No. 7 Michigan State 28–⁠7. It was their ninth meeting; after it, Minnesota led the series 5–⁠4.

AwayMinnesota6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1962
28
Home7Michigan State5–⁠4 in 1962
7

FinalHigh 46°F, low 42°F, 0.04 in. of rainAttendance 64,783

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: How Top 10 Fored

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., November 4, 1962, page 1 (results column)

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    How Top 10 Fored = Here’s the way the Nations top 10 college football teams Jared in games yesterday: l. Northwestern 600 beat Indiana, 1921. 2. Alabama (7–⁠0) beat Mississippi State, 300. 8. Southern California (6-O) beat Washington, 14–⁠0. 4. Louisiana State (5-l-l) lost to Mississippi, 1877. Mississippi. 5. Texas gold beat South ern Methodist, 60. 8. Mississippi 600 beat LSU 1877. Z. Michigan State (4–⁠2) lost to Minnesota, 28–⁠7. 8. Arkansas (6-D beat Texas A&M, TIT. 9. Washington (4-1-2) lost Il Southern California, 14–⁠0. 10. Auburn (5-D lost to Flor. ida, 1913.

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 62% to win. Minnesota pulled the upset.

Michigan State leads 30–⁠20 in 50 meetings, counting the 41 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Minnesota 23, Michigan State 20
2023Minnesota 27, Michigan State 12
2022Minnesota 34, Michigan State 7
2017Michigan State 30, Minnesota 27
2013Michigan State 14, Minnesota 3
2012Michigan State 26, Minnesota 10

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