Indiana at Michigan State

Saturday, October 19, 1963. Michigan State kept the Old Brass Spittoon

Michigan State beat Indiana 20–⁠3. It was their 18th meeting; after it, Michigan State led the series 13–⁠4–⁠1 as played.

AwayIndiana3–⁠6 in 1963
3
HomeMichigan State6–⁠2–⁠1 in 1963
20

FinalHigh 70°F, low 58°F, 0.1 in. of rainAttendance 52,297

In the newspapers

  • The The Nome nugget's story: Weekend Football

    The Nome nugget, Alaska, October 21, 1963, page 7 (results column)

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    Weekend Football Victory cheers are going up in college football for Wisconsin,, H. linois and Mississippi, but they are singing the blues for Georgia Tech. Second Wisconsin re- mained unbeaten and ran it’s win ming streak to four games by edg- ing Iowa 10 to ‘. Seventh-ranked Illinois beat Minnesota 16 to 6 after recovering four Minnesota fumbles. Mississippi, ranked fiji h, trounced winless Tulane 21 to c. Navy downed Virginia Military 2l to l2, with the help of Wierd touchdown in the second period. Northwestern whipped Miami of Ohio 37 to 6. Third-ranked Pitt had to com from behind to beat upset minded West Virginia 13 to 10. Eig th-ranked Georgia Tech Was an upset victim, losing to unde- icatcd Auburn 29 to 21. Nore Dame won it’s second straight game, beating UCLA 27 to I2. A touchdown pass and a touchdown run by Ron Digravio led Purdue to a g to 12 decision oyer M chigan. Michigan State scored three touchdoWns in the second half and beat Indiana 20–⁠3. Nebraska won it’s second straight game in the Big Eight, beating Kansas State 28 to 6. Sophomore quarterback Scotty Glacken threw four touchdown passes and led Duke to a 35 to 30 victory over Clemson.

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 79% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Officially, Michigan State leads 49–⁠20–⁠2; as played, 51–⁠19–⁠2 in 72 meetings, counting the 54 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Indiana 38, Michigan State 13
2024Indiana 47, Michigan State 10
2023Michigan State 24, Indiana 21
2022Indiana 39, Michigan State 31
2021Michigan State 20, Indiana 15
2020Indiana 24, Michigan State 0

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