NC State at Michigan State

Saturday, September 17, 1966

No. 2 Michigan State beat NC State 28–⁠10. It was their fourth meeting; after it, Michigan State led the series 3–⁠1.

AwayNC State5–⁠5 in 1966
10
Home2Michigan State9–⁠0–⁠1 in 1966
28

FinalHigh 72°F, low 40°FAttendance 55,418

On the newsreel

  • MICHIGAN STATE 28 NORTH CAROLINA STATE 10The nation's top-ranked football powerhouse, Michigan State, puts on a dazzling ground game display and tops North Carolina State 28 to 10.Universal Newsreel, September 22, 1966. Catalog record at the National Archives

Universal Newsreel, National Archives (catalog record). Story titles and words as Universal’s release sheet gives them; the films themselves may still be under copyright, so we link to the record rather than show them.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Michigan State 73% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Michigan State leads 4–⁠1–⁠1 in six meetings, counting the two since this game.

Recent meetings
1976Michigan State 31, NC State 31
1975Michigan State 37, NC State 15
1966Michigan State 28, NC State 10
1929Michigan State 40, NC State 6
1928Michigan State 7, NC State 0
1927NC State 19, Michigan State 0

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