Adrian vs. Michigan State

Adrian and Michigan State first met in 1925 and have played 3 times; Michigan State leads the series 3–⁠0. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Michigan State 3–⁠0, and Michigan State has won the last 3.

Adrian wins
0
Michigan State wins
3
Ties
0
First meeting
1925
Longest streak
3 Michigan State
Current streak
3 Michigan State
Last 10 meetings
Michigan State 3–⁠0
Most recent
1929

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠3
Average margin
35.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Michigan State
3–⁠0 Michigan State’s record at home
Shutouts
3

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Adrian and Michigan State, 1925 on13001500170019401960198020002020

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

From the newspapers

  • The Daily Kennebec journal's story of the 1925 game: College Football Results Saturday

    1925 · Daily Kennebec journal, Augusta, Me., Sep 28, 1925

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

Every game

Oct 19, 1929Michigan State 74, Adrian 0at Michigan State
Sep 26, 1926Michigan State 16, Adrian 0at Michigan State
Sep 26, 1925Michigan State 16, Adrian 0at Michigan State

Every game is listed as played on the field.