Colgate vs. Michigan State
Colgate and Michigan State have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1925; Colgate leads the series 4–1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Colgate 4–1. Share
- Colgate wins
- 4
- Michigan State wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1925
- Longest streak
- 4 Colgate
- Current streak
- 1 Michigan State
- Last 10 meetings
- Colgate 4–1
- Most recent
- 1930
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 20 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Colgate
- 2–0 Colgate’s record at home
- At Michigan State
- 1–2 Michigan State’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Colgate’s biggest win1926: Colgate 38, Michigan State 6by 32 points
- Michigan State’s biggest win1930: Michigan State 14, Colgate 7by 7 points
Both programs through the years
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
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 18, 1930 | Michigan State 14, Colgate 7 | at Michigan State | ||
| Oct 12, 1929 | Colgate 31, Michigan State 0 | at Colgate | ||
| Oct 20, 1928 | Colgate 16, Michigan State 0 | at Michigan State | ||
| Oct 30, 1926 | Colgate 38, Michigan State 6 | at Colgate | ||
| Nov 1, 1925 | Colgate 14, Michigan State 0 | at Michigan State |
Every game is listed as played on the field.

