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.

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

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s4–⁠0
1930s0–⁠1
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

  1. Colgate’s biggest win1926: Colgate 38, Michigan State 6by 32 points
  2. Michigan State’s biggest win1930: Michigan State 14, Colgate 7by 7 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Colgate 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 Evening star's story of the 1929 game: COLGATE SMOTHERS MICHIGAN STATE, $40 BY the Associated Press.

    1929 · Evening star, Oct 13, 1929

  • The New Britain herald's story of the 1930 game: N0TRE DAME ID PLAY PITT TEAM Rockne's Charges Make First Trip East This Week

    1930 · New Britain herald, Connecticut, Oct 22, 1930

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, 1930Michigan State 14, Colgate 7at Michigan State
Oct 12, 1929Colgate 31, Michigan State 0at Colgate
Oct 20, 1928Colgate 16, Michigan State 0at Michigan State
Oct 30, 1926Colgate 38, Michigan State 6at Colgate
Nov 1, 1925Colgate 14, Michigan State 0at Michigan State

Every game is listed as played on the field.