Grinnell vs. Michigan State
Grinnell and Michigan State first met in 1932 and have played 4 times; Michigan State leads the series 4–0. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Michigan State 4–0, and Michigan State has won the last 4. Share
- Grinnell wins
- 0
- Michigan State wins
- 4
- Ties
- 0
- First meeting
- 1932
- Longest streak
- 4 Michigan State
- Current streak
- 4 Michigan State
- Last 10 meetings
- Michigan State 4–0
- Most recent
- 1935
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 22.3 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Michigan State
- 4–0 Michigan State’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
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

1932 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 9, 1932
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
| Sep 28, 1935 | Michigan State 41, Grinnell 0 | at Michigan State | ||
| Sep 29, 1934 | Michigan State 33, Grinnell 20 | at Michigan State | ||
| Sep 30, 1933 | Michigan State 14, Grinnell 0 | at Michigan State | ||
| Oct 8, 1932 | Michigan State 27, Grinnell 6 | at Michigan State |
Every game is listed as played on the field.