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.

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

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

End-of-season Elo ratings of Grinnell and Michigan State, 1932 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 1932 game: MICHIGAN STATE STRONG Grinnell's Stiff Defense Overcome in 27-6 Victory.

    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, 1935Michigan State 41, Grinnell 0at Michigan State
Sep 29, 1934Michigan State 33, Grinnell 20at Michigan State
Sep 30, 1933Michigan State 14, Grinnell 0at Michigan State
Oct 8, 1932Michigan State 27, Grinnell 6at Michigan State

Every game is listed as played on the field.