Kansas State vs. Michigan State
Kansas State and Michigan State have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1933; Michigan State leads the series 5–0–1 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Michigan State 5–0, and Michigan State has won the last 5. Share
- Kansas State wins
- 0
- Michigan State wins
- 5
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1933
- Longest streak
- 5 Michigan State
- Current streak
- 5 Michigan State
- Last 10 meetings
- Michigan State 5–0
- Most recent
- 1958
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 21.5 points; 0 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Michigan State
- 5–0–1 Michigan State’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 1
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Michigan State’s biggest win1944: Michigan State 45, Kansas State 6by 39 points
Coach against coach
| Years | Kansas State | Series | Michigan State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1956–1958 | Bernard Mertes | 0–3 | Duffy Daugherty |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kansas State’s side (Mertes 0–3 against Daugherty). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.
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

1933 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 5, 1933

1940 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 4, 1940

1944 · Evening star, Oct 17, 1944
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
| Nov 22, 1958 | Michigan State 26, Kansas State 7 | at Michigan State | ||
| Nov 23, 1957 | 1Michigan State 27, Kansas State 9 | at Michigan State | ||
| Nov 24, 1956 | 10Michigan State 38, Kansas State 17 | at Michigan State | ||
| Oct 14, 1944 | Michigan State 45, Kansas State 6 | at Michigan State | ||
| Nov 2, 1940 | Michigan State 32, Kansas State 0 | at Michigan State | ||
| Nov 4, 1933 | Michigan State 0, Kansas State 0 | at Michigan State |
Every game is listed as played on the field.