Kansas vs. Michigan State
Kansas and Michigan State have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1934; Michigan State leads the series 5–1 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Michigan State 5–1. Share
- Kansas wins
- 1
- Michigan State wins
- 5
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1934
- Longest streak
- 5 Michigan State
- Current streak
- 1 Kansas
- Last 10 meetings
- Michigan State 5–1
- Most recent
- 1994
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 21.5 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Kansas
- 1–2 Kansas’s record at home
- At Michigan State
- 3–0 Michigan State’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 4
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Kansas’s biggest win1994: Kansas 17, Michigan State 10by 7 points
- Michigan State’s biggest win1935: Michigan State 42, Kansas 0by 42 points
Coach against coach
| Years | Kansas | Series | Michigan State |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1934–1937 | Adrian Lindsey | 0–4 | Charlie Bachman |
Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Kansas’s side (Lindsey 0–4 against Bachman). 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

1935 · The Indianapolis times, Indianapolis [Ind.], Oct 18, 1935
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 10, 1994 | Kansas 17, Michigan State 10 | at Kansas | ||
| Sep 11, 1993 | Michigan State 31, Kansas 14 | at Michigan State | ||
| Oct 30, 1937 | Michigan State 16, Kansas 0 | at Michigan State | ||
| Nov 14, 1936 | Michigan State 41, Kansas 0 | at Kansas | ||
| Oct 12, 1935 | Michigan State 42, Kansas 0 | at Michigan State | ||
| Nov 24, 1934 | Michigan State 6, Kansas 0 | at Kansas |
Every game is listed as played on the field.