Miami vs. Michigan State
Miami and Michigan State have 5 meetings on file, the first in 1945; Miami leads the series 4–1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Miami 4–1. Share
- Miami wins
- 4
- Michigan State wins
- 1
- Ties
- 0
- Earliest on file
- 1945
- Longest streak
- 4 Miami
- Current streak
- 1 Michigan State
- Last 10 meetings
- Miami 4–1
- Most recent
- 2021
The series at a glance
| ’0 | ’1 | ’2 | ’3 | ’4 | ’5 | ’6 | ’7 | ’8 | ’9 | W–L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1950s | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 1980s | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 2020s | 0–1 |
- Both ranked
- 1 meeting: Miami 1, Michigan State 0
- Average margin
- 9.8 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Miami
- 3–1 Miami’s record at home
- At Michigan State
- 0–1 Michigan State’s record at home
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Miami’s biggest win1945: Miami 21, Michigan State 7by 14 points
- Michigan State’s biggest win2021: Michigan State 38, Miami 17by 21 points
- Ranked showdown1959: Miami 18, Michigan State 13No. 11 Michigan State at No. 18 Miami
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
1945 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 26, 1945
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 18, 2021 | Michigan State 38, 24Miami 17 | at Miami | ||
| Sep 30, 1989 | 2Miami 26, Michigan State 20 | at Michigan State | ||
| Sep 25, 1982 | 16Miami 25, Michigan State 22 | at Miami | ||
| Nov 20, 1959 | 18Miami 18, 11Michigan State 13 | at Miami | ||
| Nov 23, 1945 | Miami 21, Michigan State 7 | at Miami |
Every game is listed as played on the field.