Michigan State vs. Missouri

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

1. Michigan State’s biggest win2001: Michigan State 55, Missouri 7by 48 points
2. Missouri’s biggest win1941: Missouri 19, Michigan State 0by 19 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Michigan State’s side (Bachman 2–⁠2 against Faurot). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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  1944 · The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., Nov 5, 1944

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  1945 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 5, 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 is listed as played on the field.

• Michigan State vs. Michigan118 meetings, Michigan State 38–⁠75–⁠5
• Michigan State vs. Notre Dame74 meetings, Michigan State 28–⁠45–⁠1
• Michigan State vs. Indiana72 meetings, Michigan State 51–⁠19–⁠2
• Michigan State vs. Purdue69 meetings, Michigan State 38–⁠28–⁠3
• Missouri vs. Kansas112 meetings, Missouri 56–⁠48–⁠8
• Missouri vs. Iowa State103 meetings, Missouri 61–⁠33–⁠9
• Missouri vs. Kansas State99 meetings, Missouri 60–⁠34–⁠5
• Missouri vs. Oklahoma98 meetings, Missouri 25–⁠68–⁠5