Michigan State vs. Santa Clara

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

1. Michigan State’s biggest win1947: Michigan State 28, Santa Clara 0by 28 points
2. Santa Clara’s biggest win1941: Santa Clara 7, Michigan State 0by 7 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Michigan State’s side (Bachman 0–⁠3–⁠1 against Shaw). 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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  1938 · The potters herald, East Liverpool, Ohio, Nov 3, 1938

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  1939 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 13, 1939

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  1948 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 28, 1948

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
• Santa Clara vs. Stanford30 meetings, Santa Clara 9–⁠19–⁠2
• Santa Clara vs. California22 meetings, Santa Clara 5–⁠17
• Santa Clara vs. Saint Mary’s (CA)18 meetings, Santa Clara 10–⁠7–⁠1
• Santa Clara vs. San José State17 meetings, Santa Clara 4–⁠12–⁠1