Michigan State vs. Stanford

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

1. Michigan State’s biggest win1961: Michigan State 31, Stanford 3by 28 points
2. Stanford’s biggest win1996: Stanford 38, Michigan State 0by 38 points
3. Upset1962: Stanford 16, Michigan State 13Stanford had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Ranked showdown2013: Michigan State 24, Stanford 20No. 5 Stanford at No. 4 Michigan State
5. Ranked showdown1956: Michigan State 21, Stanford 7No. 3 Michigan State at No. 12 Stanford

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.

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

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  1955 · Daily Sitka sentinel and the arrowhead press, Oct 14, 1955

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  1956 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Sep 30, 1956

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  1961 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 8, 1961

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.

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2013.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

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
• Stanford vs. California105 meetings, Stanford 54–⁠45–⁠6
• Stanford vs. USC102 meetings, Stanford 33–⁠66–⁠3
• Stanford vs. UCLA95 meetings, Stanford 43–⁠49–⁠3
• Stanford vs. Washington93 meetings, Stanford 43–⁠46–⁠4