Michigan State vs. Syracuse

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

1. Michigan State’s biggest win1952: Michigan State 48, Syracuse 7by 41 points
2. Syracuse’s biggest win1917: Syracuse 21, Michigan State 7by 14 points

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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  1932 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 30, 1932

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  1934 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 12, 1934

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  1938 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 24, 1938

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
• Syracuse vs. Pittsburgh82 meetings, Syracuse 33–⁠46–⁠3
• Syracuse vs. Penn State71 meetings, Syracuse 23–⁠43–⁠5
• Syracuse vs. West Virginia61 meetings, Syracuse 34–⁠27
• Syracuse vs. Colgate61 meetings, Syracuse 32–⁠25–⁠4