Michigan State vs. Temple

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

1. Michigan State’s biggest win1949: Michigan State 62, Temple 14by 48 points
2. Temple’s biggest win1940: Temple 21, Michigan State 19by 2 points

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Michigan State’s side (Bachman 3–⁠0–⁠1 against Warner). 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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  1937 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 6, 1937

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  1940 · The Daily Alaska empire, Oct 19, 1940

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  1941 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 17, 1941

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  1947 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 16, 1947

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
• Temple vs. Penn State46 meetings, Temple 4–⁠41–⁠1
• Temple vs. Rutgers39 meetings, Temple 16–⁠23
• Temple vs. Boston College39 meetings, Temple 7–⁠30–⁠2
• Temple vs. Syracuse37 meetings, Temple 10–⁠26–⁠1