Michigan State vs. Texas A&M

Michigan State and Texas A&M have 3 meetings on file, the first in 1934; Michigan State leads the series 2–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 3 meetings it’s Michigan State 2–⁠1.

Michigan State wins
2
Texas A&M wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1934
Longest streak
2 Michigan State
Current streak
1 Texas A&M
Last 10 meetings
Michigan State 2–⁠1
Most recent
1959

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
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1930s1–⁠0
1950s1–⁠1
Average margin
19 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Michigan State
1–⁠1 Michigan State’s record at home
At Texas A&M
0–⁠1 Texas A&M’s record at home

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Michigan State and Texas A&M, 1934 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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.

From the newspapers

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1934 game: FOOT BALL As9REsULTs

    1934 · The Daily Alaska empire, Dec 10, 1934

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

Sep 26, 1959Texas A&M 9, Michigan State 7at Michigan State
Oct 11, 19522Michigan State 48, Texas A&M 6at Michigan State
Dec 8, 1934Michigan State 26, Texas A&M 13at Texas A&M

Every game is listed as played on the field.