Michigan State vs. UCLA

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

1. Michigan State’s biggest win1965: Michigan State 13, UCLA 3by 10 points
2. UCLA’s biggest win1974: UCLA 56, Michigan State 14by 42 points
3. Upset1965: UCLA 14, Michigan State 12UCLA had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Ranked showdown1965: UCLA 14, Michigan State 12No. 1 Michigan State at No. 5 UCLA
5. Ranked showdown1955: Michigan State 17, UCLA 14No. 2 Michigan State at No. 4 UCLA
6. Ranked showdown1953: Michigan State 28, UCLA 20No. 3 Michigan State at No. 5 UCLA

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 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Jan 3, 1956

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
• UCLA vs. Stanford95 meetings, UCLA 49–⁠43–⁠3
• UCLA vs. California95 meetings, UCLA 59–⁠35–⁠1
• UCLA vs. USC95 meetings, UCLA 34–⁠54–⁠7
• UCLA vs. Washington78 meetings, UCLA 42–⁠34–⁠2