Michigan State vs. Washington State

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

1. Michigan State’s biggest win1954: Michigan State 54, Washington State 6by 48 points
2. Washington State’s biggest win1942: Washington State 25, Michigan State 13by 12 points
3. Ranked showdown2017: Michigan State 42, Washington State 17No. 21 Washington State at No. 18 Michigan State

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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  1946 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Dec 1, 1946

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  1948 · The Daily Alaska empire, Juneau, Alaska, Nov 22, 1948

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  1954 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Nov 7, 1954

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
• Washington State vs. Washington106 meetings, Washington State 32–⁠70–⁠4
• Washington State vs. Oregon State104 meetings, Washington State 56–⁠45–⁠3
• Washington State vs. Oregon95 meetings, Washington State 37–⁠52–⁠6
• Washington State vs. California84 meetings, Washington State 30–⁠49–⁠5