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Michigan State vs Santa Clara Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Michigan State and Santa Clara.

PROGRAM ONEMichigan State1 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD1–3–2WINS · LOSSES · TIES
PROGRAM TWOSanta Clara3 recorded wins
6Recorded meetings
1938Earliest documented
1948Most recent season
2Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

6 games
  1. 1938
    Michigan State6 — 7Santa Clara
    Oct 29, 1938Santa Clara won
  2. 1939
    Michigan State0 — 6Santa Clara
    Nov 11, 1939Santa Clara won
  3. 1940
    Michigan State0 — 0Santa Clara
    Oct 25, 1940Tie
  4. 1941
    Michigan State0 — 7Santa Clara
    Oct 18, 1941Santa Clara won
  5. 1947
    Michigan State28 — 0Santa Clara
    Nov 8, 1947Michigan State won
  6. 1948
    Michigan State21 — 21Santa Clara
    Nov 27, 1948Tie
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
1948Michigan State vs Santa Clara21–21Tie
1947Michigan State vs Santa Clara28–0Michigan State won
1941Michigan State vs Santa Clara0–7Santa Clara won
1940Michigan State vs Santa Clara0–0Tie
1939Michigan State vs Santa Clara0–6Santa Clara won
1938Michigan State vs Santa Clara6–7Santa Clara won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.