[2][3][4] Michigan State halfback Billy Wells scored two touchdowns and was named the Player of the Game.

With the Rose Bowl again on the line for both teams, UCLA defeated USC 13–0 to win the Pacific Coast Conference outright and gain the New Year's Day berth in Pasadena.

Billy Wells of Michigan State returned a punt 62 yards for a touchdown with 4:51 left in the game.

[2][3] In their first official season in the Big Ten, the Spartans led the league in the number of black players.

Michigan State's eight black athletes represented nearly a quarter of all African Americans in the entire conference.