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This is a list of seasons completed by the Michigan State Spartans football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Since the team's creation in 1885, the Spartans have participated in more than 1,200 officially sanctioned games, including 30 bowl games.
The 1966 Michigan State vs. Notre Dame football game ("The Game of the Century") remains one of the greatest, and most controversial, games in college football history. [44] The game was played in Michigan State 's Spartan Stadium on November 19, 1966.
Michigan leads the series with an overall record of 74–38–5, in part because Michigan State won only two games (in 1913 and 1915, under head coach John Macklin) and tied three others in the first 28 years of the rivalry. Since 1949, the series is 41–32–2 in favor of Michigan.
Within those areas, the lists identify single-game, Single season and career leaders. The Spartans represent Michigan State University in the NCAA's Big Ten Conference. Although Michigan State began competing in intercollegiate football in 1896, [1] the school's official record book considers the "modern era" to have begun in 1945. Records from ...
The Michigan State Spartans college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference (Big Ten). Since the establishment of the team in 1896, Michigan State has appeared in 30 bowl games. [1]
Michigan State won 44–41 in double overtime at Notre Dame in 2005. Notre Dame pulled out a thrilling come from behind 40–37 victory in East Lansing in 2006. The trend continued in 2007 for Michigan State under new head coach Mark Dantonio who defeated the Fighting Irish 31–14, recording MSU's sixth straight victory at Notre Dame.
Tuesday marked the 25-year anniversary of MSU's thrilling 28-24 win over OSU in 1998. The win shattered OSU's national championship aspirations.
Michigan finished the season with a 3–9 record which represented the program's first losing season since 1967 and the most losses for a season in the history of the program. Penn State had a second straight blowout win in 2009, as quarterback Daryll Clark threw three touchdown passes to wide receiver Graham Zug to lead the Nittany Lions to a ...