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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.
Each year, the Michigan State Spartans football team hands out the "Biggie Munn Award" to the team's most motivational player. MSU's Munn Ice Arena , built in 1974, is named in his honor. Munn was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1959, and, in 1961, he became Michigan State's first inductee into the Michigan Sports ...
Michigan State warming up before the Michigan Wolverines vs. Michigan State Spartans football game at Spartan Stadium in 2001. In the 2001 game, also known as "Clockgate", Michigan entered the game ranked No. 6 in the nation. With under three minutes left, the Spartans received the ball at midfield, trailing 24–20.
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 ...
Michigan State: Michigan State logo: First season: 1896 Bowl record: 14–16 (.467) NY6 appearances: 9 NY6 bowl record: 6–3 (.667) CFP appearances: 1 (2015) CFP record: 0–1 (.000) First bowl appearance: 1938 Orange Bowl: Last bowl appearance: 2021 Peach Bowl: Longest win streak: 4 (2011–2014) Longest losing streak: 5 (2003, 2007–2010 ...
Record Ranking; Year Champions Conference Overall AP Coaches Bowl result Head coach 1896 Wisconsin: 2–0–1: 7–1–1: Started in 1936: Started in 1950 – Philip King
Michigan State University followed by Penn State University, both founded in 1855, are the nation's oldest land-grant universities, hence the name for the trophy. [ 8 ] [ 1 ] In 1955 on the 100th anniversary of the founding of the land grant system, Michigan State and Penn State were commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp honoring the "First of ...
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. On September 20, 2008, MSU defeated Notre Dame 23–7 in East Lansing, ending the series "jinx" of home teams always losing since 2001.