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Michigan State Football Team History


Michigan State Spartans
Michigan State University
 East Lansing, MI
Founded: 1855
Stadium: Spartan Stadium
Capacity: 75,005
Colors: Green & Gold
Coach:
Conference: Big 10-Legends

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls

Michigan State News
Team Timeline
First Team: 1885  
 
Championships
National Championships
1952, 1965, 1966
Conference Championships
  1903, 1905, 1953, 1965, 1966, 1978, 1987
1990
 
Team Records
 Overall Record 518-382-32
 Winning Pct. 57.6%
 National Championships 3
 Big 10 Conference Titles 6
 Other Conference Titles 2
 Conference Record 18-7-0
 All American Players 
 NFL Players (#2)
 Home Record 330-147-15
 Away Record 180-221-17
 
By The Numbers
 Seasons 117
 Winning Seasons (#1) 60
 Losing Seasons (#1)27
 Most Wins in A Season 11 (2011)
 Most Loses in A Season 9 (1982)
 10 Win Seasons 4
 Most Points Scored in a Game 93 (9/24/1932)
 Most Points Scored in a Season 434 (2011)
 Most Points Allowed in a Game 119 (10/8/1902)
 Most Points Allowed in a Season 398 (2002)
 Largest Margin of Victory 93 (9/24/1932)
 Largest Margin of Defeat 119 (10/8/1902)
 Most Points Both Teams in a Game 119 (10/8/1902)
 Last Shutout 9/10/2011
 Last Time Shutout 10/21/2000
 Shutouts All-Time 116
 Been Shutout All-Time 89
 
Streaks
 Longest Win 28 (10/14/1950-10/17/1953)
 Longest Losing  18 (11/23/1918-10/25/1924)
 
Bowl Records
 Overall Record 8-14-0
 Rose 3-1-0
 Cotton 0-0-0
 Orange 0-1-0
 Fiesta 0-0-0
 Sugar 0-0-0
 
By the Decade
 2000-09  82-67
 1990-99 62-53-2
 1980-89 56-56-3
 1970-79 58-47-4
 1960-69 59-34-3
 1950-59 70-21-1
 1940-49 47-26-7
 1930-39 58-20-9
 1920-29 18-34-2
Next Game
 8/31/2012 (Fri)  
 Boise St. in a Non-Conference Game
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Last Meeting: Michigan State and Boise St. have never met in a game.
 
     
 
2012 Season
 Fri., Aug. 31  vs. Boise St.
 Sat., Sep. 8  @ Central Michigan
 Sat., Sep. 15  vs. Notre Dame
 Sat., Sep. 22  vs. Eastern Michigan
 Sat., Sep. 29  vs. Ohio State
 Sat., Oct. 6  @ Indiana
 Sat., Oct. 13  vs. Iowa
 Sat., Oct. 20  @ Michigan
 Sat., Oct. 27  @ Wisconsin
 Sat., Nov. 3  vs. Nebraska
 Sat., Nov. 17  vs. Northwestern
 Sat., Nov. 24  @ Minnesota
 
2012 Season Totals
  Record0-0
  Scoring-
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record0-0
  Away Record0-0
 
2012 Big 10 Legends Standings
 
Longest Running Rivalry
 Michigan State & Michigan have played 104 games.
Michigan State has won 32 games.
Michigan has won 67 games.
with 5 tie games.
 
Record when scoring..... (since 2000)
 Scoring  Record 
 less than 10 0-10
 10 or more 82-57
 20 or more  75-32
 30 or more 56-14
 40 or more 30-2
 
Record when allowing..... (since 2000)
 Points Allowed  Record 
 less than 10 15-0
 10 or more 67-67
 20 or more 36-60
 30 or more 11-43
 40 or more 1-23
 
  
 
Some records may be incomplete.

NOTES:
(1) Winning and losing seasons counted only if team plays at least 8 games.
(2) NFL Players counted for any player that participated in a regular season game.

Great Moments in College Football History

Throughout the 1960s, the University of Florida kept a real-life alligator named Albert on the sidelines.