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Rivalry History

Michigan-Michigan State

Michigan and Michigan State have met 118 times since 1898. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.

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Series snapshot

Record
75-38-5
Current streak
Michigan 4 games
Longest streak
Michigan 14 games (1916-1929)
Avg. margin / points
17.9 / 35.9

Series overview

Michigan 75-38-5 Michigan State. Current streak: Michigan 4 games.

Last five meetings

Michigan 4 | Michigan State 1

Largest margin

119 points

Rivalry notes

  • The tracked window runs from 1898 through 2025.
  • 118 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
  • The latest tracked meeting was Oct 25, 2025.

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What this rivalry is

Michigan and Michigan State have a tracked series that starts in 1898 and spans 118 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.

Paul Bunyan Trophy gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.

Series history

Status
Active series
Years
1898-2025
Busiest era
1910s, 10 games
Longest pause
4 years (1902-1907)
  • 1910s10 games
  • 1920s10 games
  • 1930s10 games
  • 1950s10 games

Biggest games and recent trend

Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.

3 featured games

Latest meeting

2025 - Oct 25, 2025

Michigan 31, Michigan State 20. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.

Closest finish

1963 - Oct 12, 1963

Michigan 7, Michigan State 7. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.

Highest scoring

1902 - Oct 8, 1902

Michigan 119, Michigan State 0. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.

Recent trend

Last five
Michigan 4, Michigan State 1 across 5 games
Last ten
Michigan 7, Michigan State 3 across 10 games
Scoring profile
Lower-scoring recent history; average total 35.9, average margin 17.9.
Current streak
Michigan 4 games

Players and coaches from recent chapters

Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.

  • Andrew Marsh

    Michigan, 2025

    Receiving Yards: 651

  • Bryce Underwood

    Michigan, 2025

    Passing Yards: 2428

  • Jordan Marshall

    Michigan, 2025

    Rushing Yards: 932

  • Aidan Chiles

    Michigan State, 2025

    Passing Yards: 1392

  • Makhi Frazier

    Michigan State, 2025

    Rushing Yards: 520

  • Nick Marsh

    Michigan State, 2025

    Receiving Yards: 662

Coach context

Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.

  • Jim Harbaugh

    Michigan - 2021-2023 - 40-3

  • Mel Tucker

    Michigan State - 2021-2023 - 18-9

  • Sherrone Moore

    Michigan - 2024-2025 - 8-5

  • Jonathan Smith

    Michigan State - 2024-2025 - 5-7

Weather, rankings, and research links

5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 45F.

Both teams appeared together in a poll snapshot in 2 of the recent tracked rivalry seasons.

Michigan team page

Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.

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Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.

Michigan season results

Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.

Michigan State season results

Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.

Michigan weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

Michigan State weather

Weather impact for games involving this program.

Game stats archive

Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.

Rankings

Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.

College football records

National record and history context.

Historical comparison

Compare program seasons and statistical profiles.

Recent rivalry results

The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.

10 most recent tracked games

DateMatchupScoreVenueResult
Oct 25, 2025Michigan at Michigan StateMichigan 31, Michigan State 20Spartan StadiumMichigan
Oct 26, 2024Michigan State at MichiganMichigan 24, Michigan State 17Venue unavailableMichigan
Oct 21, 2023Michigan at Michigan StateMichigan 49, Michigan State 0Venue unavailableMichigan
Oct 29, 2022Michigan State at MichiganMichigan 29, Michigan State 7Venue unavailableMichigan
Oct 30, 2021Michigan at Michigan StateMichigan 33, Michigan State 37Venue unavailableMichigan State
Oct 31, 2020Michigan State at MichiganMichigan 24, Michigan State 27Venue unavailableMichigan State
Nov 16, 2019Michigan State at MichiganMichigan 44, Michigan State 10Venue unavailableMichigan
Oct 20, 2018Michigan at Michigan StateMichigan 21, Michigan State 7Venue unavailableMichigan
Oct 7, 2017Michigan State at MichiganMichigan 10, Michigan State 14Venue unavailableMichigan State
Oct 29, 2016Michigan at Michigan StateMichigan 32, Michigan State 23Venue unavailableMichigan

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