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Michigan State–Notre Dame football rivalry

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Megaphone Trophy
Teams Michigan State Spartans
Notre Dame Fighting Irish
Originated 1949
All Time Series Notre Dame leads, 44-27-1
Current Holder Michigan State

Notre Dame logo Michigan State logo
Notre Dame (44)
1897 1898 1899
1902 1903 1905
1906 1909 1916
1917 1919 1920
1921 1948 1949
1954 1964 1967
1969 1970 1971
1972 1973 1974
1976 1977 1978
1979 1980 1981
1982 1984 1985
1987 1988 1989
1990 1991 1992
1993 1994 2002
2004 2006 2009
Michigan State (27)
1910 1918 1950
1951 1952 1955
1956 1957 1959
1960 1961 1962
1963 1965 1968
1975 1983 1986
1997 1998 1999
2000 2001 2003
2005 2007 2008
Ties (1)
1966

The Megaphone Trophy is awarded each year to the winner of the football game between the University of Notre Dame and Michigan State University. It was introduced in 1949.[1] The Notre Dame side of the trophy is blue, while the Michigan State side is green. The rivalry includes many great games, such as The Game of the Century, arguably the greatest college football game ever played. Notre Dame currently leads the all-time series 44-27-1.

Recent Games

After an 8-0 series run by Notre Dame from 1987 to 1994, tying the series win streak set by Michigan State between 1955 and 1963 (they didn't meet in 1958) under coach Duffy Daugherty, Michigan State won five games in a row, tying USC's and MSU's mark (since set to six by USC) for consecutive wins (played in consecutive years) over Notre Dame by a single opponent. Michigan State almost set the record at six consecutive victories during the 2002 game in East Lansing, but Notre Dame pulled out a late 21-17 win. From 2003 to 2007 the opponent won on the other team's home field. Most recently with Michigan State winning a double overtime 44-41 victory in 2005; and Notre Dame pulling 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 in South Bend. On September 20, 2008, MSU defeated Notre Dame 23-7 in East Lansing, ending the series "jinx" of both teams always losing on their home fields since 2001.

Game results

Notre Dame leads the all time series, 44 wins to 27, with one tie game.[1] Michigan State victories are shaded in ██ green, Notre Dame victories are shaded ██ blue, and tie games are shaded ██ gray.

# Date Site Winning team Losing team Series
1 November 25, 1897 South Bend Notre Dame 34 Michigan State 6 ND 1-0
2 October 15, 1898 South Bend Notre Dame 53 Michigan State 0 ND 2-0
3 September 30, 1899 South Bend Notre Dame 40 Michigan State 0 ND 3-0
4 September 27, 1902 South Bend Notre Dame 33 Michigan State 0 ND 4-0
5 October 3, 1903 South Bend Notre Dame 12 Michigan State 0 ND 5-0
6 October 7, 1905 South Bend Notre Dame 28 Michigan State 0 ND 6-0
7 October 27, 1906 South Bend Notre Dame 5 Michigan State 0 ND 7-0
8 October 23, 1909 South Bend Notre Dame 17 Michigan State 0 ND 8-0
9 October 29, 1910 East Lansing Michigan State 17 Notre Dame 0 ND 8-1
10 November 18, 1916 East Lansing Notre Dame 14 Michigan State 0 ND 9-1
11 November 17, 1917 South Bend Notre Dame 23 Michigan State 0 ND 10-1
12 November 16, 1918 East Lansing Michigan State 13 Notre Dame 7 ND 10-2
13 November 15, 1919 South Bend Notre Dame 13 Michigan State 0 ND 11-2
14 November 25, 1920 East Lansing Notre Dame 25 Michigan State 0 ND 12-2
15 November 24, 1921 South Bend Notre Dame 48 Michigan State 0 ND 13-2
16 October 9, 1948 South Bend Notre Dame 26 Michigan State 7 ND 14-2
17 November 5, 1949 East Lansing Notre Dame 34 Michigan State 21 ND 15-2
18 October 28, 1950 South Bend Michigan State 36 Notre Dame 33 ND 15-3
19 November 10, 1951 East Lansing Michigan State 35 Notre Dame 0 ND 15-4
20 November 15, 1952 East Lansing Michigan State 21 Notre Dame 3 ND 15-5
21 October 16, 1954 South Bend Notre Dame 20 Michigan State 19 ND 16-5
22 October 15, 1955 East Lansing Michigan State 21 Notre Dame 7 ND 16-6
23 October 20, 1956 South Bend Michigan State 47 Notre Dame 14 ND 16-7
24 November 9, 1957 East Lansing Michigan State 34 Notre Dame 6 ND 16-8
25 October 17, 1959 East Lansing Michigan State 19 Notre Dame 0 ND 16-9
26 October 15, 1960 South Bend Michigan State 21 Notre Dame 0 ND 16-10
27 October 15, 1961 East Lansing Michigan State 17 Notre Dame 7 ND 16-11
28 October 20, 1962 South Bend Michigan State 31 Notre Dame 7 ND 16-12
29 November 16, 1963 East Lansing Michigan State 12 Notre Dame 7 ND 16-13
30 November 14, 1964 South Bend Notre Dame 34 Michigan State 7 ND 17-13
31 November 20, 1965 South Bend Michigan State 12 Notre Dame 7 ND 17-14
32 November 19, 1966 East Lansing Michigan State 10 Notre Dame 10 ND 17-14-1
33 October 28, 1967 South Bend Notre Dame 24 Michigan State 12 ND 18-14-1
34 October 26, 1968 East Lansing Michigan State 21 Notre Dame 17 ND 18-15-1
35 October 4, 1969 South Bend Notre Dame 42 Michigan State 28 ND 19-15-1
36 October 3, 1970 East Lansing Notre Dame 29 Michigan State 0 ND 20-15-1
37 October 2, 1971 South Bend Notre Dame 14 Michigan State 2 ND 21-15-1
38 October 7, 1972 East Lansing Notre Dame 16 Michigan State 0 ND 22-15-1
39 October 6, 1973 South Bend Notre Dame 14 Michigan State 10 ND 23-15-1
40 October 5, 1974 East Lansing Notre Dame 19 Michigan State 14 ND 24-15-1
41 October 4, 1975 South Bend Michigan State 10 Notre Dame 3 ND 24-16-1
42 October 2, 1976 East Lansing Notre Dame 24 Michigan State 6 ND 25-16-1
43 October 1, 1977 South Bend Notre Dame 16 Michigan State 6 ND 26-16-1
44 October 7, 1978 East Lansing Notre Dame 29 Michigan State 25 ND 27-16-1
45 September 29, 1979 South Bend Notre Dame 27 Michigan State 3 ND 28-16-1
46 October 4, 1980 East Lansing Notre Dame 26 Michigan State 21 ND 29-16-1
47 October 3, 1981 South Bend Notre Dame 20 Michigan State 7 ND 30-16-1
48 October 2, 1982 East Lansing Notre Dame 11 Michigan State 3 ND 31-16-1
49 September 17, 1983 South Bend Michigan State 28 Notre Dame 23 ND 31-17-1
50 September 15, 1984 East Lansing Notre Dame 24 Michigan State 20 ND 32-17-1
51 September 21, 1985 South Bend Notre Dame 27 Michigan State 10 ND 33-17-1
52 September 20, 1986 East Lansing Michigan State 20 Notre Dame 15 ND 33-18-1
53 September 19, 1987 South Bend Notre Dame 31 Michigan State 8 ND 34-18-1
54 September 17, 1988 East Lansing Notre Dame 20 Michigan State 3 ND 35-18-1
55 September 23, 1989 South Bend Notre Dame 21 Michigan State 13 ND 36-18-1
56 September 22, 1990 East Lansing Notre Dame 20 Michigan State 19 ND 37-18-1
57 September 21, 1991 South Bend Notre Dame 49 Michigan State 10 ND 38-18-1
58 September 19, 1992 East Lansing Notre Dame 52 Michigan State 31 ND 39-18-1
59 September 18, 1993 South Bend Notre Dame 36 Michigan State 14 ND 40-18-1
60 September 17, 1994 East Lansing Notre Dame 21 Michigan State 20 ND 41-18-1
61 September 20, 1997 South Bend Michigan State 23 Notre Dame 7 ND 41-19-1
62 September 12, 1998 East Lansing Michigan State 45 Notre Dame 23 ND 41-20-1
63 September 18, 1999 South Bend Michigan State 23 Notre Dame 13 ND 41-21-1
64 September 23, 2000 East Lansing Michigan State 27 Notre Dame 21 ND 41-22-1
65 September 22, 2001 South Bend Michigan State 17 Notre Dame 10 ND 41-23-1
66 September 21, 2002 East Lansing Notre Dame 21 Michigan State 17 ND 42-23-1
67 September 20, 2003 South Bend Michigan State 22 Notre Dame 16 ND 42-24-1
68 September 18, 2004 East Lansing Notre Dame 31 Michigan State 24 ND 43-24-1
69 September 17, 2005 South Bend Michigan State 44 Notre Dame 41 ND 43-25-1
70 September 23, 2006 East Lansing Notre Dame 40 Michigan State 37 ND 44-25-1
71 September 22, 2007 South Bend Michigan State 31 Notre Dame 14 ND 44-26-1
72 September 20, 2008 East Lansing Michigan State 23 Notre Dame 7 ND 44-27-1
73 September 19, 2009 South Bend Notre Dame 33 Michigan State 30 ND 45-27-1
74[2] [2] September 18, 2010 East Lansing Notre Dame at Michigan State
75[2] September 17, 2011 South Bend Michigan State at Notre Dame

References

  1. ^ "Michigan State vs. Notre Dame series history". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2007-10-27.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference FutureGames was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

See also