Land Grant Trophy

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Land Grant Trophy
Teams	Penn State Nittany Lions Michigan State Spartans
Originated	1993
Trophy Series	Penn State leads, 11-4
Current Holder	Michigan State
Penn State (11) 1993 1994 1995 1996 1998 2000 2001 2002 2004 2005 2006	Michigan State (4) 1997 1999 2003 2007

The Land Grant Trophy is presented to the winner of each football game between Penn State and Michigan State.

Contents 1 History 2 Game results 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

[edit] History

Since Penn State joined the Big Ten Conference in 1993, the Nittany Lions and Spartans have played each other for the trophy in the last week of conference play. The trophy, designed by former Michigan State coach George Perles, features pictures of Penn State's Old Main and Michigan State's Beaumont Tower. Michigan State won the most recent meeting between the two by a score of 35 to 31 on November 17, 2007 at Spartan Stadium. Currently, Penn State and Michigan State are tied in the overall series at 12-12-1, though many of the games were played prior to Penn State joining the Big Ten and are thus not included in the trophy count. Michigan State has not won at Beaver Stadium since 1965.

Penn State University and Michigan State University are among the nation's oldest land-grant universities, hence the name for the trophy. They are also the most recent additions to the Big Ten. Fellow Big Ten members Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue and Wisconsin are also land-grant schools.

[edit] Game results

Year	Penn State		Michigan State		Location
1993	Penn State (#14)	38	Michigan State (#25)	37	East Lansing, MI
1994	Penn State (#2)	59	Michigan State	31	University Park, PA
1995	Penn State (#14)	24	Michigan State	20	East Lansing, MI
1996	Penn State (#7)	32	Michigan State	29	University Park, PA
1997	Penn State (#4)	14	Michigan State	49	East Lansing, MI
1998	Penn State (#23)	51	Michigan State	28	University Park, PA
1999	Penn State (#13)	28	Michigan State (#15)	35	East Lansing, MI
2000	Penn State	42	Michigan State	23	University Park, PA
2001	Penn State	42	Michigan State	37	East Lansing, MI
2002	Penn State (#16)	61	Michigan State	7	University Park, PA
2003	Penn State	10	Michigan State	41	East Lansing, MI
2004	Penn State	37	Michigan State	13	University Park, PA
2005	Penn State (#5)	31	Michigan State	22	East Lansing, MI
2006	Penn State	17	Michigan State	13	University Park, PA
2007	Penn State	31	Michigan State	35	East Lansing, MI
Current series:			Penn State leads 11-4

[edit] See also

• Other Michigan State traveling trophies:
  • Megaphone Trophy - (with Notre Dame)
  • Old Brass Spittoon (with Indiana)
  • Paul Bunyan Trophy (with Michigan)
• Other Penn State traveling trophies:
  • Governor's Victory Bell (with Minnesota)

[edit] External links

• The Digital Collegian, Opinion on the Trophy

[edit] References

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