Michigan State–Penn State football rivalry

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Michigan State Spartans	Penn State Nittany Lions

Total meetings

Series record

Michigan State leads, 13–5–1 (9 No Contest)

First meeting

1914

Last meeting

2010
Michigan State 28, Penn State 22

Largest win

Michigan State, 49–14 (1997)

Longest win streak

Michigan State, 5 (1949–66)

Current win streak

Michigan State, 5 (1997–Present) (includes 9 No Contest)

Trophy

Land Grant Trophy

The Michigan State–Penn State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Michigan State Spartans football team of Michigan State University and Penn State Nittany Lions football team of Pennsylvania State University. The Land Grant Trophy is presented to the winner of the game. The Spartans are the current holder of the trophy after beating the Nittany Lions 28–22 in 2010; the victory ensured that the Spartans won a share of the 2010 Big Ten Conference championship.^[1]

Series history

When Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1993, the Nittany Lions and Spartans were designated as permanent rivals, and met 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. Currently, Michigan State leads the series 13–5–1 due to the vacation of 9 Penn State wins as fallout from the Penn State child sex abuse scandal, though only games since 1998 are counted.

With the addition of Nebraska to the Big Ten in 2011, Michigan State and Penn State moved into different divisions and were no longer designated as rivals, meaning they no longer played each other annually. Instead, Indiana and Nebraska were designated as Michigan State and Penn State's permanent rivals, respectively. Under this setup, Penn State and Michigan State would compete on average four out of every ten years.

In April 2013, the Big Ten announced the conference would realign into two geographically-based divisions and scrap the "Legends" and "Leaders" designations when Maryland and Rutgers join in 2014. Michigan State and Penn State are both in the Eastern division under the plan, and thus would resume a yearly series. It will, as before, be played on the final weekend of the regular season, the week before the Big Ten Championship Game.

United States Postal Service commemorative stamp

Michigan State University followed by Penn State University are the nation's oldest land-grant universities, hence the name for the trophy. In 1955 on the 100th year 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 Land-Grant Colleges". These two universities were the first ever universities to be placed on a U.S. postage stamp.^{[citation needed]}

They are the 2nd and 3rd most recently joined members of the Big Ten, after Nebraska, who joined in 2011. Fellow Big Ten members Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue and Wisconsin are also land-grant schools.

Game results

Michigan State victories are colored ██ green. Penn State victories are colored ██ blue. Games declared No Contest because of the Penn State child sex abuse scandal are colored gray, whereas ties are colored white.

Year	Penn State		Michigan State		Location	Series
1914	Penn State	3	Michigan State	6	University Park	MSU 1–0
1925	Penn State	13	Michigan State	6	University Park	Tie 1–1
1945	Penn State	0	Michigan State	33	East Lansing	MSU 2–1
1946	Penn State	16	Michigan State	19	University Park	MSU 3–1
1948	Penn State	14	Michigan State	14	University Park	MSU 3–1–1
1949	Penn State	0	Michigan State	24	East Lansing	MSU 4–1–1
1951	Penn State	21	#3 Michigan State	32	University Park	MSU 5–1–1
1952	Penn State	7	#1 Michigan State	34	East Lansing	MSU 6–1–1
1965	Penn State	0	Michigan State	23	University Park	MSU 7–1–1
1966	Penn State	8	#1 Michigan State	42	East Lansing	MSU 8–1–1
1993	#14 Penn State	38	#25 Michigan State	37	East Lansing	MSU 8–2–1
1994	#2 Penn State	59	Michigan State	31	University Park	MSU 8–3–1
1995	#14 Penn State	25	Michigan State	20	East Lansing	MSU 8–4–1
1996	#7 Penn State	32	Michigan State	29	University Park	MSU 8–5–1
1997	#4 Penn State	14	Michigan State	49	East Lansing	MSU 9–5–1
1998	#23 Penn State	57	Michigan State	28	University Park	MSU 9–5–1
1999	#13 Penn State	28	#15 Michigan State	35	East Lansing	MSU 10–5–1
2000	Penn State	42	Michigan State	23	University Park	MSU 10–5–1
2001	Penn State	42	Michigan State	37	East Lansing	MSU 10–5–1
2002	#16 Penn State	61	Michigan State	7	University Park	MSU 10–5–1
2003	Penn State	10	Michigan State	41	East Lansing	MSU 11–5–1
2004	Penn State	37	Michigan State	13	University Park	MSU 11–5–1
2005	#5 Penn State	31	Michigan State	22	East Lansing	MSU 11–5–1
2006	Penn State	17	Michigan State	13	University Park	MSU 11–5–1
2007	Penn State	31	Michigan State	35	East Lansing	MSU 12–5–1
2008	#8 Penn State	49	#15 Michigan State	18	University Park	MSU 12–5–1
2009	#14 Penn State	42	Michigan State	14	East Lansing	MSU 12–5–1
2010	Penn State	22	#10 Michigan State	28	University Park	MSU 13–5–1

References

"Series History: Penn State vs. Michigan State". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2007-02-26.

↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oCHTbyx-hE

External links

"Land Grant Trophy: a case of envy", Frantz, Jeff, The Daily Collegian, November 23, 2002

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Venues	Spartan Stadium (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Indiana (Old Brass Spittoon) Michigan (Paul Bunyan Trophy) Notre Dame (Megaphone Trophy) Penn State (Land Grant Trophy)

Culture & lore	Sparty "Michigan State University Fight Song" Michigan State University Spartan Marching Band Zeke the Wonder Dog "Game of the Century" Clockgate

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

National championship seasons in bold

v t e Penn State Nittany Lions football

Venues	Old Main Beaver Field New Beaver Field Beaver Stadium (1960–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Maryland Michigan State Minnesota Ohio State Pittsburgh Syracuse West Virginia

Culture & lore	Nittany Lion "Fight On, State" Penn State Blue Band Angleball Uplifting Athletes Joe Paterno statue Penn State child sex abuse scandal

People	Head coaches All-Americans

Seasons	1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

National championship seasons in bold

v t e Big Ten Conference football rivalries

Conference	Illinois–Northwestern Illinois–Ohio State Illinois–Purdue Indiana–Michigan State Indiana–Purdue Iowa–Minnesota Iowa–Nebraska Iowa–Wisconsin Michigan State–Penn State Michigan–Michigan State Michigan–Minnesota Michigan–Ohio State Minnesota–Penn State Minnesota–Wisconsin Ohio State–Penn State

Non-conference	Alabama–Penn State Colorado–Nebraska Illinois–Missouri Iowa–Iowa State Maryland–Penn State Michigan State–Notre Dame Michigan–Notre Dame Missouri–Nebraska Nebraska–Oklahoma Northwestern–Notre Dame Notre Dame–Purdue Penn State–Pittsburgh Penn State–Syracuse Penn State–West Virginia

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