Michigan State–Notre Dame football rivalry


Michigan State Spartans	Notre Dame Fighting Irish

Series record

Notre Dame leads, 48–28–1

Trophy series record

Notre Dame leads, 34–26–1

First meeting

1897

First trophy meeting

1949

Next meeting

2016

Trophy

Megaphone Trophy

The Michigan State–Notre Dame football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Michigan State Spartans football team of Michigan State University and Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team of the University of Notre Dame. The Megaphone Trophy is awarded to the winner of the game.^[1] Michigan State and Notre Dame started competing against each other in football in 1897. The overall win-loss record between the two teams is 48–28–1, while the Megaphone Trophy series record is 34–26–1, both favoring the Fighting Irish.^[2]

The Notre Dame side of the trophy is blue, while the Michigan State side is green. The rivalry includes several notable games, such as the 1966 game, arguably one of the greatest college football games ever played. Notre Dame currently leads the series. Games played prior to 1949 also appear on the trophy to commemorate the entire series.^[1] Notre Dame is the current holder of the trophy, with a 17–13 victory on September 21, 2013.

Recent games

After an 8–0 series run by Notre Dame from 1987 to 1994, tying the series win streak set by Michigan State from 1955 to 1963 (they didn't meet in 1958), Michigan State won five games in a row. Michigan State won 44–41 in double overtime at Notre Dame in 2005. Notre Dame pulled 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 at Notre Dame. On September 20, 2008, MSU defeated Notre Dame 23–7 in East Lansing, ending the series "jinx" of home teams always losing since 2001. Notre Dame returned the favor the following year by defeating MSU at Notre Dame. The 2010 meeting had one of the most exciting finishes to the start of the college football season. A back and forth battle the entire game, Notre Dame took the lead in overtime off of a field goal. After Spartans quarterback Kirk Cousins was sacked on third down, Michigan State lined up for a field goal to tie the game at 31. They faked it, and the holder Aaron Bates tossed a game-winning touchdown pass to Charlie Gantt to win it 34–31 for the Spartans. In 2011, the Irish reclaimed the trophy with a 31–13 victory in which they led all the way.^[3]

Game results

Michigan State victories	Notre Dame victories	Tie games

#	Date	Location	Michigan State		Notre Dame
1	1897	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	6	Notre Dame	34
2	1898	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	0	Notre Dame	53
3	1899	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	0	Notre Dame	40
4	1902	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	0	Notre Dame	33
5	1903	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	0	Notre Dame	12
6	1905	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	0	Notre Dame	28
7	1906	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	0	Notre Dame	5
8	1909	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	0	Notre Dame	17
9	1910	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	17	Notre Dame	0
10	1916	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	0	Notre Dame	14
11	1917	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	0	Notre Dame	23
12	1918	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	13	Notre Dame	7
13	1919	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	0	Notre Dame	13
14	1920	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	0	Notre Dame	25
15	1921	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	0	Notre Dame	48
16	1948	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	7	Notre Dame	26
17	1949	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	21	Notre Dame	34
18	1950	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	36	Notre Dame	33
19	1951	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	35	Notre Dame	0
20	1952	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	21	Notre Dame	3
21	1954	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	19	Notre Dame	20
22	1955	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	21	Notre Dame	7
23	1956	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	47	Notre Dame	14
24	1957	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	34	Notre Dame	6
25	1959	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	19	Notre Dame	0
26	1960	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	21	Notre Dame	0
27	1961	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	17	Notre Dame	7
28	1962	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	31	Notre Dame	7
29	1963	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	12	Notre Dame	7
30	1964	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	7	Notre Dame	34
31	1965	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	12	Notre Dame	3
32	1966	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	10	Notre Dame	10
33	1967	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	12	Notre Dame	24
34	1968	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	21	Notre Dame	17
35	1969	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	28	Notre Dame	42
36	1970	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	0	Notre Dame	29
37	1971	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	2	Notre Dame	14
38	1972	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	0	Notre Dame	16
39	1973	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	10	Notre Dame	14
40	1974	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	14	Notre Dame	19

#	Date	Location	Michigan State		Notre Dame
41	1975	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	10	Notre Dame	3
42	1976	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	6	Notre Dame	24
43	1977	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	6	Notre Dame	16
44	1978	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	25	Notre Dame	29
45	1979	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	3	Notre Dame	27
46	1980	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	21	Notre Dame	26
47	1981	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	7	Notre Dame	20
48	1982	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	3	Notre Dame	11
49	1983	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	28	Notre Dame	23
50	1984	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	20	Notre Dame	24
51	1985	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	10	Notre Dame	27
52	1986	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	20	Notre Dame	15
53	1987	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	8	Notre Dame	31
54	1988	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	3	Notre Dame	20
55	1989	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	13	Notre Dame	21
56	1990	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	19	Notre Dame	20
57	1991	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	10	Notre Dame	49
58	1992	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	31	Notre Dame	52
59	1993	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	14	Notre Dame	36
60	1994	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	20	Notre Dame	21
61	1997	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	23	Notre Dame	7
62	1998	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	45	Notre Dame	23
63	1999	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	23	Notre Dame	13
64	2000	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	27	Notre Dame	21
65	2001	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	17	Notre Dame	10
66	2002	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	17	Notre Dame	21
67	2003	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	22	Notre Dame	16
68	2004	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	24	Notre Dame	31
69	2005	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	44	Notre Dame	41
70	2006	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	37	Notre Dame	40
71	2007	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	31	Notre Dame	14
72	2008	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	23	Notre Dame	7
73	2009	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	30	Notre Dame	33
74	2010	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	34	Notre Dame	31
75	2011	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	13	Notre Dame	31
76	2012	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	3	Notre Dame	20
77	2013	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	13	Notre Dame	17
78	2016	South Bend, IN	Michigan State		Notre Dame
Series: Notre Dame leads 48–28–1

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 College Football's Unusual Trophies Sports Illustrated
↑ "Michigan State vs. Notre Dame series history". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2007-10-27.
↑ Gano, Rick (September 17, 2011). "Irish get first win, beat No. 15 Spartans 31-13". Associated Press.

Michigan State Spartans football

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 Winged football helmet "Game of the Century" Clockgate

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

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 2015

National championship seasons in bold

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Venues	Cartier Field (1889–1929) Soldier Field (1929) Notre Dame Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls and rivalries	Bowl games Emerald Isle Classic Army Boston College: Holy War (Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl; Ireland Trophy) Michigan Michigan State (Megaphone Trophy) Navy (Rip Miller Trophy) Northwestern (Shillelagh Trophy 1930–c. 1973) Purdue (Shillelagh Trophy) Stanford (Legends Trophy) USC (Jeweled Shillelagh)

Culture and lore	All-time series results History Band of the Fighting Irish Irish Guard Notre Dame Box Notre Dame Leprechaun "Notre Dame, Our Mother" "Notre Dame Victory March" Play Like a Champion Today Subway Alumni 1928 "Tall Grass Game" 1946 "Game of the Century" 1966 "Game of the Century" 1988 "Catholics vs. Convicts" 1993 "Game of the Century" 2005 "Bush Push" 2007 "Navy ends the drought" Knute Rockne, All American Notre Dame Football on NBC Rudy

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks Four Horsemen NFL draftees

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 2015

National championship seasons in bold

Big Ten Conference football rivalries

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

Non-conference	Alabama–Penn State Colorado–Nebraska Illinois–Missouri Indiana–Kentucky Iowa–Iowa State Johns Hopkins–Maryland Maryland–Navy Maryland–Virginia Maryland–West Virginia Miami–Nebraska 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

Michigan State Spartans rivalries

Football	Indiana Michigan Notre Dame Penn State

Basketball	Michigan

Other	Michigan (hockey) Michigan (soccer)

Notre Dame Fighting Irish rivalries

Football	Army Holy War (Boston College) Michigan Michigan State Navy Northwestern Purdue Stanford USC (Jeweled Shillelagh) Other Rivalries

Basketball	UCLA Connecticut

Ice Hockey	Holy War on Ice (Boston College)

Michigan State–Notre Dame football rivalry

Recent games

Game results

See also

References