Michigan State–Penn State football rivalry

Michigan State Spartans

Penn State Nittany Lions

First meeting

November 13, 1914

Latest meeting

November 26, 2016

Next meeting

November 4, 2017

Trophy

Land Grant Trophy

Statistics

Meetings total

All-time series

Tied, 15–15–1

Largest victory

Penn State, 61–7 (2002)

Longest win streak

Michigan State, 5 (1949–66)

Current win streak

Penn State, 1 (2016–present)

The Michigan State–Penn State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Michigan State Spartans and Penn State Nittany Lions. The Land Grant Trophy is presented to the winner of the game. Penn State are the current holders after beating Michigan State 45–12 in 2016. The series is tied 15–15–1.

Series history

When Penn State joined the Big Ten Conference 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, as well as figurines of The Spartan and Nittany Lion Shrine statues. The trophy is infamous for its unwieldiness and hodgepodge appearance.

On September 24th, 2005 during Michigan week, a couple of Penn State students brazenly defaced the newly installed bronze Sparty statue. “It happened during broad daylight, with people all around” according to MSU police Sgt. Randy Holton.^[1] The statue was splattered with blue paint and the base tagged with the letters PSU. The perpetrators were able to evade capture despite the incident occurring in the middle of the day, during the traditional period of time when the statue is guarded by MSU student employees and Spartan Marching Band members, in what is called Sparty Watch.

In 2011, Nebraska joined the Big Ten, and the conference split into two divisions. Michigan State was in the Legends division and Penn State was in the Leaders division, so 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 two out of every five years,^[2] but the two teams did not play against each other during the three years that this system was in effect (2011–13).

In 2014, when Maryland and Rutgers joined the Big Ten, the conference was realigned into two geographically-based divisions, East and West. Michigan State and Penn State are both in the East division, and thus resumed a yearly series. As before, the game is played on the final weekend of the regular season, which is 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.

They are the 4th and 5th most recently joined members of the Big Ten, after Nebraska, who joined in 2011, Maryland and Rutgers, who both joined in 2014. Fellow Big Ten members Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue and Wisconsin all these being land-grant schools.

Game results

Michigan State victories	Penn State victories	Ties

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	November 13, 1914	State College	Michigan State	6–3
2	October 24, 1925	State College	Penn State	13–6
3	November 17, 1945	East Lansing	Michigan State	33–0
4	October 19, 1946	State College	Michigan State	19–16
5	October 23, 1948	State College	Tie	14–14
6	October 22, 1949	East Lansing	Michigan State	24–0
7	October 20, 1951	State College	#3 Michigan State	32–21
8	October 25, 1952	East Lansing	#1 Michigan State	34–7
9	September 25, 1965	Stage College	Michigan State	23–0
10	September 24, 1966	East Lansing	#1 Michigan State	42–8
11	November 27, 1993	East Lansing	#14 Penn State	38–37
12	November 26, 1994	State College	#2 Penn State	59–31
13	November 25, 1995	East Lansing	#14 Penn State	25–20
14	November 23, 1996	State College	#7 Penn State	32–29
15	November 29, 1997	East Lansing	Michigan State	49–14
16	November 28, 1998	State College	#23 Penn State	57–28
17	November 20, 1999	East Lansing	#15 Michigan State	35–28
18	November 18, 2000	State College	Penn State	42–23
19	November 24, 2001	East Lansing	Penn State	42–37
20	November 23, 2002	State College	#16 Penn State	61–7
21	November 22, 2003	East Lansing	Michigan State	41–10
22	November 20, 2004	State College	Penn State	37–13
23	November 19, 2005	East Lansing	#5 Penn State	31–22
24	November 18, 2006	State College	Penn State	17–13
25	November 17, 2007	East Lansing	Michigan State	35–31
26	November 22, 2008	State College	#8 Penn State	49–18
27	November 21, 2009	East Lansing	#14 Penn State	42–14
28	November 27, 2010	State College	#10 Michigan State	28–22
29	November 29, 2014	State College	#10 Michigan State	34–10
30	November 28, 2015	East Lansing	#6 Michigan State	55–16
31	November 26, 2016	State College	#7 Penn State	45–12
Series: Tied 15–15–1

References

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

↑ "Rivalry week: MSU Vs. U-M, 5 days until kickoff". The State News. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
↑ "Big Ten Schools to Play Nine Conference Games Beginning With 2017 Season", Big Ten, August 4, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2015.

External links

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

Michigan State Spartans football

Venues	Old College Field (1902–1922) 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 "Victory for MSU" Marching band Zeke the Wonder Dog Winged football helmet 1966 "Game of the Century" Clockgate 2006 Northwestern game

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 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Penn State Nittany Lions football

Venues	Old Main lawn (until 1891) Beaver Field (1892–1908) New Beaver Field (1909–1959) 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 Uplifting Athletes Joe Paterno statue Something for Joey 1982 Nebraska game child sex abuse scandal

People	Head coaches All-Americans Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 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 2016

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 Maryland–Rutgers 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 Kansas–Nebraska Maryland–Navy Maryland–Virginia Maryland–West Virginia Miami–Nebraska Michigan State–Notre Dame Michigan–Notre Dame Missouri–Nebraska Nebraska–Oklahoma Nebraska–Texas 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)

Penn State Nittany Lions rivalries

Football	Alabama Maryland Michigan State Minnesota Ohio State Pittsburgh Syracuse West Virginia

Basketball	Bucknell Pittsburgh

Other	Bucknell (Lacrosse) Lehigh (Wrestling)

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