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Matchup Finder

Search historical schedules and rankings back to the 1949-50 season.
Schedules prior to the 1994-95 season may be missing games vs. non-Division I opponents.

Note that the AP has ranked a variable number of teams since it began in 1948-49.

 1948-49 through 1960-61: top 20
 1961-62 through 1963-64: top 10
 1964-65: top 10, except for preseason which was top 20
 1965-66 through 1967-68: top 10
 1968-69 through 1988-89: top 20
 1989-90 through present: top 25

Current search:
From 1949-50 to 2017-18, for Michigan State, against Illinois, sorted by descending Date

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61 Wins, 59 Losses, .508 W%

Query Results

Query Results Table
Year Date   Schl Rk.   Opp Rk.     PTS OPP MOV   OT
2017-182018-02-20Michigan State2IllinoisW816120
2017-182018-01-22Michigan State6@IllinoisW877413
2016-172017-03-01Michigan State@IllinoisL7073-3
2015-162016-01-07Michigan State5IllinoisW795425
2014-152015-02-22Michigan State@IllinoisW60537
2014-152015-02-07Michigan StateIllinoisL5459-5
2013-142014-03-01Michigan State18IllinoisL4653-7
2013-142014-01-18Michigan State4@IllinoisW786216
2012-132013-01-31Michigan State13IllinoisW80755
2011-122012-01-31Michigan State9@IllinoisL4142-1
2010-112011-02-19Michigan StateIllinoisW61574
2010-112011-01-18Michigan State17@Illinois23L6271-9
2009-102010-02-06Michigan State5@IllinoisL7378-5
2009-102010-01-16Michigan State7IllinoisW736310
2008-092009-03-01Michigan State9@Illinois20W74668
2008-092009-01-17Michigan State7IllinoisW63576
2007-082008-03-06Michigan State17@IllinoisW59518
2007-082008-01-30Michigan State8IllinoisW514110
2006-072007-01-30Michigan State@IllinoisL5057-7
2006-072007-01-14Michigan StateIllinoisW63576
Year Date   Schl Rk.   Opp Rk.     PTS OPP MOV   OT
2005-062006-03-10Michigan StateIllinois9W61565
2005-062006-03-04Michigan State25Illinois10L6875-7
2005-062006-01-05Michigan State7@Illinois6L5060-10
2004-052005-02-01Michigan State12Illinois1L6881-13
2003-042004-02-10Michigan State@IllinoisL5175-24
2002-032003-02-18Michigan State@Illinois20L4070-30
2002-032003-02-02Michigan StateIllinois13W68653
2001-022002-02-12Michigan StateIllinois18L6163-2
2001-022002-02-03Michigan State@Illinois12W67616
2000-012001-02-06Michigan State4@Illinois7L6677-11
1999-002000-03-12Michigan State5Illinois25W766115
1999-002000-01-30Michigan State9IllinoisW916625
1998-991999-03-07Michigan State2IllinoisW675017
1998-991999-02-11Michigan State5IllinoisW614417
1998-991999-01-16Michigan State14@IllinoisW51492
1997-981998-02-12Michigan State13@IllinoisL6384-21
1997-981998-01-17Michigan StateIllinoisW68644
1996-971997-02-15Michigan State@Illinois20L6879-11
1996-971997-01-22Michigan StateIllinoisL6366-3
1995-961996-03-06Michigan StateIllinoisW776710
Year Date   Schl Rk.   Opp Rk.     PTS OPP MOV   OT
1995-961996-01-06Michigan State@Illinois13W685810
1994-951995-02-15Michigan State8IllinoisW685810
1994-951995-01-28Michigan State10@IllinoisW75678
1993-941994-02-09Michigan State@Illinois24L6472-8
1993-941994-01-08Michigan StateIllinois21W79745
1992-931993-02-10Michigan State@IllinoisL8083-3
1992-931993-01-09Michigan State14IllinoisL3952-13
1991-921992-03-07Michigan State13@IllinoisL7180-9
1991-921992-01-11Michigan State9IllinoisW77752
1990-911991-02-16Michigan StateIllinoisW62584
1990-911991-01-17Michigan State@IllinoisW71683
1989-901990-02-17Michigan State21Illinois15W70637
1989-901990-01-18Michigan State@Illinois7L6473-9
1988-891989-02-16Michigan StateIllinois5L5675-19
1988-891989-01-07Michigan State@Illinois3L5471-17
1987-881988-02-13Michigan StateIllinoisL6583-18
1987-881988-01-09Michigan State@Illinois19L6277-15
1986-871987-03-07Michigan StateIllinois12L6477-13
1986-871987-01-05Michigan State@Illinois12L7279-7
1985-861986-02-06Michigan State@IllinoisW84804
Year Date   Schl Rk.   Opp Rk.     PTS OPP MOV   OT
1985-861986-01-12Michigan StateIllinois18W58517
1984-851985-02-07Michigan StateIllinois9W64568
1984-851985-01-12Michigan State17@Illinois15L6375-12
1983-841984-02-19Michigan StateIllinois7L5370-17
1983-841984-01-26Michigan State@Illinois9L4046-6
1982-831983-02-19Michigan State@IllinoisL6169-8
1982-831983-01-27Michigan StateIllinoisL7178-7
1981-821982-02-25Michigan StateIllinoisW56479
1981-821982-01-16Michigan State@IllinoisL5155-4
1980-811981-02-21Michigan State@Illinois15L6282-20
1980-811981-01-29Michigan StateIllinoisL7071-1
1979-801980-02-02Michigan StateIllinoisW68599
1979-801980-01-26Michigan State@IllinoisL6574-9
1978-791979-02-24Michigan State7IllinoisW766214
1978-791979-01-11Michigan State1@Illinois4L5557-2
1977-781978-02-25Michigan State10IllinoisW896722
1977-781978-01-12Michigan State12@IllinoisW827012
1976-771977-03-05Michigan State@IllinoisW62611
1976-771977-01-20Michigan StateIllinoisW67589
1975-761976-02-21Michigan StateIllinoisW695910
Year Date   Schl Rk.   Opp Rk.     PTS OPP MOV   OT
1975-761976-01-24Michigan State@IllinoisW746311
1974-751975-03-01Michigan StateIllinoisW968214
1974-751975-02-01Michigan State@IllinoisW756015
1973-741974-01-28Michigan StateIllinoisW938211
1973-741974-01-14Michigan State@IllinoisW90828
1972-731973-02-24Michigan State@IllinoisL7181-10
1971-721972-02-08Michigan StateIllinoisW897910
1970-711971-01-16Michigan StateIllinoisL6769-2
1970-711971-01-09Michigan State@IllinoisL6189-28
1969-701970-03-07Michigan State@IllinoisW81765
1969-701970-02-24Michigan StateIllinoisL6774-7
1969-701969-12-29Michigan StateIllinoisL7786-9
1968-691969-03-04Michigan State@Illinois20L5771-14
1968-691969-02-15Michigan StateIllinois10W75705
1967-681968-03-09Michigan StateIllinoisW62593
1967-681968-01-06Michigan State@IllinoisL5666-10
1966-671967-01-07Michigan State@IllinoisW76742
1965-661966-02-22Michigan StateIllinoisW68662
1964-651965-03-09Michigan State@IllinoisL89121-32
1964-651965-02-20Michigan StateIllinoisL94113-19

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