Michigan State Spartans Head-to-Head Results

Seasons: 99 (1918 to 2023)

Record (W-L-T): 607-405-30

Adjusted Record (W-L-T): 602-410-30

Conferences: Big Ten, Ind

Conf. Championships: 9

National Championships: 1952, 1965 and 1966

Bowl Record: 30 Bowls, 14-16, .467 W-L% (Major Bowls)

Ranked in AP Poll: 33 Times (Preseason), 28 Times (Final), 419 Weeks (Total), 29 Weeks at #1

Ranked in CFP Rankings: 4 Times (Final), 26 Weeks (Total)

Stadium: Spartan Stadium (cap. 75,005)

Location: East Lansing, Michigan

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Major Opponents

96 Teams

Major Opponents Table
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
1	Air Force	2015	2015	1	1	0	0	1.000	35	21	14	35.0	21.0	14.0
2	Akron	2022	2022	1	1	0	0	1.000	52	0	52	52.0	0.0	52.0
3	Alabama	2010	2015	2	0	2	0	.000	7	87	-80	3.5	43.5	-40.0
4	Alabama-Birmingham	2007	2007	1	1	0	0	1.000	55	18	37	55.0	18.0	37.0
5	Arizona	1936	1949	3	3	0	0	1.000	143	7	136	47.7	2.3	45.3
6	Arizona State	1985	2019	4	1	3	0	.250	49	49	0	12.3	12.3	0.0
7	Army	1931	1984	2	0	2	0	.000	13	30	-17	6.5	15.0	-8.5
8	Auburn	1937	1937	1	0	1	0	.000	0	6	-6	0.0	6.0	-6.0
9	Baylor	1968	2014	2	2	0	0	1.000	70	51	19	35.0	25.5	9.5
10	Boise State	2012	2012	1	1	0	0	1.000	17	13	4	17.0	13.0	4.0
11	Boston College	1946	2007	4	1	3	0	.250	66	93	-27	16.5	23.3	-6.8
12	Bowling Green State	1981	2017	3	3	0	0	1.000	73	34	39	24.3	11.3	13.0
13	Brigham Young	2016	2016	1	0	1	0	.000	14	31	-17	14.0	31.0	-17.0
14	California	1957	2008	4	2	2	0	.500	104	96	8	26.0	24.0	2.0
15	Carnegie Mellon	1933	1937	4	3	0	1	.875	33	6	27	8.3	1.5	6.8
16	Central Michigan	1991	2023	12	9	3	0	.750	373	193	180	31.1	16.1	15.0
17	Centre	1925	1925	1	1	0	0	1.000	15	13	2	15.0	13.0	2.0
18	Colgate	1925	1930	5	1	4	0	.200	20	106	-86	4.0	21.2	-17.2
19	Colorado	1951	1984	3	3	0	0	1.000	92	45	47	30.7	15.0	15.7
20	Colorado State	1998	1998	1	0	1	0	.000	16	23	-7	16.0	23.0	-7.0
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
21	Cornell	1926	1926	1	0	1	0	.000	14	24	-10	14.0	24.0	-10.0
22	Detroit Mercy	1927	1960	9	3	5	1	.389	77	143	-66	8.6	15.9	-7.3
23	Eastern Michigan	1996	2014	7	7	0	0	1.000	344	65	279	49.1	9.3	39.9
24	Florida	1999	1999	1	1	0	0	1.000	37	34	3	37.0	34.0	3.0
25	Florida Atlantic	2008	2011	3	3	0	0	1.000	91	17	74	30.3	5.7	24.7
26	Florida State	1987	1988	2	0	2	0	.000	10	61	-51	5.0	30.5	-25.5
27	Fordham	1932	1932	1	1	0	0	1.000	19	13	6	19.0	13.0	6.0
28	Fresno State	2001	2001	1	1	0	0	1.000	44	35	9	44.0	35.0	9.0
29	Georgetown	1930	1931	2	1	1	0	.500	19	14	5	9.5	7.0	2.5
30	Georgia	1988	2011	3	1	2	0	.333	72	88	-16	24.0	29.3	-5.3
31	Georgia Tech	1971	1985	3	0	3	0	.000	30	48	-18	10.0	16.0	-6.0
32	Great Lakes Navy	1942	1945	2	1	1	0	.500	21	27	-6	10.5	13.5	-3.0
33	Grinnell	1932	1935	4	4	0	0	1.000	115	26	89	28.8	6.5	22.3
34	Hawaii	1989	2005	3	2	1	0	.667	113	68	45	37.7	22.7	15.0
35	Houston	1967	1967	1	0	1	0	.000	7	37	-30	7.0	37.0	-30.0
36	Idaho	2006	2006	1	1	0	0	1.000	27	17	10	27.0	17.0	10.0
37	Illinois	1955	2022	48	27	19	2	.583	1127	794	333	23.5	16.5	6.9
38	Indiana	1927	2023	69	51	16	2	.754	1951	1122	829	28.3	16.3	12.0
39	Iowa	1953	2023	49	22	25	2	.469	1019	976	43	20.8	19.9	0.9
40	Iowa State	1947	1948	2	2	0	0	1.000	68	7	61	34.0	3.5	30.5
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
41	Kansas	1934	1994	6	5	1	0	.833	146	31	115	24.3	5.2	19.2
42	Kansas State	1933	1958	6	5	0	1	.917	168	39	129	28.0	6.5	21.5
43	Kent State	2005	2005	1	1	0	0	1.000	49	14	35	49.0	14.0	35.0
44	Kentucky	1944	1947	4	2	2	0	.500	29	52	-23	7.3	13.0	-5.8
45	Louisiana State	1995	1995	1	0	1	0	.000	26	45	-19	26.0	45.0	-19.0
46	Louisiana Tech	2003	2003	1	0	1	0	.000	19	20	-1	19.0	20.0	-1.0
47	Louisville	1993	1996	3	1	2	0	.333	57	55	2	19.0	18.3	0.7
48	Loyola Marymount	1935	1935	1	1	0	0	1.000	27	0	27	27.0	0.0	27.0
49	Manhattan	1937	1937	1	0	1	0	.000	0	3	-3	0.0	3.0	-3.0
50	Marquette	1933	1955	21	15	5	1	.738	465	198	267	22.1	9.4	12.7
51	Marshall	2000	2000	1	1	0	0	1.000	34	24	10	34.0	24.0	10.0
52	Maryland	1944	2023	14	10	4	0	.714	288	210	78	20.6	15.0	5.6
53	Memphis	1997	1997	1	1	0	0	1.000	51	21	30	51.0	21.0	30.0
54	Miami (FL)	1945	2021	5	1	4	0	.200	100	107	-7	20.0	21.4	-1.4
55	Miami (OH)	1975	1994	4	4	0	0	1.000	132	44	88	33.0	11.0	22.0
56	Michigan	1918	2023	98	36	58	4	.388	1477	2097	-620	15.1	21.4	-6.3
57	Minnesota	1950	2023	49	30	19	0	.612	1181	920	261	24.1	18.8	5.3
58	Mississippi State	1928	1947	4	2	1	1	.625	46	31	15	11.5	7.8	3.8
59	Missouri	1936	2001	8	5	3	0	.625	104	62	42	13.0	7.8	5.3
60	Nebraska	1995	2023	11	4	7	0	.364	209	309	-100	19.0	28.1	-9.1
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
61	North Carolina	1962	1964	3	2	1	0	.667	84	27	57	28.0	9.0	19.0
62	North Carolina State	1927	1976	6	4	1	1	.750	143	81	62	23.8	13.5	10.3
63	Northwestern	1959	2021	57	41	16	0	.719	1741	1014	727	30.5	17.8	12.8
64	Notre Dame	1918	2017	65	28	36	1	.438	1227	1330	-103	18.9	20.5	-1.6
65	Ohio State	1951	2023	51	14	37	0	.275	780	1415	-635	15.3	27.7	-12.5
66	Oregon	1979	2018	7	3	4	0	.429	153	201	-48	21.9	28.7	-6.9
67	Oregon State	1942	1971	8	6	1	1	.813	199	100	99	24.9	12.5	12.4
68	Penn State	1925	2023	37	17	19	1	.473	933	992	-59	25.2	26.8	-1.6
69	Pittsburgh	1945	2021	8	7	0	1	.938	199	105	94	24.9	13.1	11.8
70	Purdue	1918	2021	67	37	27	3	.575	1562	1200	362	23.3	17.9	5.4
71	Rice	2002	2002	1	1	0	0	1.000	27	10	17	27.0	10.0	17.0
72	Rutgers	1988	2023	15	10	5	0	.667	427	231	196	28.5	15.4	13.1
73	San Francisco	1937	1937	1	1	0	0	1.000	14	0	14	14.0	0.0	14.0
74	Santa Clara	1938	1948	6	1	3	2	.333	55	41	14	9.2	6.8	2.3
75	South Florida	2013	2013	1	1	0	0	1.000	21	6	15	21.0	6.0	15.0
76	Southern California	1963	1990	8	4	4	0	.500	123	168	-45	15.4	21.0	-5.6
77	Southern Methodist	1969	1969	1	1	0	0	1.000	23	15	8	23.0	15.0	8.0
78	Stanford	1955	2013	6	4	2	0	.667	127	98	29	21.2	16.3	4.8
79	Syracuse	1931	1990	12	9	2	1	.792	264	125	139	22.0	10.4	11.6
80	TCU	1953	2012	2	2	0	0	1.000	43	35	8	21.5	17.5	4.0
				Record					Totals			Per Game
Rk	Opponent	From	To	G	W	L	T	Pct	PS	PA	Diff	PS	PA	Diff
81	Temple	1935	1949	10	7	1	2	.800	208	75	133	20.8	7.5	13.3
82	Texas A&M	1934	1959	3	2	1	0	.667	81	28	53	27.0	9.3	17.7
83	Texas Tech	2009	2009	1	0	1	0	.000	31	41	-10	31.0	41.0	-10.0
84	Tulsa	2019	2019	1	1	0	0	1.000	28	7	21	28.0	7.0	21.0
85	UCLA	1953	1974	6	3	3	0	.500	105	141	-36	17.5	23.5	-6.0
86	Utah State	2018	2018	1	1	0	0	1.000	38	31	7	38.0	31.0	7.0
87	Wake Forest	2019	2019	1	1	0	0	1.000	27	21	6	27.0	21.0	6.0
88	Washington	1969	2023	5	1	4	0	.200	101	184	-83	20.2	36.8	-16.6
89	Washington (MO)	1935	1935	1	1	0	0	1.000	47	13	34	47.0	13.0	34.0
90	Washington State	1942	2017	8	6	2	0	.750	245	112	133	30.6	14.0	16.6
91	West Virginia	1938	1942	4	4	0	0	1.000	64	12	52	16.0	3.0	13.0
92	Western Kentucky	2021	2021	1	1	0	0	1.000	48	31	17	48.0	31.0	17.0
93	Western Michigan	1980	2022	12	12	0	0	1.000	417	160	257	34.8	13.3	21.4
94	William & Mary	1949	1950	2	2	0	0	1.000	75	27	48	37.5	13.5	24.0
95	Wisconsin	1918	2022	52	31	21	0	.596	1249	951	298	24.0	18.3	5.7
96	Wyoming	1976	2014	3	3	0	0	1.000	111	40	71	37.0	13.3	23.7

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