Michigan State–Notre Dame football rivalry

Michigan State Spartans

Notre Dame Fighting Irish

First meeting

1897

Next meeting

2016

Trophy

Megaphone Trophy

Statistics

All-time series

Notre Dame leads, 48–28–1

The Michigan State–Notre Dame football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Michigan State Spartans and Notre Dame Fighting Irish. 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. Notre Dame leads the series 48–28–1, and the Megaphone Trophy series 34–26–1.^[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	Winner	Score
1	1897	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	34–6
2	1898	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	53–0
3	1899	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	40–0
4	1902	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	33–0
5	1903	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	12–0
6	1905	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	28–0
7	1906	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	5–0
8	1909	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	17–0
9	1910	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	17–0
10	1916	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	14–0
11	1917	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	23–0
12	1918	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	13–7
13	1919	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	13–0
14	1920	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	25–0
15	1921	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	48–0
16	1948	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	26–7
17	1949	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	34–21
18	1950	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	36–33
19	1951	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	35–0
20	1952	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	21–3
21	1954	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	20–19
22	1955	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	21–7
23	1956	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	47–14
24	1957	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	34–6
25	1959	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	19–0
26	1960	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	21–0
27	1961	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	17–7
28	1962	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	31–7
29	1963	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	12–7
30	1964	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	34–7
31	1965	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	12–3
32	1966	East Lansing, MI	Tie	10–10
33	1967	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	24–12
34	1968	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	21–17
35	1969	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	42–28
36	1970	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	29–0
37	1971	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	14–2
38	1972	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	16–0
39	1973	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	14–10
40	1974	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	19–14

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
41	1975	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	10–3
42	1976	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	24–6
43	1977	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	16–6
44	1978	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	29–25
45	1979	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	27–3
46	1980	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	26–21
47	1981	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	20–7
48	1982	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	11–3
49	1983	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	28–23
50	1984	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	24–20
51	1985	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	27–10
52	1986	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	20–15
53	1987	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	31–8
54	1988	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	20–3
55	1989	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	21–13
56	1990	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	20–19
57	1991	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	49–10
58	1992	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	52–31
59	1993	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	36–14
60	1994	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	21–20
61	1997	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	23–7
62	1998	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	45–23
63	1999	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	23–13
64	2000	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	27–21
65	2001	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	17–10
66	2002	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	21–17
67	2003	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	22–16
68	2004	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	31–24
69	2005	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	44–41^2OT
70	2006	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	40–37
71	2007	South Bend, IN	Michigan State	31–14
72	2008	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	23–7
73	2009	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	33–30
74	2010	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State	34–31^OT
75	2011	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	31–13
76	2012	East Lansing, MI	Notre Dame	20–3
77	2013	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame	17–13
78	2016	South Bend, IN
Series: Notre Dame leads 48–28–1

References

1 2 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 "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

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Venues	Cartier Field (1889–1928) Soldier Field (1929) Notre Dame Stadium (1930–present)

Bowls & 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 & 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 T formation Tall Grass Game 1946 "Game of the Century" 1966 "Game of the Century" Catholics vs. Convicts 1993 "Game of the Century" Bush Push 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 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 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)

Notre Dame Fighting Irish rivalries

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

Basketball	UCLA Connecticut

Ice Hockey	Holy War on Ice (Boston College)

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Michigan State–Notre Dame football rivalry

Recent games

Game results

See also

References