Michigan State -- Notre Dame football rivalry - wikipedia Michigan State -- Notre Dame football rivalry Michigan State -- Notre Dame football rivalry Michigan State Spartans Notre Dame Fighting Irish First meeting November 25, 1897 Latest meeting September 23, 2017 Next meeting 2026 Trophy Megaphone Trophy ( from 1949 ) Statistics Meetings total 78 All - time series Notre Dame leads, 49 -- 29 -- 1 Trophy series Notre Dame leads, 35 -- 27 -- 1 Largest victory Notre Dame, 53 -- 0 ( 1898 ) Longest win streak Notre Dame, 8 ( 1897 -- 1909, 1987 -- 94 ), Michigan State, 8 ( 1955 -- 63 ) Current win streak Notre Dame, 1 ( 2017 ) The Michigan State -- Notre Dame football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Michigan State Spartans and Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The first game between the teams took place in 1897. Notre Dame leads the all - time series 49 -- 29 -- 1. Beginning in 1949, the teams competed for the Megaphone Trophy, a trophy introduced by the Alumni Clubs of Notre Dame and Michigan State to be presented to the winner of the game. Notre Dame leads the Megaphone Trophy series 35 -- 27 -- 1. The Notre Dame side of the trophy is blue, while the Michigan State side is green, and the year of the game and teams ' respective scores running down the middle. The current trophy is the third trophy as the prior two trophies no longer have space for the respective games to be included. 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. Notre Dame is the current holder of the trophy, with a 38 -- 18 victory on September 23, 2017. They will hold the Megaphone Trophy until 2026 when the two teams are scheduled to play again. Contents 1 Recent games 2 Game results 3 See also 4 References 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 did n'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. Notre Dame 's 17 -- 13 victory in South Bend in 2013 made it three wins in a row for the Irish and was perhaps the most controversial game in memory. The teams renewed the rivalry in 2016, as No. 12 Michigan State reclaimed the trophy by defeating No. 18 Notre Dame in South Bend 36 -- 28. In 2017, Notre Dame traveled to East Lansing to take on the Spartans once again. Notre Dame quarterback Brandon Wimbush threw for a touchdown and ran for another as Notre Dame routed Michigan State 38 -- 18. Notre Dame 's defense forced three turnovers in the game, including an interception return for a touchdown by Irish defensive back Julian Love on MSU 's first possession, which gave the Irish an early 14 -- 0 lead. Game results Michigan State victories Notre Dame victories Tie games No. Date Location Winner Score 1897 South Bend, IN Notre Dame 34 -- 6 1898 South Bend, IN Notre Dame 53 -- 0 1899 South Bend, IN Notre Dame 40 -- 0 1902 South Bend, IN Notre Dame 33 -- 0 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 Agricultural 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 Agricultural 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 East Lansing, MI Notre Dame 19 -- 14 No. Date Location Winner Score 41 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 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 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 East Lansing, MI Notre Dame 31 -- 24 69 2005 South Bend, IN Michigan State 44 -- 41 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 East Lansing, MI Michigan State 34 -- 31 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 Michigan State 36 -- 28 79 2017 East Lansing, MI Notre Dame 38 -- 18 Series : Notre Dame leads 49 -- 29 -- 1 See also 1966 Notre Dame vs. Michigan State football game List of NCAA college football rivalry games References ^ Jump up to : Vowles, Joshua ( 2016 - 09 - 14 ). `` Notre Dame vs Michigan State : The Battle For The Megaphone ''. One Foot Down. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 20. Jump up ^ `` Michigan State vs. Notre Dame series history ''. College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2007 - 10 - 27. Jump up ^ College Football 's Unusual Trophies Sports Illustrated Jump up ^ http://www.freep.com/story/sports/college/michigan-state/spartans/2017/09/22/michigan-state-notre-dame-rivalry-history/691141001/ Jump up ^ Gano, Rick ( September 17, 2011 ). `` Irish get first win, beat No. 15 Spartans 31 -- 13 ''. Associated Press. Jump up ^ `` Notre Dame edges Michigan State on controversial call ''. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 20. Jump up ^ `` Michigan State vs. Notre Dame : RECAP, score, stats ( 9 / 17 / 16 ), College Football Week 3 ''. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 20. Jump up ^ Trister, Noah. `` Opportunistic Notre Dame handles Michigan State 38 - 18 ''. chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 24. Jump up ^ `` Notre Dame vs. Michigan State - Game Summary - September 23, 2017 - ESPN ''. ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017 - 09 - 24. 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 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 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 Michigan Michigan State Navy Northwestern Pittsburgh Purdue Stanford USC 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 Statistical leaders 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 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 National championship seasons in bold Big Ten Conference football rivalries Conference Illinois -- Michigan 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 Chicago -- Michigan Chicago -- Purdue 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 Pittsburgh Purdue Stanford USC Other Rivalries Basketball UCLA Connecticut Ice Hockey Holy War on Ice ( Boston College ) Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Michigan_State -- Notre_Dame_football_rivalry&oldid = 802689273 '' Categories : College football rivalries in the United States Michigan State Spartans football Notre Dame Fighting Irish football Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 27 September 2017, at 20 : 29. 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