Michigan State Spartans

The Michigan State Spartans are the athletic teams that represent Michigan State University. The school's athletic program includes 25 varsity sports teams. Their mascot is a Spartan warrior named Sparty, and the school colors are green and white. The university participates in the NCAA's Division I and the Football Bowl Subdivision for football. The Spartans participate as members of the Big Ten Conference in all varsity sports. Michigan State offers 12 varsity sports for men and 13 for women.

Football

Michigan State Spartans college football

First Season
1896
Team History
Michigan State Spartans (1925-present) Michigan Agricultural Aggies (1896-1924)
Conference
Big Ten Conference (1953-present) Independent (1907-52) Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1896-1906)
Venue
Spartan Stadium (1923-present) Old College Field (1902-22)
Key People
Players • Coaches

Programs by season

1930s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1935
October 5	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
1936
November 21	vs. Arizona	Macklin Field
1939
October 7	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium

1940s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1942
October 3	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
October 17	vs. Marquette	Macklin Field
November 28	vs. Oregon State	Macklin Field
1945
September 29	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
1946
October 19	at Penn State	New Beaver Field
November 30	vs. Washington State	Macklin Field
1947
November 1	vs. Marquette	Macklin Field
1948
September 25	vs. Michigan	Macklin Stadium
October 2	vs. Hawaii	Macklin Stadium
October 9	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
1949
October 8	vs. Maryland	Macklin Stadium
October 22	vs. Penn State	Macklin Stadium
October 29	vs. Temple	Macklin Stadium
November 5	vs. Notre Dame	Macklin Stadium

1950s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1950
September 30	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
October 7	vs. Maryland	Macklin Stadium
October 28	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
1951
September 29	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
October 6	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
October 27	vs. Pittsburgh	Macklin Stadium
1952*
September 27	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
October 25	vs. Penn State	Macklin Stadium
1953
October 31	vs. Oregon State	Macklin Stadium
November 14	vs. Michigan	Macklin Stadium
January 1, 1954	vs. UCLA	Rose Bowl
1954
September 25	at Iowa	Iowa Stadium
October 9	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium
November 13	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
1955
January 2, 1956	vs. UCLA	Rose Bowl
1956
September 29	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium
October 6	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
October 13	vs. Indiana	Macklin Stadium
October 20	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
1957
October 5	at California	California Memorial Stadium
October 19	vs. Purdue	Spartan Stadium
November 9	vs. Notre Dame	Spartan Stadium
1958
October 11	vs. Pittsburgh	Spartan Stadium
October 18	at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium
1959
September 26	vs. Texas A&M	Spartan Stadium
November 14	vs. Northwestern	Spartan Stadium

1960s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1960
October 15	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
October 29	vs. Ohio State	Spartan Stadium
1961
October 7	vs. Stanford	Spartan Stadium
October 14	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
1962
November 24	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium
1963
October 26	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
1964
October 10	vs. Michigan	Spartan Stadium
October 24	vs. Northwestern	Spartan Stadium
November 7	vs. Purdue	Spartan Stadium
1965*
September 18	vs. UCLA	Spartan Stadium
October 2	vs. Illinois	Spartan Stadium
October 9	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
October 19	vs. Ohio State	Spartan Stadium
October 30	vs. Northwestern	Spartan Stadium
November 13	vs. Indiana	Spartan Stadium
November 20	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
January 1, 1966	vs. UCLA	Rose Bowl
1966*
September 24	vs. Penn State	Spartan Stadium
October 28	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
November 12	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium
November 19	vs. Notre Dame	Spartan Stadium
1967
September 23	vs. Houston	Spartan Stadium
September 30	vs. USC	Spartan Stadium
October 7	vs. Wisconsin	Spartan Stadium
October 21	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium
November 4	vs. Ohio State	Spartan Stadium
November 11	vs. Indiana	Spartan Stadium
November 18	at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium
November 25	vs. Northwestern	Spartan Stadium
1968
September 21	vs. Syracuse	Spartan Stadium
September 28	vs. Baylor	Spartan Stadium
October 12	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
October 26	vs. Notre Dame	Spartan Stadium
November 2	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
November 9	vs. Indiana	Spartan Stadium
November 16	vs. Purdue	Spartan Stadium
1969
September 27	vs. SMU	Spartan Stadium
October 11	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
November 1	vs. Indiana	Spartan Stadium
November 15	vs. Minnesota	Spartan Stadium

1970s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1970
September 19	at Washington	Husky Stadium
October 3	vs. Notre Dame	Spartan Stadium
October 10	vs. Ohio State	Spartan Stadium
October 24	vs. Iowa	Spartan Stadium
November 7	vs. Purdue	Spartan Stadium
November 21	vs. Northwestern	Spartan Stadium
1971
October 2	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
October 9	vs. Michigan	Spartan Stadium
October 16	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium
October 30	at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium
1972
September 30	at USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
October 14	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
October 21	vs. Wisconsin	Spartan Stadium
November 11	vs. Ohio State	Spartan Stadium
November 25	vs. Northwestern	Spartan Stadium
1973
September 29	vs. UCLA	Spartan Stadium
October 6	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
October 13	vs. Michigan	Spartan Stadium
November 10	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1974
September 14	vs. Northwestern	Spartan Stadium
October 5	vs. Notre Dame	Spartan Stadium
October 12	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
October 26	vs. Purdue	Spartan Stadium
November 9	vs. Ohio State	Spartan Stadium
November 16	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium
1975
September 13	vs. Ohio State	Spartan Stadium
October 4	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
October 11	vs. Michigan	Spartan Stadium
November 15	vs. Northwestern	Spartan Stadium
1976
September 11	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
October 9	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
1977
September 17	vs. Washington State	Spartan Stadium
September 24	vs. Wyoming	Spartan Stadium
October 1	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
October 8	vs. Michigan	Spartan Stadium
October 15	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium
November 5	at Minnesota	Memorial Stadium
November 12	vs. Northwestern	Spartan Stadium
November 19	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium
1978
September 16	at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium
September 23	vs. Syracuse	Spartan Stadium
September 29	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
October 14	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
October 21	vs. Indiana	Spartan Stadium
October 28	vs. Wisconsin	Spartan Stadium
1979
October 6	vs. Michigan	Spartan Stadium

1980s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1980
October 11	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
1981
October 3	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
October 10	vs. Michigan	Spartan Stadium
1982
September 18	vs. Ohio State	Spartan Stadium
October 9	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
1983
September 17	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
October 8	vs. Michigan	Spartan Stadium
October 22	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
November 5	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium
1984
October 6	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
October 13	vs. Indiana	Spartan Stadium
December 22	vs. Army	Pontiac Silverdome
1985
September 21	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
October 12	vs. Michigan	Spartan Stadium
December 31	vs. Georgia Tech	All-American Bowl (Birmingham, AL)
1986
October 11	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
November 1	at Minnesota	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
November 8	vs. Indiana	Spartan Stadium
1987
October 10	vs. Michigan	Spartan Stadium
January 1, 1988	vs. USC	Rose Bowl
1988
September 17	vs. Notre Dame	Spartan Stadium
October 8	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
October 22	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium
January 1, 1989	vs. Georgia	Gator Bowl
1989
September 23	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
October 7	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium
November 4	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium
December 25	vs. Hawaii	Aloha Stadium

1990s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1990
October 13	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
October 20	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium
1991
October 12	vs. Michigan	Spartan Stadium
1992
October 10	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
1993
December 28	vs. Louisville	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
1994
November 26	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium
1995
December 29	vs. LSU	Independence Stadium
1996
November 2	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
November 23	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium
1997
October 18	at Northwestern	Ryan Field
1999
September 18	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium

2000s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2000
October 21	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
2001
September 22	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
2003
December 29	vs. Nebraska	Alamodome
2004
October 30	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
2005
September 3	vs. Kent State	Spartan Stadium
November 19	vs. Penn State	Spartan Stadium
2006
October 7	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
2007
December 28	vs. Boston College	Florida Citrus Bowl
2009
October 3	vs. Michigan	Spartan Stadium

2010s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2011
September 10	vs. Florida Atlantic	Spartan Stadium
2012
November 17	vs. Northwestern	Spartan Stadium
December 29	vs. TCU	Sun Devil Stadium
2014
January 1, 2015	vs. Baylor	AT&T Stadium
2015
October 17	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium
December 31	vs. Alabama	AT&T Stadium
2016
September 17	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
October 29	vs. Michigan	Spartan Stadium
2017
October 21	vs. Indiana	Spartan Stadium
2018
October 27	vs. Purdue	Spartan Stadium
December 31	vs. Oregon	Levi's Stadium
2019
September 14	vs. Arizona State	Spartan Stadium
October 26	vs. Penn State	Spartan Stadium
November 30	vs. Maryland	Spartan Stadium
December 27	vs. Wake Forest	Yankee Stadium

Media guides and yearbooks by season

Media guides

1950s	1953 • 1954 • 1956 • 1957
1960s	1961 • 1967 • 1968
1970s	1970 • 1974 • 1976
1980s	1981 • 1989
2010s	2016 • 2017
2020s	2020 • 2021

Men's Basketball

Michigan State Spartans men's college basketball

First Season
1898
Team Name History
Michigan State Spartans (1898-present)
Conferences
Big Ten Conference (1950-present) Independent (1898-1949)
Venues
Breslin Student Events Center (1989-present) Jenison Fieldhouse (1940-89) Demonstration Hall (1930-40) IM Circle (1918-30) Armory (1899-1918)
Key People
Players • Coaches

Programs by season

2000s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2009-10
April 3, 2010	vs. Butler	Lucas Oil Stadium

2010s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2015-16
December 12, 2015	vs. Florida	Breslin Student Events Center
2018-19
April 6, 2019	vs. Texas Tech	U.S. Bank Stadium

Media guides and yearbooks

Media guides

1970s	1972-73