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
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
September 20	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
October 11	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 22	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
January 1, 1981	vs. Washington	Rose Bowl
1981
September 12	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium
September 19	vs. Notre Dame	Michigan Stadium
October 10	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
October 24	vs. Northwestern	Michigan Stadium
December 31	vs. UCLA	Bluebonnet Bowl (Houston, TX)
1982
September 18	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
September 25	vs. UCLA	Michigan Stadium
October 2	vs. Indiana	Michigan Stadium
October 9	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
October 30	vs. Minnesota	Michigan Stadium
November 20	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
January 1, 1983	vs. UCLA	Rose Bowl
1983
September 10	vs. Washington State	Michigan Stadium
October 8	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
October 15	vs. Northwestern	Michigan Stadium
November 19	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
1984
September 15	vs. Washington	Michigan Stadium
October 6	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
October 13	vs. Northwestern	Michigan Stadium
October 27	vs. Illinois	Michigan Stadium
November 17	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
December 21	vs. BYU	Holiday Bowl (San Diego, CA)
1985
September 14	vs. Notre Dame	Michigan Stadium
September 28	vs. Maryland	Michigan Stadium
October 12	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
November 9	vs. Purdue	Michigan Stadium
November 23	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
January 1, 1986	vs. Nebraska	Fiesta Bowl (Tempe, AZ)
1986
September 13	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
September 20	vs. Oregon State	Michigan Stadium
September 27	vs. Florida State	Michigan Stadium
October 11	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
October 18	vs. Iowa	Michigan Stadium
November 15	vs. Minnesota	Michigan Stadium
November 22	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
December 6	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium
January 1, 1987	vs. Arizona State	Rose Bowl
1987
September 19	vs. Washington State	Michigan Stadium
October 10	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
November 21	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
January 2, 1988	vs. Alabama	Hall of Fame Bowl (Tampa, FL)
1988
September 10	at Notre Dame	Notre Dame Stadium
September 24	vs. Wake Forest	Michigan Stadium
October 8	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
October 22	vs. Indiana	Michigan Stadium
November 19	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
January 2, 1989	vs. USC	Rose Bowl
1989
September 23	at UCLA	Rose Bowl
September 30	vs. Maryland	Michigan Stadium
October 7	vs. Wisconsin	Michigan Stadium
October 28	vs. Indiana	Michigan Stadium
November 25	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
January 1, 1990	vs. USC	Rose Bowl

1990s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1990
September 29	vs. Maryland	Michigan Stadium
October 13	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
1991
October 12	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
November 23	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
1992
September 19	vs. Oklahoma State	Michigan Stadium
September 26	vs. Houston	Michigan Stadium
October 10	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
October 24	vs. Minnesota	Michigan Stadium
October 31	at Purdue	Ross-Ade Stadium
1993
October 16	at Penn State	Beaver Stadium
October 23	vs. Illinois	Michigan Stadium
November 20	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
1994
October 15	vs. Penn State	Michigan Stadium
1995
September 9	vs. Memphis	Michigan Stadium
September 30	vs. Miami (OH)	Michigan Stadium
1996
November 2	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 23	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
1997
October 11	vs. Northwestern	Michigan Stadium
November 22	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
January 1, 1998	vs. Washington State	Rose Bowl
1999
November 20	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium

2000s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2000
October 21	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 4	at Northwestern	Ryan Field
November 11	vs. Penn State	Michigan Stadium
November 18	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
2001
January 1, 2002	vs. Tennessee	Florida Citrus Bowl
2002
January 1, 2003	vs. Florida	Raymond James Stadium
2003
September 13	vs. Notre Dame	Michigan Stadium
November 22	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
2004
October 30	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
November 20	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
2005
September 24	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium
October 15	vs. Penn State	Michigan Stadium
December 28	vs. Nebraska	Alamodome
2006
October 7	vs. Michigan State	Michigan Stadium
2007
September 22	vs. Penn State	Michigan Stadium
2009
October 3	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
November 21	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium

2010s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
2011
September 3	vs. Western Michigan	Michigan Stadium
September 10	vs. Notre Dame	Michigan Stadium
September 24	vs. San Diego State	Michigan Stadium
November 26	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
January 3, 2012	vs. Virginia Tech	Mercedes-Benz Superdome
2012
September 8	vs. Air Force	Michigan Stadium
January 1, 2013	vs. South Carolina	Raymond James Stadium
2013
November 30	vs. Ohio State	Michigan Stadium
2014
November 29	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium
2015
January 1, 2016	vs. Florida	Citrus Bowl (Orlando, FL)
2016
October 29	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium
December 30	vs. Florida State	Hard Rock Stadium
2017
January 1, 2018	vs. South Carolina	Raymond James Stadium
2018
September 22	vs. Nebraska	Michigan Stadium
December 29, 2018	vs. Florida	Mercedes-Benz Stadium

Men's Basketball

Michigan Wolverines men's college basketball

First Season
1909
Team History
Michigan Wolverines (1909-present)
Conference
Big Ten Conference (1917-present) Independent (1908-09)
Venue
Crisler Center (1967-present) Fielding H. Yost Fieldhouse (1923-67) Waterman Gymnasium (1908-23)
Key People
Players • Coaches

Programs by season

1960s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1963-64
March 20, 1964	vs. Duke	Municipal Auditorium
1964-65
March 19-20, 1965	vs. Princeton & UCLA	Memorial Coliseum

1970s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1971-72
January 22, 1972	vs. Northwestern	Crisler Arena

1980s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1988-89
April 1 & 3, 1989	vs. Illinois & Seton Hall	Kingdome

1990s

Season/Date	Opponent	Venue
1990-91
December 4, 1990	vs. Eastern Michigan	Crisler Arena
1992-93
January 23, 1993	vs. Illinois	Crisler Arena