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This year's battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy was pure domination and the Michigan State football team ended up on the wrong side of it. The Spartans suffered a 49-0 loss to Michigan, which was the worst home loss ever in program history.
Michigan State football (2-5) could not muster a single point against Michigan, while the second ranked team in the nation scored seven touchdowns en route to a 49-0 win in the rivalry’s first game under the lights at Spartan Stadium. The margin marks the largest deficit in program history.
East Lansing was filled with energy as fans of the Michigan State University Spartans and University of Michigan Wolverines counted down the hours until kickoff for their annual rivalry football game.
Just over a year ago, redshirt senior kicker Jonathan Kim was uncertain where he wanted to play football. Now in 2023, he is setting records with his leg.
This weekend, Michigan State University football will host longtime rival University of Michigan in the annual, highly-anticipated fight for the Paul Bunyan Trophy. Despite online chatter about how toxic the rivalry has become, many MSU students remain relatively unconcerned.
The Big Ten Conference announced Thursday afternoon that the No. 2 ranked team in the country, The University of Michigan, is currently under investigation for sign-stealing.
Michigan State football, currently on a four-game losing streak coupled with just two wins on the season, will host rival No.2 Michigan this weekend in East Lansing for the first time under the lights to decide who will bring home the Paul Bunyan trophy.
Know Thy Enemy is a Q&A where the perspective changes from the eyes of The State News to the eyes of the student newspaper of Michigan State's opponent. This week, The State News' football beat writer Jacob Smith spoke with football beat writer Paul Nasr of The Michigan Daily ahead of Saturday's Michigan-Michigan State game.
It is no secret that the Michigan State football team has struggled as of late on the field. After winning their first two games, the Spartans have dropped four straight and the road doesn’t get much easier ahead.
The battle for the Paul Bunyan trophy continues in East Lansing this Saturday, as the Spartans and Wolverines kickoff for their 116th all time meeting. This historically bitter inter-state rivalry is renewed for another showdown, as Michigan visits Spartan Stadium for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff.
Michigan State football looked to a new leader of the offense in their 27-24 loss on the road to Rutgers this afternoon, but despite the loss, redshirt freshman Katin Houser didn’t disappoint in his first career start.
Know Thy Enemy is a Q&A where the perspective changes from the eyes of The State News to the eyes of the student newspaper of Michigan State's opponent. This week, The State News' football beat writer Nick Lundberg spoke with Ellis Gordon and Jake Rabenhorst of The Daily Targum ahead of Saturday's Michigan State-Rutgers game.
Looking to avoid a fourth straight loss, Michigan State football will hit the road for the second game in a row as they are set to battle Rutgers on Saturday.
A third player has announced that they will be stepping away from the Michigan State Football program following the bye-week interim head coach Harlon Barnett confirmed during his weekly press conference on Monday.
Michigan State University football had its bye-week last weekend for a much-needed break after three straight losses against Washington, Maryland and Iowa.
The offense has looked quite interesting for the Michigan State Football team so far this season through five games. The first two weeks have been a completely different tale than the last three matchups.
The last three weeks of 2023 have given Michigan State football a number of issues that require deep looks in the mirror, whether it be a 34 point loss to the No. 7 Washington Huskies at home or a 16 point showing in their first road game last week to the Iowa Hawkeyes, but it hasn’t been all bad on both sides of the ball for the Spartans.
While the start to the season has not gone exactly in Michigan State football’s favor, the Spartans have seen their special team’s unit take a step forward from last season.
The Big Ten Conference released its schedule for the 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027 and 2028 football seasons Wednesday following its addition of Oregon, USC, UCLA and Washington.
At the bye week of the 2023 season, the Michigan State football team has had lots of ups and downs.