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If the Mustangs and Cougars keep up the good work, that could give the Bearcats two potential victories against win teams. Of the best one-loss teams, Oregon, which finally had an easy one against Colorado , might still have the best single victory at Ohio State. The Buckeyes took care of business against Penn State. And then there is Alabama. There is no figuring out the ACC.

Just when No. Behind redshirt freshman quarterback Tyler Van Dyke, the Hurricanes have consecutive victories against Top 25 opponents for the first time since Things suddenly looking much better for Miami coach Manny Diaz.

Chimere Dike completes first career hat trick in Jim Leonhard's head coaching debut. View All. Jim Leonhard joins shortlist of Wisconsin coaches to earn win in first-ever B1G game. Illinois snuffs out Iowa's wild lateral-filled attempt on final play of the game. Below, you can find the records and win percentage against each team in the Big Ten ranked from most successful to least.

Please enter an email address. Something went wrong. Maryland - 0. Share this image. Rutgers - 0. On October 25, , as they were coming onto the East Lansing field prior to the game, the Michigan team drove a stake into the turf, angering the Spartans. Michigan finally scored its first touchdown against MSU in three years with just remaining in the game, but, after Michigan made the 2-point conversion, Michigan State marched downfield and scored a final touchdown with remaining.

This was notable because four of the previous six games ended with the Spartans taking a knee inside the Michigan red zone, instead of adding a final score. In his postgame press conference, Mark Dantonio referenced the stake incident in explaining the decision to add a final touchdown.

MSU won 35— On October 17, , the game was played in Ann Arbor for the first time since The 12 Wolverines, led by first-year coach Jim Harbaugh , entered the game 5—1. The 7 Spartans came into the game 6—0. This was the first meeting of coaches Mark Dantonio and Harbaugh. Michigan scored first and did not trail until the final play of the game.

Late in the 4th quarter, with the Wolverines leading 23—21, Michigan State drove into field goal range, but a sack pushed them outside the They failed to convert on 4th and long, giving Michigan the ball and seemingly the victory. However, with 10 seconds left in the game, Michigan was faced with a 4th and short and decided to punt.

Michigan State pressured with all 11 defenders while Michigan sent players downfield to cover the punt. The numeric mismatch on the line allowed easy penetration while the Wolverine long-snapper quick-snapped a low ball bobbled by the punter. The final margin of victory for MSU was On October 7, , Michigan and Michigan State met for the first night game in series history. Michigan came into the game ranked No.

The Michigan State Spartans came into the game unranked at 3—1 on the season, with their only loss at that point to Notre Dame in East Lansing.

After an early Wolverine field goal, Michigan State quarterback Brian Lewerke ran 13 yards for a touchdown and later threw a yard touchdown pass to Madre London to give the Spartans a 14—3 lead at halftime.

The second half was played in heavy rain and winds. Michigan State forced five turnovers two fumbles and three interceptions in the game. Michigan scored a touchdown in the third quarter and attempted a Hail Mary pass in the closing seconds, but a deflection by MSU's Joe Bachie in the endzone cemented the Spartans' 14—10 win.

The win was the Spartans' eighth in 10 games against Michigan. Michigan finished the season unranked, while Michigan State was ranked No. On October 20, , Michigan defeated Michigan State, 21—7. The Wolverines gained yards and held the Spartans to 94 yards. The Spartans were late in conducting their traditional pregame walk down the field, and when they did so, several Michigan players had already taken the field for warmups.

The Spartans walked, arms linked, through the Michigan players, resulting in a skirmish. After the Spartans left the field, Michigan linebacker Devin Bush tore up the Spartans' midfield logo with his cleats. After the game, Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh claimed the Spartans clothes-lined one Michigan player and ripped the headphones off another and added: "Total bush league.

Apparently, coach Dantonio was five yards behind it all smiling. The conference also reprimanded Dantonio for "failing to take action to mitigate a foreseeable conflict from occurring". Devin Bush was also reprimanded for grinding his cleats into the Spartan logo, as was Harbaugh for his post-game comments.

Coming into the game, Michigan was ranked 13th in the AP poll after a dominating victory on the road against Minnesota 49—24, while Michigan State lost to Rutgers 38—27, a game that ended the Spartans' 19—game win streak in home openers and Rutgers' game Big Ten losing streak dating back to The October 30, matchup saw both schools ranked in the top 10 for the first time since Michigan was ranked at No.

As of January 1, From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. American college football rivalry. Michigan Wolverines. Michigan State Spartans. Main article: Michigan vs. Michigan State football game. This section has an unclear citation style. The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation and footnoting. September Learn how and when to remove this template message. Michigan State Spartans football series history".

Maize and Blue News. Archived from the original on March 25, Retrieved July 31, The Daily American. October 8, The Michigan Alumnus. November Archived from the original on Retrieved Detroit Free Press. October 13, Folks will say, "Look at how much better they are this year compared to last year," or, "They can still win out and beat Ohio State and make it to Indianapolis," or, "It's just one game, the season is not lost.

Except for we've seen this movie before. We've seen this movie every year since , actually. Harbaugh's career began with a loss to Utah on the road. That obviously wasn't what people thought would happen for Michigan's "savior", but the Utes were a quality team and Harbaugh was just getting started.

The Wolverines then rattled off five wins before losing at home against Michigan State during the infamous "trouble with the snap" game. After the game, players are Harbaugh obviously had to talk about the finish and what should happen moving forward.

Keep your heads up. Still got a whole season. They played really well, played winning football, competed like maniacs, both teams did. It was a heck of a game. Played winning football. Welcome to football. Move forward. Michigan went on to win all of its remaining games except for the regular season finale against Ohio State.

The wins even included its bowl game against Florida in the Citrus Bowl. Jim Harbaugh went in his first season at U-M with a bowl win. There were no trends yet and things seemed to be on an upward trajectory. Things continued to trend up in as Harbaugh and the Wolverines got off to a glorious start. Unfortunately, Michigan had to travel to Kinnick Stadium in mid-November and fell to Iowa on a last-second field goal. After the game, quarterback Wilton Speight and tight end Jake Butt spoke about the heartbreaking loss.

Everything is still right there for us. Michigan defeated Indiana the following week, but then fell to Ohio State in Columbus in double overtime in the infamous "JT was short" game in what many describe as a turning point for Harbaugh and Michigan football. Michigan then lost to Florida State by one point in the Orange Bowl. The Wolverines finished the season losing three of its last four games after being so close to greatness throughout much of the year. Harbaugh's approval rating was still quite high, but an start against OSU and some slight crumbling down the stretch certainly created some negative buzz during the offseason for the first time.

Jim Harbaugh started strong again in with four wins out of the gate, including a marquee, season-opening win against Florida in the Advocare Classic. But then No. After the loss, we heard more words from Harbaugh, only now they started to feel like lip service and people were starting to notice the struggles against the rivals, even several weeks ahead of the matchup with Ohio State. The record is what the record is. Well aware of what the record is against Michigan State and against Ohio State.

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