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Michigan State vs Rutgers Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Michigan State and Rutgers.

PROGRAM ONEMichigan State10 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD10–6WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWORutgers6 recorded wins
16Recorded meetings
1988Earliest documented
2024Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

16 games
  1. 1988
    Michigan State13 — 17Rutgers
    Sep 10, 1988Rutgers won
  2. 1990
    Michigan State34 — 10Rutgers
    Sep 29, 1990Michigan State won
  3. 1991
    Michigan State7 — 14Rutgers
    Sep 28, 1991Rutgers won
  4. 2003
    Michigan State44 — 28Rutgers
    Sep 6, 2003Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
  5. 2004
    Michigan State14 — 19Rutgers
    Sep 4, 2004Rutgers wonHigh Point Solutions Stadium
  6. 2014
    Michigan State45 — 3Rutgers
    Nov 22, 2014Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
  7. 2015
    Michigan State31 — 24Rutgers
    Oct 11, 2015Michigan State wonHigh Point Solutions Stadium
  8. 2016
    Michigan State49 — 0Rutgers
    Nov 12, 2016Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
  9. 2017
    Michigan State40 — 7Rutgers
    Nov 25, 2017Michigan State wonHigh Point Solutions Stadium
  10. 2018
    Michigan State14 — 10Rutgers
    Nov 24, 2018Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
  11. 2019
    Michigan State27 — 0Rutgers
    Nov 23, 2019Michigan State wonHigh Point Solutions Stadium
  12. 2020
    Michigan State27 — 38Rutgers
    Oct 24, 2020Rutgers wonSpartan Stadium
  13. 2021
    Michigan State31 — 13Rutgers
    Oct 9, 2021Michigan State wonSHI Stadium
  14. 2022
    Michigan State27 — 21Rutgers
    Nov 12, 2022Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
  15. 2023
    Michigan State24 — 27Rutgers
    Oct 14, 2023Rutgers wonSHI Stadium
  16. 2024
    Michigan State14 — 41Rutgers
    Nov 30, 2024Rutgers wonSpartan Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2024Michigan State vs Rutgers14–41Rutgers won
2023Michigan State vs Rutgers24–27Rutgers won
2022Michigan State vs Rutgers27–21Michigan State won
2021Michigan State vs Rutgers31–13Michigan State won
2020Michigan State vs Rutgers27–38Rutgers won
2019Michigan State vs Rutgers27–0Michigan State won
2018Michigan State vs Rutgers14–10Michigan State won
2017Michigan State vs Rutgers40–7Michigan State won
2016Michigan State vs Rutgers49–0Michigan State won
2015Michigan State vs Rutgers31–24Michigan State won
2014Michigan State vs Rutgers45–3Michigan State won
2004Michigan State vs Rutgers14–19Rutgers won
2003Michigan State vs Rutgers44–28Michigan State won
1991Michigan State vs Rutgers7–14Rutgers won
1990Michigan State vs Rutgers34–10Michigan State won
1988Michigan State vs Rutgers13–17Rutgers won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.