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Michigan State vs Western Michigan Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEMichigan State14 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD14–0WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOWestern Michigan0 recorded wins
14Recorded meetings
1918Earliest documented
2025Most 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.

14 games
  1. 1918
    Michigan State16 — 7Western Michigan
    Nov 2, 1918Michigan State won
  2. 1980
    Michigan State33 — 7Western Michigan
    Sep 27, 1980Michigan State won
  3. 1985
    Michigan State7 — 3Western Michigan
    Sep 28, 1985Michigan State won
  4. 1986
    Michigan State45 — 10Western Michigan
    Sep 27, 1986Michigan State won
  5. 1997
    Michigan State42 — 10Western Michigan
    Sep 6, 1997Michigan State won
  6. 2003
    Michigan State26 — 21Western Michigan
    Aug 30, 2003Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
  7. 2009
    Michigan State49 — 14Western Michigan
    Nov 7, 2009Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
  8. 2010
    Michigan State38 — 14Western Michigan
    Sep 4, 2010Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
  9. 2013
    Michigan State26 — 13Western Michigan
    Aug 31, 2013Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
  10. 2015
    Michigan State37 — 24Western Michigan
    Sep 4, 2015Michigan State wonWaldo Stadium
  11. 2017
    Michigan State28 — 14Western Michigan
    Sep 9, 2017Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
  12. 2019
    Michigan State51 — 17Western Michigan
    Sep 7, 2019Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
  13. 2022
    Michigan State35 — 13Western Michigan
    Sep 2, 2022Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
  14. 2025
    Michigan State23 — 6Western Michigan
    Aug 29, 2025Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2025Michigan State vs Western Michigan23–6Michigan State won
2022Michigan State vs Western Michigan35–13Michigan State won
2019Michigan State vs Western Michigan51–17Michigan State won
2017Michigan State vs Western Michigan28–14Michigan State won
2015Michigan State vs Western Michigan37–24Michigan State won
2013Michigan State vs Western Michigan26–13Michigan State won
2010Michigan State vs Western Michigan38–14Michigan State won
2009Michigan State vs Western Michigan49–14Michigan State won
2003Michigan State vs Western Michigan26–21Michigan State won
1997Michigan State vs Western Michigan42–10Michigan State won
1986Michigan State vs Western Michigan45–10Michigan State won
1985Michigan State vs Western Michigan7–3Michigan State won
1980Michigan State vs Western Michigan33–7Michigan State won
1918Michigan State vs Western Michigan16–7Michigan State 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.