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Bowling Green vs Michigan State Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEBowling Green0 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD0–3WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOMichigan State3 recorded wins
3Recorded meetings
1981Earliest documented
2017Most 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.

3 games
  1. 1981
    Bowling Green7 — 10Michigan State
    Sep 26, 1981Michigan State won
  2. 2007
    Bowling Green17 — 28Michigan State
    Sep 8, 2007Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
  3. 2017
    Bowling Green10 — 35Michigan State
    Sep 2, 2017Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2017Bowling Green vs Michigan State10–35Michigan State won
2007Bowling Green vs Michigan State17–28Michigan State won
1981Bowling Green vs Michigan State7–10Michigan 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.