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Central Michigan vs Michigan State Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONECentral Michigan3 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD3–9WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOMichigan State9 recorded wins
12Recorded meetings
1991Earliest documented
2023Most 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.

12 games
  1. 1991
    Central Michigan20 — 3Michigan State
    Sep 14, 1991Central Michigan won
  2. 1992
    Central Michigan24 — 20Michigan State
    Sep 12, 1992Central Michigan won
  3. 1993
    Central Michigan34 — 48Michigan State
    Sep 25, 1993Michigan State won
  4. 1998
    Central Michigan7 — 38Michigan State
    Oct 3, 1998Michigan State won
  5. 2001
    Central Michigan21 — 35Michigan State
    Sep 8, 2001Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
  6. 2004
    Central Michigan7 — 24Michigan State
    Sep 11, 2004Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
  7. 2009
    Central Michigan29 — 27Michigan State
    Sep 12, 2009Central Michigan wonSpartan Stadium
  8. 2011
    Central Michigan7 — 45Michigan State
    Sep 24, 2011Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
  9. 2012
    Central Michigan7 — 41Michigan State
    Sep 8, 2012Michigan State wonKelly/Shorts Stadium
  10. 2015
    Central Michigan10 — 30Michigan State
    Sep 26, 2015Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
  11. 2018
    Central Michigan20 — 31Michigan State
    Sep 29, 2018Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
  12. 2023
    Central Michigan7 — 31Michigan State
    Sep 1, 2023Michigan State wonSpartan Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2023Central Michigan vs Michigan State7–31Michigan State won
2018Central Michigan vs Michigan State20–31Michigan State won
2015Central Michigan vs Michigan State10–30Michigan State won
2012Central Michigan vs Michigan State7–41Michigan State won
2011Central Michigan vs Michigan State7–45Michigan State won
2009Central Michigan vs Michigan State29–27Central Michigan won
2004Central Michigan vs Michigan State7–24Michigan State won
2001Central Michigan vs Michigan State21–35Michigan State won
1998Central Michigan vs Michigan State7–38Michigan State won
1993Central Michigan vs Michigan State34–48Michigan State won
1992Central Michigan vs Michigan State24–20Central Michigan won
1991Central Michigan vs Michigan State20–3Central Michigan 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.