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Michigan State vs Stanford Timeline

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

PROGRAM ONEMichigan State4 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD4–2WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOStanford2 recorded wins
6Recorded meetings
1955Earliest documented
2013Most 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.

6 games
  1. 1955
    Michigan State38 — 14Stanford
    Oct 8, 1955Michigan State won
  2. 1956
    Michigan State21 — 7Stanford
    Sep 29, 1956Michigan State won
  3. 1961
    Michigan State31 — 3Stanford
    Oct 7, 1961Michigan State won
  4. 1962
    Michigan State13 — 16Stanford
    Sep 29, 1962Stanford won
  5. 1996
    Michigan State0 — 38Stanford
    Dec 31, 1996Stanford won
  6. 2013
    Michigan State24 — 20Stanford
    Jan 1, 2014Michigan State wonRose Bowl
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2013Michigan State vs Stanford24–20Michigan State won
1996Michigan State vs Stanford0–38Stanford won
1962Michigan State vs Stanford13–16Stanford won
1961Michigan State vs Stanford31–3Michigan State won
1956Michigan State vs Stanford21–7Michigan State won
1955Michigan State vs Stanford38–14Michigan 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.