Michigan State @ #13 Michigan
2020
Paul Bunyan
Final
Michigan State
Spartans
0-1 / 0-1
27
24
#13 Michigan
Wolverines
1-0 / 1-0
2020 Season

Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
Capacity: 107,601
Attendance: 0

Series Stats

Michigan State
Michigan
Tie
37
71
5
113th
meeting
More Games

Last Meeting

10-44 Michigan
Michigan Stadium
Nov 16, 2019
Michigan State

East Division
Head Coach
Mel Tucker
Schedule
vs Rutgers L 38-27 10/24/2020
@ Michigan W 24-27 10/31/2020
@ Iowa L 49-7 11/7/2020
vs Indiana L 24-0 11/14/2020
@ Maryland 11/21/2020
vs Northwestern W 20-29 11/28/2020
vs Ohio State L 52-12 12/5/2020
@ Penn State L 39-24 12/12/2020
@ Maryland 12/19/2020
Michigan State
has been outscored by their opponents
38 to 27
this season
Melvin Tucker's record
at Michigan State
0 - 1 - 0
vs Michigan
0 - 0 - 0
Longest Winning Streak
Michigan State
4 game(s)
from 2008
to 2011
Michigan
14 game(s)
from 1916
to 1929
Stats
Michigan

East Division
Head Coach
Jim Harbaugh
Schedule
@ Minnesota W 24-49 10/24/2020
vs Michigan State L 27-24 10/31/2020
@ Indiana L 38-21 11/7/2020
vs Wisconsin L 49-11 11/14/2020
@ Rutgers W 42-48 11/21/2020
vs Penn State L 27-17 11/28/2020
vs Maryland 12/5/2020
@ Ohio State 12/12/2020
Michigan
has outscored their opponents
49 to 24
this season
James Harbaugh's record
at Michigan
48 - 18 - 0
vs Michigan State
3 - 2 - 0
Latest Winning Streak
Michigan State
2 game(s)
from 2020
to 2021
Michigan
3 game(s)
from 2022
to 2024
Notes

Michigan 2020 Season

Cancelled due to Covid concerns even after the schools put protections in place. The 2020 season would have seen Michigan play Washington, Ball State and Arkansas State in non-conference play starting Sept 5. ***Update - Sept 19 the Big Ten decides to play after all. All games will be conference games.

Pre Game

Michigan is a 25 point favorite. The ESPN FPI gives them a 93.4% chance of winning.

Another stunning upset, according to the FPI predictor. Michigan was never even in control of this game. The offense struggled to connect. The defense slowed down the Spartans, but in the end could not overcome the Spartan's offense. The score really doesn't show how poorly Michigan played. Michigan State looked like a completely different team from the previous week.

Michigan State was the beneficiary of at least three bad calls; one for passing interference that was not called, and two passes for better than 30 yards that were incomplete, but allowed to slide. It's not just me, the announcers said the same thing. But as great coaches say, if the game comes down to a call, you didn't play well enough to win.

The  question now is not should Harbaugh be fire, but has Harbaugh taken Michigan as far as he can? If Harbaugh stays, fans should get used to Michigan being an average team with flashes of brilliance. But clearly, Harbaugh, in his sixth year, has shown he cannot get Michigan to the championship level.