Team Rivalry
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Michigan State @ Penn State
1996
Land Grant
Final
November 23, 1996 12:00 PM
Michigan State
Spartans
6-4 / 5-2
29
32
Penn State
Nittany Lions
9-2 / 5-2
1996 Season

Beaver Stadium
University Park, PA
Capacity: 106,572
Attendance: 0

Series Stats

Michigan State
Penn State
Tie
8
5
1
14th
meeting
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Last Meeting

20-24 Penn State
Spartan Stadium
Nov 25, 1995
Michigan State

Head Coach
 Nick Saban
Schedule
vs Purdue W 14-52 8/31/1996
@ Nebraska L 55-14 9/7/1996
vs Louisville L 30-20 9/21/1996
vs Eastern Michigan W 0-47 9/28/1996
@ Iowa L 37-30 10/5/1996
vs Illinois W 14-42 10/12/1996
@ Minnesota W 9-27 10/19/1996
vs Wisconsin W 13-30 10/26/1996
@ Michigan L 45-29 11/2/1996
vs Indiana W 15-38 11/9/1996
@ Penn State L 32-29 11/23/1996
vs Stanford L 38-0 12/31/1996
Michigan State 1996 schedule
Michigan State
has outscored their opponents
329 to 232
this season
Nicholas Saban's record
at Michigan State
12 - 9 - 1
vs Penn State
0 - 1 - 0
Longest Winning Streak
Michigan State
5 game(s)
from 1949
to 1966
Penn State
4 game(s)
from 1993
to 1996
Stats
Penn State

Head Coach
 Joe Paterno
Schedule
vs Southern California W 7-24 8/25/1996
vs Louisville W 7-24 9/7/1996
vs Northern Illinois W 0-49 9/14/1996
vs Temple W 0-41 9/21/1996
@ Wisconsin W 20-23 9/28/1996
@ Ohio State L 38-7 10/5/1996
vs Purdue W 14-31 10/12/1996
vs Iowa L 21-20 10/19/1996
@ Indiana W 26-48 10/26/1996
vs Northwestern W 9-34 11/2/1996
@ Michigan W 17-29 11/16/1996
vs Michigan State W 29-32 11/23/1996
vs Texas W 15-38 1/1/1997
Penn State 1996 schedule
Penn State
has outscored their opponents
330 to 159
this season
Joe Paterno's record
at Penn State
287 - 74 - 3
vs Michigan State
3 - 1 - 0
Latest Winning Streak
Michigan State
1 game(s)
from 2021
to 2021
Penn State
2 game(s)
from 2022
to 2023
Notes

Pre Game

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