Michigan State @ Penn State
2002
Land Grant
Final
November 23, 2002 12:00 PM
Michigan State
Spartans
4-7 / 2-5
7
61
Penn State
Nittany Lions
8-3 / 4-3
2002 Season

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

Series Stats

Michigan State
Penn State
Tie
10
9
1
20th
meeting
More Games

Last Meeting

37-42 Penn State
Spartan Stadium
Nov 24, 2001
Michigan State

Head Coach
 Morris Watts
Schedule
vs Eastern Michigan W 7-56 8/31/2002
vs Rice W 10-27 9/7/2002
vs California L 46-22 9/14/2002
vs Notre Dame L 21-17 9/21/2002
vs Northwestern W 24-39 9/28/2002
@ Iowa L 44-16 10/12/2002
vs Minnesota L 28-7 10/19/2002
vs Wisconsin L 42-24 10/26/2002
@ Michigan L 49-3 11/2/2002
@ Indiana W 21-56 11/9/2002
vs Purdue L 45-42 11/16/2002
@ Penn State L 61-7 11/23/2002
Michigan State 2002 schedule
Michigan State
has been outscored by their opponents
337 to 309
this season
Morris Watts's record
at Michigan State
4 - 7 - 0
vs Penn State
0 - 0 - 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 Central Florida W 24-27 8/31/2002
vs Nebraska W 7-40 9/14/2002
vs Louisiana Tech W 17-49 9/21/2002
vs Iowa L 42-35 9/28/2002
@ Wisconsin W 31-34 10/5/2002
@ Michigan L 27-24 10/12/2002
vs Northwestern W 0-49 10/19/2002
@ Ohio State L 13-7 10/26/2002
vs Illinois W 7-18 11/2/2002
vs Virginia W 14-35 11/9/2002
@ Indiana W 25-58 11/16/2002
vs Michigan State W 7-61 11/23/2002
vs Auburn L 13-9 1/1/2003
Penn State 2002 schedule
Penn State
has outscored their opponents
376 to 207
this season
Joe Paterno's record
at Penn State
335 - 99 - 3
vs Michigan State
7 - 3 - 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

0