All-Time Head-to-Head

TeamOpponent

The Game Army–Navy Holy War Iron Bowl Red River The Game (Ivy)

Notre Dame vs

Michigan State

Series

45–28–1

Notre Dame leads

Average Score

21.4–16.7

74 games

Current Streak

Notre Dame

Longest Streak

Michigan State, 1955–1963 · Notre Dame, 1987–1994

Season	Date	Winner	Score
2026	2026-09-22	Notre Dame	27–10
2017	2017-09-26	Notre Dame	38–18
2016	2016-09-20	Michigan State	28–36
2013	2013-09-24	Notre Dame	17–13
2012	2012-09-18	Notre Dame	20–3
2011	2011-09-20	Notre Dame	31–13
2010	2010-09-21	Michigan State	31–34
2009	2009-09-22	Notre Dame	33–30
2008	2008-09-23	Michigan State	7–23
2007	2007-09-25	Michigan State	14–31
2006	2006-09-26	Notre Dame	40–37
2005	2005-09-20	Michigan State	41–44
2004	2004-09-21	Notre Dame	31–24
2003	2003-09-23	Michigan State	16–22
2002	2002-09-24	Notre Dame	21–17
2001	2001-09-25	Michigan State	10–17
2000	2000-09-26	Michigan State	21–27
1999	1999-09-21	Michigan State	13–23
1998	1998-09-15	Michigan State	23–45
1997	1997-09-23	Michigan State	7–23
1994	1994-09-20	Notre Dame	21–20
1993	1993-09-21	Notre Dame	36–14
1992	1992-09-22	Notre Dame	52–31
1991	1991-09-24	Notre Dame	49–10
1990	1990-09-25	Notre Dame	20–19
1989	1989-09-26	Notre Dame	21–13
1988	1988-09-20	Notre Dame	20–3
1987	1987-09-22	Notre Dame	31–8
1986	1986-09-23	Michigan State	15–20
1985	1985-09-24	Notre Dame	27–10
1984	1984-09-18	Notre Dame	24–20
1983	1983-09-20	Michigan State	23–28
1982	1982-10-05	Notre Dame	11–3
1981	1981-10-06	Notre Dame	20–7
1980	1980-10-07	Notre Dame	26–21
1979	1979-10-02	Notre Dame	27–3
1978	1978-10-10	Notre Dame	29–25
1977	1977-10-04	Notre Dame	16–6
1976	1976-10-05	Notre Dame	24–6
1975	1975-10-07	Michigan State	3–10
1974	1974-10-08	Notre Dame	19–14
1973	1973-10-09	Notre Dame	14–10
1972	1972-10-10	Notre Dame	16–0
1971	1971-10-05	Notre Dame	14–2
1970	1970-10-06	Notre Dame	29–0
1969	1969-10-07	Notre Dame	42–28
1968	1968-10-29	Michigan State	17–21
1967	1967-10-31	Notre Dame	24–12
1966	1966-11-22	Tie	10–10
1965	1965-11-23	Michigan State	3–12
1964	1964-11-17	Notre Dame	34–7
1963	1963-11-19	Michigan State	7–12
1962	1962-10-23	Michigan State	7–31
1961	1961-10-24	Michigan State	7–17
1960	1960-10-18	Michigan State	0–21
1959	1959-10-20	Michigan State	0–19
1957	1957-11-12	Michigan State	6–34
1956	1956-10-23	Michigan State	14–47
1955	1955-10-18	Michigan State	7–21
1954	1954-10-19	Notre Dame	20–19
1952	1952-11-18	Michigan State	3–21
1951	1951-11-13	Michigan State	0–35
1950	1950-10-31	Michigan State	33–36
1949	1949-11-08	Notre Dame	34–21
1948	1948-10-12	Notre Dame	26–7
1921	1921-11-29	Notre Dame	48–0
1920	1920-11-30	Notre Dame	25–0
1919	1919-11-18	Notre Dame	13–0
1918	1918-11-19	Michigan State	7–13
1917	1917-11-20	Notre Dame	23–0
1916	1916-11-21	Notre Dame	14–0
1905	1905-10-10	Notre Dame	28–0
1902	1902-09-30	Notre Dame	33–0
1899	1899-10-03	Notre Dame	40–0

Scores read Notre Dame first. Dates are the ranking release that included the game. Games come from the published weekly rankings.