Notre Dame vs. Michigan State Series: Notre Dame Leads 50–29–1

Series Records

Longest win streak — Notre Dame 8 games

1897–1909

Longest win streak — Michigan State 8 games

1955–1963

Largest margin — Notre Dame 53–0

1898

Largest margin — Michigan State 0–35

1951

Recent Meetings

Notre Dame – Michigan State Rivalry Snapshot

Closest games

1966	10–10
1994	21–20
1990	20–19

By location

When playing at Notre Dame	30–14–1
When playing on the road	20–15

Against the rankings

When Notre Dame is ranked	28–12–1
When Michigan State is ranked	6–15–1
When both are ranked	5–6–1

Notre Dame Coaches vs. Michigan State

Coach	Years	G	W–L–T	Win %
Frank E. Hering	1896–1898	2	2–0	1.000
James McWeeney	1899	1	1–0	1.000
James Faragher	1902–1903	2	2–0	1.000
Henry McGlew	1905	1	1–0	1.000
Thomas A. Barry	1906–1907	1	1–0	1.000
Frank Longman	1909–1910	2	1–1	.500
Jesse Harper	1913–1917	2	2–0	1.000
Knute Rockne	1918–1930	4	3–1	.750
Frank Leahy	1941–1953	5	2–3	.400
Hugh Devore	1945–1963	1	0–1	.000
Terry Brennan	1954–1958	4	1–3	.250
Joe Kuharich	1959–1962	4	0–4	.000
Ara Parseghian	1964–1974	11	8–2–1	.773
Dan Devine	1975–1980	6	5–1	.833
Gerry Faust	1981–1985	5	4–1	.800
Lou Holtz	1986–1996	9	8–1	.889
Bob Davie	1997–2001	5	0–5	.000
Tyrone Willingham	2002–2004	3	2–1	.667
Charlie Weis	2005–2009	5	2–3	.400
Brian Kelly	2010–2021	6	4–2	.667
Marcus Freeman	2021–2026	1	1–0	1.000

Program Comparison

All-time	Notre Dame	Michigan State
All-time record	916–327–33	616–420–30
All-time wins	916	616
Bowl appearances	46	30
Bowl record	24–22	14–16
NFL Draft picks (total)	543	154
NFL Draft picks (first round)	73	24
Weeks in AP poll (since 1936)	905	418
Weeks at AP #1 (since 1936)	98	29

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