List of Michigan State Spartans bowl games

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Michigan State defeated Stanford in the 2014 Rose Bowl

The Michigan State Spartans college football team competes as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), representing Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference (Big Ten). Since the establishment of the team in 1896, Michigan State has appeared in 30 bowl games.[1] Included in these games are five appearances in the Rose Bowl Game.[1][2] Through the history of the program, nine separate coaches have led the Spartans to bowl games with Mark Dantonio having the most appearances with twelve.

Bowl games

List of bowl games showing bowl played in, score, date, season, opponent, stadium, location, attendance and head coach[A 1]
# Bowl Score[A 2] Date Season[A 3] Opponent[A 4] Stadium Location Attendance[3] Head coach
1 Orange Bowl L 6–0 January 1, 1938 1937 Auburn Miami Orange Bowl Miami 18,972‡ Charlie Bachman
2 Rose Bowl W 28–20 January 1, 1954 1953 UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena 100,500 Biggie Munn
3 Rose Bowl W 17–14 January 1, 1956 1955 UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena 100,809 Duffy Daugherty
4 Rose Bowl L 14–12 January 1, 1966 1965 UCLA Rose Bowl Pasadena 100,087 Duffy Daugherty
5 Cherry Bowl L 10–6 December 22, 1984 1984 Army Pontiac Silverdome Pontiac 70,332† George Perles
6 All-American Bowl L 17–14 December 31, 1985 1985 Georgia Tech Legion Field Birmingham 45,000 George Perles
7 Rose Bowl W 20–17 January 1, 1988 1987 USC Rose Bowl Pasadena 103,847 George Perles
8 Gator Bowl L 34–27 January 1, 1989 1988 Georgia Gator Bowl Jacksonville 76,236 George Perles
9 Aloha Bowl W 33–13 December 25, 1989 1989 Hawaii Aloha Stadium Honolulu 50,000† George Perles
10 John Hancock Bowl W 17–16 December 31, 1990 1990 USC Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso 50,562 George Perles
11 Liberty Bowl L 18–7 December 28, 1993 1993 Louisville Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis 34,216 George Perles
12 Independence Bowl L 45–26 December 29, 1995 1995 LSU Independence Stadium Shreveport 48,835 Nick Saban
13 Sun Bowl L 38–0 December 31, 1996 1996 Stanford Sun Bowl Stadium El Paso 42,271 Nick Saban
14 Aloha Bowl L 51–23 December 25, 1997 1997 Washington Aloha Stadium Honolulu 34,419 Nick Saban
15 Florida Citrus Bowl W 37–34 January 1, 2000 1999 Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando 62,011 Bobby Williams
16 Silicon Valley Classic W 44–35 December 31, 2001 2001 Fresno State Spartan Stadium San Jose 30,456† Bobby Williams
17 Alamo Bowl L 17–3 December 29, 2003 2003 Nebraska Alamodome San Antonio 56,226 John L. Smith
18 Champs Sports Bowl L 24–21 December 28, 2007 2007 Boston College Citrus Bowl Orlando 46,554 Mark Dantonio
19 Capital One Bowl L 24–12 January 1, 2009 2008 Georgia Citrus Bowl Orlando 59,681 Mark Dantonio
20 Alamo Bowl L 41–31 January 2, 2010 2009 Texas Tech Alamodome San Antonio 64,757 Mark Dantonio
21 Capital One Bowl L 49–7 January 1, 2011 2010 Alabama Citrus Bowl Orlando 61,519 Mark Dantonio
22 Outback Bowl W 33–30 (3OT) January 2, 2012 2011 Georgia Raymond James Stadium Tampa 49,429 Mark Dantonio
23 Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl W 17–16 December 29, 2012 2012 TCU Sun Devil Stadium Tempe 44,617 Mark Dantonio
24 Rose Bowl W 24–20 January 1, 2014 2013 Stanford Rose Bowl Pasadena 95,173 Mark Dantonio
25 Cotton Bowl Classic W 42–41 January 1, 2015 2014 Baylor AT&T Stadium Arlington 71,464 Mark Dantonio
26 Cotton Bowl Classic§ L 38–0 December 31, 2015 2015 Alabama AT&T Stadium Arlington 82,812 Mark Dantonio
27 Holiday Bowl W 42–17 December 28, 2017 2017 Washington State SDCCU Stadium San Diego 47,092 Mark Dantonio
28 Redbox Bowl L 7–6 December 31, 2018 2018 Oregon Levi's Stadium Santa Clara 30,212 Mark Dantonio
29 Pinstripe Bowl

W 27–21

 December 27, 2019 2019 Wake Forest Yankee Stadium The Bronx 36,895 Mark Dantonio
30 Peach Bowl

W 31–21

 December 30, 2021 2021 Pittsburgh Mercedes-Benz Stadium Atlanta 41,230 Mel Tucker

Record by bowl game

Notes

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