Get ready for Michigan State football to host Michigan football for another night game Saturday, Oct. 25 in East Lansing.
Get ready for Michigan State football to host Michigan football for another night game Saturday, Oct. 25 in East Lansing.
The Spartans (3-4, 0-4 Big Ten) and Wolverines (5-2, 3-1) will kick off at 7:30 p.m. at Spartan Stadium for the 118th meeting of the rivalry. The TV channel will be NBC.
MSU is coming off a 38-13 loss to No. 3 Indiana on the road while U-M moved within one win of a bowl berth with its 24-7 win over Washington on Saturday.
gonna be a B1G Saturday Night in EL pic.twitter.com/jHDbPzZPIY
— Michigan State Football (@MSU_Football) October 19, 2025
The two teams have played night games in their past three meetings, all won by the Wolverines.
U-M beat MSU, 49-0, the last time they met in East Lansing in 2023, and the Wolverines won in Ann Arbor in 2022 (29-7) and last year (24-17).
Each of those was mired in controversy − the tunnel fight at Michigan Stadium in 2022, allegations of sign stealing by the Wolverines breaking the week of the rivalry game in 2023 and the postgame skirmish between Wolverines and Spartans on the field in 2024.
MSU's last win came in 2021, the epic 37-33 victory for the No. 7-ranked Spartans and Kenneth Walker III over then-No. 6 U-M at Spartan Stadium. That was a noon game, as was MSU’s 27-24 win at Michigan Stadium in the pandemic-shortened, Big Ten-only 2020 season.
The Wolverines lead the all-time series 74-38-5, including a 22-15-2 edge in East Lansing.
Contact Chris Solari: [email protected]. Follow him @chrissolari.
This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: Michigan vs Michigan State football start time announced for game
Category: General Sports
