Michigan-Michigan State Football Game Gets Primetime Slot

MICHIGAN — One of college football's most heated in-state rivalries is getting a primetime slot.

The Michigan Wolverines will face the Michigan State Spartans at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing on Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. on NBC. It’s the first time the Spartans will host the Wolverines for a night game.

The Wolverines defeated the Spartans 29-7 last season at the Big House in Ann Arbor where a postgame brawl broke out in the stadium's tunnel.

Seven Spartans players were charged in connection to the brawl after videos showed numerous Michigan State Spartan players pummeling Michigan's defensive backs Gemon Green and Ja’den McBurrows on Oct. 29, as both teams made their way to the locker rooms following the game.

The Spartans are struggling to get a grasp on the season after firing Head Coach Mel Tucker after he was accused of making explicit comments while on the phone with an activist hired to educate the team about sexual misconduct.

After starting the season 2-0, the Spartans have lost three straight games, including two Big Ten Conference games. The Spartans will face the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Saturday before hosting the Wolverines.

The defending Big Ten Champions and No. 2 Wolverines, meanwhile, are 6-0 and will host the Indiana Hoosiers Saturday before the game against the Spartans. The Wolverines last won at Spartan Stadium in 2018 when quarterback Shea Patterson threw two touchdown passes in a 21-7 victory.