Land Grant Trophy

The Land Grant Trophy is presented to the winner of each football game between Michigan State and Penn State.

History

Since Penn State joined the Big Ten Conference in 1993, the Nittany Lions and Spartans have played each other for the trophy in the last week of conference play. The trophy, designed by former Michigan State coach George Perles, features pictures of Penn State's Old Main and Michigan State's Beaumont Tower. Michigan State won the most recent meeting between the two by a score of 35 to 31 on November 17, 2007 at Spartan Stadium. Currently, Penn State and Michigan State are tied in the overall series at 12-12-1, though many of the games were played prior to Penn State joining the Big Ten and are thus not included in the trophy count. Michigan State has not won at Beaver Stadium since 1965.

Michigan State University and Penn State University are among the nation's oldest land-grant universities, hence the name for the trophy. In 1955 on the 100th year anniversary of the founding of the land grant system, Michigan State and Penn State were commemorated on a U.S. postage stamp honoring the "First of the Land-Grant Colleges". These two universities were the first ever universities to be placed on a U.S. postage stamp.Fact|date=June 2008

They are also the most recent additions to the Big Ten. Fellow Big Ten members Illinois, Minnesota, Ohio State, Purdue and Wisconsin are also land-grant schools.

Game results

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overall = Penn State leads 11-4
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ee also

*Other Michigan State traveling trophies:
**Megaphone Trophy - (with Notre Dame)
**Old Brass Spittoon (with Indiana)
**Paul Bunyan Trophy (with Michigan)
*Other Penn State traveling trophies:
**Governor's Victory Bell (with Minnesota)

External links

* [http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2002/11/11-23-02cm/11-23-02dsports-column-03.asp The Digital Collegian, Opinion on the Trophy]

References

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