The Battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy is an American college football rivalry between the Michigan Wolverines and the Michigan State Spartans. The teams have met 116 times since 1898, including in every year since 1945. The winner of each year's game receives the Paul Bunyan – Governor of Michigan Trophy, a four-foot wooden statue of a ...

Oct 28, 2021 · (WXYZ) — The Paul Bunyan Trophy will be up for grabs on Saturday when Michigan and Michigan State face off at Spartan Stadium. The Spartans currently hold the trophy after an upset...

Jun 16, 2017 · Presented for the first time in the 1953 meeting between the Wolverines and the Spartans, the Paul Bunyan Trophy is the lesser-known of Michigan's two annual trophy games, shadowed by the nationally recognized Little Brown Jug Game between Michigan and Minnesota. The Bunyan Trophy was put into circulation by then Michigan Governor G. Mennen ...

Oct 21, 2023 · Michigan and Michigan State have played each other 114 times. The winner of the game gets the Paul Bunyan Trophy, established in 1953. Michigan holds the all-time edge 72-38-5.

Oct 22, 2023 · He initiated this trophy tradition in 1953 to celebrate the inclusion of Michigan State Spartans in the Big Ten. The moniker pays tribute to the larger-than-life American and Canadian folk hero...

Jan 17, 2023 · Michigan vs Michigan State 2021: Spartans Take Paul Bunyan Trophy. In last year’s Michigan vs Michigan State rivalry game, running back Kenneth Walker III, now with the Seahawks, dominated the Wolverines defense. The State RB rushed for 197 yards and five (yes, FIVE) touchdowns on just 23 carries, helping lift the Spartans to an upset win.

Oct 22, 2024 · • For the first time since 1995, both Michigan State (Jonathan Smith) and Michigan (Sherrone Moore) will have new head coaches on the sidelines with the Paul Bunyan Trophy on the line. In that matchup between MSU's Nick Saban and Michigan's Lloyd Carr, the Spartans beat the seventh-ranked Wolverines, 28-25, in Spartan Stadium on Nov. 4, 1995.

Oct 21, 2023 · The No. 2-ranked University of Michigan football team retained the Paul Bunyan Trophy for the second straight year with a 49-0 victory of in-state rival Mich...

Here's eight things to know about the trophy. 1) The trophy is actually called the Paul Bunyan - Governor of Michigan Trophy. Why? Because Governor G. Mennen Williams, who was at the helm of Michigan from 1949 through 1960, gave it to the school in 1953, after Michigan State joined the Big Ten conference.

Oct 17, 2018 · As the Michigan State Spartans square off against the Michigan Wolverines, you may notice an almost statue-like trophy on the sideline. That figure is the Paul Bunyan Trophy, the prize...