or maybe the biggest screw job is not allowing MSU to have more than 2 home games during a 37 year stretch and hand picking refs during that time as well

Amazing. I remember watching this with my dad and him running over and putting me on his shoulders screaming when they won. I was 9. I miss my 90s Spartans.

Ironic: UM students threw the marshmellows into end zone. Desmond Howard slips on these same marshmellows and drops the ball.

“No one beats No. 1”. Never gets old.

The Spartans' best receiver, Courtney Hawkins, was hurt and didn't play in this game. Maybe if he'd played, MSU would have won by more than one point and avoided the controversial ending. It's also worth noting that a call went against MSU earlier in the game when an apparent Jon Vaughn fumble was taken back.

Hickson = beast mode

That's too bad that Howard dropped it. If he had caught it, he might have gained a sense of superiority over other people!

Desmond was a great player, that makes it hard to believe he tripped on the goal line like he did. Go Green! 👍🏈

Notice that Dan Enos came up to the opposing QB after the game ended to clearly say something to the effect of "hey, good game, you guys are a heck of a team." How far away we are from that today.

He Dropped It

Desmond Howard straight dropped it !

This was a great game to watch! Wish I could find the full game.

Maybe the best college game I have ever been to and as a Michigan fan most disappointing...still one of the best.

Miss Keith Jackson, but ... Wolverine tears taste so sweet. 😂

Hyland Hickson was punishing defenders out there ..

The Rare Away Fans Rush the Field but since this is a In State game there actually will be more then just the parent section for the away fans

Shows that pre-season rankings are a waste of time. Obviously Michigan was not the number 1 team in the nation. They ended with a 4 way tie for first place with Michigan State, who coming in had a losing record. It's awesome that we beat the number 1* team in the nation but they were definitely not as tough as a number 1

Dan Enos reminds me of Doug Flutie. Tico Duckett was a great RB so was H Hickson

Wow I never knew Michigan got an onside kick and actually had a decent hail mary attempt at the end. Crazy game.

"Annual ruckus" I like that description lol

I know they weren't a powerhouse, but those George Perles MSU SPARTAN teams were a tough group of S.O.B.'s and they had pretty cool uniforms.

Why didn't Howard do the "Heisman Pose" after the two-point conversion try?

The funniest part is Eddie Brown celebrating after he tackled Howard like he had done something great.

@SFFOOL76 It just dawned me why the Spartans Uniforms are like a Green Version of the Pittsburgh Steelers, because Perles was a Chuck Noll assistant back in the 1970's.

1990 & 2015 the 2 sweetest MSU wins at AA.

Tripped over a marshmallow. Way to go, Wolverine fans! Cost your team the game!

Do you have Michigan State/Michigan basketball from 1990?

Anyone know where I might be able to find the full game?

The last time Michigan State played at the Big House when it had artificial turf (the following year, they switched to the real grass)

...and he dropped it

you can't say that if they would've called a pass interference at the end that Michigan would've won

Howard tripped himself and still stand by it. Now if there was replay back then and angle shows he was tripped by defender and they didn't overturn the call , then i can see it as a mistake. it is what it is!

I would love to know what the budget was for the Michigan State uniforms that season. Those are comically bad.

9:35 - UM had 12 men on the field during the dropped pass in the end zone play. And they want to b*tch about a call that didnt go their way?

Absolutely surreal to watch Dan Enos score that rushing touchdown not knowing he would someday be the pathetic central Michigan coach. As a chip I can hardly believe it

Desmond Howard blew that one. Most overrated player in history.

That was a great game. I know that Michigan fans were pissed, but they had chances earlier in the game as well as State did. I am still ticked off, years later, that Perles kicked the damn ball to Howard that he returned for the touchdown. Anyway...

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"Howard g- He dropped it! He dropped it! He dropped it! Howard dropped it!". Ugh, 23 years that one's been in my head. Back then when it was close MSU would typically take it. Really wish my fellow fans wouldn't have made those #1 vs no one t-shirts! We were only 3-1 for God's sake.

Hickson was too much for Michigan! He just runs over people and great speed as well

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Howard lost it due to a trip either way he won the Heisman the next year and went crazy in East Lansing

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The game was in Ann Arbor yet it seemed like there was more State fans there then Little Sister fans

Bob griese

LOL at "drop the ball Desmond" ...and the WALverines are still crying about the refs in this game!

for all the gimmicky Nike jerseys MSU has worn through the last several years it is a crime they have not donned the old pea green throw backs with an "S" on the helmet even once! Shame shame.

WHERE'S THE PI????

Biggest screw job in the rivalry...oh wait that would be when Spartan Bob intentionally kept the clock from running...

excuses

Well... that was bullshit.

@klank99 Even as a State fan I can say it was pass interference, and Michigan probably should have had that one. Well notice we didn't win in AA after that while Moeller and Carr were still there.

One of the worst calls, remember it well...