| Back in September 2003, Pontiac started "The Pontiac Challenge", to track the head-to-head competition between the University of Michigan and | ||||||||
| Michigan State University for the whole school year. They divided the school year up into 3 sessions (Fall, Winter, and Spring), and awarded a trophy | ||||||||
| to the winner of each session, with the current winner keeping it in the case of a tie. | ||||||||
| Not too surprisingly, UM won (or tied) every session for all 3 years that Pontiac sponsored the Challenge. Also not too surprisingly, Pontiac lost | ||||||||
| interest when the Challenge got too one-sided. So, after the 2005-2006 season, they dropped it, but I picked it up. However, I thought their setup | ||||||||
| with the 3 sessions and a goofy scoring system could be improved, so I changed it to a single session (the whole school year), with 2 points for | ||||||||
| each win, and 1 point for each tie. | ||||||||
| Here are the results for the 2007-2008 school year: | ||||||||
| Sport | Date | Venue | Score | Points | Comments | Story | ||
| UM | MSU | UM | MSU | |||||
| Field Hockey | 10/05/2007 | E. Lansing | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Overtime | Belassi's Game-Winner in OT Leads U-M Past Spartans |
| Volleyball | 10/05/2007 | Ann Arbor | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Michigan Sweeps MSU on Dig For the Cure Night | |
| Men's Soccer | 10/14/2007 | E. Lansing | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | Michigan Encounters Green Squall at Michigan State | |
| Volleyball | 10/27/2007 | E. Lansing | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | U-M Wins State Pride Series But Loses Match at MSU | |
| Women's Soccer | 11/02/2007 | Ann Arbor | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 overtimes | Physical Match With Spartans Ends in Deadlock |
| Football | 11/03/2007 | E. Lansing | 28 | 24 | 2 | 0 | U-M Uses Fourth-Quarter Comeback to Defeat Spartans | |
| Women's Basketball | 01/13/2008 | Ann Arbor | 64 | 55 | 2 | 0 | Michigan Tops Michigan State in Front of Record Crowd | |
| Men's Swimming & Diving | 01/18/2008 | Ann Arbor | 154 | 77 | 2 | 0 | Wolverines Double Up Spartans, Continue Series Dominance | |
| Women's Swimming & Diving | 01/18/2008 | Ann Arbor | 160 | 74 | 2 | 0 | U-M Posts Top Mark in Each Event, Trounces Michigan State | |
| Hockey | 01/25/2008 | Ann Arbor | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | Solo Score the Difference in Michigan's Loss to No. 5 Michigan State | |
| Hockey | 01/26/2008 | E. Lansing | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Rust's Late Goal Rallies Michigan to Tie at Michigan State | |
| Women's Gymnastics | 01/26/2008 | Ann Arbor | 196.75 | 194.55 | 2 | 0 | U-M Uses Highest Score in Nearly Two Years to Top Spartans | |
| Men's Basketball | 01/27/2008 | E. Lansing | 62 | 77 | 0 | 2 | Michigan Drops Road Contest to No. 10 Michigan State | |
| Women's Basketball | 01/31/2008 | E. Lansing | 58 | 61 | 0 | 2 | Michigan Unable to Sweep Series Against Michigan State | |
| Hockey | 02/22/2008 | E. Lansing | 2 | 5 | 0 | 2 | Third-Period Letdown Leads to Defeat at Michigan State | |
| Hockey | 02/23/2008 | Detroit | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Joe Louis Arena | Michigan Manhandles Michigan State at Joe Louis Arena |
| Wrestling | 02/24/2008 | Ann Arbor | 24 | 11 | 2 | 0 | Wolverines Cruise Past MSU in Dual-Meet Finale | |
| Men's Tennis | 03/12/2008 | Ann Arbor | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | Michigan Rallies Past Michigan State for Fourth Straight Win | |
| Women's Basketball | 03/30/2008 | E. Lansing | 40 | 45 | 0 | 2 | WNIT | Michigan Drops Heartbreaker to Michigan State in WNIT Quarterfinals |
| Women's Tennis | 04/09/2008 | E. Lansing | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Michigan Defeats Michigan State for 11th Straight Win | |
| Baseball | 04/18/2008 | Ann Arbor | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9-inning game | Wolverines Down Spartans, Remain Perfect at Home |
| Baseball | 04/19/2008 | E. Lansing | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Game 1, 7-inning game | Wolverines Stay Hot With Pair of Wins at Michigan State |
| Baseball | 04/19/2008 | E. Lansing | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Game 2, 7-inning game | Wolverines Stay Hot With Pair of Wins at Michigan State |
| Baseball | 04/20/2008 | Ann Arbor | 27 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 9-inning game | VanBuskirk's Three Home Runs Lift U-M to 21-Run Win Over MSU |
| Softball | 04/25/2008 | Ann Arbor | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Mercy rule (5 innings) | Nemitz' Grand Performance Launches U-M Past Spartans |
| Softball | 04/26/2008 | E. Lansing | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Mercy rule (5 innings) | Nine-Run Second Inning Boosts U-M Past Michigan State |
| Softball | 05/08/2008 | Evanston, IL | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Big Ten Tournament | Wolverines Upset by Spartans in Big Ten Tournament |
| Total | 36 | 18 | ||||||
| Record | UM | MSU | ||||||
| Home | 10-1-1 | 6-6-1 | ||||||
| Neutral | 1-1 | 1-1 | ||||||
| Here are the results from past seasons: | ||||||||
| 2003-2004 | ||||||||
| 2004-2005 | ||||||||
| 2005-2006 | ||||||||
| 2006-2007 | ||||||||
| 2007-2008 | ||||||||
| 2008-2009 | ||||||||