As with Rutgers changing its name from Queens College after the Revolutionary War made that royal name politically incorrect, our next football opponents have had some name changes too. In 1855, the Agricultural College of the State of Michigan was founded; in 1861, it became the State Agricultural College; in 1909, the Michigan Agricultural College; in 1925, the Michigan State College of Agriculture and Applied Science; in 1955, the Michigan State University of Agriculture and Applied Science; and finally, in 1964 it became plain old Michigan State University.
In the tradition we started in this inaugural Big Ten year with MSU's big brother
Michigan and continued with
Ohio State,
Nebraska,
Wisconsin, and
Indiana, here's a photo of the 1915 Michigan Agricultural College football team.
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| The 1915 Michigan Agricultural College football team. |
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| The 1917 Rutgers College football team. |
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