Michigan State got off to an 0 - 2 start for the 12th time in its 102 - year football history .
Only once have the Spartans rebounded to post a winning record , going 6 - 5 - 1 in 1988 .
Michigan State got off to an 0 - 2 start for the 12th time in its 102 - year football history and only once have the Spartans rebounded to post a winning record , going 6 - 5 - 1 in 1988 .