Fight Song Lyrics

On the banks of the Red Cedar,
There’s a school that’s known to all;
Its specialty is winning,
And those Spartans play good ball;
Spartan teams are never beaten,
All through the game they’ll fight;
Fight for the only colors,
Green and White.
Go right through for MSU,
Watch the points keep growing.
Spartan teams are bound to win,
They’re fighting with a vim.
Rah! Rah! Rah!
See their team is weakening,
We’re going to win this game.
Fight! Fight! Rah! Team, Fight!
Victory for MSU.

• 1903 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Co-Champions
• 1905 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Champions
• 1953 Big Ten Conference Co-Champions
• 1965 Big Ten Conference Champions
• 1966 Big Ten Conference Champions
• 1978 Big Ten Conference Co-Champions
• 1987 Big Ten Conference Champions
• 1990 Big Ten Conference Co-Champions

The 300 member Spartan Band is one of the oldest and most recognized university marching bands in the country.

The band was founded in 1870 as a 10-member student group, and since then has grown into one of the premiere college bands in the nation.

The SMB has played for five U.S. Presidents and performed at four Rose Bowls, two world’s fairs, and one world series. The Spartan Band has toured the United States extensively, winning the hearts of band fans everywhere.

The band has appeared in concert and on football fields in such far-flung cities as San Francisco, New York, Dallas, Chicago, Indianapolis, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, St. Louis, Denver, New Orleans, Salt Lake City, Tokyo, Tucson, San Diego and Washington, D.C.

MSU, we love thy shadows
When twilight silence falls,
Flushing deep and softly paling
O’er ivy covered halls;
Beneath the pines we’ll gather
To give our faith so true,
Sing our love for Alma Mater
And thy praises MSU.
When from these scenes we wander
And twilight shadows fade,
Our memory still will linger
Where light and shadows played;
In the evening oft we’ll gather
And pledge our faith anew,
Sing our love for Alma Mater
And thy praises MSU.