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Florida at Mississippi State

Saturday, October 1, 1938

Mississippi State beat Florida 22–⁠0. It was their sixth meeting; after it, Mississippi State led the series 3–⁠2–⁠1.

AwayFlorida4–⁠6–⁠1 in 1938
0
HomeMississippi State4–⁠6 in 1938
22

FinalHigh 92°F, low 58°F

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: FLORIDA CRUSHED. 22.0.

    Evening star, District of Columbia, October 2, 1938, page 35

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    FLORIDA CRUSHED. 22.0. STATE COLLEGE, Miss, Oct. 1 (P.-Paced by Jack Nix, junior half back, the Mississippi State College football team rolled over Florida 22–⁠0 today. The Maroons were never in danger.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Mississippi State 69% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

The series

Every Florida–Mississippi State game

Florida leads 36–⁠19–⁠2 in 57 meetings, counting the 51 since this game.

Recent meetings
2025Florida 23, Mississippi State 21
2024Florida 45, Mississippi State 28
2018Florida 13, Mississippi State 6
2010Mississippi State 10, Florida 7
2009Florida 29, Mississippi State 19
2005Florida 35, Mississippi State 9

Around this game

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Mississippi State