Alabama vs. Mississippi State

107 of their 109 meetings are on file: they first met in 1896, and the earliest on file is 1902; officially, Alabama leads 89–⁠17–⁠3 on the field, but two wins were vacated or forfeited.; as played, 87–⁠17–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Alabama 10–⁠0, and Alabama has won the last 17. The NCAA vacated Alabama’s win (2005); it doesn’t count officially. Alabama forfeited the 1993 game. This page counts every game as it was played. Share

Scheduled 2027 at Alabama; 2028 at Mississippi State; 2029 at Alabama. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Official series: Alabama leads 89–⁠17–⁠3 on the field, but two wins were vacated or forfeited.
Alabama wins on file: 87
Mississippi State wins on file: 17
Ties: 3
Earliest on file: 1902 first met 1896
Longest streak: 22 Alabama
Current streak: 17 Alabama
Last 10 meetings: Alabama 10–⁠0
Most recent: 2026

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
	’0	’1	’2	’3	’4	’5	’6	’7	’8	’9	W–L
1900s											4–⁠1
1910s											1–⁠3–⁠1
1920s											6–⁠0–⁠1
1930s											6–⁠1
1940s											6–⁠2
1950s											6–⁠3–⁠1
1960s											10–⁠0
1970s											10–⁠0
1980s											9–⁠1
1990s											7–⁠3
2000s											7–⁠3
2010s											10–⁠0
2020s											5–⁠0

Both ranked: 16 meetings: Alabama 15, Mississippi State 1; 2 both in the top 10
Average margin: 17.4 points; 33 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Alabama: 52–⁠10–⁠2 Alabama’s record at home
At Mississippi State: 7–⁠35–⁠1 Mississippi State’s record at home
Shutouts: 32

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.

Games that tell the story

Alabama’s biggest win1922: Alabama 59, Mississippi State 0by 59 points
Mississippi State’s biggest win2000: Mississippi State 29, Alabama 7by 22 points
Upset1935: Mississippi State 20, Alabama 7Mississippi State had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Upset2006: Mississippi State 24, Alabama 16Mississippi State had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Upset1996: Mississippi State 17, Alabama 16Mississippi State had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Ranked showdown2014: Alabama 25, Mississippi State 20No. 1 Mississippi State at No. 4 Alabama
Ranked showdown2012: Alabama 38, Mississippi State 7No. 13 Mississippi State at No. 1 Alabama
Ranked showdown1981: Alabama 13, Mississippi State 10No. 7 Mississippi State at No. 8 Alabama

Coach against coach

Years	Alabama	Series	Mississippi State
1911–⁠1913	D.V. Graves	0–⁠2–⁠1	William Chadwick
1939–⁠1946	Frank Thomas	5–⁠2	Allyn McKeen
1949–⁠1951	Red Drew	3–⁠0	Slick Morton
1958–⁠1961	Bear Bryant	4–⁠0	Wade Walker
1962–⁠1966	Bear Bryant	5–⁠0	Paul Davis
1967–⁠1972	Bear Bryant	6–⁠0	Charles Shira
1973–⁠1978	Bear Bryant	6–⁠0	Bob Tyler
1979–⁠1982	Bear Bryant	3–⁠1	Emory Bellard
1983–⁠1985	Ray Perkins	3–⁠0	Emory Bellard
1987–⁠1989	Bill Curry	3–⁠0	Rockey Felker
1991–⁠1996	Gene Stallings	5–⁠1	Jackie Sherrill
1997–⁠2000	Mike DuBose	1–⁠3	Jackie Sherrill
2004–⁠2006	Mike Shula	2–⁠1	Sylvester Croom
2009–⁠2017	Nick Saban	9–⁠0	Dan Mullen
2020–⁠2022	Nick Saban	3–⁠0	Mike Leach

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Alabama’s side (Graves 0–⁠2–⁠1 against Chadwick). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

DeVonta Smith Alabama	11 catches, 203 yards, 4 TD	2020 Receiving
Will Anderson Jr. Alabama	6 tackles, 4 sacks, 4 for loss	2021 Defense
Jihaad Campbell Alabama	14 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 1 for loss, 1 INT	2023 Defense

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on).

From the newspapers

1932 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 3, 1932
1935 · White Bluffs spokesman, White Bluffs, Wash., Oct 17, 1935
1939 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 29, 1939
1940 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Dec 2, 1940
1941 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 5, 1941

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 earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.

On television

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from this game once: 2014.

2026

ABC

5.1 million viewers

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA). Viewers: Nielsen, as compiled by nschultz7’s ratings tracker.

Every game

Oct 3, 2026	7Alabama 56, 16Mississippi State 23	at Mississippi State
Sep 30, 2023	12Alabama 40, Mississippi State 17	at Mississippi State
Oct 22, 2022	6Alabama 30, 24Mississippi State 6	at Alabama
Oct 16, 2021	5Alabama 49, Mississippi State 9	at Mississippi State
Oct 31, 2020	2Alabama 41, Mississippi State 0	at Alabama
Nov 16, 2019	4Alabama 38, Mississippi State 7	at Mississippi State
Nov 10, 2018	1Alabama 24, 18Mississippi State 0	at Alabama
Nov 11, 2017	1Alabama 31, 18Mississippi State 24	at Mississippi State
Nov 12, 2016	1Alabama 51, Mississippi State 3	at Alabama
Nov 14, 2015	3Alabama 31, 20Mississippi State 6	at Mississippi State
Nov 15, 2014	4Alabama 25, 1Mississippi State 20	at Alabama
Nov 16, 2013	1Alabama 20, Mississippi State 7	at Mississippi State
Oct 27, 2012	1Alabama 38, 13Mississippi State 7	at Alabama
Nov 12, 2011	4Alabama 24, Mississippi State 7	at Mississippi State
Nov 13, 2010	11Alabama 30, 17Mississippi State 10	at Alabama
Nov 14, 2009	3Alabama 31, Mississippi State 3	at Mississippi State
Nov 15, 2008	1Alabama 32, Mississippi State 7	at Alabama
Nov 10, 2007	Mississippi State 17, 21Alabama 12	at Mississippi State
Nov 4, 2006	Mississippi State 24, Alabama 16	at Alabama
Nov 5, 2005	4Alabama 17, Mississippi State 0vacated	at Mississippi State
Nov 6, 2004	Alabama 30, Mississippi State 14	at Alabama
Nov 8, 2003	Alabama 38, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State
Nov 9, 2002	11Alabama 28, Mississippi State 14	at Alabama
Nov 10, 2001	Alabama 24, Mississippi State 17	at Alabama
Nov 11, 2000	15Mississippi State 29, Alabama 7	at Mississippi State
Nov 13, 1999	11Alabama 19, 8Mississippi State 7	at Alabama
Nov 14, 1998	Mississippi State 26, Alabama 14	at Mississippi State
Nov 15, 1997	17Mississippi State 32, Alabama 20	at Alabama
Nov 16, 1996	Mississippi State 17, 8Alabama 16	at Mississippi State
Nov 11, 1995	16Alabama 14, Mississippi State 9	at Alabama
Nov 12, 1994	6Alabama 29, 20Mississippi State 25	at Mississippi State
Nov 13, 1993	12Alabama 36, Mississippi State 25forfeited	at Alabama
Nov 14, 1992	2Alabama 30, 16Mississippi State 21	at Mississippi State
Nov 2, 1991	7Alabama 13, Mississippi State 7	at Alabama
Nov 3, 1990	Alabama 22, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State
Nov 4, 1989	5Alabama 23, Mississippi State 10	at Alabama
Oct 29, 1988	19Alabama 53, Mississippi State 34	at Mississippi State
Oct 31, 1987	16Alabama 21, Mississippi State 18	at Alabama
Nov 1, 1986	8Alabama 38, 19Mississippi State 3	at Mississippi State
Nov 2, 1985	Alabama 44, Mississippi State 28	at Alabama
Nov 3, 1984	Alabama 24, Mississippi State 20	at Mississippi State
Oct 29, 1983	18Alabama 35, Mississippi State 18	at Alabama
Oct 30, 1982	9Alabama 20, Mississippi State 12	at Mississippi State
Oct 31, 1981	8Alabama 13, 7Mississippi State 10	at Alabama
Nov 1, 1980	Mississippi State 6, 1Alabama 3	at Mississippi State
Nov 3, 1979	1Alabama 24, Mississippi State 7	at Alabama
Nov 4, 1978	3Alabama 35, Mississippi State 14	at Alabama
Oct 29, 1977	2Alabama 37, Mississippi State 7	at Mississippi State
Oct 30, 1976	17Alabama 34, 18Mississippi State 17	at Alabama
Nov 1, 1975	6Alabama 21, Mississippi State 10	at Mississippi State
Nov 2, 1974	4Alabama 35, 17Mississippi State 0	at Alabama
Nov 3, 1973	2Alabama 35, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State
Nov 4, 1972	2Alabama 58, Mississippi State 14	at Alabama
Oct 30, 1971	4Alabama 41, Mississippi State 10	at Mississippi State
Oct 31, 1970	Alabama 35, Mississippi State 6	at Alabama
Nov 1, 1969	Alabama 23, Mississippi State 19	at Mississippi State
Nov 2, 1968	Alabama 20, Mississippi State 13	at Alabama
Nov 4, 1967	Alabama 13, Mississippi State 0	at Alabama
Oct 29, 1966	4Alabama 27, Mississippi State 14	at Alabama
Oct 30, 1965	10Alabama 10, Mississippi State 7	at Mississippi State
Oct 31, 1964	3Alabama 23, Mississippi State 6	at Mississippi State
Nov 2, 1963	7Alabama 20, Mississippi State 19	at Alabama
Nov 3, 1962	2Alabama 20, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State
Nov 4, 1961	Alabama 24, Mississippi State 0	at Alabama
Oct 29, 1960	Alabama 7, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State
Oct 31, 1959	Alabama 10, Mississippi State 0	at Alabama
Oct 25, 1958	Alabama 9, 19Mississippi State 7	at Mississippi State
Oct 26, 1957	Mississippi State 25, Alabama 13	at Alabama
Oct 27, 1956	Alabama 13, Mississippi State 12	at Alabama
Oct 22, 1955	Mississippi State 26, Alabama 7	at Alabama
Oct 23, 1954	Mississippi State 12, 12Alabama 7	at Alabama
Oct 24, 1953	Alabama 7, Mississippi State 7	at Alabama
Oct 25, 1952	Alabama 42, Mississippi State 19	at Alabama
Oct 27, 1951	Alabama 7, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State
Oct 28, 1950	Alabama 14, Mississippi State 7	at Alabama
Oct 22, 1949	Alabama 35, Mississippi State 6	at Alabama
Oct 23, 1948	Alabama 10, Mississippi State 7	at Mississippi State
Nov 30, 1946	Alabama 24, 19Mississippi State 7	at Alabama
Dec 1, 1945	3Alabama 55, Mississippi State 13	at Alabama
Nov 18, 1944	Alabama 19, 16Mississippi State 0	at Alabama
Oct 3, 1942	Alabama 21, Mississippi State 6	at Alabama
Oct 4, 1941	Mississippi State 14, Alabama 0	at Alabama
Nov 30, 1940	11Mississippi State 13, 17Alabama 0	at Alabama
Oct 28, 1939	20Alabama 7, Mississippi State 0	at Alabama
Oct 10, 1936	Alabama 7, Mississippi State 0	at Alabama
Oct 12, 1935	Mississippi State 20, Alabama 7	at Alabama
Oct 13, 1934	Alabama 41, Mississippi State 0	at Alabama
Oct 14, 1933	Alabama 18, Mississippi State 0	at Alabama
Oct 1, 1932	Alabama 53, Mississippi State 0	at Alabama
Oct 10, 1931	Alabama 53, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State
Oct 13, 1928	Alabama 46, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State
Oct 29, 1927	Alabama 13, Mississippi State 7	at Alabama
Oct 9, 1926	Alabama 26, Mississippi State 7	at Mississippi State
Oct 31, 1925	Alabama 6, Mississippi State 0	at Alabama
Nov 30, 1922	Alabama 59, Mississippi State 0	at Alabama
Nov 24, 1921	Mississippi State 7, Alabama 7	at Mississippi State
Nov 25, 1920	Alabama 24, Mississippi State 7	at Alabama
Nov 27, 1919	Alabama 14, Mississippi State 6	at Alabama
Nov 26, 1914	Mississippi State 9, Alabama 0	at Alabama
Nov 27, 1913	Mississippi State 7, Alabama 0	at Alabama
Oct 18, 1912	Mississippi State 7, Alabama 0	at Mississippi State
Oct 21, 1911	Alabama 6, Mississippi State 6	at Alabama
Nov 3, 1906	Alabama 16, Mississippi State 4	at Mississippi State
Oct 14, 1905	Alabama 34, Mississippi State 0	at Alabama
Oct 15, 1904	Alabama 6, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State
Oct 16, 1903	Mississippi State 11, Alabama 0	at Mississippi State
Nov 8, 1902	Alabama 27, Mississippi State 0	at Alabama

Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”, and a game one side later forfeited is marked “forfeited”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.