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Arkansas State vs. Mississippi State

Arkansas State and Mississippi State have 16 meetings on file, the first in 1950; Mississippi State leads the series 15–⁠0–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Mississippi State 9–⁠0.

Arkansas State wins
0
Mississippi State wins
15
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1950
Longest streak
14 Mississippi State
Current streak
1 Mississippi State
Last 10 meetings
Mississippi State 9–⁠0
Most recent
1994

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1950s0–⁠8
1960s0–⁠2
1980s0–⁠3
1990s0–⁠2–⁠1
Average margin
29.6 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Mississippi State
15–⁠0–⁠1 Mississippi State’s record at home
Shutouts
4

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Mississippi State’s biggest win1950: Mississippi State 67, Arkansas State 0by 67 points

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Arkansas State and Mississippi State, 1950 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

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.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1954 game: Mississippi State Tops | Stubborn Arkansas State

    1954 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 3, 1954

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.

Every game

Oct 1, 1994Mississippi State 49, Arkansas State 3at Mississippi State
Oct 23, 1993Mississippi State 15, Arkansas State 15at Mississippi State
Oct 24, 199225Mississippi State 56, Arkansas State 6at Mississippi State
Oct 11, 198619Mississippi State 24, Arkansas State 9at Mississippi State
Sep 7, 1985Mississippi State 22, Arkansas State 14at Mississippi State
Sep 11, 1982Mississippi State 31, Arkansas State 10at Mississippi State
Oct 14, 1961Mississippi State 38, Arkansas State 0at Mississippi State
Oct 8, 1960Mississippi State 29, Arkansas State 9at Mississippi State
Oct 10, 1959Mississippi State 49, Arkansas State 14at Mississippi State
Oct 18, 1958Mississippi State 38, Arkansas State 0at Mississippi State
Oct 12, 1957Mississippi State 47, Arkansas State 13at Mississippi State
Oct 20, 1956Mississippi State 19, Arkansas State 9at Mississippi State
Oct 2, 1954Mississippi State 46, Arkansas State 13at Mississippi State
Oct 4, 1952Mississippi State 41, Arkansas State 14at Mississippi State
Sep 22, 1951Mississippi State 32, Arkansas State 0at Mississippi State
Sep 23, 1950Mississippi State 67, Arkansas State 0at Mississippi State

Every game is listed as played on the field.