Auburn vs. Mississippi State

Auburn and Mississippi State have 97 meetings on file, the first in 1905; officially, Auburn leads 66–⁠28–⁠2; as played, 63–⁠31–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–⁠5. The NCAA vacated Mississippi State’s win (2018); it doesn’t count officially. Mississippi State forfeited three games (1975, 1976 and 1977). This page counts every game as it was played. Share

Next meetingSaturday, November 14, 2026Auburn at Mississippi State, Davis Wade StadiumElo ratings today: Auburn 1,558 · Mississippi State 1,522

Scheduled 2028 at Auburn. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Official series: Auburn leads 66–⁠28–⁠2
Auburn wins on file: 63
Mississippi State wins on file: 31
Ties: 3
Earliest on file: 1905
Longest streak: 11 Auburn
Current streak: 1 Auburn
Last 10 meetings: even at 5–⁠5
Most recent: 2023

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											1–⁠0
1910s											9–⁠0
1920s											0–⁠2
1930s											3–⁠1
1940s											1–⁠7–⁠1
1950s											5–⁠2–⁠1
1960s											8–⁠2
1970s											7–⁠2–⁠1
1980s											8–⁠2
1990s											5–⁠5
2000s											8–⁠2
2010s											6–⁠4
2020s											2–⁠2

Both ranked: 5 meetings: Auburn 3, Mississippi State 2; 1 both in the top 10
Average margin: 14.8 points; 37 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Auburn: 44–⁠20–⁠1 Auburn’s record at home
At Mississippi State: 11–⁠19–⁠2 Mississippi State’s record at home
Shutouts: 26

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

Games that tell the story

Auburn’s biggest win1970: Auburn 56, Mississippi State 0by 56 points
Mississippi State’s biggest win1946: Mississippi State 33, Auburn 0by 33 points
Upset2007: Mississippi State 19, Auburn 14Mississippi State had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Upset1997: Mississippi State 20, Auburn 0Mississippi State had a 22% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Upset1961: Mississippi State 11, Auburn 10Mississippi State had a 26% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Ranked showdown2014: Mississippi State 38, Auburn 23No. 2 Auburn at No. 3 Mississippi State
Ranked showdown1986: Auburn 35, Mississippi State 6No. 7 Auburn at No. 13 Mississippi State
Ranked showdown1957: Auburn 15, Mississippi State 7No. 17 Mississippi State at No. 3 Auburn

Coach against coach

Years	Auburn	Series	Mississippi State
1910–⁠1913	Mike Donahue	4–⁠0	William Chadwick
1914–⁠1916	Mike Donahue	3–⁠0	E.C. Hayes
1939–⁠1942	Jack Meagher	1–⁠2–⁠1	Allyn McKeen
1944–⁠1947	Carl Voyles	0–⁠4	Allyn McKeen
1956–⁠1961	Ralph Jordan	5–⁠1	Wade Walker
1962–⁠1966	Ralph Jordan	4–⁠1	Paul Davis
1967–⁠1972	Ralph Jordan	6–⁠0	Charles Shira
1973–⁠1975	Ralph Jordan	2–⁠0–⁠1	Bob Tyler
1976–⁠1978	Doug Barfield	1–⁠2	Bob Tyler
1981–⁠1985	Pat Dye	4–⁠1	Emory Bellard
1986–⁠1990	Pat Dye	5–⁠0	Rockey Felker
1993–⁠1998	Terry Bowden	4–⁠2	Jackie Sherrill
1999–⁠2003	Tommy Tuberville	3–⁠2	Jackie Sherrill
2004–⁠2008	Tommy Tuberville	4–⁠1	Sylvester Croom
2009–⁠2012	Gene Chizik	3–⁠1	Dan Mullen
2013–⁠2017	Gus Malzahn	3–⁠2	Dan Mullen

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Auburn’s side (Donahue 4–⁠0 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

Will Rogers Mississippi State

44 of 55, 415 yards, 6 TD

2021 Passing

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

From the newspapers

1942 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 2, 1942
1944 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Nov 13, 1944
1952 · Evening star, Nov 10, 1952
1953 · Evening star, Oct 11, 1953
1955 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Nov 6, 1955

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.

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of its locations (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Nov 14, 2026	Auburn at Mississippi State upcoming	at Mississippi State
Oct 28, 2023	Auburn 27, Mississippi State 13	at Auburn
Nov 5, 2022	Mississippi State 39, Auburn 33	at Mississippi State
Nov 13, 2021	Mississippi State 43, 16Auburn 34	at Auburn
Dec 12, 2020	Auburn 24, Mississippi State 10	at Mississippi State
Sep 28, 2019	7Auburn 56, Mississippi State 23	at Auburn
Oct 6, 2018	Mississippi State 23, 8Auburn 9vacated	at Mississippi State
Sep 30, 2017	13Auburn 49, 24Mississippi State 10	at Auburn
Oct 8, 2016	Auburn 38, Mississippi State 14	at Mississippi State
Sep 26, 2015	Mississippi State 17, Auburn 9	at Auburn
Oct 11, 2014	3Mississippi State 38, 2Auburn 23	at Mississippi State
Sep 14, 2013	Auburn 24, Mississippi State 20	at Auburn
Sep 8, 2012	Mississippi State 28, Auburn 10	at Mississippi State
Sep 10, 2011	Auburn 41, 16Mississippi State 34	at Auburn
Sep 9, 2010	21Auburn 17, Mississippi State 14	at Mississippi State
Sep 12, 2009	Auburn 49, Mississippi State 24	at Auburn
Sep 13, 2008	9Auburn 3, Mississippi State 2	at Mississippi State
Sep 15, 2007	Mississippi State 19, Auburn 14	at Auburn
Sep 9, 2006	4Auburn 34, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State
Sep 10, 2005	Auburn 28, Mississippi State 0	at Auburn
Sep 11, 2004	18Auburn 43, Mississippi State 14	at Mississippi State
Oct 18, 2003	19Auburn 45, Mississippi State 13	at Auburn
Sep 19, 2002	Auburn 42, Mississippi State 14	at Mississippi State
Oct 6, 2001	Auburn 16, Mississippi State 14	at Auburn
Oct 7, 2000	20Mississippi State 17, 15Auburn 10	at Mississippi State
Oct 9, 1999	14Mississippi State 18, Auburn 16	at Auburn
Oct 10, 1998	Mississippi State 38, Auburn 21	at Mississippi State
Nov 1, 1997	Mississippi State 20, 11Auburn 0	at Auburn
Oct 12, 1996	18Auburn 49, Mississippi State 15	at Mississippi State
Oct 7, 1995	11Auburn 48, Mississippi State 20	at Auburn
Oct 8, 1994	9Auburn 42, Mississippi State 18	at Mississippi State
Oct 9, 1993	22Auburn 31, Mississippi State 17	at Auburn
Oct 10, 1992	18Mississippi State 14, Auburn 7	at Mississippi State
Oct 26, 1991	Mississippi State 24, Auburn 17	at Auburn
Oct 27, 1990	2Auburn 17, Mississippi State 16	at Mississippi State
Oct 28, 1989	16Auburn 14, Mississippi State 0	at Auburn
Oct 22, 1988	10Auburn 33, Mississippi State 0	at Auburn
Oct 24, 1987	6Auburn 38, Mississippi State 7	at Auburn
Oct 25, 1986	7Auburn 35, 13Mississippi State 6	at Mississippi State
Oct 26, 1985	6Auburn 21, Mississippi State 9	at Auburn
Oct 27, 1984	12Auburn 24, Mississippi State 21	at Mississippi State
Oct 22, 1983	5Auburn 28, Mississippi State 13	at Auburn
Oct 23, 1982	Auburn 35, Mississippi State 17	at Mississippi State
Oct 24, 1981	9Mississippi State 21, Auburn 17	at Auburn
Oct 25, 1980	Mississippi State 24, Auburn 21	at Mississippi State
Nov 10, 1979	16Auburn 14, Mississippi State 3	at Auburn
Nov 11, 1978	Auburn 6, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State
Nov 5, 1977	Mississippi State 27, Auburn 13forfeited	at Auburn
Nov 6, 1976	Mississippi State 28, Auburn 19forfeited	at Mississippi State
Nov 8, 1975	Auburn 21, Mississippi State 21forfeited	at Auburn
Nov 9, 1974	10Auburn 24, Mississippi State 20	at Mississippi State
Nov 10, 1973	Auburn 31, Mississippi State 17	at Auburn
Sep 9, 1972	Auburn 14, Mississippi State 3	at Mississippi State
Nov 6, 1971	5Auburn 30, Mississippi State 21	at Auburn
Nov 7, 1970	10Auburn 56, Mississippi State 0	at Auburn
Nov 8, 1969	11Auburn 52, Mississippi State 13	at Auburn
Sep 28, 1968	Auburn 26, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State
Nov 11, 1967	Auburn 36, Mississippi State 0	at Auburn
Nov 5, 1966	Auburn 13, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State
Nov 6, 1965	Auburn 25, Mississippi State 18	at Auburn
Nov 7, 1964	Auburn 12, Mississippi State 3	at Auburn
Nov 9, 1963	Mississippi State 13, 5Auburn 10	at Mississippi State
Nov 10, 1962	Auburn 9, Mississippi State 3	at Auburn
Nov 11, 1961	Mississippi State 11, Auburn 10	at Auburn
Nov 5, 1960	12Auburn 27, Mississippi State 12	at Auburn
Nov 7, 1959	8Auburn 31, Mississippi State 0	at Auburn
Nov 8, 1958	5Auburn 33, Mississippi State 14	at Auburn
Nov 9, 1957	3Auburn 15, 17Mississippi State 7	at Auburn
Nov 10, 1956	Auburn 27, Mississippi State 20	at Auburn
Nov 5, 1955	Auburn 27, Mississippi State 26	at Auburn
Oct 10, 1953	13Mississippi State 21, Auburn 21	at Mississippi State
Nov 8, 1952	Mississippi State 49, Auburn 34	at Auburn
Nov 4, 1950	Mississippi State 27, Auburn 0	at Mississippi State
Nov 5, 1949	Auburn 25, Mississippi State 6	at Auburn
Nov 6, 1948	Mississippi State 20, Auburn 0	at Auburn
Nov 8, 1947	Mississippi State 14, Auburn 0	at Auburn
Nov 9, 1946	Mississippi State 33, Auburn 0	at Auburn
Oct 6, 1945	Mississippi State 20, Auburn 0	at Auburn
Nov 11, 1944	19Mississippi State 26, Auburn 21	at Auburn
Oct 31, 1942	Mississippi State 6, Auburn 0	at Auburn
Nov 8, 1941	15Mississippi State 14, Auburn 7	at Auburn
Oct 12, 1940	Mississippi State 7, Auburn 7	at Mississippi State
Oct 14, 1939	Auburn 7, Mississippi State 0	at Auburn
Oct 14, 1938	Auburn 20, Mississippi State 6	at Auburn
Oct 16, 1937	Auburn 33, Mississippi State 7	at Auburn
Nov 15, 1930	Mississippi State 7, Auburn 6	at Auburn
Nov 17, 1928	Mississippi State 13, Auburn 0	at Auburn
Nov 12, 1927	Mississippi State 7, Auburn 6	at Auburn
Nov 15, 1919	Auburn 7, Mississippi State 0	at Auburn
Oct 27, 1917	Auburn 13, Mississippi State 6	at Auburn
Oct 28, 1916	Auburn 7, Mississippi State 3	at Auburn
Oct 23, 1915	Auburn 26, Mississippi State 0	at Auburn
Oct 24, 1914	Auburn 19, Mississippi State 0	at Auburn
Oct 25, 1913	Auburn 34, Mississippi State 0	at Auburn
Oct 26, 1912	Auburn 7, Mississippi State 0	at Auburn
Oct 28, 1911	Auburn 11, Mississippi State 5	at Auburn
Oct 8, 1910	Auburn 6, Mississippi State 0	at Auburn
Oct 27, 1905	Auburn 18, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State

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.