Florida vs. Mississippi State

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

1. Florida’s biggest win2001: Florida 52, Mississippi State 0by 52 points
2. Mississippi State’s biggest win1992: Mississippi State 30, Florida 6by 24 points
3. Upset2004: Mississippi State 38, Florida 31Mississippi State had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset2010: Mississippi State 10, Florida 7Mississippi State had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
5. Upset1957: Mississippi State 29, Florida 20Mississippi State had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
6. Ranked showdown2001: Florida 52, Mississippi State 0No. 21 Mississippi State at No. 2 Florida
7. Ranked showdown1977: Florida 24, Mississippi State 22No. 13 Florida at No. 12 Mississippi State
8. Ranked showdown1958: Mississippi State 14, Florida 7No. 11 Mississippi State at No. 18 Florida

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Florida’s side (Lieb 0–⁠3 against McKeen). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

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

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  1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 25, 1923

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  1938 · Evening star, District of Columbia, Oct 2, 1938

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  1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Sep 30, 1940

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  1942 · Evening star, Oct 25, 1942

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  1954 · Evening star, Oct 31, 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 is listed as played on the field.

• Florida vs. Georgia104 meetings, Florida 44–⁠58–⁠2
• Florida vs. Auburn86 meetings, Florida 40–⁠44–⁠2
• Florida vs. Kentucky76 meetings, Florida 54–⁠22
• Florida vs. LSU72 meetings, Florida 34–⁠35–⁠3
• Mississippi State vs. Ole Miss119 meetings, Mississippi State 47–⁠67–⁠5
• Mississippi State vs. LSU115 meetings, Mississippi State 37–⁠75–⁠3
• Mississippi State vs. Alabama107 meetings, Mississippi State 17–⁠87–⁠3
• Mississippi State vs. Auburn97 meetings, Mississippi State 31–⁠63–⁠3