Kansas State vs. Mississippi State

Kansas State and Mississippi State have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1974; officially, Kansas State leads 2–⁠1; as played, 3–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Mississippi State 3–⁠1. The NCAA vacated Mississippi State’s win (2018); it doesn’t count officially. Mississippi State forfeited the 1977 game. This page counts every game as it was played.

Official series
Kansas State leads 2–⁠1
Kansas State wins on file
1
Mississippi State wins on file
3
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1974
Longest streak
3 Mississippi State
Current streak
1 Kansas State
Last 10 meetings
Mississippi State 3–⁠1
Most recent
2019

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1970s0–⁠2
2010s1–⁠1
Average margin
9 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Kansas State
0–⁠2 Kansas State’s record at home
At Mississippi State
1–⁠1 Mississippi State’s record at home

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Kansas State and Mississippi State, 1974 on13001500170019801990200020102020

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.

Every game

Sep 14, 2019Kansas State 31, Mississippi State 24at Mississippi State
Sep 8, 201818Mississippi State 31, Kansas State 10vacatedat Kansas State
Oct 1, 197718Mississippi State 24, Kansas State 21forfeitedat Kansas State
Oct 5, 1974Mississippi State 21, Kansas State 16at 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.