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Louisiana Tech vs. Mississippi State

Louisiana Tech and Mississippi State have 15 meetings on file, the first in 1904; officially, Mississippi State leads 11–⁠3; as played, 12–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Mississippi State 8–⁠2, and Mississippi State has won the last 5. The NCAA vacated Mississippi State’s win (2018); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played.

Scheduled 2028 at Mississippi State Sept. 16. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Official series
Mississippi State leads 11–⁠3
Louisiana Tech wins on file
3
Mississippi State wins on file
12
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1904
Longest streak
5 Mississippi State
Current streak
5 Mississippi State
Last 10 meetings
Mississippi State 8–⁠2
Most recent
2021

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠2
1920s0–⁠1
1930s0–⁠1
1960s1–⁠0
1980s0–⁠3
1990s1–⁠0
2000s1–⁠0
2010s0–⁠4
2020s0–⁠1
Average margin
20.3 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Louisiana Tech
1–⁠1 Louisiana Tech’s record at home
At Mississippi State
11–⁠2 Mississippi State’s record at home
Shutouts
3

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Louisiana Tech’s biggest win1996: Louisiana Tech 38, Mississippi State 23by 15 points
  2. Mississippi State’s biggest win1938: Mississippi State 48, Louisiana Tech 0by 48 points
  3. Upset1968: Louisiana Tech 20, Mississippi State 13Louisiana Tech had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1996: Louisiana Tech 38, Mississippi State 23Louisiana Tech had a 32% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Louisiana Tech and Mississippi State, 1904 on130015001700192019401960198020002020

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 4, 2021Mississippi State 35, Louisiana Tech 34at Mississippi State
Nov 3, 201821Mississippi State 45, Louisiana Tech 3vacatedat Mississippi State
Sep 9, 2017Mississippi State 57, Louisiana Tech 21at Louisiana Tech
Oct 17, 2015Mississippi State 45, Louisiana Tech 20at Mississippi State
Sep 24, 2011Mississippi State 26, Louisiana Tech 20at Mississippi State
Aug 30, 2008Louisiana Tech 22, Mississippi State 14at Louisiana Tech
Sep 21, 1996Louisiana Tech 38, Mississippi State 23at Mississippi State
Sep 3, 1988Mississippi State 21, Louisiana Tech 14at Mississippi State
Sep 19, 1987Mississippi State 14, Louisiana Tech 13at Mississippi State
Sep 13, 1980Mississippi State 31, Louisiana Tech 11at Mississippi State
Sep 21, 1968Louisiana Tech 20, Mississippi State 13at Mississippi State
Oct 8, 1938Mississippi State 48, Louisiana Tech 0at Mississippi State
Oct 8, 1927Mississippi State 14, Louisiana Tech 0at Mississippi State
Oct 10, 1908Mississippi State 47, Louisiana Tech 0at Mississippi State
Nov 25, 1904Mississippi State 32, Louisiana Tech 5at Mississippi State

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