LSU vs. Mississippi State

115 of their 117 meetings are on file: they first met in 1896, and the earliest on file is 1902; officially, LSU leads 75–⁠36–⁠3; as played, 75–⁠37–⁠3 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s LSU 8–⁠2, and LSU has won the last 4. The NCAA vacated LSU’s three wins (2012, 2013 and 2015); they don’t count officially. Mississippi State forfeited two games (1975 and 1976). This page counts every game as it was played. Share

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

Official series: LSU leads 75–⁠36–⁠3
LSU wins on file: 75
Mississippi State wins on file: 37
Ties: 3
Earliest on file: 1902 first met 1896
Longest streak: 14 LSU
Current streak: 4 LSU
Last 10 meetings: LSU 8–⁠2
Most recent: 2026

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											4–⁠0–⁠1
1910s											2–⁠5–⁠1
1920s											4–⁠4
1930s											8–⁠2
1940s											4–⁠4–⁠1
1950s											4–⁠6
1960s											9–⁠1
1970s											6–⁠4
1980s											5–⁠5
1990s											7–⁠3
2000s											10–⁠0
2010s											8–⁠2
2020s											4–⁠1

Both ranked: 5 meetings: LSU 5, Mississippi State 0
Average margin: 15.6 points; 43 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At LSU: 50–⁠21–⁠2 LSU’s record at home
At Mississippi State: 16–⁠25–⁠1 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

LSU’s biggest win1969: LSU 61, Mississippi State 6by 55 points
Mississippi State’s biggest win2017: Mississippi State 37, LSU 7by 30 points
Upset2020: Mississippi State 44, LSU 34Mississippi State had a 14% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Upset1950: Mississippi State 13, LSU 7Mississippi State had a 20% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Upset2014: Mississippi State 34, LSU 29Mississippi State had a 30% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Ranked showdown2018: LSU 19, Mississippi State 3No. 22 Mississippi State at No. 5 LSU
Ranked showdown2011: LSU 19, Mississippi State 6No. 3 LSU at No. 25 Mississippi State
Ranked showdown2012: LSU 37, Mississippi State 17No. 22 Mississippi State at No. 9 LSU

Coach against coach

Years	LSU	Series	Mississippi State
1911–⁠1913	Pat Dwyer	0–⁠2–⁠1	William Chadwick
1935–⁠1937	Bernie Moore	3–⁠0	Ralph Sasse
1939–⁠1947	Bernie Moore	3–⁠4–⁠1	Allyn McKeen
1949–⁠1951	Gaynell Tinsley	2–⁠1	Slick Morton
1956–⁠1961	Paul Dietzel	4–⁠2	Wade Walker
1962–⁠1966	Charles McClendon	4–⁠1	Paul Davis
1967–⁠1972	Charles McClendon	6–⁠0	Charles Shira
1973–⁠1978	Charles McClendon	2–⁠4	Bob Tyler
1980–⁠1983	Jerry Stovall	0–⁠4	Emory Bellard
1987–⁠1990	Mike Archer	3–⁠1	Rockey Felker
1991–⁠1994	Curley Hallman	3–⁠1	Jackie Sherrill
1995–⁠1999	Gerry DiNardo	4–⁠1	Jackie Sherrill
2000–⁠2003	Nick Saban	4–⁠0	Jackie Sherrill
2005–⁠2008	Les Miles	4–⁠0	Sylvester Croom
2009–⁠2016	Les Miles	7–⁠1	Dan Mullen

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from LSU’s side (Dwyer 0–⁠2–⁠1 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

K.J. Costello Mississippi State	36 of 60, 623 yards, 5 TD, 2 INT	2020 Passing
Malik Nabers LSU	13 catches, 239 yards, 2 TD	2023 Receiving
Osirus Mitchell Mississippi State	7 catches, 183 yards, 2 TD	2020 Receiving

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

From the newspapers

1911 · The Birmingham age-herald, Nov 12, 1911
1923 · The Birmingham age-herald, Dec 2, 1923
1940 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 11, 1940
1942 · Evening star, Oct 11, 1942
1945 · The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, Nov 12, 1945

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 17, 2026	22LSU 31, 16Mississippi State 0	at LSU
Sep 16, 2023	14LSU 41, Mississippi State 14	at Mississippi State
Sep 17, 2022	LSU 31, Mississippi State 16	at LSU
Sep 25, 2021	LSU 28, Mississippi State 25	at Mississippi State
Sep 26, 2020	Mississippi State 44, 6LSU 34	at LSU
Oct 19, 2019	2LSU 36, Mississippi State 13	at Mississippi State
Oct 20, 2018	5LSU 19, 22Mississippi State 3	at LSU
Sep 16, 2017	Mississippi State 37, 12LSU 7	at Mississippi State
Sep 17, 2016	20LSU 23, Mississippi State 20	at LSU
Sep 12, 2015	14LSU 21, 25Mississippi State 19vacated	at Mississippi State
Sep 20, 2014	Mississippi State 34, 8LSU 29	at LSU
Oct 5, 2013	10LSU 59, Mississippi State 26vacated	at Mississippi State
Nov 10, 2012	9LSU 37, 22Mississippi State 17vacated	at LSU
Sep 15, 2011	3LSU 19, 25Mississippi State 6	at Mississippi State
Sep 18, 2010	15LSU 29, Mississippi State 7	at LSU
Sep 26, 2009	7LSU 30, Mississippi State 26	at Mississippi State
Sep 27, 2008	5LSU 34, Mississippi State 24	at LSU
Aug 30, 2007	2LSU 45, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State
Sep 30, 2006	9LSU 48, Mississippi State 17	at LSU
Oct 1, 2005	4LSU 37, Mississippi State 7	at Mississippi State
Sep 25, 2004	13LSU 51, Mississippi State 0	at LSU
Sep 27, 2003	7LSU 41, Mississippi State 6	at Mississippi State
Sep 28, 2002	22LSU 31, Mississippi State 13	at LSU
Oct 20, 2001	LSU 42, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State
Oct 21, 2000	LSU 45, 13Mississippi State 38	at LSU
Oct 23, 1999	12Mississippi State 17, LSU 16	at Mississippi State
Oct 24, 1998	LSU 41, 24Mississippi State 6	at LSU
Sep 13, 1997	10LSU 24, Mississippi State 9	at Mississippi State
Oct 26, 1996	13LSU 28, Mississippi State 20	at LSU
Sep 9, 1995	LSU 34, Mississippi State 16	at Mississippi State
Sep 10, 1994	LSU 44, Mississippi State 24	at LSU
Sep 11, 1993	LSU 18, Mississippi State 16	at Mississippi State
Sep 12, 1992	LSU 24, 18Mississippi State 3	at LSU
Nov 16, 1991	Mississippi State 28, LSU 19	at LSU
Nov 17, 1990	Mississippi State 34, LSU 22	at Mississippi State
Nov 18, 1989	LSU 44, Mississippi State 20	at LSU
Nov 12, 1988	12LSU 20, Mississippi State 3	at Mississippi State
Nov 14, 1987	10LSU 34, Mississippi State 14	at LSU
Nov 15, 1986	12LSU 47, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State
Nov 16, 1985	19LSU 17, Mississippi State 15	at LSU
Nov 17, 1984	Mississippi State 16, 9LSU 14	at Mississippi State
Nov 12, 1983	Mississippi State 45, LSU 26	at LSU
Nov 13, 1982	Mississippi State 27, 6LSU 24	at Mississippi State
Nov 14, 1981	Mississippi State 17, LSU 9	at LSU
Nov 15, 1980	19Mississippi State 55, LSU 31	at Mississippi State
Nov 17, 1979	LSU 21, Mississippi State 3	at LSU
Nov 18, 1978	Mississippi State 16, 17LSU 14	at Mississippi State
Nov 12, 1977	LSU 27, Mississippi State 24	at LSU
Nov 13, 1976	Mississippi State 21, LSU 13forfeited	at Mississippi State
Nov 15, 1975	Mississippi State 16, LSU 6forfeited	at LSU
Nov 16, 1974	Mississippi State 7, LSU 6	at Mississippi State
Nov 17, 1973	7LSU 26, Mississippi State 7	at LSU
Nov 18, 1972	8LSU 28, Mississippi State 14	at LSU
Nov 13, 1971	20LSU 28, Mississippi State 3	at Mississippi State
Nov 14, 1970	9LSU 38, Mississippi State 7	at LSU
Nov 15, 1969	12LSU 61, Mississippi State 6	at LSU
Nov 16, 1968	LSU 20, Mississippi State 16	at LSU
Nov 18, 1967	LSU 55, Mississippi State 0	at LSU
Nov 12, 1966	LSU 17, Mississippi State 7	at LSU
Nov 13, 1965	LSU 37, Mississippi State 20	at LSU
Nov 14, 1964	9LSU 14, Mississippi State 10	at LSU
Nov 16, 1963	Mississippi State 7, LSU 6	at Mississippi State
Nov 17, 1962	10LSU 28, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State
Nov 18, 1961	LSU 14, Mississippi State 6	at LSU
Nov 12, 1960	LSU 7, Mississippi State 3	at LSU
Nov 14, 1959	3LSU 27, Mississippi State 0	at LSU
Nov 15, 1958	1LSU 7, Mississippi State 6	at Mississippi State
Nov 16, 1957	12Mississippi State 14, LSU 6	at LSU
Nov 17, 1956	Mississippi State 32, LSU 13	at LSU
Nov 12, 1955	LSU 34, Mississippi State 7	at LSU
Nov 13, 1954	Mississippi State 25, LSU 0	at LSU
Nov 14, 1953	Mississippi State 26, LSU 13	at LSU
Nov 15, 1952	Mississippi State 33, LSU 14	at LSU
Nov 17, 1951	LSU 3, Mississippi State 0	at LSU
Nov 18, 1950	Mississippi State 13, LSU 7	at LSU
Nov 12, 1949	16LSU 34, Mississippi State 7	at LSU
Nov 13, 1948	Mississippi State 7, LSU 0	at LSU
Nov 15, 1947	LSU 21, Mississippi State 6	at LSU
Oct 5, 1946	LSU 13, Mississippi State 6	at LSU
Nov 10, 1945	Mississippi State 27, 14LSU 20	at LSU
Oct 21, 1944	Mississippi State 13, LSU 6	at LSU
Oct 10, 1942	LSU 16, Mississippi State 6	at LSU
Oct 11, 1941	LSU 0, Mississippi State 0	at LSU
Nov 9, 1940	19Mississippi State 22, LSU 7	at LSU
Nov 11, 1939	Mississippi State 15, LSU 12	at LSU
Nov 5, 1938	LSU 32, Mississippi State 7	at LSU
Nov 6, 1937	18LSU 41, Mississippi State 0	at LSU
Nov 7, 1936	7LSU 12, Mississippi State 0	at LSU
Nov 9, 1935	LSU 28, Mississippi State 13	at LSU
Nov 3, 1934	LSU 25, Mississippi State 3	at LSU
Nov 25, 1933	LSU 21, Mississippi State 6	at LSU
Oct 15, 1932	LSU 24, Mississippi State 0	at LSU
Oct 17, 1931	LSU 31, Mississippi State 0	at LSU
Oct 18, 1930	Mississippi State 8, LSU 6	at Mississippi State
Oct 19, 1929	LSU 31, Mississippi State 6	at Mississippi State
Oct 20, 1928	LSU 31, Mississippi State 0	at Mississippi State
Oct 22, 1927	LSU 9, Mississippi State 7	at Mississippi State
Oct 23, 1926	Mississippi State 7, LSU 6	at Mississippi State
Dec 1, 1923	Mississippi State 14, LSU 7	at Mississippi State
Nov 18, 1922	Mississippi State 7, LSU 0	at LSU
Dec 3, 1921	LSU 17, Mississippi State 14	at Mississippi State
Oct 23, 1920	Mississippi State 12, LSU 7	at LSU
Nov 1, 1919	Mississippi State 6, LSU 0	at Mississippi State
Nov 17, 1917	Mississippi State 9, LSU 0	at LSU
Nov 11, 1916	LSU 13, Mississippi State 3	at Mississippi State
Oct 30, 1915	LSU 10, Mississippi State 0	at LSU
Nov 15, 1913	Mississippi State 0, LSU 0	at Mississippi State
Nov 2, 1912	Mississippi State 7, LSU 0	at LSU
Nov 12, 1911	Mississippi State 6, LSU 0	at Mississippi State
Oct 21, 1910	Mississippi State 3, LSU 0	at Mississippi State
Oct 16, 1909	LSU 15, Mississippi State 0	at LSU
Nov 7, 1908	LSU 50, Mississippi State 0	at LSU
Nov 9, 1907	LSU 23, Mississippi State 11	at LSU
Oct 27, 1906	LSU 0, Mississippi State 0	at LSU
Nov 27, 1902	LSU 6, 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.