Michigan State vs. Mississippi State
Michigan State and Mississippi State have 4 meetings on file, the first in 1928; Michigan State leads the series 2–1–1 in the games on file. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Michigan State 2–1. Share
- Michigan State wins
- 2
- Mississippi State wins
- 1
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1928
- Longest streak
- 1 Michigan State
- Current streak
- 1 Michigan State
- Last 10 meetings
- Michigan State 2–1
- Most recent
- 1947
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 6.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Michigan State
- 1–1–1 Michigan State’s record at home
- At Mississippi State
- 0–1 Mississippi State’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 2
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
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.
From the newspapers
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 4, 1947 | Michigan State 7, Mississippi State 0 | at Michigan State | ||
| Oct 12, 1946 | Mississippi State 6, Michigan State 0 | at Michigan State | ||
| Nov 9, 1929 | Michigan State 33, Mississippi State 19 | at Mississippi State | ||
| Nov 3, 1928 | Michigan State 6, Mississippi State 6 | at Michigan State |
Every game is listed as played on the field.