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Millsaps vs. Mississippi State

Millsaps and Mississippi State first met in 1923 and have played 17 times; Mississippi State leads the series 14–⁠2–⁠1. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Mississippi State 9–⁠1, and Mississippi State has won the last 6.

Millsaps wins
2
Mississippi State wins
14
Ties
1
First meeting
1923
Longest streak
6 Mississippi State
Current streak
6 Mississippi State
Last 10 meetings
Mississippi State 9–⁠1
Most recent
1944

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠5–⁠1
1930s2–⁠6
1940s0–⁠3
Average margin
22.2 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Millsaps
0–⁠1 Millsaps’s record at home
At Mississippi State
13–⁠2–⁠1 Mississippi State’s record at home
Shutouts
8

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Millsaps’s biggest win1930: Millsaps 19, Mississippi State 13by 6 points
  2. Mississippi State’s biggest win1944: Mississippi State 56, Millsaps 0by 56 points
  3. Upset1934: Millsaps 7, Mississippi State 6Millsaps had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1930: Millsaps 19, Mississippi State 13Millsaps had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Millsaps and Mississippi State, 1923 on13001500170019401960198020002020

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

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1941 game: FOOT BAIL @ {2{3SW5 IFS Mr

    1941 · The Daily Alaska empire, Nov 24, 1941

  • The The Wilmington morning star's story of the 1944 game: MISSISSIPPI STATE DEFEATS MILLSAPS

    1944 · The Wilmington morning star, Wilmington, N.C., Oct 8, 1944

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 7, 1944Mississippi State 56, Millsaps 0at Mississippi State
Nov 22, 1941Mississippi State 49, Millsaps 6at Mississippi State
Nov 16, 194015Mississippi State 46, Millsaps 13at Mississippi State
Nov 18, 1939Mississippi State 40, Millsaps 0at Mississippi State
Sep 26, 1936Mississippi State 20, Millsaps 0at Mississippi State
Oct 4, 1935Mississippi State 45, Millsaps 0at Mississippi State
Oct 5, 1934Millsaps 7, Mississippi State 6at Mississippi State
Sep 30, 1933Mississippi State 12, Millsaps 0at Mississippi State
Oct 22, 1932Mississippi State 9, Millsaps 8at Mississippi State
Sep 26, 1931Mississippi State 10, Millsaps 7at Millsaps
Oct 11, 1930Millsaps 19, Mississippi State 13at Mississippi State
Nov 16, 1929Mississippi State 0, Millsaps 0at Mississippi State
Nov 18, 1927Mississippi State 6, Millsaps 0at Mississippi State
Oct 16, 1926Mississippi State 34, Millsaps 0at Mississippi State
Oct 3, 1925Mississippi State 34, Millsaps 0at Mississippi State
Oct 4, 1924Mississippi State 28, Millsaps 7at Mississippi State
Oct 6, 1923Mississippi State 28, Millsaps 6at Mississippi State

Every game is listed as played on the field.