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Mississippi State vs. Samford

Mississippi State and Samford have 18 meetings on file, the first in 1902; Mississippi State leads the series 16–⁠1–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Mississippi State 9–⁠0, and Mississippi State has won the last 9.

Mississippi State wins
16
Samford wins
1
Ties
1
Earliest on file
1902
Longest streak
9 Mississippi State
Current streak
9 Mississippi State
Last 10 meetings
Mississippi State 9–⁠0
Most recent
2016

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s3–⁠1
1910s4–⁠0
1920s0–⁠0–⁠1
1930s6–⁠0
1940s1–⁠0
1960s1–⁠0
2010s1–⁠0
Average margin
30.7 points; 3 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Mississippi State
13–⁠0–⁠1 Mississippi State’s record at home
At Samford
1–⁠3 Samford’s record at home
Shutouts
12

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Mississippi State’s biggest win1910: Mississippi State 82, Samford 0by 82 points
  2. Samford’s biggest win1909: Samford 6, Mississippi State 0by 6 points
  3. Upset1909: Samford 6, Mississippi State 0Samford had a 18% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Mississippi State and Samford, 1902 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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Donald Gray Mississippi State4 catches, 207 yards, 3 TD2016 Receiving

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

Every game

Oct 29, 2016Mississippi State 56, Samford 41at Mississippi State
Sep 21, 1963Mississippi State 43, Samford 0at Mississippi State
Oct 19, 1940Mississippi State 41, Samford 7at Mississippi State
Sep 23, 1939Mississippi State 45, Samford 0at Mississippi State
Sep 25, 1938Mississippi State 19, Samford 0at Mississippi State
Oct 2, 1937Mississippi State 38, Samford 0at Mississippi State
Oct 3, 1936Mississippi State 35, Samford 0at Mississippi State
Sep 20, 1935Mississippi State 20, Samford 7at Mississippi State
Sep 21, 1934Mississippi State 13, Samford 7at Samford
Oct 14, 1922Mississippi State 0, Samford 0at Mississippi State
Oct 25, 1919Mississippi State 39, Samford 0at Mississippi State
Oct 4, 1913Mississippi State 66, Samford 0at Mississippi State
Oct 14, 1911Mississippi State 48, Samford 0at Mississippi State
Nov 18, 1910Mississippi State 82, Samford 0at Mississippi State
Nov 8, 1909Samford 6, Mississippi State 0at Samford
Oct 12, 1907Mississippi State 12, Samford 5at Samford
Sep 29, 1906Mississippi State 30, Samford 0at Mississippi State
Nov 15, 1902Mississippi State 26, Samford 0at Samford

Every game is listed as played on the field.