Mississippi State vs. San Francisco

Mississippi State and San Francisco first met in 1941 and have played 4 times; Mississippi State leads the series 4–⁠0. Over the last 4 meetings it’s Mississippi State 4–⁠0, and Mississippi State has won the last 4.

Mississippi State wins
4
San Francisco wins
0
Ties
0
First meeting
1941
Longest streak
4 Mississippi State
Current streak
4 Mississippi State
Last 10 meetings
Mississippi State 4–⁠0
Most recent
1947

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1940s4–⁠0
Average margin
15 points; 1 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At San Francisco
0–⁠2 San Francisco’s record at home
Neutral sites
2–⁠0 Mississippi State first

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

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Mississippi State and San Francisco, 1941 on13001500170019501960197019801990200020102020

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 Waterbury Democrat's story of the 1946 game: Do Grosa Run,ored Out as Holy Cross Football Coach tennessee Bidder ForRose Bowl

    1946 · The Waterbury Democrat, Oct 21, 1946

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story of the 1947 game: Gsy1o FOOTBALL \ SCORES

    1947 · The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, Oct 13, 1947

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 11, 1947Mississippi State 21, San Francisco 14at San Francisco
Oct 19, 1946Mississippi State 48, San Francisco 20Neutral site
Dec 5, 1942Mississippi State 19, San Francisco 7Neutral site
Dec 6, 1941Mississippi State 26, San Francisco 13at San Francisco

Every game is listed as played on the field.