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Mississippi State vs. Texas

Mississippi State and Texas have 6 meetings on file, the first in 1921; Texas leads the series 4–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 6 meetings it’s Texas 4–⁠2, and Texas has won the last 3.

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

Mississippi State wins
2
Texas wins
4
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1921
Longest streak
3 Texas
Current streak
3 Texas
Last 10 meetings
Texas 4–⁠2
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1920s0–⁠1
1990s2–⁠1
2020s0–⁠2
Both ranked
1 meeting: Mississippi State 0, Texas 1
Average margin
21.3 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Mississippi State
1–⁠1 Mississippi State’s record at home
At Texas
2–⁠1 Texas’s record at home
Neutral sites
0–⁠1 Mississippi State first

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Mississippi State’s biggest win1992: Mississippi State 28, Texas 10by 18 points
  2. Texas’s biggest win1921: Texas 54, Mississippi State 7by 47 points
  3. Ranked showdown1998: Texas 38, Mississippi State 11No. 25 Mississippi State at No. 20 Texas

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Mississippi State and Texas, 1921 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.

Stars of the series

Biggest days

Blake Shapen Mississippi State26 of 42, 381 yards, 4 TD2025 Passing

Named most valuable

Ricky Williams Texas1998
Aaron Babino Texas1998

Biggest days: the week’s best individual games by our big-days rule, from box scores (2004 on). Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

Every game

Oct 31, 2026Mississippi State at Texas upcomingat Texas
Oct 25, 202522Texas 45, Mississippi State 38at Mississippi State
Sep 28, 20241Texas 35, Mississippi State 13at Texas
Jan 1, 199920Texas 38, 25Mississippi State 11Neutral siteCotton Bowl
Sep 5, 199221Mississippi State 28, Texas 10at Texas
Sep 7, 1991Mississippi State 13, 13Texas 6at Mississippi State
Nov 11, 1921Texas 54, Mississippi State 7at Texas

Every game is listed as played on the field.