Mississippi State vs. Texas A&M

Mississippi State and Texas A&M have 19 meetings on file, the first in 1912; officially, Texas A&M leads 10–⁠8; as played, 10–⁠9 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s even at 5–⁠5, and Texas A&M has won the last 3. The NCAA vacated Mississippi State’s win (2018); it doesn’t count officially. This page counts every game as it was played.

Scheduled 2027 at Mississippi State; 2029 at Texas A&M. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Official series
Texas A&M leads 10–⁠8
Mississippi State wins on file
9
Texas A&M wins on file
10
Ties
0
Earliest on file
1912
Longest streak
3 Mississippi State
Current streak
3 Texas A&M
Last 10 meetings
even at 5–⁠5
Most recent
2025

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1910s2–⁠1
1930s0–⁠1
2000s1–⁠0
2010s4–⁠4
2020s2–⁠4
Both ranked
3 meetings: Mississippi State 1, Texas A&M 2
Average margin
15.7 points; 5 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Mississippi State
4–⁠3 Mississippi State’s record at home
At Texas A&M
6–⁠4 Texas A&M’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠1 Mississippi State first
Overtime
1 game went to overtime
Shutouts
3

Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in. Overtime games from the games’ Wikipedia articles.

Games that tell the story

  1. Mississippi State’s biggest win2017: Mississippi State 35, Texas A&M 14by 21 points
  2. Texas A&M’s biggest win2023: Texas A&M 51, Mississippi State 10by 41 points
  3. Upset2021: Mississippi State 26, Texas A&M 22Mississippi State had a 23% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  4. Upset1913: Mississippi State 6, Texas A&M 0Mississippi State had a 29% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
  5. Ranked showdown2014: Mississippi State 48, Texas A&M 31No. 6 Texas A&M at No. 12 Mississippi State
  6. Ranked showdown2012: Texas A&M 38, Mississippi State 13No. 16 Texas A&M at No. 17 Mississippi State
  7. Ranked showdown2015: Texas A&M 30, Mississippi State 17No. 21 Mississippi State at No. 14 Texas A&M

Coach against coach

YearsMississippi StateSeriesTexas A&M
2012–⁠2017Dan Mullen3–⁠3Kevin Sumlin
2020–⁠2022Mike Leach2–⁠1Jimbo Fisher

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Mississippi State’s side (Mullen 3–⁠3 against Sumlin). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Mississippi State and Texas A&M, 1912 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

Johnny Manziel Texas A&M30 of 39, 446 yards, 5 TD, 3 INT2013 Passing
Will Rogers Mississippi State46 of 59, 408 yards, 3 TD2021 Passing

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

Every game

Oct 4, 20256Texas A&M 31, Mississippi State 9at Texas A&M
Oct 19, 202414Texas A&M 34, Mississippi State 24at Mississippi State
Nov 11, 2023Texas A&M 51, Mississippi State 10at Texas A&M
Oct 1, 2022Mississippi State 42, 17Texas A&M 24at Mississippi State
Oct 2, 2021Mississippi State 26, 15Texas A&M 22at Texas A&M
Oct 17, 202011Texas A&M 28, Mississippi State 14at Mississippi State
Oct 26, 2019Texas A&M 49, Mississippi State 30at Texas A&M
Oct 27, 2018Mississippi State 28, 16Texas A&M 13vacatedat Mississippi State
Oct 28, 2017Mississippi State 35, Texas A&M 14at Texas A&M
Nov 5, 2016Mississippi State 35, 7Texas A&M 28at Mississippi State
Oct 3, 201514Texas A&M 30, 21Mississippi State 17at Texas A&M
Oct 4, 201412Mississippi State 48, 6Texas A&M 31at Mississippi State
Nov 9, 201311Texas A&M 51, Mississippi State 41at Texas A&M
Nov 3, 201216Texas A&M 38, 17Mississippi State 13at Mississippi State
Dec 31, 2000Mississippi State 43, Texas A&M 41overtimeNeutral siteIndependence Bowl
Oct 9, 1937Texas A&M 14, Mississippi State 0Neutral site
Nov 25, 1915Mississippi State 7, Texas A&M 0at Texas A&M
Nov 1, 1913Mississippi State 6, Texas A&M 0at Texas A&M
Nov 16, 1912Texas A&M 41, Mississippi State 7at Texas A&M

Every game is listed as played on the field; a win the NCAA later vacated is marked “vacated”; the official series above counts them the NCAA’s way.