Mississippi State vs. Texas Tech

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

1. Mississippi State’s biggest win1961: Mississippi State 6, Texas Tech 0by 6 points
2. Texas Tech’s biggest win2021: Texas Tech 34, Mississippi State 7by 27 points
3. Upset1967: Mississippi State 7, Texas Tech 3Mississippi State had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
4. Upset1969: Mississippi State 30, Texas Tech 26Mississippi State had a 25% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Mississippi State’s side (Shira 2–⁠0–⁠1 against King). A season split between coaches goes to the one credited with the game.

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.

Most valuable: as the games’ Wikipedia articles name them (CC BY-SA).

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  1953 · Evening star, Nov 1, 1953

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 is listed as played on the field.

• Mississippi State vs. Ole Miss119 meetings, Mississippi State 47–⁠67–⁠5
• Mississippi State vs. LSU115 meetings, Mississippi State 37–⁠75–⁠3
• Mississippi State vs. Alabama107 meetings, Mississippi State 17–⁠87–⁠3
• Mississippi State vs. Auburn97 meetings, Mississippi State 31–⁠63–⁠3
• Texas Tech vs. Baylor83 meetings, Texas Tech 40–⁠42–⁠1
• Texas Tech vs. Texas73 meetings, Texas Tech 18–⁠55
• Texas Tech vs. Texas A&M70 meetings, Texas Tech 32–⁠37–⁠1
• Texas Tech vs. TCU67 meetings, Texas Tech 33–⁠31–⁠3