Mississippi State vs. Troy

Mississippi State and Troy have 5 meetings on file, the first in 2001; Mississippi State leads the series 4–⁠1 in the games on file. Over the last 5 meetings it’s Mississippi State 4–⁠1, and Mississippi State has won the last 4.

Scheduled 2030 at Mississippi State. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Mississippi State wins
4
Troy wins
1
Ties
0
Earliest on file
2001
Longest streak
4 Mississippi State
Current streak
4 Mississippi State
Last 10 meetings
Mississippi State 4–⁠1
Most recent
2015

The series at a glance

Every meeting by decade, colored by the winner
’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
2000s1–⁠1
2010s3–⁠0
Average margin
20.8 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Mississippi State
3–⁠1 Mississippi State’s record at home
At Troy
0–⁠1 Troy’s record at home

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Mississippi State’s biggest win2013: Mississippi State 62, Troy 7by 55 points
  2. Troy’s biggest win2001: Troy 21, Mississippi State 9by 12 points
  3. Upset2001: Troy 21, Mississippi State 9Troy had a 16% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Both programs through the years

End-of-season Elo ratings of Mississippi State and Troy, 2001 on13001500170020052010201520202025

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

Chad Bumphis Mississippi State6 catches, 180 yards, 3 TD2012 Receiving

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

Every game

Oct 10, 2015Mississippi State 45, Troy 17at Mississippi State
Sep 21, 2013Mississippi State 62, Troy 7at Mississippi State
Sep 15, 2012Mississippi State 30, Troy 24at Troy
Oct 12, 2002Mississippi State 11, Troy 8at Mississippi State
Oct 13, 2001Troy 21, Mississippi State 9at Mississippi State

Every game is listed as played on the field.