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Mississippi State vs. Vanderbilt

Mississippi State and Vanderbilt have 24 meetings on file, the first in 1904; Mississippi State leads the series 15–⁠7–⁠2 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Mississippi State 9–⁠1, and Mississippi State has won the last 5.

Scheduled 2027 at Vanderbilt; 2028 at Mississippi State; 2029 at Vanderbilt. As the programs’ Wikipedia articles list them (CC BY-SA).

Mississippi State wins
15
Vanderbilt wins
7
Ties
2
Earliest on file
1904
Longest streak
5 Mississippi State
Current streak
5 Mississippi State
Last 10 meetings
Mississippi State 9–⁠1
Most recent
2021

The series at a glance

’0’1’2’3’4’5’6’7’8’9W–L
1900s0–⁠1
1920s0–⁠1–⁠1
1930s0–⁠2–⁠1
1940s1–⁠0
1970s3–⁠1
1980s3–⁠1
1990s2–⁠0
2000s3–⁠1
2010s1–⁠0
2020s2–⁠0
Average margin
20 points; 6 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
At Mississippi State
8–⁠2 Mississippi State’s record at home
At Vanderbilt
5–⁠6–⁠2 Vanderbilt’s record at home
Neutral sites
1–⁠0 Mississippi State first
Shutouts
6

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

Games that tell the story

  1. Mississippi State’s biggest win2014: Mississippi State 51, Vanderbilt 0by 51 points
  2. Vanderbilt’s biggest win1904: Vanderbilt 61, Mississippi State 0by 61 points
  3. Upset1970: Mississippi State 20, Vanderbilt 6Mississippi State had a 34% chance, by our ratings before kickoff

Coach against coach

YearsMississippi StateSeriesVanderbilt
1970–⁠1972Charles Shira2–⁠1Bill Pace

Head-coach pairings with three or more meetings on file, the series read from Mississippi State’s side (Shira 2–⁠1 against Pace). 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 Vanderbilt, 1904 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.

From the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story of the 1934 game: Ceoyge WASHINGTON Foot Ball Victory Grid Results Local Teams.

    1934 · Evening star, Sep 30, 1934

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

Nov 7, 2026Vanderbilt at Mississippi State upcomingat Mississippi State
Oct 23, 2021Mississippi State 45, Vanderbilt 6at Vanderbilt
Nov 7, 2020Mississippi State 24, Vanderbilt 17at Mississippi State
Nov 22, 20144Mississippi State 51, Vanderbilt 0at Mississippi State
Sep 19, 2009Mississippi State 15, Vanderbilt 3at Vanderbilt
Oct 11, 2008Mississippi State 17, 13Vanderbilt 14at Mississippi State
Oct 2, 2004Vanderbilt 31, Mississippi State 13at Vanderbilt
Oct 4, 2003Mississippi State 30, Vanderbilt 21at Mississippi State
Oct 2, 199916Mississippi State 42, Vanderbilt 14at Vanderbilt
Sep 5, 1998Mississippi State 42, Vanderbilt 0at Mississippi State
Sep 2, 1989Mississippi State 42, Vanderbilt 7at Mississippi State
Sep 10, 1988Vanderbilt 24, Mississippi State 20at Vanderbilt
Sep 19, 198114Mississippi State 29, Vanderbilt 9at Mississippi State
Sep 20, 1980Mississippi State 24, Vanderbilt 14at Vanderbilt
Sep 22, 1973Mississippi State 52, Vanderbilt 21at Mississippi State
Sep 23, 1972Mississippi State 10, Vanderbilt 6at Vanderbilt
Sep 25, 1971Vanderbilt 49, Mississippi State 19at Mississippi State
Sep 26, 1970Mississippi State 20, Vanderbilt 6Neutral site
Oct 17, 1942Mississippi State 33, 12Vanderbilt 0at Vanderbilt
Sep 28, 1935Vanderbilt 14, Mississippi State 9at Vanderbilt
Sep 29, 1934Vanderbilt 7, Mississippi State 0at Vanderbilt
Oct 21, 1933Vanderbilt 7, Mississippi State 7at Vanderbilt
Nov 8, 1924Vanderbilt 18, Mississippi State 0at Vanderbilt
Nov 3, 1923Vanderbilt 0, Mississippi State 0at Vanderbilt
Oct 1, 1904Vanderbilt 61, Mississippi State 0at Mississippi State

Every game is listed as played on the field.