Mississippi State Bulldogs Football History, Records and Database

Mike Leach
Head Coach
First Year: 2020

School: Mississippi State
Nickname: Bulldogs
Current Conference: SEC
Former Conference(s): SIAA, Southern Conference
Location: Starkville, Mississippi
First year of football: 1895

STADIUM
Name: Davis Wade at Scott Field
Year built: 1914
Capacity: 61,000
Playing Surface: Prescription Athletic Turf (Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass)

MISSISSIPPI STATE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

YEAR	CHAMPION(S)	CONFERENCE
1941	Mississippi State	SEC

MISSISSIPPI STATE YEAR BY YEAR SCHEDULES AND SCORES

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MISSISSIPPI STATE BOWL RECORD

SCHOOL	WINS	LOSSES	TIES	TOTAL	WIN%
Mississippi State	14	11	0	25	0.560

MISSISSIPPI STATE BOWL HISTORY

BOWL	DATE	WINNER	POINTS	LOSER	POINTS
Armed Forces	31-Dec-2020	Mississippi State	28	Tulsa	26
Music City	30-Dec-2019	Louisville	38	Mississippi State	28
Outback	01-Jan-2019	Iowa	27	Mississippi State	22
TaxSlayer	30-Dec-2017	Mississippi State	31	Louisville	27
Belk	30-Dec-2015	Mississippi State	51	North Carolina State	28
Orange	31-Dec-2014	Georgia Tech	49	Mississippi State	34
Liberty	31-Dec-2013	Mississippi State	44	Rice	7
Gator	01-Jan-2013	Northwestern	34	Mississippi State	20
Music City	30-Dec-2011	Mississippi State	23	Wake Forest	17
Gator	01-Jan-2011	Mississippi State	52	Michigan	14
Liberty	29-Dec-2007	Mississippi State	10	Central Florida	3
Independence	31-Dec-2000	Mississippi State	43	Texas A&M	41
Chick-Fil-A-Bowl	30-Dec-1999	Mississippi State	17	Clemson	7
Cotton	01-Jan-1999	Texas	38	Mississippi State	11
Chick-Fil-A-Bowl	01-Jan-1995	North Carolina State	28	Mississippi State	24
Chick-Fil-A-Bowl	02-Jan-1993	North Carolina	21	Mississippi State	17
Liberty	29-Dec-1991	Air Force	38	Mississippi State	15
All-American	31-Dec-1981	Mississippi State	10	Kansas	0
Sun Bowl	27-Dec-1980	Nebraska	31	Mississippi State	17
Sun Bowl	28-Dec-1974	Mississippi State	26	North Carolina	24
Liberty	21-Dec-1963	Mississippi State	16	North Carolina State	12
Orange	01-Jan-1941	Mississippi State	14	Georgetown	7
Orange	01-Jan-1937	Duquesne	13	Mississippi State	12

MISSISSIPPI STATE AP FINISHES

Sorted by Year, Rank and Team

1940	9	Mississippi State
1941	16	Mississippi State
1942	18	Mississippi State
1957	14	Mississippi State
1974	17	Mississippi State
1976	20	Mississippi State
1980	19	Mississippi State
1992	23	Mississippi State
1994	24	Mississippi State
1999	13	Mississippi State
2000	24	Mississippi State

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2010	15	Mississippi State
2014	11	Mississippi State
2017	19	Mississippi State

MISSISSIPPI STATE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

Year

CHAMPIONS

MISSISSIPPI STATE HEAD COACHES

Year(s)	Coach	Years	Games	Win	Loss	Tie	Win %	School
1895-1895	W.M. Matthews	1	2	0	2	0	0.000	Mississippi State
1896-1896	J.B. Hildebrand	1	4	0	4	0	0.000	Mississippi State
1901-1901	L.B. Harvey	1	5	2	2	1	0.400	Mississippi State
1902-1902	L. Gwinn	1	6	1	4	1	0.167	Mississippi State
1903-1906	Daniel S. Martin	4	24	10	11	3	0.417	Mississippi State
1907-1908	Fred Furman	2	16	9	7	0	0.563	Mississippi State
1909-1913	W.D. Chadwick	5	43	29	12	2	0.674	Mississippi State
1914-1916	Earle C. "Billy" Hayes	3	25	15	8	2	0.600	Mississippi State
1917-1919	Stanley Lewis "Robbie" Robinson	3	21	16	5	0	0.762	Mississippi State
1920-1921	Fred Holtkamp	2	17	9	7	1	0.529	Mississippi State
1922-1922	C.R. "Dudy" Noble	1	9	3	4	2	0.333	Mississippi State
1923-1924	Earl C. Abell	2	18	10	6	2	0.556	Mississippi State
1925-1926	Bernard W. "Bernie" Bierman	2	17	8	8	1	0.471	Mississippi State
1927-1929	John W. Hancock	3	24	8	12	4	0.333	Mississippi State
1930-1930	Chris Cagle	1	9	2	7	0	0.222	Mississippi State
1931-1932	Ray Dauber	2	16	5	11	0	0.313	Mississippi State
1933-1934	Ross McKechnie	2	20	7	12	1	0.350	Mississippi State
1935-1937	Ralph I. Sasse	3	32	20	10	2	0.625	Mississippi State
1938-1938	Emerson W. "Spike" Nelson	1	10	4	6	0	0.400	Mississippi State
1939-1948	Allyn McKeen	9	87	65	19	3	0.747	Mississippi State
1949-1951	Arthur W. "Slick" Morton	3	27	8	18	1	0.296	Mississippi State
1952-1953	Murray Warmath	2	19	10	6	3	0.526	Mississippi State
1954-1955	Darrell Royal	2	20	12	8	0	0.600	Mississippi State
1956-1961	Wade Walker	6	56	22	32	2	0.393	Mississippi State
1962-1966	Paul E. Davis	5	50	20	28	2	0.400	Mississippi State
1967-1972	Charley Shira	6	63	16	45	2	0.254	Mississippi State
1973-1978	Bob Tyler	6	67	21	44	2	0.313	Mississippi State
1979-1985	Emory Bellard	7	79	37	42	0	0.468	Mississippi State
1986-1990	Rockey Felker	5	55	21	34	0	0.382	Mississippi State
1991-2003	Jackie Sherrill	13	152	75	75	2	0.493	Mississippi State
2004-2008	Sylvester "Sly" Croom	5	59	21	38	0	0.356	Mississippi State
2009-2017	Dan Mullen	9	115	65	46	0	0.600	Mississippi State
2018-2019	Joe Moorhead	2	26	14	12	0	0.538	Mississippi State
2020-PRES	Mike Leach	2	24	11	13	0	0.458	Mississippi State

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Mississippi State Bulldogs Football History, Records and Database

MISSISSIPPI STATE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS

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MISSISSIPPI STATE BOWL RECORD

MISSISSIPPI STATE BOWL HISTORY

MISSISSIPPI STATE AP FINISHES

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MISSISSIPPI STATE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

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