2024 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

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2024 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Mississippi State Bulldogs logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinator Coleman Hutzler (1st season)
Home stadium Davis Wade Stadium
Seasons
←  2023
2025 →
2024 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Alabama  0 –0   0 –0  
Arkansas  0 –0   0 –0  
Auburn  0 –0   0 –0  
Florida  0 –0   0 –0  
Georgia  0 –0   0 –0  
Kentucky  0 –0   0 –0  
LSU  0 –0   0 –0  
Mississippi State  0 –0   0 –0  
Missouri  0 –0   0 –0  
Oklahoma  0 –0   0 –0  
Ole Miss  0 –0   0 –0  
South Carolina  0 –0   0 –0  
Tennessee  0 –0   0 –0  
Texas  0 –0   0 –0  
Texas A&M  0 –0   0 –0  
Vanderbilt  0 –0   0 –0  
Championship: December 7, 2024
As of April 10, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team will represent Mississippi State University in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs will be led by first-year head coach Jeff Lebby. [1] [2] [3] The team will play its home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi.

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Schedule

Mississippi State and the SEC announced the 2024 football schedule on December 13, 2023. [3] [4] The 2024 Bulldogs' schedule consists of 7 home games and 5 away games for the regular season. Mississippi State will host four SEC conference opponents Arkansas, Florida, Missouri and Texas A&M at home and will travel to four SEC opponents, Georgia, Ole Miss (Egg Bowl), Tennessee and Texas to close out the SEC regular season on the road. The Bulldog's will have bye weeks that comes in week 6 and 12 (October 5 and November 16, respectively).

Texas is one of two new members of the SEC that will join in July 2024, [5] the Bulldogs will play the Longhorns for the first since the 1998 season at the 1999 Cotton Bowl Classic. [3] Mississippi State will travel to Austin, Texas for the first time since the 1992 season, which the Bulldogs won 28–10. [6]

With the two new teams to the SEC (Oklahoma and Texas) and the conference dropping divisions in a new scheduling format, [7] Mississippi State this season will not play notable SEC rivals for the first time in years; Alabama (1947), Auburn (1954), Kentucky (1989) and LSU (1943). [8]

The 2024 season's out of conference opponents represent the Big 12, MAC and the United Athletic (UAC) conferences, along with an FBS independent team. The Bulldogs will host three of their four non–conference games which are against Eastern Kentucky from the UAC, Toledo from the MAC, and UMass, whom is an FBS independent program. The Bulldogs will travel to Arizona State for the first time in program history on September 7, 2024. [9] The three other nonconference teams that Mississippi State will face in 2024, are also first ever meetings in program history. [2]

DateOpponentSiteResult
August 31 Eastern Kentucky *
September 7at Arizona State *
September 14 Toledo *
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
September 21 Florida
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
September 28at Texas
October 12at Georgia
October 19 Texas A&M
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
October 26 Arkansas
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
November 2 UMass *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
November 9at Tennessee
November 23 Missouri
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
November 30at Ole Miss
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

[10]

Game summaries

vs Eastern Kentucky

Pregame lineOver/under
Eastern Kentucky Colonels (0-0) vs Mississippi State Bulldogs (0-0) – Game summary
Period1234Total
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at Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi

  • Date: August 31
StatisticsEastern KentuckyMississippi State
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Eastern KentuckyPassing
Rushing
Receiving
Mississippi StatePassing
Rushing
Receiving

at Arizona State

Pregame lineOver/under
Mississippi State Bulldogs (0-0) at Arizona State Sun Devils (0-0) – Game summary
Period1234Total
Mississippi State00000
Arizona State00000

at Mountain America Stadium • Tempe, Arizona

  • Date: September 7
StatisticsMississippi StateArizona State
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Mississippi StatePassing
Rushing
Receiving
Arizona StatePassing
Rushing
Receiving

vs Toledo

Pregame lineOver/under
Toledo Rockets (0-0) vs Mississippi State Bulldogs (0-0) – Game summary
Period1234Total
Toledo00000
Mississippi State00000

at Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi

  • Date: September 14
StatisticsToledoMississippi State
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
ToledoPassing
Rushing
Receiving
Mississippi StatePassing
Rushing
Receiving

vs Florida

Pregame lineOver/under
Florida Gators (0-0) vs Mississippi State Bulldogs (0-0) – Game summary
Period1234Total
Florida00000
Mississippi State00000

at Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi

  • Date: September 21
StatisticsFloridaMississippi State
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
FloridaPassing
Rushing
Receiving
Mississippi StatePassing
Rushing
Receiving

at Texas

Pregame lineOver/under
Mississippi State Bulldogs (0-0) at Texas Longhorns (0-0) – Game summary
Period1234Total
Mississippi State00000
Texas00000

at Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas

  • Date: September 28
StatisticsMississippi StateTexas
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Mississippi StatePassing
Rushing
Receiving
TexasPassing
Rushing
Receiving

at Georgia

Pregame lineOver/under
Mississippi State Bulldogs (0-0) at Georgia Bulldogs (0-0) – Game summary
Period1234Total
Mississippi State00000
Georgia00000

at Sanford Stadium • Athens, Georgia

  • Date: October 12
StatisticsMississippi StateGeorgia
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Mississippi StatePassing
Rushing
Receiving
GeorgiaPassing
Rushing
Receiving

vs Texas A&M

Pregame lineOver/under
Texas A&M Aggies (0-0) vs Mississippi State Bulldogs (0-0) – Game summary
Period1234Total
Texas A&M00000
Mississippi State00000

at Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi

  • Date: October 19
StatisticsTexas A&MMississippi State
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Texas A&MPassing
Rushing
Receiving
Mississippi StatePassing
Rushing
Receiving

vs Arkansas

Pregame lineOver/under
Arkansas Razorbacks (0-0) vs Mississippi State Bulldogs (0-0) – Game summary
Period1234Total
Arkansas00000
Mississippi State00000

at Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi

  • Date: October 26
StatisticsArkansasMississippi State
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
ArkansasPassing
Rushing
Receiving
Mississippi StatePassing
Rushing
Receiving

vs UMass

Pregame lineOver/under
UMass Minutemen (0-0) vs Mississippi State Bulldogs (0-0) – Game summary
Period1234Total
UMass00000
Mississippi State00000

at Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi

  • Date: November 2
StatisticsUMassMississippi State
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
UMassPassing
Rushing
Receiving
Mississippi StatePassing
Rushing
Receiving

at Tennessee

Pregame lineOver/under
Mississippi State Bulldogs (0-0) at Tennessee Volunteers (0-0) – Game summary
Period1234Total
Mississippi State00000
Tennessee00000

at Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee

  • Date: November 9
StatisticsMississippi StateTennessee
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Mississippi StatePassing
Rushing
Receiving
TennesseePassing
Rushing
Receiving

vs Missouri

Pregame lineOver/under
Missouri Tigers (0-0) vs Mississippi State Bulldogs (0-0) – Game summary
Period1234Total
Missouri00000
Mississippi State00000

at Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, Mississippi

  • Date: November 23
StatisticsMissouriMississippi State
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
MissouriPassing
Rushing
Receiving
Mississippi StatePassing
Rushing
Receiving

at Ole Miss

Pregame lineOver/under
Mississippi State Bulldogs (0-0) at Ole Miss Rebels (0-0) – Game summary
Period1234Total
Mississippi State00000
Ole Miss00000

at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, Mississippi

  • Date: November 30
StatisticsMississippi StateOle Miss
First downs
Plays–yards
Rushes–yards
Passing yards
Passing: comp–att–int
Time of possession
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Mississippi StatePassing
Rushing
Receiving
Ole MissPassing
Rushing
Receiving

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