Kentucky–Mississippi State football rivalry

Kentucky Wildcats

Mississippi State Bulldogs

First meeting

October 17, 1914
Kentucky 19, Mississippi State 13

Latest meeting

October 22, 2016
Kentucky 40, Mississippi State 38

Next meeting

October 21, 2017
at Starkville, MS

Statistics

Meetings total

All-time series

Series tied 22–22

Largest victory

Mississippi State, 47–7 (1994)

Longest win streak

Mississippi State, 7 (2009–2015)

Current win streak

Kentucky, 1 (2016–present)

The Kentucky–Mississippi State football rivalry is an American college football rivalry between the Kentucky Wildcats football team of the University of Kentucky and Mississippi State Bulldogs football team of Mississippi State University. Both universities have been members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) since its founding in December 1932 and have played against each other for a total of 43 times.

History

Kentucky and Mississippi State have been in the same conference since 1895, and were both founding members of the Southern Conference in the 1920s and their current conference, Southeastern Conference a decade later. Even though being in the same conference since the late 1800s, the Wildcats and the Bulldogs first met on the gridiron in 1914 with a Kentucky win of 19–13 in Lexington, Kentucky. The two teams met four straight years from 1914–1917 before not playing again until 1944. The two schools played six times during the 1950s before playing home-and-home series in 1972–73, 1976–77, 1984–85 and 1990–91.

In 1992, the SEC added two new members to their conference which divided the conference in two divisions, East and West. Kentucky was placed in the East and Mississippi State in the West. While dividing the conference in two divisions, the SEC created permanent cross-division opponents for its 12 members, this helped keep rivalries going such as the Alabama–Tennessee football rivalry annually, which resulted in Kentucky and Mississippi State becoming permanent cross-divisional opponents. The Wildcats and Bulldogs has then played annually since 1992 in either Lexington, Kentucky or Starkville, Mississippi. The Bulldogs are 16–8 vs the Wildcats since the cross-divisional rivalry was created.

The rivalry is one of the most evenly matched in the SEC, with the series tied at 22–22.

Notable games

2007: The Wildcats came in at 6–2 and ranked at #14, but the Bulldogs won a 31–14 upset victory in Lexington behind Christian Ducré's 119 rushing yards.^[1] The win brought Mississippi State to 5–4, one win away from its first bowl bid in 7 years.
2008: The Wildcats avenged their loss from the previous season by beating the Bulldogs 14–13 in Starkville.^[2] Mississippi State missed an extra point and a 27-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to seal the loss. The win gave Kentucky their sixth win on the year, giving them three straight bowl seasons, and dropped the Bulldogs to 3–6.
2009: 3–5 Mississippi State upset the 4–3 Wildcats in Lexington on the heels of Anthony Dixon's school-record 252 rushing yards.^[3] In the post-game interview with reporter Jen Hildreth,^[4] Dixon used the phrase "Grinding for My State,"^[5] which has become a catchphrase in MSU Athletics.
2014: The Bulldogs, undefeated and ranked #1 for the first time, traveled to Lexington to face the 5–2 Wildcats. Mississippi State kept its winning streak alive after defeating Kentucky 45–31, handing the Wildcats its first home loss of the season.^[6]

Game results

Kentucky victories	Mississippi State victories	Ties and forfeits

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
1	October 17, 1914	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	19–13
2	October 16, 1915	Starkville, MS	Mississippi A&M	12–0
3	November 18, 1916	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	13–3
4	November 10, 1917	Starkville, MS	Mississippi A&M	14–0
5	November 4, 1944	Memphis, TN	Mississippi State	14–0
6	November 11, 1950	Starkville, MS	Kentucky	48–21
7	October 13, 1951	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	27–0
8	November 10, 1952	Starkville, MS	Mississippi State	27–14
9	October 17, 1953	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	32–13
10	October 15, 1955	Lexington, KY	Mississippi State	20–14
11	November 1, 1958	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	33–12
12	October 7, 1972	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	17–13
13	October 6, 1973	Jackson, MS	Kentucky	42–14
14	October 9, 1976	Jackson, MS	Mississippi State^†	14–7
15	October 8, 1977	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	23–7
16	October 13, 1984	Starkville, MS	Kentucky	17–13
17	October 12, 1985	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	33–19
18	October 13, 1990	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	17–15
19	October 12, 1991	Starkville, MS	Mississippi State	31–6
20	October 31, 1992	Lexington, KY	Mississippi State	37–36
21	October 30, 1993	Starkville, MS	Kentucky	26–17
22	October 29, 1994	Lexington, KY	Mississippi State	47–7
23	October 28, 1995	Starkville, MS	Mississippi State	42–32

#	Date	Location	Winner	Score
24	November 9, 1996	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	24–21
25	September 6, 1997	Starkville, MS	Mississippi State	35–27
26	November 7, 1998	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	37–35
27	November 4, 1999	Starkville, MS	Mississippi State	23–22
28	November 4, 2000	Lexington, KY	Mississippi State	35–17
29	November 3, 2001	Starkville, MS	Mississippi State	17–14
30	November 2, 2002	Starkville, MS	Kentucky	45–24
31	October 25, 2003	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	42–17
32	October 30, 2004	Starkville, MS	Mississippi State	22–7
33	October 29, 2005	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	13–7
34	October 28, 2006	Starkville, MS	Kentucky	34–31
35	October 27, 2007	Lexington, KY	Mississippi State	31–14
36	November 1, 2008	Starkville, MS	Kentucky	14–13
37	October 30, 2009	Lexington, KY	Mississippi State	31–24
38	October 29, 2010	Starkville, MS	Mississippi State	24–17
39	October 29, 2011	Lexington, KY	Mississippi State	28–16
40	October 6, 2012	Lexington, KY	Mississippi State	27–14
41	October 24, 2013	Starkville, MS	Mississippi State	28–22
42	October 25, 2014	Lexington, KY	Mississippi State	45–31
43	October 24, 2015	Starkville, MS	Mississippi State	42–16
44	October 22, 2016	Lexington, KY	Kentucky	40–38
Series: Tied 22–22
† Mississippi State was later forced to forfeit as part of NCAA penalties.

References

↑ "Upstart Bulldogs dump Kentucky; one win shy of bowl eligibility". ESPN.com. 2007-10-27.
↑ "Kentucky blocks extra point to stop Mississippi State". ESPN.com. 2008-11-01.
↑ "Dixon's 2 TDs, school rushing record help Mississippi St. edge past Kentucky". ESPN.com. 2009-11-01.
↑ "Anthony Dixon post game interview". YouTube.com. 2009-10-30.
↑ Carskadon, Bob (2010-10-22). "Anthony 'Boobie' Dixon still offering inspiration to MSU". HailStateBeat.
↑ "Dak Prescott (3 TDs), No. 1 Mississippi State knock off Kentucky". ESPN.com. 2014-10-25.

Kentucky Wildcats football

Venues	Stoll Field/McLean Stadium (1916–1972) Commonwealth Stadium (1973–present) E.J. Nutter Training Facility (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Centre Indiana Louisville (Governor's Cup) Mississippi State Tennessee Transylvania Vanderbilt

Culture & lore	The Wildcat Scratch Blue "On, On, U of K" "Kentucky Fight" Marching band 2003 Arkansas game

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

National championship seasons in bold

Mississippi State Bulldogs football

Venues	Davis Wade Stadium (1914–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Kentucky LSU Ole Miss: Egg Bowl

Culture & lore	Bully "Hail State" Famous Maroon Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Southeastern Conference football rivalry games

Conference	Iron Bowl (Alabama–Auburn) Alabama–LSU Alabama–Mississippi State Alabama–Ole Miss Third Saturday in October (Alabama–Tennessee) Arkansas–Auburn Arkansas–LSU Battle Line Rivalry (Arkansas–Missouri) Arkansas–Ole Miss Arkansas–Texas A&M Auburn–Florida Deep South's Oldest Rivalry (Auburn–Georgia) Auburn–LSU Auburn–Tennessee Florida–Georgia Florida–LSU Florida–Tennessee Georgia–South Carolina Georgia–Tennessee Georgia–Vanderbilt Kentucky–Mississippi State Battle for the Beer Barrel (Kentucky–Tennessee) Kentucky–Vanderbilt LSU–Mississippi State Magnolia Bowl (LSU–Ole Miss) LSU–Texas A&M Egg Bowl (Mississippi State–Ole Miss) Ole Miss–Vanderbilt Tennessee–Vanderbilt

Non-conference	Alabama–Penn State Arkansas–Texas Auburn–Clemson Auburn–Georgia Tech Auburn–Tulane Battle of the Brazos (Baylor–Texas A&M) Clemson–Georgia Clemson–South Carolina Florida–Florida State Florida–Miami Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate (Georgia–Georgia Tech) Georgia Tech–Tennessee Illinois–Missouri Indiana–Kentucky Iowa State–Missouri Border War (Kansas–Missouri) Centre–Kentucky Kentucky–Louisville Battle On Broadway (Kentucky–Transylvania) Battle for the Rag (LSU–Tulane) Memphis–Ole Miss Missouri–Nebraska Missouri–Oklahoma NC State–South Carolina North Carolina–South Carolina Ole Miss–Tulane Sewanee–Vanderbilt TCU–Texas A&M Texas A&M–Texas Tech Texas–Texas A&M

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