Kentucky–Mississippi State football rivalry

Kentucky–Mississippi State football rivalry
Kentucky Wildcats Mississippi State Bulldogs
Total meetings 42
Series record Tied, 21–21
First meeting October 17, 1914
Kentucky 19, Mississippi State 13
Last meeting October 25, 2014
Mississippi State 45, Kentucky 31
Next meeting October 24, 2015
Largest win Mississippi State, 47–7 (1994)
Longest win streak Mississippi State, 6 (2009–present)
Current win streak Mississippi State, 6 (2009–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 42 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 rivalry is the most evenly matched in the SEC, with the series officially tied at 21.

Notable Games

Game results

Kentucky victories are shaded ██ blue. Mississippi State victories are shaded ██ maroon. Forfeits are gray.

Date Location Winner Score Series
October 17, 1914 Lexington, KY Kentucky 19–13 Kentucky 1–0
October 16, 1915 Starkville, MS Mississippi State 12–0 Tie 1–1
November 18, 1916 Lexington, KY Kentucky 13–3 Kentucky 2–1
November 10, 1917 Starkville, MS Mississippi State 14–0 Tie 2–2
November 4, 1944 Memphis, TN Mississippi State 14–0 Mississippi State 3–2
November 11, 1950 Starkville, MS Kentucky 48–21 Tie 3–3
October 13, 1951 Lexington, KY Kentucky 27–0 Kentucky 4–3
November 10, 1952 Starkville, MS Mississippi State 27–14 Tie 4–4
October 17, 1953 Lexington, KY Kentucky 32–13 Kentucky 5–4
October 15, 1955 Lexington, KY Mississippi State 20–14 Tie 5–5
November 1, 1958 Lexington, KY Kentucky 33–12 Kentucky 6–5
October 7, 1972 Lexington, KY Kentucky 17–13 Kentucky 7–5
October 6, 1973 Jackson, MS Kentucky 42–14 Kentucky 8–5
October 9, 1976 Jackson, MS Mississippi State 14–7† Kentucky 9–5
October 8, 1977 Lexington, KY Kentucky 23–7 Kentucky 10–5
October 13, 1984 Starkville, MS Kentucky 17–13 Kentucky 11–5
October 12, 1985 Lexington, KY Kentucky 33–19 Kentucky 12–5
October 13, 1990 Lexington, KY Kentucky 17–15 Kentucky 13–5
October 12, 1991 Starkville, MS Mississippi State 31–6 Kentucky 13–6
October 31, 1992 Lexington, KY Mississippi State 37–36 Kentucky 13–7
October 30, 1993 Starkville, MS Kentucky 26–17 Kentucky 14–7
October 29, 1994 Lexington, KY Mississippi State 47–7 Kentucky 14–8
October 28, 1995 Starkville, MS Mississippi State 42–32 Kentucky 14–9
November 9, 1996 Lexington, KY Kentucky 24–21 Kentucky 15–9
September 6, 1997 Starkville, MS Mississippi State 35–27 Kentucky 15–10
November 7, 1998 Lexington, KY Kentucky 37–35 Kentucky 16–10
November 4, 1999 Starkville, MS Mississippi State 23–22 Kentucky 16–11
November 4, 2000 Lexington, KY Mississippi State 35–17 Kentucky 16–12
November 3, 2001 Starkville, MS Mississippi State 17–14 Kentucky 16–13
November 2, 2002 Starkville, MS Kentucky 45–24 Kentucky 17–13
October 25, 2003 Lexington, KY Kentucky 42–17 Kentucky 18–13
October 30, 2004 Starkville, MS Mississippi State 22–7 Kentucky 18–14
October 29, 2005 Lexington, KY Kentucky 13–7 Kentucky 19–14
October 28, 2006 Starkville, MS Kentucky 34–31 Kentucky 20–14
October 27, 2007 Lexington, KY Mississippi State 31–14 Kentucky 20–15
November 1, 2008 Starkville, MS Kentucky 14–13 Kentucky 21–15
October 30, 2009 Lexington, KY Mississippi State 31–24 Kentucky 21–16
October 29, 2010 Starkville, MS Mississippi State 24–17 Kentucky 21–17
October 29, 2011 Lexington, KY Mississippi State 28–16 Kentucky 21–18
October 6, 2012 Lexington, KY Mississippi State 27–14 Kentucky 21–19
October 24, 2013 Starkville, MS Mississippi State 28–22 Kentucky 21–20
October 25, 2014 Lexington, KY Mississippi State 45–31 Tie 21–21
October 24, 2015 Starkville, MS

† Mississippi State was later forced to forfeit as part of NCAA penalties.

References

http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1869&end=2012&team1=Kentucky&team2=Mississippi+State