2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team explained

Year:	2016
Team:	Mississippi State Bulldogs
Sport:	football
Conference:	Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:	SEC
Division:	Western Division
Record:	6–7
Conf Record:	3–5
Hc Year:	8th
Cooc1 Year:	3rd as co-OC, 4th overall
Cooc2 Year:	3rd as co-OC, 8th overall
Dc Year:	1st
Off Scheme:	Spread (Multiple)
Def Scheme:	Multiple
Champion:	St. Petersburg Bowl champion
Bowl Result:	W 17–16 vs. Miami (OH)

The 2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs played their home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by eighth-year head coach Dan Mullen. Despite having a 5–7 record, the first losing season since 2009, Mississippi State qualified for a bowl bid due to their high APR score. Mississippi State beat the Miami RedHawks in the St. Petersburg Bowl to finish the season at 6–7.

Schedule

Mississippi State announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of six home and six away games in the regular season. The Bulldogs will host SEC foes Arkansas, Auburn, South Carolina, and Texas A&M, and will travel to Alabama, Kentucky, LSU, and Ole Miss.^[1]

The Bulldogs hosted the South Carolina Gamecocks for the first time since 2011. The team traveled to two independent schools, UMass for the first time and to BYU for the first time since 2000. Mississippi State hosted the other two non–conference games against Samford of the Southern Conference and South Alabama of the Sun Belt Conference.

Schedule Source:^[2]

Game summaries

South Alabama

See also: 2016 South Alabama Jaguars football team.

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South Carolina

See also: 2016 South Carolina Gamecocks football team.

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Louisiana State

See also: 2016 LSU Tigers football team and LSU–Mississippi State football rivalry.

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UMass

See also: 2016 UMass Minutemen football team.

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Auburn

See also: 2016 Auburn Tigers football team.

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BYU

See also: 2016 BYU Cougars football team. Sources:^[5]

Kentucky

See also: 2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team.

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Samford

See also: 2016 Samford Bulldogs football team.

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Texas A&M

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Miami (OH)

See also: 2016 Miami RedHawks football team.

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Notes and References

1. MSU, SEC ANNOUNCE 2016 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE. Mississippi State University Department of Athletics. October 29, 2015. October 29, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151031110420/http://www.hailstate.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=210458042. 2015-10-31. dead.
2. Web site: 2016 Mississippi State Bulldogs Football Schedule. FB Schedules. October 29, 2015.
3. Web site: South Alabama Jaguars vs Mississippi State Bulldogs (September 3, 2016). Mississippi State University Department of Athletics. September 3, 2016. September 12, 2016.
4. Web site: South Carolina Gamecocks vs Mississippi State Bulldogs (September 10, 2016). Mississippi State University Department of Athletics. September 10, 2016. September 12, 2016.
5. Web site: Mississippi State at BYU. Stat Broadcast. 2016-10-14.