| Year: | 2017 |
| Team: | Mississippi State Bulldogs |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SEC |
| Division: | Western Division |
| Coachrank: | 20 |
| Aprank: | 19 |
| Record: | 9–4 |
| Conf Record: | 4–4 |
| Hc Year: | 9th |
| Hc Games: | regular season |
| Hc Games2: | interim; bowl game |
| Cooc1 Year: | 4th |
| Cooc2 Year: | 4th |
| Dc Year: | 1st |
| Stadium: | Davis Wade Stadium (Capacity: 61,337) |
| Champion: | TaxSlayer Bowl champion |
| Bowl Result: | W 31–27 vs. Louisville |
The 2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University in the 2017 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 ninth-year head coach Dan Mullen. They finished the season 9–4, 4–4 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the Western Division. They were invited to the TaxSlayer Bowl where they beat Louisville.
Head coach Dan Mullen resigned at the end of the regular season to become the head coach at Florida.[1] Running backs coach Greg Knox served as interim head coach for the TaxSlayer Bowl. On November 28, Penn State offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead was hired as their new head coach, beginning in the 2018 season.
Mississippi State announced its 2017 football schedule on September 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Bulldogs will host SEC foes Alabama, Kentucky, LSU, and Ole Miss, and will travel to Arkansas, Auburn, Georgia, and Texas A&M.[2]
The Bulldogs will host three of the four non-conference opponents, BYU, UMass both are football independent schools and Charleston Southern from the Big South Conference and travel to Louisiana Tech of Conference USA.
Schedule Source:[3]
See also: 2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team.
See also: 2017 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team.
See also: 2017 LSU Tigers football team.
See also: 2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team.
See also: 2017 Auburn Tigers football team.
See also: 2017 BYU Cougars football team.
See also: 2017 Kentucky Wildcats football team.
See also: 2017 UMass Minutemen football team.
See also: 2017 Alabama Crimson Tide football team.
See also: 2017 Arkansas Razorbacks football team.
See also: 2017 Ole Miss Rebels football team.
See also: 2017 Louisville Cardinals football team and 2017 TaxSlayer Bowl.