2024 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team explained

Year:2024
Team:Mississippi State Bulldogs
Sport:football
Conference:Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:SEC
Record:0–0
Conf Record:0–0
Head Coach:Jeff Lebby
Hc Year:1st
Def Coach:Coleman Hutzler
Dc Year:1st

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 Mississippi State, Mississippi, just outside of Starkville.

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 joined 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]

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Game summaries

vs Eastern Kentucky

See also: 2024 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team.

at Arizona State

See also: 2024 Arizona State Sun Devils football team.

vs Toledo

See also: 2024 Toledo Rockets football team.

vs Florida

See also: 2024 Florida Gators football team.

at Texas

See also: 2024 Texas Longhorns football team.

at Georgia

See also: 2024 Georgia Bulldogs football team.

vs Texas A&M

vs Arkansas

See also: 2024 Arkansas Razorbacks football team.

vs UMass

See also: 2024 UMass Minutemen football team.

at Tennessee

See also: 2024 Tennessee Volunteers football team.

vs Missouri

See also: 2024 Missouri Tigers football team.

at Ole Miss

See also: 2024 Ole Miss Rebels football team and Egg Bowl.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mississippi State football hires Jeff Lebby, Oklahoma offensive coordinator, as next coach. November 26, 2023. Mississippi Clarion Ledger. Stefan. Krajisnik. December 14, 2023.
  2. Web site: Full 2024 schedule released for Mississippi State football. The Dispatched. Benjamin. Rosenburg. December 13, 2023. December 14, 2023.
  3. Web site: An in-depth look at Mississippi State's 2024 football schedule. The Commercial Dispatch. Benjamin. Rosenburg. December 14, 2023. December 14, 2023.
  4. Web site: SEC announces team-by-team college football schedules for the 2024 season. USA Today. Erick. Smith. December 13, 2023. December 14, 2023.
  5. Web site: Texas, Oklahoma leaving Big 12 early, joining SEC in 2024 season after reaching exit agreement. CBS Sports Network. Adam. Silverstein. December 14, 2023. February 9, 2023.
  6. Web site: Sherrill Can Teach Brutality With the Best. LA Times. Steve. Jacobson. December 14, 2023. September 19, 1992.
  7. Web site: SEC to play eight conference games but eliminate divisions for 2024 season once Texas, Oklahoma join. CBS Sports Network. Dennis. Dodd. December 14, 2023. June 1, 2023.
  8. Web site: Mississippi State football’s 2024 SEC schedule includes trips to Texas, Tennessee, Georgia. Mississippi Clarion Ledger. Stefan. Krajisnik. December 14, 2023. June 14, 2023.
  9. Web site: Mississippi State, Arizona State schedule first meeting in upcoming home-and-home series. CBS Sports Network. Barrett. Sallee. December 14, 2023. April 24, 2018.
  10. Web site: 2024 Mississippi State Bulldogs Football Schedule. FB Schedules.com. December 14, 2023.