American college football season
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 . 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.
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
Final
AP
NR
RV
RV
17
24
NR
NR
RV
RV
21
18
17
16
24
24
19
Coaches
RV
RV
RV
19
24
RV
RV
RV
RV
22
18
19
17
24
23
20
CFP
Not released
16
16
16
14
23
23
Not released
Schedule [ ]
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 .[1]
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 .
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 3:00 p.m. No. 14 (FCS ) Charleston Southern * SECN W 49–054,215
September 9 6:30 p.m. at Louisiana Tech * CBSSN W 57–2128,100
September 16 6:00 p.m. No. 12 LSU / SEC Nation Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS (rivalry ) ESPN W 37–760,596
September 23 6:00 p.m. at No. 11 Georgia No. 17 ESPN L 3–3192,746
September 30 5:00 p.m. at No. 13 Auburn No. 24 ESPN L 10–4986,901
October 14 11:00 a.m. BYU * Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS SECN W 35–1054,866
October 21 3:00 p.m. Kentucky Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS SECN W 45–758,963
October 28 6:15 p.m. at Texas A&M ESPN W 35–1496,128
November 4 11:00 a.m. UMass * No. 21 Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS SECN W 34–2357,374
November 11 6:00 p.m. No. 1 Alabama No. 18 Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS (rivalry ) ESPN L 24–3161,344
November 18 11:00 a.m. at Arkansas No. 17 CBS W 28–2164,153
6:30 p.m. Ole Miss No. 16 Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl ) ESPN L 28–3159,345
December 30 11:00 a.m. vs. Louisville * No. 24 ESPN W 31–2741,310
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [2]
Game summaries [ ]
Charleston Southern [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 14 (FCS ) Buccaneers
0
0
0
0
0
Bulldogs
23
12
7
7
49
at Louisiana Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
MSU Bulldogs
16
20
21
0
57
LTU Bulldogs
9
5
0
7
21
LSU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No.12 Tigers
0
7
0
0
7
Bulldogs
0
17
13
7
37
at Georgia [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No.17 MSU Bulldogs
0
3
0
0
3
No.11 UGA Bulldogs
14
0
17
0
31
at Auburn [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 24 Bulldogs
3
7
0
0
10
No. 13 Tigers
14
7
7
21
49
BYU [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
0
3
7
0
10
Bulldogs
7
14
7
7
35
Kentucky [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
0
7
0
0
7
Bulldogs
7
10
7
21
45
at Texas A&M [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
7
14
7
35
Aggies
0
0
7
7
14
UMass [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Minutemen
3
17
0
3
23
Bulldogs
10
3
14
7
34
Alabama [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 1 Crimson Tide
7
7
3
14
31
Bulldogs
7
7
7
3
24
at Arkansas [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
14
0
14
28
Razorbacks
14
0
7
0
21
Ole Miss [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Rebels
7
3
14
7
31
Bulldogs
0
6
0
22
28
vs Louisville–TaxSlayer Bowl [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Cardinals
7
14
3
3
27
Bulldogs
14
3
0
14
31
References [ ]
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