2023 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

The 2023 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team will represent Mississippi State University in the West Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bulldogs will be led by Zach Arnett in his first season as their head coach. Arnett was hired in December 2022 following the death of Mike Leach.[1]

2023 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Record0–0 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKevin Barbay (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorMatt Brock (1st season)
Home stadiumDavis Wade Stadium (capacity: 60,311)
2023 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Florida  0 0   0 0  
Georgia  0 0   0 0  
Kentucky  0 0   0 0  
Missouri  0 0   0 0  
South Carolina  0 0   0 0  
Tennessee  0 0   0 0  
Vanderbilt  0 0   0 0  
West Division
Alabama  0 0   0 0  
Arkansas  0 0   0 0  
Auburn  0 0   0 0  
LSU  0 0   0 0  
Mississippi State  0 0   0 0  
Ole Miss  0 0   0 0  
Texas A&M  0 0   0 0  
Championship: December 2023
As of May 13, 2023
Rankings from AP Poll

The Mississippi State football team plays its home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi.

Schedule

Mississippi State and the SEC announced the 2023 football schedule on September 20, 2022.[2][3] The 2023 Bulldogs' schedule consists of 8 home games and 4 away games for the regular season. Mississippi State will host four SEC conference opponents Alabama (rivalry), Kentucky, LSU (rivalry) and Ole Miss (Egg Bowl) at home and will travel to four SEC opponents, Arkansas, Auburn, South Carolina and Texas A&M to close out the SEC regular season on the road. Mississippi State is not scheduled to play SEC East opponents Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee and Vanderbilt in the 2023 regular season. The Bulldog's bye week comes during week 7 (on October 14, 2023).

Mississippi State out of conference opponents represent the MAC, Pac-12, SLC and the Sun Belt conferences. The Bulldogs will host all four non–conference games which are against Arizona from the Pac-12, Southeastern Louisiana from the SLC (FCS), Southern Miss from the Sunbelt and Western Michigan from the MAC.

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 2Southeastern Louisiana*
September 9Arizona*
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
September 16LSU
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS (rivalry)
September 23at South Carolina
September 30Alabama
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS (rivalry)
October 7Western Michigan*
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
October 21at Arkansas
October 28at Auburn
November 4Kentucky
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
November 11at Texas A&M
November 18Southern Miss*
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS
November 23Ole Miss
  • Davis Wade Stadium
  • Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. Pete Thamel (December 14, 2022). "Mississippi State names Zach Arnett to replace Mike Leach". ESPN.
  2. Sallee, Barrett (September 20, 2022). "2023 SEC football schedule by team..." CBSSports.com. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  3. Krajisnik, Stefan (September 20, 2022). "Mississippi State football's 2023 schedule is complete: See the full list of opponents, dates". Mississippi Clarion Ledger. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  4. "2023 Mississippi State Bulldogs Football Schedule". FB Schedules.com. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
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