Program · last held it 2020
Mississippi State
3Reigns
34Days held
1Defense
Mississippi State last held the belt October 3, 2020. Download a poster of this history ↓ Embed the Mississippi State belt badge →
Belt-game record4–20–2
1–3 defending it · 3–17–2 challenging for it · 26 belt games since 1942
Took the belt3
times · 3 reigns in all · first belt game October 3, 1942
All-time rank of 105 programs73rd
in days held (34) · 34th in reigns · 76th in defenses (1) · records
No path yet
Nothing on Mississippi State’s schedule runs through Notre Dame or anyone who could take the belt from them first. Bowl pairings can change that.
Season outlook
under 1% to hold the belt when the season’s games run out, per the season outlook.
September 26, 2020 – October 3, 2020
7 days
September 9, 1989 – September 23, 1989
14 days
October 2, 1954 – October 15, 1954
13 days
Every belt game 26 games, newest first
September 28, 2024 · Mississippi State at Texas 13–35 as challengerlostNovember 25, 2021 · Mississippi State vs. Ole Miss 21–31 as challengerlostOctober 3, 2020 · Mississippi State vs. Arkansas 14–21 as holderlost the beltSeptember 26, 2020 · Mississippi State at LSU 44–34 as challengertook the beltNovember 12, 2016 · Mississippi State at Alabama 3–51 as challengerlostSeptember 10, 2011 · Mississippi State at Auburn 34–41 as challengerlostOctober 24, 2009 · Mississippi State vs. Florida 19–29 as challengerlostJanuary 1, 1999 · Mississippi State vs. Texas 11–38 as challengerlostSeptember 23, 1989 · Mississippi State at Georgia 6–23 as holderlost the beltSeptember 9, 1989 · Mississippi State at Southern Miss 26–23 as challengertook the beltSeptember 26, 1987 · Mississippi State at Florida 3–38 as challengerlostOctober 29, 1977 · Mississippi State vs. Alabama 7–37 as challengerlostOctober 2, 1971 · Mississippi State at Georgia 7–35 as challengerlostSeptember 23, 1967 · Mississippi State at Georgia 0–30 as challengerlostOctober 31, 1964 · Mississippi State vs. Alabama 6–23 as challengerlostNovember 30, 1963 · Mississippi State at Ole Miss 10–10 as challengertie, holder kept itDecember 1, 1962 · Mississippi State at Ole Miss 6–13 as challengerlostNovember 18, 1961 · Mississippi State at LSU 6–14 as challengerlostNovember 26, 1960 · Mississippi State at Ole Miss 9–35 as challengerlostNovember 28, 1959 · Mississippi State vs. Ole Miss 0–42 as challengerlostNovember 15, 1958 · Mississippi State vs. LSU 6–7 as challengerlostNovember 30, 1957 · Mississippi State at Ole Miss 7–7 as challengertie, holder kept itOctober 15, 1954 · Mississippi State at Miami 13–27 as holderlost the beltOctober 9, 1954 · Mississippi State at Tulane 14–0 as holderdefendedOctober 2, 1954 · Mississippi State vs. Arkansas State 46–13 as challengertook the beltOctober 3, 1942 · Mississippi State at Alabama 6–21 as challengerlost
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