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 106 programs73rd
in days held (34) · 35th in reigns · 76th in defenses (1) · records
No path yet
Nothing on Mississippi State’s schedule runs through UCF 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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