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.
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]
^"2017 MSU Football Schedule Unveiled, Egg Bowl To Return To Thanksgiving" (Press release). Mississippi State University Department of Athletics. September 13, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
^"2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved October 18, 2016.
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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 2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs footballTaxSlayer Bowl championTaxSlayer Bowl W 31 27 vs LouisvilleConferenceSoutheastern ConferenceDivisionWestern DivisionRankingCoachesNo 20APNo 19Record9 4 4 4 SEC Head coachDan Mullen 9th season Greg Knox interim Co offensive coordinatorBilly Gonzales 4th season Co offensive coordinatorJohn Hevesy 4th season Offensive schemeSpread multiple Defensive coordinatorTodd Grantham 1st season Base defense3 4Home stadiumDavis Wade Stadium Capacity 61 337 Seasons 20162018 2017 Southeastern Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L W L East DivisionNo 2 Georgia x 7 1 13 2 South Carolina 5 3 9 4 Kentucky 4 4 7 6 Missouri 4 4 7 6 Florida 3 5 4 7 Vanderbilt 1 7 5 7 Tennessee 0 8 4 8 West DivisionNo 10 Auburn xy 7 1 10 4 No 1 Alabama x 7 1 13 1 No 18 LSU 6 2 9 4 No 19 Mississippi State 4 4 9 4 Texas A amp M 4 4 7 6 Ole Miss 3 5 6 6 Arkansas 1 7 4 8 Championship Georgia 28 Auburn 7 College Football Playoff champion College Football Playoff participant Conference championx Division champion co championsy Championship game participant Ole Miss ineligible for postseason due to NCAA sanctionsRankings from AP PollHead 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 Contents 1 Rankings 2 Schedule 3 Game summaries 3 1 Charleston Southern 3 2 At Louisiana Tech 3 3 LSU 3 4 At Georgia 3 5 At Auburn 3 6 BYU 3 7 Kentucky 3 8 At Texas A amp M 3 9 UMass 3 10 Alabama 3 11 At Arkansas 3 12 Ole Miss 3 13 vs Louisville TaxSlayer Bowl 4 ReferencesRankings editFurther information 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings Ranking movementsLegend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked RV Received votesWeekPollPre1234567891011121314FinalAP RVRV1724 RVRV21181716242419CoachesRVRVRV1924RVRVRVRV22181917242320CFPNot released161616142323Not releasedSchedule editMississippi 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 amp 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 DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 23 00 p m No 14 FCS Charleston Southern Davis Wade StadiumStarkville MSSECNW 49 054 215September 96 30 p m at Louisiana Tech Joe Aillet StadiumRuston LACBSSNW 57 2128 100September 166 00 p m No 12 LSUDavis Wade StadiumStarkville MS rivalry ESPNW 37 760 596September 236 00 p m at No 11 GeorgiaNo 17Sanford StadiumAthens GAESPNL 3 3192 746September 305 00 p m at No 13 AuburnNo 24Jordan Hare StadiumAuburn ALESPNL 10 4986 901October 1411 00 a m BYU Davis Wade StadiumStarkville MSSECNW 35 1054 866October 213 00 p m Kentucky nbsp Davis Wade StadiumStarkville MSSECNW 45 758 963October 286 15 p m at No 24 Texas A amp M Coaches Poll only Kyle FieldCollege Station TXESPNW 35 1496 128November 411 00 a m UMass No 16Davis Wade StadiumStarkville MSSECNW 34 2357 374November 116 00 p m No 2 AlabamaNo 16Davis Wade StadiumStarkville MS rivalry ESPNL 24 3161 344November 1811 00 a m at ArkansasNo 16Donald W Reynolds Razorback StadiumFayetteville ARCBSW 28 2164 153November 236 30 p m Ole MissNo 14Davis Wade StadiumStarkville MS Egg Bowl ESPNL 28 3159 345December 3011 00 a m vs Louisville No 23EverBank FieldJacksonville FL TaxSlayer Bowl ESPNW 31 2741 310 Non conference game nbsp HomecomingRankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after October 31 released prior to gameAll times are in Central timeSchedule Source 2 Game summaries editCharleston Southern edit 1 2 3 4 TotalNo 14 FCS Buccaneers 0 0 0 0 0Bulldogs 23 12 7 7 49See also 2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team At Louisiana Tech edit 1 2 3 4 TotalMSU Bulldogs 16 20 21 0 57LTU Bulldogs 9 5 0 7 21See also 2017 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team LSU edit 1 2 3 4 TotalNo 12 Tigers 0 7 0 0 7Bulldogs 0 17 13 7 37See also 2017 LSU Tigers football team At Georgia edit 1 2 3 4 TotalNo 17 MSU Bulldogs 0 3 0 0 3No 11 UGA Bulldogs 14 0 17 0 31See also 2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team At Auburn edit 1 2 3 4 TotalNo 24 Bulldogs 3 7 0 0 10No 13 Tigers 14 7 7 21 49See also 2017 Auburn Tigers football team BYU edit 1 2 3 4 TotalCougars 0 3 7 0 10Bulldogs 7 14 7 7 35See also 2017 BYU Cougars football team Kentucky edit 1 2 3 4 TotalWildcats 0 7 0 0 7Bulldogs 7 10 7 21 45See also 2017 Kentucky Wildcats football team At Texas A amp M edit 1 2 3 4 TotalBulldogs 7 7 14 7 35Aggies 0 0 7 7 14See also 2017 Texas A amp M Aggies football team UMass edit 1 2 3 4 TotalMinutemen 3 17 0 3 23Bulldogs 10 3 14 7 34See also 2017 UMass Minutemen football team Alabama edit 1 2 3 4 TotalNo 1 Crimson Tide 7 7 3 14 31Bulldogs 7 7 7 3 24See also 2017 Alabama Crimson Tide football team At Arkansas edit 1 2 3 4 TotalBulldogs 0 14 0 14 28Razorbacks 14 0 7 0 21See also 2017 Arkansas Razorbacks football team Ole Miss edit 1 2 3 4 TotalRebels 7 3 14 7 31Bulldogs 0 6 0 22 28See also 2017 Ole Miss Rebels football team vs Louisville TaxSlayer Bowl edit 1 2 3 4 TotalCardinals 7 14 3 3 27Bulldogs 14 3 0 14 31See also 2017 Louisville Cardinals football team and 2017 TaxSlayer BowlReferences edit 2017 MSU Football Schedule Unveiled Egg Bowl To Return To Thanksgiving Press release Mississippi State University Department of Athletics September 13 2016 Retrieved October 18 2016 2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs Football Schedule FB Schedules Retrieved October 18 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team amp oldid 1178502690, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,