Mississippi State·SEC

2021 — The 2021 Season

Mississippi State's 2021 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Lost the Liberty Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +5.0 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Loui Tec 35-34 W vs NC State 24-10 L @ Memphis 29-31 L vs LSU 25-28 W @ Texas A&M 26-22 L vs Alabama 9-49 W @ Vander 45-6 W vs Kentucky 31-17 L @ Arkansas 28-31 W @ Auburn 43-34 W vs Tenn Sta 55-10 L vs Ole Miss 21-31 L @ Texa Tec 7-34 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2021.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: Mississippi State 55, Tennessee State 10. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Mississippi State 9, Alabama 49. A 40-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Mississippi State fell to Texas Tech 7-34 in the postseason.

"Hail State"
— Mississippi State fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 is a middle chapter for Mississippi State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.