Kentucky–Mississippi State football rivalry
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| '''Teams'''
| [[Kentucky Wildcats football|Kentucky Wildcats]]<br />[[Mississippi State Bulldogs football|Mississippi State Bulldogs]]
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| '''Originated'''
| 1914
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| '''Series'''
| Series tied at 20–20
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| '''Largest Victory'''
| Miss. State 47, Kentucky 7<br />October 29, 1994
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| '''Highest Scoring Game'''
| Miss. State 42, Kentucky 32<br />October 28, 1995
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| '''Most Recent Game'''
| Miss. State 27, Kentucky 14<br />October 6, 2012
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|'''Current Streak'''
| Miss. State 4 (2009-2012)
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The '''Kentucky–Mississippi State football rivalry''' is an American [[college football]] rivalry between the [[Kentucky Wildcats football]] team of the [[University of Kentucky]] and [[Mississippi State Bulldogs football]] team of [[Mississippi State University]]. Both universities have been members of the [[Southeastern Conference]] (SEC) since its founding in December 1932. When the SEC expanded to twelve teams and split into two divisions in 1992, Kentucky was placed in the SEC Eastern Division and Mississippi State in the SEC Western Division, and their football teams became annual cross-divisional rivals. Historically, the rivalry began in 1914, predating the SEC's first football season in 1933 by nineteen years. The rivalry is one of the most evenly matched in the SEC, with the series tied at 20.
==Game results==
Kentucky victories are shaded <span style="color:#005DAA;">██</span> blue. Mississippi State victories are shaded <span style="color:#660000;">██</span> maroon. Ties are gray.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|- Mississippi State-Kentucky Rivalry Results
! Date !! Location !! Winner !! Score
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| October 17, 1914 || Lexington, KY || '''Kentucky''' || 19–13
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| October 16, 1915 || Starkville, MS || '''Mississippi State''' || 12–0
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| November 18, 1916 || Lexington, KY || '''Kentucky''' || 13–3
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| November 10, 1917 || Starkville, MS || '''Mississippi State''' || 14–0
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| November 4, 1944 || Memphis, TN || '''Mississippi State''' || 14–0
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| November 11, 1950 || Starkville, MS || '''Kentucky''' || 48–21
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| October 13, 1951 || Lexington, KY || '''Kentucky''' || 27–0
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| November 10, 1952 || Starkville, MS || '''Mississippi State''' || 27–14
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| October 17, 1953 || Lexington, KY || '''Kentucky''' || 32–13
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| October 15, 1955 || Lexington, KY || '''Mississippi State''' || 20–14
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| November 1, 1958 || Lexington, KY || '''Kentucky''' || 33–12
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| October 7, 1972 || Lexington, KY || '''Kentucky''' || 17–13
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| October 6, 1973 || Jackson, MS || '''Kentucky''' || 42–14
|- style="background: #808080; color:white"
| October 9, 1976 || Jackson, MS || '''Mississippi State*''' || 14–7
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| October 8, 1977 || Lexington, KY || '''Kentucky''' || 23–7
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| October 13, 1984 || Starkville, MS || '''Kentucky''' || 17–13
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| October 12, 1985 || Lexington, KY || '''Kentucky''' || 33–19
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| October 13, 1990 || Lexington, KY || '''Kentucky''' || 17–15
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| October 12, 1991 || Starkville, MS || '''Mississippi State''' || 31–6
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| October 31, 1992 || Lexington, KY || '''Mississippi State''' || 37–36
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| October 30, 1993 || Starkville, MS || '''Kentucky''' || 26–17
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| October 29, 1994 || Lexington, KY || '''Mississippi State''' || 47–7
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| October 28, 1995 || Starkville, MS || '''Mississippi State''' || 42–32
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| November 9, 1996 || Lexington, KY || '''Kentucky''' || 24–21
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| September 6, 1997 || Starkville, MS || '''Mississippi State''' || 35–27
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| November 7, 1998 || Lexington, KY || '''Kentucky''' || 37–35
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| November 4, 1999 || Starkville, MS || '''Mississippi State''' || 23–22
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| November 4, 2000 || Lexington, KY || '''Mississippi State''' || 35–17
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| November 3, 2001 || Starkville, MS || '''Mississippi State''' || 17–14
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| November 2, 2002 || Starkville, MS || '''Kentucky''' || 45–24
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| October 25, 2003 || Lexington, KY || '''Kentucky''' || 42–17
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| October 30, 2004 || Starkville, MS || '''Mississippi State''' || 22–7
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| October 29, 2005 || Lexington, KY || '''Kentucky''' || 13–7
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| October 28, 2006 || Starkville, MS || '''Kentucky''' || 34–31
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| October 27, 2007 || Lexington, KY || '''Mississippi State''' || 31–14
|- style="background: #005DAA;color:white;"
| November 1, 2008 || Starkville, MS || '''Kentucky''' || 14–13
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| October 30, 2009 || Lexington, KY || '''Mississippi State''' || 31–24
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| October 29, 2010 || Starkville, MS || '''Mississippi State''' || 24–17
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| October 29, 2011 || Lexington, KY || '''Mississippi State''' || 28–16
|- style="background: #660000; color:white"
| October 6, 2012 || Lexington, KY || '''Mississippi State''' || 27–14
|}
*Mississippi State forfeits
==References==
http://football.stassen.com/cgi-bin/records/opp-opp.pl?start=1869&end=2012&team1=Kentucky&team2=Mississippi+State
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