The 2015 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented
Mississippi State University in the
2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season
The 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season was the highest level of college football competition in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The regular season began on September 3, 2015 and ended on D ...
. The Bulldogs played their home games at
Davis Wade Stadium
Davis Wade Stadium, officially known as Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field is the home venue for the Mississippi State Bulldogs football team. Originally constructed in 1914 as New Athletic Field, it is the second-oldest stadium in the Football Bo ...
in
Starkville, Mississippi and competed in the Western Division of the
Southeastern Conference
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States. Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities o ...
(SEC). They were led by seventh-year head coach
Dan Mullen
Dan Mullen (born April 27, 1972) is a former college football player and coach, and current television analyst with the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and ESPN.
He served as the head football coach at Mississippi State University from 2 ...
. The Bulldogs finished the season 9-4, having won the
2015 Belk Bowl
The 2015 Belk Bowl a college football bowl game that was played on December 30, 2015 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States. The fourteenth annual Belk Bowl, it matched the 2015 NC State Wolfpack football tea ...
.
Previous season
The
2014 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team
The 2014 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Dan Mullen, who was in his sixth season with Mississippi State. The Bulldogs play ...
finished the regular season 10-2, with their only two losses to
Alabama
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and
Ole Miss. Mississippi State knocked out three top 10 teams in a row during the season,
#8 LSU,
#6 Texas A&M, and
#2 Auburn. The Bulldogs were ranked as high at #1 in all
polls including the new
College Football Playoff Rankings for the first time in school history until their first loss to #4 Alabama on November 15, 2014, of a deficit of 5 points. Mississippi State was in the mix to be a part of the all-new College Football Playoffs most of the regular season until their second loss to #18 Ole Miss two weeks after the loss at #4 Alabama. The team finished the regular season ranked seven in the College Football Playoff Rankings and was invited to play in the
2014 Orange Bowl against
#12 Georgia Tech of the
Atlantic Coast Conference. Mississippi State fell short to the Yellow Jackets in
Miami Gardens, Florida
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with a loss of 34-49 and finished 10-3. It was the Bulldogs' third appearance in the Orange Bowl and first since 1941.
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Rankings
Southern Miss
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Louisiana State
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Northwestern State
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Texas A&M
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Troy
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Louisiana Tech
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Kentucky
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Missouri
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Alabama
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Arkansas
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Ole Miss
NC State (Belk Bowl)
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References
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Mississippi State
Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Univer ...
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The Mississippi State Bulldogs football program represents Mississippi State University in the sport of American football. The Bulldogs compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and th ...