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The university began as The Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi (or Mississippi A&M), one of the national land-grant colleges established after Congress passed the Morrill Act in 1862. It was created by the Mississippi Legislature on February 28, 1878, to fulfill the mission of offering training in "agriculture ...
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 Bowl Subdivision behind Georgia Tech's Bobby Dodd Stadium, and the fourth oldest in all of college football behind Penn's Franklin Field, Harvard ...
Dudy Noble Field at Polk-Dement Stadium is a baseball park on the campus of Mississippi State University, just outside the city limits of Starkville, Mississippi, which serves as the home venue of the Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team. DNF-PDS has been the setting of Southeastern Conference tournaments and NCAA Regional and Super ...
Doctoral university: Mississippi Delta Community College: Moorhead: Public: 1927 Community college: Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College: Perkinston: Public: 1912 Community college: Mississippi State University: Starkville: Public: 1878 Research university: Mississippi University for Women: Columbus: Public: 1884 Master's university ...
1 Presidents of Mississippi A&M (1880–1932) 2 Presidents of Mississippi State College (1932–1958) 3 Presidents of Mississippi State University (1958–present)
Humphrey Coliseum is a 9,100-seat multi-purpose arena located on the campus of Mississippi State University, just outside Starkville, Mississippi, that opened for the 1975-76 basketball season. Nicknamed The Hump, it is home to the Mississippi State Bulldogs men's and women's basketball teams. It is the largest on-campus basketball arena in the ...
The Bulldogs won their first and only SEC championship in 1941, and captured a division title in 1998. As of the end of the 2017 season, Mississippi State has played in 24 bowl games, compiling a 14–10 record. They have played in a bowl game in eleven consecutive seasons dating back to 2010. The team is currently led by head coach Jeff Lebby.
The Alabama–Mississippi State rivalry, sometimes referred to as the 90 Mile Drive or the Battle for Highway 82, is an annual football game between the University of Alabama Crimson Tide and Mississippi State University Bulldogs. Both universities are founding members of the Southeastern Conference in 1933, as well as the league's Western ...