#17 Mississippi State Bulldogs

The Mississippi State Bulldogs were 8-3 in 1974. They emerged victorious over the North Carolina Tar Heels, 26 to 24, in the Sun Bowl on December 28, 1974.

Scores & Schedules

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DATE		OPP	SCORE
Sat 12/28	vs	UNC	W 26-24
Sat 11/23	vs	MISS	W 31-13
Sat 11/16	vs	LSU	W 7-6
Sat 11/9	vs	AUB	L 20-24
Sat 11/2	@	ALA	L 0-35

Team Leaders

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PASS YDS

1,147

Felker

RUSH YDS

994

Packer

REC YDS

330

Lewis

1974 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Alabama	6-0	11-1
	Auburn	4-2	10-2
	Mississippi State	3-3	9-3
	Florida	3-3	8-4
	Tennessee	2-3-1	7-3-2

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1974 Stats

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	GP	PTS	YDS	PLY	AVG	RUSH YDS	RUSH ATT	RUSH AVG	PASS YDS	PASS ATT	PASS AVG
Team	11	301	4,083	795	5.1	2,771	608	4.6	1,312	187	7.0
Team Rank		17th	28th	40th	25th	28th	35th	28th	57th	72nd	42nd
Opponent	11	200	3,155		3.9	1,892	568	3.3	1,263	233	5.4
Opponent Rank		110th	37th		23rd	43rd	67th	31st	57th	101st	15th
Net		+101	+928	+795	+1.2	+879	+40	+1.2	+49	-46	+1.6
Net Rank		26th	22nd	40th	16th	24th	44th	20th	50th	92nd	24th

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CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

653

Mensah

646

Browne

641

Boley

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

234

Mason

231

Kromah

Rec Yards Leaders

333

Duff

330

Toney

326

Harris

Pass TD Leaders

8

Boley

8

Mensah

8

Stockton

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

4

Hawkins

4

Wilson

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Becker

4

Williams

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

281.3

Baker

271.7

Mensah

Sack Leaders

4.0

Lewis

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Harris

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

66.5

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

702.5

671.0

646.0

Rush Yards Rankings

506.0

458.0

431.0

394.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

430.0

427.0

417.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

9.0

7.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	1	0	1.000
3	Georgia Southern	1	0	1.000
4	Louisiana Tech	1	0	1.000
5	Georgia State	1	0	1.000
6	South Alabama	1	0	1.000
7	James Madison	2	0	1.000
8	Southern Miss	1	0	1.000
9	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
10	Troy	1	0	1.000
11	Coastal Carolina	0	1	.000
12	Arkansas State	0	1	.000
13	Marshall	0	1	.000
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	1	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	1	.500
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
9	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
10	UCF	1	0	1.000
11	Utah	1	0	1.000
12	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
13	Kansas	1	1	.500
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	1	.500
2	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	1	0	1.000
4	Akron	0	1	.000
5	Ball State	0	1	.000
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
8	Kent State	1	1	.500
9	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	0	1	.000
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	2	0	1.000
2	Army	1	1	.500
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	0	1.000
5	South Florida	2	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	1	.500
7	Tulane	0	1	.000
8	UTSA	1	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	2	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	0	1	.000
12	North Texas	0	1	.000
13	Tulsa	1	0	1.000
14	UAB	0	1	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	Virginia	2	0	1.000
3	SMU	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Louisville	1	1	.500
12	California	0	1	.000
13	Clemson	0	1	.000
14	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	1	1	.500

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Missouri	2	0	1.000
2	Alabama	1	0	1.000
3	Arkansas	1	0	1.000
4	Auburn	1	0	1.000
5	Florida	1	0	1.000
6	Georgia	2	0	1.000
7	Kentucky	1	0	1.000
8	LSU	1	0	1.000
9	Mississippi State	1	0	1.000
10	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
11	Ole Miss	1	0	1.000
12	South Carolina	1	0	1.000
13	Tennessee	1	0	1.000
14	Texas	1	0	1.000
15	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
16	Vanderbilt	1	0	1.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	1	1	.500
2	North Dakota State	2	0	1.000
3	Air Force	1	0	1.000
4	Nevada	1	0	1.000
5	San Jose State	1	1	.500
6	Northern Illinois	0	1	.000
7	New Mexico	1	0	1.000
8	UTEP	0	1	.000
9	Wyoming	0	1	.000
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	2	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	2	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	2	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	1	.500
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Wisconsin	0	1	.000
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	1	1	.500
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000