Regular season ·

Kentucky beat Mississippi State

Mississippi State2-538
Kentucky4-340Final
Sat, Oct 22 · Commonwealth Stadium, Lexington, Ky. · Crowd 50,414 · 52°

Records are after this game.

Kentucky beat Mississippi State by 2 points.

How the lead changed

Kentucky took the lead for good with 0:00 left in the 4th quarter, Kentucky 40, Mississippi State 38.

It was Kentucky's first win over Mississippi State since the 2008 season, after 7 straight losses in the series, counted since 1970 in our games data.

Big moments

  1. 2nd quarter, 10:36
    Field goal

    Kentucky scored. Kentucky 3, Mississippi State 0.

  2. 2nd quarter, 8:45
    Rushing touchdown of 45 yards

    Mississippi State scored. Mississippi State 7, Kentucky 3.

  3. 3rd quarter, 6:26
    Rushing touchdown of 34 yards

    Kentucky scored. Kentucky 20, Mississippi State 17.

  4. 3rd quarter, 4:55
    Rushing touchdown of 38 yards

    Mississippi State scored. Mississippi State 24, Kentucky 20.

  5. 3rd quarter, 2:53
    Touchdown pass of 40 yards

    Kentucky scored. Kentucky 27, Mississippi State 24.

  6. 4th quarter, 1:09
    Touchdown pass of 7 yards

    Mississippi State scored. Mississippi State 38, Kentucky 37.

  7. 4th quarter, 0:00
    Field goal

    Kentucky scored. Kentucky 40, Mississippi State 38.

Scores that changed who was leading, from the play-by-play record.

What happened next

  1. Kentucky's next game: W 35-21 at Missouri, Oct 29

    7 days later

  2. Mississippi State's next game: W 56-41 vs Samford, Oct 29

    7 days later

  3. The teams' next meeting after Oct 22, 2016: Mississippi State 45, Kentucky 7, Oct 21, 2017

    about 12 months later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN.

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