Florida Gators vs. Mississippi State: How to watch, channel, streaming
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Gators are looking for their first SEC win of the season, and no coach in the needs a win more this week than Florida head coach Billy Napier. The Gators have dropped two of their first three games and have lost seven consecutive games against Power 4 teams.
The Gators will travel to Starkville, Mississippi to take on the Bulldogs, who are coming off a 41-17 blowout home loss to Toledo.
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Date: Saturday, Sep. 21
Time: 12:00 p.m. ET (11:00 a.m. local)
Location: Davis Wade Stadium (61,337) — Starkville, Mississippi
TV: ESPN — Channel (Cox): 26 / 1026 [HD] — Channel (DirecTV): 206 [HD]
Stream: ESPN+
Radio: SiriusXM Channel: 374
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On the Call
Play-by-Play: Dave Pasch
Analyst: Dusty Dvoracek
Reporter: Taylor McGregor
Betting lines
Spread: Florida – 6, Mississippi State +6
Over/Under: 58.5
Moneyline: Florida (-230), Mississippi State (+180)
Game Notes
- Week 4 marks the 56th meeting between Florida and Mississippi State including the 13th matchup in Starkville.
- The Gators lead the all-time series, 34-19-2, but are 5-7 in Starkville despite wins in their last two visits (2018, 2009).
- Florida and MSU last met in 2018 in Starkville, with the Gators producing a 13-6 victory.
- In that 2018 meeting, both squads kicked two field goals while Florida scored the only touchdown.
- The lone touchdown in that game was a 20-yard pass from WR Kadarius Toney to WR Moral Stephens.
- QB Feleipe Franks was 22-for-31 passing for 219 yards while RB Lamical Perine rushed 10 times for 55 yards.
- Florida’s last loss in Starkville came on Oct. 23, 2004 (L, 38-31).
- Across the last 10 meetings, Florida holds a 6-4 record against MSU and is averaging 27.5 PPG.
- The Gators have won 14 of the last 19 meetings overall since 1982, including wins in three of the last four since 2005.
- The first ever matchup between Florida and MSU occurred in Jacksonville in 1923 and ended in a 13-13 tie.
- This is the first meeting between UF HC Billy Napier and MSU HC Jeff Lebby as head coaches (more on Page 9).
- Napier has coached against MSU five times (4-1) as Alabama’s assistant coach/WR coach from 2013-16 (4-0) and as
the head coach at Louisiana in 2019 (0-1). - The Gators sit No. 1 in the FBS in special teams per ESPN’s SP+ metric while ranking nationally in multiple categories.
- Florida ranks seventh in net punting (46.18) and ninth in kickoff return defense (9.0).
- Florida enters Week 4 ranking t-39th in the FBS in passing offense (279.0) and 44th in passer rating (154.0).
- Florida owns the No. 1 strength of schedule in the country, featuring eight Preseason AP Top-20 opponents.
