Kickoff time, TV information finalized for No. 7 Tennessee's game vs. Mississippi State
No. 7 Tennessee’s kickoff against Mississippi State next week will be with a 7 p.m. Eastern Time start and will be televised by ESPN. The SEC finalized next week’s slate of games Saturday night after the Vols beat Kentucky 28-18 at Neyland Stadium.
The Vols (7-1, 4-1 SEC) got 141 yards rushing and two touchdowns from Dylan Sampson and Nico Iamaleava threw for 292 yards and a touchdown in the win over Kentucky (3-6, 1-6).
Mississippi State (2-7, 0-5) came back from down 10-0 to beat UMass 45-20 Saturday in Starkville.
Next week is the final game in a four-game home stand, which started with a 23-17 overtime win over Florida and continued with a 24-17 win over Alabama.
No. 7 Tennessee vs. Mississippi State: How To Watch
Start Time: Saturday, 7 p.m. Eastern Time
TV: ESPN
Radio: WNML-FM 99.1 in Knoxville. The Vol Network radio broadcast can be heard on local affiliates across the state of Tennessee.
The Tennessee-Mississippi State Series
Tennessee has a 29-16-1 all-time record against Mississippi State, in a series that dates back to November 1907. The Vols have won 10 of the last 12, dating back to 1987, after State won three straight between 1978 and 1986.
In 2019 Tennessee was 1-4 when Mississippi State came to Neyland Stadium, after losses to Georgia State, BYU, Florida and Georgia. The Vols won 20-10 to start a run of seven wins over the final eight games of the season, including six straight to end the year.
Mississippi State beat Tennessee 41-31 in Starkville in October 2012, after the Vols had won six straight in the series (1995, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007 and 2008).
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Tennessee hasn’t lost a home game to Mississippi State since September 1986, when the Bulldogs won 27-23 in Knoxville.The Vols won 34-3 in 2008, 59-21 in 2003, 52-14 in 1995 and 26-24 in 1991.
Closer Look: Mississippi State this season
Mississippi State is off to a 2-7 start under first-year head coach Jeff Lebby. The Bulldogs beat Eastern Kentucky 56-7 to start the season, but then lost seven straight before the 45-20 win over UMass.
Last week it was a 58-25 loss to Arkansas in Starkville. The other losses came against Texas A&M (34-24), at Georgia (41-31), at Texas (35-13), Florida (45-28), Toledo (41-17) and at Arizona State (30-23).
Lebby was Oklahoma’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach the last two seasons, after holding the same position at Ole Miss in 2020 and 2021. He was at UCF with Josh Heupel in 2018 and 2019.
