Kickoff times, TV options set for No. 7 Tennessee's game against Mississippi State
No. 7 Tennessee’s kickoff against Mississippi State next week will be with a 7 or 7:45 p.m. Eastern Time start and will be televised by ESPN or SEC Network. The SEC on Monday released the full schedule for the November 9 slate of games.
The Vols (6-1, 3-1 SEC) are coming off their second bye week of the season. They host Kentucky (3-5, 1-5) on Saturday night, a 7:45 Eastern Time start on SEC Network.
Mississippi State 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 or 7:45 p.m. Eastern Time
TV: ESPN or SEC Network
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 1-6 start under first-year head coach Jeff Lebby. The Bulldogs beat Eastern Kentucky 56-7 to start the season, but has lost six straight since then.
On Saturday 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.
The Texas native was an Oklahoma student assistant from 2002-06, spent one season in Texas high school football, then went to Baylor as a quality control assistant in 2008, where he stayed for nine years, coaching running backs before becoming pass-game coordinator in 2015 and 2016.
