The Mississippi State Bulldogs have added the Missouri State Bears to their 2027 football schedule, FBSchedules.com has learned. A copy of the football game contract with Missouri State University was obtained from Mississippi State University via a state public records request.
Mississippi State will host Missouri State at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Miss., on Saturday, September 4, 2027. The Bulldogs will pay the Bears a $1.1 million guarantee for playing the game, according to the copy of the contract.
The 2027 Mississippi State-Missouri State contest will mark the first-ever meeting between the two schools on the gridiron.
Mississippi State was previously scheduled to visit Troy in 2027, but that contest and the 2026 matchup in Starkville were both was canceled late last year, which led to the scheduling of Missouri State.
The addition of Missouri State tentatively completes Mississippi State’s non-conference schedule for the 2027 season. In other non-league action, the Bulldogs will host Minnesota on September 11 and Chattanooga on November 20.
In SEC action in 2027, Mississippi State is scheduled to host Arkansas, Florida, Ole Miss, and Texas A&M, while traveling to Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt.
Mississippi State is the third scheduled non-conference opponent for Missouri State in 2027, joining a road contest against Cincinnati on September 11 and a home tilt against Arkansas State on September 25.
The Bears were previously scheduled to play at Auburn in 2027, but that game will be rescheduled for another season.
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a matchup to decide who is the true Miss. St.
Would LOVE to attend a game sometime at Davis Wade……but NEVER will! Those cowbells would make my head explode!
Typical SEC team OOC schedule with all home games. Bulldogs just have to figure out how to win 3 conference games to become bowl eligible.
Last year Indiana, Rutgers, Ohio State, Maryland, Texas Tech and countless other teams not in the SEC played all out-of-conference games at home.
SEC! SEC! SEC! or I should say Rivalry! Rivalry! Rivalry! Indiana, Maryland, Ohio State & Texas Tech have the right to play cupcake teams at home & anyway it is impossible for a team like Michigan to play all three P4 OOC games like Alabama, Arizona & Pittsburgh & there is no way on god’s earth that would happen & that’s way, way, way too much plus I am a fan of Michigan Wolverines playing couple of cupcake games like Eastern Michigan & San Diego State at Big House (Michigan Stadium).