2010 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

The 2010 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University

Mississippi State University

The Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science commonly known as Mississippi State University is a land-grant university located in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and partially in an unincorporated area...

during the 2010 college football season

2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season

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. Mississippi State has been a member of the Southeastern Conference

Southeastern Conference

The Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...

(SEC) since the league's inception in 1932, and has participated in that conference's Western Division since 1992

1992 NCAA Division I-A football season

The 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first year of the Bowl Coalition, and ended with Alabama's first national championship in thirteen years—their first since the departure of Bear Bryant...

. The Bulldogs played their home games at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field

Davis Wade Stadium

Davis Wade Stadium is the home playing venue for the Mississippi State Bulldogs football team. Located in Starkville, Mississippi, the stadium has a capacity of 55,082. It was built in 1914 as Scott Field and was named for Don Magruder Scott, an Olympic sprinter and one of the University's first...

in Starkville

Starkville, Mississippi

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 21,869 people, 9,462 households, and 4,721 families residing in the city. The population density was 851.4 people per square mile . There were 10,191 housing units at an average density of 396.7 per square mile...

, Mississippi

Mississippi

Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...

, which has been MSU football's "home" stadium since 1914. The Bulldogs finished the season 9-4, 4–4 in SEC play and faced Michigan

2010 Michigan Wolverines football team

The 2010 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Michigan played its home games at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan and competed in the Big Ten Conference. The season was the first since the renovation of...

in the Gator Bowl

2011 Gator Bowl

The 2011 Gator Bowl game was a post-season college football bowl game between the Michigan Wolverines of the Big Ten and Mississippi State Bulldogs of the SEC, and was played on January 1, 2011 , at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. It was the sixty sixth edition of the bowl game and was...

, which they won 52–14. The team finished with a #15 final ranking in the AP Poll

AP Poll

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, making them 2010's most improved team in the SEC.

Preseason

On April 17, 2010, before a crowd of 34,127, the largest in Mississippi history, the Maroon squad defeated the White squad 26-13 in Mississippi State's spring football game held at Davis Wade Stadium Saturday evening.

Schedule

Memphis

The season opener was a success for the home team bulldogs as they beat Memphis handily 49-7.

Auburn

LSU

Georgia

Alcorn State

Houston

Florida

UAB

Kentucky

Alabama

Arkansas

Ole Miss

In the Egg Bowl, MSU cruised after building a 31-9 4th quarter lead to beat rival Ole Miss for the 2nd time in a row and 3rd out of the last 4.

Gator Bowl

Mississippi State blew out traditional power Michigan 52-14 in the Gator Bowl on New Year's Day in Jacksonville, Florida.