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.
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