2011 GoDaddy.com Bowl 2009 New Orleans Bowl Champions 2006 Motor City Bowl 2001, 2006 Sun Belt Champions GAME 7 SETTING THE SCENE Middle Tennessee vs #15/16 Mississippi State Athletic Communications Date .....................................Saturday, October 20, 2012 Contact: Mark Owens, Associate AD/Communications Time .................................................................. 6:00 PM O: 615.898.5057 C: 615.631.9520 Television .............................................................ESPN2 E-mail:
[email protected] Location ....................................................Starkville, MS 4-2; 2-1 VS 6-0; 3-0 Stadium ...........................Davis Wade Stadium (55,082) Blue Raiders Bulldogs Coaches Playing Surface ......................................... Natural Grass Rick Stockstill (Florida State, ‘82) Series: MSU leads 4-0 MT/Overall Record .........................39-42 (7th)/39-42 (7th) SERIES HISTORY 15th straight year MT has played at least one of the power Dan Mullen (Ursinus College, ‘94) Saturday’s football game between Middle Tennessee conference schools. Following an upset win over Georgia MSU/Overall Record ......................27-17 (4th)/27-17 (4th) and Mississippi State will mark the fi fth meeting between Tech earlier this season, the Blue Raiders are now 6-36 Television the two schools on the gridiron. The series, which began (3-10 since 2008) in those games. ESPN2 (Mark Jones, pxp; Brock Huard, color; Jessica in 1999, is led by MSU, 4-0. The Bulldogs defeated the Mendoza, sidelines) Raiders in Starkville, 40-7, in 1999 in what was the fi rst- MT VS RANKED TEAMS Radio ever game for MT as a FBS member. Middle Tennessee Since joining the FBS ranks in 1999, the Blue Raiders The Blue Raider Network, including Nashville fl agship WNSR 560 AM and Murfreesboro fl agships WGNS 1450 AM returned to Starkville in 2000 and lost in a shootout to the have faced 13 teams ranked in the nation’s Top 25.