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Illinois vs Mississippi State Timeline

Explore every documented meeting, final score and season in the recorded history between Illinois and Mississippi State.

PROGRAM ONEIllinois1 recorded wins
HEAD TO HEAD1–2WINS · LOSSES
PROGRAM TWOMississippi State2 recorded wins
3Recorded meetings
1923Earliest documented
2022Most recent season
0Tied games
THE RIVALRY THROUGH TIME

Head-to-head timeline

Meetings are listed oldest first. Scores and dates reflect the available historical records.

3 games
  1. 1923
    Illinois27 — 0Mississippi State
    Nov 17, 1923Illinois won
  2. 1980
    Illinois21 — 28Mississippi State
    Oct 4, 1980Mississippi State won
  3. 2022
    Illinois10 — 19Mississippi State
    Jan 2, 2023Mississippi State wonRaymond James Stadium
THE COMPLETE SCOREBOOK

All recorded results

The latest documented meeting appears first.

SeasonMatchupScoreOutcome
2022Illinois vs Mississippi State10–19Mississippi State won
1980Illinois vs Mississippi State21–28Mississippi State won
1923Illinois vs Mississippi State27–0Illinois won
OUR DATA STANDARD

Sources and historical coverage

These results are compiled from season-by-season records imported from CollegeFootballData. Only games with both final scores are counted. Older seasons and some lower-division records may be incomplete; the earliest documented year is not necessarily the first meeting ever played.

Page updated November 7, 2026 · Historical records are subject to correction.