Dan Mullen is 0-7 vs. Alabama. They are the only Western Division team he’s yet to defeat, and if he is able to beat South Carolina in Week 2 they’ll be the last SEC team he hasn’t beaten when the Bulldogs travel Highway 82 to play the Tide on November 12th.
Despite the annual loss to Nick Saban by an average margin on 19.8 points, the Dawgs have actually come into the game riding high a number of times under Mullen….
Mississippi State has been ranked in the top 20 four times when facing Alabama:
- #17 in 2010
- #13 in 2012
- #1 in 2014
- #20 in 2015
In each of those years, the Bulldogs had already achieved at least seven wins on the season:
- 7-2 in 2010
- 7-0 in 2012
- 9-0 in 2014
- 7-2 in 2015
Unfortunately, the top three years in that span – 2010, 2012 and 2014 – all featured trips to Tuscaloosa.