2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Liberty Bowl champion
Liberty Bowl, W 10–3 vs. UCF
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Western Division
2007 record	8–5 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach	Sylvester Croom (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Woody McCorvey (4th year)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Ellis Johnson (4th year)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Davis Wade Stadium (55,082)
Seasons « 2006 2008 »

2007 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
#12 Tennessee xy		6	–	2					10	–	4
#2 Georgia x%		6	–	2					11	–	2
#13 Florida		5	–	3					9	–	4
South Carolina		3	–	5					6	–	6
Kentucky		3	–	5					8	–	5
Vanderbilt		2	–	6					5	–	7
Western Division
#1 LSU x$#		6	–	2					12	–	2
#15 Auburn		5	–	3					9	–	4
Arkansas		4	–	4					8	–	5
Mississippi State		4	–	4					8	–	5
Alabama		4	–	4					7	–	6
Ole Miss		0	–	8					3	–	9
Championship: LSU 21, Tennessee 14
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Alabama had 5 victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. As such, the official record for Alabama is 2–6 (1-4). Rankings from AP Poll

1 2 3 4 Total • #2 Tigers (12–2, 6–2) 3 14 14 14 45 Bulldogs (0-1, 0-1) 0 0 0 0 0 Date: August 30, 2007 Location: Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi Game start: 7:00 PM CST Game attendance: 50,112 Game weather: 77F Thunderstorms

1 2 3 4 Total • Bulldogs (1–1, 0–1) 14 3 14 7 38 Green Wave (4–8, 3–5) 14 3 0 0 17 Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana Game start: 6:00 PM CST Game attendance: 31,076

1 2 3 4 Total • Bulldogs (2–1, 1–1) 10 3 0 6 19 Tigers (9–4, 5–3) 0 14 0 0 14 Date: September 15, 2007 Location: Jordan–Hare Stadium, Auburn, Alabama Game start: 11:30 AM CST Game attendance: 82,129 Game weather: 80F Clear Skies

1 2 3 4 Total Runnin' Bulldogs (5–6, 2–2) 0 0 6 9 15 • Bulldogs (3–1, 1–1) 14 14 3 0 31 Date: September 22, 2007 Location: Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi Game start: 6:00 PM CST Game attendance: 43,272 Game weather: 65F Party Cloudy

1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs (3–2, 1–2) 7 7 7 0 21 • #16 Gamecocks (6–6, 3–5) 7 10 7 14 38 Date: September 29, 2007 Location: Williams-Brice Stadium, Columbia, South Carolina Game start: 11:00 AM CST Game attendance: 78,883 Game weather: 71F Clear Skies

1 2 3 4 Total Blazers (2–10, 1–7) 0 10 3 0 13 • Bulldogs (4–2, 1–2) 0 3 6 21 30 Date: October 6, 2007 Location: Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field, Starkville, Mississippi Game start: 1:30 PM CST Game attendance: 45,259 Game weather: 69F Partly Cloudy

1 2 3 4 Total • #25 Volunteers (10–4, 6–2) 7 10 10 6 33 Bulldogs (4–3, 1–3) 7 7 7 0 21 Date: October 13, 2007 Location: Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi Game start: 1:30 PM CST Game attendance: 50,217 Game weather: 66F Fair Skies

1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs (4–4, 1–3) 0 7 6 0 13 • #9 Mountaineers (11–2, 5–2) 28 3 0 7 38 Date: October 20, 2007 Location: Mountaineer Field, Morgantown, West Virginia Game start: 2:30 PM CST Game attendance: 61,022 Game weather: 53F Partly Cloudy

The 2007 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 2007 college football season. The team's head coach was Sylvester Croom, who served his fourth season in the position. The Bulldogs played their six home games in 2007 at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi.

The Bulldogs' record of 8–5 (4–4 in the SEC) was MSU's first winning record since the 2000 season, when the team finished 8–4 (4–4 in conference). The 'Dogs earned their first bowl game berth since 2000 by reaching the 2007 Liberty Bowl. Mississippi State's victory there over Conference USA champion Central Florida also marked MSU's first bowl victory since 2000, when the Bulldogs defeated Texas A&M, 43–41 in overtime, to win the 2000 Independence Bowl under head coach Jackie Sherrill. For the Bulldogs' improvement, Croom was voted the 2007 SEC Coach of the Year by his peers.

At the 2007 SEC Football Media Days in Hoover, Alabama, Mississippi State was predicted to finish 6th in the SEC Western Division, based on a poll of SEC coaches.

The Bulldogs finished the 2006 college football season with a dismal 3–9 record (1–7 conference). MSU's only wins came over UAB (16–10, overtime) of Conference USA in Birmingham and DI-AA/FCS opponent Jacksonville State (35–3), with the Bulldogs' lone conference victory coming over Alabama in Tuscaloosa, a game in which MSU was a 14-point underdog, by a 24–16 margin, snapping a streak of 23 consecutive conference road losses for MSU.

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