STARKVILLE — Mississippi State first-year head football coach Joe Moorhead and the Bulldogs will try to shatter a school spring game attendance record for the Maroon and White Game at 3 p.m. Saturday (SEC Network) in Davis Wade Stadium.
The annual event is part of Super Bulldog Weekend presented by Stand Up Mississippi.
Admission is free. The Junction will open to tailgating at 8 a.m. Saturday. Gates to Davis Wade Stadium open at 1:30 p.m., and there will a special spring Dawg Walk in the Junction at 1:30 p.m. MSU’s clear bag and golf cart policies will be in effect. Concessions will be available.
Dallas Cowboys starter and All-American quarterback Dak Prescott, 2012 Thorpe Award winner and All-American cornerback Johnthan Banks, and Oakland Raiders starter and 2013 All-American Gabe Jackson will return to Davis Wade Stadium as guest captains.
The 2018 football team will sign autographs on the west concourse of Davis Wade Stadium from 10-11 a.m. Fans will enter through Gate A on the southwest corner of the stadium for the football autograph session. Commemorative Maroon and White game posters will be provided. Outside items won’t be permitted for signing.
The 2018 NCAA national finalist women’s basketball team will sign autographs from 1:30-3:30 p.m. in the north end zone concourse. Commemorative NCAA national finalist posters will be provided. Outside items won’t be permitted. The squad also will be honored in a halftime ceremony.
The Famous Maroon Band and MSU spirit squads will be on hand.
The game will feature four 12-minute running quarters. Standard game timing will be utilized under the two-minute mark in the second and fourth quarters.
MSU returns 20 seniors and 17 starters from a squad that finished the 2017 campaign ranked No. 19 nationally after defeating Louisville in the TaxSlayer Bowl.
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