STARKVILLE — The Mississippi State football team will play North Carolina State in the Belk Bowl on Dec. 30.
The announcement was made Sunday. The game will take place in Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.
“This is a great opportunity for our team and our fans to cap off the 2015 season at the Belk Bowl in Charlotte for the first time,” MSU coach Dan Mullen said in a media release. “The senior class is the second-winningest in school history and they have been to a bowl game every year. We want to send them out the right way for everything they have done for our program. We look forward to seeing our Bulldog fans take over Charlotte in what will be a fun week.”
North Carolina State finished its regular season at 7-5. MSU went 8-4.
The game kicks off at 2:30 p.m.
The Bulldogs begin bowl prep Friday and it will be open to the public. The remaining practice schedule will be announced later in the week.
Tickets are on sale now at HailState.com/tickets or by calling 1-888-GO-DAWGS. MSU students will be able to purchase tickets beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday on HailState.com/tickets. Student tickets will only be available online. Cowbells will be allowed inside Bank of America Stadium.
This is the 19th bowl appearance and sixth-straight for the Bulldogs. In Mullen’s seven years, the Bulldogs have only missed playing in a bowl game once, and that was in his first season in 2009 when MSU finished 5-7.
Under Mullen, MSU is 3-2 in bowl games. Overall, the Bulldogs are 10-8 in bowl games.
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