Mississippi State’s lone FCS game of 2022 will have an early kickoff.
The Bulldogs (6-3, 3-3 Southeastern Conference) will face East Tennessee State (3-6, 1-6 Southern Conference) at 11 a.m. Nov. 19, the SEC announced. Prior to the season, the SEC announced that the game against the Buccaneers would be televised on SEC Network Plus and ESPN+.
Mississippi State comes off a 39-33 overtime win against Auburn on Saturday in Starkville. This week, the Bulldogs will host No. 1 Georgia (9-0, 6-0 SEC) at 6 p.m. Saturday on ESPN.
The game against ETSU will be MSU’s final home game of 2022. The Bulldogs will close out the regular season at 6 p.m. Nov. 24, Thanksgiving Day, in Oxford for their annual Egg Bowl rivalry game against Ole Miss.
Griffin named co-SEC special teams player of the week
Junior wide receiver Lideatrick Griffin shared the SEC weekly honor for special teams, announced Monday.
The Philadelphia, Mississippi, native returned a kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter against Auburn.
Griffin has tied Mississippi State’s record for kickoff return touchdowns with two.
Mississippi State 2022 schedule and results
Sept. 3: MSU 49, Memphis 23
Sept. 10: MSU 39, Arizona 17
Sept. 17: LSU 31, MSU 16
Sept. 24: MSU 45, Bowling Green 14
Oct. 1: MSU 42, No. 17 Texas A&M 24
Oct. 8: No. 23 MSU 40, Arkansas 17
Oct. 15: No. 22 Kentucky 27, No. 16 MSU 17
Oct. 22: No. 6 Alabama 30, No. 24 MSU 6
Nov. 5: MSU 39, Auburn 33, OT
Saturday: vs. No. 1 Georgia, 6 p.m., ESPN
Nov. 19: vs. East Tennessee State, 11 a.m., SEC Network Plus/ESPN+
Nov. 24: at No. 15 Ole Miss, 6 p.m.
Theo DeRosa reports on Mississippi State sports for The Dispatch. Follow him on Twitter at @Theo_DeRosa.
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