After last night, got me thinking, what is the worst

[R2Dawg]

loss in MSU history? I mean absolute had the game won but lost. Not talking about Maine, USA, etc.

The immaculate deflection I don't count because that was an act of God.

I honestly can't think of one worse than last night. 17 pt lead in the 4th quarter in a game where we dominated the game - 5 sacks, 12 TFL and we lose

[Quaoarsking]

The one that made me the saddest was the 2014 loss at Alabama, for what it would have meant for the program.

The most disgusting would be losing to a 4-8 Tulane team at home in 2006 when Croom desperately needed a win to get things on track, followed closely by Lebby's loss to Toledo last year - not necessarily the losing but the level of dominance.

[Coach34]

Mississippi picking up 4th and 28 on our field to come back and win the Egg Bowl making us lose to Pine Box Tommy

[R2Dawg]

The one that made me the saddest was the 2014 loss at Alabama, for what it would have meant for the program.

The most disgusting would be losing to a 4-8 Tulane team at home in 2006 when Croom desperately needed a win to get things on track, followed closely by Lebby's loss to Toledo last year - not necessarily the losing but the level of dominance.

Yeah Bama was very disappointing and we win that game if Dak hadn't had a bad day throwing 2 int in the endzone where we would have scored.

But I was thinking more of where we melted down in the end to lose where we had it won. Kinda like we've done Auburn twice. Bama being up 24-0 at half on Cam N was real bad. Last night is worst I can remember.

[Quaoarsking]

Oh, and Moorhead's loss to Florida was probably the angriest and most disappointed I've ever been leaving the stadium. I had been looking forward to that game for almost a year.

[parabrave]

Mississippi picking up 4th and 28 on our field to come back and win the Egg Bowl making us lose to Pine Box Tommy

1997 sucked worse or any loss in the Egg.

[R2Dawg]

1997 sucked worse or any loss in the Egg.

97 year was so disappointing as we lost the last two to not win the SECW after beating Aub 20-0 in Aub who won the west. We were the best team in SECW all year till two eggs at end of year. And to make matters worse, we finished 7-4 and didn't even get a bowl game.

[Charlie_Sheen420]

2017 vs Bama was worse, we had the win vs number 1 Bama and Dan crapped his pants again

[R2Dawg]

2017 vs Bama was worse, we had the win vs number 1 Bama and Dan crapped his pants again

Agree that 17 loss was bad; we didn't have a 17 pt lead but we had a late lead and lost. Bama wasn't #1 then, they were down that year as their D was worst in Saban's career minus first year.

[Charlie_Sheen420]

Agree that 17 loss was bad; we didn't have a 17 pt lead but we had a late lead and lost. Bama wasn't #1 then, they were down that year as their D was worst in Saban's career minus first year.
They were number 1 in the AP and Coaches Poll, idk why they were 2 in the playoff rankings. And they went on to win the national championship, I wouldn?t call that a ?down? team compared to Saban teams that didn?t win it all. We all realized that night no matter what Bama is an automatic loss and even without Saban I don?t see that changing. We just embrace our loser mentality against them. I would honestly rather play Georgia every year than Bama

[Mjoelner34]

The Artie Cosby FG has to rank up there.

[War Machine Dawg]

99 Bama. Phantom holding call on the Pig Prather punt return completely changes the game. If we win that one, we win the West two years in a row. Might've been undefeated heading into the SECCG and play in either the BCS Championship Game or one of the BCS bowls depending on the outcome of the SECCG.

[tcdog70]

69 to zip to Houston

[SailingDawg]

The Artie Cosby FG has to rank up there.

Sure, but the year before that we intercepted that team in the end zone and the refs called pass interference and gave it to forecade on the one yard line. This all occurred right in front of me. Freshman year at State.

[JimBobDawg]

Agree that 17 loss was bad; we didn't have a 17 pt lead but we had a late lead and lost. Bama wasn't #1 then, they were down that year as their D was worst in Saban's career minus first year.
The best I remember is they had a lot of injuries on defense for that game. They were missing some key linebackers. I remember ?Don?t Stop Believing? being played and I think it was the loudest I?ve ever heard it.

[archdog]

When we came back and absolutely destroyed Auburn with Will Rogers. That was awesome.

Yesterday, just use the clock and run the damn ball and they do not have enough time to come back and beat us.

[Bothrops]

The 2008 EB left me with a pretty hopeless feeling. We had an NFL caliber receiver Brandon McRae ( probably the only one during Croom) nearly break his leg off in the game as well. 2011 @Auburn, @ Tennessee 2019, last week at Fla and last night are some of the worst I can remember. I'd say last night was the worst in many years. That loss will sting for over a decade even when we will keep losing because it'll be remembered as a start of a new life cycle of unprecedented misery, finally giving way to apathy and burial.

[R2Dawg]

The best I remember is they had a lot of injuries on defense for that game. They were missing some key linebackers. I remember ?Don?t Stop Believing? being played and I think it was the loudest I?ve ever heard it.

Yep I think you are correct. They were missing some big D pieces and their D was not near as good. The blitz late cost us the game and Hurts won the game.

[R2Dawg]

When we came back and absolutely destroyed Auburn with Will Rogers. That was awesome.

Yesterday, just use the clock and run the damn ball and they do not have enough time to come back and beat us.

The 99 win at Aub was equally as good and maybe better in some ways. The Auburn fans had already left the stadium with 5 min to play. MSU owned the stadium to watch MSU win in 99. That comeback was more impressive that what TX did even. Jacks call of the Matt Butler TD to win it. We did that with Matt Wyatt the backup QB too.

[BrunswickDawg]

I don't even know that this loss is in my Top 5, maybe not even Top 10 MSU. Jackie's years had multiple runs of awful losses.

'91 - Jackie having started out great, loses a tight one at Tennessee 24-26; then the next week against UF our OL breaks his leg and dies a couple of days later. Then we lose to a bad Memphis team at home and at Bama in a gut wrenching 13-7 game.
'92 - we are still in play for the SEC west - just have to close the last 2 games. Bama Refs beat us 30-21; then lose at OM 17-10.
'93 - How about starting your season in the Top 25 and getting beat by Memphis by 10 at home; then tying ARKANSAS STATE 15-15 and go 3-6-2 on the year
'95 - The joy of losing 34-32 to a 2-9 Louisiana-Monroe.
'96 - Loss to La Tech. Then, after we beat #8 Alabama, lose at home to a 4-7 Arkansas team 16-13.
'97 - We've beaten Bama and Auburn back to back and can tie LSU for the West - then the #15 Dogs lose 17-7 at Arkansas (4-7) and home in the Egg 15-14. Then out 7-4 get snubbed for a Bowl

I say all this to point out something. I know eras are different, etc. But we had one of the best coaches of his era, arguably our best modern coach. He had 12 years of HC experience when he got here. And his teams made as many boneheaded penalties; he made as many boneheaded calls; made terrible decisions at times; had terrible QB play across multiple seasons; and lost to teams far worse then Toledo (who actually went 8-5 and beat an ACC team in their bowl); missed huge opportunities to have major wins; and had some of our idiot fans so done with him by '95-'96 they were trying to push him out for A Division II coach.

People only want to remember the good time under the Kang - but there was a whole lot of disappointment in Starkville in the years leading up to '98-'99.

[Pancho]

i still remember jomo crappi9ng himself in knoxville

[DEDawg]

2017 Bama

[1eyedog]

Wow....I was there for Maine but it’s the loses to Bama (refs) and om (usually conservative play calling) were the worst. Losing to Bama, 14 AND then the debacle in velvet ditch that I STILL don’t know what happened to run a def cord off. Like Coach said JWS had several...his second yearn ox being in the redzone multiple times with no score, the year in DOGTOWN he forgot what the TE was the second half and letting JL Dunn go to a prevent and let tubby and one legged Matt Luke walk down the field and win. But I was there for the Immaculate deflection and the Dick Pace late pass int flag. What people forget is in BOTH of those games the Dogs were marching down the field with no resistance and pull up, stop trying for first downs and td’s and try a fg.......going conservative on offense late in the game lost both of those EB’s. One year Felker played a Bama team in Birmingham I think and they pushed a MSU receiver out of bounds on a potential winning drive. Also one of JWS was on the goal line that the receiver was on the right side went forward then broke left across back of the end zone but the Bama corner grabbed his jersey and held him up...sleepy got sacked I think but only one camera caught the game changing hold, and who could forget Brandon (hitman) spears and his forearm to the ankle tackles...........I’ll sit down now.

https://youtu.be/DocxZM1lQEg?si=zBzEMEgte0M583mm

[SaintDawg]

Maine and the 3-2 loss to Auburn in ?04. Period.

[MagicDawg]

I was a sophomore during Tech-10 and it felt like the whole damn season was one hopeless clusterfudge after another.
Then we didn't move on from that for two more freaking years going 5-6.
Admittedly, we did win 1 conference game during each of those years.
Still, it was a nightmare time for football and Saturday night gave me a sunken, hollowed-out feeling in my gut that felt much like those seasons.

[Cowbeller]

Took some time to think and I have seen some gut wrenching ones but the two UT games this year are it for me. What Tenn potentially meant for the program and now what a setback Tex feels like is enough to make them feel like top 2

[KentuckyDawg13]

Rocky Felker's first year, started off 6-1 and ranked. Proceeded to lose every game after, with the worst being 47-0 by LSU.

10/25: Lost to Auburn, 35-6
11/1: Lost to Bama, 38-3
11/15: LSU loss, 47-0
11/22" ole piss loss, 24-3

That has to be the worst stretch of MSU football in modern history.

[PGHBulldogBG]

The 2018 team was a little bit different for me than most fans. I was so livid the day we hired Moorhead because I knew how bad he was so by the time the season started I knew it was not going to be more than 7 or 8 wins. I was more so just ready for something to happen to get rid of him. I honestly can?t remember a game we were up that big and lost off the top of my head. Under Leach we actually had some games we won in that fashion like Auburn 2021. I don?t think we were down that much but we blew the 2021 Arkansas game in a similar way with penalties. Ironically I feel like we have more games in our past 20 years or so where we get down big and then wake up in the 4th quarter and get close like the UF game than the way this UTx game went

[Santiago]

Mississippi picking up 4th and 28 on our field to come back and win the Egg Bowl making us lose to Pine Box Tommy

yeah very painful, and then Tubberville on our field after the game in a TV interview saying "They choked, we didn't"

[State82]

That has to be the worst stretch of MSU football in modern history.

Identifying the "worst stretch" in our history would be a very difficult task for us.

[Really Clark?]

2017 vs Bama was worse, we had the win vs number 1 Bama and Dan crapped his pants again

Wasn't 2017 when they let the Bama receiver run out of bounds on his own for about 10 - 15 yards right in front of the ref. And still allowed the reception to stand?

[1eyedog]

Rocky Felker's first year, started off 6-1 and ranked. Proceeded to lose every game after, with the worst being 47-0 by LSU.

10/25: Lost to Auburn, 35-6
11/1: Lost to Bama, 38-3
11/15: LSU loss, 47-0
11/22" ole piss loss, 24-3

That has to be the worst stretch of MSU football in modern history.

Yes and the om game was sadly laughable.......It flooded and there was a pond in the SE part of the field. For some reason Felker CONTINUED trying to run into the pond. I always wanted his thought process......om went on to the Gator bowl where Michigan ran for 5 or 600 yds against them.........

[Coach34]

Wasn't 2017 when they let the Bama receiver run out of bounds on his own for about 10 - 15 yards right in front of the ref. And still allowed the reception to stand?

Yes

[klong-dog]

97 Egg bowl was horrific