Bulldogs To Hold Open Scrimmages
April 07, 2022 | Football, Joel Coleman
Fans Can Enjoy Spring Football At Davis Wade Stadium.
STARKVILLE – Fans will have the opportunity to attend each of Mississippi State football's three spring football scrimmages at Davis Wade Stadium.
Starting with Saturday, April 9, the Bulldogs are set to scrimmage on three consecutive weekends. Other dates include Super Bulldog Weekend Saturday, April 16, as well as Saturday, April 23.
Admission is free and all scrimmages are slated to begin around 11 a.m. Fans are asked to sit on the eastern side of Davis Wade Stadium and enter through Gate H or Gate L, located on the northeast and southeast corners of the venue. Gates will open at 10:30 a.m.
Note that concessions will only be available on Super Bulldog Weekend Saturday. Also, the stadium's videoboards and ribbon boards will not be in use for any of the scrimmages as they are all being replaced. The project is already underway in order to ensure the boards' readiness for the 2022 season.
All scrimmages will feature approximately 100 plays of football action and include competition between State's starting offense and starting defense before other Bulldogs hit the field looking to hone their skills and perhaps make moves on the depth chart.
Head coach Mike Leach's Bulldogs are working to build upon last season's campaign that saw Mississippi State compete in a bowl game for the 12th consecutive year. MSU is one of only eight programs in the country to earn a bowl game in each of the last 12 seasons and joins Alabama, Georgia and Texas A&M as the only Southeastern Conference schools to do so.
Many of the key contributors from last year's winning season are back in maroon and white in 2022. Mississippi State returns eight starters on each side of the football, all of which played a part in helping the Bulldogs become one of only four schools in the FBS to finish last year's regular season ranked inside the Top 25 in both total offense and total defense.
Mississippi State's spring practice period runs through April 26. The Bulldogs are slated to kick off the 2022 season on Saturday, September 3, when MSU hosts Memphis at Davis Wade Stadium.