Last Friday,
Joe Moorhead was fired as Mississippi State's head football coach. Moorhead was the head football coach at Mississippi State for two seasons
where the Bulldogs were 14-12 during that time period. Here is a
look at the Mississippi State Bulldogs football team since 2008; under three
different head
coaches - Croom (partial), Mullen
and Moorhead. As you will
notice, Mississippi State had a great 2018 defense under Moorhead, but the
teams productivity has fallen off this season.
Below is the Mississippi State Bulldogs production rank (total, offense, defense, and the
average and worst teams) since 2008 using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com,
as well as lines for head coaching firing. More details about
the program under Moorhead is
provided below.
Joe Moorhead [2018-2019]
2018
At the end of Moorhead's first season at the helm of the Mississippi State
football program, the Bulldogs finished the regular season at 8-4 and
were bowl eligible, where they were defeated by #15 ranked Iowa by a
score of (22-27) to finish 8-5 overall. The Bulldogs
played against a “tougher”
strength
of schedule (SOS),
meaning that Mississippi State's SOS was between one and two standard deviations lower than the
"league" average SOS. Mississippi State's
best regular season victory
was against #29 ranked Auburn by a score of (23-9) and their
worst loss was to #32 ranked Kentucky by a score of (7-28).
The Bulldogs
finished the season as the
#5 ranked team overall, with the #30 ranked
offense and the
#1 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
2019
Mississippi State finished the regular season at 6-6, while
playing against a
“tougher”
strength
of schedule and were bowl eligible where they were defeated by #75
ranked Louisville in the
Music City Bowl by a score of (28-38). Mississippi State's best regular
season victory
was against #15 ranked Louisiana-LaFayette by a score of (38-28) and their worst
loss was to #62 ranked Tennessee by a score of (10-20).
Mississippi State (at the time of Moorhead's firing) was the #65 ranked team overall, with the #51 ranked
offense and the #87 ranked defense using the
Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from
www.cfbstats.com.
