Davis Wade Stadium - Facts

Facts

• The all-new high definition video board is currently the second largest video board in the SEC and fourth largest on-campus video board in the nation. (List of largest scoreboards in NCAA college football)

• The record attendance for a football game is 58,103, set on November 14, 2009 against the Alabama Crimson Tide. Davis Wade Stadium

• The entire concourse area underneath the East Upper Deck is sealed and climate-controlled.

• Davis Wade Stadium is one of the locations of the Egg Bowl, the annual rivalry match up between the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the Ole Miss Rebels of the University of Mississippi. The game alternates between Davis Wade Stadium and Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on the Ole Miss campus. The 100th game between the teams was played at Davis Wade Stadium. Because of the way the locations alternate from year to year, Mississippi State hosts on the odd-numbered years and Ole Miss hosts on the even-numbered years.

• Davis Wade Stadium is sometimes referred to as the "Dawg Pound" and is home to the dance called the "Dawg Pound Rock."

• Mississippi State is credited with being the first to use the song Who Let The Dogs Out? at a sporting event. It was played before and during Mississippi State football games and was used for the Dawg Pound Rock once it was moved from the field to the sidelines. Although put on hiatus during Sylvester Croom's tenure as Mississippi State head coach, the Dawg Pound Rock and the song made a popular return in the 2009 season.