Alabama-Mississippi State score: Alabama dominates Mississippi State on Saturday night in Starkville

Alabama football looks to score a victory over Mississippi State on Saturday at Davis Wade Stadium.

Nick Saban will coach the Crimson Tide (3-1, 1-0 SEC) against first-year coach Zach Arnett, who took over ahead of the 2023 season. Will Rogers is back at quarterback for a fourth time to face Alabama, but the offense he's running won't look the same as years past. After employing the Air Raid under the late Mike Leach, the Bulldogs (2-2, 0-2) are running a much more balanced approach on offense this season with almost exactly the same number of runs as passes. Jo'Quavious Marks is leading the efforts on the ground; he's second in the SEC with 352 rushing yards.

Meanwhile, the Crimson Tide's offense will look to build on a strong second half against Ole Miss from a week ago. Jalen Milroe is entrenched as the quarterback now, and he aims to score his first road victory in a starting role. He closed out the Arkansas game on the road a season ago, but he was filling in for an injured Bryce Young after Young went down in the first half.

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END OF GAME: Alabama 40, Mississippi State 17

4Q 6:13: SCORE: Surprise! Will Reichard knocks through his fourth field goal of the night and his 24th straight field goal to extend the Alabama lead to 23 points.

4Q 9:12: SCORE: Alabama's Will Reichard extends his streak to 23 straight field goals made after knocking down a 34-yard field goal to extend the Crimson Tide lead to 20. Alabama 37, Mississippi State 17

END OF 3Q: Alabama 34, Mississippi State 17

3Q 2:58: SCORE: Alabama's Will Reichard knocks through his 22nd straight field goal from 38 yards out as the Crimson Tide hold a 17-point lead in Starkville. Alabama 34, Mississippi State 17

3Q 9:19: SCORE: Mississippi State's Will Rogers connects on a 1-yard touchdown pass to running back Jeffery Pittman to trim Alabama's lead to 14.

END OF 2Q: Alabama 31, Mississippi State 10

2Q :40: SCORE: Alabama's Jalen Milroe rushes for a 10-yard touchdown coming off an interception by the Crimson Tide defense. That is Milroe's second rushing touchdown of the day. It's all Alabama in Starkville, 31-10.

2Q 1:07: SCORE: Alabama's Jase McClellan runs for a 2-yard touchdown to give the crimson Tide a 24-10 lead right before halftime.

2Q 6:35: SCORE: Mississippi State's Mike Wright runs for a 15-yard touchdown to trim the Alabama lead to just seven with 6:26 left in the half.

2Q 10:12: SCORE: Alabama's Will Reichard knocks through a 48-yard field goal to extend the lead back to 14. Alabama 17, Miss St 3.

2Q 12:51: SCORE: Miss St kicker Kyle Ferrie converts a 31-yard field goal to trim the lead to 11. Alabama 14, Miss State 3.

END OF 1Q: Alabama 14, Miss St 0

1Q 4:01: SCORE: Mississippi State quarterback Will Rogers throws an interception return for a 28-yard touchdown by Alabama's Chris Braswell to extend the Crimson Tide lead to 14.

1Q 5:01: SCORE: Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe rips a 53-yard touchdown run to give the Crimson Tide an early 7-0 lead.

START OF GAME: Alabama receives the opening kickoff and return it to their own 30 yard line where they will start their first drive of the game.

Alabama football score vs. Mississippi State

What time, channel is Alabama game on?

• Time: 8 p.m. CT

• Channel: ESPN

• Stream: FUBO (free trial) or ESPN app (with cable)

Alabama football will play Mississippi State on ESPN. Mark Jones, Rod Gilmore and Quint Kessenich will be on the call for TV. Meanwhile, Chris Stewart, Tyler Watts and Roger Hoover can be heard on the Crimson Tide Sports Network radio call.

The game can be streamed on FUBO, which offers a free trial to potential subscribers.

Alabama vs. Mississippi State start time

• Date: Saturday, Sept. 30

• Time: 8 p.m. CT

The Crimson Tide and Bulldogs will face each other at 8 p.m. CT on Sept. 30.

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This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: Alabama football vs. Mississippi State score: Live updates from Week 5