Hail State

"Hail State" is the fight song and rally cry of Mississippi State University. The words and music were written by Joseph Burleson Peavey in 1939. The title of the song was adopted as the official domain name for Mississippi State athletics and for all social media platforms of the athletic department in 2014.^[1]

Rally Cry

Hail State, as the rally cry^[2] of the athletic programs at Mississippi State, began to rise in popularity around 2010. With the rise in prominence of the football team under Coach Dan Mullen and a major marketing push from the Athletic Department, the phrase began making its way into the everyday lexicon of the Mississippi State fan base.

Social Media

Hail State became the official hashtag of Mississippi State Athletics and Academics around the 2010 football season. It has trended^[3] nationally and internationally at different momentous moments in the recent athletic history of the university.

Mississippi State was the first university to paint a hashtag (#hailstate) onto a playing surface.^[4] The football program painted #hailstate in the north end zone at Davis-Wade Stadium. This act and future hashtags was later banned by the NCAA for all institutions.^[5]

Use in football games

Hail State is played by the Famous Maroon Band at the start of each home game and after each time the team scores. There are several abbreviated versions that are played as stand tunes or in combination with the full theme.

References

↑ "Social Media Headquarters". Hailstate.com. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
↑ Nash, Virginia. "True Maroon". True Maroon. msstate.edu. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
↑ Montalbano, Ryan. "#hailstate trending". Twitter. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
↑ Laird, Sam. "First Football Endzone Hashtag Touches Down In Mississippi". Mashable. Retrieved 2015-08-29.
↑ Stevens, Matt. "NCAA Bans #HailState". The Dispatch. Retrieved 2015-08-29.

External links

Song recording
Lyrics: "Hail State." 8/10/06. Hail State Lyrics. Mississippi State University. Retrieved on March 5, 2008.

Mississippi State Bulldogs football

Venues	Davis Wade Stadium (1914–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Kentucky LSU Ole Miss: Egg Bowl

Culture & lore	Bully "Hail State" Famous Maroon Band

People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball

Venues	McCarthy Gymnasium (1950–1975) Humphrey Coliseum (1975–present)

Culture & lore	History Bully "Hail State"

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball

Venues	Dudy Noble Field, Polk–DeMent Stadium (1967–present)

Culture & lore	Left Field Lounge

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

College World Series appearances in italics

Mississippi State Bulldogs women's basketball

Venues	McCarthy Gymnasium (1974–1975) Humphrey Coliseum (1975–present)

Culture & lore	Bully "Hail State"

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Fight songs of the Southeastern Conference

The Orange and Blue (Florida)
Glory, Glory (Georgia)
On, On, U of K, Kentucky Fight (Kentucky)
Fight Tiger (Missouri)
The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way (South Carolina)
Down the Field (Tennessee)
Dynamite (Vanderbilt)
Yea Alabama (Alabama)
Arkansas Fight (Arkansas)
War Eagle (Auburn)
Fight for LSU (LSU)
Hail State (Mississippi State)
Forward Rebels (Ole Miss)
Aggie War Hymn (Texas A&M)

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