Mississippi State’s trip to Austin is shaping up as one of the cheapest ways into a sold-out Texas home game this season.
Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium already locked up every 2026 home date before the season began, giving Texas a fifth straight year of selling out the full slate. That leaves Saturday night’s matchup with Mississippi State to the resale market, where the numbers are lower than plenty of people probably expected.
On Wednesday, TickPick listed the lowest ticket at $88, while StubHub showed a cheapest option of $83. Vivid Seats had higher prices on the four-seat listings checked. Because those listings move around during the week, the prices are only a snapshot of what fans were seeing, not a guarantee of what they will pay at checkout on Saturday.
TickPick showed 16,230 tickets available and an average listed price of $355.21. The most expensive seat on the site was priced at $4,675, a premium spot for anyone wanting the top view of the Bulldogs in Austin. For fans trying to keep costs down, the lower-level sections remain the main place to compare across the resale sites, with fees included where that information is shown.
The broader context makes the Mississippi State game stand out even more. No Texas game left on the schedule is cheaper to attend.
Arkansas comes to Austin on Nov. 21, and that one starts at $146 on TickPick and $157 on Vivid Seats. Texas road games are even pricier, with tickets to Missouri starting at $164 on TickPick, the LSU game at $328, and the regular-season finale at Texas A&M at $396.
That makes Mississippi State’s ticket roughly a quarter of what Texas fans will pay for Kyle Field a month later. It’s also cheaper than the Bulldogs’ own Egg Bowl trip, with Vivid Seats listing Mississippi State at Ole Miss on Nov. 27 starting at $140.
The setup helps explain the softer market. Texas has just gone through home games against Florida and Ole Miss, and a third straight Saturday in Austin against a team riding a three-game losing streak doesn’t carry the same charge.
Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. CT on ESPN, turning it into a Halloween night game in one of the country’s biggest venues. Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte has called the crowd “more than 100,000 of our closest friends and family,” and a sizable share of those seats are now available at a discount.
Even so, the trip is not the cheapest football weekend Mississippi State fans will find. Back in Starkville, the Bulldogs’ next two home games start at $29 for Vanderbilt and $50 for Auburn on Vivid Seats. But for a sold-out SEC stadium on Halloween night, under $100 is still a pretty friendly entry point - and the price could drift even lower as kickoff gets closer.
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