2013 Mississippi State Liberty Bowl Media Guide by Mississippi State University Athletics

TRAVEL PLANS The Mississippi State travel party will depart Starkville on Thursday, Dec. 26, and arrive in Memphis for the 2013 AutoZone Liberty Bowl by early afternoon. The team will conduct practices on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday at Rhodes College. The team will return to Starkville on Jan. 1. TEAM HEADQUARTERS The Peabody will serve as the official team headquarters for the duration of the stay in Memphis. The Peabody is located at 149 Union Ave., Memphis, TN 38103. MEDIA HEADQUARTERS The Embassy Suites, located at 1022 S Shady Grove Road, Memphis, TN 38120, will serve as the official media headquarters for the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. Reservations should be made through the Liberty Bowl media website. MISSISSIPPI STATE LIBERTY BOWL MEDIA SERVICES In addition to this publication, game notes will be available at the Mississippi State media hotel, the Embassy Suites, and on gameday. Media will also be provided with daily practice reports, press conference transcripts and general team notes. Media availabilities are listed on this page, and individual requests can be made through Mississippi State athletic media relations representatives. All media information will be available online at HailState.com. MISSISSIPPI STATE MEDIA RELATIONS STAFF Mississippi State assistant directors of media relations Gregg Ellis and Sarah Fetters will travel to Memphis on Thursday, Dec. 26, and serve as the primary liaisons between the media and the team. Mike Nemeth, John Cade and several other members of the media relations staff will join the Bulldog official party later in the week. Contact information is below. GREGG ELLIS - 662.332.0145 gellis@athletics.msstate.edu SARAH FETTERS - 662.418.9183 sfetters@athletics.msstate.edu MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES Head football coach Dan Mullen and studentathletes will be available at the designated AutoZone Liberty Bowl media opportunities while in Memphis. A full schedule of these events is listed at the right. POSTGAME INTERVIEWS Mississippi State will follow AutoZone Liberty Bowl procedures for postgame, including any onfield presentation of trophies/awards. Head coach Dan Mullen and selected players will be available for postgame interviews at a formal press conference. Mississippi State players may not be approached on the field following the game for interviews. AT RIGHT: MSU head coach Dan Mullen (R) and Rice head coach David Bailiff (L) posed with the Liberty Bowl trophy.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26 Arrival at The Peabody (149 Union Ave.) 2:30 p.m. 4:55-6:25 p.m. Practice begins at Rhodes College (2000 N Pkwy.)

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27 12:40-2:25 p.m. Practice begins at Rhodes College (2000 N Parkway) 6-7:30 p.m. Team Welcome Party at AutoZone Park (200 Union Ave.)

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28 8 a.m. 10-11:30 a.m. 10:30-11 a.m.

FCA Breakfast (Hilton Memphis Hotel – 939 Ridge Lake Blvd.) Players visit St. Jude Children’s Hospital (332 N Lauderdale St.) Liberty Bowl offense press conference (Offensive Coordinator Les Koenning and four players available – 1022 S Shady Grove Rd.) 3:10-4:45 p.m. Practice begins at Rhodes College (2000 N Parkway) 7 p.m. Professional Rodeo (Agricenter Show Place Arena – 105 S Germantown Parkway, Cordova, TN) 7 p.m. Memphis Grizzlies vs. Denver Nuggets game (FedExForum – 191 Beale St.)

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 29 1:30-3:15 p.m. Practice begins at Rhodes College (2000 N Parkway) 4-4:30 p.m. Liberty Bowl defense press conference (Defensive Coordinator Geoff Collins and four players available – 1022 S Shady Grove Rd.) 6-8 p.m. Players and Coaches Dinner (Hilton Memphis Hotel – 939 Ridge Lake Blvd.)

MONDAY, DECEMBER 30 11 a.m. 12-12:30 p.m.

Team at the Civil Rights Museum (450 Mulberry St.) Liberty Bowl press conference (Head Coach Dan Mullen available – 1022 S Shady Grove Rd.) 5:25-5:45 p.m. Walk through begins at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (335 S Hollywood St.)

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31 10 a.m. 3 p.m. Postgame

Media Will-Call Opens (Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium – 335 S Hollywood St.) Kickoff for the 2013 AutoZone Liberty Bowl Media Availability with Coach Mullen and Players

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Mississippi State Bulldogs 2013 Football Primary Contact: Gregg Ellis • gellis@athletics.msstate.edu • (O) 662.325.3595 • (C) 662.322.0145 Secondary Contact: Sarah Fetters • sfetters@athletics.msstate.edu • (O) 662.325.0972 • (C) 662.418.9183 www.hailstate.com • @HailStateFB

1 SEC TITLE • 1 WESTERN DIVISION CROWN • 17 BOWL GAMES • 4 STRAIGHT BOWL GAMES

Series History Overall Series Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rice leads 1-0 due to forfeit Last meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MSU, 28-14 (10-11-75 in Houston) Broadcast Information Kickoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 p.m. CT TV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESPN Booth Talent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Wischusen and Rod Gilmore Sideline Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Quint Kessenich Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mississippi State Radio Network Announcers . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Ellis, Matt Wyatt and John Correro XM/Sirus Radio Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200/119 In-Stadium Frequency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N/A

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Mississippi State Storylines For Rice . . .

aFor the first time in school history, Mississippi State is playing in four-straight bowl games. aThe Bulldogs are making their fourth Liberty Bowl appearance (1-2) and first since 2007. aMSU owns an all-time bowl record of 9-7 and has won five out of the six it has played. aDan Mullen is 2-1 in bowl games. The four appearances are the second most by any MSU coach (Jackie Sherrill, 6) and the two current wins are tied for the most with Sherrill. aThe Bulldogs have three players that have played in three bowl games already — Deontae Skin ner, Nickoe Whitley and Gabe Jackson. Whitley is out due to a knee injury, meaning Jackson and Skinner will become the first two MSU players to ever take part in four bowl games. aIn the only meeting between MSU and Rice, the Bulldogs won 28-14 but later had to forfeit. aThe only MSU coach with Rice ties is offensive coordinator Les Keonning, who was the receivers coach there from 1990-93. Rice quarterback coach Larry Edmondson oversaw the MSU receivers for one season, in 1996. aJameon Lewis’ 55 receptions are the second most in a single season under Dan Mullen. Last year, Chad Bumphis hauled in 58. Lewis’ 55 are the seventh most on MSU’s single-season charts. aMSU has now totaled six or more victories in four-consecutive years for the first time since 1997 2000. The only other time that happened was from 1939-47. aUnder Dan Mullen, MSU is 35-28. In the 63 games prior to his arrival, the Dawgs were 21-42. aMSU’s depth chart on both sides of the football features just four starting seniors (3 offense, 1 defense) and one backup who is a senior (1 offense). aDan Mullen is the fourth-winningest coach in program history with 35 victories, trailing just Emory Bellard (37), Allyn McKeen (65) and Jackie Sherrill (75). aMississippi State has already set a school record with 273 first downs, breaking the mark of 268 set in 210. aMSU is averaging 426.2 yards of total offense a game, which would break the school record of 422.0 set in 1982. aThe NCAA ranks the Bulldogs’ schedule the fifth toughest in the country, and the third most difficult in the SEC, behind Tennessee and Georgia. aMSU’s 13 opponents have posted a record of 107-52. Three of those teams — Auburn, Bowling Green and Rice — won their respective conference titles. aIn the last four games, MSU has tallied 13 takeaways after forcing just one in the three previous games.

Career Active Starts No. Name (position) 51 Gabe Jackson (OG) 51 Aaron Murray (QB) 50 Travis Swanson (OC)

School Mississippi State Georgia Arkansas

50 Tyler Larsen (OC)

Utah State

48 Wesley Johnson (OT)

Vanderbilt

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2013 Mississippi State Schedule Date Opponent Result/Time Aug. 31 vs. Oklahoma State (ABC/ESPN2) L, 21-3 Sept. 7 ALCORN STATE (CSS) W, 51-7 Sept. 14 * at Auburn (ESPN2) L, 24-20 Sept. 21 TROY (FSN) W, 62-7 Oct. 5 * LSU (ESPN) L, 59-26 Oct. 12 BOWLING GREEN (FSN) W, 21-20 Oct. 24 * KENTUCKY (ESPN) W, 28-22 Nov. 2 * at South Carolina (SEC TV) L, 34-16 Nov. 9 * at Texas A&M (CBS) L, 51-41 Nov. 16 * ALABAMA (ESPN) L, 20-7 Nov. 23 * at Arkansas (SEC TV) W, 24-17 (OT) Nov. 28 * OLE MISS (ESPN) W, 17-10 (OT) Dec. 31 Rice (ESPN) 3 p.m.

Mississippi State (6-6)

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Team Information & Stats

MISSISSIPPI STATE Rice NR/NR.................................Ranking (AP/BCS).....................................NR/NR Dan Mullen ............................ Head Coach................................David Bailiff 35-28.......................................Career Record...........................................61-62 35-28....................................Record at School........................................40-47 2013 STATS 6-6....................................................Record..................................................... 10-3 3-5.......................................Conference Record...........................................7-1 26.3....................................... Points Per Game...........................................31.4 24.3..............................Points Allowed Per Game..................................22.9 426.2..............................Total Offense Per Game................................. 425.6 185.8.............................Rushing Yards Per Game................................ 240.2 240.3..............................Passing Yards Per Game................................. 185.5 366.3.............................Yards Allowed Per Game................................ 351.1 151.1....................Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game....................... 155.4 215.2.................... Passing Yards Allowed Per Game....................... 195.7 INDIVIDUAL COMPARISON Dak Prescott .......................Leading Passer.................. Taylor McHargue 139-239-7, 1657, 7 TD 161-309-8, 2261, 17 TD Dak Prescott....................... Leading Rusher.......................... Charles Ross 120-751, 11 TD 201-1252, 14 TD Jameon Lewis...................Leading Receiver........................Jordan Taylor 55-703, 5 TD 54-846, 8 TD Benardrick McKinney...... Leading Tackler.................... Michael Kutzler 70 tackles, 6.0 TFL, 2.5 Sacks, 2 FR 86 tackles, 6.0 TFL, 1 INT, 1 FF

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All-SEC guard Gabe Jackson became the first offensive lineman to ever win the Conerly Trophy, which is preseneted annually to the top collegiate player in the state of Mississippi.

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PER GAME OFFENSE Year 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Avg.

2013...........................................................426.2 1982...........................................................422.0 2010...........................................................401.3 2000...........................................................386.4 2012...........................................................381.9

WHITLEY CLIMBING INTERCEPTION CHART n Senior safety Nickoe Whitley had one interception against Ole Miss to give him 15 for his career, the most among all active FBS players. It’s also the second most in school history, behind Walt Harris (1992-95) and Johnthan Banks (200912), who each have 16. LEWIS TOPS IN THE COUNTRY n Junior wideout Jameon Lewis, who leads MSU with 55 catches, is the only player in the country with five-plus receiving touchdowns, three-plus rushing touchdowns and three or more passing touchdowns. He is also one of only three FBS players to have five or more receiving touchdowns and three or more rushing touchdowns, joining Arizona State’s Marion Grice (6 receiving/14 rushing) and Georgia’s Todd Gurley (5 receiving/10 rushing). FORCING TURNOVERS n Against Ole Miss, MSU forced four turnovers, marking the sixth time this year the Bulldogs have collected two or more miscues. Against Alabama, the defense also created four turnovers. In the last four contests, Mississippi State has forced 14 turnovers after having one in the previous three games. Of those 14 turnovers, nine have been interceptions.

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MSU ON PACE FOR OFFENSIVE RECORDS n Despite totaling just 296 yards of total offense against Ole Miss in the Egg Bowl, Mississippi State is averaging 426.2 yards a contest this season. If the Bulldogs maintain that pace, they will break the single-season program record of 422.0 yards, set in 1982 when Emory Bellard was the coach. Three of the top five marks fall under head coach Dan Mullen’s guidance (2013, 2010 and 2012). Overall, MSU has totaled 5,114 total yards, the second most in a single season. The 2010 team set the record with 5,217.

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Career Active Interceptions No. Name

School

15 Nickoe Whitley 14 Deone Bucannon 14 Bene Benwikere 13 Ricardo Allen 13 Derron Smith 13 Dayonne Nunley 13 Ty Zimmerman

Mississippi State Washington St. San Jose St. Purdue Fresno State Miami (Ohio) Kansas St.

BULLDOGS NOW 5-4 IN OVERTIME n Against Ole Miss on Thanksgiving, Mississippi State improved its all-time overtime record to 5-4. MSU closed the regular season with consecutive OT games, a first in program history. Overtime Games Year Opponent 1996 Arkansas 2000 at LSU 2000 Arkansas 2000 vs. Texas A&M 2006 at UAB 2010 Arkansas 2011 Louisiana Tech 2013 at Arkansas 2013 Ole Miss Home: 2-3 Road: 2-1 Neutral Site: 1-0

Score L, 16-13 L, 45-38 L, 17-10 W, 43-41 W, 16-10 L, 31-28 W, 26-20 W, 24-17 W, 17-10

INJURIES TAKE THEIR TOLL n Mississippi State has been hit by the injury bug all year. Below is a listing of the 13 players who have missed games due to various setbacks, for a combined total of 96 missed contests. Player Injury Jordan Washington (DL) Foot Tobias Smith (OL) Multiple Gus Walley WR) Elbow Justin Malone (OL) Foot Jay Hughes (DB) Achilles Ferlando Bohanna (LB) Concussion Dee Arrington (DB) Neck Tyler Russell (QB) Shoulder/Foot Brandon Hill (TE) Foot Nickoe Whitley (DB) Knee Dak Prescott (QB) Burner Rufus Warren (TE) Foot Jamerson Love (DB) Ankle

Games Miss 12 12 12 11 11 11 9 5 5 3 2 2 1

CAREER DAY FOR ROBINSON n Despite missing several days of practice due to illness and playing just two quarters at Arkansas, sophomore running back Josh Robinson had a career-high 101 yards on 17 carries. FEW FLAGS n After being flagged a combined 17 times against Bowling Green and Kentucky, MSU has been penalized just 18 times the last five games. Against Ole Miss, the Bulldogs were flagged five times for 39 yards.

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MSU STREAKS & 2013 RECORDS Overall Streak 2013 Overall W2 6-6 Home W1 5-2 Away W1 1-3 Neutral L2 0-1 SEC Games W2 3-5 Non-Conference Games W3 3-1 Day Games W1 2-3 Night Games W1 4-3 January L1 — August L6 0-1 September W1 2-1 October W2 2-1 November W2 2-3 December W2 0-0 vs. Top 10 Teams (AP) L25 0-2 vs. Top 25 Teams (AP) L15 0-5 When MSU Scores First W1 5-2 When Opponent Scores First W1 1-4 When MSU Leads at Halftime W20 4-0 When Tied at Halftime W2 2-0 When Opp. Leads at Halftime L12 0-6 When MSU Leads After 3rd W3 4-1 When Tied After 3rd L1 0-0 When Opp. Leads After 3rd W2 2-5 When MSU Scores 25+ points L1 3-2 When Opp. Scores 25+ points L8 0-3 When MSU Rushes for 100+ yards W1 5-5 When Opp. Rushes for 100+ yards W2 4-5 When MSU Rushes for <100 yards W1 1-1 When Opp. Rushes for <100 yards L1 2-1

Fewest Seniors In 2013 School

Number

South Carolina Central Florida Virginia Indiana Texas-San Antonio North Carolina Wyoming Mississippi State Clemson

5 8 8 10 11 11 12 13 13

BULLDOG COACHING STAFF

Dan Mullen Head Coach

Deshea Townsend Corners/Nickles

Geoff Collins Defensive Coord. / Linebackers

Billy Gonzales Receivers

ON FIELD

John Hevesy

Running Game Coord. / Offensive Line

Greg Knox Running Backs

David Turner Defensive Line

Les Koenning Offensive Coord. / Quarterbacks

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Scott Sallach Tight Ends

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Tony Hughes

Safeties/ Recruiting Coordinator

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Dawgs By The Numbers

1 ‑ Richie Brown and Justin Cox

recorded their 1st career interceptions against Ole Miss.

2 ‑ Dan Mullen and Jackie Sherrill are tied for the MSU lead with 2 bowl victories.

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Freshman defensive tackle Chris Jones recorded his 3rd sack of the year against Ole Miss.

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The crowd of 57,211 against Alabama was the 4th largest in Davis Wade Stadium history.

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Against Ole Miss, MSU won its 5th overtime game.

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Tight end Malcolm Johnson had a personal-best 6 catches against the Crimson Tide for a career-high 84 yards.

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PRESCOTT’S NAME ON THE MSU SINGLE-SEASON CHARTS n Sophomore quarterback Dak Prescott rushed for 29 yards against Ole Miss, giving him 751 this season, breaking the single-season mark of 740 by Don Smith in 1986. Prescott also rushed for a touchdown against the Rebels, giving him 11 this season, tying him for 10th on the MSU single-season chart. He has accounted for 20 touchdowns this season, the fourth most on the MSU single-season record list. PRESCOTT HAS CAREER DAYS AT TEXAS A&M AND SOUTH CAROLINA n Dak Prescott had career highs in passing attempts (43) and completions (28) at South Carolina. Both were the most under a Dan Mullen coached team in an SEC game. A week later at Texas A&M, he rushed for career-high 154 yards, his fourth game of 100 or more ground yards the season. Among MSU quarterbacks, Prescott trails only Don Smith (1983-86, nine) and John Bond (1980-83, five) in career 100-yard rushing games. Earlier this year against Bowling Green, Prescott had a 75-yard scoring run that was the longest rush by an MSU player since Vick Ballard’s 75-yard jaunt against Alcorn State on Oct. 2, 2010. BULLDOGS FORCING 3-AND-OUTS n In 155 drives this season, Mississippi State’s defense has held opponents to three plays or less (non-scoring) 50 times (32.3 percent). That’s an average of 4.2 drives a game, first in the SEC and good for 24th nationally. Against No. 1 Alabama, MSU forced six three-andouts.

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PERKINS CLIMBING CHARTS n Senior running back LaDarius Perkins finished with 15 all-purpose yards against Ole Miss to raise his career total to 4,196, the second most in Mississippi State history as he passed Walter Packer (1973-76). Current San Francisco 49ers running back Anthony Dixon (2006-09) holds the career record with 4,443.

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PERKINS CLOSE TO TOP 5 n Senior running back LaDarius Perkins rushed for five yards against Ole Miss and is up to 2,507 for his career, the sixth most in MSU history. Current San Francisco 49ers running back Anthony Dixon (200609) holds the career record with 3,994 ground yards.

The overtime game against Ole Miss was the 9th in school history. The Bulldogs are 5-4 in OT tilts. Dak Prescott has rushed for 11 touchdowns this season, tied for 10th in the MSU single-season record books. In the last five games, MSU has dropped 15 punts inside the 20-yard line.

19 ‑ The 19 completions against

RARE FUMBLES HURT MSU n MSU entered the South Carolina game with just one fumble, but committed two against the Gamecocks. The Bulldogs went into the contest tied with Virginia Tech and Florida for the fewest nationally. Prior to South Carolina, the Bulldogs had a total of just six turnovers. However, they had five against the Gamecocks, the most since five versus LSU in 2011. MSU yielded 20 points off turnovers after giving up just three in the first seven games.

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CLAYBORN, SAMUEL MAKE DEBUTS VS. UK n Offensive lineman Jamaal Clayborn and tight end Artimus Samuel made their MSU debuts against Kentucky. Samuel had one catch for 28 yards.

17 ‑ The AutoZone Liberty Bowl

marks the 17th bowl appearance for Mississippi State. Ole Miss gave MSU 235, second on the MSU single-season record chart.

In the last three games, sophomore safety Kendrick Market has been credited with 23 tackles.

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MSU had nine tackles for lost yardage against Ole Miss, lifting its season total to 70.0.

BEAR MAKING TRACKS n True freshman wide receiver De’Runnya Wilson, who made his first-career start against Alabama, scored his initial touchdown against LSU, on a 59-yard pass from Tyler Russell midway through the second quarter for 23-21 lead. On the year, Wilson has 23 catches for 314 yards, the fourth-most yards on the team.

At Texas A&M, he had a career-high seven receptions for 75 yards and a personal-best two touchdowns. In the regular-season finale against Ole Miss, he had four catches for 45 yards. MSU TIES SEASON HIGH WITH 3 SACKS AGAINST A&M; JONES GETS FIRST n Mississippi State tied its season high with three sacks against Texas A&M, equaling the total it had at Auburn and LSU. Against the Aggies, Benardrick McKinney had 1.5 sacks, while P.J. Jones was credited with his first in 2013. Versus LSU, true freshman Chris Jones recorded his first, while Preston Smith had two. Jones also had one against Alabama. At Auburn, Deontae Skinner, A.J. Jefferson and Richie Brown were credited with those sacks, the first of their collegiate careers. Against Alcorn State, junior defensive lineman Curtis Virges recorded a sack in the first quarter MSU has recorded 16 sacks this season, with Jones setting the pace with 3.0. The Bulldogs had two in their last game against Ole Miss. 18 AND COUNTING IN THE RECEIVING CORPS n So far this season, Mississippi State has 18 players with at least one reception, paced by Jameon Lewis’ career-high 55, the seventh most in a single season by any MSU player. In the SEC, that’s tied for most with Texas A&M. Nationally, the total is tied for 5th, with UCLA having the most at 22. TEAMS WITH MOST DIFFERENT RECEIVERS NAME NO. OF RECEIVERS 1. UCLA........................................................... 22 2. UTSA........................................................... 20 3. Clemson....................................................... 19 Iowa............................................................. 19 5. Mississippi State........................................ 18 Syracuse...................................................... 18 Texas A&M................................................... 18 Troy.............................................................. 18 Cincinnati..................................................... 18

LINEBACKERS STRONG AGAINST KENTUCKY n Against Kentucky, MSU linebackers Deontae Skinner and Benardrick McKinney recorded 11 (career high) and 10 tackles, respectively, to mark the first time this season MSU has had two players record 10-plus stops in the same game. TOUCHDOWN FOR THE BIG GUY n Senior right tackle Charles Siddoway fell on a fumble in the end zone during the third quarter against Alabama for MSU’s lone touchdown in the game. It was the first time an offensive lineman had scored since Gabe Jackson also recovered a fumble in the end zone against Auburn on Sept. 9, 1010. PRESCOTT, LEWIS MAKE SEC HISTORY n Against Troy, Mississippi State became the first school in SEC history to have two players (Dak Prescott and Jameon Lewis) on the same team in the same game score a rushing and receiving touchdown while also throwing a touchdown pass. Versus Kentucky, Lewis achieved the feat again and became the first player nationally to do it twice in a season since James Casey of Rice in 2008. PRESCOTT KNOWS THE DWS END ZONES n Sophomore signal caller Dak Prescott has accounted for 14 touchdowns in the six home games he has played (didn’t play against Alabama). After rushing for the game winner in overtime against Ole Miss, he has seven rushing TDs, five passing and two receiving at Scott Field. On the year, he has scored a total of 13 touchdowns (11 rushing, 2 receiving).

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2013 Mississippi State Football Notes • Game 13 vs. Rice • AutoZone Liberty Bowl MSU’S OFFENSE IMPRESSIVE AT TEXAS A&M n The 556 yards of total offense against Texas A&M were the most in an SEC game under Dan Mullen, while the team’s four TD passes were tied for the most (Arkansas, 2012) in an SEC contest under him. DEFENSE SOLID IN OPENER AGAINST OSU IN HOUSTON n Last season, Oklahoma State finished third in the FBS in scoring at 46.0 points. But against the Bulldogs, the Cowboys managed just 21. MSU also held OSU scoreless in the first quarter, marking the first time in 35-consecutive quarters it failed to score. In the first half alone, Mississippi State forced Oklahoma State to punt four times. The Cowboys’ six total punts were their most since punting six times against Missouri in 2011, a span of 20 games. McKINNEY AND SMITH SOLID THIS YEAR n Sophomore linebacker Benardrick McKinney had 9 tackles against the Razorbacks. In the last six games (Kentucky, South Carolina Texas A&M, Alabama, Arkansas and Ole Miss), he has 34 stops In SEC games only, he is tied for 27th with 47 tackles. Junior defensive end Preston Smith has also been impressive recently, starting with a career-high 8 stops against the Wildcats. He has booked 6.5 tackles for lost yardage on the year. RUSSELL BECOMES MSU’S TD PASS LEADER n With his two touchdown passes against LSU on Oct. 5, senior quarterback Tyler Russell became Mississippi State’s all-time leader with 39. After throwing for two touchdowns at Arkansas, he has accounted for 45 total touchdowns in his career, third most in MSU history. Don Smith (1983-86) is first with 52, while Anthony Dixon is second with 46. RUSSELL’S NAME ALSO APPEARING ON OTHER MSU PASSING CHARTS n With his 18-of-28 passing performance against Arkansas for 263 yards, senior quarterback candidate Tyler Russell moved up the MSU career passing charts. Despite missing four games with a concussion and seeing limited action the last five games, he is third in career yards (5,441), third in completions (410), sixth in attempts (699) and fourth in 200-plus yard passing games (10). SINGLE-SEASON PASSING AVERAGE RECORD LIKELY TO BE BROKEN n The Bulldogs threw for 197 yards against Ole Miss to remain on pace for the single-season passing average record. MSU is averaging 240.3 yards a game this year. The program’s single-season record of 239.7 aerial yards a contest was set in 1978. ALL-SEC PLAYERS n Senior guard Gabe Jackson was tabbed firstteam All-SEC by both the Associated Press and the league coaches. He also became the first ever offensive lineman to win the Conerly Award and he was the initial recipient of the Kent Hull Award, which goes to the top offensive lineman in Mississippi. Safety Nickoe Whitley and defensive lineman Chris Jones were honorable mention AP picks. In the coaches’ vote, Whitley and Malcolm Johnson were second-team selections.

RARE 2-POINT CONVERSION n MSU converted one of its two 2-point conversions at Texas A&M. It was the Dogs’ first successful rushing conversion since Omarr Conner ran for two points against Tulane on Sept. 16, 2006. FIRST FOR MORROW n With 14:53 left to play against Texas A&M, Jameon Lewis connected with Joe Morrow for a 31-yard scoring strike. The touchdown catch was the first for the sophomore wideout from Ocean Springs, Miss. FIRST START FOR BROWN, WILLIAMS n With linebacker Deontae Skinner out with a sprained neck, redshirt freshman Beniquez Brown made his first career start at Texas A&M and his second at home against Alabama. Brown has made 37 stops this year. Against Ole Miss, freshman Damian Williams drew his first start at quarerback. BULLDOGS HAVE OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION n Against Troy, Mississippi State’s offense was as good as it’s been in quite some time. The 62 points scored tied for the 13th most in school history and were the most since totaling 66 against Tulane on Oct 22, 1994. The 45 first-half points were second only to the 49 scored in 1946 against Murray State. In the second quarter, the Bulldogs put up 35 points, the most in the modern era (since 1950) and second only to the 40 scored in the third frame against Howard College in 1910. SHUMPERT SHINES n True freshman Ashton Shumpert paced the Bulldogs’ ground attack against Alcorn State with 98 yards in his collegiate debut. Not since Anthony Dixon in 2006 had a true freshman led Mississippi State in rushing. Nationally, Shumpert is one of five true freshmen FBS running backs to score twice in their 2013 collegiate debut and one of only two to rush for 90-plus yards. On the year, he has 161 yards on 39 carries and two scores. He also has three catches for 25 yards. HOLLOWAY’S KO RETURN IS QUITE LONG n Freshman Brandon Holloway has had just three kick-off returns, but he made his first return count. Against Alcorn State, Holloway opened the second half with a 95-yard return to give MSU possession at the 1. The drive culminated three plays later with a TD by Ashton Shumpert. BULLDOGS WELCOME NEW ASSISTANT COACHES n After a year of very little change in the coaching staff, Dan Mullen had to make three changes this offseason. Joining his staff is receivers coach Billy Gonzales, who came to MSU after spending one year at Illinois and two seasons at LSU. Also new is Deshea Townsend, a two-time Super Bowl champion who was an assistant with the Arizona Cardinals the past two years. Additionally, David Turner joins the staff as the defensive line coach after three years at Kentucky. HOLMES EVERYWHERE n Junior Christian Holmes has been all over the field this season. Literally. After making the move from linebacker to tight

end in the offseason, Holmes was moved back to the defensive side of the ball prior to the Texas A&M contest due to the injury to Deontae Skinner. This season, Holmes has played tight end, linebacker and as a key member of the Bulldogs’ special teams units. Holmes has been credited with 10 tackles in 2013, including six solo hits. OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER n Against Alcorn State, MSU totaled 566 yards of total offense, which tied for the 9th most in school history. It was the fourth-best production under Dan Mullen, with the 645 yards at Memphis in 2011 being tops. Against the Braves, MSU ran 87 plays, which is tied for third most in the SEC with Missouri, Texas A&M and South Carolina. Mizzou is also tops with 97 at Indiana. BULLDOGS PICK OFF MANZIEL n Mississippi State picked off Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel three times during the Nov. 9 contest, marking the first time the defense recorded that many picks since the 2013 Gator Bowl against Northwestern. Those were the first interceptions for MSU since Nickoe Whitley’s pick against LSU on Oct. 5. MSU then had two against Alabama. BULLDOGS PLACE FIVE PLAYERS ON SEC COACHES’ ALL-SEC TEAM n Mississippi State had five players named to the 2013 SEC Coaches’ Preseason All-SEC Team. Offensive guard Gabe Jackson from Liberty, Miss., represented the Bulldogs on the first team. Featured on the second team was senior running back LaDarius Perkins of Greenville, Miss. Last year, Perkins became the ninth player in school history to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season with 1,024. Making third team were seniors Denico Autry (DE) and Nickoe Whitley (S) and sophomore Benardrick McKinney (LB). McKinney earned freshman All-American honors in 2012 after finishing 6th in the SEC with 102 stops. THREE WITH DEGREES n MSU had three players at the start of the year on its roster who had already graduated — P Baker Swedenburg, S Nickoe Whitley and OL Blaine Clausell. In December, the number swelled to five with QB Tyler Russell and LB Deontae Skinner. THREE BULLDOGS SELECTED IN 2013 NFL DRAFT n Last April, Mississippi State had three players selected in the NFL draft for the second-straight year. Leading the way Darius Slay in the second round with the 36th pick by the Detroit Lions. Also in the second round, Johnthan Banks, the Jim Thorpe Award winner, went to Tampa Bay with the 43rd overall pick. In the fifth round, Josh Boyd was taken by the Green Bay Packers with the 167th pick. Under Dan Mullen, the Bulldogs have had 12 players drafted. SEASON CAPTAINS n Prior to the start of the season, OL Gabe Jackson, RB LaDarius Perkins, QB Tyler Russell and DE Denico Autry were selected as this season’s captains.

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2013 MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL QUICK FACTS DAN MULLEN INTERVIEWS

General Information Location........................................................Starkville, Mississippi Founded............................................................February 28, 1878 Nickname......................................................................... Bulldogs Enrollment...........................................................................20,500 President............................................................Dr. Mark Keenum Faculty Athletics Representative.....................Dr. Steven Turner Conference.................................................... Southeastern (West) Colors................................................................Maroon and White Print Color........................................................Maroon - PMS 202 Stadium.................................. Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field Constructed.........................................................................1914 Capacity............................................................................55,082 Playing Surface... Hybrid Bermuda Grass (Certified Tifway 419)

Radio Network Company Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Learfield Sports Contact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Don Williams Play by Play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Ellis Color Analyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Matt Wyatt Sideline Reporter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Correro Pre/Postgame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bart Gregory and Matt Wyatt

Coaching Staff Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dan Mullen (Ursinus College, 1994) Assistant Coaches Les Koenning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Geoff Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Tony Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Asst. HC/Recruiting Coordinator/Safeties Billy Gonzales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wide Receivers John Hevesy . . . . . . . . . . . . Running Game Coordinator/Offensive Line Greg Knox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Running Backs Scott Sallach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tight Ends Deshea Townsend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cornerbacks David Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive Line Graduate Assistants Brett Elliott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offensive Quality Control Joey Fitzgerald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offensive Graduate Assistant Bryan Hahnfeldt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive Graduate Assistant Ryan McNamara . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive Quality Control James Vallano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Administrative Graduate Assistant Will Windham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive Graduate Assistant Floyd Womack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offensive Graduate Assistant Support Staff Matt Balis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Strength Coach Jon Clark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant AD/Football Operations Lee Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Football Recruiting Specialist Brock Dulaney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coord. of Film & Computing Services Rockey Felker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Director of Player Personnel Justin Gremillion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Athletic Trainer Phil Silva . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Equipment Manager Niel Stopczynski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Recruiting Coordinator

Football Information

Bowl Appearances

First Year of Football: 1895 All-Time Record: 520-555-39 All-Time SEC Record: 175-346-12 Bowl Record: 9-7 SEC Championships: 1 (1941) SEC Western Division Crowns: 1 (1998) Overtime Record: 5-4 All-Americans: 19 Coaches: 33

1937, Orange Bowl, lost to Duquense, 13-12 1941, Orange Bowl, def. Georgetown, 14-7 1963, Liberty Bowl, def. N.C. State, 16-12 1974, Sun Bowl, def. North Carolina, 26-24 1980, Sun Bowl, lost to Nebraska, 31-17 1981, Hall of Fame Bowl, def. Kansas, 10-0 1991, Liberty Bowl, lost to Air Force, 38-15 1993, Peach Bowl, lost to North Carolina, 21-17 1995, Peach Bowl, lost to N.C. State, 28-24 1999, Cotton Bowl, lost to Texas, 38-11 1999, Peach Bowl, def. Clemson, 17-7 2000, Independence Bowl, def. Texas A&M, 43-41 (OT) 2007, Liberty Bowl, def. Central Florida, 10-3 2011, Gator Bowl, def. Michigan, 52-14 2011, Music City Bowl, def. Wake Forest, 23-17 2013, Gator Bowl, lost to Northwestern, 34-20 2013, Liberty Bowl, vs. Rice

n All interviews with Dan Mullen should be direct-

ed through the MSU Athletic Media Relations office. Please contact Gregg Ellis at 662-325-0967 or via email to arrange an interview time. Coach Mullen has three scheduled interview opportunities during game-week and media representatives are encouraged to make use of these question-and-answer situations. Mullen is also generally available after practice, but media members must coordinate those opportunities through the MSU Athletic Media Relations Office.

SUNDAY TELECONFERENCE

n MSU will conduct a Sunday teleconference with

Coach Mullen at 1 p.m. (CT). This is generally a 30-minute conference call that reviews the previous week’s game; however, the upcoming game’s media is encouraged to use this opportunity to speak to the MSU head coach. Contact the MSU Media Relations office for the teleconference number.

MONDAY PRESS CONFERENCE

n Coach Mullen will conduct a weekly media con-

ference each Monday prior to an MSU game. The conference will be conducted at the Leo Seal Jr. Football Complex. Coach Mullen’s press conference begins at 1:00 p.m. (CT). Selected players will be available following Mullen’s presentation (at approximately 1:30 p.m.). To request specific players, media members must contact the media relations office by 3:00 p.m. the Sunday preceding each respective media conference.

WEDNESDAY TELECONFERENCE

n Coach Mullen will join the league’s other 13

coaches on the SEC’s Wednesday teleconference. Coach Mullen’s 10-minute segment is scheduled from 11:50 a.m.-12 p.m. (CT). The teleconference phone number can be obtained by calling the SEC or the MSU Media Relations Office. The SEC provides an archived copy of the teleconference at www.secsports.com for media replay.

WEEKLY PLAYER INTERVIEWS

n Interviews with our players are encouraged; however, all interviews must be arranged through the Athletic Media Relations Office. This policy facilitates the orderly scheduling and completion of the desired interview. During game week, all player interviews need to be arranged at least 24 hours in advance. Please coordinate all requests with the MSU Athletic Media Relations office. Players will be available at the press conference. Select players will also be made available following practice on Sunday or Monday and Tuesday. It should also be noted that all practices are closed. MSU Athletic Media Relations will not supply the media home or cellular telephone numbers for Bulldog student-athletes. Likewise, training room, locker room and apartment/dormitory areas are considered private player areas and are off-limits to the media.

MSU’s Record By Decade Decade Record Pct. 1890s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .000 1900s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27-28-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .492 1910s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54-21-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .709 1920s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38-37-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506 1930s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46-48-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .490 1940s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57-25-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .686 1950s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45-45-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .500 1960s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31-63-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338 1970s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-73-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .333 1980s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-62-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446 1990s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64-50-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .560 2000s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-76-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356 2010s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-21-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .580 TOTALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520-555-39 . . . . . . . . . . . .484

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2013 OPPONENT SCHEDULES & WITHIN THE SEC Oklahoma State Date Opponent Result/Time Aug. 31 vs. Mississippi State W, 21-3 Sept. 7 at UTSA W, 56-35 Sept. 14 Lamar W, 59-3 Sept. 28 at West Virginia L, 30-21 Oct. 5 Kansas State W, 33-29 Oct. 19 TCU W, 24-10 Oct. 26 at Iowa State W, 58-27 Nov. 2 at Texas Tech W, 52-34 Nov. 9 Kansas W, 42-6 Nov. 16 at Texas W, 38-13 Nov. 23 Baylor W, 49-17 Dec. 7 Oklahoma L, 33-24 Jan. 3 vs. Missouri 7 p.m.

Kentucky Date Opponent Result/Time Aug. 31 vs. Western Kentucky L, 35-26 Sept. 7 Miami (Oh) W, 41-7 Sept. 14 Louisville L, 27-13 Sept. 28 Florida L, 24-7 Oct. 5 at South Carolina L, 35-28 Oct. 12 Alabama L, 48-7 Oct. 24 at Mississippi State L, 28-22 Nov. 2 Alabama State W, 48-14 Nov. 9 Missouri L, 48-17 Nov. 16 at Vanderbilt L, 22-6 Nov. 23 at Georgia L, 59-17 Nov. 30 Tennessee L, 27-14

Alcorn State Date Opponent Result/Time Aug. 31 Edward Waters W, 63-12 Sept. 7 at Mississippi State L, 51-7 Sept. 14 Mississippi Valley State W, 35-28 Sept. 21 at Arkansas Pine-Bluff W, 21-16 Sept. 28 at Alabama State L, 49-30 Oct. 5 Warner University W, 57-0 Oct. 12 vs. Grambling State W, 48-0 Oct. 19 at Texas Southern W, 20-13 Oct. 26 at Southern W, 44-38 Nov. 2 Alabama A&M L, 19-18 Nov. 7 Prairie View W, 50-35 Nov. 16 at Jackson State W, 48-33

Result/Time W, 27-10 L, 41-30 W, 35-25 W, 28-25 W, 35-28 W, 52-7 L, 23-31 W, 27-24 W, 34-16 W, 19-14 W, 70-10 W, 31-17 Noon

Auburn Date Opponent Aug. 31 Washington State Sept. 7 Arkansas State Sept. 14 Mississippi State Sept. 21 at LSU Oct. 5 Ole Miss Oct. 12 Western Carolina Oct. 19 at Texas A&M Oct. 26 Florida Atlantic Nov. 2 at Arkansas Nov. 9 at Tennessee Nov. 16 Georgia Nov. 30 Alabama Dec. 7 vs. Missouri Jan. 6 vs. Florida State

Result/Time W, 31-24 W, 38-9 W, 24-20 L, 35-21 W, 30-22 W, 62-3 W, 45-41 W, 45-10 W, 35-17 W, 55-23 W, 43-38 W, 34-28 W, 59-42 7:30 p.m.

Troy Date Opponent Result/Time Aug. 31 UAB W, 34-31 Sept. 7 Savannah State W, 66-3 Sept. 12 at Arkansas State L, 41-34 Sept. 21 at Mississippi State L, 62-7 Sept. 28 at Duke L, 38-31 Oct. 5 South Alabama W, 34-33 Oct. 12 at Georgia State W, 35-28 Oct. 26 at Western Kentucky W, 32-26 Oct. 31 ULM L, 49-37 Nov. 7 at Louisiana-Lafayette L, 41-36 Nov. 16 at Ole Miss L, 51-21 Nov. 29 Texas State W, 42-28 LSU Date Opponent Aug. 31 vs. TCU Sept. 7 UAB Sept. 14 Kent St. Sept. 21 Auburn Sept. 28 at Georgia Oct. 5 at Mississippi St. Oct. 12 Florida Oct. 19 at Ole Miss Oct. 26 Furman Nov. 9 at Alabama Nov. 23 Texas A&M Nov. 29 Arkansas Jan. 1 vs. Iowa

Result/Time W, 37-27 W, 56-17 W, 45-13 W, 35-21 L, 44-41 W, 59-26 W, 17-6 L, 27-24 W, 48-16 L, 38-17 W, 34-10 W, 31-27 Noon

Bowling Green Date Opponent Result/Time Aug. 31 Tulsa W, 34-7 Sept. 7 at Kent State W, 41-22 Sept. 14 at Indiana L, 42-10 Sept. 21 Murray State W, 48-7 Sept. 28 Akron W, 31-14 Oct. 5 Massachusetts W, 28-7 Oct. 12 at Mississippi State L, 21-20 Oct. 26 Toledo L, 28-25 Nov. 5 at Miami (OH) W, 45-3 Nov. 12 Ohio W, 49-0 Nov. 23 at Eastern Michigan W, 58-7 Nov. 29 at Buffalo W, 24-7 Dec. 6 vs. Northern Illinois W, 47-27 Dec. 26 vs. Pittsburgh 5 p.m.

South Carolina Date Opponent Aug. 29 North Carolina Sept. 7 at Georgia Sept. 14 Vanderbilt Sept. 28 at UCF Oct. 5 Kentucky Oct. 12 at Arkansas Oct. 19 at Tennessee Oct. 26 at Missouri Nov. 2 Mississippi State Nov. 16 Florida Nov. 23 Coastal Carolina Nov. 30 Clemson Jan. 1 vs. Wisconsin

Texas A&M Date Opponent Result/Time Aug. 31 Rice W, 52-31 Sept. 7 Sam Houston State W, 65-28 Sept. 14 Alabama L, 49-42 Sept. 21 SMU W, 42-13 Sept. 28 at Arkansas W, 45-33 Oct. 12 at Ole Miss W, 41-38 Oct. 19 Auburn L, 45-41 Oct. 26 Vanderbilt W, 56-24 Nov. 2 UTEP W, 57-7 Nov. 9 Mississippi State W, 51-41 Nov. 23 at LSU L, 34-10 Nov. 30 at Missouri L, 28-21 Jan. 1 vs. Duke 7 p.m. Alabama Date Opponent Result/Time Aug. 31 vs. Virginia Tech W, 35-10 Sept. 14 at Texas A&M W, 49-42 Sept. 21 Colorado State W, 31-6 Sept. 28 Ole Miss W, 25-0 Oct. 5 Georgia State W, 45-3 Oct. 12 at Kentucky W, 48-7 Oct. 19 Arkansas W, 52-0 Oct. 26 Tennessee W, 45-10 Nov. 9 LSU W, 38-17 Nov. 16 at Mississippi State W, 20-7 Nov. 23 Chattanooga W, 49-0 Nov. 30 at Auburn L, 34-28 Jan. 2 vs. Oklahoma 7:30 p.m. Arkansas Date Opponent Result/Time Aug. 31 Louisiana W, 34-14 Sept. 7 vs. Samford W, 31-21 Sept. 14 Southern Mississippi W, 24-3 Sept. 21 at Rutgers L, 28-24 Sept. 28 Texas A&M L, 45-33 Oct. 5 at Florida L, 30-10 Oct. 12 South Carolina L, 52-7 Oct. 19 at Alabama L, 52-0 Nov. 2 Auburn L, 35-17 Nov. 9 at Ole Miss L, 34-24 Nov. 23 vs. Mississippi State L, 24-17 Nov. 29 at LSU L, 31-27 Ole Miss Date Opponent Result/Time Aug. 29 at Vanderbilt W, 39-35 Sept. 7 SEMO W, 31-13 Sept. 14 at Texas W, 44-23 Sept. 28 at Alabama L, 25-0 Oct. 5 at Auburn L, 30-22 Oct. 12 Texas A&M L, 41-38 Oct. 19 LSU W, 27-24 Oct. 26 Idaho W, 59-14 Nov. 9 Arkansas W, 34-24 Nov. 16 Troy W, 51-21 Nov. 23 Missouri L, 24-10 Nov. 28 at Mississippi State L, 17-10 Dec. 30 vs. Georgia Tech 2:15 p.m. All times central

2013 SEC Standings

EASTERN TEAM Missouri South Carolina Georgia Vanderbilt Florida Tennessee Kentucky WESTERN TEAM Auburn Alabama LSU Texas A&M Mississippi St. Ole Miss Arkansas

SEC 7-1 6-2 5-3 4-4 3-5 2-6 0-8

PCT. .875 .750 .625 .500 .375 .250 .000

OVERALL 11-2 10-2 8-4 8-4 4-8 5-7 2-10

PCT. .846 .833 .667 .667 .333 .417 .167

SEC 7-1 7-1 5-3 4-4 3-5 3-5 0-8

PCT. .875 .875 .625 .500 .375 .375 .000

OVERALL 12-1 11-1 9-3 8-4 6-6 7-5 3-9

PCT. .923 .917 .750 .667 .500 .583 .250

2013 Bulldogs in the SEC Rankings

TEAM CATEGORY NUMBER/RANK Scoring Offense.................................................. 26.3/10th Total Offense...................................................... 426.2/9th Scoring Defense................................................... 24.3/8th Total Defense..................................................... 366.3/6th Total Offensive Yards Per Game........................ 426.2/9th Total Offense Per Play........................................... 5.8/9th Rushing Offense............................................... 185.8/10th Rushing Defense................................................ 151.1/7th Pass Efficiency................................................ 126.0/11th Pass Efficiency Defense................................... 129.1/10th Pass Offense...................................................... 240.3/7th Pass Defense..................................................... 215.2/7th Net Yards Per Punt............................................. 36.9/10th Kickoff Return Average....................................... 21.5/11th Punt Return Average............................................ 2.7/14th Turnover Margin...................................................+7/T-3rd Interceptions.........................................................14/T-5th First Downs Per Game......................................... 23.2/7th First Down Defense Per Game............................ 18.8/4th 3rd-Downs....................................................... 37.2%/11th 3rd-Down Defense............................................35.5%/4th 4th-Downs.......................................................46.4%/12th 4th-Down Defense.............................................50.0%/5th Sacks Per Game................................................ 1.33/14th Sacks Against Per Game..................................1.75/T-6th Penalty Yards Per Game...................................... 40.4/5th INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY PLAYER/NUMBER/RANK Passing Yards............................... Dak Prescott/165.7/9th Passing Efficiency...................... Dak Prescott/120.2/15th Rushing Yards.............................. Dak Prescott/75.1/10th Scoring (Points Per Game)........... Dak Prescott/8.0/T-5th Scoring (TDs)................................... Dak Prescott/8.0/3rd Total Offense................................ Dak Prescott/240.8/6th Receptions..................................Jameon Lewis/4.6/T-6th Receiving Yards.......................... Jameon Lewis/58.6/12th All Purpose............................... Jameon Lewis/105.8/10th Kick Return Average..................... Jameon Lewis/23.3/7th Punting Average................ Baker Swedenburg/42.5/T-8th Interceptions............................... Nickoe Whitley/0.45/2nd Jamerson Love/0.30/7th Taveze Calhoun/0.27/8th Passes Defended....................... Jamerson Love/0.90/8th Fumbles Forced............................ A.J. Jefferson/0.17/7th Tolando Cleveland/0.18/T-8th Nickoe Whitley/0.18/T-8th Fumbles Recovered.......Benardrick McKinney/0.17/T-6th

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2013 DEPTH CHART

2013 MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL DEPTH CHART OFFENSE

DEFENSE

16 81

JOE MORROW De’Runnya Wilson

6-4 6-5

210 215

SO. Fr.

DE 91 48

4 84

JAMEON LEWIS Jeremey Chappelle

5-9 6-3

195 210

JR. Jr.

6-3 295 JR. 6-5 305 Fr.

12 86

ROBERT JOHNSON Fred Brown

6-1 6-1

225 185

JR. RFr.

75 58

BLAINE CLAUSELL Justin Senior

6-7 6-5

310 300

JR. RFr.

DT 93 P.J. JONES 96 Chris Jones DT 92 KALEB EULLS 95 Jordan Washington DE 90 DENICO AUTRY 47 A.J. Jefferson

61 59

GABE JACKSON Archie Muniz

6-4 6-5

340 295

SR. Jr.

22 14

C 63 DILLON DAY 55 Dylan Holley

6-4 300 JR. 6-3 290 Sr.

50 39

RG RT

66 60

BEN BECKWITH Jamaal Clayborn

6-3 6-4

77 78

CHARLES SIDDOWAY Damien Robinson

6-7 305 SR. 6-8 335 Jr.

6 85

MALCOLM JOHNSON Artimus Samuel

6-2 6-2

235 260

JR. Fr.

LADARIUS PERKINS Josh Robinson Nick Griffin

5-10 5-9 6-0

195 225 225

SR. So. Jr.

DAK PRESCOTT Damian Williams

6-2 6-1

230 230

SO. Fr.

LB 42 BENIQUEZ BROWN 44 Christian Holmes CB 5 JAMERSON LOVE 13 Cedric Jiles SS 26 KENDRICK MARKET 33 Kivon Coman FS 24 DEONTAY EVANS 29 Quadry Antoine CB 23 TAVEZE CALHOUN 2 Will Redmond

RB 27 34 -or- 7 QB 15 14

305 320

JR. Fr.

PRESTON SMITH Ryan Brown

6-6 6-6

255 260

JR. So.

6-4 6-2

290 290

JR. RFr.

6-5 6-3

265 260

SR. Fr.

MATT WELLS Zach Jackson

6-2 6-2

215 215

JR. So.

BENARDRICK MCKINNEY Richie Brown

6-5 6-0

235 225

SO. RFr.

6-1 6-1

225 220

RFr. Jr.

5-10 5-10

175 180

JR. RFr.

5-10 6-3

190 195

SO. Fr.

5-10 5-10

195 215

RFR. RFr.

6-1 6-0

180 190

SO. So.

SPECIALISTS PK 40 64

DEVON BELL Evan Sobiesk

6-2 5-8

195 180

SO. So.

P 41 40

BAKER SWEDENBERG Devon Bell

6-0 6-2

205 195

SR. So.

WINSTON CHAPMAN

6-2

235

SO.

JAMEON LEWIS ROBERT JOHNSON

5-9 6-1

195 225

JR. JR.

JAMEON LEWIS

5-9

195

JR.

PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 1 NICKOE Whitley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KNEE-co 16 JAMEON Lewis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .JAY-me-on 23 TAVEZE Calhoun . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tah-VEZ 24 BENIQUEZ Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ben-KNEE-quez 52 Ferlando BOHANNA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bo-HANNAH 59 Archie MUNIZ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moo-KNEES 64

Evan SOBIESK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SO-be-ESK

75 Blaine CLAUSELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLAW-zel 81 DE’RUNNYA Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DA-run-ya 92 Kaleb EULLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YULES 98 Curtis VIRGES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VERGE-us COACHES Les KOENNING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KENN-ing Scott SALLACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SALL-ack Matt BALIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BAY-liss

2013 Mississippi State Football Notes • AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs Rice • @HailStateFB

2013 NUMERICAL ROSTER No.

Name

Pos. Ht.

Wt.

Nickoe Whitley

6-1

205 Sr.

Cl.

Exp. 3L

Hometown (Last School)

No.

Name

Pos. Ht.

Wt.

Jackson, Miss. (Provine)

Corvell Harrison

6-3

265 Sr.

Will Redmond

6-0

190 So.

Jay Hughes

5-11 195 Jr.

Jameon Lewis

5-9

Jamerson Love

Malcolm Johnson

6-2

Nick Fitzgerald

Nick Griffin

Fred Ross

Cl.

Memphis, Tenn. (East)

Dezmond Harris

6-4

220 Fr.

McCalla, Ala. (McAdory)

Hattiesburg, Miss. (Oak Grove)

A.J. Jefferson

6-3

260 RFr.

Summit, Miss. (North Pike)

195 Jr.

Tylertown, Miss. (Tylertown)

Ryan Brown

6-6

260 So.

New Orleans, La. (Archbishop Shaw)

5-10 175 Jr.

Aberdeen, Miss. (Aberdeen)

Torrey Dale

6-6

250 RFr.

Kenner, La. (John Curtis Christian)

235 Jr.

Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Northridge)

Benardrick McKinney

6-5

235 So.

Tunica, Miss. (Rosa Fort)

6-5

208 Fr.

Richmond Hill, Ga. (Richmond Hill)

Kelan Chairs

5-11 215 Fr.

Harvey, La. (St. Augustine)

6-0

225 Jr.

New Augusta, Miss. (Perry Central)

Ferlando Bohanna

6-0

220 Jr.

Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven)

6-2

205

Fr.

Tyler, Texas (John Tyler)

Mannie Lowery

6-3

220 Fr.

Hampton, Ga. (Luella)

Justin Cox

6-3

195 Jr.

Tr.

West Point, Miss. (East Mississippi CC)

Quay Evans

6-3

310 So.

Morton, Miss. (Morton)

Brandon Holloway

ATH 5-8

165 RFr.

Tampa, Fla. (Alonso)

Dylan Holley

6-3

290 Sr.

D’Iberville, Miss. (Miss. Gulf Coast CC)

Deontae Skinner

6-2

250 Sr.

Macon, Miss. (Noxubee County)

Bailey West

6-1

205 Jr.

Hollandale, Miss. (Deer Creek)

Robert Johnson

6-1

225 Jr.

Hattiesburg, Miss. (Oak Grove)

Justin Senior

6-5

300 RFr.

Montreal, Quebec (Hargrave [Va.] Military Academy)

Josh Hand

6-1

215 RFr.

Cumming, Ga. (South Forsyth)

Archie Muniz

6-5

295 Jr.

Houston, Texas (Cypress Creek)

Cedric Jiles

5-10 180 RFr.

Clinton, Miss. (Clinton)

Jamaal Clayborn

6-4

320 Fr.

Jackson, Miss. (Jackson Academy)

Zach Jackson

6-2

215 So.

Heidelberg, Miss. (Heidelberg)

Gabe Jackson

6-4

340 Sr.

Liberty, Miss. (Amite County)

Damian Williams

6-1

230 Fr.

Metairie, La. (Archbishop Rummel)

Devon Desper

6-3

300 RFr.

Madison, Miss. (Madison Central)

Dak Prescott

6-2

230 So.

Haughton, La. (Haughton)

Dillon Day

6-4

300 Jr.

West Monroe, La. (West Monroe)

Joe Morrow

6-4

210 So.

Ocean Springs, Miss. (Ocean Springs)

Evan Sobiesk

5-8

185 RFr.

Hattiesburg, Miss. (Oak Grove)

Tyler Russell

6-4

220 Sr.

Meridian, Miss. (Meridian)

Mike Mordecai

6-3

195 RFr.

Madison, Miss. (Jackson Academy)

Brandon Hill

6-2

240 Jr.

Columbus, Miss. (West Lowndes)

Ben Beckwith

6-3

305 Jr.

Benton, Miss. (Benton Academy)

Sam Cowart

ATH 6-1

210 Jr.

Magee, Miss. (Mississippi College)

Rodney Lacy

5-11 290 RFr.

Birmingham, Ala. (Minor)

Gus Walley

6-4

245 RFr.

Richton, Miss. (Greene County)

Tobias Smith

6-3

305 Sr.

Columbus, Miss. (Columbus)

Trey Braswell

5-9

170 Fr.

Olive Branch, Miss. (Olive Branch)

Andre Barber

6-2

280 Fr.

Leland, Miss. (Leland)

Brandon Davis

5-9

175 RFr.

Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven)

Weston Wagner

6-3

285 Fr.

Gulfport, Miss. (St. Patrick)

Tyrell Miller

5-9

175 So.

Hampton, Va. (Hampton)

Justin Malone

6-7

320 So.

Madison, Miss. (Madison-Ridgeland Academy)

Josh Creekmore

5-6

185 So.

New Albany, Miss. (New Albany)

Cole Carter

6-6

290 RFr.

Caledonia, Miss. (Caledonia)

Matthew Wells

6-2

215 Jr.

Monticello, Miss. (Lawrence County)

Winston Chapman

6-2

235 So.

Fairhope, Ala. (Fairhope)

Taveze Calhoun

6-1

180 So.

Morton, Miss. (Morton)

Paul Thompson

6-3

275 Jr.

Madison, N.J. (Hargrave [Va.] Military Academy)

Deontay Evans

5-10 210 RFr.

McComb, Miss. (McComb)

Kent Flowers

6-5

300 Fr.

Hollandale, Miss. (Simmons)

Jahmere Irvin-Sills

5-10 175 Fr.

Elkton, Md. (Tri-State Christian Academy)

Blaine Clausell

6-7

310 Jr.

Mobile, Ala. (Baker)

Kendrick Market

5-10 190 So.

Batesville, Miss. (South Panola)

Jake Thomas

6-5

300 Fr.

Columbus, Miss. (Columbus)

LaDarius Perkins

5-10 195 Sr.

Greenville, Miss. (St. Joseph)

Charles Siddoway

6-7

300 Sr.

Eugene, Ore. (Butte College CC)

Rishunn McCaleb

6-3

200 Sr.

Indianola, Miss. (Coahoma [Miss.] CC)

Damien Robinson

6-8

335 Jr.

Olive Branch, Miss. (Olive Branch)

Derrick Milton

6-0

210 So.

Pineville, La. (Hargrave [Va.] Military Academy)

Hunter Cunningham

6-4

320 So.

Maben, Miss. (East Webster)

Quadry Antoine

5-10 215 RFr.

Belle Chasse, La. (Belle Chasse)

Shelby Christy

6-3

200 Fr.

Geismar, La. (Dutchtown)

Taylor Henry

5-9

185 Fr.

Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephenson)

De’Runnya Wilson

6-5

215 Fr.

Birmingham, Ala. (Wenonah)

Brandon Wells

ATH 6-2

180 Fr.

Bogue Chitto, Miss. (Bogue Chitto)

Rufus Warren

6-7

265 So.

Indianola, Miss. (Gentry)

Tolando Cleveland

6-0

170 Fr.

Powder Springs, Ga. (Hillgrove)

Michael Hodges

5-10 195 RFr.

Aberdeen, Miss. (Aberdeen)

Kareem Vance

6-4

195 Fr.

Olive Branch, Miss. (Olive Branch)

Jeremey Chappelle

6-3

210 Jr.

Tr.

Tyler, Texas (Tyler JC)

Ashton Shumpert

6-2

210 Fr.

Fulton, Miss. (Itawamba)

Artimus Samuel

6-2

260 Fr.

Columbus, Ga. (Hargrave [Va.] Military Academy)

Kivon Coman

6-3

195 Fr.

Sheffield, Ala. (Hargrave [Va.] Military Academy)

Fred Brown

6-1

185 RFr.

Jackson, Miss. (Jim Hill)

Josh Robinson

5-9

225 So.

Franklinton, La. (Franklinton)

B.J. Hammond

6-4

215 Fr.

Gadsden, Ala. (Gadsden City)

Gabe Myles

ATH 6-0

185 Fr.

Starkville, Miss. (Starkville)

Nick James

6-5

345 So.

Long Beach, Miss. (Long Beach)

James Baldwin

5-10 195 So.

Birmingham, Ala. (Vestavia Hills)

Denico Autry

6-6

265 Sr.

Albemarle, N.C. (East Mississippi CC)

Javous Nicks

6-0

165 RFr.

Brandon, Miss. (University Christian)

Preston Smith

6-6

255 Jr.

Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephenson)

Dee Arrington

6-1

220 Jr.

Wiggins, Miss. (Stone County)

Kaleb Eulls

6-4

290 Jr.

Yazoo City, Miss. (Yazoo County)

Richie Brown

6-2

235 RFr.

Long Beach, Miss. (Long Beach)

P.J. Jones

6-3

295 Jr.

Tupelo, Miss. (Tupelo)

Devon Bell

6-2

195 So.

Vicksburg, Miss. (Warren Central)

Nelson Adams

6-3

295 RFr.

Brandon, Miss. (Brandon)

Taylor Earhart

6-1

180 Sr.

Olive Branch, Miss. (Northeast [Miss.] CC)

Jordan Washington

6-2

290 RFr.

Sugar Hill, Ga. (North Gwinnett)

Baker Swedenburg

6-0

205 Sr.

Columbus, Miss. (Heritage Academy)

Chris Jones

6-5

305 Fr.

Houston, Miss. (Houston)

Beniquez Brown

6-1

225 RFr.

Florence, Ala. (Florence)

Trent Simpson

6-4

255 Fr.

Oxford, Ala. (Oxford)

Ivan Muniz

6-1

220 Jr.

Houston, Texas (Cypress Creek)

Curtis Virges

6-3

315 Jr.

West Point, Miss. (West Point)

DeAndre Ward

6-0

205 RFr.

Wetumpka, Ala. (Wetumpka)

John Harris

6-5

235 So.

Boynton Beach, Fla. (Boynton Beach Community)

Christian Holmes

6-1

220 Jr.

Puckett, Miss. (Puckett)

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Exp.

Hometown (Last School) Laurel, Miss. (Northeast Jones)

2013 ALPHABETICAL ROSTER No.

Name

Pos. Ht.

Wt.

Hometown (Last School)

No.

Name

Pos. Ht.

Wt.

Exp.

Hometown (Last School)

Nelson Adams

6-3

295 RFr.

Cl.

Exp. RS

Brandon, Miss. (Brandon)

A.J. Jefferson

6-3

260 RFr.

Cl.

Summit, Miss. (North Pike)

Quadry Antoine

5-10 215 RFr.

Belle Chasse, La. (Belle Chasse)

Cedric Jiles

5-10 180 RFr.

Clinton, Miss. (Clinton)

Dee Arrington

6-1

220 Jr.

Wiggins, Miss. (Stone County)

Malcolm Johnson

6-2

235 Jr.

Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Northridge)

Denico Autry

6-6

265 Sr.

Albemarle, N.C. (East Mississippi CC)

Robert Johnson

6-1

225 Jr.

Hattiesburg, Miss. (Oak Grove)

James Baldwin

5-10 195 So.

Birmingham, Ala. (Vestavia Hills)

Chris Jones

6-5

305 Fr.

Houston, Miss. (Houston)

Andre Barber

6-2

280 Fr.

Leland, Miss. (Leland)

P.J. Jones

6-3

295 Jr.

Tupelo, Miss. (Tupelo)

Ben Beckwith

6-3

305 Jr.

Benton, Miss. (Benton Academy)

Rodney Lacy

5-11 290 RFr.

Birmingham, Ala. (Minor)

Devon Bell

6-2

195 So.

Vicksburg, Miss. (Warren Central)

Jameon Lewis

5-9

195 Jr.

Tylertown, Miss. (Tylertown)

Ferlando Bohanna

6-0

220 Jr.

Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven)

Jamerson Love

5-10 175 Jr.

Aberdeen, Miss. (Aberdeen)

Trey Braswell

5-9

170 Fr.

Olive Branch, Miss. (Olive Branch)

Mannie Lowery

6-3

220 Fr.

Hampton, Ga. (Luella)

Beniquez Brown

6-1

225 RFr.

Florence, Ala. (Florence)

Justin Malone

6-7

320 So.

Madison, Miss. (Madison-Ridgeland Academy)

Fred Brown

6-1

185 RFr.

Jackson, Miss. (Jim Hill)

Kendrick Market

5-10 190 So.

Batesville, Miss. (South Panola)

Richie Brown

6-2

235 RFr.

Long Beach, Miss. (Long Beach)

Rishunn McCaleb

6-3

200 Sr.

Indianola, Miss. (Coahoma [Miss.] CC)

Ryan Brown

6-6

260 So.

New Orleans, La. (Archbishop Shaw)

Benardrick McKinney

6-5

235 So.

Tunica, Miss. (Rosa Fort)

Taveze Calhoun

6-1

180 So.

Morton, Miss. (Morton)

Tyrell Miller

5-9

175 So.

Hampton, Va. (Hampton)

Cole Carter

6-6

290 RFr.

Caledonia, Miss. (Caledonia)

Derrick Milton

6-0

210 So.

Pineville, La. (Hargrave [Va.] Military Academy)

Kelan Chairs

5-11 215 Fr.

Harvey, La. (St. Augustine)

Mike Mordecai

6-3

195 RFr.

Madison, Miss. (Jackson Academy)

Winston Chapman

6-2

235 So.

Fairhope, Ala. (Fairhope)

Joe Morrow

6-4

210 So.

Ocean Springs, Miss. (Ocean Springs)

Jeremey Chappelle

6-3

210 Jr.

Tr.

Tyler, Texas (Tyler JC)

Archie Muniz

6-5

295 Jr.

Houston, Texas (Cypress Creek)

Shelby Christy

6-3

200 Fr.

Geismar, La. (Dutchtown)

Ivan Muniz

6-1

220 Jr.

Houston, Texas (Cypress Creek)

Blaine Clausell

6-7

310 Jr.

Mobile, Ala. (Baker)

Gabe Myles

ATH 6-0

185 Fr.

Starkville, Miss. (Starkville)

Jamaal Clayborn

6-4

320 Fr.

Jackson, Miss. (Jackson Academy)

Javous Nicks

6-0

165 RFr.

Brandon, Miss. (University Christian)

Tolando Cleveland

6-0

170 Fr.

Powder Springs, Ga. (Hillgrove)

LaDarius Perkins

5-10 195 Sr.

Greenville, Miss. (St. Joseph)

Kivon Coman

6-3

195 Fr.

Sheffield, Ala. (Hargrave [Va.] Military Academy)

Dak Prescott

6-2

230 So.

Haughton, La. (Haughton)

Sam Cowart

ATH 6-1

210 Jr.

Magee, Miss. (Mississippi College)

Will Redmond

6-0

190 So.

Memphis, Tenn. (East)

Justin Cox

6-3

195 Jr.

Tr.

West Point, Miss. (East Mississippi CC)

Damien Robinson

6-8

335 Jr.

Olive Branch, Miss. (Olive Branch)

Josh Creekmore

5-6

185 So.

New Albany, Miss. (New Albany)

Josh Robinson

5-9

225 So.

Franklinton, La. (Franklinton)

Hunter Cunningham

6-4

320 So.

Maben, Miss. (East Webster)

Fred Ross

6-2

205

Fr.

Tyler, Texas (John Tyler)

Torrey Dale

6-6

250 RFr.

Kenner, La. (John Curtis Christian)

Tyler Russell

6-4

220 Sr.

Meridian, Miss. (Meridian)

Brandon Davis

5-9

175 RFr.

Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven)

Artimus Samuel

6-2

260 Fr.

Columbus, Ga. (Hargrave [Va.] Military Academy)

Dillon Day

6-4

300 Jr.

West Monroe, La. (West Monroe)

Justin Senior

6-5

300 RFr.

Montreal, Quebec (Hargrave [Va.] Military Academy)

Devon Desper

6-3

300 RFr.

Madison, Miss. (Madison Central)

Ashton Shumpert

6-2

210 Fr.

Fulton, Miss. (Itawamba)

Taylor Earhart

6-1

180 Sr.

Olive Branch, Miss. (Northeast [Miss.] CC)

Charles Siddoway

6-7

300 Sr.

Eugene, Ore. (Butte College CC)

Kaleb Eulls

6-4

290 Jr.

Yazoo City, Miss. (Yazoo County)

Trent Simpson

6-4

255 Fr.

Oxford, Ala. (Oxford)

Deontay Evans

5-10 210 RFr.

McComb, Miss. (McComb)

Deontae Skinner

6-2

250 Sr.

Macon, Miss. (Noxubee County)

Quay Evans

6-3

310 So.

Morton, Miss. (Morton)

Preston Smith

6-6

255 Jr.

Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephenson)

Nick Fitzgerald

6-5

208 Fr.

Richmond Hill, Ga. (Richmond Hill)

Tobias Smith

6-3

305 Sr.

Columbus, Miss. (Columbus)

Kent Flowers

6-5

300 Fr.

Hollandale, Miss. (Simmons)

Evan Sobiesk

5-8

185 RFr.

Hattiesburg, Miss. (Oak Grove)

Nick Griffin

6-0

225 Jr.

New Augusta, Miss. (Perry Central)

Baker Swedenburg

6-0

205 Sr.

Columbus, Miss. (Heritage Academy)

B.J. Hammond

6-4

215 Fr.

Gadsden, Ala. (Gadsden City)

Jake Thomas

6-5

300 Fr.

Columbus, Miss. (Columbus)

Josh Hand

6-1

215 RFr.

Cumming, Ga. (South Forsyth)

Paul Thompson

6-3

275 Jr.

Madison, N.J. (Hargrave [Va.] Military Academy)

Dezmond Harris

6-4

220 Fr.

McCalla, Ala. (McAdory)

Kareem Vance

6-4

195 Fr.

Olive Branch, Miss. (Olive Branch)

John Harris

6-5

235 So.

Boynton Beach, Fla. (Boynton Beach Community)

Curtis Virges

6-3

315 Jr.

West Point, Miss. (West Point)

Corvell Harrison

6-3

265 Sr.

Laurel, Miss. (Northeast Jones)

Weston Wagner

6-3

285 Fr.

Gulfport, Miss. (St. Patrick)

Taylor Henry

5-9

185 Fr.

Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephenson)

Gus Walley

6-4

245 RFr.

Richton, Miss. (Greene County)

Brandon Hill

6-2

240 Jr.

Columbus, Miss. (West Lowndes)

DeAndre Ward

6-0

205 RFr.

Wetumpka, Ala. (Wetumpka)

Michael Hodges

5-10 195 RFr.

Aberdeen, Miss. (Aberdeen)

Rufus Warren

6-7

265 So.

Indianola, Miss. (Gentry)

Dylan Holley

6-3

290 Sr.

D’Iberville, Miss. (Miss. Gulf Coast CC)

Jordan Washington

6-2

290 RFr.

Sugar Hill, Ga. (North Gwinnett)

Brandon Holloway

ATH 5-8

165 RFr.

Tampa, Fla. (Alonso)

Brandon Wells

ATH 6-2

180 Fr.

Bogue Chitto, Miss. (Bogue Chitto)

Christian Holmes

6-1

220 Jr.

Puckett, Miss. (Puckett)

Matthew Wells

6-2

215 Jr.

Monticello, Miss. (Lawrence County)

Jay Hughes

5-11 195 Jr.

Hattiesburg, Miss. (Oak Grove)

Bailey West

6-1

205 Jr.

Hollandale, Miss. (Deer Creek)

Jahmere Irvin-Sills

5-10 175 Fr.

Elkton, Md. (Tri-State Christian Academy)

Nickoe Whitley

6-1

205 Sr.

Jackson, Miss. (Provine)

Gabe Jackson

6-4

340 Sr.

Liberty, Miss. (Amite County)

Damian Williams

6-1

230 Fr.

Metairie, La. (Archbishop Rummel)

Zach Jackson

6-2

215 So.

Heidelberg, Miss. (Heidelberg)

De’Runnya Wilson

6-5

215 Fr.

Birmingham, Ala. (Wenonah)

Nick James

6-5

345 So.

Long Beach, Miss. (Long Beach)

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@COACHDANMULLEN

HEAD COACH • FIFTH SEASON

n his fifth season, Dan Mullen has revitalized and reenergized the Mississippi State fan base. From the moment of his introduction on Dec. 10, 2008, as the 32nd head coach in school history, supporters have turned out in record numbers and capacity crowds to support the Bulldogs. Mississippi State fans have sold out a school-record 30 consecutive home games at Davis Wade Stadium. Each of the last three years has seen the school’s attendance record broken. In fact, 19 of the school’s Top 20 crowds have occurred in the last four seasons, with all seven crowds in 2012 ranking in the Top 25 all-time. The Bulldog faithful have gone on to watch the head coach lead the Maroon and White’s football program to threestraight postseason bowl wins for the second time in the 113year history of the program. Just four years into his tenure, Mullen (.556) owns the highest winning percentage as a coach at State since the late Darrell Royal in 1954-55 (.600), and is already fourth in school history for wins by a MSU head coach (35). On top of that, Mullen has dominated the Egg Bowl rivalry (4-1), becoming just the second MSU coach and the first since Allyn McKeen from 1939-44 (no team in 1943 due to the war) to be 4-1 against Ole Miss. Mullen (35-28) was widely regarded as one of the top young minds in college football when he arrived at Mississippi State, and he brought not only an impressive offensive resume and a list of NFL-developed quarterbacks, but also an energy and passion for the college game. Improvement wasn’t limited to fan enthusiasm, as Mullen ignited the Bulldogs to a nine-win season in just his second year, and then another successful season in 2011. With Mullen’s masterful offensive mind, the Maroon and White broke the school record for six different offensive categories in 2012, including passing touchdowns in a season (28) and scoring (383). In 2010, State won six games in a row in the middle of the season and finished among the Top 10 in school history in the following categories - passing yardage, completion percentage, passing touchdowns, rushing attempts, rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, total plays, total offensive yards, per-game offense and first downs. The defense also amassed the 10th-highest sack total in school annals. The 2010 Bulldogs closed out the season with nine victories after posting the largest margin of victory in a bowl game in school history. The resounding 52-14 Gator Bowl win against Michigan capped a truly remarkable year. With the nation’s toughest schedule in 2009, State’s rushing attack, led by first-team all-Southeastern Conference selection and current NFL running back Anthony Dixon, finished ninth nationally with a 227.6 rushing yard average per game. State averaged 371.9 yards of total offense per game, the ninth-highest total in school history and the most since 2000 at the time. Mullen’s first season concluded with a rousing 41-27 victory against MSU’s in-state rival, which brought the Golden Egg back to Starkville. He became the only the third Mississippi State coach to win his Egg Bowl debut since 1939, joining Allyn McKeen and Jackie Sherrill. The Bulldogs posted a 5-7 overall record in 2009, including three road victories. During the previous four seasons as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Florida, Mullen molded a Heisman Trophy, Davey O’Brien and Maxwell Award-winning quarterback, along with a Rimington Trophy finalist and a Biletnikoff Award semifinalist. In 2008, Mullen’s offensive attack ranked third nationally in scoring – averaging better than 45 points per game as the Gators scored at least 30 points in 12-of-13 games. The 587 points scored eclipsed the previous Florida mark, set in 1996. Florida rushed for a school-record 41 touchdowns that season and UF’s 80 rushing touchdowns over the two seasons ranked second nationally Overall, Florida’s rushing yardage of 2,987 ranked ninth nationally in 2008 and was the third-highest total in school history. Seven offensive players were recognized as All-Southeastern Conference selections following the season in which Mullen helped UF claim its second SEC Championship and a chance to play for its second national championship in three seasons. The Gator offense ranked first in the SEC in scoring offense and total offense for a second-straight season in 2008, averaging 45.2 points and 442.4 yards per game. Under Mullen’s tutelage in 2007, UF averaged 42.5 points and 457.2 yards. In 2007, Mullen directed the Gator offense to the third-highest point total ever by a UF unit and the top single-season marks for rushing touchdowns and third-down conversion percentage. Florida’s offense scored 75 touchdowns, second most in the SEC.

Mullen orchestrated a UF attack that was the only one in the nation to have rushed for a touchdown and passed for a touchdown in every game during the season. He also helped UF score on 83-of-152 drives in 2007 for a league-best 54.6 percent, marking the best number since the stat was tracked by the SEC in 2000. Florida additionally averaged 7.0 yards per play that year, the fourth-best total in the nation. Lastly, the Gators averaged 5.3 yards per rush, the second-best number in school history. In 2007, Mullen helped coach sophomore quarterback and current NFL star Tim Tebow into a Heisman Trophy, Maxwell and Davey O’Brien award winner, 78th Sullivan Award winner and AP first-team All-American among other honors. He also tutored six offensive players to the All-SEC team: Tebow, NFL Pro Bowler Percy Harvin, Cornelius Ingram, Brandon James, Jim Tartt and Drew Miller. In Florida’s 2006 national championship, Mullen oversaw an offense that averaged 29.7 points and 396.1 yards per game. In the BCS National Championship Game, he engineered an attack that produced 41 points against a top-ranked Ohio State squad that was limiting opponents to less than 11 points per game on the year. Under Mullen’s tutelage, quarterback Chris Leak opened the contest by going 9-for-9 for 99 yards and a touchdown en route to earning Offensive MVP honors. The 2006 Gator offense posted 76 plays of 20 yards or more, 19 of which went for touchdowns. Florida passed for 29 touchdowns in 2006, while Leak ranked among the national leaders with 23 scoring tosses. Tebow matched UF’s then single-season record for rushing touchdowns by a quarterback with eight scores, and his 5.3 yards per carry average placed second nationally among signal callers. Six different players averaged at least 5.0 yards per carry. In 2005, Chad Jackson played his way to Biletnikoff Award semifinalist status after matching the UF single-season record with 88 receptions, a figure that led the SEC and finished sixth nationally. Center Mike Degory was also named a finalist for the Rimington Trophy, given annually to the nation’s top center, during that campaign. Both earned first-team All-SEC honors. Mullen went to Florida from Utah with Head Coach Urban Meyer, with whom he had spent 10 seasons. While the quarterbacks coach at Utah, Mullen developed current NFL star Alex Smith – the first overall selection in the 2005 NFL Draft – from a pocket passer into an efficient executor of the spread, making him one of the most versatile threats in college football. Smith took over the starting job three games into Mullen’s tenure, passing for 2,247 yards and running for 452 to finish second in the Mountain West in total offense in 2003. The 2004 campaign saw Smith earn National Player of the Year honors from The Sporting News and Sports Illustrated, while also becoming Utah’s first-ever Heisman Trophy finalist. Smith also garnered final consideration for the Davey O’Brien and Walter Camp National Player of the Year Awards. Smith passed for 2,952 yards and 32 touchdowns and ran for 631 yards and 10 scores on the year, ranking second in the nation with a 176.5 efficiency rating and leading the Utes to a perfect 12-0 season and a Fiesta Bowl championship. As a team, Utah finished the 2004 season third in the nation in scoring offense (45.3) and total offense (499.8). Prior to his stint at Utah, Mullen served as quarterbacks’ coach at Bowling Green for two seasons, putting up 6,627 yards of total offense and scoring 81 touchdowns during that span. In 2002, quarterback Josh Harris threw for 2,425 yards, ran for 737 yards and completed the campaign as the nation’s third-leading scorer. Mullen spent the two years before his Bowling Green stint as a graduate assistant at Notre Dame, and before that assisted with Syracuse’s 1998 BIG EAST championship and Orange Bowl run. A two-year starter at tight end for Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pa., Mullen earned first-team All-Centennial Conference honors as a senior. He is married to the former Megan West, and the couple has two children, Canon and Breelyn Elisabeth.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Birthdate: April 27, 1972 Hometown: Manchester, N.H. Education: 1994 – Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise and Sport Science from Ursinus College; 1996 – Master’s Degree in Education from Wagner College Wife: Megan Children: Canon and Breelyn Elisabeth

MULLEN GAME-BY-GAME RESULTS 2009 RESULTS Date Opponent Sept. 5 JACKSON STATE Sept. 12 * at Auburn Sept. 19 * at Vanderbilt Sept. 26 * #7 LSU Oct. 3 #25 GEORGIA TECH Oct. 10 HOUSTON (HC) Oct. 17 at Middle Tennessee Oct. 24 * #1 FLORIDA Oct. 31 * at Kentucky Nov. 14 * #3 ALABAMA Nov. 21 * at Arkansas (@ Little Rock) Nov. 28 * #20 OLE MISS

Result/Score W, 45-7 L, 24-49 W, 15-3 L, 26-30 L, 31-42 L, 24-31 W, 27-6 L, 19-29 W, 31-24 L, 3-31 L, 21-42 W, 41-27

2010 RESULTS Date Opponent Result/Score Sept. 4 MEMPHIS W, 49-7 Sept. 9 * #20 AUBURN (Thurs.) L, 14-17 Sept. 18 * at #12 LSU L, 7-29 Sept. 25 * GEORGIA W, 24-12 Oct. 2 ALCORN STATE W, 49-16 Oct. 9 at Houston W, 47-24 Oct. 16 * at #22 Florida W, 10-7 Oct. 23 UAB (HC) W, 29-24 Oct. 30 * KENTUCKY W, 24-17 Nov. 13 * at #11 Alabama L, 10-30 Nov. 20 * #13 ARKANSAS L, 31-38 (2OT) Nov. 27 * at Ole Miss W, 31-23 Jan. 1 vs. Michigan (Gator Bowl) W, 52-14 2011 RESULTS Date Opponent Result/Score Sept. 1 at Memphis (Thurs.) W, 59-14 Sept. 10 * at #23 Auburn L, 34-41 Sept. 15 * #3 LSU (Thurs.) L, 6-19 Sept. 24 LOUISIANA TECH W, 26-20 (OT) Oct. 1 * at Georgia L, 10-24 Oct. 8 at UAB W, 21-3 Oct. 15 * #13 SOUTH CAROLINA L, 12-14 Oct. 29 * at Kentucky W, 28-16 Nov. 5 UT MARTIN (HC) W, 55-17 Nov. 12 * #3 ALABAMA L, 7-24 Nov. 19 * at #6 Arkansas (@ Little Rock) L, 17-44 Nov. 26 * OLE MISS W, 31-3 Dec. 30 vs. Wake Forest (Music City Bowl) W, 23-17 2012 RESULTS Date Opponent Result/Score/Time Sept. 1 JACKSON STATE W, 56-9 Sept. 8 * AUBURN W, 28-10 Sept. 15 at Troy W, 30-24 Sept. 22 SOUTH ALABAMA W, 30-10 Oct. 6 * at Kentucky W, 27-14 Oct. 13 * TENNESSEE W, 41-31 Oct. 20 MTSU (HC) W, 45-3 Oct. 27 * at #1 Alabama L, 7-38 Nov. 3 * #16 TEXAS A&M L, 13-38 Nov. 10 * at #5 LSU L, 17-37 Nov. 17 * ARKANSAS W, 45-14 Nov. 24 * at Ole Miss L, 24-41

Jan.

1 vs. #20 Northwestern (Gator Bowl)

L, 20-34

2013 RESULTS Date Opponent Result/Score/Time Aug. 31 vs. #13 Oklahoma State (@ Houston) L, 3-21 SEPT. 7 ALCORN STATE W, 51-7 Sept. 14 at Auburn L, 20-24 SEPT. 21 TROY W, 62-7 OCT. 5 #10 LSU L, 26-59 OCT. 12 BOWLING GREEN (HC) W, 21-20 OCT. 24 KENTUCKY (THURS.) W, 28-22 Nov. 2 at #14 South Carolina L, 34-16 Nov. 9 at #11 Texas A&M L, 51-41 NOV. 16 #1 ALABAMA L, 20-7 Nov. 23 vs. Arkansas (@ Little Rock) W, 24-17 (OT) NOV. 28 OLE MISS (THURS.) W, 17-10 (OT)

2009- 2005-08 2003-04 2001-02 1999-00 1998 1996-97 1994-95

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COACHING EXPERIENCE

Mississippi State University (Head Coach) Florida (Offensive Coordinator/ Quarterbacks) Utah (Quarterbacks) Bowling Green (Quarterbacks) Notre Dame (Graduate Assistant Offense) Syracuse (Graduate Assistant Offense) Columbia (Wide Receivers) Wagner (Wide Receivers)

STREAKS & RECORDS UNDER DAN MULLEN

STREAK

RECORD

MSU CHRONOLOGICAL COACHING RECORDS YEARS

TENURE

RECORD

PCT.

Overall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35-28

W.M. Matthews (Mississippi State)

HEAD COACH (ALMA MATER)

1895

0-2

.000

Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21-13

J.B. Hildebrand (Vanderbilt)

1896

0-4

.000

Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13

L.B. Harvey (Georgetown)

1901

2-2-1

.500

Neutral . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

L. Gwinn (Auburn)

1902

1- 4-1

.250

SEC Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-24

Dan Martin (Auburn)

1903-06

10- 11-3

.479

Non-Conference Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19-4

Fred Furman (Cornell)

1907-08

9- 7

.563

Day Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12

W.D. Chadwick (Marietta)

1909-13

29-12-2

.698

Night Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-16

E.C. Hayes (Albion)

1914-16

15- 8-2

.640

January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Sid Robinson (Colgate)

1917-19

15- 5

.750

August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1

Fred Holtkamp (Ohio State)

1920-21

9- 7-1

.559

September . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-7

C.R. Dudy Noble (Mississippi State)

1922

3- 4-2

.444

October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-7

Earl Able (Colgate)

1923-24

10- 6-2

.611

November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12

Bernie Bierman (Minnesota)

1925-26

8- 8-1

.500

December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0

J.W. Hancock (Iowa)

1927-29

8-12-4

.417

vs. Top 10 Teams (AP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-10

Chris Cagle (Army)

1930

2- 7

.222

vs. Top 25 Teams (AP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Ray Dauber (Iowa)

1931-32

5- 11

.313

When MSU Scores First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25-8

Ross McKechnie (Washington)

1933-34

7-12-1

.375

When Opponent Scores First . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20

Ralph Sasse (Army)

1935-37

20-10-2

.656

When MSU Leads at Halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29-2

Spike Nelson (Iowa)

1938

4- 6

.400

When Tied at Halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Allyn McKeen (Tennessee)

1939-48

65-19-3

.764

When Opp. Leads at Halftime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24

Slick Morton (LSU)

1949-51

8-18-1

.315

When MSU Leads After 3rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32-1

Murray Warmath (Tennessee)

1952-53

10- 6-3

.605

When Tied After 3rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Darrell Royal (Oklahoma)

1954-55

12- 8

.600

When Opp. Leads After 3rd . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25

Wade Walker (Oklahoma)

1956-61

22-32-2

.411

When MSU Scores 25+ points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26-6

Paul Davis (Ole Miss)

1962-66

20-28-2

.420

When Opp. Scores 25+ points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21

Charley Shira (Mississippi State)

1967-72

16-45-2

.270

When MSU Rushes for 100+ yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34-18

*Bob Tyler (Ole Miss)

1973-78

21-44-2

.328

When Opp. Rushes for 100+ yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-25

Emory Bellard (Southwest Texas State)

1979-85

37-42

.468

When MSU Rushes for <100 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

Rockey Felker (Mississippi State)

1986-90

21-34

.382

When Opp. Rushes for <100 yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-3

Jackie Sherrill (Alabama)

1991-2003

75-75-2

.500

Sylvester Croom (Alabama)

2004-08

21-38

.356

Dan Mullen (Ursinus College)

2009-Present

35-28

.556

32 Coaches

TOP-10 WINNINGEST MSU COACHES (W’S)

114

1895-Present 519-555-39

.484

MOST WINS BY MSU COACH IN EGG BOWL

TENURE

RECORD

PCT.

SEASONS

YEARS

RECORD

PCT.

1. Jackie Sherrill (Alabama)

1991-2003

75-75-2

.500

1. Jackie Sherrill (Alabama)

1991-2003

7-6

.538

2. Allyn McKeen (Tennessee)

1939-48

65-19-3

.764

2. Allyn McKeen (Tennessee)

1939-48

5-4

.556

3. Emory Bellard (Southwest Texas State)

1979-85

37-42

.468

3. Dan Mullen (Ursinus College)

2009-12

4-1

.800

4. Dan Mullen (Ursinus College)

2009-Present

35-28

.556

1917-19

4-0

1.000

5. W.D. Chadwick (Marietta)

1909-13

29-12-2

.698

5. Bob Tyler* (Ole Miss)

1973-78

3-3

.500

6. Wade Walker (Oklahoma)

1956-61

22-32-2

.411

7. Rockey Felker (Mississippi State)

1986-90

21-34

.382

* - All wins in the 1975-77 seasons were forfeited by the NCAA, except for the

Sylvester Croom (Alabama)

2004-08

21-38

.356

1975 Memphis State and North Texas State games.

Bob Tyler* (Mississippi)

1973-78

21-44-2

.328

HEAD COACH (ALMA MATER)

YEARS

10. Ralph Sasse (Army)

1935-37

20-10-2

.656

1962-66

20-28-2

.420

Paul Davis (Ole Miss)

HEAD COACH (ALMA MATER)

Sid Robinson (Colgate)

TOP-10 WINNINGEST MSU COACHES (%)

YEARS

TENURE

RECORD

1. Allyn McKeen (Tennessee)

HEAD COACH (ALMA MATER)

1939-48

65-19-3

PCT. .764

2. Sid Robinson (Colgate)

1917-19

15-5

.750

3. W.D. Chadwick (Marietta)

1909-13

29-12-2

.698

4. Ralph Sasse (Army)

1935-37

20-10-2

.656

5. E.C. Hayes (Albion)

1914-16

15-8-2

.640

6. Earl Able (Colgate)

1923-24

10-6-2

.611

7. Murray Warmath (Tennessee)

1952-53

10-6-3

.605

8. Darrell Royal (Oklahoma)

1954-55

12-8

.600

9. Fred Furman (Cornell)

1907-08

9-7

.563

10. Fred Holtcamp (Ohio State)

1920-21

9-7-1

.559

11. Dan Mullen (Ursinus College)

2009-Present

35-28

.556

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DAN MULLEN SUPERLATIVES MISSISSIPPI STATE TEAM RECORDS

OPPONENT TEAM RECORDS

High

Year (Last Time)

Low

Year (Last Time)

High

Final Score

2013, Troy

2x (2013, Oklahoma State)

Year (Last Time)

Low

Final Score

2013, LSU

1st Quarter Points

2010, Houston

2nd Quarter Points

2013, Troy

Halftime Score

3rd Quarter Points 4th Quarter Points

5x (2012, MTSU)

Many Times

1st Quarter Points

2013, Texas A&M

Many Times

2nd Quarter Points

2x (2012, LSU)

Many Times

2013, Troy

7x (2013, Alabama)

Halftime Score

2011, Auburn

5x (2012, South Alabama)

2x (2012, MTSU)

Many Times

3rd Quarter Points

2x (2013, S. Carolina)

Many Times

2013, Texas A&M

Many Times

4th Quarter Points

2013, LSU

Many Times

First Downs

2010, Arkansas

2011, Alabama

First Downs

2012, Texas A&M

2013, Alcorn State

Rushing Attempts

2010, Arkansas

2012, Alabama

Rushing Attempts

2009, Auburn

2010, Houston

Net Yards Rushing

409

2010, Houston

2011, Alabama

Net Yards Rushing

390

2009, Auburn

2013, Alcorn State

Net Yards Passing

372

2010, Memphis

2010, Florida

Net Yards Passing

446

2013, Texas A&M

2010, LSU

Passes Attempted

2013, South Carolina

2010, Florida

Passes Attempted

2010, Houston

2009, Georgia Tech

Passes Completed

2013, South Carolina

2010, Florida

Passes Completed

2009, Houston

2009, Jackson State

Had Intercepted

2010, LSU

Many Times

Had Intercepted

2009, Middle Tennessee St. 0

Total Offensive Plays

100

2010, Arkansas

Total Offensive Plays

2012, Texas A&M

Total Net Yards

645

2011, Memphis

193

Average Gain Per Play

9.3

2011, Memphis

2.2

Fumbles Lost

2009, Georgia Tech

Many Times

Penalties

2009, Jackson State

3x (2013, Alabama)

Penalty Yards

152

2009, Jackson State

Punts

2013, Ole Miss

2011, Kentucky 2011, LSU

Year (Last Time)

Many Times

2013, Alcorn State

Total Net Yards

693

2012, Texas A&M

157

2009, Vanderbilt

Average Gain Per Play

8.3

2013, LSU

2.6

2009, Vanderbilt

Fumbles Lost

3x (2012, Arkansas)

Many Times

Penalties

2009, Jackson State

2013, Auburn

2013, Alabama

Penalty Yards

105

2013, Texas A&M

2013, Auburn

2x (2013, Troy)

Punts

2009, Vanderbilt

3x (2012, Texas A&M)

2x (2013, Troy)

Yards Punting

438

2010, Memphis

2011, Michigan

Average Yards Per Punt

55.0

2013, Alabama

11.0

2011, Michigan

Punt Returns

2x (2011, Arkansas)

Punt Returns Yards

2009, LSU

-8

2011, Alabama

Yards Punting

345

2010, Kentucky

Average Yards Per Punt

49.0

2009, Jackson State

28.0

Punt Returns

2011, Memphis

Punt Returns Yards

2011, Louisiana Tech

-15

Kickoff Returns

7x (2012, LSU)

2x (2013, Auburn)

Kickoff Returns

2011, Memphis

Kickoff Returns Yards

191

2011, Michigan

Interceptions

2010, LSU

2011, LSU

Interceptions Yards

106

2010, LSU

-1

2011, LSU

2012, Jackson State Many Times 2013, Alabama

Kickoff Return Yards

216

2009, Georgia Tech

4x (2013, Auburn)

Interceptions

2009, Middle Tennessee St. 0

Many Times

Interceptions Yards

120

2009, Florida

-1

Possession Time

39:02

2010, Houston

22:10

3rd-Down Conversions

10 of 14

2011, UT Martin

1 of 13

4th-Down Conversions

5 of 5

2010, Michigan

0 of 4

High

Player

Rushing Attempts

A. Dixon/V. Ballard

Rushing Yards

252

Anthony Dixon

Rushing Touchdowns

Vick Ballard

Longest Rush

V. Ballard/D. Prescott

Passing Attempts

Dak Prescott

Passing Completions

Interceptions Thrown

Many Times 2011, LSU 6x (2013, Alabama) 2013, Auburn Many Times 2010, Auburn

Possession Time

37:50

2011, LSU

20:58

2012, Ole Miss

3rd-Down Conversions

8 of 13 2009, Georgia Tech

1 of 11

2009, LSU

4th-Down Conversions

2 of 2

0 of 5

High

Player

Rushing Attempts

Trent Richardson

2011, Alabama

Rushing Yards

187

Knile Davis

2010, Arkansas

Rushing Touchdowns

*Two Players*

2x (Kenny Hilliard, 2013, LSU)

Longest Rush

Brandon Bridge

2010, Alcorn State

2013, South Carolina

Passing Attempts

David Piland

2010, Houston

Dak Prescott

2013, South Carolina

Passing Completions

Case Keenum

2009, Houston

Tyler Russell

2013, Northwestern

Interceptions Thrown

*Five Players*

5x (Bo Wallace, 2013, Ole Miss)

Passing Yards

295

Tyler Russell

2012, LSU

Passing Yards

446

Johnny Manziel

2013, Texas A&M

Passing Touchdowns

Tyler Russell

2x (2010, Memphis/2012, Arkansas)

Passing Touchdowns

*Three Players* 3x (Johnny Manziel, 2013, Texas A&M)

Longest Pass

Chris Relf

2011, Michigan

Longest Pass

Ryan Mallett

2010, Arkansas

Most Times Sacked

Chris Relf

2x (2010, Arkansas)

Most Times Sacked

Tanner Price

2011, Wake Forest

Receptions

Chad Bumphis

3x (2012, UK & LSU/2010, Alcorn St.)

Receptions

Matt Roark

2011, Kentucky

Receiving Yards

180

Chad Bumphis

2012, Troy

Receiving Yards

179

Odell Beckham

2013, LSU

Receiving Touchdowns

Chad Bumphis

2012, Troy

Receiving Touchdowns

Donte Moncrief

2012, Ole Miss

Longest Reception

LaDarius Perkins

2011, Michigan

Longest Reception

Jarius Wright

2010, Arkansas

All-Purpose Yards

319

LaDarius Perkins

2010, Ole Miss

All-Purpose Yards

292

Randall Cobb

2010, Kentucky

Punting Yards

345

Heath Hutchins

2010, Kentucky

Punting Yards

473

Brett Upson

2009, Vanderbilt

Average Yards Per Punt

49.0

Heath Hutchins

2009, Jackson State

Average Yards Per Punt

55.0

Cody Mandell

2013, Alabama

Longest Punt

Heath Hutchins

2010, Kentucky

Longest Punt

Chas Henry

2010, Florida

Punts Inside 20

Devon Bell/Heath Hutchins

2x (2013, Ole Miss)

Punting - Inside the 20

Brett Upson

2009, Vanderbilt

Punt Returns

L. Berry/C. Bumphis/J. Lewis

4x (Lewis, 2013, Texas A&M)

Punt Returns

*Five Players*

4x (Quan Bray, 2013, Auburn)

Punt Return Yards

Chad Bumphis

2011, Louisiana Tech

Punt Return Yards

Chad Jones

2009, LSU

Longest Punt Return

Chad Bumphis

2011, Louisiana Tech

Longest Punt Return

Chad Jones

2009, LSU

Kick Returns

Leon Berry

Kick Returns

Martavious Odoms

2011, Michigan

Kick Return Yards

186

Leon Berry

Kick Return Yards

163

Martavious Odoms

2011, Michigan

Longest Kickoff Return

100

Jameon Lewis

2012, Ole Miss

Longest Kickoff Return

100

Onterio McCalebb

2012, Auburn

Interceptions

*Nine Players*

14x (Taveze Calhoun, 2013, Alabama)

Interceptions

*Six Players*

6x (Morris Claiborne, 2011, LSU)

5x (2013, LSU)

2010, Houston 2013, South Carolina 2011, Michigan

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

MISSISSIPPI STATE INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Year (Last Time) 2x (Ballard, 2010 vs. Arkansas) 2009, Kentucky 5x (Ballard, 2010 vs. Memphis) 2x (Prescott, 2013, Bowling Green)

2x (2009, Florida) 2009, Auburn

Year (Last Time)

Interception Return Yards 120

Johnthan Banks

2009, Florida

Interception Return Yards 100

Craig Loston

2012, LSU

Longest Interception Return 100

Johnthan Banks

2009, Florida

Longest Interception Return 100

Craig Loston

2012, LSU

Points Scored By Kicking 17

Derek DePasquale

2010, UAB

Points Scored By Kicking 17

Josh Jasper

2010, LSU

Field Goals Made

Derek DePasquale

2010, UAB

Field Goals Made

Josh Jasper

2010, LSU

Longest Field Goal Made 54

Zach Hocker

2013, Arkansas

Tackles

A.J. Johnson

2012, Tennessee

Tackles for Loss

3.0

*Seven Players* 7x (2013, Tyler Scott , Northwestern)

Sacks

3.0

J. Bequette/C. Dunlap 2x (2009, Jake Bequette, Arkansas)

Longest Field Goal Made 49

Sean Brauchle

2009, Vanderbilt

Tackles

Brandon Wilson

Tackles for Loss

4.5

Chris White

2010, Florida

Sacks

2.5

Chris White

2x (2010, Florida)

2011, Louisiana Tech

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DAN MULLEN COACHED PLAYERS IN THE NFL WR Dallas Baker (7th) – Florida – Pittsburgh Steelers RB Vick Ballard (5th) – Mississippi State – Indianapolis Colts DB Johnthan Banks (2nd) - Mississippi State - Tampa Bay Buccaneers S Wade Bonner (FA) – Mississippi State – Philadelphia Eagles DL Josh Boyd (5th) - Mississippi State – Green Bay Packers QB John Brantley (FA) – Florida – Baltimore Ravens WR Chad Bumphis (FA) - Mississippi State – Jacksonville Jaguars OG Lance Butler (FA) – Florida – Cleveland Browns WR Andre Caldwell (3rd) – Florida – Denver Broncos OL James Carmon (FA) – Mississippi State – Buffalo Bills LB Jamar Chaney (7th) – Mississippi State – Atlanta Falcons DL Dewayne Cherrington (FA) - Mississippi State – Seattle Seahawks WR Arceto Clark (FA) - Mississippi State – Seattle Seahawks WR Riley Cooper (5th) - Florida – Philadelphia Eagles DL Fletcher Cox (1st) – Mississippi State – Philadelphia Eagles RB Anthony Dixon (6th) – Mississippi State – San Francisco 49ers OL Marcus Gilbert (2nd) - Florida – Pittsburgh Steelers OT Randy Hand (FA) – Florida – Buffalo Bills QB Josh Harris (6th) – Bowling Green – New York Giants WR Percy Harvin (1st) – Florida – Seattle Seahawks OG Maurice Hurt (7th) - Florida – Washington Redskins TE Cornelius Ingram (5th) – Florida – Denver Broncos WR Chad Jackson (2nd) – Florida – Oakland Raiders QB Omar Jacobs (5th) – Bowling Green – Kansas City Chiefs OL Addison Lawrence (FA) – Mississippi State – Baltimore Ravens

LB Cameron Lawrence - Mississippi State – Dallas Cowboys QB Chris Leak (FA) – Florida – Chicago Bears DL Kyle Love (FA) – Mississippi State – Kansas City Chiefs DL Pernell McPhee (5th) – Mississippi State – Baltimore Ravens C Drew Miller (FA) – Florida – St. Louis Rams S Charles Mitchell (6th) – Mississippi State – Atlanta Falcons RB Kestahn Moore (FA) - Florida – Kansas City Chiefs WR Louis Murphy (4th) – Florida – New York Giants WR David Nelson (FA) - Florida – Cleveland Browns C Maurkice Pouncey (1st) - Florida – Pittsburgh Steelers C Mike Pouncey (1st) - Florida – Miami Dolphins RB Chris Rainey (5th) – Florida – Pittsburgh Steelers OL Quentin Saulsberry (FA) – Mississippi State – Denver Broncos OL Derek Sherrod (1st) – Mississippi State – Green Bay Packers DB Darius Slay (2nd) - Mississippi State – Detroit Lions QB Alex Smith (1st) – Utah – Kansas City Chiefs OL Phil Trautwein (FA) – Florida – San Diego Chargers QB Tim Tebow (1st) – Florida – New England Patriots WR Deonte Thompson (FA) – Florida – Baltimore Ravens OT Tavares Washington (FA) – Florida – Kansas City Chiefs OL Jason Watkins (FA) – Florida – Buffalo Bills LB Chris White (6th) – Mississippi State – New England Patriots LB K.J. Wright (4th) – Mississippi State – Seattle Seahawks RB DeShawn Wynn (7th) – Florida – New Orleans Saints

CURRENT BULLDOGS IN THE NFL Player (Position) Vick Ballard (RB) Johnthan Banks (CB) Josh Boyd (DE) Chad Bumphis (WR) Arceto Clark (WR) Fletcher Cox (DT) Anthony Dixon (RB) Antonio Johnson (DT) Tommy Kelly (DL) Cameron Lawrence (LB) Pernell McPhee (DE) Derek Sherrod (OT) Darius Slay (CB) David Stewart (OT) Chris White (LB) K.J. Wright (LB)

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2013 Highlights Out for season (injury to knee) First career interception vs. Arizona (Sept. 29); Career-high six tackles vs. Atlanta (Nov. 17) Made season debut vs. Cleveland (Oct. 20); Season-best two tackles vs. Atlanta (Dec. 8) On practice squad On practice squad Season-high five tackles vs. Washington (Nov. 17); Owns 3.0 sacks First touchdown at St. Louis (Sept. 26); Year-best eight carries vs. St. Louis (Dec. 1) Season-high 4 tackles vs. San Francisco (Oct. 20); Recorded 3.0 sacks Out for season (injury to knee) Made NFL debut vs. Washington (Oct. 14) after being called up from practice squad Year-best game vs. New York Jets (Nov. 24) with four tackles and a sack in 19-3 win Made season debut versus New York Giants (Nov. 17) after two-year absense due to injury Career-high seven tackles vs. Chicago (Sept. 29); Three pass breakups vs. Green Bay (Nov. 28) Helping Titans to 328.7 yards per game, including 115.0 on the ground Played in all 13 games; Season-high two tackles vs. Pittsburgh (Nov. 3) Season-high 11 tackles vs. Tampa Bay (Nov. 3); Broke bone in foot vs. San Francisco (Dec. 8)

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2013 GAME RECAPS In front of a raucous crowd at Reliant Stadium, Mississippi State (0-1) fell to No. 13 Oklahoma State (1-0), 21-3 in a hard-fought battle in the 2013 AdvoCare Texas Kickoff game. The Bulldogs struck first in the 2013 season opener, with sophomore Devon Bell nailing a 40-yard field goal on the first drive of the game. MSU’s defense followed the field goal by stifling the Cowboys’ up-tempo offensive attack, forcing five punts in the first half. Momentum swung near the end of the first half when OSU put its first points on the board as quarterback J.W. Walsh scored on a 3-yard QB keeper to give the Cowboys a 7-3 lead with a little more than two minutes remaining. Following an MSU turnover on downs, Oklahoma State drove to the Bulldogs’ 32 and set up for a 49-yard field goal with just seconds left. The attempt was blocked by senior defensive back Nickoe Whitley and sophomore defensive back Taveze Calhoun returned the ball just nine yards short of the end zone to complete the first half. The third quarter proved to be the turning point in the game as OSU scored on its first drive with a one-yard touchdown from senior running back Jeremy Smith, giving the Cowboys a 14-3 lead. Sophomore Dak Prescott entered the game for injured senior quarterback Tyler Russell and put together several solid drives, but before a missed field goal, OSU’s Smith scampered for a 20-yard score, making it 21-3 OSU. The Bulldogs drove into Cowboy territory one more time in the fourth, but were stopped short when a Prescott pass went through the hands of Robert Johnson and was intercepted.

In the first home game of the 2013 season, Dan Mullen and his Mississippi State Bulldogs handled the Alcorn State Braves 51-7 to move to 1-1 on the year. The Bulldogs had seven new starters from the Oklahoma State game, including sophomore quarterback Dak Prescott, who played the entire first two quarters and led his team to a 37-0 halftime lead. Prescott gave way to freshman Damian Williams in the second half. Freshmen were a big portion of the contest, as true freshmen led MSU in both rushing and receiving, with Ashton Shumpert (98 rushing yards and two touchdowns) making his debut in the backfield, while wide receiver Fred Ross had three catches for 46 yards. “The losses always look worse than they are and often the wins look better than they are,” Mullen said. “There are certainly some things we need to coach and improve on from this game.” Prescott started the Mississippi State scoring binge with an 11-yard touchdown run in the first quarter and was followed by a pair of Derrick Milton touchdowns to give the Bulldogs a 21-0 lead just minutes into the second quarter. Shumpert punched in his first of two one-yard touchdown plunges in the second quarter to put the home team ahead 28-0. A Jameon Lewis 31-yard touchdown pass from Prescott and a 26-yard field goal closed the first-half scoring. The Bulldogs resumed the touchdown string in the third quarter as Shumpert cashed in again from a yard away. Alcorn State got a 25-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter from John Gibbs Jr. to Tollette George, but a Nick Griffin 10-yard touchdown run finished the scoring. The 556 total yards of offense by Mississippi State were tied for the ninth most in a game in program history.

OKLAHOMA STATE MISSISSIPPI STATE Score by Quarters Oklahoma State 0 Mississippi State 3

7 0

21 3

Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals

7 - 21 0 - 3

SCORING SUMMARY 1st Quarter MS - Bell 40 yd field goal, 8:38 2nd Quarter OSU - Walsh 3 yd run (Grogan kick), 2:16 3rd Quarter OSU - Smith 1 yd run (Grogan kick), 10:41 4th Quarter OSU - Smith 20 yd run (Grogan kick), 14:33 Team Stats MSU FIRST DOWNS 17 NET YARDS RUSHING 111 Rushing Attempts 37 Average Per Rush 3.0 Rushing Touchdowns 0 NET YARDS PASSING 222 Completions-Attempts-Int 17-33-2 Passing Touchdowns 0 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 333 Total offense plays 70 Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 11-74 PUNTS-YARDS 6-270 KICKOFFS-YARDS 2-126 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 2-1-0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 4-104-0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0

ALCORN STATE MISSISSIPPI STATE Score by Quarters Alcorn State 0 Mississippi State 14

0 23

0 7

OSU 22 286 40 7.2 3 146 21-33-0 0 432 73 1-0 7-86 6-271 4-239 2-7-0 2-45-0 2-7-0 0-0-0

7 51

7 - 7 7 - 51

SCORING SUMMARY 1st Quarter MS - Prescott 11 yd run (Bell kick), 9:22 MS - Milton 3 yd run (Bell kick), 6:16 2nd Quarter MS - Milton 14 yd pass from Prescott (Bell kick), 11:34 MS - Shumpert 1 yd run (Bell kick), 6:28 MS - Lewis 31 yd pass from Prescott (Bell kick failed), 5:15 MS - Bell 26 yd field goal, 00:58 3rd Quarter MS - Shumpert 1 yd run (Sobiesk kick), 13:57 4th Quarter AS - George 25 yd pass from Gibbs, 11:42 MS - Griffin 10 yd run (Sobiesk kick), 5:00 Team Stats ASU FIRST DOWNS 6 NET YARDS RUSHING 28 Rushing Attempts 25 Average Per Rush 1.1 Rushing Touchdowns 0 NET YARDS PASSING 135 Completions-Attempts-Int 11-25-1 Passing Touchdowns 1 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 163 Total offense plays 50 Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-2 Penalties: Number-Yards 5-32 PUNTS-YARDS 8-344 KICKOFFS-YARDS 2-126 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 4-97-0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-12-0

AUGUST 31, 2013

RELIANT STADIUM • HOUSTON, TEXAS ABC

MSU 30 277 54 5.1 5 279 20-33-1 2 556 87 0-0 3-25 1-35 9-571 1-(-5)-0 1-95-0 1-7-0

34:07 2 of 16 3 of 4 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-2

25:53 8 of 15 0 of 1 3-3 3-20 3-3 0-1

RUSHING: OSU- J.W. Walsh 13-125, Jeremy Smith 15-102, Desmond Roland 10-46, Josh Stewart 2-13. MSULaDarius Perkins 16-50, Josh Robinson 8-48, Dak Prescott 6-9, Tyler Russell 6-2, Derrick Milton 1-0. PASSING: OSU- J.W. Walsh 18-27-0-135, Clint Chelf 2-6-0-11. MSU- Tyler Russell 10-16-1-133, Dak Prescott 7-17-1-89. RECEIVING: OSU- Josh Stewart 4-39, Tracy Moore 4-38, Charlie Moore 4-18, Jeremy Smith 4-7, Jhajuah Seals 1-14, David Glidden 1-12, Blake Jackson 1-9, Marcell Ateman 1-6, Desmond Roland 1-3. MSU- Jameon Lewis 5-55, Malcolm Johnson 4-55, LaDarius Perkins 3-52, De’Runnya Wilson 2-17, Robert Johnson 1-20, Brandon Hill 1-15, Fred Ross 1-8. INTERCEPTIONS: OSU- Zack Craig 1-7, Justin Gilbert 1-0. MSU- None. FUMBLES: OSU- None. MSU- None. ATTENDANCE: 35,874

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

DAVIS WADE STADIUM • STARKVILLE, MISS. CSS

Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 Possession Time 21:07 Third-Down Conversions 2-14 Fourth-Down Conversions 0-1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-0 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-4 PAT Kicks 1-1 Field Goals 0-0

0-0-0 38:53 5-13 2-6 7-7 1-5 6-7 1-1

RUSHING: ASU- Arnold Walker 10-23, Zerik Rollins Jr. 2-5, Tollette George 1-5, Joe Price 3-5, Haiden McCraney 1-2, Anthony Williams 4-1, John Gibbs Jr. 4-(-13). MSUAshton Shumpert 22-98, Nick Griffin 13-53, Jameon Lewis 1-44, Brandon Holloway 4-28, Damian Williams 5-25, Dak Prescott 4-20, Josh Robinson 3-6, Derrick Milton 2-3. PASSING: ASU- John Gibbs Jr. 11-25-1-135. MSU- Dak Prescott 12-19-0-174, Damian Williams 8-13-1-105, Devon Bell 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING: ASU- Tollette George 4-80, Billy Shed 2-6, Arnold Walker 1-34, Travoris Doss 1-8, J. McKenzie 1-4, Zerick Rollins Jr. 1-3, Javris Turner 1-0. MSU- Fred Ross 3-46, Jameon Lewis 2-35, De’Runnya Wilson 2-31, Fred Brown 2-27, Brandon Holloway 2-25, Robert Johnson 2-24, Malcolm Johnson 1-24, Nick Griffin 1-18, Joe Morrow 1-15, Ashton Shumpert 1-14, Derrick Milton 1-14, Jeremey Chappelle 1-6, Josh Robinson 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS: ASU- Casey Freeman 1-12. MSUDeontae Skinner 1-7. FUMBLES: ASU- None. MSU- Taveze Calhoun 1-0, Kivon Coman 1-0. ATTENDANCE: 55,085

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2013 GAME RECAPS In a tough ending for the Bulldogs, Mississippi State fell 24-20 in the final minute to Auburn at Jordan-Hare Stadium in the 2013 Southeastern Conference opener for both teams. Auburn jumped out to an 11-0 lead on a 40-yard field goal and 76-yard touchdown pass from Nick Marshall to Quan Bray before MSU climbed back into the contest in the second quarter, trailing only 14-13 at halftime. MSU got on the scoreboard with just over four minutes remaining in the opening quarter as Jameon Lewis ran for a 14-yard touchdown. Auburn answered with a field goal to make it a 14-6 advantage, but the Bulldogs responded again, this time on a five-yard touchdown run by sophomore quarterback Dak Prescott. In the second half, State seemed to take control of the contest, taking a 20-14 lead in the third quarter on a Prescott two-yard touchdown run. The defense helped turn the game around, holding the Tigers to just 18 yards during the third frame. Clinging to a 20-17 advantage with under a minute to play, Auburn drove the length of the field and scored the game-winning touchdown with 10 second to play on an 11-yard toss from Marshall to C.J. Uzomah. Despite the setback, Prescott became the first Mississippi State quarterback to reach 200 passing yards (213) and 100 rushing yards (133) in a game since Chris Relf (224 passing, 103 rushing) against Arkansas in 2010.

MISSISSIPPI STATE AUBURN

On a cool September Saturday night, Mississippi State’s offense was hot, racking up 551 yards on the way to a 62-7 victory over Troy. The Bulldogs, now 2-2 overall, were led by sophomore quarterback Dak Prescott, who had four total touchdowns. In fact, both he and junior receiver Jameon Lewis scored three ways each - rushing, passing and receiving. MSU’s offense lit up the scoreboard, posting 45 points in the first half, the most in a half in the modern era (since 1950), and the second-most ever. The second quarter alone had 35 points, also the most in the modern era and the second-most ever. The 62 total points by the Bulldogs were tied for the 13th most in program history and were the most since tallying 66 against Tulane on Oct. 22, 1994. The Trojans were held to only 186 total yards, 47 rushing and 139 passing. The Trojans entered the contest averaging 547 yards a contest, good for 14th in the country. It was the first time Troy did not reach the 200-yard plateau since Oct. 15, 2011, versus Louisiana-Monroe (126 yards). Junior linebacker Matt Wells led defensive coordinator Geoff Collins’ unit with five tackles, including one sack and 1.5 tackles for loss. It was actually the defense that sparked the scoring as junior cornerback Jamerson Love recorded his first interception of the year and second of his career, returning the pick 70 yards for a touchdown to end Troy’s first drive of the game. The runback was tied for the 12th longest in program history.

TROY MISSISSIPPI STATE

Score by Quarters Mississippi State 6 Auburn 11

7 3

20 24

0 - 20 7 - 24

SCORING SUMMARY 1st Quarter AU - Parkey 40 yd field goal, 10:53 AU - Bray 76 yd pass from Marshall (Fulse pass from White), 4:54 MS - Lewis 14 yd run (Griffin rush failed), 4:09 2nd Quarter AU - Parkey 19 yd field goal, 13:36 MS - Prescott 5 yd run (Bell kick), 5:02 3rd Quarter MS - Prescott 2 yd run (Bell kick), 12:38 AU - Parkey 47 yd field goal, 9:53 4th Quarter AU - Uzomah 11 yd pass from Marshall (Parkey kick), 00:10 Team Stats FIRST DOWNS NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS

Score by Quarters Troy 7 Mississippi State 10

0 35

MSU 19 202 40 5.1 3 213 15-28-0 0 415 68 1-0 5-33 7-326

AU 22 120 36 3.3 0 339 23-34-2 2 459 70 4-1 1-5 4-192

7 62

0 0 - 7 7 10 - 62

SCORING SUMMARY 1st Quarter MS - Love 70 yd interception return (Bell kick), 13:00 MS - Bell 25 yd field goal, 3:08 TROY - Thomas 5 yd pass from Robinson (Solomon kick), 00:06 2nd Quarter MS - Prescott 36 yd pass from Lewis (Bell kick), 13:44 MS - Prescott 22 yd run (Bell kick), 11:55 MS - Prescott 11 yd run (Bell kick), 8:08 MS - Robinson 19 yd run (Bell kick), 3:03 MS - Lewis 50 pass yd from Prescott (Bell kick), 1:00 3rd Quarter MS - Lewis 8 yd run (Bell kick), 10:28 4th Quarter MS - Sobiesk 24 yd field goal, 11:29 MS - Milton 10 yd run (Sobiesk kick), 4:47 Team Stats TROY FIRST DOWNS 11 NET YARDS RUSHING 47 Rushing Attempts 26 Average Per Rush 1.8 Rushing Touchdowns 0 NET YARDS PASSING 139 Completions-Attempts-Int 17-31-1 Passing Touchdowns 1 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 186 Total offense plays 57 Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 7-80 PUNTS-YARDS 7-294 KICKOFFS-YARDS 2-126 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0

MSU 30 235 44 5.3 5 316 17-27-0 2 551 71 1-0 3-30 0-0 11-666 2-5-0

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

JORDAN-HARE STADIUM • AUBURN, ALA. ESPN2

KICKOFFS-YARDS 4-260 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 2-42-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 Possession Time 34:23 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 15 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-4 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-18 PAT Kicks 2-2 Field Goals 0-1

6-390 3-44-0 1-11-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 25:37 7 of 15 0 of 0 3-3 0-0 1-1 3-3

RUSHING: MSU- Dak Prescott 22-133, LaDarius Perkins 8-36, Jameon Lewis 2-15, Robert Johnson 1-9, Brandon Holloway 1-7, Derrick Milton 1-3, Ashton Shumpert 1-2, Josh Robinson 4-(minus 3). AU- Corey Grant 8-44, Tre Mason 10-34, Nick Marshall 10-22, Cameron Artis-Payne 6-12, Ricardo Louis 1-4, Keihl Frazier 1-4. PASSING: MSU- Dak Prescott 15-28-0-213. AU- Nick Marshall 23-34-2-339. RECEIVING: MSU- Robert Johnson 4-84, Joe Morrow 4-40, Jameon Lewis 3-62, LaDarius Perkins 2-14, Nick Griffin 1-8, Malcolm Johnson 1-5. AU- Marcus Davis 6-43, Quan Bray 3-80, Sammie Coates 3-55, C.J. Uzomah 3-48, Ricardo Louis 3-34, Trovon Reed 2-12, Nick Marshall 1-37, Jaylon Denson 1-17, Tre Mason 1-13. INTERCEPTIONS: MSU- Nickoe Whitley 2-42. AU- None. FUMBLES: MSU- Matthew Wells 1-0. AU- None. ATTENDANCE: 85,817

SEPTEMBER 21, 2013

DAVIS WADE STADIUM • STARKVILLE, MISS. FOX SPORTS NET

Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 5-73-0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 Possession Time 23:51 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 14 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-2 PAT Kicks 1-1 Field Goals 0-0

1-21-0 1-70-1 1-26-0 36:09 8 of 12 0 of 0 6-7 1-3 8-8 2-3

RUSHING: TROY- Brandon Burks 8-43, Deon Anthony 4-4, Corey Robinson 1-3, Will Scott 1-2, Daron White 6-1, Jordan Chunn 5-0, Eric Thomas 1-(minus 6). MSU- Derrick Milton 7-56, Dak Prescott 5-53, Josh Robinson 6-46, Ashton Shumpert 6-28, LaDarius Perkins 5-23, Nick Griffin 5-15, Jameon Lewis 2-15, Brandon Holloway 2-2, Damian Williams 4-1, TEAM 2-(minus 4). PASSING: TROY- Corey Robinson 15-25-1-105, Dallas Tidwell 1-3-0-5, Deon Anthony 1-3-0-29. MSU- Dak Prescott 13-21-0-233, Damian Williams 3-5-0-47, Jameon Lewis 1-1-0-36. RECEIVING: TROY- Eric Thomas 3-14, Jordan Chunn 2-25, Deon Anthony 2-12, Daron White 2-9, Brandon Burks 2-8, Jim Teknipp 1-29, Bryan Holmes 1-12, Wilson Van Hooser 1-11, Tim Longmire 1-10, Felton Payton 1-10, Chris Williams 1-7, Chandler Worthy 1-2. MSU- Brandon Holloway 3-41, Fred Ross 3-35, Robert Johnson 3-30, Jameon Lewis 2-96, Brandon Hill 1-38, Dak Prescott 1-36, Jeremey Chappelle 1-18, Joe Morrow 1-9, LaDarius Perkins 1-9, Malcolm Johnson 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS: TROY- None. MSU- Jamerson Love 1-70. FUMBLES: TROY- None. MSU- Benardrick McKinney 1-20. ATTENDANCE: 55,096

2013 Mississippi State Football Notes • AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs Rice • @HailStateFB

2013 GAME RECAPS Through three quarters, Mississippi State and LSU played a tight and entertaining game. But then the 10th-ranked Tigers erupted for 28 points in the fourth quarter, ultimately downing the Bulldogs 59-26. With the loss, State fell to 2-3 overall, 0-2 in Southeastern Conference play. LSU improved to 5-1, 2-1. Dak Prescott got the start at quarterback for MSU, completing 9-of-20 passes for 106 yards, in addition to 103 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Senior signal caller Tyler Russell returned to action as well, racking up 146 yards and two touchdowns, while completing 7-of-11 passes as he was mixed in with Prescott in his return to the field since being injured in Week 1 versus Oklahoma State. Russell’s two touchdown passes broke Derrick Taite’s (1993-96/38) program record for career TD tosses and Russell finished the evening with 39. Junior Jameon Lewis led MSU with 111 yards receiving on seven catches, including a 20-yard touchdown toss from Russell. Lewis’ 111 receiving yards were the fourth most in a game by a Bulldog wide receiver during an SEC contest in the Dan Mullen era and Lewis’ 201 all-purpose yards were the fifth most by an MSU player in a league game under Mullen.

LSU MISSISSIPPI STATE

Mississippi State (3-3) escaped Saturday night with a close Homecoming win over Bowling Green (5-2), defeating the Falcons 21-20 at Davis Wade Stadium. The Bulldogs’ 3-3 record makes it the fourthstraight year MSU has had a .500 or better record through six contests, a first for the program since 1997-2000. Penalties and mistakes made it a closer game than the Bulldogs would have liked against the Falcons, but 139 rushing yards and 75 passing by sophomore quarterback Dak Prescott (and two rushing touchdowns) helped the home team to victory. Sophomore receiver Joe Morrow was the team’s leading receiver with four catches for 57 yards, while senior running back LaDarius Perkins was second only to Prescott with 83 yards rushing including one touchdown, a diving score on the opening drive of the evening. Perkins’ 83 yards gave him 2,285 in his career and moved him into seventh place on the Mississippi State career rushing yardage chart. Dixon is the career leader with 3,994 yards. MSU’s two other scores came on the ground as well with runs of 75 yards and 10 yards from Prescott, while senior Tyler Russell actually drew the start for MSU at quarterback, completing 12-of-14 passes for 102 yards. Defensively, State was led with eight tackles each from Deontae Skinner and Benardrick McKinney.

BOWLING GREEN MISSISSIPPI STATE

Score by Quarters LSU 14 Mississippi State 9

14 14

59 26

3 28 - 59 3 0 - 26

SCORING SUMMARY 1st Quarter LSU - Hilliard 3 yd run (Delahoussaye kick), 10:02 MS - Prescott 28 yd run (Prescott pass fail), 8:42 LSU - Hill 69 yd run (Delahoussaye kick), 7:18 MS - Bell 35 yd field goal, 3:04 2nd Quarter LSU - Hilliard 34 yd run (Delahoussaye kick), 14:51 MS - Lewis 20 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 11:29 MS - Wilson 59 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 6:28 LSU - Beckham Jr. 14 yd pass from Mettenberger (Delahoussaye kick), 00:17 3rd Quarter MS - Bell 22 yd field goal, 12:01 LSU - Delahoussaye 29 yd field goal, 4:33 4th Quarter LSU - Beckham Jr. 33 yd pass from Mettenberger (Delahoussaye kick), 14:50 LSU - Hill 5 yd run (Delahoussaye kick), 14:19 LSU - Blue 17 yd run (Delahoussaye kick), 6:46 LSU - Hilliard 4 yd run (Delahoussaye kick), 1:21 Team Stats FIRST DOWNS NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Passing Touchdowns

Score by Quarters Bowling Green 3 Mississippi State 14

10 7

LSU 27 223 39 5.7 6 340 25-29-1 2

7 0

MSU 23 216 36 6.0 1 252 16-31-1 2

20 21

TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 563 Total offense plays 68 Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 5-27 PUNTS-YARDS 2-93 KICKOFFS-YARDS 10-650 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 5-111-0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-40-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 Possession Time 33:32 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 11 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 6-6 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-14 PAT Kicks 8-8 Field Goals 1-1

SCORING SUMMARY 1st Quarter MS - Perkins 1 yd run (Bell kick), 9:58 BGSU - Tate 35 yd field goal, 5:36 MS - Prescott 75 yd run (Bell kick), 5:24 2nd Quarter BGSU - Givens 7 yd run (Tate kick), 4:15 MS - Prescott 10 yd run (Bell kick), 1:04 BGSU - Tate 45 yd field goal, 00:00 3rd Quarter BGSU - Johnson 2 yd run (Tate kick), 3:57 MSU 23 245 41 6.0 3 177 19-25-1 0 422 66 0-0 9-71 2-82 4-253 1-1-0 2-46-0

468 67 1-1 5-41 1-42 6-390 1-0-0 4-109-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 26:28 4 of 11 0 of 2 3-3 3-21 2-2 2-3

RUSHING: LSU- Jeremy Hill 16-157, Kenny Hilliard 6-39, Alfred Blue 6-31, Terrence Magee 6-18, J.C. Copeland 1-0, Connor Neighbors 1-(minus 1), Zach Mettenberger 3-(minus 21). MSU- Dak Prescott 12-103, LaDarius Perkins 10-81, Josh Robinson 6-40, Brandon Holloway 1-1, Team 1-(minus 2), Tyler Russell 6-(minus 7). PASSING: LSU- Zach Mettenberger 25-29-1-340. MSUTyler Russell 7-11-0-146, Dak Prescott 9-20-1-106. RECEIVING: LSU- Odell Beckham Jr. 9-179, Jarvis Landry 8-96, Jeremy Hill 3-13, Alfred Blue 2-19, Travin Dural 1-21, Tarvis Dickson 1-7, J.C. Copeland 1-6. MSU- Jameon Lewis 7-111, Joe Morrow 3-30, De’Runnya Wilson 2-80, Malcolm Johnson 2-19, Jeremey Chappelle 1-8, Robert Johnson 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS: LSU- Tre’Davious White 1-40. MSUNickoe Whitley 1-0. FUMBLES: LSU- Lamar Louis 1-0. MSU- None. ATTENDANCE: 57,113

OCTOBER 12, 2013

DAVIS WADE STADIUM • STARKVILLE, MISS. FOX SPORTS NET

Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-34-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 Possession Time 27:46 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 11 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-13 PAT Kicks 2-2 Field Goals 2-3

0 - 20 0 - 21

Team Stats BGSU FIRST DOWNS 21 NET YARDS RUSHING 160 Rushing Attempts 29 Average Per Rush 5.5 Rushing Touchdowns 2 NET YARDS PASSING 224 Completions-Attempts-Int 20-34-0 Passing Touchdowns 0 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 384 Total offense plays 63 Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 4-30 PUNTS-YARDS 2-97 KICKOFFS-YARDS 4-255 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 2-31-0

OCTOBER 5, 2013

DAVIS WADE STADIUM • STARKVILLE, MISS. ESPN

0-0-0 0-0-0 32:14 4 of 11 1 of 3 2-3 1-1 3-3 0-1

RUSHING: BGSU- Travis Greene 15-99, Matt Johnson 6-29, Andre Givens 4-24, Jordan Hopgood 3-10, Team 1-(minus 2). MSU- Dak Prescott 15-139, LaDarius Perkins 16-83, Jameon Lewis 5-15, Josh Robinson 2-5, Tyler Russell 3-3. PASSING: BGSU- Matt Johnson 20-34-0-224. MSU- Tyler Russell 12-14-0-102, Dak Prescott 7-11-1-75. RECEIVING: BGSU- Jared Cohen 5-51, Ryan Burbrink 4-66, Shaun Joplin 4-40, Tyler Beck 2-33, Travis Greene 2-(minus 1), Ronnie Moore 1-15, Alex Bayer 1-5, Jordan Hopgood 1-2. MSU- Joe Morrow 4-57, Jameon Lewis 4-34, LaDarius Perkins 4-21, Robert Johnson 2-16, Fred Ross 1-17, Josh Robinson 1-16, De’Runnya Wilson 1-6, Malcolm Johnson 1-5, Brandon Holloway 1-5. INTERCEPTIONS: BGSU- BooBoo Gates 1-34. MSU- None. FUMBLES: BGSU- None. MSU- Tolando Cleveland 1-0. ATTENDANCE: 55,148

2013 Mississippi State Football Notes • AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs Rice • @HailStateFB

2013 GAME RECAPS On the backs of Jameon Lewis, Dak Prescott and a late defensive stand, Mississippi State (4-3, 1-2 SEC) beat Kentucky (1-6, 0-4) 28-22 in Starkville on a chilly Thursday night at Davis Wade Stadium. For the second time this season, Lewis scored three different ways, reaching the end zone by receiving, rushing and passing for a touchdown. The junior wide receiver had 53 yards on seven catches, 22 yards on a pair of rushes and 17 yards on his one pass, a touchdown to Prescott, the sophomore quarterback. Senior linebacker Deontae Skinner paced the Bulldogs with 11 tackles defensively, including six solo stops. He was followed by sophomore linebacker Benardrick McKinney, who notched 10 of his own. The victory pushed the Bulldogs’ overall record to 4-3 and putting the program above .500 through seven games in consecutive years, a first for MSU since 1999-2000. Mississippi State has won four-straight contests versus Southeastern Conference East Division foes (2011/Kentucky, 2012/Tennessee and Kentucky, 2013/Kentucky). It is tied for the program’s longest winning streak versus East Division foes since the divisional format was adopted for the 1992 season (2009/Kentucky, 2010/Georgia, Florida, Kentucky). Head coach Dan Mullen also improved to 9-3 against SEC East foes with the triumph.

Five turnovers plagued Mississippi State (4-4, 1-3 SEC) Saturday afternoon as the Bulldogs fell 34-16 to 14th-ranked South Carolina at WilliamsBrice Stadium. After a first half that saw the Bulldogs down only a touchdown at halftime (17-10), Carolina capitalized on two MSU miscues in the third quarter and sandwiched another touchdown in between to lead 34-10 after three periods. MSU managed a fourth-quarter score for the final points of the afternoon. State actually outgained USC in total offense, 385 yards to 307. The Bulldog attack was led by quarterback Dak Prescott, who was 28-of-43 through the air for 235 yards, but he was also hampered by three interceptions. MSU’s two TDs on the day came from Prescott rushes. Robert Johnson and Jameon Lewis were Prescott’s favorite targets, each hauling in seven receptions. Defensively, State was paced by Deontae Skinner’s five tackles. Three others had four stops, including Preston Smith who added a tackle for loss and QB hurry. Bernardrick McKinney added a quarterback sack.

MISSISSIPPI STATE KENTUCKY Score by Quarters Kentucky 7 Mississippi State 14

3 7

9 7

28 22

3 - 22 0 - 28

SCORING SUMMARY 1st Quarter MS - Johnson 60 yd pass from Prescott (Bell kick), 11:28 UK - Timmons 51 yd pass from Smith (Mansour kick), 8:38 MS - Lewis 19 yd run (Bell kick), 6:34 2nd Quarter MS - Lewis 17 yd pass from Prescott (Bell kick), 6:14 UK - Mansour 45 yd field goal, 00:31 3rd Quarter UK - TEAM safety, 5:26 UK - Kemp 14 yd run (Mansour kick), 4:19 MS - Prescott 17 yd pass from Lewis (Bell kick), 00:36 4th Quarter UK - Mansour 44 yd field goal, 8:15 Team Stats FIRST DOWNS NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS

UK 20 160 40 4.0 1 165 19-35-0 1 325 75 0-0 4-40 6-267

MSU 24 152 42 3.6 1 295 25-37-0 3 447 79 0-0 8-82 5-197

MISSISSIPPI STATE SOUTH CAROLINA Score by Quarters Mississippi State 7 South Carolina 14

3 0 3 17

16 34

6 - 16 0 - 34

SCORING SUMMARY 1st Quarter MS - Prescott 1 yd run (Sobiesk kick), 8:46 SC - Roland 14 yd pass from Shaw (Fry kick), 6:23 SC - Roland 43 yd pass from Shaw (Fry kick), 1:20 2nd Quarter SC - Fry 44 yd field goal, 11:25 MS - Sobiesk 38 yd field goal, 4:15 3rd Quarter SC - Byrd 6 yd pass from Shaw (Fry kick), 12:54 SC - Adams 4 yd pass from Shaw (Fry kick), 7:52 SC - Fry 37 yd field goal, 2:07 4th Quarter MS - Prescott 11 yd run (Prescott pass failed), 5:38 Team Stats FIRST DOWNS NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Fumbles: Number-Lost Penalties: Number-Yards PUNTS-YARDS

MSU 23 150 35 4.3 2 235 28-43-3 0 385 78 3-2 6-25 5-238

SC 12 160 34 4.7 0 147 10-20-0 4 307 54 0-0 4-20 8-323

OCTOBER 24, 2013

DAVIS WADE STADIUM • STARKVILLE, MISS. ESPN

KICKOFFS-YARDS 5-279 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 2-13-0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 3-58-0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 Possession Time 26:06 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 18 Fourth-Down Conversions 4 of 5 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-41 PAT Kicks 2-2 Field Goals 2-3

6-356 1--1-0 3-47-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 33:54 10 of 18 1 of 3 3-3 1-6 4-4 0-1

RUSHING: UK- Raymond Sanders 15-86, Jojo Kemp 15-63, Jalen Whitlow 4-12, Ryan Timmons 3-1, Maxwell Smith 3-(minues 2). MSU- LaDarius Perkins 12-65, Dak Prescott 16-33, Jameon Lewis 2-22, Josh Robinson 4-19, Nick Griffin 2-10, Tyler Russell 2-5, Ashton Shumpert 2-4, TEAM 2-(minus 6). PASSING: UK- Maxwell Smith 18-34-0-160, Jalen Whitlow 1-1-0-5. MSU- Dak Prescott 23-34-0-268, Tyler Russell 1-20-10, Jameon Lewis 1-1-0-17. RECEIVING: UK- Ryan Timmons 5-69, Jordan Aumiller 4-28, Javess Blue 4-26, Alex Montgomery 2-17, Raymond Sanders 2-6, Demarco Robinson 1-10, A.J. Legree 1-9. MSU- Jameon Lewis 7-53, Malcolm Johnson 4-79, LaDarius Perkins 4-34, Robert Johnson 3-31, Artimas Samuel 1-28, Rufus Warren 1-23, Dak Prescott 1-17, Joe Morrow 1-10, Josh Robinson 1-10, Fred Ross 1-9, Nick Griffin 1-1. INTERCEPTIONS: UK- None. MSU- None. FUMBLES: UK- None. MSU- None. ATTENDANCE: 55,102

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

WILLIAMS-BRICE STADIUM • COLUMBIA, S.C. SEC TV

KICKOFFS-YARDS 4-260 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 2--3-0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 2-15-0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 Possession Time 33:46 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-13 PAT Kicks 1-1 Field Goals 1-1

7-407 0-0-0 2-50-0 3-24-0 1-24-0 0 26:14 1 of 11 0 of 0 4-4 1-11 4-4 2-2

RUSHING: MSU- Dak Prescott 15-78, LaDarius Perkins 12-40, Josh Robinson 6-24, Jameon Lewis 1-6, Ashton Shumpert 1-2. SC- Mike Davis 15-128, Pharoh Cooper 6-23, Shon Carson 6-18, Jamari Smith 4-5, Connor Shaw 3-(minus 14). PASSING: MSU- Dak Prescott 28-43-3-235. SC- Connor Shaw 10-20-0-147. RECEIVING: MSU- Robert Johnson 7-53, Jameon Lewis 7-45, De’Runnya Wilson 3-40, Josh Robinson 3-34, LaDarius Perkins 3-29, Malcolm Johnson 3-15, Ashton Shumpert 1-13, Artimus Samuel 1-6. SC- Shaq Roland 2-57, Mike Davis 2-26, Damiere Byrd 2-25, Shon Carson 1-24, Bruce Ellington 1-6, Rory Anderson 1-5, Jerell Adams 1-4. INTERCEPTIONS: MSU- None. SC- T.J. Holloman 1-12, Chaz Elder 1-12, Skai Moore 1-0. FUMBLES: MSU- None. SC- Victor Hampton 1-0, Sharrod Golightly 1-24. ATTENDANCE: 88,111

2013 Mississippi State Football Notes • AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs Rice • @HailStateFB

2013 GAME RECAPS In the last game of a road stretch before returning home, Mississippi State (4-5, 1-4 SEC) tried its best to keep up with the Texas A&M offense, but just couldn’t quite do it, falling by a 51-41 score to the 15th-ranked Aggies (8-2, 4-2) Saturday afternoon. Tyler Russell started the game at quarterback for MSU, but Dak Prescott entered on the third drive and played the majority of the game for the Bulldogs, racking up over 100 rushing yards (154) for the fourth time this season. He accounted for 303 yards of total offense in the game including two touchdown passes. The Aggie defense mostly held junior receiver Jameon Lewis in check, but the multi-purpose threat threw his third touchdown of the season, a trick play with sophomore Joe Morrow on the receiving end of the score. True freshman De’Runnya Wilson was the star of the receiving group, hauling in a career-high seven catches for 75 yards and two touchdowns for the Bulldogs. Josh Robinson and LaDarius Perkins each added TDs on the ground for State, Robinson amassing 73 yards rushing. Junior corner Jamerson Love had a career day defensively, intercepting Heisman-winner Johnny Manziel twice (two of three picks that State had on the day), though the defense had a tough time holding the A&M quarterback in check much of the afternoon.

Mississippi State gave top-ranked Alabama a fight for the majority of Saturday night, but stifling defense and recovery from errors ultimately gave the Crimson Tide (10-0, 7-0 SEC) a 20-7 victory over the Bulldogs (4-6, 1-5). MSU’s defense put forth one of its best performances of the year, limiting the Crimson Tide to its lowest point total of 2013, and fewest since a 9-6 outing against LSU on Nov. 5, 2011. The Bulldogs were led by true freshman defensive lineman Chris Jones and sophomore cornerback Taveze Calhoun. Jones had a sack and a tackle for loss. Calhoun picked off Tide quarterback A.J. McCarron twice as the Bulldog defense forced four turnovers over the course of the game. Kendrick Market led all MSU tacklers with a personal-best 10 stops. He also forced his first career fumble. Offensively, Mississippi State was led by senior quarterback Tyler Russell, who completed 15-of-24 passes for 144 yards, and junior tight end Malcolm Johnson, who caught a career-high six passes for a personal-best 84 yards. State’s lone score of the night, early in the third quarter, came when offensive lineman Charles Siddoway recovered a loose MSU fumble in the end zone. At the time, it trimmed Alabama’s lead to 10-7. It was the first touchdown by an MSU offensive lineman since senior Gabe Jackson fell on a ball in the end zone against Auburn on Sept. 9, 2010.

MISSISSIPPI STATE TEXAS A&M Score by Quarters Mississippi State 7 Texas A&M 16

41 51

7 6 21 - 41 7 14 14 - 51

SCORING SUMMARY 1st Quarter TAMU - Kennedy 12 yd pass from Manziel (Lambo kick), 5:45 MS - Robinson 51 yd run (Sobiesk kick), 5:28 TAMU - Safety, 1:28 TAMU - Labhart 33 yd pass (Lambo kick), 0:06 2nd Quarter MS - Wilson 3 yd pass from Prescott (Sobiesk kick), 0:54 TAMU - Labhart 11 yd pass from Manziel (Lambo kick), 0:16 3rd Quarter TAMU - Kennedy 21 yd pass from Manziel (Lambo kick), 7:34 MS - Perkins 12 yd pass from Prescott (Prescott pass fail), 0:44 TAMU - Williams 15 yd run (Lambo kick), 0:12 4th Quarter MS - Morrow 31 yd pass from Lewis (Sobiesk kick), 14:53 TAMU - Hicks 2 yd pass from Maniel (Lambo kick), 13:54 TAMU - Malena 2 yd run (Lambo kick), 10:52 MS - Perkins 1 yd run (Prescott rush), 6:45 MS - Wilson 9 yd pass from Russell (Russell rush fail), 2:19 Team Stats FIRST DOWNS NET YARDS RUSHING Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Rushing Touchdowns NET YARDS PASSING Completions-Attempts-Int Passing Touchdowns TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS Total offense plays Fumbles: Number-Lost

MSU 30 299 43 7.0 2 257 23-42-1 4 556 85 1-0

ALABAMA MISSISSIPPI STATE Score by Quarters Alabama 3 Mississippi State 0

7 0

7 7

TAMU 29 91 33 2.8 2 446 30-39-3 5 537 72 0-0

20 7

3 - 20 0 - 7

SCORING SUMMARY 1st Quarter UA - Foster 33 yd field goal, 7:59 2nd Quarter UA - Volger 18 yd pass from McCarron (Foster kick), 0:20 3rd Quarter MS - Siddoway 0 yd fumble recovery (Sobiesk kick), 10:11 UA - Norwood 11 yd pass from McCarron (Foster kick), 5:46 4th Quarter UA - Foster 35 yd field goal, 12:15 Team Stats UA FIRST DOWNS 20 NET YARDS RUSHING 196 Rushing Attempts 33 Average Per Rush 5.9 Rushing Touchdowns 0 NET YARDS PASSING 187 Completions-Attempts-Int 18-32-2 Passing Touchdowns 2 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 383 Total offense plays 65 Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-2 Penalties: Number-Yards 5-41 PUNTS-YARDS 4-220 KICKOFFS-YARDS 5-296 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-3-0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-18-0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-16-0

MSU 10 53 29 1.8 1 144 15-29-1 0 197 58 4-0 1-5 6-254 2-125 1--15-0 3-37-0 2-53-0

NOVEMBER 9, 2013

KYLE FIELD • COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS CBS

Penalties: Number-Yards 4-40 PUNTS-YARDS 5-135 KICKOFFS-YARDS 7-433 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 4-36-0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 5-86-0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 3-8-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 Possession Time 34:52 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-35 PAT Kicks 3-3 Field Goals 0-1

10-105 5-243 8-491 2-8-0 6-185-0 1-15-0 0-0-0 0 25:08 6 of 13 0 of 0 5-6 1-1 7-7 0-0

RUSHING: MSU- Dak Prescott 16-154, Josh Robinson 6-73, LaDarius Perkins 17-55, Ashton Shumpert 2-16, Tyler Russell 1-3, Team 1-(minus 2). TAMU- Johnny Manziel 14-47, Trey Williams 6-29, Ben Malena 9-20, Brandon Williams 1-6; Team 3-(minus 11). PASSING: MSU- Dak Prescott 14-26-1-149, Tyler Russell 8-14-0-77, Jameon Lewis 1-1-0-31; Team 0-1-0-0. TAMUJohnny Manziel 30-39-3-446. RECEIVING: MSU- De’Runnya Wilson 7-75, Robert Johnson 4-29, Fred Brown 3-47, Josh Robinson 3-35, Joe Morrow 2-38, LaDarius Perkins 2-19, Jameon Lewis 2-14. TAMU- Malcome Kennedy 8-96, Travis Labhart 6-102, Mike Evans 5-116, Derel Walker 4-78, Ben Malena 4-39, LaQuvionte Gonzalez 1-14, Nehemiah Hicks 1-2, Brandon Williams 1-(minus 1). INTERCEPTIONS: MSU- Jamerson Love 2-8, Nickoe Whitley 1-0. TAMU- Daeshon Hall 1-15. FUMBLES: MSU- None. TAMU- None. ATTENDANCE: 88,504

NOVEMBER 16, 2013

DAVIS WADE STADIUM • STARKVILLE, MISS. ESPN

Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 Possession Time 30:57 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-12 PAT Kicks 2-2 Field Goals 2-2

1-5-0 0 29:03 4 of 15 0 of 3 1-3 1-7 1-1 0-1

RUSHING: UA- T.J. Yeldon 24-160, Kenyan Drake 4-28, AJ McCarron 3-12, Team 2-(minus 4). MSU- LaDarius Perkins 10-25, Josh Robinson 6-17, Damian Williams 5-6, Tyler Russell 4-4, Ashton Shumpert 3-3, Team 1-(minus 2), C.Siddoway 0-0. PASSING: UA- AJ McCarron 18-32-2-187. MSU- Tyler Russell 15-24-1-144, Damian Williams 0-5-0-0. RECEIVING: UA- Christion Jones 5-37, Amari Cooper 4-45, DeAndrew White 2-28, Kevin Norwood 2-23, Kenyan Drake 2-9, O.J. Howard 1-21, Brian Vogler 1-18, T.J. Yeldon 1-6. MSU- Malcolm Johnson 6-84, Jameon Lewis 4-36, LaDarius Perkins 3-12, De’Runnya Wilson 1-13, Joe Morrow 1-(minus 1). INTERCEPTIONS: UA- Ha Ha Clinton-Dix 1-16. MSUTaveze Calhoun 2-53. FUMBLES: ALA- None. MSU- Beniquez Brown 1-5, Benardrick McKinney 1-0. ATTENDANCE: 57,211

2013 Mississippi State Football Notes • AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs Rice • @HailStateFB

2013 GAME RECAPS It took overtime to secure the victory, but Mississippi State found a way to win on the road Saturday afternoon, beating Arkansas 24-17. State (5-6, 2-5 SEC) kept bowl hopes alive with the win. Arkansas fell to 3-8, 0-6 in the league. Bulldog true freshman quarterback Damian Williams scored the winning touchdown for the Bulldogs on the first play of overtime, a 25-yard scamper up the middle. Sophomore cornerback Taveze Calhoun sealed the win by intercepting the Razorbacks on fourth down on the potential game-tying possession for the Hogs. Sophomore running back Josh Robinson led the way for MSU offensively, racking up 101 yards on the ground despite only playing in the second half. Signal caller Tyler Russell, named the starting quarterback shortly before the game, put up a gritty effort despite his injury from last week, completing 18-of-28 passes for 263 yards and two touchdowns. Junior receiver Jameon Lewis made a big return to the stat book, catching six passes for 94 yards and a score. Defensively, the Bulldogs forced two fumbles and racked up seven tackles for loss to keep the Razorback offense in check. Senior safety Nickoe Whitley, in addition to a forced and recovered fumble, led the team with 10 tackles on the afternoon.

In below freezing temperatures and in front of a raucous home crowd, Mississippi State powered its way to an overtime victory against arch rival Ole Miss Thursday night, winning the 110th edition of the Egg Bowl 17-10 at Davis Wade Stadium to close out the 2013 regular season. It was Dan Mullen’s fourth victory in the Battle for the Golden Egg in his five years at MSU and his Bulldogs are now bowl-eligible for the fourth-straight year under his guidance. For the second-straight week, it was MSU’s defense being a key in securing an overtime victory for State, stripping the ball away from Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace and recovering it in the end zone to end the game. Sophomore quarterback Dak Prescott didn’t make an appearance until the fourth quarter, but his late-game drive led to the tying field goal at 10-10 and then he took the ball into the end zone himself in overtime to score the winning points. Prescott, who was not expected to play in the game due to injury, relieved freshman Damian Williams, who put up a very solid effort in his first start under center ever for MSU. Sophomore cornerback Taveze Calhoun played the best game of his young career, racking up a team-high 11 tackles, including nine solo. Nickoe Whitley, Justin Cox and Richie Brown all had interceptions of Ole Miss quarterback Bo Wallace, who the MSU defense kept in pretty solid check all night long. Brown and Chris Jones also notched sacks of Wallace in the contest. Prior to the winning TD in overtime, State got a touchdown in the second quarter on a 1-yard Josh Robinson run and the tying field goal from Evan Sobiesk with just 2:21 left in regulation.

MISSISSIPPI STATE ARKANSAS Score by Quarters Mississippi State 0 Arkansas 7

10 3

0 7

7 0

24 17

7 - 24 0 - 17

SCORING SUMMARY 1st Quarter ARK - Herndon 8 yd run (Hocker kick), 11:02 2nd Quarter ARK - Hocker 54 yd field goal, 6:53 MS - Bell 24 yd field goal, 5:08 MS - Perkins 30 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 1:48 3rd Quarter ARK - Horton 22 yd run (Hocker kick), 3:28 4th Quarter MS - Lewis 5 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 13:35 Overtime MS - Williams 25 yd run (Bell kick) Team Stats MSU FIRST DOWNS 26 NET YARDS RUSHING 191 Rushing Attempts 37 Average Per Rush 5.2 Rushing Touchdowns 1 NET YARDS PASSING 297 Completions-Attempts-Int 21-32-1 Passing Touchdowns 2 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 488 Total offense plays 69 Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 2-20 PUNTS-YARDS 3-109 KICKOFFS-YARDS 4-206 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-5-0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-7-0

ARK 18 223 43 5.2 2 114 10-17-1 0 339 60 2-2 3-25 3-115 4-205 1-0-0 4-82-0

OLE MISS MISSISSIPPI STATE Score by Quarters Ole Miss 0 Mississippi State 0

7 7

3 0

0 3

10 17

0 - 10 7 - 17

SCORING SUMMARY 2nd Quarter MS - Robinson 1 yd run (Sobiesk kick) 1:36 UM - Grant 0 yd blocked punt return (Ritter kick), 00:26 3rd Quarter UM - Ritter 22 yd field goal, 9:54 4th Quarter MS - Sobiesk 36 yd field goal, 2:21 Overtime MS - Prescott 3 yd run (Sobiesk kick) Team Stats UM FIRST DOWNS 17 NET YARDS RUSHING 117 Rushing Attempts 35 Average Per Rush 3.3 Rushing Touchdowns 0 NET YARDS PASSING 201 Completions-Attempts-Int 28-43-3 Passing Touchdowns 0 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 318 Total offense plays 78 Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 7-50 PUNTS-YARDS 8-338 KICKOFFS-YARDS 3-189 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 2-3-1 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 3-55-0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-25-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0

MSU 23 99 43 2.3 2 197 19-39-1 0 296 82 2-1 5-39 9-334 3-174 4-30-0 1-13-0 3-5-0 0-0-0

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

WAR MEMORIAL STADIUM • LITTLE ROCK, ARK. SEC TV

Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-48-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-0-0 Miscellaneous Yards 0 Possession Time 30:35 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 10 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-5 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 PAT Kicks 3-3 Field Goals 1-3

1-1-0 1-1-0 16 29:25 6 of 12 0 of 2 1-2 1-10 2-2 1-1

RUSHING: MSU- Josh Robinson 17-101, Damian Williams 7-40, LaDarius Perkins 6-32, Ashton Shumpert 1-8, Tyler Russell 4-5, Derrick Milton 2-5. ARK- Jonathan Williams 8-59, Alex Collins 10-52, Korliss Marshall 9-35, Kiero Small 5-23, Julian Horton 1-22, Kody Walker 4-22, Javontee Herndon 1-8, Keon Hatcher 1-6, Brandon Allen 2-4, TEAM 1-(minus 2), Sam Irwin-Hill 1-(minus 4). PASSING: MSU- Tyler Russell 18-28-1-263, Damian Williams 3-4-0-34. ARK- Brandon Allen 10-17-1-114. RECEIVING: MSU- Jameon Lewis 6-94, Robert Johnson 4-70, Malcolm Johnson 3-51, LaDarius Perkins 2-38, Josh Robinson 2-17, Joe Morrow 1-13, Artimas Samuel 1-9, De’Runnya Wilson 1-7, Ashton Shumpert 1-(minus 2). ARKKeon Hatcher 2-29, Hunter Henry 2-14, Jeremy Sprinkle 1-44, Julian Horton 1-10, Javontee Herndon 1-9, Kiero Small 1-6, D’Arthur Cowan 1-2, J. Williams 1-0. INTERCEPTIONS: MSU- Taveze Calhoun 1-48. ARK- Jared Collins 1-0. FUMBLES: MSU- Nickoe Whitley 1-0, Beniquez Brown 1-0. ARK- Rohan Gaines 1-1. ATTENDANCE: 45,198

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

DAVIS WADE STADIUM • STARKVILLE, MISS. ESPN

Miscellaneous Yards Possession Time Third-Down Conversions Fourth-Down Conversions Red-Zone Scores-Chances Sacks By: Number-Yards PAT Kicks Field Goals

0 27:12 8 of 20 1 of 1 1-3 2-12 1-1 1-2

0 32:48 5 of 17 2 of 2 2-2 2-17 2-2 1-2

RUSHING: UM- Jaylen Walton 10-37, Bo Wallace 12-31, Robert Nkemdiche 4-21, Barry Brunetti 2-18, I’Tavius. Mathers 7-10. MSU- Josh Robinson 7-38, Dak Prescott 9-29, Damian Williams 13-29, LaDarius Perkins 12-5, Ashton Shumpert 1-0, Team 1-(minus 2). PASSING: UM- Bo Wallace 26-40-3-182. MSU- Dak Prescott 11-20-0-115, Damian Williams 8-18-1-82, Team 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING: UM- Laquon Treadwell 9-57, Jaylen Walton 6-15, Ja-Mes Logan 4-51, Vince Sanders 4-33, Donte Moncrief 3-24, Bo Wallace 1-19, Jordan Holder 1-2. MSUJameon Lewis 6-68, De’Runnya Wilson 4-45, Malcolm Johnson 3-37, Robert Johnson 2-18, LaDarius Perkins 2-10, Jeremey Chappelle 1-13, Brandon Holloway 1-6. INTERCEPTIONS: UM- Cody Prewitt 1-25. MSU- Richie Brown 1-5, Justin Cox 1-0, Nickoe Whitley 1-0. FUMBLES: UM- Laquon Treadwell 1-0. MSU- Jamerson Love 1-0. ATTENDANCE: 55,113

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2013 Top Award Winner No. 61 Gabe Jackson Offensive Lineman

Senior • 6-4 • 335 • Liberty, Miss. (Amite County) What They’re Saying . . . “Gabe Jackson will be one of the top guards in the 2014 NFL Draft.” - Mike Herndon, Birmingham News

“The top guard in the SEC going into the season, the 6-foot-4, 335-pound Jackson is a true road-grader. He combines size, power and strength and has been a fixture at left guard for the Bulldogs since his redshirt freshman season.” - Chris Low, ESPN.com

“I’ve had several scouting buddies rave about Mississippi State OG Gabe Jackson. Just finished 1st game ... big, powerful base and explosive hands.” - Daniel Jeremiah, NFL Network

“(Gabe) Jackson is a first-round possibility and should have a long NFL career.” - Gil Brandt, NFL.com Senior Analyst

“Gabe Jackson will be playing on Sundays, guaranteed. The only question is how high he goes in the NFL Draft.” - Rod Gilmore, ESPN 2013 Honors • Bleacher Report First-Team All-American • Walter Camp, USA Today and Athlon Sports Second Team All-American • C Spire Conerly Trophy winner as top player in the state of Mississippi • Kent Hull Award recipient as top offensive lineman within the state of Mississippi • First Team All-SEC by AP, league coaches, ESPN, Athlon Sports and Sporting News • Sports Illustrated and Phil Steele Midseason AllAmerican • Phil Steele Midseason First Team All-SEC • Nov. 25, Oct. 28 & Sept. 23 SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week Second MSU offensive lineman to ever receive the award two or more times in the same season and the league’s only student-athlete to receive more than one offensive lineman of the week award this season. The last SEC offensive lineman with three or more weekly honors in the same year was MSU’s Derek Sherrod, with four in 2010. 2013 Preseason Honors • Outland Trophy Watch List • Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List • Senior Bowl Watch List • Second Team All-American by CBS Sports, Lindy’s, Sports Illustrated and Phil Steele. Third Team AllAmerican by Athlon Sports • First Team All-SEC by league coaches, Athlon Sports Birmingham News, Lindy’s, Phil Steele, SEC Media and Sporting News • Best SEC Offensive Lineman by Birmingham News

2012 Honors • Outland Trophy Watch List • Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List • All-American FoxSportsNEXT (Second Team) Phil Steele (Second Team) Pro Football Weekly (Honorable Mention) Sports Illustrated (Honorable Mention) • All-SEC AP (First Team) Phil Steele (First Team) Coaches (Second Team) ESPN.com (Second Team) 2013 Season Highlights • • • • • • • • • • •

The anchor of the offensive line who has yet to give up a sack this season Against No. 1 Alabama (11/16), graded out at 86 percent with three knockdowns On the road at No. 11 Texas A&M (11/9), was graded at 89 percent with four knockdowns while helping MSU to 556 yards of total offense, the most during a Southeastern Conference contest under head coach Dan Mullen Helping MSU to one of its best offensive seasons in program history, averaging 426.2 yards a game, on pace to shatter the single-season record of 422.0 yards per contest, set in 1982 The Bulldogs’ 5,114 total yards are good for second on the program’s single-season chart behind the 2010 squad’s 5,217 yards Opening lanes for 26 rushing touchdowns this season, tied for the fifth most in a year in program history Giving pocket protection for the Bulldogs to average 240.3 aerial yards a game, on pace to break the single-season record of 239.7 passing yards per game set in 1978 Providing time for the quarterbacks to complete 235 passes, good for second on the MSU single-season record list Provided time and space for 23 MSU total touchdowns during SEC games, the second most under a Mullen-coached squad, behind only the 26 in 2012 Opened holes for 556 yards of total offense at Texas A&M (11/9), the most during a Southeastern Conference contest under Mullen Against LSU (10/5), opened holes for five rushes of 20 or more yards during the game’s 36 carries. Entering the contest, MSU had four rushes of 20 or more yards on 175 carries

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MISSISSIPPI STATE CAREER HIGHS

RUSHING Player

Carries Opponent

Yards Opponent

Attempts Opponent

Cmps Opponent

Nick Griffin Brandon Holloway Robert Johnson Jameon Lewis Derrick Milton LaDarius Perkins Dak Prescott Josh Robinson Tyler Russell Ashton Shumpert Damian Williams

PASSING Player

Jameon Lewis Dak Prescott Tyler Russell Damian Williams

13 4 1 5 8 25 22 17 10 22 13

1 43 39 18

Alcorn State, ‘13 Alcorn State, ‘13 Auburn, ‘13 Bowling Green, ‘13 Jackson State, ‘12 Kentucky, ‘12 Auburn, ‘13 Arkansas, ‘13 Alabama, ‘11 Alcorn State, ‘13 Ole Miss, ‘13

Three Times South Carolina, ‘13 Kentucky, ‘12 Ole Miss, ‘13

RECEIVING

Player Receptions Opponent Fred Brown Jeremey Chappelle Nick Griffin Brandon Hill Brandon Holloway Malcolm Johnson Robert Johnson Jameon Lewis Derrick Milton Joe Morrow LaDarius Perkins Dak Prescott Josh Robinson Fred Ross Artimas Samuel Ashton Shumpert Rufus Warren De’Runnya Wilson

PUNTING Player

Devon Bell Baker Swedenburg

KICKING Player

3 1 1 2 3 6 7 7 1 4 4 1 3 3 1 1 1 7

Texas A&M, ‘13 Four Times Six Times Jackson State, ‘12 Troy, ‘13 Alabama, ‘13 South Carolina, ‘13 Three Times Twice Twice Twice Twice Twice Twice Three Times Three Times Kentucky, ‘13 Texas A&M, ‘13

No. Opponent 8 Ole Miss, ‘13 7 Five Times

PAT Opponent

Devon Bell Evan Sobiesk

6 Twice 3 Texas A&M, ‘13

TACKLES Player

Tackles Opponent

Nelson Adams Quadry Antoine Dee Arrington Denico Autry Ferlando Bohanna Beniquez Brown Richie Brown Ryan Brown Taveze Calhoun Tolando Cleveland Kivon Coman Justin Cox Torrey Dale Kaleb Eulls Deontay Evans Quay Evans John Harris Christian Holmes Jay Hughes Zach Jackson Nick James

3 1 7 5 5 9 7 6 11 3 3 5 2 6 4 1 1 6 7 6 3

Alabama, ‘13 Troy, ‘13 Oklahoma State, ‘13 Five Times Memphis, ‘11 Arkansas, ‘13 Ole Miss, ‘13 Middle Tennessee, ‘12 Ole Miss, ‘13 Bowling Green, ‘13 Twice Oklahoma State, ‘13 Troy, ‘13 Alabama, ‘11 Troy, ‘13 Twice Twice Twice Arkansas, ‘12 Arkansas, ‘13 Middle Tennessee, ‘12

80 28 9 44 65 179 154 101 40 98 40

1 28 26 8

UT Martin, ‘11 Alcorn State, ‘13 Auburn, ‘13 Alcorn State, ‘13 Jackson State, ‘12 Troy, ‘12 Texas A&M, ‘13 Arkansas, ‘13 Houston, ‘10 Alcorn State, ‘13 Arkansas, ‘13

Three Times South Carolina, ‘13 LSU, ‘12 Twice

Yards Opponent 47 18 18 38 41 84 84 113 14 57 140 36 35 46 28 14 23 80

Texas A&M, ‘13 Troy, ‘13 Alcorn State, ‘13 Troy, ‘13 Troy, ‘13 Alabama, ‘13 Auburn, ‘13 Memphis, ‘11 Alcorn State, ‘13 Bowling Green, ‘13 Ole Miss, ‘10 Troy, ‘13 Texas A&M, ‘13 Alcorn State, ‘13 Kentucky, ‘13 Alcorn State, ‘13 Kentucky, ‘13 LSU, ‘13

Yards Opponent

Long Opponent

Yards Opponent

TDs Opponent

1 Three Times None None 1 Four Times 1 Four Times 2 Jackson State, ‘12 2 Four Times 1 Four Times 1 Three Times 2 Alcorn State, ‘13 1 Arkansas, ‘13

36 268 295 105

TDs Opponent

None None None None None 1 Five Times 1 Twice 1 Six Times 1 Alcorn State, ‘13 1 Texas A&M, ‘13 2 Twice 1 Twice None None None None None 2 Texas A&M, ‘13

5 Ole Miss, ‘13 4 Memphis, ‘11

FGs Opponent

3 South Alabama, ‘12 1 Three Times

Long Opponent

47 Twice 38 South Carolina, ‘13

Tackles Opponent

A.J. Jefferson Cedric Jiles Chris Jones P.J. Jones Jamerson Love Kendrick Market Benardrick McKinney Tyrell Miller Ivan Muniz Will Redmond Deontae Skinner Preston Smith Curtis Virges Matthew Wells Nickoe Whitley

Troy, ‘13 Kentucky, ‘13 LSU, ‘12 Alcorn State, ‘13

Inside 20 Oppoment

334 Ole Miss, ‘13 332 Arkansas, ‘11

Player

TDs Opponent

4 6 5 5 7 10 14 1 2 5 11 8 3 10 13

Troy, ‘13 Oklahoma State, ‘13 Ole Miss, ‘13 Texas A&M, ‘12 LSU, ‘13 Alabama, ‘13 Twice Troy, ‘13 Alcorn State, ‘13 Twice Kentucky, ‘13 Kentucky, ‘13 Twice Texas A&M, ‘12 LSU, ‘12

60 15 9 44 27 64 75 59 26 14 25

Arkansas, ‘12 Alcorn State, ‘13 Auburn, ‘13 Alcorn State, ‘13 MTSU, ‘12 MTSU, ‘12 Bowling Green, ‘13 Northwestern, ‘13 Houston, ‘10 Alcorn State, ‘13 Arkansas, ‘13

1 Three Times 2 Three Times 4 Twice None

Long Opponent 19 18 18 38 34 60 61 80 14 31 81 36 23 23 28 14 23 59

Texas A&M, ‘13 Troy, ‘13 Alcorn State, ‘13 Troy, ‘13 Troy, ‘13 Kentucky, ‘13 Auburn, ‘13 Memphis, ‘11 Alcorn State, ‘13 Texas A&M, ‘13 Michigan, ‘11 Troy, ‘13 Texas A&M, ‘13 Alcorn State, ‘13 Kentucky, ‘13 Alcorn State, ‘13 Kentucky, ‘13 LSU, ‘13

Long Opponent

62 South Carolina, ‘13 58 Georgia, ‘11

Points Opponent

12 South Alabama, ‘12 5 Ole Miss, ‘13

TACKLES FOR LOSS Player

Tackles Opponent

Nelson Adams 0.5 Denico Autry 2.0 Dee Arrington 1.0 Ferlando Bohanna 1.0 Beniquez Brown 1.5 Richie Brown 1.5 Ryan Brown 1.0 Taveze Calhoun 1.0 Tolando Cleveland 0.5 Kivon Coman 1.0 Justin Cox 0.5 Kaleb Eulls 2.0 Quay Evans 1.0 Jay Hughes 1.5 Zach Jackson 1.0 A.J. Jefferson 1.0 Chris Jones 2.0 P.J. Jones 2.0 Jamerson Love 2.0 Kendrick Market 1.0 Benardrick McKinney 1.5 Will Redmond 1.0 Deontae Skinner 1.5 Preston Smith 3.0 Curtis Virges 1.5 Matthew Wells 2.0 Nickoe Whitley 1.5

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Three Times LSU, ‘12 OK St., ‘13 Auburn, ‘11 Alabama, ‘13 Ole Miss, ‘13 Twice Alcorn St., ‘13 Bowling Green, ‘13 OK St., ‘13 Ole Miss, ‘13 LSU, ‘11 Troy, ‘13 LSU, ‘12 Twice Twice Twice OK St., ‘13 Memphis, ‘11 OK St., ‘13 Twice Twice Arkansas, ‘12 LSU, ‘13 Alcorn St., ‘13 LA Tech, ‘11 S. Carolina, ‘11

MISSISSIPPI STATE SEASON HIGHS

RUSHING Player

Carries Opponent

Yards Opponent

Attempts Opponent

Cmps Opponent

Nick Griffin Brandon Holloway Robert Johnson Jameon Lewis Derrick Milton LaDarius Perkins Dak Prescott Josh Robinson Tyler Russell Ashton Shumpert Damian Williams

PASSING Player

Jameon Lewis Dak Prescott Tyler Russell Damian Williams

13 4 1 5 7 17 22 17 6 22 13

1 43 28 18

Alcorn State Alcorn State Auburn Bowling Green Troy Texas A&M Auburn Arkansas Twice Alcorn State Ole Miss

Three Times South Carolina Arkansas Ole Miss

RECEIVING

PUNTING Player

Devon Bell Baker Swedenburg

KICKING Player

3 1 1 1 3 6 7 7 1 4 4 1 3 3 1 1 1 7

Texas A&M Four Times Three Times Twice Troy Alabama South Carolina Three Times Alcorn State Twice Twice Twice Twice Twice Three Times Three Times Kentucky Texas A&M

No. Opponent 8 Ole Miss 7 Auburn

PAT Opponent

Devon Bell Evan Sobiesk

4 Alcorn State 2 Alcorn State

TACKLES Player

Tackles Opponent

3 1 7 5 1 9 7 2 11 3 3 5 2 5 4 1 1 5 1 6

53 28 9 44 56 83 154 101 15 98 40

1 28 18 8

Alcorn State Alcorn State Auburn Alcorn State Troy Bowling Green Texas A&M Arkansas Arkansas Alcorn State Arkansas

Three Times South Carolina Arkansas Twice

Yards Opponent 47 18 18 38 41 84 84 111 14 57 52 36 35 46 28 14 23 80

Texas A&M Troy Alcorn State Troy Troy Alabama Auburn LSU Alcorn State Bowling Green Oklahoma State Troy Texas A&M Alcorn State Kentucky Alcorn State Kentucky LSU

Yards Opponent

Long Opponent

Yards Opponent

TDs Opponent

1 Alcorn State None None 1 Three Times 1 Twice 1 Twice 2 Four Times 1 Three Times None 2 Alcorn State 1 Arkansas

36 268 263 105

TDs Opponent

None None None None None 1 Kentucky None 1 Five Times 1 Alcorn State 1 Texas A&M 1 Twice 1 Twice None None None None None 2 Texas A&M

5 Ole Miss 2 Twice

FGs Opponent 2 LSU 1 Three Times

Long Opponent

40 Oklahoma State 38 South Carolina

Tackles Opponent

Troy Kentucky Arkansas Alcorn State

Inside 20 Opponent

334 Ole Miss 326 Auburn

Player

TDs Opponent

4 6 5 4 7 10 10 1 2 5 11 8 3 7 10

Troy Oklahoma State Ole Miss Twice LSU Alabama Kentucky Troy Alcorn State Twice Kentucky Kentucky Alcorn State Twice Arkansas

10 15 9 44 14 35 75 51 15 14 25

Alcorn State Alcorn State Auburn Alcorn State Troy Kentucky Bowling Green Texas A&M LSU Alcorn State Arkansas

1 Three Times 2 Three Times 2 Twice None

Long Opponent 19 18 18 38 34 60 61 50 14 31 32 36 23 23 28 14 23 59

Texas A&M Troy Alcorn State Troy Troy Kentucky Auburn Troy Alcorn State Texas A&M Oklahoma State Troy Texas A&M Alcorn State Kentucky Alcorn State Kentucky LSU

Long Opponent

62 South Carolina 53 Alabama

Points Opponent 8 LSU 5 Ole Miss

TACKLES FOR LOSS Player

Tackles Opponent

Nelson Adams 0.5 Dee Arrington 1.0 Denico Autry 1.5 Beniquez Brown 1.5 Richie Brown 1.5 Ryan Brown 1.0 Taveze Calhoun 1.0 Tolando Cleveland 0.5 Kivon Coman 1.0 Justin Cox 0.5 Kaleb Eulls 1.0 Quay Evans 1.0 Zach Jackson 1.0 A.J. Jefferson 1.0 Chris Jones 2.0 P.J. Jones 2.0 Jamerson Love 1.0 Kendrick Market 1.0 Benardrick McKinney 1.5 Will Redmond 1.0 Deontae Skinner 1.0 Preston Smith 3.0 Curtis Virges 1.5 Matthew Wells 1.5 Nickoe Whitley 1.0 2013 Mississippi State Football Notes • AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs Rice • @HailStateFB

Alabama Troy Oklahoma State Twice Bowling Green Arkansas Ole Miss Three Times Ole Miss Bowling Green Twice Oklahoma State Troy LSU Troy Three Times Troy Texas A&M Oklahoma State Arkansas

Three Times OK St. Twice Alabama Ole Miss Alcorn St. Alcorn St. Bowling Green OK St. Ole Miss Alabama Troy Twice Twice Twice OK St. Auburn OK St. Texas A&M Twice Three Times LSU Alcorn St. Troy LSU

INDIVIDUAL CAREER RECORD BOOK CAREER PASSING LEADERS

PASSING YARDAGE Player Seasons Att. 1. Wayne Madkin 1998-01 887 2. Kevin Fant 2000-03 866 3. Tyler Russell 2010-Pres. 699 4. Derrick Taite 1993-96 734 5. Don Smith 1983-86 738 6. John Bond 1980-83 665 7. Tony Shell 1988-90 715 8. Tommy Pharr 1967-69 648 9. Chris Relf 2008-11 460 10. Omarr Conner 2003-06 507 PASS ATTEMPTS Player Seasons Cmp. 1. Wayne Madkin 1998-01 462 2. Kevin Fant 2000-03 461 3. Don Smith 1983-86 342 4. Derrick Taite 1993-96 362 5. Tony Shell 1988-90 349 6. Tyler Russell 2010-Pres. 410 7. John Bond 1980-83 307 8. Tommy Pharr 1967-69 339 9. Omarr Conner 2003-06 269 10. Tyson Lee 2008-09 283 PASS COMPLETIONS Player Seasons Att. 1. Wayne Madkin 1998-01 887 2. Kevin Fant 2000-03 866 3. Tyler Russell 2010-Pres. 699 4. Derrick Taite 1993-96 734 5. Tony Shell 1988-90 715 6. Don Smith 1983-86 738 7. Tommy Pharr 1967-69 648 8. John Bond 1980-83 665 9. Tyson Lee 2008-09 481 10. Omarr Conner 2003-06 507

Cmp. Pct. Yds. 462 .521 6336 461 .532 5631 410 .587 5441 362 .493 5232 342 .463 5229 307 .462 4621 349 .488 4292 339 .523 3720 267 .580 3297 269 .531 3080

Yds. Att. 6336 887 5631 866 5229 738 5232 734 4292 715 5441 699 4621 665 3720 648 3080 507 2963 481

Yds. Cmp. 6336 462 5631 461 5441 410 5232 362 4292 349 5229 342 3720 339 4621 307 283 283 3080 269

COMPLETION PERCENTAGE (150 ATT.) Player Seasons Cmp. Att. 1. Tyson Lee 2008-09 283 481 2. Tyler Russell 2010-Pres. 410 699 3. Dak Prescott 2012-Pres. 157 268 4. Chris Relf 2008-11 267 460 5. Dave Marler 1977-78 163 287 6. Sleepy Robinson 1989-92 108 194 7. Charlie Furlow 1960-62 161 290 8. Kevin Fant 2000-03 461 866 9. Omarr Conner 2003-06 269 507 10. Tommy Pharr 1967-69 339 648 INTERCEPTION PERCENTAGE Player Seasons Int. Att. 1. Dak Prescott 2012-Pres. 7 268 2. Omarr Conner 2003-06 15 507 3. Tyler Russell 2010-Pres. 23 699 4. Derrick Taite 1993-96 25 734 5. Ashby Cook 1963-65 8 225 6. Wesley Carroll 2007-08 14 370 7. Chris Relf 2008-11 18 460 8. Wayne Madkin 1998-01 35 887 9. Tyson Lee 2008-09 19 481 10. Tony Shell 1988-90 29 715 200-YARD PASSING GAMES Player Seasons 1. Tommy Pharr 1967-69 Wayne Madkin 1998-01 Kevin Fant 2000-03 4. Tyler Russell 2010-Pres. 5. Derrick Taite 1993-96 6. Don Smith 1983-86

YARDS-PER-ATTEMPT (MIN. 150 ATT.) Player Seasons Att. Yds. 1. Jackie Parker 1952-53 166 1414 2. Dave Marler 1977-78 287 2422 3. Sleepy Robinson 1989-92 194 1511 4. Tyler Russell 2010-Pres. 699 5441 5. Chris Relf 2008-11 460 3297 6. Wayne Madkin 1998-01 462 6336 7. Greg Plump 1991-93 157 1120 8. Derrick Taite 1993-96 734 5232 9. Don Smith 1983-86 738 5229 10. Rockey Felker 1972-74 424 2961

Y/Att. 8.518 8.439 7.789 7.784 7.167 7.143 7.134 7.128 7.085 6.983

PASSING EFFICIENCY (MIN. 150 ATT.) Player Year Yds. TD Int. Eff. 1. Tyler Russell 2010-Pres. 5441 42 23 137.29 2. Jackie Parker 1952-53 1414 15 5 135.11 3. Sleepy Robinson 1989-92 1511 14 11 133.57 4. Chris Relf 2008-11 3297 28 18 130.57 5. Dave Marler 1977-78 2422 11 17 128.48 6. Dak Prescott 2012-Pres. 1851 11 7 124.92 7. Derrick Taite 1993-96 5232 38 25 119.47 8. Wayne Madkin 1998-01 6336 34 35 116.85 9. Ashby Cook 1963-65 1476 10 8 113.33 10. Rockey Felker 1972-74 2961 23 27 112.65 TOUCHDOWN PASSES Player Seasons Yds. Int. No. 1. Tyler Russell 2010-Pres. 5441 23 42 2. Derrick Taite 1993-96 5232 25 38 3. Wayne Madkin 1998-01 6336 35 34 4. Kevin Fant 2000-03 5631 43 33 5. Don Smith 1983-86 5229 35 31 6. Chris Relf 2008-11 3297 18 28 7. Tony Shell 1988-90 4292 29 25 8. Tommy Pharr 1967-69 3720 36 24 9. Rockey Felker 1972-74 2961 27 23 10. John Bond 1980-83 4621 37 18

CAREER TOTAL OFFENSE LEADERS

Pct. .588 .587 .586 .580 .568 .557 .555 .532 .531 .523

TOTAL OFFENSE Player 1. Don Smith 2. John Bond 3. Wayne Madkin 4. Tyler Russell 5. Kevin Fant 6. Derrick Taite 7. Chris Relf 8. Tommy Pharr 9. Tony Shell 10. Anthony Dixon

Pct. .0261 .0296 .0330 .0341 .0356 .0378 .0391 .0394 .0395 .0406

TDS RESPONSIBLE FOR (RUN & PASS) Player Seasons Rush Pass TD 1. Don Smith 1983-86 21 31 52 2. Anthony Dixon 2006-09 46 0 46 3. Tyler Russell 2010-Pres. 3 42 45 4. John Bond 1980-83 24 18 42 5. Wayne Madkin 1998-01 7 34 41 6. Derrick Taite 1993-96 2 38 40 7. Jackie Parker 1952-53 24 15 39 8. Chris Relf 2008-11 9 28 37 9. Kevin Fant 2000-03 3 33 36 10. Rockey Felker 1972-74 12 23 35

Seasons Plays Rush Pass Total 1983-86 1223 1868 5229 7097 1980-83 1237 2280 4621 6901 1998-01 1121 146 6336 6482 2010-Pres. 815 117 5441 5558 2000-03 635 (-207) 5631 5424 1993-96 924 173 5232 5405 2008-11 860 1575 3297 4872 1967-69 976 569 3720 4289 1988-90 799 (-139) 4292 4153 2006-09 910 3994 0 3994

CAREER PUNTING LEADERS PUNTS Player Seasons 1. Blake McAdams 2005-08 2. Dana Moore 1979-82 3. Dick McGraw 1965-67 4. Mike Riley 1987-91 5. Jared Cook 2001-04 6. Mike Patrick 1972-74 7. Andy Russ 1993-96 8. Bobby Collins 1951-54 9. Baker Swedenburg 2010-Pres. 10. Jeff Walker 1996-99

Yds. Avg. No. 11562 39.46 293 8860 40.83 217 8363 39.08 214 8572 40.24 213 8313 41.98 198 6999 40.93 171 6672 41.96 159 5817 37.29 156 6373 41.65 153 6126 43.44 141

PUNTING YARDS Player Seasons 1. Blake McAdams 2005-08 2. Dana Moore 1979-82 3. Mike Riley 1987-91 4. Dick McGraw 1965-67 5. Jared Cook 2001-04 6. Mike Patrick 1972-74 7. Andy Russ 1993-96 8. Baker Swedenburg 2010-Pres. 9. Jeff Walker 1996-99 10. Bobby Collins 1951-54

Avg. 39.46 40.83 40.24 39.08 41.98 40.93 41.96 41.65 43.44 37.29

PUNTING AVERAGE (MIN. 75 ATT.) Player Seasons No. 1. Jeff Walker 1996-99 141 2. Todd Jordan 1989-93 112 3. Jared Cook 2001-04 198 4. Andy Russ 1993-96 159 5. Baker Swedenburg 2010-Pres. 153 6. Mike Patrick 1972-74 171 7. Dana Moore 1979-82 217 8. Heath Hutchins 2009-10 109 9. Mike Riley 1987-91 213 10. Jim Nabers 1977-78 92

CAREER RUSHING LEADERS Player Seasons 1. Anthony Dixon 2006-09 2. Jerious Norwood 2002-05 3. Walter Packer 1973-76 4. Michael Davis 1991-94 5. Michael Haddix 1979-82 6. LaDarius Perkins 2010-Pres. 7 . James Johnson 1997-98 8. Dennis Johnson 1974-77 9. John Bond 1980-83 10. Dicenzo Miller 1998-01

No. 293 217 213 214 198 171 159 153 141 156

Yds. 11562 8860 8572 8363 8313 6999 6672 6373 6126 5817

Yds. 6126 4793 8313 6672 6373 6999 8860 4436 8572 3680

Avg. 43.44 42.80 41.98 41.96 41.65 40.93 40.83 40.70 40.24 40.00

Att. 910 573 483 578 425 505 453 428 572 403

CAREER ALL-PURPOSE LEADERS Player 1. Anthony Dixon 2. LaDarius Perkins 3. Walter Packer 4. Tony James 5. Jerious Norwood 6. David Smith 7. Chad Bumphis 8. Mardye McDole 9. Dicenzo Miller 10. Kenny Roberts

Number 11 11 11 10 9 8

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Seasons 2006-09 2010-Pres. 1973-76 1989-92 2002-05 1968-70 2009-12 1977-80 1998-01 1989-92

Rush Rec. 3994 449 2507 704 2820 171 218 561 3212 186 80 2168 232 2270 430 2214 2209 732 2070 533

Avg. 4.4 5.6 5.8 4.7 6.0 5.0 5.4 5.3 4.0 5.5

KR 0 969 1166 1862 309 1131 526 427 186 344

Yds. 3994 3212 2820 2721 2558 2507 2452 2284 2280 2209

PR Yds. 0 4443 16 4196 12 4169 1332 3973 43 3750 193 3572 352 3380 282 3353 147 3274 0 2947

SINGLE-SEASON RECORD BOOK TEAM PASSING YARDAGE Yardage Year 1. 3091 . . . . . . . . . . 2012 2. 2884 . . . . . . . . . . 2013 3. 2637 . . . . . . . . . . 1978 4. 2611 . . . . . . . . . . 2002 5. 2433 . . . . . . . . . . 1999 PASSING YARDS PER GAME Yardage Year 1. 240.3. . . . . . . . . . 2013 2. 239.7. . . . . . . . . . 1978 3. 237.8. . . . . . . . . . 2012 4. 221.2. . . . . . . . . . 1999 5. 220.2. . . . . . . . . . 1985 COMPLETION PERCENTAGE Percentage Year 1. .589. . . . . . . . . . . 2013 2. .587. . . . . . . . . . . 2012 3. .583. . . . . . . . . . . 2010 4. .575. . . . . . . . . . . 2009 5. .571. . . . . . . . . . . 1953 ATTEMPTS Attempts Year 1. 442 . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 2. 424 . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 3. 406 . . . . . . . . . . . 1988 4. 399 . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 5. 395 . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 COMPLETIONS Completions Year 1. 249 . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 2. 235 . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 3. 226 . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 4. 210 . . . . . . . . . . . 2008 5. 207 . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 PASSING 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 8.

TOUCHDOWNS Touchdowns Year 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1994 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1995 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1985 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1969 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2003 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998

RUSHING 1. 2. 4. 5.

TOUCHDOWNS Touchdowns Year 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1974 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1980 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2000 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1976

TOTAL PLAYS Plays Year 1. 907 . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 2. 880 . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 880 . . . . . . . . . . . 2007 4. 863 . . . . . . . . . . . 2002 5. 862 . . . . . . . . . . . 2011

TOTAL OFFENSIVE YARDS Yards Year 1. 5217 . . . . . . . . . . 2010 2. 5114 . . . . . . . . . . 2013 3. 4965 . . . . . . . . . . 2012 4. 4643 . . . . . . . . . . 2011 5. 4642 . . . . . . . . . . 1982 PER GAME OFFENSE Average Year 1. 426.2. . . . . . . . . . 2013 2. 422.0. . . . . . . . . . 1982 3. 401.3. . . . . . . . . . 2010 4. 386.4. . . . . . . . . . 2000 5. 381.9. . . . . . . . . . 2012 TOTAL FIRST DOWNS First Downs Year 1. 278 . . . . . . . . . . . 2013 2. 268 . . . . . . . . . . . 2010 3. 262 . . . . . . . . . . . 2012 4. 241 . . . . . . . . . . . 2011 5. 233 . . . . . . . . . . . 1982

PASS RECEPTIONS Player 1. David Smith 2. Sammy Milner Sammy Milner 4. Eric Moulds Justin Jenkins 6. Chad Bumphis 7. Jameon Lewis 8. Brandon McRae 9. David Smith 10. Mardye McDole RECEIVING YARDAGE Player 1. Mardye McDole 2. David Smith 3. Danny Knight 4. Sammy Milner 5. Chad Bumphis 6. Justin Jenkins 7. Tony Burks 8. Eric Moulds 9. Kelvin Love 10. Eric Moulds -- Jameon Lewis

INDIVIDUAL

ALL-PURPOSE YARDS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. --

Player Nick Turner Kevin Prentiss Anthony Dixon Dicenzo Miller LaDarius Perkins James Johnson Vick Ballard Keffer McGee Robert Isaac Walter Packer Jameon Lewis

Year Rush Rec. KR PR 2003 696 93 565 310 1998 68 681 458 339 2009 1391 123 0 0 2000 1005 344 62 102 2012 1024 160 325 0 1998 1383 98 0 0 2011 1189 187 0 0 1995 1072 295 0 0 1996 527 172 469 189 1975 1012 67 242 0 2013 117 703 31 419

INTERCEPTIONS Player 1. Bobby Bethune Bill Crick Walt Harris Walt Harris Izell McGill Corey Broomfield 7. Nickoe Whitley

Year 1960 1969 1993 1994 1997 2009 2013

PASS COMPLETIONS Player Year 1. Tyler Russell 2012 2. Kevin Fant 2003 3. Tommy Pharr 1968 4. Derrick Taite 1995 5. Dave Marler 1978 Kevin Fant 2002 7. Tony Shell 1988 Tyson Lee 2008 9. Tony Shell 1990 10. Don Smith 1985 -- Dak Prescott 2013 COMPLETION PERCENTAGE (MIN. Player Year 1. Chris Relf 2011 2. Tyson Lee 2009 Tyson Lee 2008 4. Tyler Russell 2012 Chris Relf 2010 6. Dak Prescott 2013 Tyler Russell 2010 8. Dave Marler 1978 9. Rockey Felker 1973 10. Omarr Conner 2006

Yds. 30 84 59 41 94 118 42 Yds. 2897 2151 1838 2241 2422 1918 1884 1519 1909 2332 1657

Avg. 5.0 14.0 9.8 6.8 15.7 19.7 8.4

Yds. 1664 1546 1514 1513 1509 1481 1376 1367 1357 1321 1270

Int. 6 6 6 6 6 6 5

Att. Cmp. 394 231 351 186 319 173 309 165 287 163 311 163 335 153 260 153 293 151 312 143 239 139

50 ATT.) Att. Cmp. 190 114 221 130 260 153 394 231 220 129 239 139 67 39 287 163 106 60 135 76

Pct. .600 .588 .588 .586 .586 .582 .582 .568 .566 .563

RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS Player 1. Vick Ballard 2. Jackie Parker 3. Anthony Dixon Harry Furman 5. Keffer McGee John Bond 7. Anthony Dixon James Johnson James Johnson 10. Dak Prescott Tom McWilliams TOTAL OFFENSE Player 1. Tyler Russell 2. Don Smith 3. Chris Relf 4. Dak Prescott 5. Dave Marler 6. Don Smith 7. Derrick Taite 8. John Bond 9. Wayne Madkin 10. Tommy Pharr TDS RESPONSIBLE FOR Player 1. Tyler Russell 2. Jackie Parker 3. Don Smith 4. Vick Ballard 5. Dak Prescott Chris Relf 7. Kevin Fant Derrick Taite Don Smith 10. Jackie Parker Joe Reed Rockey Felker John Bond Don Smith Derrick Taite

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Year 1970 1968 1969 1995 2003 2012 2013 2008 1969 1978

Yds. 987 909 745 779 880 922 703 518 756 1035

Avg. 13.3 14.2 11.6 12.6 14.2 15.9 12.8 10.2 15.1 21.6

Rec. 74 64 64 62 62 58 55 51 50 48

Year 1978 1970 1982 1968 2012 2003 2006 1994 1999 1995 2013

Rec. 48 74 37 64 58 62 35 39 43 62 55

Avg. Yds. 21.6 1035 13.3 987 25.0 924 14.2 909 15.9 922 14.2 880 24.3 850 21.7 845 19.4 834 12.6 779 12.8 703

Year 2010 1952 2007 1907 1995 1983 2009 1998 1997 2013 1944

Att. 186 126 287 NA 235 164 257 236 217 120 77

Yds. 968 455 1066 NA 1072 612 1391 1383 1069 751 400

TD 19 16 14 14 13 13 12 12 12 11 11

Year 2012 1985 2010 2013 1978 1986 1995 1982 2000 1968

Rush -5 554 713 751 (-31) 740 16 609 179 239

Pass 2897 2332 1789 1657 2422 1609 2241 1591 1908 1838

Total 2892 2886 2502 2408 2391 2349 2257 2200 2087 2077

Year 2012 1952 1985 2010 2013 2010 2003 1995 1986 1953 1970 1974 1983 1984 1994

Rush 2 16 6 19 11 5 2 0 6 8 7 7 13 9 1

Pass 24 8 15 0 7 13 14 16 10 7 8 8 2 6 14

TD 26 24 21 19 18 18 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15

THE LAST TIME MISSISSIPPI STATE... RUSHING

TURNOVERS

Had 400+ yards rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Houston, 2010 (409) Had 300+ yards rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Auburn, 2011 (333) Had 250+ yards rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M, 2013 (257) Had 200+ yards rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M, 2013 (257) Had 70+ rushing attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Arkansas, 2010 (70) Had 60+ rushing attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Auburn, 2011 (63) Had 50+ rushing attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Alcorn State, 2013 (54) Had seven+ rushing TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Middle Tennessee, 2000 (7) Had six+ rushing TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Middle Tennessee, 2000 (7) Had five+ rushing TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Troy, 2013 (5) Had four+ rushing TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Troy, 2013 (5) Had three+ rushing TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Bowling Green, 2013 (3) Had two+ players with 100 yards rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Auburn, 2011 (Vick Ballard 135, Chris Relf 106) Had three+ players with 100 yards rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. NE Louisiana, 1996 (Tony Buckhalter 119, Nakia Greer 110, Robert Isaac 103)

Committed eight+ turnovers: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Arkansas, 2003 (8) Committed seven+ turnovers: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. LSU, 2007 (7) Had five+ fumbles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Georgia Tech, 2009 (5) Lost four+ fumbles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Georgia Tech, 2009 (4) Lost three+ fumbles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Arkansas, 2010 (3) Did not commit a turnover: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Kentucky, 2013 Did not cause a turnover: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at South Carolina, 2013 Recorded six+ takeaways: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Kentucky, 2007 (6) Recorded five+ takeaways: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Arkansas, 2012 (5) Returned three+ interceptions for TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Arkansas State, 1994 (Walt Harris - 41; Jimmy Lipscomb - 28; Dwayne Curry - 29) Returned two+ interceptions for TDs: . . . . . . . . vs. Jackson State, 2012 (Darius Slay - 52, Matthew Wells - 22) Returned one interception for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Troy, 2013 (Jamerson Love - 70) Returned a fumble for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Tulane, 2006 (Marcus Washington - 9) Two players had 2+ interceptions . . at Middle Tennessee, 2009 (Corey Broomfield - 2; Johnthan Banks - 2)

PASSING

DEFENSE

Had 450+ yards passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Tulane, 1994 (466) Had 400+ yards passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Arkansas, 2007 (421) Had 300+ yards passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Troy, 2013 (316) Had 200+ yards passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Arkansas, 2013 (297) Had 40+ pass attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M, 2013 (42) Had 30+ pass attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Ole Miss, 2013 (39) Had 25+ pass completions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at South Carolina, 2013 (28) Had 20+ pass completions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Arkansas, 2013 (21) Had five+ passing TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Memphis, 2010 (5) Had four+ passing TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M, 2013 (4) Had three+ passing TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M, 2013 (4) Had four+ passes intercepted: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at LSU, 2010 (5) Had three+ passes intercepted: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at South Carolina, 2013 (3)

Held opponent to 10 or fewer first downs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Alcorn State, 2013 (6) Held opponent to 0 or fewer yards rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Florida, 2000 (-78 yds, 22 att.) Held opponent to 25 or fewer yards rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Kentucky, 2001 (2 yds, 17 att.) Held opponent to 50 or fewer yards rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Troy, 2013 (47 yds , 26 att.) Held opponent to 50 or fewer yards passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. ETSU, 1998 (27) Held opponent to 100 or fewer yards rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M, 2013 (91 yds, 33 att.) Held opponent to 100 or fewer yards passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at LSU, 2010 (97) Held opponent to 200 or fewer yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Troy, 2013 (186) Held opponent to 250 or fewer yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Troy, 2013 (186) Held opponent to 300 or fewer yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Troy, 2013 (186) Intercepted five+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Memphis, 2002 (5) Intercepted four+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Middle Tennessee, 2009 (4) Intercepted three+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Ole Miss, 2013 (3) Scored a safety: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. South Carolina, 2011 (Team) Scored two+ safeties: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Florida, 2000 (2) Recorded nine+ sacks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Ole Miss, 1996 (9.0) Recorded eight+ sacks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Oklahoma State, 1999 (8.0) Recorded six+ sacks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Wake Forest, 2011 (6.0) Recorded five+ sacks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Wake Forest, 2011 (6.0) Recorded four+ sacks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Wake Forest, 2011 (6.0) Did not record a sack: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Arkansas, 2013 Had four players record 10+ tackles: . . . vs. Texas A&M, 2012 (B. McKinney, C. Lawrence, N. Whitley, M. Wells) Had three players record 10+ tackles: . . vs. Texas A&M, 2012 (B. McKinney, C. Lawrence, N. Whitley, M. Wells) Had two players record 10+ tackles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Kentucky, 2013 (D. Skinner, B. McKinney)

RECEIVING Had two players with 100 yards receiving: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Memphis, 2010 (Brandon Heavens 112 & Chad Bumphis 100) Had 10+ different receivers catch a pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Kentucky, 2013 (11) Had eight+ different receivers catch a pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Arkansas, 2013 (9)

COMBINATION OFFENSE Had one 300-yard passer and one 100-yard rusher in a game: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Brigham Young, 2001 (Kevin Fant 346 pass & Dicenzo Miller 119 rush) Had one 100-yard receiver and one 100-yard rusher in a game: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. LSU, 2013 (Jameon Lewis 111 receiving & Dak Prescott 103 rush)

TOTAL OFFENSE Had 600+ yards total offense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Memphis, 2011 (645) Had 550+ yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M, 2013 (556) Had 500+ yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M, 2013 (556) Had 400+ yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Arkansas, 2013 (488) Had 85+ plays total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M, 2013 (85) Had 80+ plays total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Ole Miss, 2013 (82) Had 75+ plays total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Ole Miss, 2013 (82)

SCORING Scored 60+ points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Troy, 2013 (62) Scored 50+ points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Troy, 2013 (62) Scored 40+ points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M, 2013 (41) Scored 30+ points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M, 2013 (41) Allowed 60+ points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. South Carolina, 1995 (65) Allowed 50+ points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M, 2013 (51) Allowed 40+ points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M, 2013 (51) Allowed 30+ points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M, 2013 (51) Was held scoreless: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Ole Miss, 2008 (0-45) Was held scoreless at Scott Field: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. LSU, 2007 (0-45) Was held scoreless on the road: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Ole Miss, 2008 (0-45) Was held scoreless at a non-campus site: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Florida, 1989 (21-0 in Tampa, Fla.) Held opponent scoreless: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. South Carolina, 1999 (17-0) Held opponent scoreless at Scott Field: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. South Carolina, 1999 (17-0) Held opponent scoreless on the road: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at South Carolina, 1998 (38-0) Held opponent scoreless at neutral site: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Kansas, 1981 Hall of Fame Bowl (10-0) Held opponent without a touchdown: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Middle Tennessee, 2012 (45-3) Held opponent without an offensive touchdown: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Ole Miss, 2013 (17-10) Held two opponents scoreless in one season: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 Held three opponents scoreless in one season: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1963 Held an SEC opponent scoreless: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. South Carolina, 1999 (17-0) Held two SEC opponents scoreless in one season: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1998 Scored a two-point conversion passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Tennessee, 2003 (Brent Smith to Nick Signaigo) Scored a two-point conversion rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M, 2013 (Dak Prescott rush) Attempted a 2-point conversion: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M, 2013 (rush conversion and pass failed)

SPECIAL TEAMS Returned a punt for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. UT Martin, 2011 (Johnthan Banks - 65) Returned a blocked punt for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Auburn, 2009 (Robert Elliott - 10) Returned a kickoff for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Ole Miss, 2012 (Jameon Lewis- 100) Blocked one punt: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Jackson State, 2012 (Darius Slay) Blocked two punts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. LSU, 1999 (Robert Bean, Eugene Clinton, Rob Knight) Blocked three punts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. LSU, 1999 (Robert Bean, Eugene Clinton, Rob Knight) Punted 10+ times: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Ole Miss, 2008 (10) Did not punt: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Troy, 2013 Blocked a field goal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Oklahoma State, 2013 (Nickoe Whitley) Had a punt blocked: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Ole Miss, 2013 (Collins Moore) Had a field goal blocked: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Arkansas, 2013 (Devon Bell 28-yard attempt) Blocked a PAT kick: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Ole Miss, 2010 (Fletcher Cox) Scored on a blocked PAT kick: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Texas A&M, 2000 (Julius Griffith) Missed a kicking PAT: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Alcorn State, 2013 Had a kicking PAT blocked: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Kentucky, 2008 Recovered an onside kick: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Auburn, 2010

MISCELLANEOUS Had 30+ first downs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . at Texas A&M, 2013 (30) Had 20+ first downs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Ole Miss, 2013 (23) Had 20+ penalties: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Clemson, 1999 (21) Had 10+ penalties: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Oklahoma State, 2013 (11) Had 100+ yards in penalties: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Gardner-Webb, 2007 (102) Had 35 minutes+ of possession time: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Troy, 2013 (36:09) Was involved in a tie game: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Arkansas, 1993 (13-13) Was involved in an overtime game: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vs. Ole Miss, 2013 (W, 17-10)

2013 Mississippi State Football Notes • AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs Rice • @HailStateFB

THE LAST TIME A MISSISSIPPI STATE PLAYER... RUSHING

DEFENSE

Rushed 40+ times: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Davis vs. Ole Miss, 1993 (40) Rushed 35+ times: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Johnson vs. Alabama, 1998 (36) Rushed 30+ times: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vick Ballard vs. Arkansas, 2010 (33) Rushed 25+ times: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LaDarius Perkins at Kentucky, 2012 (25) Rushed for 250+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Dixon at Kentucky, 2009 (252) Rushed for 200+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony Dixon at Kentucky, 2009 (252) Rushed for 175+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LaDarius Perkins at Troy, 2012 (179) Rushed for 150+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak Prescott at Texas A&M, 2013 (154) Rushed for 125+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak Prescott at Texas A&M, 2013 (154) Rushed for 100+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh Robinson at Arkansas, 2013 (101) Rushed for 100+ yards (quarterback): . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak Prescott at Texas A&M, 2013 (154) Rushed for four+ touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Johnson vs. Central Florida, 1997 (4) Rushed for three+ touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vick Ballard at Memphis, 2011 (3) Rushed for two+ touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak Prescott at South Carolina, 2013 (2) Had a run of 80+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James Johnson at Alabama, 1997 (83) Had a run of 70+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak Prescott vs. Bowling Green, 2013 (75) Had a run of 60+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak Prescott vs. Bowling Green, 2013 (75) Had a run of 50+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh Robinson at Texas A&M, 2013 (51)

Intercepted three+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeramie Johnson vs. Ole Miss, 2005 (3) Intercepted two+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taveze Calhoun vs. Alabama, 2013 (2) Recovered three+ fumbles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Correro vs. Memphis, 1987 (3) Recovered two+ fumbles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kamau Jackson vs. Tennessee, 2002 (2) Forced two+ fumbles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Demario Bobo vs. Gardner-Webb, 2007 (2) Recorded five+ sacks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Greg Favors at Ole Miss, 1996 (5.5) Recorded three+ sacks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willie Evans vs. Tulane, 2005 (3.0) Recorded two+ sacks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preston Smith vs. LSU, 2013 (2.0) Recorded five+ tackles for loss: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deljuan Robinson vs. Auburn, 2006 (5.0) Recorded 20+ tackles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mario Haggan vs. Arkansas, 2000 (20) Recorded 10+ tackles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Taveze Calhoun (11) vs. Ole Miss, 2013 Recorded 10+ tackles in back-to-back games: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cameron Lawrence, 2012 (Five Straight) at Alabama (10), vs. Texas A&M (13), at LSU (15), vs. Arkansas (11), at Ole Miss (13) Returned an interception for a touchdown: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jamerson Love (70) vs. Troy, 2013

PASSING Passed for 450+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derrick Taite vs. Tulane, 1994 (466) Passed for 400+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wesley Carroll vs. Arkansas, 2007 (421) Passed for 300+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wesley Carroll vs. Arkansas, 2007 (421) Passed for 200+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyler Russell at Arkansas , 2013 (263) Attempted 45+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wesley Carroll vs. Arkansas, 2007 (51) Attempted 35+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak Prescott at South Carolina, 2013 (43) Completed 20+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak Precott at South Carolina, 2013 (28) Threw four+ touchdown passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyler Russell vs. Arkansas, 2012 (4) Threw three+ touchdown passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyler Russell vs. Arkansas, 2012 (4) Threw five+ interceptions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Henig vs. LSU, 2007 (6) Threw four+ interceptions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyler Russell vs. Northwestern, 2012 (4) Threw three+ interceptions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak Prescott at South Carolina, 2013 (3) Completed pass for 90+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Fant to Terrell Grindle vs. Kentucky, 2002 (91) Completed pass for 80+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyler Russell to Jameon Lewis at Memphis, 2011 (80) Completed pass for 70+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyler Russell to Chad Bumphis at Troy, 2012 (72) Completed pass for 60+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak Prescott to Malcolm Johnson vs. Kentucky, 2013 (60) Completed pass for 50+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak Prescott to Malcolm Johnson vs. Kentucky, 2013 (60)

SPECIAL TEAMS Scored 10+ points kicking: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Devon Bell vs. Tennessee, 2012 (11) Kicked five+ field goals: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derek DePasquale vs. UAB, 2010 (5) Kicked four+ field goals: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derek DePasquale vs. UAB, 2010 (5) Kicked two field goals of 50+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brian Hazelwood vs. Memphis, 1997 (51, 53) Kicked one field goal of 50+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brent Smith vs. Tennessee, 2002 (53) Kicked a punt of 70+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blake McAdams vs. Kentucky, 2008 (72) Kicked a punt of 60+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Devon Bell at South Carolina, 2013 (62) Punted 10+ times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Blake McAdams at Ole Miss, 2008 (12) Totaled 175+ kick return yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jameon Lewis at Ole Miss, 2012 (183, 5 ret.) Totaled 150+ kick return yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jameon Lewis at Ole Miss, 2012 (183, 5 ret.) Totaled 100+ kick return yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jameon Lewis at Ole Miss, 2012 (183, 5 ret.) Totaled 50+ punt return yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnthan Banks vs. UT Martin, 2011 (64, 3 ret.)

RECEIVING Caught 15+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eric Moulds at Tennessee, 1995 (15) Caught 10+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brandon McRae at Georgia Tech, 2008 (10) Caught seven+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . De’Runnya Wilson at Texas A&M, 2013 (7) Had 200+ yards receiving: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jamayel Smith vs. Arkansas, 2007 (208) Had 175+ yards receiving: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chad Bumphis at Troy, 2012 (180) Had 150+ yards receiving: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chad Bumphis at Troy, 2012 (180) Had 100+ yards receiving: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jameon Lewis vs. LSU, 2013 (111) Caught three+ TD passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chad Bumphis at Troy, 2012 (3) Caught two+ TD passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . De’Runnya Wilson at Texas A&M, 2013 (2)

TOTAL OFFENSE Had 450+ yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Derrick Taite vs. Tulane, 1994 (468) Had 400+ yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wesley Carroll vs. Arkansas, 2007 (441) Had 350 yards+ total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris Relf at Ole Miss, 2010 (354) Had 300 yards+ total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak Prescott at Texas A&M, 2013 (303) Had 100 yards both passing and rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak Prescott at Texas A&M, 2013 (149 pass, 154 rush)

SCORING Accounted for four+ touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tyler Russell vs. Arkansas, 2012 (4 pass) Accounted for three+ touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dak Prescott vs. Kentucky, 2013 (2 pass, 1 rec.) Scored four+ touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerious Norwood vs. Ole Miss, 2005 (3 rush, 1 rec.) Scored three+ touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chad Bumphis at Troy, 2012 (3 rec.) Scored two+ touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . De’Runnya Wilson at Texas A&M, 2013 (2 rec.) Scored two+ non-offensive TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnthan Banks (2 IR) vs. Florida, 2009

2013 Mississippi State Football Notes • AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs Rice • @HailStateFB

THE LAST TIME AN OPPONENT... RUSHING

SPECIAL TEAMS

Had 400+ yards rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgia Tech, 2008 (438) Had 300+ yards rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2012 (361) Had 200+ yards rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas, 2013 (225) Had 70+ rushing attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma State, 1998 (71) Had 60+ rushing attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss, 2004 (62) Had 50+ rushing attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss, 2012 (56) Had six+ rushing TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU, 2013 (6) Had four+ rushing TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU, 2013 (6) Had two players with 100 yds rushing: . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma State, 2013 (J.W. Walsh 125, Jeremy Smith 102)

Returned a punt for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU, 2009 (Chad Jones - 93) Returned a blocked punt for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss, 2013 (Terrell Grant - 0) Returned a kickoff for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tennessee, 2012 (Cordarrelle Patterson - 98) Punted 10+ times: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vanderbilt, 2009 (11) Did not punt: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss, 2010 Missed a kicking PAT: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jackson State, 2012 Missed two kicking PATs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulane, 2006 Blocked a field goal: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas, 2013 Blocked a punt: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss, 2013

PASSING

MISCELLANEOUS

Had 400+ yards passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2013 (446) Had 300+ yards passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2013 (446) Had 200+ yards passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss, 2013 (201) Had 60+ pass attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Memphis, 2003 (61) Had 50+ pass attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Houston, 2010 (59) Had 40+ pass attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss, 2013 (43) Had 30+ pass attempts: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss, 2013 (43) Had 40+ pass completions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kentucky, 1997 (40) Had 30+ pass completions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2013 (30) Had 25+ pass completions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss, 2013 (28) Had 20+ pass completions: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss, 2013 (28) Had five+ passing TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2013 (5) Had four+ passing TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2013 (5) Had three+ passing TDs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2013 (5)

Had 30+ first downs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy, 2012 (30) Had 10+ penalties: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2013 (10) Had 100+ yards in penalties: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2013 (105) Had 35 minutes+ of possession time: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wake Forest, 2011 (35:50) Had two 100-yard rushers and one 100-yard receiver: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2012 (J. Manziel 129 rush, B. Malena 112 rush, R. Swope 121 rec.) Had one 100-yard rusher and one 100-yard receiver: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU, 2013 (Jeremy Hill 157 rush, Odell Beckham 179 rec.)

RECEIVING Had two players with 100 yards receiving in a game: . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2013 (Travis Labhart 102 and Mike Evans 116) Had four+ players catch five+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy, 2012 (4) Had three+ players catch five+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2013 (3) Had 12+ players catch a pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy, 2013 (12) Had eight+ players catch a pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas, 2013 (8)

TOTAL OFFENSE Had 650+ yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2012 (693) Had 600+ yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2012 (693) Had 550+ yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU, 2013 (563) Had 500+ yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2013 (537) Had 400+ yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2013 (537) Had 80+ plays total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2012 (97) Had 75+ plays total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss, 2013 (78)

SCORING Scored 60+ points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Carolina, 1995 (65) Scored 50+ points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2013 (51) Scored 40+ points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2013 (51) Scored 30+ points: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2013 (51) Scored a two-point conversion rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn, 2004 Scored a two-point conversion passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn, 2013 Failed on a two-point conversion attempt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgia, 2010

THE LAST TIME AN OPPOSING PLAYER... INDIVIDUAL RUSHING Rushed 40+ times: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deuce McAllister (Ole Miss), 1998 (40) Rushed 35+ times: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Smith (UCF), 2007 (35) Rushed for 200+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenneth Darby (Alabama), 2004 (200) Rushed for 175+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Knile Davis (Arkansas), 2010 (187) Rushed for 150+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T.J. Yeldon (Alabama), 2013 (160) Rushed for 125+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T.J. Yeldon (Alabama), 2013 (160) Rushed for 100+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T.J. Yeldon (Alabama), 2013 (160) Rushed for five+ touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carnell Williams (Auburn), 2003 (6) Rushed for four+ touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carnell Williams (Auburn), 2003 (6) Had a run of 80+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Dwyer (Georgia Tech), 2008 (88) Had a run of 70+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brandon Bridge (Alcorn State), 2010 (78) Had a run of 60+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Hill (LSU), 2013 (69) Had a run of 50+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T.J. Yeldon (Alabama), 2013 (50)

INDIVIDUAL PASSING Passed for 450+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Taneyhill (South Carolina), 1995 (473) Passed for 400+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M), 2013 (446) Passed for 300+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M), 2013 (446) Attempted 60+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Danny Wimprine (Memphis), 2003 (60) Attempted 50+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Piland (Houston), 2010 (57) Completed 30+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M), 2013 (30) Completed 20+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bo Wallace (Ole Miss), 2013 (26) Threw five+ touchdown passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M), 2013 (5) Threw four+ touchdown passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M), 2013 (5) Completed a pass for 80+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Mallett to Jarius Wright (Arkansas), 2010 (89) Completed a pass for 70+ yards: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnny Manziel to Mike Evans (Texas A&M), 2013 (75)

TURNOVERS

INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING

Had five+ fumbles: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss, 2011 (6) Had four+ fumbles lost: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU, 2004 (4) Had three+ fumbles lost: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas, 2012 (3) Committed five+ turnovers: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas, 2012 (5) Did not commit a turnover: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Carolina, 2013 Intercepted five+ MSU passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU, 2010 (5) Intercepted four+ MSU passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northwestern, 2012 (4) Intercepted three+ MSU passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Carolina, 2013 (3) Returned an interception for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Northwestern, 2012 (Q .Williams) Returned a fumble for a TD: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Georgia Tech, 2009 (Jerrard Tarrant- 40)

Caught 10+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Campanaro (Wake Forest), 2011 (10) Caught seven+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laquon Treadwell (Ole Miss), 2013 (9) Had 150+ yards receiving: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Odell Beckham (LSU), 2013 (179) Had 100+ yards receiving: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Evans (116) and Travis Labhart (102) (Texas A&M), 2013 Caught three+ TD passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donte Moncrief (Ole Miss), 2012 (3) Caught two+ TD passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malcome Kennedy (2) and Travis Labhart (2) (Texas A&M), 2013

DEFENSE Held MSU to 10 or fewer first downs: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alabama, 2013 (10)   Recorded 10+ sacks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss, 2008 (11) Recorded seven+ sacks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss, 2008 (11) Scored a safety: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M, 2013 Scored two safeties: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Florida, 2005  Held MSU to 25 or fewer yards rushing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alabama, 2011 (12) Held MSU to 100 or fewer yards passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss, 2011 (70) Held MSU to 50 or fewer yards passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Florida, 2010 (33) Held MSU to 300 or less yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss, 2013 (296) Held MSU to 200 or less yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alabama, 2013 (197) Held MSU to 100 or fewer yards both rushing & passing: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss, 2008 (-51 rush, 88 pass)

INDIVIDUAL TOTAL OFFENSE Had 500+ yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Steve Taneyhill (South Carolina), 1995 (512) Had 400+ yards total offense: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M), 2013 (493) Had 100 yards both passing and rushing: . . . . . . . . . J.W. Walsh (Oklahoma State, 2013), (135 pass/125 rush)

INDIVIDUAL SCORING Accounted for six+ touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carnell Williams (Auburn), 2003 (6 rush) Accounted for five+ touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M), 2013 (5 pass) Accounted for four+ touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Johnny Manziel (Texas A&M), 2013 (5 pass) Scored four+ touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carnell Williams (Auburn), 2003 (6 rush) Scored three+ touchdowns: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kenny Hilliard (LSU), 2013 (3 rush)

INDIVIDUAL DEFENSE Intercepted three+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Craig Steltz (LSU), 2007 (3) Intercepted two+ passes: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Lester (Alabama), 2010 (2) Recorded three+ sacks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jake Bequette (Arkansas), 2009 (3, 22) Recorded two+ sacks: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C.J. Johnson (Ole Miss), 2012 (2, 16)

SPECIAL TEAMS Scored 10+ points kicking: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Colby Delahoussaye (LSU), 2013 (11) Kicked five+ field goals: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh Jasper (LSU), 2010 (5) Kicked four field goals: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Josh Jasper (LSU), 2010 (5)

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MISSISSIPPI STATE PLAYER BIOS ... 90

Denico Autry Defensive End 6-6, 265, Sr-1L Albemarle, N.C. (East Mississippi CC)

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2013: • Matched year second-best tackle total with four hits against Ole Miss (11/28), all in the first half • Tied season high with five stops at Arkansas (11/23). Also matched year best with 1.5 hits for lost yardage • Halted a Razorback fake punt in the second quarter, hitting Sam Irwin-Hill for a four-yard loss and giving MSU possession • Booked three of game’s five tackles during Arkansas’ first drive of the third quarter • Registered three tackles against Alabama (11/16), tallying two of game’s three hits and the quarterback hurry in the opening quarter • Dropped South Carolina’s Connor Shaw for a two-yard loss in the second quarter (11/2) • Booked a year-best five stops against Kentucky (10/24) and tallied first sack of the campaign, tossing Maxwell Smith for a six-yard loss during the Wildcats’ next-to-last drive of the contest • Turned in three tackles and tallied a personal-best two pass breakups against Bowling Green (10/12) • Helped force a Falcon three-and-out in the first quarter, registering a quarterback hurry and tackle for lost yardage on consecutive plays • Made only tackle at Auburn (9/14) on the final play of the first quarter, stopping Cameron Artis-Payne for no gain on first-and-goal from the eight • Forced third career fumble during the second quarter versus Oklahoma State (8/31), jarring the ball out of Jeremy Smith’s hands AUTRY’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA A 2012 13/10 42 26 16 2013 12/12 30 13 17 TOTALS 25/22 72 39 33

TFL-YDS SCK-YDS 9.5-61 4.0-40 5.5-17 1.0-6 15.0-78 5.0-46

FF/FR PBU 2/0 2 1/0 3 3/0 5

INT-YD 1-27 0-0 1-27

AUTRY’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PBU 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 4 1 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 1/0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 1 1 0 1.0-4 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/21/13 TROY 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/5/13 * LSU 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 3 1 2 0.5-1 0.0-0 0/0 2 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 5 2 3 1.5-7 1.0-6 0/0 1 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 2 1 1 0.5-1 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 3 2 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 5 1 4 1.5-4 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 4 1 3 0.5-0 0.0-0 0/0 0

Ben Beckwith Right Guard 6-3, 305, Jr-2L Benton, Miss (Benton Academy)

INT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2013: • Has served as the starting right guard in the last 11 games • Helping MSU to one of its best offensive seasons in program history, averaging 426.2 yards a game, on pace to shatter the single-season record of 422.0 yards per contest, set in 1982 • The Bulldogs’ 5,114 total yards are good for second on the program’s single-season chart behind the 2010 squad’s 5,217 yards • Opening lanes for 26 rushing touchdowns this season, tied for the fifth most in a year in program history • Giving pocket protection for the Bulldogs to average 240.3 aerial yards a game, on pace to break the single-season record of 239.7 passing yards per game set in 1978 • Providing time for the quarterbacks to complete 235 passes, good for second on the MSU single-season record list

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Provided time and space for 23 MSU total touchdowns during SEC games, the second most under a Dan Mullen-coached squad, behind only the 26 in 2012 At Arkansas (11/23), provided time for the quarterbacks to throw for 174 yards in the opening half, tied for the second most in a game this year, trailing only the 243 against Troy on Sept. 21 Opened holes for 556 yards of total offense at Texas A&M (11/9), the most during a Southeastern Conference contest under Mullen Provided time for MSU to toss four touchdown passes against the Aggies, tied for the most in an SEC contest under Mullen Created space for MSU to gain 447 yards of total offense against Kentucky (10/24), the 10th most in a league game under Mullen Helped the Bulldogs convert 10 third-down attempts versus UK, their most since 10 at Kentucky in 2012 Versus Bowling Green (10/12), provided lanes for the Bulldogs to rush for 188 yards in the first half, the most by Mississippi State in the opening half since recording 234 against Memphis on Sept. 1, 2011 Against LSU (10/5), opened holes for five rushes of 20 or more yards during the game’s 36 carries. Entering the contest, MSU had four rushes of 20 or more yards on 175 carries Helped MSU to 45 points in the first half against Troy (9/21), the most in a half in the modern era (since 1950), and the second-most ever

Devon Bell Placekicker/Punter 6-2, 195, So-1L Vicksburg, Miss (Warren Central)

2013 Honors: Week 10 College Football Performance Awards Honorable Mention specialist 2013: • Ranked second among FBS punters with 56.5 percent of punts (13-of-23) dropped inside the 20-yard line • In only Southeastern Conference games, stands 10th in punting average at 41.7 yards a kick • Dropped 12 punts inside the 20-yard line in the last five weeks • Boomed a career-high eight punts against Ole Miss (11/28), landing a personal-best five inside the 20-yard line • Tallied a career-high 334 punting yards versus the Rebels • At Arkansas (11/23), converted first field goal since the third quarter against LSU (10/5) • Pinned Alabama (11/16) at its own eight-yard line after the Bulldogs’ first punt of the game • Tallied four punts at Texas A&M (11/9) and placed two inside the 20 • Switched to primary punter role for game at South Carolina (11/2) and drilled five punts, four inside the 20-yard line, the most for MSU in a game since four at Memphis on Sept. 1, 2011 • Average starting field position for South Carolina off of the five punts was its own 14-yard line • Booted a 62-yard punt at USC, good for the longest by an MSU player since Heath Hutchins’ 63-yarder against Kentucky on Oct. 30, 2010 • Provided MSU’s only points against Oklahoma State (8/31) with a 40-yard field goal on the opening drive of the contest BELL’S CAREER KICKING STATS YEAR G/GS PAT/ATT PCT. 2012 13/13 43/44 .977 2013 12/12 25/26 .962 TOTALS 25/25 68/70 .971

FG/ATT 14/21 6/14 20/35

BELL’S CAREER FIELD GOAL BREAKDOWN YEAR 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 2012 0-0 4-4 6-10 4-7 2013 0-0 4-5 1-4 1-5 TOTAL 0-0 8-9 7-14 5-12

PCT. .667 .429 .571

50+ 0-0 0-0 0-0

PTS LONG/OPP 85 47 / 2x 43 40 / OK State 128 47 / 2x

LG 47 40 47

BELL’S GAME-BY-GAME FIELD GOAL BREAKDOWN DATE OPPONENT PAT/ATT PCT. FG/ATT PCT. PTS 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 0/0 --- 1/2 .500 3 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 4/5 .800 1/1 1.000 7 9/14/13 * at Auburn 2/2 1.000 0/1 .000 2

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BLK 2 0 2

LG 40 26 --

MISSISSIPPI STATE PLAYER BIOS ... 9/21/13 TROY 7/7 10/5/13 * LSU 2/2 10/12/13 BGSU 3/3 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 4/4 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 0/0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 0/0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 0/0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 3/3 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 0/0 BELL’S CAREER PUNTING STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS 2012 13/13 0 0 2013 12/12 23 959 TOTALS 25/25 23 959

1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 -- -- -- 1.000 --

AVG. -- 41.7 41.7

BELL’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME PUNTING STATS DATE OPPONENT NO. YARDS 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 0 0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 0 0 9/21/13 TROY 0 0 10/5/13 * LSU 0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 1 41 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 3 125 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 5 238 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 4 135 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 1 47 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 1 39 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 8 334

42 Beniquez Brown Linebacker 6-1, 225, Fr-RS Florence, Ala. (Florence)

1/2 2/3 0/1 0/1 0/0 0/0 0/0 1/3 0/0

.500 .667 .000 .000 -- -- -- .333 --

10 8 3 4 0 0 0 6 0

25 35 -----24 --

IN20 LG/OPPONENT 0 -13 62 / South Carolina 13 62 / SOUTH CAROLINA

AVG. -- -- -- -- -- 41.0 41.7 47.6 33.8 47.0 39.0 41.8

IN20 -- -- -- -- -- 1 0 4 2 1 0 5

LONG -----41 46 62 42 47 39 54

2013: • Within only Southeastern Conference contests, is tied for second in the league with 0.25 fumbles recovered per game • Stands fourth on the team with 31 tackles on rushing plays • Booked two tackles against Ole Miss (11/28), both during the Rebels’ first drive of the fourth quarter • Combined with Taveze Calhoun to stop Robert Nkemdiche for a three-yard loss on a third-and-two play, forcing a Rebel punt • After two-straight starts, returned to a reserve role at Arkansas (11/23), but booked a career-high, and team second-best, nine tackles • Registered three hits during the Razorbacks’ second drive of the game and two on Arkansas’ four plays in overtime • Recovered a fumble for the second-straight game in the second quarter, scooping up a Mitchell Loewen loose ball on a kickoff return • Recorded a then-personal-best six tackles against Alabama (11/16) • Tallied a career-high 1.5 tackles for lost yardage versus the Crimson Tide, halting T.J. Yeldon behind the line of scrimmage twice • Recovered first career fumble to end Alabama’s initial drive of the second half, scooping up a Yeldon fumble and returning it five yards to the Alabama 46 • Made first career start at Texas A&M (11/9), replacing an injured Deontae Skinner, and booked four hits against the Aggies, including three in the opening quarter • Registered three hits at South Carolina (11/2) and tallied first solo tackle for lost yardage versus a league opponent, tossing Jamari Smith for a twoyard loss on USC’s final offensive play of the game • Booked five tackles against Bowling Green (10/12), including three in the opening half • Tallied two stops at Auburn (9/14), both on rushing plays during the Tigers’ second-to-last drive of the contest • Recorded first career tackle for lost yardage against Alcorn State (9/7), dropping Zerick Rollins Jr. for a one-yard loss in the fourth quarter • Made collegiate debut against Oklahoma State (8/31) and registered initial career hit on kickoff return, dragging down Justin Gilbert in the first quarter

BROWN’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA A 2013 12/2 37 15 22

TFL-YDS SCK-YDS 4.5-9 0.0-0

FF/FR PBU 0/2 0

INT-YD 0-0

BROWN’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PB 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 2 0 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 2 2 0 1.0-1 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 2 2 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/21/13 TROY 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/5/13 * LSU 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 5 3 2 0.5-2 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 3 1 2 1.0-2 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 4 2 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 6 3 3 1.5-2 0.0-0 0/1 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 9 1 8 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/1 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 2 0 2 0.5-2 0.0-0 0/0 0

INT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

48 Richie Brown Linebacker 6-2, 235, Fr-RS Long Beach, Miss. (Long Beach)

2013: • Booked a personal-best seven tackles against Ole Miss (11/28) and also recorded first career interception in the contest • Added second career sack versus the Rebels, dropping Bo Wallace for an eight-yard loss during Ole Miss’ final play of the third quarter, forcing a punt • Intercepted a Wallace pass in the second quarter and returned the ball four yards to the Ole Miss four-yard line before fumbling • For the third time in four games, tallied four tackles at Arkansas (11/23), making all four within the opening quarter • Booked a career-high-tying four tackles at Texas A&M (11/9), making three hits during the Aggies’ final two drives of the game • Helped cause South Carolina’s (11/2) second three-and-out of the first quarter, making tackles on first and second down • Four hits against Troy (9/21) were tied for the second most on the team • Registered first career sack at Auburn (9/14), dropping Nick Marshall for a five-yard loss in the third quarter • Booked a career-high four stops against Alcorn State (9/7), three on rushes • Recorded initial tackle for lost yardage versus the Braves, hitting Anthony Williams III two yards behind the line during the second quarter • Made collegiate debut against Oklahoma State (8/31) and recorded first tackle in the second quarter, dragging down Desmond Roland BROWN’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA A 2013 12/0 36 15 21

TFL-YDS SCK-YDS 3.0-15 2.0-13

FF/FR PBU 0/0 0

INT-YD 1-5

BROWN’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PBU 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 4 0 4 0.5-1 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 4 3 1 1.0-5 1.0-5 0/0 0 9/21/13 TROY 4 3 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/5/13 * LSU 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 2 0 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 4 2 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 4 1 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 4 1 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 7 3 4 1.5-9 1.0-8 0/0 0

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INT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

MISSISSIPPI STATE PLAYER BIOS ... 48

Ryan Brown Defensive End 6-6, 260, So-1L New Orleans, La. (Archbishop Shaw)

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2013: • Recorded lone tackle and quarterback hurry against Ole Miss (11/28) during the Rebels’ third drive of the second quarter • Tied year best with two stops, both on rushes, versus Kentucky (10/24) • Booked a season-high tying two tackles, both on rushing plays, against Bowling Green (10/12) • Registered first career quarterback hurry versus Troy (9/21), forcing a Corey Robinson incompletion in the second quarter • Made first career start at Auburn (9/14), but did not record any statistics • Hit Alcorn State’s (9/7) Arnold Walker for a three-yard loss on the sixth play of the game BROWN’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA A 2012 7/0 15 3 12 2013 12/1 11 5 6 TOTALS 19/1 26 8 18

TFL-YDS SCK-YDS 1.0-5 0.5-5 1.5-3 0.0-0 2.5-8 0.5-5

FF/FR PBU 0/0 2 0/0 0 0/0 2

INT-YD 0-0 0-0 0-0

BROWN’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PBU 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 1 1 0 1.0-3 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/21/13 TROY 2 0 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/5/13 * LSU 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 2 1 1 0.5-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 2 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0

23 Taveze Calhoun Cornerback 6-1, 180, So-1L Morton, Miss. (Morton)

INT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2013 Awards: Week 12 College Football Performance Awards Honorable Mention defensive back 2013: • Team leader with 28 tackles on passing plays • Within only Southeastern Conference games, is tied for fourth with 0.38 interceptions per game. In all games, is eighth at 0.27 picks per tilt • Led the team with a career-high 11 tackles versus Ole Miss (11/28), booking nine solo stops and adding a pass breakup • Tallied nine tackles during the second half against the Rebels, including three and a pass breakup during Ole Miss’ opening drive of the third quarter • Recorded tackles on two of the Rebels’ four plays in overtime, helping MSU seal the Egg Bowl victory • At Arkansas (11/23), picked off a pass for the second-straight game, recording the interception on the Razorbacks’ final play of the contest • Registered three of game’s five tackles during the first quarter at Arkansas • Intercepted first two passes of career against Alabama (11/16), picking off AJ McCarron in the second and fourth quarters • Returned fourth-quarter pick 53 yards to the Alabama 38-yard line • Became the first player to intercept a pair of Crimson Tide passes since Utah’s Robert Johnson on Jan. 2, 2009 • Prevented a potential Texas A&M touchdown reception by Mike Evans (11/9) in the second quarter with a pass breakup • Batted down Connor Shaw’s last pass of the first half, forcing South Carolina (11/2) into a three-and-out and a subsequent punt • Registered six tackles against Bowling Green (10/12) and recorded first pass breakup of career, knocking aside Matt Johnson pass during Falcons’ first drive of the contest

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Recorded five tackles against LSU (10/5), including four solo hits. Booked all five stops within the first three quarters Made first defensive tackle of the game at Auburn (9/14) and tallied all three stops against the Tigers during the initial quarter Registered career first solo tackle for lost yardage against Alcorn State (9/7), tossing Billy Shed for a three-yard loss in the second quarter On the ensuing play, stripped Zerick Rollins Jr., of the ball and recovered the fumble. Forced fumble was second of career and first recovery Earned first career start against Oklahoma State (8/31) and tied career best with six stops, all in the first three quarters Scooped up Nickoe Whitley’s blocked field goal and returned it 68 yards to the OSU 10-yard line to end the first half

CALHOUN’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA A 2012 13/0 24 15 9 2013 11/11 43 31 12 TOTALS 24/11 67 46 21

TFL-YDS SCK-YDS 0.5-1 0.0-0 1.5-4 0.0-0 2.0-5 0.0-0

FF/FR PBU 1/0 0 1/1 4 2/1 4

INT-YD 0-0 3-101 3-101

CALHOUN’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PBU 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 6 5 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 3 2 1 1.0-3 0.0-0 1/1 0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 3 3 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/21/13 TROY Did Not Play 10/5/13 * LSU 5 4 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 6 3 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 1 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 2 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 1 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 1 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 5 2 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 11 9 2 0.5-1 0.0-0 0/0 1

INT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0

Jeremey Chappelle Wide Receiver 6-3, 210, Jr-TR Tyler, Texas (Tyler JC)

2013: • Made a key catch against Ole Miss (11/28), hauling in a 13-yard toss from Dak Prescott on a second-and-10 play during the final drive in regulation • Hauled in passes in back-to-back games for the first time in career with initial SEC catch on eight-yard grab against LSU (10/5) • Caught second pass of the campaign against Troy (9/21), good for a personal-long 18-yard gain • Recorded first career reception against Alcorn State (9/7), hauling in a pass from Damian Williams in the fourth quarter CHAPPELLE’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS NO. 2013 10/0 4

YDS 45

AVG. 11.2

TD 0

CHAPPELLE’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS DATE OPPONENT REC YARDS AVG. 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 0 0 0.0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 1 6 6.0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 0 0 0.0 9/21/13 TROY 1 18 18.0 10/5/13 * LSU 1 8 8.0 10/12/13 BGSU 0 0 0.0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY Did Not 11/2/13 * at South Carolina Did Not 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 0 0 0.0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 0 0 0.0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 0 0 0.0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 1 13 13.0

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LP/OPPONENT 18 / TROY

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 Play Play 0 0 0 0

LONG -6 -18 8 --

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Blaine Clausell Left Tackle 6-7, 310, Jr-2L Mobile, Ala. (Baker)

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2013: • Helping MSU to one of its best offensive seasons in program history, averaging 426.2 yards a game, on pace to shatter the single-season record of 422.0 yards per contest, set in 1982 • The Bulldogs’ 5,114 total yards are good for second on the program’s single-season chart behind the 2010 squad’s 5,217 yards • Opening lanes for 26 rushing touchdowns this season, tied for the fifth most in a year in program history • Giving pocket protection for the Bulldogs to average 240.3 aerial yards a game, on pace to break the single-season record of 239.7 passing yards per game set in 1978 • Providing time for the quarterbacks to complete 235 passes, good for second on the MSU single-season record list • Provided time and space for 23 MSU total touchdowns during SEC games, the second most under a Dan Mullen-coached squad, behind only the 26 in 2012 • At Arkansas (11/23), provided time for the quarterbacks to throw for 174 yards in the opening half, tied for the second most in a game this year, trailing only the 243 against Troy on Sept. 21 • Opened holes for 556 yards of total offense at Texas A&M (11/9), the most during a Southeastern Conference contest under Mullen • Provided time for MSU to toss four touchdown passes against the Aggies, tied for the most in an SEC contest under Mullen • Created space for MSU to gain 447 yards of total offense against Kentucky (10/24), the 10th most in a league game under Mullen • Helped the Bulldogs convert 10 third-down attempts versus UK, their most since 10 at Kentucky in 2012 • Versus Bowling Green (10/12), provided lanes for the Bulldogs to rush for 188 yards in the first half, the most by Mississippi State in the opening half since recording 234 against Memphis on Sept. 1, 2011 • Against LSU (10/5), opened holes for five rushes of 20 or more yards during the game’s 36 carries. Entering the contest, MSU had four rushes of 20 or more yards on 175 carries • Helped MSU to 45 points in the first half against Troy (9/21), the most in a half in the modern era (since 1950), and the second-most ever

Jamaal Clayborn Right Guard 6-4, 320, Fr-HS Jackson, Miss. (Jackson Academy)

2013: • Made collegiate debut versus Kentucky (10/24) • Opened holes for 556 yards of total offense at Texas A&M (11/9), the most during a Southeastern Conference contest under head coach Dan Mullen • Versus the Wildcats, helped the squad to 447 yards of total offense, the ninth most in a league game under Mullen, and three touchdown passes, tied for the third most in an SEC contest under Mullen

33 Kivon Coman Cornerback 6-3, 195, Fr-HS Sheffield, Ala. (Hargrave [Va.] Military Academy)

2013: • Matched career high, and set personal best during an SEC contest, with three hits at Texas A&M (11/9), all on Johnny Manziel completions • Recorded a personal-best three solo hits against the Aggies • Tallied a season second-best with two tackles against Kentucky (10/24) • Booked two hits against Troy (9/21) all during the Trojans’ first drive of the second quarter • Spoiled a Troy fake punt, halting Will Scott after a two-yard gain • Recovered first career fumble against Alcorn State (9/7), scooping up a Tavoris Doss loose ball in the fourth quarter

Registered first career tackle against Oklahoma State (8/31), entering in the fourth quarter and stopping quarterback J.W. Walsh for a one-yard loss

COMAN’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA 2013 12/0 13 11

A 2

TFL-YDS SCK-YDS 1.0-1 0.0-0

FF/FR PBU 0/1 0

INT-YD 0-0

COMAN’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PB 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 1 1 0 1.0-1 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 3 2 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/1 0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/21/13 TROY 2 2 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/5/13 * LSU 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 2 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 3 3 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0

INT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

9 Justin Cox Cornerback 6-3, 195, Jr-TR West Point, Miss. (East Mississippi CC)

2013: • Tallied first career interception, and for the third-straight game, tallied four tackles, including first of career for lost yardage against Ole Miss (11/28) • Booked first career TFL versus the Rebels, combining with Richie Brown to hit Bo Wallace two yards behind the line in the second quarter • Six plays later, picked off Wallace at the Ole Miss 30-yard line for initial INT • Recorded four tackles at Arkansas (11/23), three on first-half rushing plays • Booked a season second-best four tackles against Alabama (11/16), including two during the opening quarter • Tallied three tackles at Texas A&M (11/9) and prevented a potential Mike Evans’ 90-yard touchdown by chasing him down at the MSU 15-yard line at the end of the third quarter • Registered two tackles at South Carolina (11/2), on Pharoh Cooper rushes • Made first career start against Bowling Green (10/12) and booked a personal-best two pass breakups • Knocked aside a Matt Johnson pass on a fourth-and-two attempt during BGSU’s initial drive of the fourth quarter, getting the ball back to MSU • Tallied first career pass breakup against Troy (9/21), knocking the ball away from B.J. Chitty a play after making his only tackle of the contest • Booked two hits versus Alcorn State (9/7), on fourth-quarter passes • Made Mississippi State debut against Oklahoma State (8/31) and tallied five tackles, with initial career stop on Charlie Moore in the third quarter COX’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA 2013 12/0 30 22

A 8

TFL-YDS SCK-YDS 0.5-1 0.0-0

FF/FR PBU 0/0 3

COX’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PB 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 5 4 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 2 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/21/13 TROY 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 1 10/5/13 * LSU 2 2 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 2 2 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 2 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 2 2 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 3 3 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 4 3 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 4 1 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 4 2 2 0.5-1 0.0-0 0/0 0

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INT-YD 1-0

INT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

MISSISSIPPI STATE PLAYER BIOS ... 63 Dillon Day Center 6-4, 300, Jr-2L West Monroe, La. (West Monroe)

Kaleb Eulls Defensive Tackle 6-4, 290, Jr-2L Yazoo City, Miss. (Yazoo County)

2013: • Booked three tackles at Arkansas (11/23), two during the Razorbacks’ first drive of the third quarter • Recorded a season second-best four tackles against Alabama (11/16), making three hits in the opening half • Tallied season’s first tackle for lost yardage against the Crimson Tide, stopping T.J. Yeldon for a four-yard loss in the opening quarter • Credited with first quarterback hurry of the year in the opening quarter at Texas A&M (11/9), forcing a Johnny Manziel incompletion • Registered a year second-best four tackles, all on first-half rushing plays, versus Kentucky (10/24) • Helped force a Wildcat three-and-out in the second quarter with a pair of hits on the drive • Booked a season-high five stops, including first two solo hits of the campaign against LSU (10/5) • All five hits against the Tigers were on rushing plays • Started at Auburn (9/14) and made lone stop of the contest during the Tigers’ first drive of the third quarter EULLS’ CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA 2011 13/13 30 8 2012 13/13 28 7 2013 12/12 23 7 TOTALS 38/38 81 22

A 22 21 16 59

TFL-YDS SCK-YDS 3.0-9 1.0-7 1.0-1 0.0-0 1.5-5 0.0-0 5.5-15 1.0-7

FF/FR PBU 0/0 0 0/1 1 0/0 0 0/1 1

INT-YD 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

ULLS’ 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS E DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PB 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/21/13 TROY 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/5/13 * LSU 5 2 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 4 1 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 2 0 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 4 2 2 1.0-4 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 3 0 3 0.5-1 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 2 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0

INT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Deontay Evans Free Safety 5-10, 210, Fr-RS McComb, Miss. (McComb)

2013: • Recorded a pair of solo stops against Kentucky (10/24), one on a rush and the second on a kickoff return • Tallied both hits versus LSU (10/5) following Zach Mettenberger pass completions during the Tigers’ first drive of the second half • Registered a season-best four hits against Troy (9/21), all in the first half • Forced initial fumble of career at Auburn (9/14), jarring the ball away from Quan Bray on a punt return during the second quarter. Finished the game against the Tigers with three tackles • Booked first career tackle against Alcorn State (9/7), halting Jaborian McKenzie after a 27-yard kickoff return in the second quarter EVANS’ CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA 2013 12/0 15 9

A 6

TFL-YDS SCK-YDS 0.0-0 0.0-0

FF/FR PBU 1/0 0

EVANS’ 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PB 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 2 0 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 3 2 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 1/0 0 9/21/13 TROY 4 2 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/5/13 * LSU 2 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 2 2 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0

Nick Griffin Running Back 6-0, 225, Jr-2L New Augusta, Miss. (Perry Central)

INT-YD 0-0

INT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2013: • Recorded first carry since the Troy contest (9/21) against Kentucky (10/24) • Caught third pass of the year versus the Wildcats to establish single-season best • Carried five times against Troy, all in the second half • Scored third career rushing touchdown against Alcorn State (9/7) and all have come at home • Has scored one touchdown each year of his career • Gained 44 of 53 yards during the second half versus the Braves • Caught career-long 18-yard pass in the third quarter from Damian Williams

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GRIFFIN’S CAREER RUSHING STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS 2011 5/0 16 108 2012 13/1 32 223 2013 12/0 20 78 TOTALS 30/1 68 409

AVG. 6.8 7.0 3.9 6.0

TD 1 1 1 3

GRIFFIN’S CAREER RECEIVING STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS 2011 5/0 1 8 2012 13/1 2 3 2013 12/0 3 27 TOTALS 30/1 6 38

AVG. 8.0 1.5 9.0 6.3

TD LP/OPPONENT 0 8 / Alabama 0 7 / Texas A&M 0 18 / Alcorn State 0 18 / ALCORN STATE

GRIFFIN’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS DATE OPPONENT NO. GAIN LOSS 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 0 0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 13 59 6 9/14/13 * at Auburn 0 0 0 9/21/13 TROY 5 15 0 10/5/13 * LSU 0 0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 0 0 0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 2 10 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 0 0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 0 0 0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 0 0 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 0 0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 0 0 0

LP/OPPONENT 34 / UT Martin 60 / Arkansas 10 / Alcorn State 60 / ARKANSAS

NET AVG. TD LONG 0 0.0 0 -53 4.1 1 10 0 0.0 0 -15 3.0 0 5 0 0.0 0 -0 0.0 0 -10 5.0 0 7 0 0.0 0 -0 0.0 0 -0 0.0 0 -0 0.0 0 -0 0.0 0 --

55 Dylan Holley Center 6-3, 290, Sr-1L D’Iberville, Miss. (Mississippi Gulf Coast CC)

2013: • Helping MSU to one of its best offensive seasons in program history, averaging 426.2 yards a game, on pace to shatter the single-season record of 422.0 yards per contest, set in 1982 • At Arkansas (11/23), provided time for the quarterbacks to pass for 174 yards in the opening half, tied for the second most in a game this year, trailing only the 243 against Troy (9/21) • Opened holes for 556 yards of total offense at Texas A&M (11/9), the most during a Southeastern Conference contest under head coach Dan Mullen • Versus Kentucky (10/24), provided space for the squad to gain 447 total yards, the 10th most in an SEC game under head coach Dan Mullen • Entered as a reserve against LSU (10/5) and helped the Bulldogs to 216 rushing yards and 252 passing • Earned first career start against Troy, helping the Bulldogs score 45 points in the first half, the most in a half in the modern era (since 1950), and their second-most ever • The 35 second-quarter points versus the Trojans were the most in the modern era (since 1950), and the second-most ever • Entered as a reserve lineman against Oklahoma State (8/31), Alcorn State (9/7) and Auburn (9/14) • Versus the Braves, helped create space for 556 yards of total offense, tied for the ninth most in a game in program history

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Tallied a career-high two kickoff returns against Alabama (11/16), running the pair back for a combined 18 yards Recorded all statistics against Troy (9/21) in the second half, when he caught career-long 34-yard pass on the first play of the fourth quarter Registered first career SEC carry at Auburn (9/14) with a seven-yard gain in the fourth quarter Burst onto the scene against Alcorn State (9/7), gaining a team-best 148 all-purpose yards Turned in Bulldogs’ longest play of the season with a 95-yard kickoff return to start the second half against the Braves, taking kick to the one-yard line

HOLLOWAY’S CAREER RECEIVING STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS AVG. 2013 10/0 7 77 11.0

TD 0

HOLLOWAY’S CAREER RUSHING STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS 2011 10/0 8 38

TD LP/OPPONENT 0 15 / ALCORN STATE

AVG. 4.8

HOLLOWAY’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS DATE OPPONENT REC YARDS AVG. 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 0 0 0.0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 2 25 12.5 9/14/13 * at Auburn 0 0 0.0 9/21/13 TROY 3 41 13.7 10/5/13 * LSU 0 0 0.0 10/12/13 BGSU 1 5 5.0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY Did Not 11/2/13 * at South Carolina Did Not 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 0 0 0.0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 0 0 0.0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 0 0 0.0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 1 6 6.0

LP/OPPONENT 34 / TROY

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 Play Play 0 0 0 0

LONG 17 34 5

HOLLOWAY’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS DATE OPPONENT NO. GAIN LOSS NET AVG. TD LONG 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 4 29 1 28 7.0 0 15 9/14/13 * at Auburn 1 7 0 7 7.0 0 7 9/21/13 TROY 2 3 1 2 1.0 0 3 10/5/13 * LSU 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 10/12/13 BGSU 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY Did Not Play 11/2/13 * at South Carolina Did Not Play 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 -

Gabe Jackson Left Guard 6-4, 340, Sr-3L Liberty, Miss. (Amite County)

2013 Awards: Kent Hull Award winner; C Spire Conerly Trophy winner; Bleacher Report First Team All-American; Walter Camp, USA Today and Athlon Sports Second Team All-American; Coaches, AP, ESPN, Athlon Sports and Sporting News All-SEC First Team; Sept. 23, Oct. 28 & Nov. 25 SEC Offensive Line10 Brandon Holloway man of the Week; Sports Illustrated and Phil Steele Midseason Second Team Wide Receiver All-American; Phil Steele Midseason First Team All-SEC 2013: 5-8, 165, Fr-RS • The anchor of the offensive line who has yet to give up a sack this season Tampa, Fla. (Alonso) • Against No. 1 Alabama (11/16), graded out at 86 percent with three knock2013: downs • Targeted 12 times on first or second down and has caught seven passes, • On the road at No. 11 Texas A&M (11/9), was graded at 89 percent with turning two into first downs four knockdowns while helping MSU to 556 yards of total offense, the most • Caught first pass since Bowling Green game against Ole Miss (11/28) during a Southeastern Conference contest under head coach Dan Mullen • Tallied first career punt return in the third quarter, running it back 23 yards • Helping MSU average 426.2 yards a game, on pace to shatter the sinfor the longest punt runback by a Bulldog this season gle-season record of 422.0 yards per contest, set in 1982 2013 Mississippi State Football Notes • AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs Rice • @HailStateFB

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The Bulldogs’ 5,114 total yards are good for second on the program’s single-season chart behind the 2010 squad’s 5,217 yards Opening lanes for 26 rushing touchdowns this season, tied for the fifth most in a year in program history Giving pocket protection for the Bulldogs to average 240.3 aerial yards a game, on pace to break the single-season record of 239.7 passing yards per game set in 1978 Providing time for the quarterbacks to complete 235 passes, good for second on the MSU single-season record list Provided time and space for 23 MSU total touchdowns in SEC games, the second most under a Mullen-coached squad, behind only the 26 in 2012 At Arkansas (11/23), provided time for the quarterbacks to throw for 174 yards in the opening half, tied for the second most in a game this year, trailing only the 243 against Troy on Sept. 21 Opened holes for 556 yards of total offense at Texas A&M (11/9), the most during a Southeastern Conference contest under Mullen Provided time for MSU to toss four touchdown passes against the Aggies, tied for the most in an SEC contest under Mullen Created space for MSU to gain 447 yards of total offense against Kentucky (10/24), the 10th most in a league game under Mullen Helped the Bulldogs convert 10 third-down attempts versus UK, their most since 10 at Kentucky in 2012 Versus Bowling Green (10/12), provided lanes for the Bulldogs to rush for 188 yards in the first half, the most by Mississippi State in the opening half since recording 234 against Memphis on Sept. 1, 2011 Against LSU (10/5), opened holes for five rushes of 20 or more yards during the game’s 36 carries. Entering the contest, MSU had four rushes of 20 or more yards on 175 carries Helped MSU to 45 points in the first half against Troy (9/21), the most in a half in the modern era (since 1950), and the second-most ever

14 Zach Jackson Linebacker 6-2, 215, So-1L Heidelberg, Miss. (Heidelberg)

2013: • Second on the team with six special teams’ tackles, all on kickoff returns • Recorded a career-high six tackles at Arkansas (11/23) • Tallied four of game’s six hits during the Razorbacks’ first and second drives of the third quarter, including three tackles on Arkansas’ six-play second drive • Tallied two of game’s three tackles against Troy (9/21) on special teams • Combined with A.J. Jefferson to stop the Trojans’ Daron White for a threeyard loss during the third quarter • Made both tackles at Auburn (9/14) during the Tigers’ second-to-last drive of the contest, one on a pass play and the other on a rush • Recorded all four stops versus Alcorn State (9/7) in the second half • Tallied a trio of tackles against Oklahoma State (8/31), including first career tackle for lost yardage by tossing Jeremy Smith for a four-yard loss following a reception in the second quarter JACKSON’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA A 2012 13/0 16 8 8 2013 12/0 29 12 17 TOTALS 25/0 45 20 25

TFL-YDS SCK-YDS 0.0-0 0.0-0 2.5-9 0.0-0 2.5-9 0.0-0

FF/FR PBU 0/0 0 0/0 0 0/0 0

INT-YD 0-0 0-0 0-0

JACKSON’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PB 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 3 1 2 1.0-4 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 4 2 2 1.0-3 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 9/21/13 TROY 10/5/13 * LSU 10/12/13 BGSU 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 11/23/13 * at Arkansas

2 3 2 0 3 2 1 1 5

2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1

0 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 6

11/28/13

2 0

* OLE MISS

INT 0 0

0.0-0 0.5-2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0.0-0

0/0

A.J. Jefferson Defensive End 6-3, 260, Fr-RS Summit, Miss. (North Pike)

2013: • Within only Southeastern Conference contests, is tied for fourth in the league with 0.17 fumbles forced per game • Tallied lone tackle and quarterback hurry in the third quarter against Ole Miss (11/28) • Recorded a season second-best three tackles against Alabama (11/16) after having just three hits in the previous three games • Forced first fumble of career versus the Crimson Tide, knocking the ball away from Kenyan Drake in the fourth quarter, getting MSU the ball at the Alabama 24-yard line • Helped force a Kentucky (10/24) three and out during the second quarter with a hit on Raymond Sanders after a two-yard gain on second down • Tallied all four stops against Troy (9/21) in the first three quarters • During last Trojan drive of the third quarter, tallied stops on back-to-back plays, including hitting Daron White three yards behind the line of scrimmage • At Auburn (9/14), registered first career sack, dropping Nick Marshall for a seven-yard loss during the Tigers’ opening drive of the game • Recorded first two tackles against Alcorn State (9/7), making first stop on a John Gibbs Jr. rush, stopping him for a four-yard loss • During three plays of the Braves’ third drive of the game, recorded two quarterback hurries, broke up a pass and made the TFL on Gibbs Jr. JEFFERSON’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA A 2013 12/0 18 11 7

TFL-YDS SCK-YDS 3.0-13 1.0-7

FF/FR PBU 1/0 1

JEFFERSON’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PB 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 2 2 0 1.0-4 0.0-0 0/0 1 9/14/13 * at Auburn 1 1 0 1.0-7 1.0-7 0/0 0 9/21/13 TROY 4 2 2 0.5-1 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/5/13 * LSU 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 2 1 1 0.5-1 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 2 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 3 2 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 1/0 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0

INT-YD 0-0

INT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

13 Cedric Jiles Cornerback 5-10, 180, Fr-RS Clinton, Miss. (Clinton)

2013: • Owns 19 tackles this season after recording five a year ago • Tallied two solo stops against Kentucky (10/24), both in the opening half • Returned to reserve role against LSU (10/5), but booked three tackles for the second consecutive contest • During Tigers’ last drive of the third quarter that extended into the fourth, booked two tackles during its five plays • Started third-straight game against Troy (9/21) and booked two of three tackles during consecutive pass plays to Eric Thomas in the second quarter • Tallied lone tackle at Auburn (9/14) during Tigers’ final drive of the contest • Earned first career start against Alcorn State (9/7) • Booked a career-high six tackles against Oklahoma State (8/31), doubling previous best JILES’ CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA 2012 3/0 5 4 2013 10/3 19 13 TOTALS 13/3 24 17

A 1 6 7

TFL-YDS SCK-YDS 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0

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FF/FR PBU INT-YDS 0/0 1 0-0 0/0 0 0-0 0/0 1 0-0

MISSISSIPPI STATE PLAYER BIOS ... JILES’ 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PBU 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 6 3 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/21/13 TROY 3 2 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/5/13 * LSU 3 2 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 2 2 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 2 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas Did Not Play 11/28/13 * OLE MISS Did Not Play

INT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Malcolm Johnson Tight End 6-2, 235, Jr-2L Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Northridge)

2013 Awards: Second Team All-SEC by the league’s coaches; John Mackey Award National Tight End of the Week and College Football Performance Awards (CFPA) National Tight End of the Week (Oct. 28); Week 12 and Week 13 CFPA Honorable Mention tight end 2013: • Caught eight-of-13 passes (61.5 percent) thrown to him on third down, converting seven into first downs • Tied for second on the team with 19 receiving first downs • Hauled in a trio of passes against rival Ole Miss (11/28), with all three receptions going for first downs and all three coming from quarterback Damian Williams • Caught three passes for 51 yards at Arkansas (11/23), putting MSU at the Razorback 11-yard line for its first score during the second quarter • Two of game’s three receptions at Arkansas went for first downs • Turned in best game of career against Alabama (11/16), registering personal bests in receptions (six) and yards (84) • Hauled in two passes of 20 or more yards versus the Crimson Tide after having three in the first nine contests of the campaign • Four of six receptions against Alabama went for first downs • Caught first touchdown pass of the season in the opening quarter against Kentucky (10/24) on a career-long 60-yard reception. Entered the contest with six receptions and 57 yards in the previous five games • The 60-yard touchdown pass was the second-longest pass play of the season for MSU, behind a 61-yarder against Auburn on Sept. 14 • Three of four grabs against UK went for first downs • Both receptions against LSU (10/5) were good for first downs • Hauled in one pass in start versus Alcorn State (9/7), converting on a fourth-and-nine during the Bulldogs’ first drive of the game and getting the ball down to the ASU 12-yard line • Three of four receptions against Oklahoma State (8/31) went for first downs JOHNSON’S CAREER RECEIVING STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS 2011 11/1 11 206 2012 8/1 10 171 2013 12/9 29 378 TOTALS 31/11 50 755

AVG. 18.7 17.1 13.0 15.1

TD 3 2 1 6

JOHNSON’S GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS DATE OPPONENT REC YARDS AVG. 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 4 55 13.8 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 1 24 24.0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 1 5 5.0 9/21/13 TROY 1 4 4.0 10/5/13 * LSU 2 19 9.5 10/12/13 BGSU 1 5 5.0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 4 79 19.8 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 3 15 5.0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 0 0 0.0

LP/OPPONENT 37 / Wake Forest 27 / Arkansas 60 / Kentucky 60 / KENTUCKY

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

LONG 35 24 5 4 10 5 60 6 --

11/16/13 11/23/13 11/28/13

* ALABAMA * at Arkansas * OLE MISS

6 3 3

84 51 37

14.0 17.0 12.3

0 0 0

22 29 20

Robert Johnson Wide Receiver 6-1, 225, Jr-2L Hattiesburg, Miss. (Oak Grove)

2013: • The second-most targeted receiver on the team with 56 passes intended • Tied for second on the squad with 19 receiving first downs • Has 379 receiving yards this year after tallying 206 in previous two seasons • Finished 11 yards shy of career high with 70-yard performance at Arkansas (11/23) • Tallied three grabs for 61 yards in the first half versus the Razorbacks • Caught three of four passes in the opening half at Texas A&M (11/9) and converted two catches into first downs during the contest • Hauled in a career-high seven receptions at South Carolina (11/2), making five catches for 34 yards in the opening half • Helped MSU take an early 7-0 lead against the Gamecocks with two receptions for first downs during the game-opening 60-yard touchdown drive • Helped set up MSU’s first touchdown against Kentucky (10/24) with a 13yard catch that kept the drive alive • Hauled in three passes for 30 yards and a pair of first downs against Troy (9/21), all in the second quarter • Turned in a best game at Auburn (9/14), hauling in a career-long 61-yard reception and having three of four receptions go for first downs • Finished the Auburn contest with four receptions for 84 yards, the eighth most by a Bulldog in an SEC game since the start of 2009 JOHNSON’S CAREER RECEIVING STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS 2011 7/0 4 42 2012 13/0 17 164 2013 12/12 33 379 TOTALS 32/12 54 585

AVG. 10.5 9.6 11.5 10.8

TD 0 2 0 2

JOHNSON’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS DATE OPPONENT REC YARDS AVG. 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 1 20 20.0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 2 24 12.0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 4 84 21.0 9/21/13 TROY 3 30 10.0 10/5/13 * LSU 1 4 4.0 10/12/13 BGSU 2 16 8.0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 3 31 10.3 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 7 53 7.6 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 4 29 7.3 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 0 0 0.0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 4 70 17.5 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 2 18 9.0 JOHNSON’S CAREER KICK RETURN STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS AVG. 2011 7/0 0 0 0.0 2012 13/0 8 174 21.8 2013 12/12 4 41 10.2 TOTALS 32/12 12 215 17.9

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TD 0 0 0 0

LP/OPPONENT 20 / UT Martin 23 / MTSU 61 / Auburn 61 / AUBURN

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LONG 20 12 61 11 4 11 13 15 13 25 12

LP/OPPONENT -37 / Alabama 19 / LSU 37 / ALABAMA

MISSISSIPPI STATE PLAYER BIOS ... JOHNSON’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME RETURN STATS DATE OPPONENT NO. YDS 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 1 12 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 0 0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 0 0 9/21/13 TROY 0 0 10/5/13 * LSU 1 19 10/12/13 BGSU 0 0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 1 -3 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 0 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 1 13

11/28/13 AVG. 12.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 19.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -3.0 0.0 0.0 13.0

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LONG 12 ---19 ----3 --13

Chris Jones Defensive End 6-5, 305, Fr-HS Houston, Miss. (Houston)

2013 Honors: Bleacher Report and 247Sports Freshman All-American; College Football News All-Freshman Second Team; AP All-SEC Honorable Mention; SEC All-Freshman Team by the league’s coaches; Dec. 2 SEC Co-Freshman of the Week 2013: • Owns a team-high 10 quarterback hurries and 7.0 tackles for lost yardage • Recorded a QBH against Ole Miss (11/28), lifting his season total during Southeastern Conference games to eight, the most by an MSU player during league action in the Dan Mullen era • Booked a personal-best 2.0 tackles for lost yardage against the Rebels • Halted an Ole Miss drive with a hit on Robert Nkemdiche for a one-yard loss during the opening quarter on a third-and-two play • Tallied second career sack against Alabama (11/16), dragging down AJ McCarron for a seven-yard loss in the opening quarter • Credited with a quarterback hurry on McCarron’s fourth-quarter interception • Registered a season second-best three tackles at Texas A&M (11/9), making two in the opening quarter on consecutive rushes • During the first half at South Carolina (11/2), credited with two QBH and first career pass breakup, knocking aside a second-quarter Connor Shaw pass • Booked both tackles on the Gamecocks’ first two plays of the fourth quarter • Recorded all three tackles versus Kentucky (10/24) in the second half, including a stop for no gain of Jalen Whitlow on a third-and-seven rush during UK’s final drive of the game that helped seal the MSU victory • Broke out with career-best game against LSU (10/5), recording a personal-best four tackles, including two TFL • Tossed Tigers’ Zach Mettenberger for a 10-yard loss during the second quarter for initial sack of career • Credited with quarterback hurry on Mettenberger INT in the second quarter • Made first career start against Alcorn State (9/7) and tallied a pair of stops • Made debut against Oklahoma State (8/31) and booked initial tackle in the fourth quarter, combining with Deontae Skinner for a one-yard TFL JONES’ CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA A 2013 12/3 31 17 14

TFL-YDS SCK-YDS 7.0-28 3.0-26

FF/FR PBU 0/0 3

INT-YD 0-0

JONES’ 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PBU INT 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 2 0 2 0.5-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 2 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 2 2 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 9/21/13 TROY 3 1 2 1.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 10/5/13 * LSU 4 4 0 2.0-11 1.0-10 0/0 0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 1 0 1 0.5-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 3 2 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 2 2 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 1 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 3 1 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 2 1 1 1.0-7 1.0-7 0/0 1 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 2 0 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0

* OLE MISS

5 3

2.0-10

P.J. Jones Defensive Tackle 6-3, 295, Jr-2L Tupelo, Miss. (Tupelo)

1.0-9

0/0

2013: • Matched season high with four tackles at Arkansas (11/23), all in the opening half • Booked first career sack at Texas A&M (11/9), dropping Johnny Manziel for a 12-yard loss on the second offensive play of the third quarter • Made game’s other stop on the previous play, halting Ben Malena after a three-yard rush to open the second half • Recorded all statistics against Kentucky (10/24) during the Wildcats’ third drive of the contest, which resulted in a punt • Registered a season-high two quarterback hurries against Bowling Green (10/12) and contributed one tackle • Booked two stops against LSU (10/5), both on rushing plays • Turned in season-high four tackles at Auburn (9/14), all on rushing plays • Started against Oklahoma State (8/31) and tallied two tackles, both for lost yardage • Made first career TFL with a one-yard loss on Desmond Roland in the second quarter JONES’ CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA A TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PBU INT-YD 2011 12/1 9 2 7 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/1 1 0-0 2012 9/2 16 5 11 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0-0 2013 10/10 23 9 14 3.0-14 1.0-12 0/0 0 0-0 TOTALS 31/13 48 16 32 3.0-14 1.0-12 0/1 1 0-0 JONES’ 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PBU INT 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 2 2 0 2.0-2 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE Did Not Play 9/14/13 * at Auburn 4 2 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 9/21/13 TROY Did Not Play 10/5/13 * LSU 2 0 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 3 0 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 2 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 2 1 1 1.0-12 1.0-12 0/0 0 0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 2 0 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 4 2 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0

Jameon Lewis Wide Receiver 5-9, 195, Jr-2L Tylertown, Miss. (Tylertown)

2013 Awards: Week 4 and 9 Paul Hornung Honor Roll selection 2013: • Among all FBS players, stands 44th in average yards per kickoff return (23.3) • Ranked sixth in the Southeastern Conference in receptions per game (4.6), seventh in kickoff return average, 10th in all-purpose yards per game (105.8) and 12th in receiving yards per game (58.6) • In only SEC games, checks in fifth in receptions per game (5.2), 11th in receiving yards per game (60.4) and kickoff return average (21.7) and 12th in all-purpose yards per game (101.9) • One of only three players at the FBS level who has caught five or more touchdown passes, rushed for three or more scores and the only one who has also thrown three or more TD passes (Marion Grice/Arizona State/14 rush/6 receive & Todd Gurley/Georgia/10 rush/5 receive) • One of only two non-quarterbacks among FBS players who has thrown three or more touchdown passes this season (Luke Turner/Rice RB/3) • The most targeted receiver on the team with 90 looks • Owns a squad-high 31 receiving first downs • 55 catches are the seventh most on the program’s single-season list. David Smith owns the MSU record with 74 receptions in 1970

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MISSISSIPPI STATE PLAYER BIOS ... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Has accounted for 11 touchdowns (three rush, five receive, three pass) this season after accounting for three in previous two years (one kickoff return, one rush, one receive) Caught both fourth-down passes thrown to him, converting both into firsts Targeted a team-high 23 percent of the time on first-down passes, catching 25-of-37 balls, turning 11 into first downs and scoring three touchdowns Twice this season, has passed, rushed and caught a touchdown in a game - against Kentucky (10/24) and Troy (9/21) Played a key role in the win against Ole Miss (11/28), catching four passes for 47 yards in the fourth quarter and overtime Hauled in a 14-yard pass from Dak Prescott on a third-and-15 play in overtime that put MSU at the Ole Miss three-yard line and set up Prescott’s game-winning three-yard touchdown run Caught the game-tying touchdown pass at Arkansas (11/23) with 13:35 remaining in the fourth quarter. TD grab was fifth of the season, one shy of entering MSU single-season top-10 list During MSU’s final drive in regulation, caught three balls for 34 yards Hauled in five passes for 59 yards in the second half versus the Razorbacks Threw third touchdown pass of the year at Texas A&M (11/9) Turned in a campaign-best 36 punt return yards and a personal second-best 16-yard runback against the Aggies Tied career high with seven catches at South Carolina (11/2), making five grabs for 33 yards in the opening half Matched a personal best versus Kentucky (10/24) with seven receptions, including four grabs for 31 yards in the second quarter Against LSU (10/5), finished with 201 all-purpose yards, the fifth most in a game by a Bulldog during an SEC contest in the Dan Mullen era Registered a career-high seven catches versus the Tigers for 111 receiving yards, the fourth most during an SEC contest in the Mullen era Six of game’s seven receptions versus the Tigers went for first downs Threw first career touchdown pass in the second quarter against Troy, hooking up with starting quarterback Dak Prescott for a 36-yard score Rushed for second career touchdown at Auburn (9/14) and first since collegiate debut against Memphis on Sept. 1, 2011 Scored first touchdown of the year versus Alcorn State (9/7), hauling in a 31-yard pass from Prescott in the second quarter Made first career start against Oklahoma State (8/31) and paced the squad with 148 all-purpose yards

LEWIS’ CAREER RECEIVING STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS 2011 13/0 7 143 2012 13/0 10 108 2013 12/11 55 703 TOTALS 38/11 72 954

AVG. 20.4 10.8 12.8 13.3

TD 1 0 5 6

LEWIS’ CAREER RUSHING STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS 2011 13/0 11 86 2012 13/0 5 21 2013 12/11 13 117 TOTALS 38/11 29 224

AVG. 7.8 4.2 9.0 7.7

TD LP/OPPONENT 1 23 / LA Tech 0 12 / MTSU 3 44 / Alcorn State 4 44 / ALCORN STATE

LEWIS’ CAREER KICK RETURN STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS 2011 13/0 21 386 2012 13/0 20 517 2013 12/11 18 419 TOTALS 38/11 59 1,322

AVG. 18.4 25.9 23.3 22.4

TD 0 1 0 1

LP/OPPONENT 50 / Wake Forest 100 / Ole Miss 66 / Oklahoma State 100 / OLE MISS

LEWIS’ CAREER PUNT RETURN STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS 2011 13/0 3 10 2012 13/0 2 11 2013 12/11 19 31

AVG. 3.3 5.5 1.6

TD 0 0 0

LP/OPPONENT 17 / Memphis 13 / Texas A&M 16 / Texas A&M

2.2

17 / MEMPHIS

TOTALS

38/11

LEWIS’ 2013 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS DATE OPPONENT REC YDS 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 5 55 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 2 35

LP/OPPONENT 80 / Memphis 21 / Auburn 50 / Troy 80 / MEMPHIS

AVG. 11.0 17.5

TD 0 1

LONG 20 31

9/14/13 * 9/21/13 10/5/13 * 10/12/13 10/24/13 * 11/2/13 * 11/9/13 * 11/16/13 * 11/23/13 * 11/28/13 *

at Auburn TROY LSU BGSU KENTUCKY at South Carolina at Texas A&M ALABAMA at Arkansas OLE MISS

3 2 7 4 7 7 2 4 6 6

62 96 111 34 53 45 14 36 94 68

20.7 48.0 15.9 8.5 7.6 6.4 7.0 9.0 15.7 11.3

0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

34 50 22 17 17 22 8 14 35 14

LEWIS’ 2013 GAME-BY-GAME KICK RETURN STATS DATE OPPONENT NO. YDS 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 3 92 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 0 0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 0 0 9/21/13 TROY 1 21 10/5/13 * LSU 3 90 10/12/13 BGSU 2 46 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 3 47 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 1 15 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 4 89 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 1 19 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 0 0 11/28/13 * * OLE MISS 0 0

AVG. 30.7 0.0 0.0 21.0 30.0 23.0 15.7 15.0 22.3 19.0 0.0 0.0

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

LONG 66 --21 46 25 18 15 34 19 ---

5 Jamerson Love Cornerback 5-10, 175, Jr-2L Aberdeen, Miss. (Aberdeen)

2013 Awards: Week 4 College Football Performance Awards Honorable Mention defensive back 2013: • Ranked seventh in the Southeastern Conference with 0.30 interceptions per game and eighth with 0.90 passes defended a game • Sealed the victory against Ole Miss (11/28) by recovering a Bo Wallace fumble in the end zone on the final play of the game • Two plays before recovering the fumble, forced a Bo Wallace incompletion with a quarterback hurry • Tallied both tackles against Alabama (11/16) during the third quarter • Intercepted a career-high two passes at Texas A&M (11/9), joining Nickoe Whitley and Taveze Calhoun as the only Bulldogs with two picks in a game this season • First interception came at the MSU one-yard line and prevented an Aggie touchdown to keep the game tied 7-7 in the opening quarter • Established single-season career best with fourth pass breakup of the campaign at South Carolina (11/2), knocking aside a Connor Shaw pass in the second quarter • Registered four tackles against Kentucky (10/24) and a pass breakup, which prevented a Wildcat TD grab by Javess Blue in the second quarter • Made all four tackles during UK’s final two drives of the contest, helping to seal the MSU victory • Booked a team second-best seven tackles against LSU (10/5), tallying three in the second quarter • Recorded year’s first interception and second of career against Troy (9/21) • Returned pick 70 yards for a touchdown. The runback was tied for the 12th longest in program history • Play before interception, broke up pass intended for Bryan Holmes. Knocked away another pass in Troy’s first drive of the second quarter • Returned to action for the Auburn game (9/14) after missing Alcorn State contest (9/7) due to injury and recorded a team fourth-best five tackles • Booked season’s first tackle for lost yardage at Auburn, dropping Corey Grant for a three-yard loss in the third quarter to force a field-goal attempt LOVE’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA A 2011 13/0 18 12 6 2012 12/2 25 13 12 2013 10/9 25 20 5

TFL-YDS SCK-YDS 2.0-3 0.0-0 1.0-3 0.0-0 1.0-3 0.0-0

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FF/FR PBU 0/0 1 0/0 3 0/1 6

INT-YD 0-0 1-6 3-78

MISSISSIPPI STATE PLAYER BIOS ... TOTALS 35/11 68 45 23 4.0-9 0.0-0 0/1 10 4-84 LOVE’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PBU INT 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE Did Not Play 9/14/13 * at Auburn 5 5 0 1.0-3 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 9/21/13 TROY 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 2 1 10/5/13 * LSU 7 6 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 10/12/13 BGSU Did Not Play 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 4 2 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 1 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 0 0 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 1 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 2 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 2 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 2 1 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 1 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 2 2 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 2 2 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/1 1 0

Kendrick Market Strong Safety 5-10, 190, So-1L Batesville, Miss. (South Panola)

2013: • Ranked third on the team with 60 tackles and is second in passing hits with 24 • The squad leader with eight special teams’ stops, seven on kickoffs and one on a punt runback • Finished second on the squad with nine tackles against Ole Miss (11/28), booking five solo hits • Tallied three hits during the Rebels’ second drive of the contest and ended the opening half with six of game’s nine tackles • Tallied all four tackles at Arkansas (11/23) in the first half • Booked four tackles during the opening drive against Alabama (11/16) and finished the contest with a career-high 10 stops • Forced first career fumble, taking the ball from T.J. Yeldon in the third quarter • Booked season’s second tackle for lost yardage against the Crimson Tide, knocking Yeldon for a one-yard loss in the fourth quarter • Registered six tackles and first pass breakup of the campaign against Kentucky (10/24) • Helped seal the MSU victory versus the Wildcats with two key plays during UK’s final drive. Tripped up Raymond Sanders after a six-yard gain when Sanders appeared to have a clear path to the end zone for a game-winning score and batted away Maxwell Smith’s final pass of the contest • Made a team second-best and career-high seven tackles at Auburn (9/14) • Booked one tackle, on a kickoff return in the second quarter, against Alcorn State (9/7) in first career start • Tallied six tackles against Oklahoma State (8/31), doubling previous best • Registered first career tackle for a loss, throwing Desmond Roland for a four-yard loss during the third frame MARKET’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA A TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PBU INT-YD 2012 12/0 13 7 6 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 1 1-3 2013 12/11 60 42 18 1.5-5 0.0-0 1/0 1 0-0 TOTALS 24/11 73 49 24 1.5-5 0.0-0 1/0 2 1-3 MARKET’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PBU INT 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 6 5 1 1.0-4 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 7 7 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 9/21/13 TROY 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 10/5/13 * LSU 5 5 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 4 3 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 6 4 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 1 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 3 3 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 4 2 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 10 5 5 0.5-1 0.0-0 1/0 0 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 4 2 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 9 5 4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0

50 Benardrick McKinney Linebacker 6-5, 235, So-1L Tunica, Miss. (Rosa Fort)

2013 Honors: College Football News All-Sophomore Second Team 2013: • Squad leader with 70 tackles and 48 hits on rushing plays • Tied for second on the squad with nine tackles against Ole Miss (11/28) • Finished with two tackles in each quarter except for the third, when he recorded three hits • Combined with Denico Autry to stop I’Tavius Mathers for a one-yard loss on a third-and-one rush from the Ole Miss 24-yard line in the opening quarter • Did not make a tackle for loss at Arkansas (11/23), snapping a string of fivestraight games with at least a half TFL. The five-game stretch with at least a half TFL was the longest by a Bulldog since current Seattle Seahawk K.J. Wright had a six-contest streak from Sept. 18 - Oct. 23, 2010 and current New England Patriot Chris White turned in a five-game stretch from Sept. 4 - Oct. 2, 2010 • Dropped Alabama’s Kenyan Drake for a one-yard loss in the first quarter (11/16) and added second fumble recovery of the season, and third of career in the fourth quarter, covering up a Drake loose ball • Recorded other two tackles on the last two plays of the first quarter • Booked a personal-best 1.5 sacks at Texas A&M (11/9), dropping Johnny Manziel twice for a combined loss of 19 yards • Paced the Bulldogs with six total tackles against the Aggies, all registered within the first three quarters • Recorded first sack of the season at South Carolina (11/2), hitting Connor Shaw for a 13-yard loss in the first quarter • Finished second on the squad with 10 tackles against Kentucky (10/24), including five in the opening quarter • Tied for the team lead with eight tackles versus Bowling Green (10/12) and booked a year-best six solo hits during the contest • Made four of game’s eight hits during Falcons’ potential game-winning drive in the fourth quarter • Registered seven of eight tackles in the second half and both quarterback hurries during the fourth quarter against BGSU • Tied for team lead with five tackles against Troy (9/21), all in the first half • Returned a fumble 26 yards in the opening quarter against the Trojans. It was his second career fumble recovery, and the first returned for yardage after falling on one in the home finale in 2012 against Arkansas • Turned in year’s best game at Auburn (9/14), leading team with nine tackles • Got off to a strong start against the Tigers, recording four stops in the opening quarter, and six in the initial half • Recorded a team second-best seven tackles versus Oklahoma State (8/31) MCKINNEY’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA A TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PBU INT-YD 2012 13/10 102 45 57 4.5-20 1.0-13 0/1 4 0-0 2013 12/12 70 41 29 6.0-40 2.5-32 0/2 0 0-0 TOTALS 25/22 172 86 86 10.5-60 3.5-45 0/3 4 0-0 MCKINNEY’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PBU INT 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 8 4 4 0.5-1 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 2 2 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 9 4 5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 9/21/13 TROY 5 2 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/1 0 0 10/5/13 * LSU 4 4 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 8 6 2 1.0-1 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 10 6 4 0.5-1 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 3 3 0 1.0-13 1.0-13 0/0 0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 6 3 3 1.5-19 1.5-19 0/0 0 0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 3 3 0 1.0-4 0.0-0 0/1 0 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 3 0 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 9 4 5 0.5-1 0.0-0 0/0 0 0

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MISSISSIPPI STATE PLAYER BIOS ... 16

Joe Morrow Wide Receiver 6-4, 210, So-SQ Ocean Springs, Miss. (Ocean Springs)

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2013: • Helped tie the Arkansas (11/23) contest in the fourth quarter with a 13-yard catch on the first play of the scoring drive • Caught first career touchdown pass at Texas A&M (11/9) with a 31-yard grab from Jameon Lewis on the first play of the fourth quarter • 31-yard catch established a career-long grab • Tied career high with four catches against Bowling Green (10/12) and added a personal-best 57 receiving yards • Three of game’s four grabs went for firsts and all were for nine or more yards • Caught team second-best three passes against LSU (10/5), two for firsts • Registered a career-high four receptions for 40 yards at Auburn (9/14) • Hauled in first reception of the season against Alcorn State (9/7), making 15-yard grab in the second quarter • Halted an Alcorn State fake punt on a fourth-and-four play, pushing punter Haiden McCraney out of bounds after a two-yard gain in the second quarter • Made first career start against Oklahoma State (8/31) in season opener MORROW’S CAREER RECEIVING STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS 2012 2013 TOTALS

8/0 12/11 20/11

5 18 23

53 211 264

AVG.

LP/OPPONENT

10.6 11.7 11.5

0 1 1

17 / Jackson State 31 / Texas A&M 31 / TEXAS A&M

MORROW’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS DATE OPPONENT REC YDS 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 1 15 9/14/13 * at Auburn 4 40 9/21/13 TROY 1 9 10/5/13 * LSU 3 30 10/12/13 BGSU 4 57 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 1 10 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 2 38 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 1 -1 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 1 13 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 0 0

AVG. 0.0 15.0 10.0 9.0 10.0 14.3 10.0 0.0 19.0 -1.0 13.0 0.0

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

LONG -15 18 9 16 17 10 -31 -13 --

Archie Muniz Left Guard 6-5, 300, Jr-2L Houston, Texas (Cypress Creek)

2013: • A valuable member of the special teams who has appeared in all 12 games • Helping MSU to one of its best offensive seasons in program history, averaging 426.2 yards a game, on pace to break the single-season record of 422.0 yards per contest, set in 1982 • Opening lanes for 26 rushing touchdowns this season, the most in a year since 28 in 2010 • Against the Troy (9/21), helped squad to 62 total points, tied for the 13th most in program history and the most since tallying 66 against Tulane on Oct. 22, 1994 • Versus Alcorn State (9/7), helped open holes for five rushing touchdowns and 556 yards of total offense, tied for the ninth most in program history

Ladarius Perkins Running Back 5-10, 195, Sr-3L Greenville, Miss. (St. Joseph)

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and 31st in total rushing yards with 2,507 As a receiver, caught 26-of-34 passes thrown to and gained 10 first downs Caught 11-of-12 passes thrown to on second down and nine-of-11 thirddown attempts Owns 2,507 career rushing yards, good for sixth on the Mississippi State career rushing yardage chart Owns a single-year career-high 26 receptions Has 4,196 career all-purpose yards, the second most in program history Hauled in a 30-yard touchdown catch at Arkansas (11/23) to tie the game at 10-10 in the second quarter Caught first touchdown pass of the season in the third quarter at Texas A&M (11/9) Added a one-yard touchdown rush in the fourth quarter versus the Aggies, giving him first multiple-TD game since catching two touchdown passes against Arkansas on Nov. 17, 2012 Rushing score against the Aggies was first ground TD versus an SEC club this season Caught a personal-best matching four balls against Kentucky (10/24) and added in a year-long 35-yard rush on first carry of the contest Gained a year-best 83 rushing yards against Bowling Green (10/12) Scored first touchdown since facing Middle Tennessee State on Oct. 20, 2012, with a one-yard plunge in the first quarter versus the Falcons Set a career high with four receptions against BGSU Rushed for 81 yards against LSU (10/5), gaining 35 in the first quarter Broke off 28 and 32-yard rushes versus the Tigers and averaged 8.1 yards a carry during the game Got off to a quick start against Oklahoma State (8/31), accounting for 72 (54 rushing) of Mississippi State’s 148 yards in the opening quarter

PERKINS’ CAREER RUSHING STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS 2010 13/0 101 566 2011 13/0 87 422 2012 12/12 205 1,024 2013 11/11 124 495 TOTALS 49/23 517 2,507

AVG. 5.6 4.9 4.9 4.0 4.8

PERKINS’ CAREER RECEIVING STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS AVG. 2010 13/0 9 247 27.4 2011 13/0 13 59 4.5 2012 12/12 19 160 8.4 2013 11/11 26 238 9.2 TOTALS 49/23 67 704 10.5 PERKINS’ CAREER KICKOFF RETURN STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS AVG. 2010 13/0 14 281 20.1 2011 13/0 16 363 22.7 2012 12/12 16 325 20.3 2013 11/11 0 0 0.0 TOTALS 49/23 46 969 21.1

TD 3 2 8 2 15

LP/OPPONENT 51 / UAB 40 / Auburn 64 / MTSU 35 / Kentucky 64 / MTSU

TD 3 2 2 2 9

LP/OPPONENT 81 / Michigan 18 / Ole Miss 24 / Arkansas 32 / Oklahoma State 81 / MICHIGAN

TD 0 0 0 0 0

LP/OPPONENT 33 / UAB 68 / Alabama 33 / Alabama -68 / ALABAMA

PERKINS’ 2013 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS DATE OPPONENT NO. GAIN LOSS NET 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 16 61 11 50 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE Did Not Play 9/14/13 * at Auburn 8 39 3 36 9/21/13 TROY 5 23 0 23 10/5/13 * LSU 10 82 2 81 10/12/13 BGSU 16 83 0 83 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 12 69 4 65 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 12 45 5 40 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 17 59 4 55 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 10 25 0 25 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 6 33 1 32 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 12 22 17 5

2013: • Stands 21st among active FBS players in career all-purpose yardage at 4,196 2013 Mississippi State Football Notes • AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs Rice • @HailStateFB

AVG. 3.1 4.5 4.6 8.1 5.2 5.4 3.3 3.2 2.5 5.3 0.4

TD 0

LP 22

0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0

12 13 32 18 35 11 20 6 11 6

MISSISSIPPI STATE PLAYER BIOS ... 15 Dak Prescott Quarterback 6-2, 230, So-1L Haughton, La. (Haughton)

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200 or more yards passing (213) since Chris Relf threw for 224 and rushed for 103 against Arkansas on Nov. 20, 2010 Completed a career-long 61-yard pass to junior receiver Robert Johnson during the first quarter at Auburn, the fourth-longest pass by Mississippi State in an SEC game since the start of 2009 Finished with a team-best 133 rushing yards against the Tigers. Previous high rushing yardage was 32 at Kentucky on Oct. 6, 2012 The 133 rushing yards were tied for the sixth most in an SEC game for an individual under Mullen, and the most by a quarterback. Anthony Dixon had 133 ground yards against Ole Miss on Nov. 28, 2009 Scored on five-yard and two-yard touchdown runs, tied for the second most ground scores by a player in an SEC game under Mullen Earned first career start against Alcorn State (9/7) and played the first half, guiding the Bulldogs to a 37-0 lead Entered in relief of an injured Tyler Russell against Oklahoma State (8/31) and played entire fourth quarter

• 2013 Awards: College Football News All-Sophomore Honorable Mention; Week 4 College Football Performance Awards Honorable Mention quarterback • 2013: • Among FBS quarterbacks, is tied for third in touchdowns scored with 13, behind Navy’s Keenan Reynolds (29) and Northern Illinois’ Jordan Lynch • (23). Is tied for sixth within the group in rushing touchdowns with 11 • Tied for 35th among all FBS players in touchdowns scored (13) while stand• ing 41st in rushing touchdowns (11), 46th in points per game responsible for (12.6) and total offense per game (240.8) • • Ranked third in the Southeastern Conference in scoring (TDs) with 8.0 points per game and is tied for fifth among all players (kickers included) in points per game. Ranked sixth in total offense per game (240.8), ninth in passing yards per game (165.7), 10th in rushing yards per game (75.1) and PRESCOTT’S CAREER PASSING STATS 15th in pass efficiency (120.2) YEAR G/GS CMP ATT INT PCT YDS TD LP/Opponent • In conference games only, ranks fourth in the league in total offense per 2012 12/0 18 29 0 .621 194 4 29 / USA game (269.3) and scoring (TDs) with 7.3 points per game, seventh in rush2013 10/6 139 239 7 .582 1,657 7 61 / Auburn ing yards per game (88.3), eighth in passing yards per game (181.0), 10th TOTALS 22/6 157 268 7 .586 1,851 11 61 / AUBURN in scoring (7.3 points per game) and 12th in pass efficiency (113.7) • Making the most of second-down passing attempts, completing 52-of-79 PRESCOTT’S CAREER RUSHING STATS throws (65.8 percent) for 32 first downs YEAR G/GS NO. YDS AVG. TD LP/OPPONENT • Leads the team with 46 rushing first downs and 24 carries on third down 2012 12/0 32 118 3.7 4 15 / Texas A&M • On six fourth-down carries, has converted five into first downs 2013 10/6 120 751 6.3 11 47 / Auburn • A dangerous rushing option on second down, averaging 7.2 yards a carry with 20 first downs and five TDs TOTALS 22/6 152 869 5.7 15 47 / AUBURN • Has accounted for 20 touchdowns, the fourth most on the Bulldog single-season record list PRESCOTT’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME PASSING STATS • Has 751 rushing yards this season, the most by an MSU quarterback in DATE OPPONENT CMP ATT INT YDS TD LONG program history, surpassing Don Smith’s 740 ground yards in 1986 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 7 17 1 89 0 35 • Became the 22nd player in program history to have four or more career 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 12 19 0 174 2 31 games of 100 or more rushing yards 9/14/13 * at Auburn 15 28 0 213 0 61 • Among MSU quarterbacks, trails only Don Smith (1983-86/nine) and John 9/21/13 TROY 13 21 0 233 1 50 Bond (1980-83/five) in career contests rushing for 100 or more yards 10/5/13 * LSU 9 20 1 106 0 22 • Owns 11 rushing touchdowns, tied for the 10th most in a year in program 10/12/13 BGSU 7 11 1 75 0 17 history 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 23 34 0 268 2 60 • Accounted for 2,408 yards of total offense this season, good for fourth on the MSU single-season record list 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 28 43 3 235 0 22 • With 235 yards passing at South Carolina (11/2), became the 14th player 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 14 26 1 149 2 24 in program history with four career games of 200 or more passing yards 11/16/13 * ALABAMA Did Not Play • In the six home games he played this season, accounted for 14 TDs (five 11/23/13 * at Arkansas Did Not Play passing, seven rushing, two receiving) 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 11 20 0 115 0 14 • Led the Bulldogs to a victory against Ole Miss (11/28) in the Egg Bowl, entering in the fourth quarter and completing 11 passes for 115 yards PRESCOTT’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS • Scored the game-winning touchdown in overtime during the Egg Bowl with DATE OPPONENT NO. GAIN LOSS NET AVG. TD LP a three-yard run on a fourth-and-one play 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 6 18 9 9 1.5 0 7 • During second series against the Rebels, marched MSU 59 yards in 4:55 to 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 4 22 2 20 5.0 1 11 tie the game at 10-10 with 2:13 remaining in the contest • Put MSU in position to win in regulation with a 10-play 45-yard drive that 9/14/13 * at Auburn 22 134 1 133 6.0 2 47 moved the team to the Ole Miss 21-yard line, but a 39-yard field goal missed 9/21/13 TROY 5 55 2 53 10.6 2 22 • At South Carolina (11/2), attempted a career-high 43 passes, the most by 10/5/13 * LSU 12 103 0 103 8.6 1 28 an MSU quarterback during a Southeastern Conference contest under 10/12/13 BGSU 15 143 4 139 9.9 2 75 head coach Dan Mullen. Also completed a personal-best 28 passes, the 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 16 70 37 33 2.1 0 15 most under Mullen in an SEC game 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 15 100 22 78 5.2 2 22 • Turned in a big passing night against Kentucky (10/24) with a personal-best 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 16 155 1 154 9.6 0 44 268 yards and career-high-tying two touchdown passes 11/16/13 * ALABAMA Did Not Play • Caught second career TD pass versus the Wildcats, hauling in a 17-yard 11/23/13 * at Arkansas Did Not Play strike from Jameon Lewis 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 9 30 1 29 3.2 1 9 • Rushed for a 75-yard touchdown against Bowling Green (10/12), the longest by a Bulldog since Vick Ballard’s 75-yard TD scamper versus Alcorn State on Oct. 2, 2010 • Scored on a 36-yard reception, 22-yard run and 11-yard run and also threw 2 Will Redmond a 50-yard TD pass against Troy (9/21) • Turned in a total quarterback rating of 97.3 (out of 100) against the Trojans. Cornerback Mark was the sixth-best at the FBS level during Week 4 of the season 6-0, 190, So-SQ • In the second quarter against the Trojans, threw for 173 yards, rushed for 46, caught a 36-yard pass and accounted for four TDs Memphis, Tenn. (East) • First career reception was 36-yard touchdown pass from Jameon Lewis 2013: • Became the first Bulldog to score three touchdowns in a game since the • Booked a career second-best four tackles against Ole Miss (11/28) 2012 contest against Troy, when Chad Bumphis caught three TD passes • Recorded three tackles in the second quarter versus the Rebels • Started second-straight game against Auburn (9/14) and became the first • Stopped Laquon Treadwell for a three-yard-loss in the third quarter Mississippi State quarterback to reach 100 or more yards rushing (133) and 2013 Mississippi State Football Notes • AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs Rice • @HailStateFB

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Tallied all three hits at Arkansas (11/23) within the opening half Matched personal best with five tackles against Alabama (11/16) Made two stops in the opening quarter against the Crimson Tide and dragged down T.J. Yeldon for a two-yard loss in the fourth quarter Booked a career-high, and team second-best, five tackles, including first stop for lost yardage at Texas A&M (11/9) Tossed Aggie Brandon Williams for a one-yard loss on a third-quarter pass for first career TFL Four of five hits at Texas A&M were on pass plays Recorded two tackles, both on rushes, against Kentucky (10/24) in first Southeastern Conference contest Made collegiate debut against Bowling Green (10/12) and recorded one tackle and a pass breakup, on the Falcons’ next-to-last pass of the game

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Made a career-long 19-yard catch during the fourth quarter on a thirdand-15 play against the Gamecocks that kept the Bulldogs’ drive alive and led to a Dak Prescott touchdown Hauled in a career-long 16-yard reception in the third quarter against Bowling Green (10/12), helping get the Bulldogs into field-goal range Recorded back-to-back 11-yard rushes in the fourth quarter against LSU (10/5), gaining all 22 yards of MSU offense on the drive Carried six times in the second and third quarters against Troy (9/21), gaining four rushing first downs and a touchdown Scored first TD of the campaign on 19-yard rush in second quarter Earned first career start against Alcorn State (9/7) Entered as the top reserve back against Oklahoma State (8/31) and carried four times for 33 yards during the fourth quarter (8.25 yards/carry)

REDMOND’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA A TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PBU INT-YD 2013 7/0 21 13 8 2.5-5 0.0-0 0/0 2 0-0 REDMOND’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PBU INT 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State Did Not Play 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE Did Not Play 9/14/13 * at Auburn Did Not Play

ROBINSON’S CAREER RUSHING STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS 2012 12/0 55 335 2013 12/1 75 414 TOTALS 24/1 130 749

9/21/13 TROY 10/5/13 * LSU 10/12/13 BGSU 1 1 0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 2 1 1 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 1 1 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 5 3 2 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 5 3 2 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 3 2 1 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 4 2 2

2013 TOTALS

Did Did 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.0-1 0.5-1 0.0-0 1.0-3

Not Play Not Play 0.0-0 0/0 0.0-0 0/0 0.0-0 0/0 0.0-0 0/0 0.0-0 0/0 0.0-0 0/0 0.0-0 0/0

1 1 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Damien Robinson Right Tackle 6-8, 335, Jr-2L Olive Branch, Miss. (Olive Branch)

2013: • Entered as a reserve lineman, and special teams’ standout, in all 12 regular-season games • Helping MSU to one of its best offensive seasons in program history, averaging 426.2 yards a game, on pace to shatter the single-season record of 422.0 yards per contest, set in 1982 • Opening lanes for 26 rushing touchdowns this season, the most in a year since 28 in 2010 • Giving pocket protection for the Bulldogs to average 240.3 aerial yards a game, on pace to break the single-season record of 239.7 passing yards per game set in 1978

Josh Robinson Running Back 5-9, 225, So-1L Franklinton, La. (Franklinton)

2013: • Scored game’s first touchdown against Ole Miss (11/28), diving into the end zone from one-yard away in the second quarter • Gained a career-high 101 rushing yards on a personal-best 17 carries at Arkansas (11/23), all in the second half • Averaged 5.9 yards a carry against the Razorbacks • Tallied 118 all-purpose yards at Arkansas, all in the second half • Rushed for a 51-yard touchdown in the first quarter at Texas A&M (11/9). It was the longest scoring scamper of his career • The 51-yard burst was the sixth-longest rush during an SEC game under head coach Dan Mullen • Finished with a career-high 35 receiving yards against the Aggies • At South Carolina (11/2), registered a personal-best three receptions

AVG. 6.1 5.5 5.8

ROBINSON’S CAREER RECEIVING STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS AVG. 2012 12/0 3 8 2.7 12/1 24/1

11 14

112 120

10.2 8.6

TD LP/OPPONENT 1 59 / Northwestern 3 51 / Texas A&M 4 59 / NORTHWESTERN

TD 0

0 19 / South Carolina 0 19 / SOUTH CAROLINA

ROBINSON’S GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS DATE OPPONENT NO. GAIN LOSS NET 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 8 49 1 48 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 3 6 0 6 9/14/13 * at Auburn 3 5 8 -3 9/21/13 TROY 6 46 0 46 10/5/13 * LSU 6 43 3 40 10/12/13 BGSU 2 5 0 5 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 4 19 0 19 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 6 25 1 24 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 6 74 1 73 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 6 18 1 17 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 17 107 6 101 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 7 38 0 38

17 Tyler Russell Quarterback 6-4, 220, Sr-3L Meridian, Miss. (Meridian)

LP/OPPONENT 9 / Texas A&M

AVG. 6.0 2.0 -0.8 7.7 6.7 2.5 4.6 4.0 12.2 2.8 5.9 5.4

TD 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

LP 15 3 4 19 20 4 6 8 51 8 23 21

2013: • Has completed 61-of-93 passes (65.6 percent) since Oct. 5 • Completing 72.9 percent of first-down passes (35-for-48) for 16 first downs and two touchdowns. Similar on second down with 71.0 percent completions (22-for-31) and a TD • Threw for a season-high 263 passing yards at Arkansas (11/23), breaking a tie with Derrick Taite (1993-96) for the fourth-most passing performances of 200 or more yards by a quarterback in program history. Now owns 10 games with 200 or more yards, one behind leaders Tommy Pharr (196769/11), Wayne Madkin (1998-2001/11) and Kevin Fant (2000-03/11) • Performance against the Razorbacks lifted career passing yardage total to 5,441, good for third place on the Mississippi State all-time list. Wayne Madkin (1998-2001/6,336) is the career leader • Russell’s second and fourth-quarter touchdown passes against Arkansas (11/23) gave him 45 TDs accounted for in his career, good for third on the program’s all-time list and one TD behind Anthony Dixon (2006-09/46) for second. Don Smith (1983-86) is the MSU career leader with 52 touchdowns accounted for • Started the game against Alabama (11/16) completing nine-of-11 passes for 77 yards • Completed 12 passes against Bowling Green (10/12) to move ahead of Derrick Taite (1993-96) and into third on the MSU career pass completions chart • Became Mississippi State’s career touchdown pass record holder with two

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TD tosses against LSU (10/5) Record-breaking touchdown pass was 59-yard strike to freshman De’Runnya Wilson in the second quarter versus the Tigers Returned from injury for the LSU contest and entered in the second quarter, completing five-for-eight passes for 117 yards and two touchdowns In his last two games against LSU, completed 33-of-49 passes for 441 yards and three touchdowns Led Mississippi State to points on its opening drive of the campaign for the sixth-straight season against Oklahoma State (8/31) Threw for 133 yards versus the Cowboys suffering injury in the third quarter Averaged 15.7 yards a completion during second quarter against OSU

RUSSELL’S CAREER PASSING STATS YEAR G/GS CMP ATT INT 2010 9/0 39 67 6 2011 9/4 69 129 4 2012 13/13 231 394 10 2013 7/5 71 109 3 TOTALS 38/22 410 699 23 RUSSELL’S CAREER RUSHING STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS 2010 9/0 14 62 2011 9/4 33 45 2012 2013 TOTALS

13/13 7/5 38/22

43 26 116

-5 15 117

PCT YDS .582 635 .535 1,034 .586 2,897 .651 875 .587 5,441

TD 5 8 24 5 42

LP/Opponent 57/Memphis 80 / Memphis 72 / Troy 59 / LSU 80 / MEMPHIS

AVG. 4.4 1.5

TD 0 1

LP/OPPONENT 26 / Houston 26 / Memphis

-0.1 0.6 1.0

2 0 3

20 / Troy 15 / LSU 26 / 2X

RUSSELL’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME PASSING STATS DATE OPPONENT CMP ATT 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 10 16 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE Did 9/14/13 * at Auburn Did 9/21/13 TROY Did 10/5/13 * LSU 7 11 10/12/13 BGSU 12 14 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 1 2 11/2/13 * at South Carolina Did 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 8 14 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 15 24 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 18 28 11/28/13 * OLE MISS Did

INT 1 Not Not Not 0 0 0 Not 0 1 1 Not

YDS 133 Play Play Play 146 102 10 Play 77 144 263 Play

TD 0

RUSSELL’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS DATE OPPONENT NO. GAIN LOSS NET AVG. 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 6 17 15 2 0.3 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE Did Not Play 9/14/13 * at Auburn Did Not Play 9/21/13 TROY Did Not Play 10/5/13 * LSU 6 20 27 -7 -1.2 10/12/13 BGSU 3 12 9 3 0.3 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 2 9 4 5 2.5 11/2/13 * at South Carolina Did Not Play 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 1 3 0 3 3.0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 4 11 7 4 1.0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 4 15 10 5 1.2 11/28/13 * OLE MISS Did Not Play

LONG 32

2 0 0

59 17 10

1 0 2

23 22 35

TD 0

LP 12

0 0 0

15 11 9

0 0 0

3 6 8

Artimus Samuel Tight End 6-2, 260, Fr-HS Columbus, Ga. (Hargrave [Va.] Military Academy)

2013: • Caught first MSU completion of the second half at Arkansas (11/23) with nine-yard reception • Registered receptions in first two career games with six-yard catch at South Carolina (11/2)

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Made collegiate debut against Kentucky (10/24) and recorded one reception for 28 yards during the Bulldogs’ final drive of the third quarter

SAMUEL’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS AVG. TD 2013 5/0 3 43 14.3 0 SAMUEL’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS DATE OPPONENT REC YARDS AVG. 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State Did Not 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE Did Not 9/14/13 * at Auburn Did Not 9/21/13 TROY Did Not 10/5/13 * LSU Did Not 10/12/13 BGSU Did Not 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 1 28 28.0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 1 6 6.0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 0 0 0.0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 0 0 0.0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 1 9 9.0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS Did Not

Justin Senior Left Tackle 6-5, 300, Fr-RS Montreal, Quebec (Hargrave [Va.] Military Academy)

Charles Siddoway Right Tackle 6-7, 305, Sr-1L Eugene, Ore. (Butte College CC)

LP/OPPONENT 28 / Kentucky

TD Play Play Play Play Play Play 0 0 0 0 0 Play

LONG

28 6 --9

2013: • Against Texas A&M (11/9), helped the Bulldogs to 556 yards of total offense, the most during a Southeastern Conference contest under head coach Dan Mullen • At South Carolina (11/2), provided time for quarterback Dak Prescott to complete 28 passes, the most under Mullen in an SEC game • Returned to a reserve role against Kentucky (10/24), but helped MSU to 447 yards of total offense, the 10th most in a league game under Mullen • Made first career start against Bowling Green (10/12) and provided rushing holes for 188 yards in the first half versus the Falcons, the most by MSU in the opening half since 234 against Memphis Sept. 1, 2011 • Entered against LSU (10/5) and helped provide time and protection for 468 yards of total offense and 7.0 yards per play • Gained playing time against Troy (9/21), helping team to 62 points, tied for the 13th most in program history and the most since tallying 66 against Tulane on Oct. 22, 1994 • Provided time for Mississippi State to average 18.6 yards a completion against the Trojans • Earned significant time as a reserve lineman against Alcorn State (9/7) and helped the offense to 556 total yards, tied for the ninth most in a game in program history • Entered as a reserve versus Oklahoma State (8/31)

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ond on the MSU single-season record list Provided time and space for 23 MSU total touchdowns during SEC games, the second most under a Dan Mullen-coached squad, behind only the 26 in 2012 At Arkansas (11/23), provided time for the quarterbacks to throw for 174 yards in the opening half, tied for the second most in a game this year, trailing only the 243 against Troy on Sept. 21 Opened holes for 556 yards of total offense at Texas A&M (11/9), the most during a Southeastern Conference contest under Mullen Provided time for MSU to toss four touchdown passes against the Aggies, tied for the most in an SEC contest under Mullen Created space for MSU to gain 447 yards of total offense against Kentucky (10/24), the 10th most in a league game under Mullen Helped the Bulldogs convert 10 third-down attempts versus UK, their most since 10 at Kentucky in 2012 Versus Bowling Green (10/12), provided lanes for the Bulldogs to rush for 188 yards in the first half, the most by Mississippi State in the opening half since recording 234 against Memphis on Sept. 1, 2011 Against LSU (10/5), opened holes for five rushes of 20 or more yards during the game’s 36 carries. Entering the contest, MSU had four rushes of 20 or more yards on 175 carries Helped MSU to 45 points in the first half against Troy (9/21), the most in a half in the modern era (since 1950), and the second-most ever

11 Deontae Skinner Linebacker 6-2, 250, Sr-3L Macon, Miss. (Noxubee County)

2013 Honors: Phil Steele Midseason Third Team All-SEC 2013: • Owns team second-best marks with 61 tackles and 41 hits on rushing plays • Tallied eight tackles, including one for lost yardage, and a pass breakup against rival Ole Miss (11/28) • Forced a Rebel punt to end their final drive of regulation, hitting Jaylen Walton a yard behind the line of scrimmage on a third-and-two play from the Ole Miss 20-yard line • Returned to starting role at Arkansas (11/23) after missing two games due to injury and booked two of game’s three tackles during the first drive • Topped the team with five tackles at South Carolina (11/2), making two hits on Gamecocks’ first five offensive plays • Paced the team with a career-high 11 stops against Kentucky (10/24), but snapped a string of four-straight games with at least a half tackle for lost yardage • Tied for team lead with eight tackles against Bowling Green (10/12), including a season-best six solo stops and two quarterback hurries • During the Falcons’ first third-quarter drive, booked five tackles and recorded two hits and two quarterback hurries during first drive of fourth frame • Booked one of team’s four quarterback hurries against LSU (10/5), resulting in a two-yard loss on a Zach Mettenberger pass • Stopped Jeremy Hill in the backfield for a two-yard loss after a reception • Recorded team second-best four tackles, including three during Troy’s (9/21) second-to-last drive of the second quarter • Booked first sack of career at Auburn (9/14), dropping Nick Marshall for a six-yard loss on the first play of the second quarter, when the Tigers had second-and-goal from the eight-yard line • Led team in tackles with five against Alcorn State (9/7) • Registered MSU’s first forced turnover of the campaign, picking off a John Gibbs Jr. pass during ASU’s opening drive. Interception was first of career • Helped MSU hold Alcorn State to 30 yards in the first half, the fewest by an opponent in the opening half since Auburn had 38 on Oct. 7, 2000 • Topped the Bulldogs in tackles against Oklahoma State (8/31) with 10 stops, matching previous career high, set against Georgia (Oct. 1, 2011) SKINNER’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA A 2010 10/0 7 5 2 2011 13/11 69 28 41 2012 13/13 62 22 40 2013 10/10 61 32 29 TOTALS 46/34 199 87 112

TFL-YDS SCK-YDS 0.0-0 0.0-0 9.0-30 0.0-0 5.0-20 0.0-0 4.5-12 1.0-6 18.5-62 1.0-6

FF/FR PBU 0/0 0 2/0 0 1/0 3 0/0 2 3/0 5

INT-YD 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-7 1-7

SKINNER’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PBU INT 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 10 4 6 0.5-1 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 5 1 4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 1 1 9/14/13 * at Auburn 4 3 1 1.0-6 1.0-6 0/0 0 0 9/21/13 TROY 4 2 2 0.5-1 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 10/5/13 * LSU 3 2 1 1.0-2 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 8 6 2 0.5-1 0.0-0 0/0 1 0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 11 6 5 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 5 3 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M Did Not Play 11/16/13 * ALABAMA Did Not Play 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 3 1 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 4 4 8 1.0-1 0.0-0 0/0 1 0

Preston Smith Defensive End 6-6, 255, Jr-2L Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephenson)

2013: • Credited with one quarterback hurry against Ole Miss (11/28), upping season total during SEC contests to seven, the second most for a Bulldog under head coach Dan Mullen • On quarterback hurry, Bo Wallace threw interception to MSU’s Justin Cox in the second quarter • Booked six stops at Arkansas (11/23) with five in the second half and overtime and a hit as well as game’s quarterback hurry during the Razorbacks’ four plays in overtime • Five-game streak with at least a half tackle for lost yardage was snapped against Alabama (11/16), but ended the contest with a personal-best three quarterback hurries, equaling his season total entering the contest • Six of Alabama’s opponents recorded fewer than three quarterback hurries in games against the Crimson Tide this season • Became first player with three or more quarterback hurries since Auburn’s Nick Fairley booked three on Nov. 27, 2009 • Combined with Benardrick McKinney to drop Texas A&M’s (11/9) Johnny Manziel for a nine-yard sack in the second quarter • Helped force a South Carolina (11/2) three-and-out in the third quarter, knocking aside a pass and making a tackle on consecutive plays • Stoned Gamecocks’ running back Mike Davis for no gain on a first-and-goal carry from the six-yard line in the third quarter • Later in the quarter, tossed Davis for a four-yard loss following a reception • Finished with a career-high eight tackles against Kentucky (10/24) • Helped seal the MSU victory against the Wildcats with two key tackles during UK’s final drive. Tossed Ryan Timmons for a one-yard loss on first play of the series and halted Jojo Kemp for no gain on third-and-one rush • Broke loose against LSU (10/5) with seven tackles, including a personal-best three for lost yardage • Sacked Tiger quarterback Zach Mettenberger twice after entering the game with 4.5 career sacks, all during 2012 campaign • Became the first Bulldog with two or more sacks in a game since Fletcher Cox booked 2.0 at Kentucky on Oct. 29, 2011 • In the first half versus the Tigers, booked four tackles, a sack, quarterback hurry and two TFL • Dropped Eric Thomas for a six-yard loss on the first play of the Troy game (9/21) for first TFL of the season • Forced first fumble of the campaign at Auburn (9/14), knocking the ball away from Tre Mason after a 13-yard completion in the third quarter • During Auburn’s second-to-last drive of the third quarter, forced fumble and recorded two tackles. On the following drive, broke up pass intended for Sammie Coates • Started against Alcorn State (9/7) and recorded year’s first pass breakup and quarterback hurry on the same play against the Braves, knocking John Gibbs Jr.’s pass away in the first quarter • Made first career start, at defensive end, against Oklahoma State (8/31)

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MISSISSIPPI STATE PLAYER BIOS ... SMITH’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA A 2011 9/0 7 4 3 2012 13/0 35 18 17 2013 11/10 38 25 13 TOTALS 33/10 80 47 33

TFL-YDS SCK-YDS 0.0-0 0.0-0 5.5-30 4.5-25 6.5-28 2.5-15 12.0-58 7.0-40

FF/FR PBU 1/0 1 1/1 0 1/0 3 3/1 4

INT-YD 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

SMITH’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PB 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 1 0 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 1 9/14/13 * at Auburn 3 2 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 1/0 1 9/21/13 TROY 3 2 1 1.0-6 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/5/13 * LSU 7 5 2 3.0-13 2.0-11 0/0 0 10/12/13 BGSU Did Not Play 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 8 7 1 1.0-1 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 4 4 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 2 1 1 0.5-4 0.5-4 0/0 0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 6 2 4 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 1 1 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0

INT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

40 Evan Sobiesk Placekicker 5-8, 180, Fr-RS Hattiesburg, Miss. (Oak Grove)

2013: • Drilled a game-tying field goal from 36 yards away with 2:21 remaining against Ole Miss (11/28) to even the score at 10-10 • Recorded a personal-best five points versus the Rebels • Missed first field goal of career at Texas A&M (11/9), getting his attempt from 40-yards away blocked in the third quarter • Served as the primary place kicker at South Carolina (11/2), converting lone field goal and extra point attempts • The 38-yard field goal established a career-best mark • Converted first career field-goal try with a 24-yard make against Troy (9/21) • Also drilled lone point-after touchdown tries versus the Trojans • Made first appearance of career against Alcorn State (9/7) and converted a pair of extra points SOBIESK’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS PAT/ATT 2013 6/0 10/10

PCT. 1.000

FG/ATT 3/6

SOBIESK’S CAREER FIELD GOAL BREAKDOWN YEAR 1-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 2013 0-0 1-2 2-3 0-1

PCT. .500

50+ 0-0

PTS 19

LONG/OPP 38 / USC

LG --

SOBIESK’S GAME-BY-GAME FIELD GOAL BREAKDOWN DATE OPPONENT PAT/ATT PCT. FG/ATT PCT. PTS 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State Did Not Play 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 2/2 1.000 0/0 -- 2 9/14/13 * at Auburn Did Not Play 9/21/13 TROY 1/1 1.000 1/1 1.000 4 10/5/13 * LSU Did Not Play 10/12/13 BGSU Did Not Play 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY Did Not Play 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 1/1 1.000 1/1 1.000 4 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 3/3 1.000 0/1 .000 3 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 1/1 1.000 0/1 .000 1 11/23/13 * at Arkansas Did Not Play 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 2/2 1.000 1/2 .500 5

BLK 1

LG -24

38 --36

41 Baker Swedenburg Punter 6-0, 205, Sr-2L Columbus, Miss. (Heritage Academy)

2013: • Checks in 26th among active FBS players in total punt yardage (6,373) and total punts (153) • In only Southeastern Conference games, stands eighth in punting average at 42.2 yards a kick • In all games, is tied for eighth in the SEC with a 42.5 average on punts • Pinned Arkansas (11/23) inside its own 20-yard line on both punts • Punted five times against Alabama (11/16), averaging 41.4 yards a boot • Recorded a season-long 53-yard punt in the first quarter versus Alabama • Tallied 207 punting yards against the Crimson Tide, moving ahead of Jeff Walker (1996-99/6,126) and into eighth on the program’s all-time punting yardage chart with 6,261 yards • Dropped first two punts inside the 20-yard line against Auburn (9/14) • Drilled four punts of 50 or more yards versus the Tigers • 326 total punting yards against Auburn are the third most by a MSU punter in an SEC game since the start of the 2009 season • Final two punts of the game pinned Auburn inside its own 12-yard line with an average starting field position of the Auburn eight-yard line • Booted six punts, including a long of 52 yards in the opening quarter, against Oklahoma State (8/31) SWEDENBURG’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS 2011 13/13 71 2,970 2012 13/13 57 2,340 2013 10/6 25 1,063 TOTALS 36/32 153 6,373

AVG. 41.8 41.1 42.5 41.7

IN20 19 18 6 43

SWEDENBURG’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME PUNTING STATS DATE OPPONENT NO. YARDS AVG. 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 6 270 45.0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 1 35 35.0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 7 326 46.6 9/21/13 TROY 0 0 -- 10/5/13 * LSU 1 42 42.0 10/12/13 BGSU 1 41 41.0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 2 72 36.0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina Did Not 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M Did Not 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 5 207 41.4 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 2 70 35.0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 0 0 --

LG/OPPONENT 58 / Georgia 54 / Tennessee 53 / Alabama 58 / GEORGIA

IN20 0 0 2 -- 0 0 1 Play Play 1 2 --

22 Matt Wells Linebacker 6-2, 215, Jr-2L Monticello, Miss. (Lawrence County)

LONG 52 35 52 -42 41 41

53 37 --

2013: • Recorded seven tackles against Ole Miss (11/28), making four hits during the Rebels’ first drive of the second half • Initial Egg Bowl hit was a two-yard loss on a Bo Wallace first-quarter rush • Dropped Alabama’s T.J. Yeldon for a one-yard loss in the fourth quarter (11/16) • Set a season high with seven tackles against the Crimson Tide, including four third-quarter hits • Tallied six tackles at Texas A&M (11/9), including three on the Aggies’ opening drive of the contest, forcing an Aggie three-and-out • Credited with a quarterback hurry of South Carolina’s Connor Shaw on the first play of the game (11/2) • Made all four stops against the Gamecocks on rushing plays in the second half • Booked both tackles against Bowling Green (10/12) during Falcons’ final drive of the third quarter • Tallied two of game’s three tackles versus LSU (10/5) during the fourth quarter on rushing plays

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Stopped Terrence Magee for a one-yard loss in the fourth quarter against the Tigers Registered first sack of the season against Troy (9/21), stopping Deon Anthony for a three-yard loss in the first quarter Forced a fumble on the play, his first of the campaign and second of career Recorded season’s first pass breakup in the third quarter versus the Trojans, knocking the ball away from Chris Williams Recovered first career fumble at Auburn (9/14), grabbing a Tre Mason fumble in the third quarter Recorded all three tackles during Alcorn State’s (9/7) initial drive of the contest that lasted seven plays Helped create MSU’s first turnover of the campaign by pressuring Braves’ quarterback John Gibbs Jr., who threw an interception on the play Made initial stop of the year, against Oklahoma State (8/31), on Josh Stewart by tossing him for a two-yard loss on the final play of the first quarter

WELLS’ CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA A TFL-YDS SCK-YDS 2011 13/3 36 16 20 5.0-11 0.0-0 2012 13/4 34 15 19 2.5-18 1.0-10 2013 12/12 49 27 22 6.0-12 1.0-3 TOTALS 38/19 119 58 61 13.5-41 2.0-13 WELLS’ 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS

Nickoe Whitley Free Safety 6-1, 205, Sr-3L Jackson, Miss. (Provine)

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FF/FR PBU 0/0 1 1/0 3 1/1 2 2/1 6

DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PB 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 4 1 3 0.5-1 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 3 1 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/14/13 * at Auburn 4 3 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 9/21/13 TROY 5 3 2 1.5-4 1.0-3 1/0 1 10/5/13 * LSU 3 1 2 1.0-1 0.0-0 0/0 0 10/12/13 BGSU 2 2 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 1 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 1 1 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 4 3 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 6 2 4 1.0-3 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 7 6 1 1.0-1 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 3 0 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 7 4 3 1.0-2 0.0-0 0/0 0

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INT-YD 0-0 1-22 0-0 1-22

INT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

2013 Awards: Second-Team All-SEC by the league’s coaches and Athlon Sports; AP All-SEC Honorable Mention; Dec. 2 SEC Co-Defensive Player of the Week; Week 3 and Week 13 College Football Performance Awards Honorable Mention defensive back; Phil Steele Midseason Second Team All-SEC 2013: • Is the active FBS leader in career interceptions with 15 • Ranks eighth among active FBS players in interceptions per game (0.33) and 30th in interception return yardage (158) • Of 15 career interceptions, 10 have been during league tilts • The Southeastern Conference leader in interceptions per game (0.62) during only league games. In all contests, is second in picks a game (0.45) • Within only SEC games, is tied for fourth in the league fumbles forced per game (0.25) and tied for ninth with 0.88 passes defended a game. In all contests, is tied for eighth in fumbles forced per game (0.18) • Ranked 15th among FBS players this season in picks per tilt • Turned in the game-winning play against Ole Miss (11/28), knocking the ball away from Bo Wallace as he was going into the end zone for the contest-tying scoring in overtime • Opened the game intercepting a Wallace pass during the Rebels’ first drive of the contest • Forced a Wallace incompletion, and subsequent punt, in the third frame with a quarterback hurry on a third-and-eight play • Booked a season-high 10 tackles at Arkansas (11/23), making five each half • Added first forced fumble and fumble recovery of the season against the Razorbacks with a game-changing fourth-quarter strip and takeaway, jarring the ball from Alex Collins at the MSU nine-yard line with the score tied

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and less than six minutes remaining Halted an Alabama touchdown (11/16) by chasing down T.J. Yeldon at the MSU 28-yard line during the Crimson Tide’s final drive of the opening half Prevented another Alabama TD with a pass breakup in the end zone on the Crimson Tide’s first play of the fourth quarter Tallied three tackles during the opening quarter at Texas A&M (11/9) Added fourth interception of the campaign in the third quarter, picking off a Johnny Manziel pass at the Mississippi State four-yard line Registered two tackles and a pass breakup in the first quarter at South Carolina (11/2) Led team with eight tackles against LSU (10/5), recording seven in the first three quarters of the game Picked off third pass of 2013 in the second quarter against the Tigers Has recorded three or more interceptions in all four years of his career Recorded season’s first tackle for lost yardage in the second quarter, tossing Jeremy Hill for a three-year loss following a reception Against Auburn (9/14), intercepted two passes and made six tackles. Picked off quarterback Nick Marshall’s final pass of the first half and first pass of the fourth quarter Started against Oklahoma State (8/31) and turned in an impactful second quarter, tallying two tackles and blocked a field goal

WHITLEY’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS TT UA A 2010 13/11 52 2011 9/7 34 2012 13/13 88 2013 11/11 55 TOTALS 46/42 229

34 28 50 38 150

18 6 38 17 79

TFL-YDS SCK-YDS 1.5-14 2.0-6 3.5-5 1.0-3 8.0-28

1.5-14 0.0-0 0.0-0 0.0-0 1.5-14

FF/FR PBU 1/2 1/0 1/0 2/1 5/3

6 5 3 5 19

INT-YD 3-0 4-50 3-66 5-42 15-158

WHITLEY’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME DEFENSIVE STATS DATE OPPONENT TT UT AT TFL-YDS SCK-YDS FF/FR PBU INT 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 5 5 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE Did Not Play 9/14/13 * at Auburn 6 6 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 2 2 9/21/13 TROY 2 2 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 10/5/13 * LSU 8 5 3 1.0-3 0.0-0 0/0 0 1 10/12/13 BGSU 4 2 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 3 3 0 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 3 2 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 1 0 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 5 2 3 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 1 1 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 4 3 1 0.0-0 0.0-0 0/0 1 0 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 10 5 5 0.0-0 0.0-0 1/1 0 0 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 5 3 2 0.0-0 0.0-0 1/0 0 1

14 Damian Williams Quarterback 6-1, 230, Fr-HS Metairie, La. (Archbishop Rummel)

2013: • Made initial career start against Ole Miss (11/28) and became first Mississippi State true freshman to start a game at quarterback since Wesley Carroll against UCF in the Liberty Bowl on Dec. 29, 2007 • The first Bulldog true freshman to start at quarterback in an SEC contest since Carroll versus Ole Miss on Nov. 23, 2007 • Finished the Egg Bowl with career highs in passing attempts (18) and rushing attempts (13) and matched personal best with eight completions • Ended the first quarter completing four-of-five passes for 39 yards • Recorded first career touchdown at Arkansas (11/23), scoring the game-winning TD in overtime to give the Bulldogs a 24-17 triumph • Gained a career-high 40 rushing yards against the Razorbacks • Put the Bulldogs in position for a victory in regulation with a 15-yard completion to Jameon Lewis at the Arkansas 25-yard line with 23 seconds remaining after entering for an injured Tyler Russell • Experienced first Southeastern Conference action against No. 1 Alabama (11/16), coming in for an injured Tyler Russell in the fourth quarter • Tossed a personal-long 34-yard completion to Brandon Holloway on the first play of the fourth quarter against Troy (9/21) • Entered in the middle of the third quarter versus the Trojans and played the

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remainder of the contest Made collegiate debut against Alcorn State (9/7), playing the majority of the second half and establishing career highs in completions (eight) and yards (105) Connected on first three career passes for 40 yards versus the Braves

WILLIAMS’ CAREER PASSING STATS YEAR G/GS CMP ATT INT PCT 2013 5/0 22 45 2 .489 WILLIAMS’ CAREER RUSHING STATS YEAR G/GS NO. YDS 2013 5/0 34 101

YDS 268

AVG. 3.0

TD 0

TD 1

LP/OPPONENT 25 / Arkansas

WILLIAMS’ 2013 GAME-BY-GAME PASSING STATS DATE OPPONENT CMP ATT 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State Did 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 8 13 9/14/13 * at Auburn Did 9/21/13 TROY 3 5 10/5/13 * LSU Did 10/12/13 BGSU Did 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY Did

INT Not 1 Not 0 Not Not Not

YDS Play 105 Play 47 Play Play Play

11/2/13 11/9/13 11/16/13 11/23/13 11/28/13

Not Not 0 0 1

Play Play 0 34 82

* at South Carolina * at Texas A&M * ALABAMA 0 * at Arkansas 3 * OLE MISS 8

Did Did 5 4 18

LP/Opponent 34 / Troy

WILLIAMS’ 2013 GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING STATS DATE OPPONENT NO. GAIN LOSS NET AVG. 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State Did Not Play 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 5 29 4 25 5.0 9/14/13 * at Auburn Did Not Play 9/21/13 TROY 4 6 5 1 0.3 10/5/13 * LSU Did Not Play 10/12/13 BGSU Did Not Play 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY Did Not Play 11/2/13 * at South Carolina Did Not Play 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M Did Not Play 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 5 11 5 6 1.2 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 7 41 1 40 5.7 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 13 45 16 29 2.2

LONG

0 0 0

-15 20

0 1 0

7 25 18

• • • • •

Reception allowed Russell to set the program record for career TD tosses Other grab against the Tigers went for 21 yards on game’s final play Caught two balls for 31 yards against Alcorn State (9/7) Registered both receptions in the first half, including a 23-yard grab from Dak Prescott in the second quarter Made debut against Oklahoma State (8/31) and recorded first career reception during the opening drive of the game with a 10-yard grab from Russell

WILSON’S CAREER STATS YEAR G/GS NO. 2013 12/0 23

YDS 314

AVG. 13.7

WILSON’S 2013 GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING STATS DATE OPPONENT REC YDS 8/31/13 vs. Oklahoma State 2 17 9/7/13 ALCORN STATE 2 31 9/14/13 * at Auburn 0 0 9/21/13 TROY 0 0 10/5/13 * LSU 2 80 10/12/13 BGSU 1 6 10/24/13 * KENTUCKY 0 0 11/2/13 * at South Carolina 3 40 11/9/13 * at Texas A&M 7 75 11/16/13 * ALABAMA 1 13 11/23/13 * at Arkansas 1 7 11/28/13 * OLE MISS 4 45

De’Runnya Wilson Wide Receiver 6-5, 215, Fr-HS Birmingham, Ala. (Wenonah)

2013: • Hauled in 12-of-21 attempts on first-down passes and earned seven first downs and a touchdown • Caught four passes against Ole Miss (11/28), all going for first downs, with three receptions coming in the fourth quarter • Helped MSU even the game with an 11-yard catch on a third-and-three play during the next-to-last drive of regulation, setting up Evan Sobiesk 36-yard field goal • Caught another 11-yard pass in the final drive of regulation on a fourthand-10 play, giving MSU a first down at the Ole Miss 24-yard line and in position for Sobiesk’s potential 39-yard field goal • Hauled in a career-high seven passes and two touchdown tosses at Texas A&M (11/9) and added a year second-best 75 yards • Became the first Bulldog with two touchdown receptions in a game since Chad Bumphis at Ole Miss on Nov. 24, 2012 • Made a season second-best four catches at South Carolina (11/2) • The main target during the Bulldogs’ first drive of the third quarter with four intended passes, catching two for 34 yards and a pair of first downs • Scored first career touchdown against LSU (10/5), hauling in 59-yard pass from Tyler Russell 2013 Mississippi State Football Notes • AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs Rice • @HailStateFB

TD 3

AVG. 8.5 15.5 0.0 0.0 40.0 6.0 0.0 13.3 10.7 13.0 7.0 11.3

LP/OPPONENT 59 / LSU

TD 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0

LONG 10 23 --59 6 -19 24 13 7 13

2013 MISSISSIPPI STATE GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS OFFENSE

WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB RB WR WR

vs. Oklahoma State (Houston)

Morrow

Clausell

Jackson

Day

Malone

Siddoway

Hill

Russell

Perkins

Lewis

Johnson

ALCORN STATE

Morrow

Clausell

Jackson

Day

Beckwith

Siddoway

Johnson

Prescott

Robinson

Lewis

Johnson

at Auburn

Morrow

Clausell

Jackson

Day

Beckwith

Siddoway

Johnson

Prescott

Perkins

Lewis

Johnson

TROY

Morrow Clausell Jackson Holley Beckwith Siddoway Johnson Prescott

Perkins

Lewis

Johnson

LSU

Morrow Clausell Jackson Day Beckwith Siddoway Johnson Prescott

Perkins

Hill*

Johnson

BOWLING GREEN

Morrow

Perkins

Lewis

Johnson

KENTUCKY

Morrow Clausell Jackson Day Beckwith Siddoway

at South Carolina

Morrow

Clausell

Jackson

Day

Beckwith

Siddoway

Johnson

Prescott

Perkins

Lewis

Johnson

at Texas A&M

Morrow

Clausell

Jackson

Day

Beckwith

Siddoway

Johnson

Russell

Perkins

Lewis

Johnson

Senior

Jackson

Day

Beckwith

Siddoway

Hill

Russell

Hill Prescott Perkins

Lewis Johnson

ALABAMA

Wilson Clausell Jackson Day Beckwith Siddoway Johnson Russell

Perkins Lewis Johnson

at Arkansas

Morrow

Clausell

Jackson

Day

Beckwith

Siddoway

Johnson

Russell

Perkins

Lewis

Johnson

OLE MISS

Morrow

Clausell

Jackson

Day

Beckwith

Siddoway

Johnson

Williams

Perkins

Lewis

Johnson

DEFENSE

DE DT DT DE LB LB LB LC SS FS RC

vs. Oklahoma State (Houston)

Smith

P. Jones

Eulls

Autry

Wells

McKinney

Skinner

Love

Hughes

Whitley

Calhoun

ALCORN STATE

Smith

C. Jones

Eulls

Autry

Wells

McKinney

Skinner

Jiles

Market

Arrington

Calhoun

at Auburn

Brown

P. Jones

Eulls

Autry

Wells

McKinney

Skinner

Jiles

Market

Whitley

Calhoun

TROY

Smith

C. Jones

Eulls

Autry

Wells

McKinney

Skinner

Jiles

Market

Whitley

Love

LSU

Smith

P. Jones

Eulls

Autry

Wells

McKinney

Skinner

Calhoun

Market

Whitley

Love

C. Jones

P. Jones

Eulls

Autry

Wells

McKinney

Skinner

Calhoun

Market

Whitley

Cox

KENTUCKY

Smith

P. Jones

Eulls

Autry

Wells

McKinney

Skinner

Calhoun

Market

Whitley

Love

at South Carolina

Smith

P. Jones

Eulls

Autry

Wells

McKinney

Skinner

Calhoun

Market

Whitley

Love

at Texas A&M

Smith

P. Jones

Eulls

Autry

Wells

McKinney

B. Brown

Calhoun

Market

Whitley

Love

ALABAMA

Smith

P. Jones

Eulls

Autry

Wells

McKinney

B. Brown

Calhoun

Market

Whitley

Love

at Arkansas

Smith

P. Jones

Eulls

Autry

Wells

McKinney

Skinner

Calhoun

Market

Whitley

Love

OLE MISS

Smith

P. Jones

Eulls

Autry

Wells

McKinney

Skinner

Calhoun

Market

Whitley

Love

BOWLING GREEN

*Started as second tight end

2013 MISSISSIPPI STATE CAREER STARTS BY POSITION OFFENSE

DEFENSE

SAFETY

Clausell - 28 (11)

R. Johnson - 13 (12)

Eulls - 23 (0)

Whitley - 41 (11)

Senior - 1 (1)

Lewis - 11 (11)

Autry - 21 (12)

J. Hughes - 4 (1)

Morrow - 12 (11)

P. Jones - 2 (0)

Market - 11 (11)

Wilson - 1 (1)

Smith - 10 (10)

Arrington - 1 (1)

G. Jackson - 51 (12)

Brown - 1 (1)

C. Jones - 1 (1)

CORNER

Perkins - 23 (11)

Day - 33 (11)

Griffin - 1 (0)

Love - 11 (9) Calhoun - 11 (11)

Holley - 1 (1)

Robinson - 1 (1)

Eulls - 15 (12)

Jiles - 3 (3)

Virges - 1 (0)

Cox - 1 (1)

P. Jones - 10 (9)

Malone - 5 (1)

Russell - 22 (5)

C. Jones - 3 (3)

Beckwith - 11 (11)

Prescott - 6 (6) Williams - 1 (1)

LAST GAME STARTERS IN BOLD (PARENTHESES INDICATE 2013 STARTS)

Skinner - 33 (10)

Siddoway - 25 (12)

McKinney - 22 (12) Wells - 19 (12)

Bohanna - 1 (0)

M. Johnson - 11 (9)

B. Brown - 2 (2)

B. Hill - 4 (4)

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2013 TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS TEAM GAME BY GAME STATISTICS

1st Downs

Score

Tot-Ru-Pa-Pe

3 21

Game Mississippi State Oklahoma State Alcorn State

Mississippi State

Rushing

Passing

Tot. Off.

Punts

3rd

Time of

No-Yds-TD

C-A-I-Yds-TD

Plays-Yds

No-Yds

Fumbles Penalties F-L

No-Yds

Dns

Poss.

17-7-10-0

37-111-0

17-33-2-222-0

70-333

6-270

1-0

11-74

2-16

34:07

22-12-8-2

40-286-3

21-33-0-146-0

73-432

6-271

0-0

7-86

8-15

25:53

6-1-5-0

25-28-0

11-25-1-135-1

50-163

8-344

2-2

5-32

2-14

21:07

30-14-13-3

54-277-5

20-33-1-279-2

87-556

1-35

0-0

3-25

5-13

38:53 34:23

Mississippi State

19-11-8-0

40-202-3

15-28-0-213-0

68-415

7-326

1-0

5-33

5-15

Auburn

22-9-12-1

36-120-0

23-34-2-339-2

70-459

4-192

4-1

1-5

7-15

25:37

11-3-7-1

26-47-0

17-31-1-139-1

57-186

7-294

1-1

7-80

3-13

23:51

Mississippi State

30-15-12-3

44-235-5

17-27-0-316-2

71-551

0-0

1-0

3-30

8-12

36:09

LSU

27-8-17-2

39-223-6

25-29-1-340-2

68-563

2-93

1-0

5-27

6-11

33:32

Mississippi State

23-11-12-0

36-216-1

16-31-1-252-2

67-468

1-42

1-1

5-41

4-11

26:28

Bowling Green

21-7-11-3

29-160-2

20-34-0-224-0

63-384

2-97

1-1

4-30

4-11

27:46

Troy

Mississippi State

23-13-9-1

41-245-3

19-25-1-177-0

66-422

2-82

0-0

9-71

4-11

32:14

Kentucky

20-10-7-3

40-160-1

19-35-0-165-1

75-325

6-267

0-0

4-40

4-18

26:06

Mississippi State

24-8-15-1

42-152-1

25-37-0-295-3

79-447

5-197

0-0

8-82

10-18

33:54

South Carolina

12-6-6-0

34-160-0

10-20-0-147-4

54-307

8-323

0-0

4-20

1-11

26:14

Mississippi State

23-10-13-0

35-150-2

28-43-3-235-0

78-385

5-238

3-2

6-25

6-13

33:46

Texas A&M

29-7-21-1

33-91-2

30-39-3-446-5

72-537

5-243

0-0

10-105

6-13

25:08

Mississippi State

30-17-12-1

43-299-2

23-42-1-257-4

85-556

5-135

1-0

4-40

4-13

34:52

Alabama

20-9-11-0

33-196-0

18-32-2-187-2

65-383

4-220

2-2

5-41

4-12

30:57

10-2-6-2

29-53-1

15-29-1-144-0

58-197

6-254

4-0

1-5

4-15

29:03

18-11-7-0

43-225-2

10-17-1-114-0

60-339

3-115

2-2

3-25

6-12

29:25

Mississippi State

26-15-10-1

37-191-1

21-32-1-297-2

69-488

3-109

1-1

2-20

4-10

30:35

Ole Miss

17-8-8-1

35-117-0

28-43-3-201-0

78-318

8-338

1-1

7-50

8-20

27:12

Mississippi State

23-7-13-3

43-99-2

19-39-1-197-0

82-296

9-334

2-1

5-39

5-17

32:48

Mississippi State Arkansas

2013 MISSISSIPPI STATE MISCELLANEOUS TEAM STATISTICS MISCELLANEOUS TEAM STATISTICS

KICKOFFS

IN THE RED ZONE (20 YARDS AND IN)*

Touchbacks - 23 (23/62, 37%)

MSU SCORES/RED ZONE ENTRIES - 37-47 (79%)

Opp. Returns - 38 returns, 816 yards (Avg. Return — 21.5)

Scores - 37

Out of Bounds - 1

Onside Kicks - 1

Touchdowns - 29 (Passing - 8, Rushing - 21), Field Goals - 8

Non-Scores - 10 Missed Field Goals - 7; Downs - 2; Punts - 0

CONVERSIONS

Turnovers - 1 (Fumbles - 1, Interceptions - 0)

3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS (BY QUARTER)

End of half - 0; End of game - 0

MISSISSIPPI STATE

OPPONENT SCORES/RED ZONE ENTRIES - 32-38 (84%)

Pct.

Scores - 32

Opponents

Pct.

Touchdowns - 24 (Passing - 11, Rushing - 13), Field Goals - 8

1 2 3 4 OT Total 12-31

22-51

11-31

16-50

0-1

.387 .431 .355 .320 .000 25-51 9-43 14-34 10-36

0-1

.490 .209 .412 .278 .000

61-164 .372 59-166 .355

Non-Scores - 6 Missed Field Goals - 1, Loss of Downs - 0, Punts - 0

3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS (BY DISTANCE)

Turnovers - 4 (Fumbles - 3, Interceptions - 1)

3rd and:

End of half - 0; End of game - 1

MISSISSIPPI STATE

TURNOVERS

* - Offensive series only; does not include overtimes

Pct. Opponents

Takeaways - 24

Pct.

1-3

4-6

7-10

11+

Total

25-47

18-41

12-43

6-33

61-164

.532 .439 .279 .182 21-40 17-43 17-52

4-31

.525 .395 .327 .129

.372 59-166 .355

Giveaways - 17

Difference: +7

4TH DOWN CONVERSIONS (BY QUARTER)

Ratio Per Game: +0.58

1 2 3 4 OT Total

Points Off TOs - MSU 44 (6 TD, 1 FG, 5 PAT[1], 0 PAT[2], 0 Safety)

MISSISSIPPI STATE 1-3 3-5 0-2 8-17 1-1

Opp. 47 (5 TD, 4 FG, 5 PAT[1], 0 PAT[2], 0 Safety)

Pct.

Points Off TOs/Game - MSU 3.7, Opp. 3.9

Opponents Pct.

.333 .600 .000 .471 1.000 3-3 0-3 2-3 3-6 0-1 1.000 .000 .666 .500 .000

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13-28 .464 8-16 .500

CAREER GAMES PLAYED & STARTS LISTING Career 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 No. Name GP (CGP) S (CS) GP-S GP-S GP-S GP-S GP-S 61 Gabe Jackson 51 (51) 51 (51) 12-12 13-13 13-13 13-13 — 27 LaDarius Perkins 49 (10) 23 (10) 11-11 12-12 13-0 13-0 — 11 Deontae Skinner 46 (2) 33 (2) 10-10 13-12 13-11 10-0 — 1 Nickoe Whitley 46 (10) 42 (10) 11-11 13-13 9-7 13-11 — 63 Dillon Day 38 (38) 33 (10) 12-11 13-13 13-9 — — 92 Kaleb Eulls 38 (38) 38 (38) 12-12 13-13 13-13 — — 44 Christian Holmes 38 (38) — 12-0 13-0 13-0 — — 4 Jameon Lewis 38 (38) 12 (7) 12-11 13-0 13-0 — — 17 Tyler Russell 38 (0) 25 (0) 7-5 13-13 9-4 9-0 — 22 Matthew Wells 38 (38) 20 (12) 12-12 13-4 13-3 — — 78 Damien Robinson 37 (12) — 12-0 12-0 13-0 — — 59 Archie Muniz 36 (0) — 11-0 13-0 12-0 — — 41 Baker Swedenburg 36 (0) 33 (0) 10-6 13-13 13-13 — — 66 Ben Beckwith 35 (12) 11 (11) 12-11 12-0 11-0 — — 75 Blaine Clausell 35 (6) 28 (6) 11-11 13-13 11-4 — — 5 Jamerson Love 35 (6) 11 (6) 10-9 12-2 13-0 — — 91 Preston Smith 33 (6) 10 (6) 11-10 13-0 9-0 — — 18 Brandon Hill 32 (0) 4 (0) 7-4 12-0 13-0 — — 12 Robert Johnson 32 (31) 12 (12) 12-12 13-0 7-1 — — 6 Malcolm Johnson 31 (20) 11 (5) 12-9 8-1 11-1 — — 93 P.J. Jones 31 (19) 13 (10) 10-10 9-2 12-1 — — 98 Curtis Virges 31 (0) 1 (0) 10-0 12-1 9-0 — — 7 Nick Griffin 30 (25) 1 (0) 12-0 13-1 5-0 — — 3 Jay Hughes 28 (0) 5 (1) 1-1 13-3 13-0 1-0 — 67 Tobias Smith 28 (0) 12 (6) 0-0 10-9 3-3 12-1 3-0 38 Dee Arrington 25 (0) 1 (0) 3-1 13-0 9-0 — — 90 Denico Autry 25 (25) 22 (22) 12-12 13-10 — — — 40 Devon Bell 25 (25) 25 (25) 12-12 13-13 — — — 72 Winston Chapman 25 (25) — 12-0 13-0 — — — 14 Zach Jackson 25 (1) — 12-0 13-0 — — — 50 Benardrick McKinney 25 (25) 22 (22) 12-12 13-10 — — — 77 Charles Siddoway 25 (25) 25 (25) 12-12 13-13 — — — 23 Taveze Calhoun 24 (8) 11 (8) 11-11 13-0 — — — 26 Kendrick Market 24 (24) 11 (11) 12-11 12-0 — — — 34 Josh Robinson 24 (12) 1 (0) 12-1 12-0 — — — 52 Ferlando Bohanna 23 (1) 1 (0) 1-0 12-1 10-0 — — 55 Dylan Holley 23 (6) 1 (0) 11-1 12-0 — — — 15 Dak Prescott 22 (0) 6 (0) 10-6 12-0 — — — 45 Corvell Harrison 21 (12) — 12-0 3-0 1-0 5-0 — 28 Derrick Milton 21 (7) — 11-0 10-0 — — — 16 Joe Morrow 20 (12) 11(2) 12-11 8-0 — — — 48 Ryan Brown 19 (12) 1 (0) 12-1 7-0 — — — 54 Quay Evans 16 (6) — 6-0 10-0 — — — 82 Rufus Warren 17 (10) — 10-0 7-0 — — — 13 Cedric Jiles 13 (10) 3 (0) 10-3 3-0 — — — 70 Justin Malone 13 (0) 5 (0) 1-1 12-4 — — — 94 Nelson Adams 12 (12) — 12-0 — — — — 42 Beniquez Brown 12 (12) 2 (0) 12-2 — — — — 39 Richie Brown 12 (12) — 12-0 — — — — 33 Kivon Coman 12 (12) — 12-0 — — — — 9 Justin Cox 12 (12) 1 (0) 12-1 — — — — 24 Deontay Evans 12 (12) — 12-0 — — — — 47 A.J. Jefferson 12 (12) — 12-0 — — — — 96 Chris Jones 12 (12) 4 (0) 12-4 — — — — 81 De’Runnya Wilson 12 (12) 1 (0) 12-1 — — — — 31 Tolando Cleveland 11 (11) — 11-0 — — — — 8 Fred Ross 11 (11) — 11-0 — — — — 32 Ashton Shumpert 11 (11) — 11-0 — — — — 71 Cole Carter 10 (0) — 10-0 — — — — 84 Jeremey Chapelle 10 (4) — 10-0 — — — — 10 Brandon Holloway 10 (4) — 10-0 — — — — 58 Justin Senior 10 (10) 1 (0) 10-1 — — — — 88 Nick James 8 (0) — 0-0 8-0 — — — 43 Ivan Muniz 8 (0) — 3-0 4-0 1-0 — — 86 Fred Brown 7 (0) — 7-0 — — — — 2 Will Redmond 7 (7) — 7-0 — — — — 62 Devon Desper 6 (0) — 6-0 — — — — 64 Evan Sobiesk 6 (4) — 6-0 — — — — 26 James Baldwin 5 (0) — 2-0 3-0 — — — 60 Jamaal Clayborn 5 (5) — 5-0 — — — — 14 Damian Williams 5 (3) 1 (1) 5-1 — — — — 29 Quadry Antoine 4 (0) — 4-0 — — — — 99 John Harris 4 (0) — 2-0 2-0 — — — 49 Torrey Dale 2 (0) — 2-0 — — — — 20 Brandon Davis 2 (0) — 2-0 — — — — 42 Taylor Earhart 2 (0) — 2-0 — — — — 83 Michael Hodges 2 (0) — 2-0 — — — — 35 Tyrell Miller 2 (0) — 2-0 — — — — 72 Bailey West 2 (0) — 1-0 1-0 — — — 53 Hunter Bradley 1 (0) — 1-0 — — — — 19 Sam Cowart 1 (0) — 1-0 — — — — 79 Hunter Cunningham 1 (0) — 1-0 — — — — 9 Josh Hand 1 (0) — 1-0 — — — — 53 Mannie Lowery 1 (0) — 1-0 — — — — 28 Rishunn McCaleb 1 (0) — 0-0 1-0 — — — 37 Javous Nicks 1 (0) — 1-0 — — — —

2013 MISSISSIPPI STATE SCORING DRIVES / PLAYS P-YD TOP SCORE OKLAHOMA STATE 1 13-57 6:22 Bell 40 yd field goal ALCORN STATE 1 6-37 2:06 Prescott 11 yd run 2 6-70 1:45 Milton 3 yd run 3 6-80 2:36 Milton 14 yd pass from Prescott 4 9-70 4:10 Shumpert 1 yd run 5 1-31 :08 Lewis 31 yd pass from Prescott 6 8-24 2:34 Bell 26 yd field goal 7 2-1 :48 Shumpert 1 yd run 8 8-89 3:48 Griffin 10 yd run AUBURN 1 2-75 :45 Lewis 14 yd run 2 11-84 4:36 Prescott 5 yd run 3 6-75 2:22 Prescott 2 yd run TROY 1 0-0 0:00 Love 70 yd INT return for TD 2 13-82 6:01 Bell 25 yd field goal 3 4-75 1:16 Prescott 36 yd pass from Lewis 4 1-22 0:09 Prescott 22 yd run 5 4-76 1:36 Prescott 11 yd run 6 7-64 3:12 Robinson 19 yd run 7 3-61 0:24 Lewis 50 yd pass from Prescott 8 10-75 4:32 Lewis 8 yd run 9 8-52 3:55 Sobiesk 24 yd field goal 10 8-56 5:01 Milton 10 yd run LSU 1 3-54 1:09 Prescott 28 yd run 2 11-57 4:20 Bell 35 yd field goal 3 8-75 3:28 Lewis 20 yd pass from Russell 4 2-73 0:40 D. Wilson 59 yd pass from Russell 5 8-67 2:57 Bell 22 yd field goal BOWLING GREEN 1 9-75 5:02 Perkins 1 yd run 2 1-75 0:12 Prescott 75 yd run 3 10-75 3:11 Prescott 10 yd run KENTUCKY 1 5-80 1:37 M. Johnson 60 yd pass from Prescott 2 6-75 2:04 Lewis 19 yd run 3 10-63 2:50 Lewis 17 yd pass from Prescott 4 7-74 3:34 Prescott 17 yd pass from Lewis SOUTH CAROLINA 1 9-60 5:09 Prescott 1 yd run 2 9-32 4:11 Sobiesk 38 yd field goal 3 15-75 5:35 Prescott 11 yd run TEXAS A&M 1 1-51 1:52 Robinson 51 yd run 2 5-35 1:46 Wilson 3 yd pass from Prescott 3 9-96 3:29 Perkins 12 yd pass from Prescott 4 2-75 0:19 Morrow 31 yd pass from Lewis 5 10-75 4:07 Perkins 1 yd run 6 8-58 3:03 Wilson 9 yd pass from Russell ALABAMA 1 5-46 2:42 Siddoway fumble recovery in end zone for TD ARKANSAS 1 6-68 1:45 Bell 24 yd field goal 2 3-40 0:54 Perkins 30 yd pass from Russell 3 11-75 4:53 Lewis 5 yd pass from Russell 4 1-25 0:00 Williams 25 yd run OLE MISS 1 6-30 2:24 Robinson 1 yd run 2 13-59 4:47 Sobiesk 36 yd field goal 3 6-25 0:00 Prescott 3 yd run

GP - games played CGP - consecutive games played S - starts CS - consecutive starts

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20-YARD PLUS PLAYS ards Type Player(s). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Opponent Y 95 KR Brandon Holloway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcorn State *75 Rush Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bowling Green *70 INT Jamerson Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy 68 FGR Taveze Calhoun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma State 66 KR Jameon Lewis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma State 61 Pass Robert Johnson from Dak Prescott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn *60 Pass Malcolm Johnson from Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kentucky *59 Pass De’Runnya Wilson from Tyler Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU 53 INT Taveze Calhoun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alabama *51 Rush Josh Robinson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M *50 Pass Jameon Lewis from Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy 48 INT Taveze Calhoun. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas 47 Rush Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn 46 Pass Jameon Lewis from Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy 46 KR Jameon Lewis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU 44 Rush Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M 44 Rush Jameon Lewis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alcorn State 38 Pass Brandon Hill from Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy *36 Pass Dak Prescott from Jameon Lewis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy 35 Pass Malcolm Johnson from Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma State 34 KR Jameon Lewis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M 35 Rush LaDarius Perkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kentucky 35 Pass Jameon Lewis from Tyler Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas 34 Pass Brandon Holloway from Damian Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy 34 Pass Jameon Lewis from Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn 32 Rush LaDarius Perkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU *31 Pass Joe Morrow from Jameon Lewis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M 32 Pass LaDarius Perkins from Tyler Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma State *31 Pass Jameon Lewis from Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcorn State *30 Pass L. Perkins from Tyler Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas 29 Pass Malcolm Johnson from Tyler Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas 29 INT Nickoe Whitley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn 28 KR Jameon Lewis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU 28 Rush LaDarius Perkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU *28 Rush Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU 28 Pass Artimas Samuel from Dak Prescott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kentucky 26 FR Benardrick McKinney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy *25 Rush Damian Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas 25 KR Jameon Lewis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bowling Green 25 Pass Robert Johnson from Tyler Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas 24 Pass De’Runnya Wilson from Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M 24 Pass Robert Johnson from Tyler Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas 24 Pass Malcolm Johnson from Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcorn State 23 PR Brandon Holloway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss 23 Pass Rufus Warren from Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kentucky 23 Rush Josh Robinson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas 23 Pass Josh Robinson from Tyler Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M 23 Pass Fred Ross from Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcorn State 23 Pass De’Runnya Wilson from Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alcorn State 22 Rush Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU 22 Pass Malcolm Johnson from Tyler Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alabama 22 Rush LaDarius Perkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma State 22 Pass Jameon Lewis from Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Carolina 22 Pass Jameon Lewis from Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU *22 Rush Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Troy 21 Rush Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Carolina 21 Pass De’Runnya Wilson from Tyler Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU 21 Rush Josh Robinson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss 21 KR Jameon Lewis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bowling Green 20 Rush Josh Robinson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU 20 Pass Jameon Lewis from Tyler Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas 20 Pass Jameon Lewis from Dak Prescott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn 20 Pass Jameon Lewis from Tyler Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma State 20 Rush LaDarius Perkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M 20 KR Jameon Lewis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Texas A&M 20 Pass Jameon Lewis from Tyler Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU *20 Pass Jameon Lewis from Tyler Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU 20 Pass Robert Johnson from Dak Prescott . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Oklahoma State 20 Pass Malcolm Johnson from Damian Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ole Miss 20 Pass Malcolm Johnson from Tyler Russell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alabama * touchdown scored on play

LONG PLAYS BY THE NUMBERS Long Plays By Yards No. TD 100+ 0 0 90-99 1 0 80-89 0 0 70-79 2 2 60-69 4 1 50-59 4 3 40-49 6 0 30-39 13 4 20-29 40 4 Long Plays By Type No. TD Rushing 18 5 Passing 37 8 Punt returns 1 0 Kick returns 8 0 Interceptions 4 1 Fumble returns 1 0 Other 1 0 TOTAL 70 14

20-YARD PLUS PLAYS BY PLAYER 20-YARD PLUS BY PLAYER Player No. TD R P KR PR IR FR FGR Jameon Lewis 20 3 1 12 7 0 0 0 0 Dak Prescott 8 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 LaDarius Perkins 7 1 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 Malcolm Johnson 7 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 Robert Johnson 4 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 De’Runnya Wilson 4 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 Josh Robinson 5 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 Taveze Calhoun 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 Brandon Holloway 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 Brandon Hill 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Jamerson Love 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 B. McKinney 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Joe Morrow 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Fred Ross 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Artimas Samuel 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Rufus Warren 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Damian Williams 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nickoe Whitley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 TOTAL 70 14 18 37 8 1 4 2 1

LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEAR Rushing 75

Dak Prescott vs Bowling Green (10/12/2013)

Rushing Touchdown 75 Dak Prescott vs Bowling Green (10/12/2013) Passing 61

Robert Johnson from Dak Prescott vs Auburn (9/14/2013)

Passing Touchdown 60 Malcolm Johnson from Dak Prescott vs Kentucky (10/24/2013) Punt Return 23 Brandon Holloway vs Ole Miss (11/28/2013) Kick Return 95 Brandon Holloway vs Alcorn State (9/7/2013) Interception Return 70 Jamerson Love vs Troy (9/21/2013) Fumble Return 26 B. McKinney vs Troy (9/21/2013) Field Goal Return 68 Taveze Calhoun vs Oklahoma State (8/31/2013) Punt 62

Devon Bell vs South Carolina (11/2/2013)

Field Goal 40

Devon Bell vs Oklahoma State (8/31/2013)

2013 Mississippi State Football Notes • AutoZone Liberty Bowl vs Rice • @HailStateFB

OFFENSIVE DRIVE CHART OKLAHOMA STATE Plays Yards 13 57 5 48 5 33 3 -2 3 8 6 22 4 -9 3 9 3 1 15 75 12 46

ALCORN STATE

Plays Yards 6 37 6 70 3 9 4 4 6 80 9 70 1 31 8 24 2 1 10 64 14 47 5 15 8 89 6 27

AUBURN

Plays Yards 12 57 2 75 6 6 11 84 6 15 6 75 5 23 3 (4) 3 9 7 12 7 20 1 18

TROY

Plays Yards 13 82 4 75 1 22 4 76 7 64 3 61 10 75 13 40 8 52 8 56 3 (2)

Time 6:22 2:25 2:25 2:07 2:04 3:45 1:42 2:08 1:21 5:43 3:59

Result FG INT Punt Punt Punt Punt Downs Punt Punt* MFG INT

Time 2:06 1:45 1:28 1:01 2:36 4:10 0:08 2:34 0:48 5:53 7:15 1:41 3:48 3:24

Result TD TD Punt Downs TD TD TD FG TD! Downs! Downs! INT! TD$$ Downs@

Time 5:09 0:45 2:21 4:36 3:23 2:22 2:36 2:33 2:12 4:02 4:14 0:10

Result Missed FG TD Punt TD Punt TD Punt Punt Punt Punt Punt End of game

Time 6:01 1:16 0:09 1:36 3:12 0:24 4:32 7:51 3:55 5:01 2:06

Result FG TD TD TD TD TD TD Missed FG! FG! TD! End of game!

LSU

Plays Yards Time 3 54 1:09 11 57 4:14 8 75 3:22 4 -1 2:05 2 73 0:34 3 8 1:34 2 -2 0:17 8 67 2:53 9 50 3:10 3 0 0:26 11 41 3:49 3 9 1:13 3 27 1:16

BOWLING GREEN

Plays Yards Time 9 75 5:02 3 19 1:17 1 75 0:12 15 54 9:14 10 75 3:11 3 7 1:46 12 47 5:43 9 54 4:31 5 16 1:12

KENTUCKY

Plays Yards Time 5 80 1:37 6 75 2:04 4 10 2:12 6 19 2:39 10 63 2:50 3 1 1:33 6 43 0:31 6 20 3:12 7 (12) 3:56 7 74 3:34 6 18 3:05 13 32 6:01 1 (2) 0:21

SOUTH CAROLINA

Plays Yards Time 9 60 5:09 4 21 2:07 2 0 0:13 8 26 3:54 3 8 1:29 9 32 4:11 3 (1) 0:54 6 50 0:58 2 (1) 0:37 5 25 3:03 3 14 1:10 3 8 2:19 15 75 5:35 4 27 1:07 3 26 1:00

TEXAS A&M

Plays Yards Time 3 6 2:19 8 29 3:31 1 51 0:17 3 (2) 0:52 9 37 3:40 8 32 4:13 5 35 1:46 1 (2) 0:16 9 23 3:45 3 (1) 1:36

Result TD FG TD Downs TD Punt End of half FG Missed FG INT Downs$ Fumble End of game

Result TD INT TD Punt** TD Punt Missed FG Downs Downs

Result TD TD Punt Punt TD Punt Missed FG Punt Safety TD Punt Downs End of game

Result TD Punt INT INT Punt FG Punt End of half Fumble Punt INT Punt TD Fumble End of game

Result Punt Downs TD Safety Punt Punt TD End of half Missed FG Punt

9 2 3 10 8 4

96 75 16 75 58 23

ALABAMA Plays 6 3 3 10 3 1 3 5 7 3 7 4 4

Yards 21 8 9 73 0 (2) 7 46 43 (5) 16 2 2

ARKANSAS Plays 6 8 6 3 4 8 3 11 7 15 1

Yards 25 47 68 40 33 63 11 75 29 66 25

OLE MISS

3:29 0:19 1:08 4:07 3:03 0:31

TD TD INT TD TD$ End of game

Time 3:31 1:25 1:41 5:38 1:02 0:20 1:11 2:42 3:33 1:36 3:04 1:22 1:44

Result Punt Punt Punt Missed FG Punt End of half Punt TD INT Punt Downs! Downs! Downs!

Time 3:41 4:36 1:45 0:54 1:16 3:43 1:16 4:53 3:27 5:04 0:18

Result Punt Punt! FG TD Fumble Missed FG!! INT TD!! Punt Missed FG## TD!

Plays Yards Time 7 27 3:40 5 11 3:17 9 30 4:26 5 23 4:08 0 1 0:00 6 30 2:24 3 (5) 0:27 1 (2) 0:26 3 5 0:51 3 5 1:03 3 3 1:28 6 43 2:59 4 17 1:47 13 59 4:47 10 45 1:05 6 25 0:00

Result Punt! Punt! Punt! Punt! Fumble! TD! Punt! End of half! Punt! Punt! Punt! INT! Punt FG Missed FG TD

Drives q uarterbacked by Tyler Russell Drives quarterbacked by Dak Prescott ! Drives quarterbacked by Damian Williams @ Drives quarterbacked by Sam Cowart * Russell began drive, Prescott entered in middle ** Russell started drive, Prescott entered in middle and Russell finished drive # Russell started, Prescott entered in middle, Russell returned and Prescott finished drive $ Prescott began drive, Russell finished drive $$ Williams started drive, Cowart entered in middle !! Russell began drive, Williams entered in middle, Russell finished drive ## Russell began drive, Williams finished drive

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DEFENSIVE DRIVE CHART OKLAHOMA STATE Plays 3 4 7 5 3 3 4 11 14 9 5 3

Yards 9 12 20 3 4 69 24 75 52 82 18 22

Time 1:08 0:59 1:58 2:20 0:38 1:33 0:28 4:19 5:21 2:18 3:00 1:51

Result Punt Punt Punt Punt Punt TD MFG TD Downs TD Punt End of Game

Yards 21 3 (4) (9) 5 (2) 6 8 2 1 4 76 (3) 15 40

Time 3:32 1:14 1:02 1:36 1:59 0:56 1:05 1:43 0:49 0:48 0:56 2:11 1:12 0:54 0:33

Result INT Punt Punt Punt Punt Punt Fumble Downs End of half Punt Punt TD Punt Fumble End of game

Yards 52 80 73 6 6 0 59 28 18 0 52 88

Time 4:07 0:50 5:33 1:37 1:27 0:12 2:40 3:03 1:41 0:10 2:26 1:46

Result FG TD FG Punt Punt INT FG Fumble Punt INT Punt TD

Yards 18 65 65 8 8 7 7 5 0 2 (2) 3

Time 2:00 3:49 3:02 1:34 2:11 1:43 1:29 1:00 0:36 1:29 1:41 2:28

Result INT Fumble TD Downs Punt Punt Punt End of half Punt Punt Punt Punt

ALCORN STATE Plays 7 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 1 3 3 6 3 3 2

AUBURN Plays 11 3 13 3 3 2 7 7 4 1 7 12

TROY

Plays 6 11 9 4 7 3 3 2 3 3 3 3

LSU

Plays 10 3 7 2 3 4 9 13 5 1 6 6

Yards 75 77 92 1 (12) 33 70 67 75 5 66 25

Time 4:58 1:19 3:07 0:42 1:34 2:38 1:53 7:24 1:33 0:05 3:44 4:08

BOWLING GREEN Plays 4 4 8 6 6 11 7 9 10 1

Yards 17 (4) 36 96 48 48 76 33 39 30

KENTUCKY Plays 6 6 9 9 3 4 9 7 5 3 8 9

Yards 15 75 28 46 9 23 52 16 52 9 17 29

Time 1:08 1:50 4:16 2:31 1:04 6:02 3:15 4:16 3:06 0:03

Result Punt FG Punt TD FG Missed FG TD Downs Downs Fumble

Time 1:55 2:36 2:37 3:32 1:30 1:44 2:19 2:22 1:01 1:23 2:48 1:47

Result Punt TD Punt Missed FG Punt Punt FG Punt TD Punt FG Downs

SOUTH CAROLINA Plays 3 5 3 3 4 3 3 3 4 5 8 6 3 3

Yards 4 71 5 54 (2) 5 5 5 23 86 20 14 4 3

Result TD TD TD INT Punt Punt TD FG TD TD TD TD

Time 1:05 2:23 1:26 1:17 1:01 1:30 1:39 0:44 1:29 1:59 4:35 3:35 1:47 1:44

Result Punt TD Punt TD FG Punt Punt Punt TD TD FG Punt Punt Punt

TEXAS A&M Plays 3 6 11 5 3 5 4 5 6 5 2 3 5 3 6

Yards 4 62 65 62 9 (3) 75 6 77 23 90 18 27 9 3

ALABAMA Plays 14 3 5 3 5 6 2 9 10 2 1 5 2

Yards 59 1 17 2 13 78 23 77 75 21 2 14 (4)

ARKANSAS Plays 8 11 10 4 0 3 5 6 5 4

Yards 56 48 47 4 0 11 30 57 18 75

OLE MISS Plays 5 14 3 2 6 4 0 17 3 6 4 4 5 3 4

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Yards 12 87 8 (2) 10 17 0 81 0 25 20 20 27 7 25

Time 1:33 1:52 3:08 1:22 1:49 2:44 0:38 1:57 1:44 1:45 0:32 0:59 1:54 1:23 1:48

Result Punt TD INT TD Punt Punt TD INT TD INT TD TD TD Punt Punt

Time 7:01 1:47 2:10 1:11 1:39 2:29 0:56 4:14 4:50 0:48 0:09 2:34 0:58

Result FG Punt Punt Punt INT TD Fumble TD FG INT Fumble Punt End of half

Time 3:58 6:45 4:07 2:26 0:00 0:32 3:36 2:57 2:52 1:54

Result TD Punt FG Downs Fumble End of half Punt TD Punt Fumble

Time 0:49 5:35 1:24 0:29 2:12 0:37 0:00 4:59 0:54 1:57 2:01 2:26 2:20 1:08 0:00

Result INT Missed FG Punt INT INT Punt TD FG Punt Punt Punt Punt Punt Punt Fumble

MISSISSIPPI STATE BOWL HISTORY MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY ALL-TIME BOWL RESULTS (17TH GAME) RECORD: 9-7 Date 1/1/37 1/1/41 12/21/63 12/28/74 12/27/80 12/31/81 12/29/91 1/1/93 1/2/95 1/1/99 12/30/99 12/31/00 12/29/07 1/1/11 12/30/11 1/1/13 12/31/13

Bowl Orange Orange Liberty Sun Sun Hall of Fame Liberty Peach Peach Cotton Peach Independence Liberty Gator Music City Gator Liberty

Opponent Duquesne Georgetown NC State North Carolina Nebraska Kansas Air Force North Carolina NC State Texas Clemson Texas A&M UCF Michigan Wake Forest Northwestern Rice

Site Miami, Fla. Miami, Fla. Philadelphia, Pa. El Paso, Texas El Paso, Texas Birmingham, Ala. Memphis, Tenn. Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. Dallas, Texas Atlanta, Ga. Shreveport, La. Memphis, Tenn. Jacksonville, Fla. Nashville, Tenn. Jacksonville, Fla. Memphis, Tenn.

Stadium Attendance W-L Orange Bowl 9,210 L Orange Bowl 29,554 W Philadelphia Stadium 8,309 W Sun Bowl 26,035 W Sun Bowl 34,723 L Legion Field 41,672 W Liberty Bowl 61,497 L The Georgia Dome 69,125 L The Georgia Dome 64,902 L Cotton Bowl 72,611 L The Georgia Dome 73,315 W Independence Stadium 36,974 W Liberty Bowl 63,816 W EverBank Field 68,352 W LP Field 55,208 W EverBank Field 48,612 L Liberty Bowl

COACHES IN MSU BOWL GAMES

Date 1/1/37 1/1/41 12/21/63 12/28/74 12/27/80 12/31/81 12/29/91 1/1/93 1/2/95 1/1/99 12/30/99 12/31/00 12/29/07 1/1/11 12/30/11 1/1/13 12/31/13

Bowl Orange Orange Liberty Sun Sun Hall of Fame Liberty Peach Peach Cotton Peach Independence Liberty Gator Music City Gator Liberty

Opponent Duquesne Georgetown North Carolina State North Carolina Nebraska Kansas Air Force North Carolina North Carolina State Texas Clemson Texas A&M UCF Michigan Wake Forest Northwestern Rice

MSU Coach Ralph Sasse Allyn McKeen Paul Davis Bob Tyler Emory Bellard Emory Bellard Jackie Sherrill Jackie Sherrill Jackie Sherrill Jackie Sherrill Jackie Sherrill Jackie Sherrill Sylvester Croom Dan Mullen Dan Mullen Dan Mullen Dan Mullen

BEST BOWL-GAME WINNING PERCENTAGE BY MSU COACH Coach Sylvester Croom Paul Davis Allyn McKeen Bob Tyler Dan Mullen Emory Bellard Jackie Sherrill Ralph Sasse

W-L 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 1-1 2-4 0-1

Pct. 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .667 .500 .333 .000

Opposing Coach John Smith Jack Hagerty Earle Edwards Bill Dooley Tom Osborne Don Fambrough Fisher DeBerry Mac Brown Mike O’Cain Mac Brown Tommy Bowden R.C. Slocum George O’Leary Rich Rodriguez Jim Grobe Pat Fitzgerald David Bailiff

MOST BOWL WINS BY MSU COACH Coach Dan Mullen Jackie Sherrill Sylvester Croom Paul Davis Allyn McKeen Bob Tyler Emory Bellard Ralph Sasse

W-L 2-1 2-4 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-1

Pct. .667 .333 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .500 .000

MSU BOWL GAME MOST VALUABLE PLAYERS 1963 LIBERTY BOWL

1995 PEACH BOWL

Ode Burrell

Tim Rogers (MSU Offense) Larry Williams (MSU Defense)

1974 SUN BOWL

Terry Vitrano Jimmy Webb - Outstanding Lineman

1999 PEACH BOWL

Wayne Madkin - Offensive

1981 HALL OF FAME BOWL

2000 INDEPENDENCE BOWL

John Bond John Bond (MSU Offense) Johnie Cooks (MSU Defense)

Willie Blade - Defensive

2007 LIBERTY BOWL Derek Pegues

1991 MSU LIBERTY BOWL

Kenny Roberts (MSU Offense) Keo Coleman (MSU Defense)

1993 PEACH BOWL

Greg Plump (MSU Offense) Marc Woodard (MSU Defense)

2011 GATOR BOWL Chris Relf 2011 MUSIC CITY BOWL Vick Ballard

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Score 12-13 14-7 16-12 26-24 17-31 10-0 15-38 17-21 24-28 11-38 17-7 43-41[OT] 10-3 52-14 23-17 20-34

MISSISSIPPI STATE BOWL RECORDS TEAM RECORDS PASSING

MOST KICKOFF RETURNS

FEWEST YARDS

MSU: 5 vs. Northwestern (2013 Gator)

MSU: 158 vs. Georgetown (1941 Orange)

5 vs. Texas A&M (2000 Independence)

MOST COMPLETIONS

5 vs. Texas (1999 Cotton)

Opponent: 206 by Kansas (1981 Hall of Fame)

MSU: 25 vs. North Carolina (1993 Peach)

5 vs. North Carolina (1974 Sun)

18 vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

Opponent: 8 by Michigan (2011 Gator)

17 vs. Clemson (1999 Peach)

Opponent: 27 by Michigan (2011 Gator)

5 by three teams

195 vs. Nebraska (1980 Sun)

219 by UCF (2007 Liberty)

MOST PLAYS MSU: 86 vs. North Carolina (1993 Peach)

MOST KICKOFF RETURN YARDS

MSU: 129 vs. Texas (1999 Cotton)

Opponent: 90 by Clemson (1999 Peach)

FEWEST COMPLETIONS

26 by Wake Forest (2011 Music City)

MSU: 3 vs. North Carolina (1974 Sun)

128 vs. Texas A&M (2000 Independence)

Opponent: 191 by Michigan (2011 Gator)

5 by North Carolina (1974 Sun)

5 by NC State (1963 Liberty)

5 by Duquesne (1937 Orange)

MOST ATTEMPTS

RUSHING

59 vs. Texas A&M (2000 Independence)

59 vs. Wake Forest (2011 Music City)

MSU: 68 vs. North Carolina (1974 Sun)

Opponent: 53 by North Carolina (1993 Peach)

58 vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

Opponent: 69 by Air Force (1991 Liberty)

Opponent: 56 by Clemson (1999 Peach)

48 by Wake Forest (2011 Music City)

MSU: 56 vs. NC State (1963 Liberty)

MOST ATTEMPTS

MSU: 45 vs. North Carolina (1993 Peach) 40 vs. Texas (1999 Cotton)

86 by Wake Forest (2011 Music City)

FEWEST PLAYS

3 vs. NC State (1963 Liberty)

Opponent: 1 by Air Force (1991 Liberty)

81 vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

58 by Texas A&M (2000 Independence)

54 by Nebraska (1980 Sun)

MISCELLANEOUS TEAM RECORDS

54 by North Carolina (1974 Sun)

MOST FIRST DOWNS MSU: 26 vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

FEWEST ATTEMPTS

25 vs. North Carolina (1974 Sun)

FEWEST ATTEMPTS

MSU: 32 vs. Texas (1999 Cotton)

24 vs. North Carolina (1993 Peach)

MSU: 6 vs. NC State (1963 Liberty)

33 vs. Northwestern (2013 Gator)

Opponent: 27 by Texas (1999 Cotton)

33 vs. Clemson (1999 Peach)

8 vs. North Carolina (1974 Sun)

Opponent: 2 by Air Force (1991 Liberty)

11 by Texas A&M (2000 Independence)

MOST YARDS MSU: 296 vs. North Carolina (1993 Peach)

281 vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

Opponent: 306 by Clemson (1999 Peach)

254 by Michigan (2011 Gator)

34 by Clemson (1999 Peach)

FEWEST FIRST DOWNS

36 by North Carolina (1993 Peach)

MSU: 8 vs. Georgetown (1941 Orange)

12 vs. Kansas (1981 Hall of Fame)

MOST YARDS

12 vs. Duquesne (1937 Orange)

MSU: 455 vs. North Carolina (1974 Sun)

Opponent: 13 by North Carolina (1993 Peach)

MSU: 28 vs. NC State (1963 Liberty)

44 vs. North Carolina (1974 Sun)

Opponent: 10 by Air Force (1991 Liberty)

275 vs. NC State (1963 Liberty)

Opponent: 318 by Air Force (1991 Liberty)

FEWEST YARDS

58 by NC State (1963 Liberty)

2 vs. North Carolina (1993 Peach)

2 vs. Nebraska (1980 Sun)

2 vs. Wake Forest (2011 Music City)

Opponent: 5 by Clemson (1999 Peach)

4 by Duquesne (1937 Orange)

PUNTING

14 by Kansas (1981 Hall of Fame)

14 by Georgetown (1941 Orange)

14 by Duquesne (1937 Orange)

277 by North Carolina (1974 Sun)

MSU: 87 vs. Texas (1999 Cotton)

MOST PENALTIES

MSU: 21 vs. Clemson (1999 Peach)

93 vs. Nebraska (1980 Sun)

Opponent: 35 by Kansas (1981 Hall of Fame) 63 by Wake Forest (2011 Music City)

11 vs. NC State (1963 Liberty)

Opponent: 8 by Clemson (1999 Peach)

MOST INTERCEPTIONS THROWN

14 by Texas A&M (2000 Independence)

FEWEST YARDS

MSU: 4 vs. Northwestern (2013 Gator)

24 by Clemson (1999 Peach)

Opponent: 25 by Michigan (2011 Gator)

7 by Kansas (1981 Hall of Fame)

SCORING

MOST PENALTY YARDS

MOST POINTS SCORED

MSU: 188 vs. Clemson (1999 Peach)

MSU: 52 vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

Opponent: 90 by Georgetown (1941 Orange)

43 vs. Texas A&M (2000 Independence)

122 vs. NC State (1963 Liberty)

Opponent: 41 by Texas A&M (2000 Independence)

82 by Clemson (1999 Peach)

38 by Texas (1999 Cotton)

82 by Kansas (1981 Hall of Fame)

38 by Air Force (1991 Liberty) FEWEST PENALTIES

LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY

MSU: 1 vs. Duquesne (1937 Orange)

MSU: 11 vs. UCF (2007 Liberty)

MSU: 38 pts (52-14) vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

10 pts (17-7) vs. Clemson (1999 Peach)

Opponent: 1 by Duquesne (1937 Orange)

10 pts (10-0) vs. Kansas (1981 Hall of Fame)

MOST PUNTS 11 vs. Georgetown (1941 Orange)

Opponent: 9 by Kansas (1981 Hall of Fame)

9 by Duquesne (1937 Orange)

HIGHEST PUNTING AVERAGE

2 by NC State (1995 Peach)

Opponent: 27 pts (38-11) by Texas (1999 Cotton)

4 vs. Nebraska (1980 Sun)

2 by North Carolina (1974 Sun)

23 pts (38-15) by Air Force (1991 Liberty) FEWEST PENALTY YARDS

MOST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED

MSU: 5 vs. Duquesne (1937 Orange)

Opponent: 48.0 by NC State (1995 Peach)

MSU: 6 vs. NC State (1995 Peach)

Opponent: 3 by UCF (2007 Liberty)

Opponent: 5 by Duquesne (1937 Orange)

RETURNS

MOST FIELD GOALS MADE

MSU: 53.0 vs. NC State (1995 Peach)

23 vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

15 by NC State (1995 Peach)

MSU: 5 vs. NC State (1995 Peach)

MOST FUMBLES

MSU: 5 vs. Texas A&M (2000 Independence)

Opponent: 2 by Northwestern (2013 Gator)

MSU: 5 vs. Kansas (1981 Hall of Fame)

MOST PUNT RETURNS 5 vs. Wake Forest (2011 Music City)

2 by NC State (1995 Peach)

MOST PUNT RETURN YARDS MSU: 101 vs. NC State (1995 Peach) Opponent: 54 by UCF (2007 Liberty)

5 vs. Nebraska (1980 Sun)

Opponent: 3 by North Carolina (1974 Sun)

Opponent: 8 by Wake Forest (2011 Music City)

TOTAL OFFENSE

2 by three teams

MOST YARDS

MOST FUMBLES LOST

MSU: 499 vs. North Carolina (1974 Sun)

MSU: 4 vs. Nebraska (1980 Sun)

485 vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

2 vs. Air Force (1991 Liberty)

450 vs. North Carolina (1993 Peach)

2 vs. Wake Forest (2011 Music City)

Opponent: 463 by Texas (1999 Cotton)

402 by North Carolina (1974 Sun)

Opponent: 2 by NC State (1963 Liberty)

1 by six teams

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MISSISSIPPI STATE BOWL RECORDS INDIVIDUAL RECORDS

RECEIVING

SCORING

MOST RECEPTIONS

MOST POINTS SCORED

PASSING

8 by Willie Harris vs. North Carolina (1993 Peach)

18 by VIck Ballard vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

MOST COMPLETIONS

5 by Kenny Roberts vs. North Carolina (1993 Peach)

18 by Dontae Walker vs. Texas A&M (2000 Independence)

24 by Greg Plump vs. North Carolina (1993 Peach)

5 by Chris Smith vs. Wake Forest (2011 Music City)

16 by Tim Rogers vs. NC State (1995 Peach)

18 by Chris Relf vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

4 by Dicenzo Miller vs. Texas A&M (2000 Independence)

12 by Vick Ballard vs. Wake Forest (2011 Music City)

17 by Wayne Madkin vs. Clemson (1999 Peach)

4 by Lahitia Grant vs. Texas (1999 Cotton)

12 by Walter Packer vs. North Carolina (1974 Sun)

13 by Derrick Taite vs. NC State (1995 Peach

4 by Kevin Cooper vs. Texas (1999 Cotton)

8 by Devon Bell vs. Northwestern (2013 Gator)

12 by Tyler Russell vs Northwestern (2013 Gator)

4 by Kenny Roberts vs. Air Force (1991 Liberty)

8 by Vic Nickels vs. North Carolina (1974 Sun)

12 by Chris Relf vs. Wake Forest (2011 Music City)

4 by Mardye McDole vs. Nebraska (1980 Sun)

12 by Matt Wyatt vs. Texas (1999 Cotton)

4 by Chris Smith vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

MOST FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED 6 by Tim Rogers vs. NC State (1995 Peach)

9 by Wayne Madkin vs. Texas A&M (2000 Independence) MOST YARDS

3 by Dana Moore vs. Kansas (1981 Hall of Fame)

MOST ATTEMPTS

127 by Willie Harris vs. North Carolina (1993 Peach)

2 by Devon Bell vs. Northwestern (2013 Gator)

40 by Greg Plump vs. North Carolina (1993 Peach)

79 by LaDarius Perkins vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

2 by Brian Hazelwood vs. Texas (1999 Cotton)

38 by Wayne Madkin vs. Clemson (1999 Peach)

79 by Mardye McDole vs. Nebraska (1980 Sun)

2 by Chris Gardner vs. North Carolina (1993 Peach)

28 by Tyler Russell vs. Northwestern (2013 Gator)

65 by Michael Carr vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

2 by Vic Nickels vs. North Carolina (1974 Sun)

28 by Derrick Taite vs. NC State (1995 Peach)

62 by Lahitia Grant vs. Texas (1999 Cotton)

2 by Justin Canale vs. NC State (1963 Liberty)

24 by Matt Wyatt vs. Texas (1999 Cotton)

62 by Keffer McGee vs. NC State (1995 Peach)

23 by Chris Relf vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

49 by Kenny Roberts vs. UNC (1993 Peach)

MOST FIELD GOALS MADE

20 by “PeeWee” Armstrong vs. Duquesne (1937 Orange)

47 by Chris Smith vs. Wake Forest (2011 Music City)

5 by Tim Rogers vs. NC State (1995 Peach)

39 by Chris Jones vs. NC State (1995 Peach)

2 by Devon Bell vs. Northwestern (Gator)

39 by Fred McCrary vs. NC State (1995 Peach)

2 by Vic Nickels vs. North Carolina (1974 Sun)

MOST YARDS 287 by Greg Plump vs. North Carolina (1993 Peach) 281 by Chris Relf vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

MOST TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS

MISCELLANEOUS

176 by Wayne Madkin vs. Clemson (1999 Peach)

1 by Arceto Clark vs. Northwestern (2013 Gator)

MOST INTERCEPTIONS

156 by Matt Wyatt vs. Texas (1999 Cotton)

1 by Malcolm Johnson vs. Northwestern (2013 Gator)

2 by Nickoe Whitley vs. Northwestern (2013 Gator)

141 by Derrick Taite vs. NC State (1995 Peach)

1 by Michael Carr vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

1 by many players (most recent follow)

129 by Chris Relf vs. Wake Forest (2011 Music City)

1 by Arceto Clark vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

1 by Denico Autry vs. Northwestern (2013 Gator)

112 by Chuck Armstrong vs. Duquesne (1937 Orange)

1 by Arceto Clark vs. Wake Forest (2011 Music City) 1 by Ricco Sanders vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

MSU LONG PLAYS

MOST TOUCHDOWN PASSES

1 by Donald Lee vs. Texas A&M (2000 Independence)

LONGEST RUSH

3 by Chris Relf vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

1 by Dicenzo Miller vs. Texas A&M (2000 Independence)

72, Vick Ballard vs. Wake Forest (2011 Music City)

2 by Tyler Russell vs. Northwestern (2013 Gator)

1 by Dontae Walker vs. Clemson (1999 Peach)

2 by Wayne Madkin vs. Texas A&M (2000 Independence)

1 by Lahitia Grant vs. Texas (1999 Cotton)

LONGEST PASS

1 by Olanda Truitt vs. North Carolina (1993 Peach)

81, Chris Relf to LaDarius Perkins vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

MOST INTERCEPTIONS THROWN

1 by Trenell Edwards vs. Air Force (1991 Liberty)

4 by Tyler Russell vs. Northwestern (2013 Gator)

1 by Michael Haddix vs. Nebraska (1980 Sun)

LONGEST PUNT

2 by Greg Plump vs. North Carolina (1993 Peach)

1 by Fred Walters vs. Duquesne (1937 Orange)

82, Ike Pickle vs. Duquesne (1937 Orange)

2 by John Bond vs. Nebraska (1980 Sun) 2 by Chris Relf vs. Wake Forest (2011 Music City)

RUSHING

LONGEST FIELD GOAL

MOST ATTEMPTS

47, Devon Bell vs. Northwestern (2013 Gator); Dana Moore vs. Nebraska (1980 Sun)

PUNTING

24 by Anthony Dixon vs. UCF (2007 Liberty)

MOST PUNTS

24 by Walter Packer vs. North Carolina (1974 Sun)

11 by Blake McAdams vs. UCF (2007 Liberty)

23 by Donald Ray King vs. Nebraska (1980 Sun)

LONGEST PUNT RETURN

11 by Sonny Bruce vs. Georgetown (1941 Orange)

22 by James Johnson vs. Texas (1999 Cotton)

50, Keffer McGee vs. NC State (1995 Peach)

20 by Vick Ballard vs. Michigan (2011 Gator) HIGHEST PUNTING AVERAGE

20 by Terry Vitrano vs. North Carolina (1974 Sun)

LONGEST KICKOFF RETURN

53.0 by Andy Russ vs. N.C. State (1995 Peach)—3 punts

19 by LaDarius Perkins vs. Northwestern (2013 Gator)

62, Glen Young vs. Nebraska (1980 Sun)

50.0 by Dana Moore vs. Nebraska (1980 Sun)—5 punts

17 by John Bond vs. Kansas (1981 Hall of Fame)

BLOCKED PUNTS

MOST YARDS

Andre Bennett vs. NC State (1995 Peach)

183 by Walter Packer vs. North Carolina (1974 Sun)

Hunter Corhern vs. Georgetown (1941 Orange)

180 by Vick Ballard vs. Wake Forest (2011 Music City)

OPPONENT LONG PLAYS

164 by Terry Vitrano vs. North Carolina (1974 Sun)

LONGEST RUSH

143 by Dontae Walker vs. Texas A&M (2000 Independence)

37, Ricky Williams of Texas (1999 Cotton)

LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURN 40, Derek Pegues vs. UCF (2007 Liberty)

112 by James Johnson vs. Texas (1999 Cotton) 96 by Donald Ray King vs. Nebraska (1980 Sun)

LONGEST PASS 72, B. Brumbaugh to E. Hefferle of Duquesne (1937 Orange)

MOST RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS 3 by Vick Ballard vs. Michigan (2011 Gator)

LONGEST PUNT

3 by Dontae Walker vs. Texas A&M (2000 Independence)

63, Bucky Scribner of Kansas (1981 Hall of Fame)

2 by Vick Ballard vs. Wake Forest (2011 Music City) 2 by Walter Packer vs. North Carolina (1974 Sun)

LONGEST FIELD GOAL 47, Kris Stockton of Texas (1999 Cotton Bowl) LONGEST PUNT RETURN 24, Bracey Walker of North Carolina (1993 Peach) LONGEST KICKOFF RETURN 41, Martavious Odoms of Michigan (2011 Gator) LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURN 44, Cliff Baskerville of North Carolina (1993 Peach)

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1937 ORANGE BOWL

Mississippi State 12 Duquesne 13

January 1, 1937 - Orange Bowl - Miami, Florida

A desperation 72-yard touchdown pass from tailback Boyd Brumbaugh

Mississippi State 6 6 0 0 = 12

to end Ernie Hefferlie spelled an end to Mississippi State’s upset hopes as

Duquesne 0 7 0 6 = 13

Duquesne edged the Bulldogs 13-12 in the first decade of Orange Bowl hisMSU — Pickle 10 run (kick failed)

tory. With time running out, coach John “Little Clipper” Smith’s Dukes went to

DU — Brumbaugh 1 run (Brumbaugh kick)

the air. His team had thrown six straight incompletions before Brumbaugh

MSU — Walters 40 pass from Armstrong (kick failed)

heaved one after fading back all the way to his own 20-yard line. Hefferlie

DU — Hefferlie 72 pass from Brumbaugh (kick failed)

cradled it in at the State 25 and scored untouched for the game-winner. “A shouting, shirt-sleeved crowd of 9,210 went wild when Brumbaugh’s

MSU DU

bull’s eye in the final period pulled the Dukes from almost certain defeat,” a

First Downs

local newspaper account detailed.

Rushing Yards 111 199

12 14

Coach Ralph Sasse’s Bulldogs, who ended the year at a hearty 7-3-1 after the

Passing Yards 159 110

postseason clash, scored first on a 10-yard run by back Ike Pickle. Pickle later

Passes (C-A-I) 8-23-0 5-15-4

boomed an 82-yard punt for an Orange Bowl record that still stands.

Total Offense 270 309

After Brumbaugh plunged 1 yard and a PAT kick put the Dukes of

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0

Pittsburgh, Pa., ahead 7-6, State reversed the advantage again when tailback

Penalties-Yards 1-5 1-5

Pee Wee Armstrong of Meridian lofted a 40-yard touchdown pass to Fred Walters of Laurel to give the Bulldogs a 12-7 lead. That same twosome had combined for a 65-yard scoring pass to give MSU a stunning 13-7 upset at Army during the 1935 season. Armstrong’s scintillating passes had provided State with the impetus to gain the lead. His aerial strikes set up Pickle’s touchdown run prior to his throw to Walters to gain Mississippi State the lead. Brumbaugh later found Hefferlie for the game-winning TD pass in the fourth quarter. The Dukes edged State after two Bulldog conversion tries had failed. The narrow loss to Duquesne was a microcosm of the ‘36 season for State. The Maroons lost three games by a total of 20 points.

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1941 ORANGE BOWL

Mississippi State 14 Georgetown 7

January 1, 1941 - Orange Bowl - Miami, Florida

The Associated Press proclaimed following State’s standout season:

Mississippi State 7 7 0 0 = 14

“Mississippi State reigns as undisputed king of football in the Deep South.

Georgetown 0 0 7 0 = 7

State’s 13-0 trouncing of Alabama and subsequent acceptance of an Orange Bowl bid eliminated any doubt that the Maroons were gridiron kings of these

MSU — Tripson blocked-punt recovery (Dees kick)

parts.”

MSU — Jefferson 2 run (Bruce kick)

Almost a year before the United States of America officially entered World

GU — Castiglia 2 run (Lio kick)

War II, Mississippi State downed the Georgetown Hoyas (who reigned strongly in Eastern football circles in those days) 14-7 in the ‘41 Orange Bowl to end the

MSU GU

year with a 10-0-1 record and a No. 9 ranking nationally.

First Downs

Coach Allyn McKeen’s crew scored in the first quarter when tackle John

Rushing Yards 106 125

Tripson covered a blocked Hoya punt in the end zone and Wilbur Dees’ extra

Passing Yards 52 104

point gave the Bulldogs a quick 7-0 lead.

Passes (C-A-I) 5-11-0 10-23-3

State’s rugged defense took control in the second quarter after the Bulldogs

Total Offense 158 229

had jumped ahead 14-0 when tailback Billy Jefferson scored on a 2-yard dive

Fumbles-Lost 2-0 1-0

play and Sonny Bruce kicked the PAT.

Penalty Yards 71 90

8 14

Georgetown dented Coach McKeen’s vaunted defense for the lone Hoyas’ TD of the day in the third quarter when Benny Castiglia hit paydirt on a 2-yard

Attendance: 29,554

run. But MSU managed good ball control behind the running of tailback Harvey Johnson and the defensive work of all-America end Buddy Elrod to secure its first bowl win. State was led by Starkville native Hunter Corhern, a captain of the team and an outstanding guard. MSU was considered to have the finest line in the South during the ‘40 season, a group that boasted three all-Southeastern Conference performers, plus the aforementioned Elrod, a consensus all-America. When asked to compare all his great teams at Mississippi State, head coach Allyn McKeen said, “Some of the school’s greatest wins came during the 1939 season, but I have to go with the 1940 team as my best.”

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1963 LIBERTY BOWL

Mississippi State 16 NC State 12

December 21, 1963 - Philadelphia Stadium - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Hot coffee froze on press box ledges between kickoff and halftime, but the action on the field was warm enough to offset eight-degree temperatures and

Mississippi State 13 3 0 0

= 16

NC State 0 6 0 6 = 12

17 mile-per-hour winds outside as coach Paul Davis’ Bulldogs took a 16-12 win over the North Carolina State Wolfpack. As the Bulldogs capped a 7-2-2 season before their first national television

MSU — Inman 11 blocked-punt return (Canale kick) MSU — Fisher 3 run (kick failed)

audience (on NBC, with the legendary Lindsey Nelson providing play-by-play)

MSU — Canale 43 FG

at Philadelphia Stadium, a blocked punt helped provide MSU’s margin of vic-

NCSU — Rossi 1 run (pass failed)

tory for the second bowl game in a row.

NCSU — Barlow 5 pass from Rossi (pass failed)

In the first quarter, MSU end Bill McGuire blocked a Dave Houtz punt at the N.C. State 26, and fellow end Tommy Inman scooped up the loose football and

ran it 11 yards for an MSU score. Justin Canale’s PAT made it 7-0. Quarterback

First Downs

Sonny Fisher gave the Bulldogs a little more breathing room later in the period

Rushing Yards 53-275 52-176

as the Laurel, Miss., resident sprinted 3 yards for a second touchdown. Canale’s

Passing Yards 28 58

extra-point kick failed, but the future pro football standout later redeemed

Passes (C-A-I)

himself.

Total Offense 303 234

He gave MSU a 16-0 second-quarter lead with a 43-yard field goal into the

MSU NCSU 16 15

3-6-1 5-12-0

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-2 Penalties-Yards 11-122

gusty wind.

3-25

But North Carolina State made a bit of a comeback bid, aided by 122 yards on 11 penalties assessed against the aggressive Bulldogs. The Wolfpack

Rushing: (MSU) Granger 13-94, Fisher 16-81 1TD, Burrell, 10-69, Hodges 8-21,

scored the last two touchdowns of the game, but both two-point conversion

Sparks 4-18, Edwards 2-(-8); (NCSU) Rossi 18-67 1TD, Falzarano 12-42, Scarpati

attempts failed.

7-22, Kazarsky 7-21, Clark 7-17, Houtz 1-7.

Coach Davis and his team had heaters on the State bench and a Plexiglas canopy to protect them from the frigid air. “The defense did a good job all day, especially considering the conditions,” Davis said. “We had a stronger line.”

Passing: (MSU) Edwards 1-1-18-0; Fisher 2-5-10-1; (NCSU) Rossi 5-12-58-0 1TD. Receiving: (MSU) Bland 2-17, Inman 1-11; (NCSU) Barlow 3-30 1TD, Clark 1-23, Scarpati 1-5. Attendance: 8,309

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1974 SUN BOWL

Mississippi State North Carolina

26 24

December 28, 1974 - Sun Bowl - El Paso, Texas

Mississippi State’s 26-24 Sun Bowl win over North Carolina was one of the

Mississippi State 7 3 10 6 =26

truly great contests of the 1974-75 bowl season.

North Carolina 7 0 14 3 =24

Coach Bob Tyler’s Bulldogs, who finished 9-3 and 18th in the nation, set the stage for the game when Most Valuable Offensive Player Terry Vitrano took a

MSU — Packer 1 run (Nickels kick)

handoff from quarterback Rockey Felker and sprinted 55 yards on the game’s

UNC — Betterson 1 run (Alexander kick)

opening play.

MSU — Nickels 24 FG

While a rising fog blanketed the field during most of the first half, Vitrano

UNC — Betterson 6 run (Alexander kick)

gained big chunks of real estate to end the day with 164 yards on 20 carries,

MSU — Packer 16 run (Nickels kick)

including a game-winning, two-yard touchdown run.

UNC — Jerome 29 pass from Kupec (Alexander kick)

That run capped a 6:29 drive that ate most of the fourth-quarter clock,

MSU — Nickels 32 FG

ending at the 3:41 mark. Three times MSU faced third downs on the drive and

UNC — Alexander 26 FG

State faced a fourth-and-2 at the UNC 25-yard line, where Felker called his

MSU — Vitrano 2 run (kick failed)

own number, clawing for 15 yards. Felker then ran eight more yards to set up Vitrano winning score.

MSU UNC

The drive reminded both Tyler and Felker of the Bulldogs’ 29-28 win over

First Downs

25 22

Memphis State earlier in the year, a game in which State drove 98 yards in the

Rushes-Yards 68-455 54-277

closing two minutes for the win.

Passing Yards

All-America defensive tackle Jimmy Webb, named Most Valuable Defensive

Passes (C-A-I)

44 125

3-8-0 5-15-1

Player in the game, registered one of his most critical 12 tackles of the day on

Total Offense 499 402

a fourth-and-short situation at midfield in the fourth quarter to preserve the

Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-0

MSU win.

Penalties-Yards 5-45 2-30

MSU’s all-SEC tailback Walter Packer piled up 183 yards on 24 attempts, scoring on runs of 1 and 16 yards while Vic Nickels kicked field goals of 24

RUSHING: (MSU) Packer 24-183 2TD, Vitrano 20-164 1TD, Felker 14-69,

and 32 yards.

Johnson 7-22, Smith 3-17; (UNC) Voight 17-90, Betterson 19-84 2TD, Oliver

Mississippi State’s 455 yards of rushing, which still stand as a Sun Bowl

9-57, Lamens 4-32, Jerome 4-14, Kupec 1-(-10).

record, were just a bit much for the Tar Heels, coached by MSU grad Bill Dooley.

PASSING: (MSU) Felker 2-7-33-0; Johnson 1-1-11-0; (UNC) Kupec 5-15-125-1

“This team was better than we expected in a lot of ways,” Tyler said. “I think

1TD.

we’re a year ahead. We established unity in our program that usually takes two

RECEIVING: (MSU) Lewis 2-27, Barkum 1-17; (UNC) Norton 2-61, Jerome 2-42

seasons to establish. I’ve never been more confident or enthusiastic about the

1TD, Waddell 1-22.

future than I am right now.” Attendance: 26,035

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1980 SUN BOWL

Mississippi State 17 Nebraska 31

December 27, 1980 - Sun Bowl - El Paso, Texas

The scene was the same as six years earlier in the Sun Bowl when Mississippi

Mississippi State 0 0 3 14 = 17

State engaged a team that had as much talent as any football power in the

Nebraska 7 10 7 7 = 31

nation. This bowl trip proved to be less successful, however, as coach Tom

UN — Brown 23 run (Seibel kick), 12:30 1st UN — Seibel 22 FG, 3:23 2nd

Osborne’s Huskers prevailed in a 31-17 contest. Mississippi State had won five consecutive regular-season games to enter

UN — Finn 8 pass from Quinn (Seibel kick), 1:57 2nd

the contest with a 9-2 record under coach Emory Bellard, but Nebraska was

MSU — Moore 47 FG, 7:12 3rd

just a bit too deep and powerful as the Huskers took a 17-0 halftime lead.

UN — Franklin 2 run (Seibel kick), 2:16 3rd

State’s high-powered offensive attack, which set school records for total

MSU — Bond 1 run (Morgan kick), 11:44 4th

offense and rushing offense, later cut the margin to 24-17 behind the option

UN — McCrady 52 pass from Quinn (Seibel kick), 3:21 4th

play of freshman quarterback John Bond of Valdosta, Ga.

MSU — Haddix 11 pass from Bond (Morgan kick), 1:00 4th

He ran for one

touchdown on a 1-yard sneak and hit all-SEC tailback Michael Haddix of Walnut, Miss., for an 11-yard TD pass and MSU’s final touchdown.

MSU UN

The day, however, belonged to Nebraska’s defense, which held Bond to

First Downs 15 16

minus-8 yards rushing on 16 carries, and to seven completions in 19 attempts

Rushes-Yards 53-93 54-159

with two interceptions.

Passing Yards 102 159

Sophomore kicking specialist Dana Moore from Baton Rouge, La., booted

Passes (C-A-I) 7-19-2 9-19-1

a 47-yard field goal and had a 64-yard punt, enabling him to achieve an MSU-

Total Offense 195 318

record, 50-yard punting average for the afternoon.

Fumbles-Lost 5-4 1-1

“I am proud of our team and the season we had,” Bellard said. “We just flat

Penalties-Yards 4-30

4-37

out gave Nebraska too many opportunities. Our defense played well enough to win. Looking at what we have, we will be back next year.”

RUSHING: (MSU) King 23-96, Haddix 4-14, Wonsley 1-8, McDole 5-7, Collins 1-2, Parenton 2-(-4), Bond 16-(-8), Moore 1-(-21); (UN) Franklin 17-67 1TD, Redwine 13-42, Brown 1-23 1TD, Craig 5-13, Steels 2-9, Kotera 2-7, Johnson 3-3, Quinn 11-(-5). PASSING: (MSU) Bond 7-19-102-2 1TD; (UN) Quinn 9-19-151-1 2TD. RECEIVING: (MSU) McDole 4-69, Price 1-25, Haddix 1-11 1TD, Doss 1-7; (UN) McCrady 2-107 1TD, Brown 2-16, Steels 2-14, Davies 1-9, Finn 1-8 1TD, Kotera 1-5. Attendance: 34,723.

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1981 HALL OF FAME BOWL

Mississippi State 10 Kansas 0

December 31, 1981 - Legion Field - Birmingham, Alabama

With Defensive Most Valuable Player and all-America linebacker Johnie

Mississippi State 7 3 0 0 = 10

Cooks of Leland, Miss., leading a fierce charge, Mississippi State scored its

Kansas 0 0 0 0 = 0

first bowl shutout win by downing the Kansas Jayhawks of the Big Eight Conference 10-0 to improve its bowl record to 4-2. It was, indeed, a day for the defense.

MSU — Bond 17 run (Morgan kick) MSU — Moore 22 FG

The Bulldogs, aided by a steady mist that fell throughout the day, held Kansas to 35 yards rushing on 40 attempts, intercepted a pair of Jayhawk pass-

es, and forced a fumble. State recorded its first shutout since 1979.

First Downs 12 14

MSU KU

Lightning struck early for the Bulldogs as all-SEC defensive back Rob

Rushing Yards 53-236 40-35

Fesmire of Nashville, Tenn., recovered a Ricky Green fumble on the opening

Passing Yards 51 171

kickoff and the opportunistic Bulldogs scored on the next play. Quarterback

Passes (C-A-I) 5-16-0 15-31-2

John Bond, State’s Offensive Most Valuable Player and the game’s MVP,

Total Offense 287 206

sprinted 17 yards around right end on the first play from scrimmage and Bob

Fumbles-Lost 5-1 1-1

Morgan’s PAT gave the Bulldogs an early 7-0 lead.

Penalties-Yards 10-65

7-82

Place-kicker Dana Moore iced the game with a 22-yard field goal with just over 11 minutes left in the first half for the final margin of victory. The Bulldogs

RUSHING: (MSU) Knight 10-79, Bond 17-79 1TD, King 14-38, Haddix 7-25,

advanced to 8-4 and moved up to 17th in the final AP national poll.

Windham 3-5, Edwards 1-5, Wonsley 1-5; (KU) Taylor 20-61, Jones 7-20, Green

Moore also set a record, averaging 49.1 yards per punt on nine kicks.

1-(-2), Smith 7-(-9), Frederick 5-(-35).

Wingback Danny Knight of Natchez, Miss., contributed a big 37-yard sprint

PASSING: (MSU) Bond 5-16-51-0; (KU) Smith 8-22-61-2; Frederick 7-9-110-0.

down the left sideline on a third-and-long situation while Cooks, defensive

RECEIVING: (MSU) Haddix 2-16, Price 1-15, Richardson 1-13, Aldredge 1-7;

tackles Glen Collins, Earnest Barnes and a number of unsung heroes on the

(KU) Taylor 7-41, Johnson 3-34, Capers 2-57, Bastin 2-20, Jones 1-19.

specialty teams gathered together to provide the Bulldogs with the ingredients necessary for a satisfying bowl win.

Attendance: 41,672

“The whole defensive unit played extremely well,” MSU head coach Emory Bellard said. “We didn’t ring the bell quite enough on offense, but we did move the ball down the field a good bit.”

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1991 LIBERTY BOWL

Mississippi State 15 Air Force 38

December 29, 1991 - Liberty Bowl - Memphis, Tennessee

An all-time Liberty Bowl crowd of 61,497 looked on as the wishbone-attack

Mississippi State 0 7 0 8 = 15

of the Air Force Academy spoiled Mississippi State’s return to the bowl scene

Air Force 14 7 3 14 = 38

with a 38-15 victory over the Bulldogs in the 33rd annual Liberty Bowl postAFA — Jones 1 run (Wood kick), 5:07 1st

season contest. Directed by all-WAC quarterback and Liberty Bowl MVP Rob Perez, the

AFA — Perez 1 run (Wood kick), 2:11 1st

Falcons piled up 318 net yards rushing while attempting only two passes in

AFA — Yates 35 fumble return (Wood kick), 6:12 2nd

this ESPN telecast. A potent ground attack earned AFA a 37:34-22:26 edge in

MSU — Edwards 4 pass from Robinson (Gardner kick), 0:35 2nd

possession time.

AFA — Wood 20 FG, 2:31 3rd

The Falcons jumped on MSU early as they posted three unanswered touch-

AFA — Hufford 31 run (Wood kick), 14:19 4th

downs before the Bulldogs dented the scoreboard just before halftime. AFA

MSU — Davis 7 run (Robinson pass from Jordan), 7:23 4th

scored on a pair of 1-yard plunges by Jason Jones and Perez in the opening

AFA — Simpson fumble recovery (Wood kick), 6:05 4th

stanza. A 35-yard fumble return by Air Force’s Shannon Yates at the 6:12 mark of the second quarter stretched the lead to 21-0. The Bulldogs got on the scoreboard with the final score of the first half, a

MSU AFA

First Downs

18 19

4-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Sleepy Robinson to tight end Trenell

Rushes-Yards

Edwards.

Passing Yards

After the intermission, AFA added a third-quarter, 20-yard field goal by Joe

36-163 69-318 121 10

Passes (C-A-I) 13-24-1 1-2-1

Wood and a 31-yard touchdown gallop by Scott Hufford to build the Falcons’

Total Offense

284 328

insurmountable lead to 31-7 with 14:19 remaining in the contest.

Fumbles-Lost

3-2 2-0

Making its first bowl appearance in 10 years, MSU scored its final points on a 7-yard run by fullback Michael Davis with 7:23 left on the game clock.

Penalties-Yards 5-35 4-31 Time of Possession 22:26 37:34 RUSHING: (MSU) Roberts 8-62, Robinson 15-41, Williamson 5-28, Davis 2-18 1TD, Jordan 3-7, Prince 2-7, Galloway 1-0; (AFA) Perez 26-114 1TD, Jones 21-73 1TD, Gray 1-33, Hufford 1-31 1TD, Banks 5-23, Baker 4-18, Onuoha 5-12, Young 4-11, Parisi 2-3. PASSING: (MSU) Robinson 6-12-49-0 1TD; Jordan 7-12-72-1; (AFA) Perez 1-210-1. RECEIVING: (MSU) Roberts 4-28, W. Harris 3-37, Edwards 2-25 1TD, Davis 2-19, Prince 1-9, James 1-3; (AFA) Wilkie 1-10. Attendance: 61,497

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1993 PEACH BOWL

Mississippi State North Carolina

17 21

January 1, 1993 - The Georgia Dome - Atlanta, Georgia

Despite jumping out to a 14-0 first-quarter lead, Mississippi State couldn’t

Mississippi State 14 0 0 3

= 17

hold off a North Carolina squad playing an inspired second half as the Tar

North Carolina 0 0 14 7

= 21

Heels posted a 21-17 victory in the first Peach Bowl held inside The Georgia MSU — Truitt 2 pass from Plump (Gardner kick), 11:09 1st

Dome. The Bulldogs jumped on top early, scoring on their first possession when

MSU — Roberts 22 run (Gardner kick), 0:00 1st

Greg Plump found Olanda Truitt on a 2-yard touchdown pass. MSU added

UNC — Means 1 run (Pignetti kick), 12:39 3rd

to that lead when Kenny Roberts raced 22 yards on the final play of the first

UNC — Walker 24 blocked-punt return (Pignetti kick), 6:38 3rd

quarter to give the Bulldogs a 14-0 lead.

UNC — Baskerville 44 interception return (Pignetti kick), 12:36 4th

State had a chance to put the game away in the second quarter, but a pair

MSU — Gardner 46 FG, 8:42 4th

of Plump-to-Truitt touchdown passes were called back due to Bulldog holding

penalties. Trailing 14-0 at halftime, North Carolina took the second half kickoff and

First Downs

drove 82 yards to score on Natrone Means’ 1-yard plunge. Later in the third

Rushes-Yards

period, the Tar Heels’ Bracey Walker broke through to block a Todd Jordan punt

Passing Yards

and raced 24 yards into the end zone to tie the game at 14-14.

Passes (C-A-I)

MSU UNC 24 13 41-144 36-149 296 106 25-45-2 7-17-2

North Carolina took the lead for good early in the fourth quarter when

Total Offense

UNC’s Cliff Baskerville intercepted a Plump pass and returned it 44 yards for

Fumbles-Lost

1-0 1-1

the go-ahead touchdown.

Penalties-Yards

9-87 4-36

After Chris Gardner’s 46-yard field goal made the score 21-17, the Bulldogs

Time of Possession 34:33 25:27

450 255

had their chances to win the game late. MSU drove inside the Tar Heel 30 twice in the game’s final three minutes, but an interception and loss on downs,

RUSHING: (MSU) Roberts 9-64 1TD, Davis 10-32, T. James 6-24, Prince 5-19,

respectively, doomed the Bulldogs’ final chances.

Jordan 1-9, Hudson 1-5, Truitt 1-0, Plump 8-(-9); (UNC) Means 21-128 1TD, Faulkerson 4-9, Thomas 9-6, Jordan 1-3, Brooks 1-3. PASSING: (MSU) Plump 24-40-2 287 1TD, Jordan 1-4-0 9, Hudson 0-1-0 0; (UNC) Thomas 7-16-2 106, Jerry 0-1-0 0. RECEIVING: (MSU) Wi.Harris 8-127, Roberts 5-49, Truitt 3-31 1TD, Prince 2-23, Clanton 2-21, James 2-0, Ward 1-20, C.Jones 1-16, Knight 1-9; (UNC) Brooks 2-60, Jerry 2-20, Means 1-15, Holliday 1-13, Felton 1-(-2). Attendance: 69,125

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1995 PEACH BOWL

Mississippi State 24 NC State 28

January 2, 1995 - The Georgia Dome - Atlanta, Georgia

For the second time in three years, Mississippi State earned a berth in

Mississippi State 6 7 8 3 = 24

the Peach Bowl. And for the second time in three years, the Bulldogs held a

NC State 7 6 8 7 = 28

third-quarter lead over its counterpart. But again, State could not maintain that advantage, dropping a 28-24 decision to NC State. Like it had done two years prior, Mississippi State gained an early advan-

MSU — Rogers 37 FG, 12:29 1st NCSU — Stephens 2 rush (Videtich kick), 9:21 1st

tage in this Peach Bowl match-up. Place-kicker Tim Rogers, MSU’s Offensive

MSU — Rogers 21 FG, 2:57 1st

Player of the Game, booted a 37-yard field goal just 2:21 into the contest, and

NCSU — Videtich 45 FG, 13:21 2nd

the Bulldogs had a 3-0 advantage. It would be the first of a bowl-record and

MSU — Davis 11 run (Rogers kick), 7:29 2nd

school-standard tying five field goals for Rogers.

NCSU — Videtich 36 FG, 0:08 2nd

But, as NC State was able to do throughout the game, the Wolfpack erased

MSU — Safety (blocked punt), 13:27 3rd

that early lead. Running back Tremayne Stephens capped an 80-yard drive

MSU — Rogers 29 FG, 10:45 3rd

with a 2-yard touchdown run to give NCSU a 7-3 lead.

MSU — Rogers 36 FG, 8:36 3rd

Rogers and Steve Videtich traded field goals around the first-quarter break

NCSU — Dickerson 3 pass from Harvey (Harvey run), 1:12 3rd

before the Bulldogs mounted a touchdown drive of their own. Senior running

NCSU — King 11 run (Videtich kick), 13:06 4th

back Michael Davis scored from 11 yards out to give MSU a 13-10 edge.

MSU — Rogers 30 FG, 4:47 4th

A pair of big plays opened the door for the Bulldogs to take control of the game as the second half began. Forcing the ‘Pack to punt on their first series of the second half, Andre Bennett blocked the NC State kick into the end zone

for a safety, and MSU had a two-point lead.

First Downs

MSU NCSU 16 20

On the ensuing free kick, Keffer McGee returned the punt a bowl-record 50

Rushes-Yards 35-117 48-172

yards, putting the Bulldogs in business at the NCSU 15-yard line. Unable to

Passing Yards 185 164

advance the ball into the end zone, State settled for a Rogers field goal and its

Passes (C-A-I) 14-29-0 14-25-1

lead was just 18-13.

Total Offense 302 336

Three plays later, however, Larry Williams, State’s Defensive Player of the

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1

Game, put his team back in scoring position with a standout defensive play.

Penalties-Yards 6-53 2-15

On a second-and-16 play from the NCSU 30, Williams sacked quarterback Terry

Time of Possession 26:49

33:11

Harvey, stripped him of the football, and then recovered the pigskin at the 21. But once again, the Bulldog attack was not able to capitalize, and Rogers was forced to convert a 36-yard field goal. Rejuvenated by the disaster averted, NC State struck for a game-tying

RUSHING: (MSU) Davis 13-51 1TD, Bouie 12-51, McCrary 3-10, Moulds 2-10, Clark 2-(-1), Taite 3-(-4); (NCSU) Stephens 21-105 1TD, King 6-38 1TD, Brown 7-25, Hill 1-4, Fitzgerald 3-3, Bender 2-3, Harvey 7-0, Grissett 1-(-6).

touchdown and two-point conversion at the close of the third period. Harvey

PASSING: (MSU) Taite 13-28-0 141, Clark 1-1-0 44; (NCSU) Harvey 11-18-0 139

hit Dallas Dickerson from 3 yards out for the score, and then ran for the extra

1TD, Bender 3-7-1 25.

points.

RECEIVING: (MSU) McCrary 3-39, C. Jones 3-39, Watkins 3-20, McGee 2-62,

The Wolfpack used a big play of their own, a 62-yard pass play to set up their go-ahead score. Freshman fullback Carlos King bulled in from 11 yards away

Bouie 1-11, M. Brown 1-9, Moulds 1-5; (NCSU) Dickerson 3-31 1TD, Grissett 2-68, Guffie 2-30, King 2-9, Fitzgerald 2-5, Stephens 1-9, Thomas 1-8, Hill 1-4.

and State was down 28-21. Attendance: 64,902

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1999 COTTON BOWL

Mississippi State 11 Texas 38

January 1, 1999 - Cotton Bowl - Dallas, Texas

Playing in their first traditional New Year’s Day bowl game since the 1941

Mississippi State 0 3 0 8 = 11

Orange Bowl, the Bulldogs faced an enormous task in trying to stop the

Texas 7 7 24 0 = 38

University of Texas and its Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams. Behind Williams’ Cotton Bowl record 203 yards rushing and two touchdowns, the

UT — McGarity 59 pass from Applewhite (Stockton kick), 2:17 1st

Longhorns snapped their seven-game losing slide to Jackie Sherrill and

UT — McGarity 52 pass from Applewhite (Stockton kick), 5:11 2nd

defeated Mississippi State 38-11 in the Southwestern Bell Cotton Bowl Classic.

MSU — Hazelwood 39 FG, 2:32 2nd

Texas struck early in the contest behind the arm of quarterback Major

UT — R. Williams 37 run (Stockton kick), 12:34 3rd

Applewhite. The freshman found Wayne McGarity late in the opening period

UT — Stockton 47 FG, 6:39 3rd

on a 59-yard scoring strike, giving Texas an early 7-0 lead.

UT — R. Williams 2 run (Stockton kick), 2:42 3rd

The Longhorns took advantage of good field position and a long pass play to take a 14-0 lead, as Applewhite again called McGarity’s number for a

UT — Cavil 18 pass from Applewhite (Stockton kick), 0:14 3rd MSU — Grant 5 pass from Wyatt (J. Johnson rush), 10:07 4th

52-yard touchdown with 5:11 to go in the first half. Mississippi State would close out the scoring in the half with a 39-yard field

First Downs

goal from senior Brian Hazelwood. After showcasing their passing game in the first half, Texas began to exploit

Rushes-Yards

MSU UT 18 27 32-87 43-238

a tired Bulldog defense with a running game that featured the NCAA’s career

Passing Yards 205 225

rushing leader in Williams, who got the scoring started in the second half

Passes (C-A-I) 16-40-1 15-26-0

with a 37-yard gallop to stretch the Longhorns’ lead to 21-3 just 2:26 into the

Total Offense 292 463

second half. A Kris Stockton field goal would extend the UT lead to 24-3 six

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0

minutes later.

Penalties-Yards 9-89 5-55

The Bulldog offense, led by James Johnson’s 112 yards on the ground, still

Time of Possession 27:59

32:01

struggled to find its niche against a stubborn Texas defense. An injury to star all-purpose receiver Kevin Prentiss in the opening half made their task

RUSHING: (MSU) J.Johnson 22-112, D.McKinley 2-7, Rainey 1-2, Prather 1-(-3),

even more difficult. Unable to keep the weary MSU defense off the field, the

Madkin 4-(-11), Wyatt 2-(-20); (UT) R.Williams 30-203 2TD, Mitchell 7-26, Brown

Bulldogs were victimized by another Williams’ scoring run at the 2:42 mark of

3-15, Applewhite 3-(-6).

the third period as Texas grabbed control of the contest with a 31-3 advantage.

PASSING: (MSU) Wyatt 12-24-0 156 1TD, Madkin 4-16-1 49; (UT) Applewhite 15-26-0 225 3TD. RECEIVING: (MSU) Grant 4-62 1TD, K.Cooper 4-38, Love 2-33, Kelly 2-14, J.Johnson 1-22, D.McKinley 1-20, Prentiss 1-8, Butler 1-8; (UT) R.Williams 5-45, McGarity 4-132 2TD, Cavil 3-31 1TD, Lewis 2-26, Nunez 1-(-9). Attendance: 72,611

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1999 PEACH BOWL

Mississippi State 17 Clemson 7

December 30, 1999 - The Georgia Dome - Atlanta, Georgia

Behind the impetus that had been the key all season — defense —

Mississippi State 0 0 3 14 = 17

Mississippi State downed Clemson 17-7 in the 1999 Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl in

Clemson 0 0 0 7 = 28

Atlanta’s Georgia Dome. The win gave State its 10th victory of the season, grouping the ‘99 Bulldogs with MSU’s ‘40 edition which also posted 10 victories. MSU notched the win despite allowing the most yardage it had all season (391), with 301 of that coming from quarterback Brandon Streeter who passed

MSU — Westerfield 39 FG, 12:39 MSU — Madkin 2 run (Westerfield kick), 11:40 CU — Streeter 1 run (Lazzara kick), 8:15 MSU — D.Walker 15 pass from Madkin (Westerfield kick), 4:31

50 times in the game. Defense was the norm in the first half for both squads as the teams played

to a scoreless tie at halftime.The closest either team got to a score in the first

First Downs

half was when Clemson advanced to State’s 9-yard line late in the first quarter.

Rushes-Yards

But Tiger Tony Lazzara’s field goal attempt was blocked by Bulldog senior

Passing Yards

Robert Bean, who registered his seventh career blocked kick.

Passes (C-A-I)

MSU CU 16 24 33-89 34-85 176

306

17-38-0 25-56-5

State wasted little time breaking the scoring ice in the second half. After Pig

Total Offense

Prather returned the opening kickoff after intermission 45 yards to the MSU

Fumbles-Lost

47-yard line, the Bulldogs drove 31 yards on seven plays to set up a 39-yard

Penalties-Yards

field goal from Scott Westerfield at the 12:39 mark.

Time of Possession 30:41 29:19

265 391 2-1 1-1 21-188

8-82

Three possessions later, Clemson threatened to answer, driving to the State 13 where it faced a fourth-and-7. The Tigers elected to go for it, but the

RUSHING: (CU) Rambert 18-70, Dantzler 9-8, Streeter 4-7 1TD, Wofford

MSU defense held firm, with defensive lineman John Hilliard batting down a

1-5, Witherspoon 1-2, Zachery 1-(-7). (MSU) Madkin 5-37 1TD, Miller 10-24,

Streeter pass.

D.Walker 9-18, Rainey 3-14, Griffith 3-1, Gibson 1-0, Team 2-(-5).

The quarter would end with State leading 3-0. The fourth quarter would be

PASSING: (CU) Streeter 24-44-4-301, Dantzler 1-6-1-5. (MSU) Madkin 17-38-

quite a different story in terms of point production, as the teams combined for

0-176 1TD.

three touchdowns in the final frame.

RECEIVING: (CU) Gardner 7-75, Wofford 6-147, Lawyer 5-46, Cyrgalis 2-21,

State extended its lead to 10-0 on the first full drive of the final period,

Rambert 2-8, Bailey 1-9, Seth 1-3, Reames 1-(-3). (MSU) Miller 3-54, Sirmones

going 43 yards on 10 plays with quarterback Wayne Madkin scrambling for a

2-21, D.Walker 2-20 1TD, Griffith 2-14, McCaskey 2-9, M.Butler 1-21, Love 1-20,

2-yard score. The drive was set up at Clemson’s 43-yard line on an interception

Huntington 1-6, Lee 1-5, Gibson 1-3, Belcher 1-3.

by Bulldog Eugene Clinton, one of five State pickoffs in the contest. Clemson would answer on the ensuing possession with its only score of the

Attendance: 73,315

night. The Tigers drove 70 yards on eight plays with Streeter diving in from a yard out. But State was not intimidated. The Bulldogs answered that challenge with a solid eight-play, 57-yard charge of their own. Madkin, the game’s Most Valuable Offensive Player, found tailback Dontae Walker on the left side and Walker jaunted 15 yards for the touchdown which iced the game for MSU at 17-7 with 4:31 remaining in regulation.

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2000 INDEPENDENCE BOWL

Mississippi State Texas A&M

41 38

(OT)

December 31, 2000 - Independence Bowl - Shreveport, Louisiana

Willie Blade blocked an extra point, Julius Griffith ran it to the end zone for

Mississippi State 0

a two-point conversion, and Wayne Madkin scored from 6 yards out — all in

Texas A&M 14

14 7 14 6

0 15

=43

=41

overtime — to give Mississippi State a hard-fought, 43-41 decision over Texas A&M in the snow-filled Independence Bowl. The Aggies took advantage of a couple of early MSU miscues on the

TAMU — Whitaker 9 run (Kitchens kick), 12:56, 1st TAMU — Toombs 4 run (Kitchens kick), 8:06, 1st

snow-covered field to take a 14-0 edge seven minutes into the game. After

MSU — Walker 40 run (Westerfield kick), 9:22, 2nd

scoring following a mishandled MSU snap just over two minutes into the con-

MSU — Miller 4 pass from Madkin (Westerfield kick), 7:22, 2nd

test, A&M continued to control momentum on fullback Ja’Mar Toombs’ 4-yard

TAMU — Ferguson 42 pass from Farris (Kitchens kick failed), 0:46, 2nd

plunge. Toombs had a game-high 193 yards.

MSU — Walker 1 run (Westerfield kick), 11:55, 3rd

Jackie Sherrill’s Bulldogs fought back in the second quarter. With Toombs

TAMU — Johnson 35 pass from Farris (Whitaker rush), 14:51, 4th

running through the State defense, Dontae Walker returned the favor to the

TAMU — Toombs 13 run (Kitchens kick), 9:20, 4th

Aggie stoppers, tallying 143 yards of his own. The sophomore took a handoff

MSU — Walker 32 run (Westerfield kick), 8:17, 4th

up the middle and scurried for 40 of those yards over the goal line to cut the

MSU — D.Lee 3 pass from Madkin (Westerfield kick), 1:30, 4th

lead.

TAMU — Toombs 25 run (Kitchens kick failed)

With just over a minute until halftime, State scored behind Wayne Madkin. After the junior quarterback rushed for 10 yards, he connected on two pass

MSU — Griffith PAT return MSU — Madkin 6 run

plays, the second a four-yard score to Dicenzo Miller to tie the game at 14. A&M bounced back with 31 seconds left in the half to take a 20-14 lead into

the locker room. Quarterback Mark Farris lofted a ball high and deep into the

First Downs

heavy falling snow, finding Robert Ferguson on a 42-yard score.

Rushes-Yards

The Aggies tried to put the game out of reach with two fourth-quarter

Passing Yards

MSU TAMU 16 14 40-246 47-209 71

133

touchdowns. On the opening play of the period, Farris once again went deep,

Passes (C-A-I)

this time connecting with Bethel Johnson on a 35-yard strike. A two-point con-

Total Offense

317 342

version put the Aggies up 28-21. Toombs extended the lead on the following

Fumbles-Lost

4-1 1-1

possession, rushing in from 13 yards to give A&M a 35-21 edge.

Penalties-Yards

Walker cut the lead back to seven as he rushed in from 32 yards out, and,

9-19-0 9-11-1

6-45

7-71

Time of Possession 28:59 31:01

after a Marco Minor interception put MSU at the Aggie 4-yard line, Madkin found tight end Donald Lee in the end zone for the touchdown that sent the

RUSHING: (MSU) Walker 16-143 3TD, Miller 11-48, Jus. Griffith 2-17, Madkin

game into overtime, tied 35-35.

11-38 TD. (TAMU) Toombs 35-193 3TD, Whitaker 8-16 TD, Weber 2-2, Farris

In the extra session, Toombs rushed in from 25 yards out on the first play to

2-(-2).

put A&M up 41-35. Blade reached up and blocked the Aggie extra point try.

PASSING: (MSU) Madkin 9-19-0-71 2TD. (TAMU) Farris 9-11-1-133 2TD.

Eugene Clinton picked up the loose ball and pitched to Griffith who ran it in

RECEIVING: (MSU) Miller 4-30 TD, D.Lee 2-29 TD, Lindsey 1-7, Butler 1-3, Jus.

for two points.

Griffith 1-2. (TAMU) Ferguson 3-54 TD, Toombs 2-(-4), Johnson 1-35 TD, Porter

Faced with a must-score situation on State’s first overtime try, Madkin

1-31, Taylor 1-15, Weber 1-2.

rushed down to the Aggies’ 6-yard line and then took a keeper into the end zone to clinch the 43-41 win in what has become known as “Snow Bowl 2000”.

Attendance: 36,974

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2007 LIBERTY BOWL

Mississippi State UCF

10 3

December 29, 2007 - Liberty Bowl Stadium - Memphis, Tennessee

Mississippi State cashed in on Central Florida’s fourth turnover of the game, marching to the lone touchdown of the day late in the fourth quarter, to

UCF 0 3 0 0 = 3 Mississippi State 0 3 0 7 = 10

defeat the Knights 10-3 in the 49th renewal of the AutoZone Liberty Bowl, a game that was otherwise very defensive in nature. With the win, MSU ended the 2007 season at 8-5, its most wins since 2000, and improved to 2-0 all-time over UCF which ended the year 10-4 after

UCF — Torres 45 FG, 11:49, 2nd MS — Carlson 22 FG, 6:02, 2nd MS — Dixon 1 run,(Carlson kick), 1:54, 4th

winning its last seven games and claiming the Conference USA crown. The Bulldogs also improved to 7-6 all-time in bowl games with the victory and has

now been victorious its last three bowl appearances.

First Downs

The late score, a 1-yard plunge by running back Anthony Dixon, came with

Rushes-Yards

UCF MSU 13 10 47-131 41-160

just 1:54 remaining in the game. It capped a 10-play, 59-yard drive, State’s lon-

Passing Yards

gest of the day by almost 20 yards, that was setup by Bulldog Keith Fitzhugh’s

Passes (C-A-I)

interception of Knight quarterback Kyle Israel, his third throwing miscue of

Total Offense

219 199

the contest.

Fumbles-Lost

2-1 0-0

Penalties-Yards

3-25 5-45

But until that point in the game, neither team had generated much offense in a game very much controlled by the defenses. Only two second quarter field

88 39 10-24-3 8-20-1

Time of Possession 31:08 28:52

goals - one by each team - graced the scoreboard in the first three quarters and the teams would combined for just 418 yards of total offense in the affair. After a scoreless first quarter started the lowest scoring first half in Liberty Bowl history, UCF finally broke scoring ice after gaining excellent field position

RUSHING: (UCF) Smith 35-119, Israel 11-13, Francis 1-(-1). (MSU) Dixon 24-86 TD, Burks 2-25, Carroll 6-21, Ducre 6-20, Smith 1-5, Hart 1-4, Team 1-(-1). PASSING: (UCF) Israel 10-24-3-88. (MSU) Carroll 8-18-1-39, Henig 0-2-0-0.

at the Bulldog 46 early in the second period. The Knights then moved the ball

RECEIVING: (UCF) Smith 3-12, Ross 2-27, Rabazinski 2-26, Watters 2-13, Aiken

18 yards to set up a Michael Torres 45-yard field goal that just cleared the

1-10. (MSU) Ducre 3-10, Smith 2-7, Dixon 1-10, Hart 1-8, Burks 1-4.

crossbar. UCF led 3-0 with 11:49 to go before the intermission. After the Knights forced a State punt on the next drive, the Bulldogs got

Attendance: 63,816

their first break of the afternoon. MSU’s Derek Pegues, named the game’s Most Valuable Player, picked off the first of two passes at the Knight 46 and returned it 40 yards to the 6-yard line. UCF stood strong, however, and held MSU to a 22-yard Adam Carlson field goal, tying the game at the 6:02 mark. UCF would have scoring chances on two consecutive drives in the third and fourth periods but Torres, who came into the game having hit 19-of-21 field goals on the year, would miss from 32 and 37 yards on those drives, negating some offensive momentum that the Knights had built at that point in the contest. Dixon ended the day with 86 yards on 24 carries for the Bulldogs, who managed just 198 yards from scrimmage the entire game. The game’s attendance of 63,816 established a new Liberty Bowl record. The previous record of 61,497 was set in 1991 when the Bulldogs played Air Force.

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2011 GATOR BOWL

Mississippi State 52 Michigan 14

January 1, 2011 - EverBank Field - Jacksonville, Fla.

It was an offensive clinic from start to finish for Mississippi State, as the

Mississippi State 10 21 14 7 = 52

Bulldogs manufactured 485 total yards en route to a dominating 52-14 win

Michigan 14 0 0 0 = 14

against Michigan in the 66th annual Gator Bowl at EverBank Field. Mississippi State set several school bowl records with points scored (52) and

MICH - Roundtree 10 pass from Robinson (Gibbons kick), 10:56, 1st

margin of victory (38). In addition, the 485 total yards of offense were second

MS - Arceto Clark 4 yd pass from Chris Relf (D. DePasquale kick), 5:31, 1st

only to the 499 gained against North Carolina in the 1974 Sun Bowl.

MS - D. DePasquale 42 yd field goal, 2:23, 1st

Chris Relf, named the game’s MVP, completed 18 of his 23 passes for 281

MICH - Odoms, M. 27 yd pass from Robinson, D. (Gibbons, B. kick), 0:34, 1st

yards and three touchdowns. The 281 passing yards were the second most

MS - Vick Ballard 2 yd run (D. DePasquale kick), 11:38, 2nd

in MSU bowl history. They are also the only two quarterbacks to throw for

MS - Chris Relf 1 yd run (D. DePasquale kick), 6:35, 2nd

more than 200 yards in a bowl game. Relf, a junior from Montgomery, Ala.,

MS - Ricco Sanders 15 yd pass from Chris Relf (D. DePasquale kick), 0:25, 2nd

also scored on the ground from 1-yard out and finished with 311 total yards.

MS - Vick Ballard 1 yd run (D. DePasquale kick), 6:19, 3rd

As prolific as MSU’s offense was, so too was the defense. The Bulldogs held the Wolverines (7-6) to 342 yards, with 153 coming in the opening quarter.

MS - Vick Ballard 7 yd run (D. DePasquale kick), 0:10, 3rd MS - Michael Carr 31 yd pass from Chris Relf (D. DePasquale kick), 10:31, 4th

Michigan did enjoy a 14-10 lead after the first frame, but failed to score anoth

er point the remainder of the game. Quarterback Denard Robinson was limited to a season-low 51 yards after

First Downs Rushes-Yards

grounding out 59 in the first quarter. Robinson’s arm produced the game’s first points when he connected with

Passing Yards

Roy Roundtree for a 10-yard scoring strike. MSU quickly answered, though,

Passes (C-A-I)

and evened the score when Relf hit Arceto Clark from 4 yards out.

Total Offense

MSU MICH 26 17 58-204 25-88 281 254 18-23-1 27-41-1 485 342

On their next possession, the Bulldogs took their first lead at 10-7 on a

Fumbles-Lost

0-0 1-1

42-yard field goal by Derek DePasquale. Back came the Wolverines, however,

Penalties-Yards

3-23 5-40

who went back on top following a 27-yard touchdown pass from Robinson to

Time of Possession 35:15 24:45

Martavious Odoms. That play, though, would be Michigan’s last highlight of the game. From that point, it was all Mississippi State. With 11:38 left in the first half, Vick Ballard scored the first of his three touchdowns to give MSU a 17-14 lead. Then with 6:35 remaining, Relf found the end zone to extend the advantage to 24-14.

RUSHING: (MSU) Vick Ballard 20-76; L. Perkins 9-40; Robert Elliott 6-36; Chris Relf 15-30; Adrian Marcus 7-24; Tyler Russell 1-minus 2. (Michigan) Robinson, D. 11-59; Shaw, Michael 4-19; Smith, Vincent 7-13; Toussaint, F. 2-5; Grady, Kelvin 1-minus 8. PASSING: (MSU) Chris Relf 18-23-1-281. (Michigan) Robinson, D. 27-41-1-254.

But the Bulldogs weren’t done, as they scored again with 25 seconds left,

RECEIVING: (MSU) Chris Smith 4-46; Michael Carr 3-65; Arceto Clark 3-45; L.

this time on a 15-yard pass from Relf to Ricco Sanders, his first-career TD recep-

Perkins 2-79; Ricco Sanders 2-23; Brandon Heavens 2-12; Vick Ballard 2-11.

tion, for a 31-14 lead.

(Michigan) Roundtree, Roy 9-53; Stonum, Darryl 7-59; Hemingway, J. 4-49;

In the second half, the Bulldogs, who converted 9 of their 17 third-down attempts and were 5 of 5 on fourth down, got two more touchdowns from

Koger, Kevin 2-42; Smith, Vincent 2-17; Odoms, M. 1-27; Toussaint, F. 1-5; Shaw, Michael 1-2.

Ballard covering 1 and 7 yards. Ballard finished the year with 19 rushing touchdowns, breaking the single-season mark of 16 set by Jackie Parker in 1952.

Attendance: 68,325

MSU’s final points were the result of a 31-yard pass from Relf to Michael Carr, the first touchdown of the freshman’s career.

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2011 MUSIC CITY BOWL

Mississippi State Wake Forest

23 17

December 30, 2011 - LP Field - Nashville, Tennessee

NASHVILLE - Donning the Maroon and White for the final time, senior run-

Mississippi State 7 9 0 7 = 23

ning back Vick Ballard put the team on his back as he rushed for a career-high

Wake Forest 7 0 7 3 = 17

180 yards and two touchdowns to propel Mississippi State to a 23-17 victory against Wake Forest in the Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl. The Pascagoula, Miss., native was named MVP, while his production was the

WF — Pendergrass 14 run (Newman kick), 4:24 1st MS — Vick Ballard 60 run (DePasquale kick), 3:04 1st MS — Arceto Clark 31 pass from Chris Relf (DePasquale kick failed), 12:41 2nd

second best in MSU bowl history. It was the Bulldogs’ fifth-consecutive bowl win, a streak that tied Rutgers

MS - DePasquale 33 yd field goal, 5:44 2nd

for the longest in the nation. MSU also improved to 9-6 in bowl outings, with

WF - Bohanon 1 run (Newman kick), 11:00 3rd

a 4-2 mark against ACC foes.

MS - Vick Ballard 72 run (DePasquale kick), 12:53 4th

Ballard deserves a bulk of the credit for MSU’s latest achievement, breaking

WF - Newman 46 yd field goal, 3:27 4th

free down the sidelines for a 60-yard scoring scamper with 34 seconds left in the opening quarter to even the game at 7-apiece after the Demon Deacons

had scored on a 14-yard run by Brandon Pendergrass.

First Downs

In the second quarter, Mississippi State turned to its passing game to take

Rushes-Yards

MSU WF 14 21 39-253 38-63

the lead for good when senior quarterback Chris Relf connected with a wide

Passing Yards

open Arceto Clark for a 31-yard scoring strike and a 13-7 advantage following

Passes (C-A-I)

the missed PAT. The touchdown was set up when junior defensive end and

Total Offense

382 287

All-American Fletcher Cox blocked a Wake Forest field goal.

Fumbles-Lost

3-2 0-0

Penalties-Yards

6-48 5-39

The final points of the half resulted in a 33-yard Derek DePasquale field goal

129 224 12-20-2 26-48-0

Time of Possession 24:10 35:50

which put MSU up, 16-7. In the second half, though, Wake Forest grabbed the early momentum when Tommy Bohanon closed the gap to 16-14 on a 1-yard plunge. However,

RUSHING: (MSU) Ballard 14-180, Relf 15-64, Perkins 6-15, Team 2-(-2),

it would be as close as the Demon Deacons would get.

Bumphis 2-(-4). (WF) Pendergrass 24-73, Reynolds 2-8, Givens 2-6, Bohanon

Ballard made sure of that in the fourth quarter when he broke free for a

1-1, Team 1-(-1), Price 8-(-24).

72-yard touchdown, the longest in MSU bowl history, to swell the lead to

PASSING: (MSU) Relf 12-19-2-129. (WF) Price 24-46-0-214, Wulfeck 1-1-0-1,

23-14.

Davis 1-1-0-9.

Wake would score again on a 46-yard field goal by Jimmy Newman, but

RECEIVING: (MSU) Smith 5-47, Clark 2-38, Ballard 2-9, M. Johnson 1-37,

from that point the MSU defense thwarted any comeback hopes by taking its

Perkins 1-1, Bumphis 1-(-3). (WF) Campanaro 10-128, Givens 9-54, Pendergrass

play to another level.

2-19, Parker 2-9, Price 1-9, Dembry 1-4, Bush 1-1.

Offensively, MSU outgained Wake, 382-287. Relf threw for 129 yards on 12-of-19 passing, while also rushing for another 64 yards en route to finishing

Attendance: 55,208

his career as MSU’s winningest quarterback (15-7). The defense was led by the play of Cox and Corey Broomfield, who registered a career-best two tackles behind the line of scrimmage to go along with a team-high nine tackles. It was a unit that recorded six sacks, the most since having seven in a 47-35 home win against No. 3 Florida on Sept. 30, 2000.

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2013 GATOR BOWL

Mississippi State 20 Northwestern 34 January 1, 2013 - EverBank Field - Jacksonville, Florida

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The No. 20 Northwestern Wildcats (10-3) downed the

Mississippi State 0 10 3 7 = 20

Mississippi State Bulldogs (9-5) 34-20 in the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl.

Northwestern 10 3 14 7 = 34

Northwestern wasted no time getting on the board when Quentin Williams returned a Tyler Russell interception 29 yards just 47 seconds into

NU - Williams 29 yd interception return (Budzien kick), 14:13 1st

the game.

NU - Budzien 34 yd field goal, 4:49 1st

Jeff Budzien added a pair of field goals on the Wildcats next two drives

NU - Budzien 37 yd field goal, 14:48 2nd

from 34 and 37 yards, respectively.

MS - Devon Bell 27 yd field goal, 4:48 2nd

The Bulldog defense then stopped the Northwestern offense on back-to-

MS - Arceto Clark 18 yd reception from Tyler Russell (Bell kick), 1:06, 2nd

back drives leading to MSU’s first points of the day.

MS - Bell 47 yd field goal, 10:37 3rd

Devon Bell got the scoring going with a 27-yard field goal. After MSU

NU - Jones 3 yd run (Budzien kick), 9:25 3rd

forced a three-and-out, Russell connected with Arceto Clark for an 18-yard

NU - Siemian 4 yd run (Budzien kick), :26 3rd

touchdown and sent State to the locker room only trailing by three.

MS - Malcolm Johnson 14 yd reception from Russell (Bell kick), 11:42 4th

Nickoe Whitley stopped Northwestern’s first drive of the second half with

NU - Mark 3 yd run (Budzien kick) 8:10 4th

the first of his two interceptions on the day. Three minutes later, Bell tied his career-long with a 47-yard field goal to square the game at 13 apiece. The Wildcats quickly retook the lead with a six-play, 76-yard drive that only

First Downs

took 1:12 off the clock and then added another touchdown with 1:35 left in

Rushes-Yards

the third quarter to take 27-13 lead into the final stanza.

Passing Yards

MSU tacked on another touchdown when Russell floated a pass to

Passes (C-A-I)

Malcolm Johnson in center of the endzone just 3:18 into the fourth quarter.

Total Offense

MSU NU 18 19 33-186 40-161 106 196 12-29-4 21-36-3 292 357

The MSU defense forced another three-and-out on Northwestern’s next

Fumbles-Lost

0-0 1-0

drive but, Russell’s fourth interception of the day was returned 44 yards to

Penalties-Yards

6-47 2-20

the five yard line. The Wildcats punched in their final touchdown to secure

Time of Possession 26:12 33:48

the win. Josh Robinson finished the game as State’s leading rusher with 91 yards on seven carries. Junior LaDarius Perkins added 85 yards on 19 carries. Clark finished with three catches for 36 yards and a touchdown, while

RUSHING: (MSU) Perkins 19-91, Robinson 7-91, Prescott 2-20, Bumphis 1-3, Russell 4-11. (NU) Colter 11-73, Mark 13-60, Siemian 2-14, Jones 6-14, Trumpy 3-7, Riley 2-5, Team 3-0.

Johnson hauled in two catches for 24 yards and a score. Chad Bumphis also

PASSING: (MSU) Russell 12-28-4-106, Prescott 0-1-0-0. (NU) Siemian 12-20-1-

grabbed three catches for 18 yards in his final game as a Bulldog.

120, Colter 9-16-2-76.

Russell completed 12-of-28 for 106 yards, two touchdowns and four interceptions.

RECEIVING: (MSU) Clark 3-36, M. Johnson 2-24, Smith 2-24, Bumphis 3-18, Marcus 1-7, Robinson 1-(-3) (NU) Vitale 7-82, Fields 2-41, Jones 5-39, Lawrence 2-18, Prater 2-7, Riley 1-6, Mark 2-3 Attendance: 48,612

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Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Game Results (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games

Date

Aug 31, 2013 Sep 07, 2013 * Sep 14, 2013 Sep 21, 2013 * Oct 05, 2013 Oct 12, 2013 * Oct 24, 2013 * Nov 02, 2013 * Nov 09, 2013 * Nov 16, 2013 * Nov 23, 2013 * Nov 28, 2013

Opponent

vs #13 Oklahoma State ALCORN STATE at Auburn TROY #10 LSU BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY at #14 South Carolina at #11 Texas A&M #1 ALABAMA at Arkansas OLE MISS

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Score

Overall

Conference

Time

Attend

3-21 51-7 20-24 62-7 26-59 21-20 28-22 16-34 41-51 7-20 24-17 17-10

0-1 1-1 1-2 2-2 2-3 3-3 4-3 4-4 4-5 4-6 5-6 6-6

0-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 0-2 0-2 1-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 2-5 3-5

3:20 3:00 3:14 3:06 3:34 3:10 3:24 3:24 3:53 3:06 3:18 3:44

35874 55085 85817 55096 57113 55148 55102 82111 88504 57211 45198 55113

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games Team Statistics SCORING Points Per Game FIRST DOWNS Rushing Passing Penalty RUSHING YARDAGE Yards gained rushing Yards lost rushing Rushing Attempts Average Per Rush Average Per Game TDs Rushing PASSING YARDAGE Comp-Att-Int Average Per Pass Average Per Catch Average Per Game TDs Passing TOTAL OFFENSE Total Plays Average Per Play Average Per Game KICK RETURNS: #-Yards PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards INT RETURNS: #-Yards KICK RETURN AVERAGE PUNT RETURN AVERAGE INT RETURN AVERAGE FUMBLES-LOST PENALTIES-Yards Average Per Game PUNTS-Yards Average Per Punt Net punt average KICKOFFS-Yards Average Per Kick Net kick average TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3RD-DOWN Conversions 3rd-Down Pct 4TH-DOWN Conversions 4th-Down Pct SACKS BY-Yards MISC YARDS TOUCHDOWNS SCORED FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS ON-SIDE KICKS RED-ZONE SCORES RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS PAT-ATTEMPTS ATTENDANCE Games/Avg Per Game Neutral Site Games Score by Quarters Mississippi State Opponents

1st 2nd

3rd

4th

84 120 82 64

44 77

54 69

14 0

Total 316 292

OPP

316 26.3 278 130 133 15 2230 2515 285 481 4.6 185.8 26 2884 235-399-12 7.2 12.3 240.3 15 5114 880 5.8 426.2 27-580 20-54 14-233 21.5 2.7 16.6 14-5 62-485 40.4 50-2022 40.4 36.9 62-3820 61.6 39.2 33:06 61/164 37% 13/28 46% 16-125 68 42 9-20 0-1 (36-46) 78% (28-46) 61% (35-36) 97% 389868 7/55695

292 24.3 225 91 120 14 1813 2049 236 413 4.4 151.1 16 2583 232-372-14 6.9 11.1 215.2 18 4396 785 5.6 366.3 38-816 13-78 12-173 21.5 6.0 14.4 15-10 62-541 45.1 63-2797 44.4 41.6 60-3653 60.9 38.3 26:54 59/166 36% 8/16 50% 22-143 16 35 14-18 0-0 (32-38) 84% (24-38) 63% (34-34) 100% 301630 4/75408 1/35874

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Team Game-by-Game Comparison (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games

Opponent

Oklahoma State ALCORN STATE Auburn TROY LSU BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY South Carolina Texas A&M ALABAMA Arkansas OLE MISS Totals

Opponent

Oklahoma State ALCORN STATE Auburn TROY LSU BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY South Carolina Texas A&M ALABAMA Arkansas OLE MISS Totals

Score

Total

3 - 21 51 - 7 20 - 24 62 - 7 26 - 59 21 - 20 28 - 22 16 - 34 41 - 51 7 - 20 24 - 17 17 - 10 316 - 292

17 30 19 30 23 23 24 23 30 10 26 23 278

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

22 6 22 11 27 21 20 12 29 20 18 17 225

3rd Down Conversions

2-16 5-13 5-15 8-12 4-11 4-11 10-18 6-13 4-13 4-15 4-10 5-17 61-164

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

8-15 2-14 7-15 3-14 6-11 4-11 4-18 1-11 6-13 4-12 6-12 8-20 59-166

First Downs Rush Pass

7 14 11 15 11 13 8 10 17 2 15 7 130

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

12 10 1 13 9 8 3 12 8 12 7 9 10 15 6 13 7 12 9 6 11 10 8 13 91 133

4th Down Conversions

3-4 2-6 2-2 0-0 0-2 1-3 1-3 1-1 1-2 0-3 0-0 2-2 13-28

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

0-1 0-1 0-0 0-1 2-2 0-2 4-5 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-2 1-1 8-16

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

Rushing Number-Yards

Pen

8 0 5 3 12 0 7 3 17 0 11 1 7 1 6 0 21 1 11 2 7 1 8 3 120 15

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

2 0 1 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 1 14

37-111 54-277 40-202 44-235 36-216 41-245 42-152 35-150 43-299 29-53 37-191 43-99 481-2230

Time of Possession

34:07 38:53 34:23 36:09 26:28 32:14 33:54 33:46 34:52 29:03 30:35 32:48 397:12

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

25:53 21:07 25:37 23:51 33:32 27:46 26:06 26:14 25:08 30:57 29:25 27:12 322:48

Note: Game totals are displayed in the format TEAM/OPPONENT for each category

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

Passing Comp-Att-Int

40-286 25-28 36-120 26-47 39-223 29-160 40-160 34-160 33-91 33-196 43-225 35-117 413-1813

TOP Margin

8:14 17:46 8:46 12:18 -7:04 4:28 7:48 7:32 9:44 -1:54 1:10 5:36 74:24

17-33-2 20-33-1 15-28-0 17-27-0 16-31-1 19-25-1 25-37-0 28-43-3 23-42-1 15-29-1 21-32-1 19-39-1 235-399-12

Avg Yds/Rush

3.0 5.1 5.1 5.3 6.0 6.0 3.6 4.3 7.0 1.8 5.2 2.3 4.6

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

7.2 1.1 3.3 1.8 5.7 5.5 4.0 4.7 2.8 5.9 5.2 3.3 4.4

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

21-33-0 222 11-25-1 279 23-34-2 213 17-31-1 316 25-29-1 252 20-34-0 177 19-35-0 295 10-20-0 235 30-39-3 257 18-32-2 144 10-17-1 297 28-43-3 197 232-372-14 2884 Avg Yds/Pass

6.7 8.5 7.6 11.7 8.1 7.1 8.0 5.5 6.1 5.0 9.3 5.1 7.2

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

4.4 5.4 10.0 4.5 11.7 6.6 4.7 7.3 11.4 5.8 6.7 4.7 6.9

Total Offense Plays-Yards

Yards

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

146 70-333 135 87-556 339 68-415 139 71-551 340 67-468 224 66-422 165 79-447 147 78-385 446 85-556 187 58-197 114 69-488 201 82-296 2583 880-5114

Avg Yds/Play

4.8 6.4 6.1 7.8 7.0 6.4 5.7 4.9 6.5 3.4 7.1 3.6 5.8

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

5.9 3.3 6.6 3.3 8.3 6.1 4.3 5.7 7.5 5.9 5.7 4.1 5.6

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

73-432 50-163 70-459 57-186 68-563 63-384 75-325 54-307 72-537 65-383 60-339 78-318 785-4396

Punting Number-Avg

6-45.0 1-35.0 7-46.6 0-0.0 1-42.0 2-41.0 5-39.4 5-47.6 5-27.0 6-42.3 3-36.3 9-37.1 50-40.4

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

6-45.2 8-43.0 4-48.0 7-42.0 2-46.5 2-48.5 6-44.5 8-40.4 5-48.6 4-55.0 3-38.3 8-42.2 63-44.4

Return Yards

105 97 42 122 109 47 46 12 130 80 60 48 898

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

59 109 55 73 151 65 71 98 208 37 83 83 1092

Penalties Number-Yards

11-74 3-25 5-33 3-30 5-41 9-71 8-82 6-25 4-40 1-5 2-20 5-39 62-485

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

7-86 5-32 1-5 7-80 5-27 4-30 4-40 4-20 10-105 5-41 3-25 7-50 62-541

TurnOvers

2 1 0 0 2 1 0 5 1 1 2 2 17

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

0 3 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 4 3 4 24

Sacks

0 1 3 1 3 0 1 1 3 1 0 2 16

/ / / / / / / / / / / / /

4 1 0 1 3 2 4 1 1 2 1 2 22

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Team Game-by-Game (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games TEAM STATISTICS

Date

Opponent

no.

Aug 31 vs Oklahoma State Sep 07 ALCORN STATE Sep 14 at Auburn Sep 21 TROY Oct 05 LSU Oct 12 BOWLING GREEN Oct 24 KENTUCKY Nov 02 at South Carolina Nov 09 at Texas A&M Nov 16 ALABAMA Nov 23 at Arkansas Nov 28 OLE MISS Mississippi State Opponents

Rushing yds td

37 111 0 54 277 5 40 202 3 44 235 5 36 216 1 41 245 3 42 152 1 35 150 2 43 299 2 29 53 1 37 191 1 43 99 2 481 2230 26 413 1813 16

no.

Receiving yds td

Passing cmp-att-int yds

22 17 222 0 35 17-33-2 222 0 35 44 20 279 2 31 20-33-1 279 2 31 47 15 213 0 61 15-28-0 213 0 61 22 17 316 2 50 17-27-0 316 2 50 32 16 252 2 59 16-31-1 252 2 59 75 19 177 0 17 19-25-1 177 0 17 35 25 295 3 60 25-37-0 295 3 60 21 28 235 0 22 28-43-3 235 0 22 51 23 257 4 31 23-42-1 257 4 31 8 15 144 0 22 15-29-1 144 0 22 25 21 297 2 35 21-32-1 297 2 35 21 19 197 0 20 19-39-1 197 0 20 75 235 2884 15 61 235-399-12 2884 15 61 69 232 2583 18 76 232-372-14 2583 18 76

Kick Returns no. yds td lg

Punt Returns no. yds td lg

4 1 0 1 4 2 3 2 5 3 1 1 27 38

2 1 1 -5 0 0 2 5 1 0 1 1 1 -1 2 -3 4 36 1 -15 1 5 4 30 20 54 13 78

104 95 0 21 109 46 47 15 86 37 7 13 580 816

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

66 95 0 19 46 25 18 15 34 19 7 13 95 97

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

tot off

2 333 0 556 0 415 3 551 0 468 1 422 0 447 0 385 16 556 0 197 5 488 23 296 23 5114 28 4396

Games played: 12 Avg per rush: 4.6 Avg per catch: 12.3 Pass efficiency: 126.00 Kick ret avg: 21.5 Punt ret avg: 2.7 All purpose avg/game: 498.4 Total offense avg/gm: 426.2 Date

Opponent

43 28 50 33 52 37 47 35 35 38 26 47 471 511

Tackles a total

34 24 16 24 20 22 30 18 30 24 56 42 340 384

77 52 66 57 72 59 77 53 65 62 82 89 811 895

tfl-yds

Sacks no-yds

8.0-16 8.0-25 4.0-21 7.0-17 8.0-30 5.0-7 3.0-9 4.0-21 5.0-39 7.0-20 2.0-5 9.0-30 70.0-240 75.0-248

0.0-0 1.0-5 3.0-18 1.0-3 3.0-21 0.0-0 1.0-6 1.0-13 3.0-35 1.0-7 0.0-0 2.0-17 16.0-125 22.0-143

Fumble ff fr-yds

Pass Defense int-yds qbh brup

1 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 12 9

0-0 1-7 2-42 1-70 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-8 2-53 1-48 3-5 14-233 12-173

4 5 1 2 4 8 3 5 2 7 2 8 51 53

0-0 2-0 1-0 1-26 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-5 2-0 1-0 10-31 5-25

Punting Date

2 3 1 4 0 8 4 5 1 4 0 5 37 63

Blkd kick

1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4

PAT Attempts kick rush rcv

0-0 6-7 2-2 8-8 2-2 3-3 4-4 1-1 3-3 1-1 3-3 2-2 35-36 34-34

Field Goals

Opponent

no.

yds

avg

long

blkd

50+

i20

md-att

6 1 7 0 1 2 5 5 5 6 3 9 50 63

270 35 326 0 42 82 197 238 135 254 109 334 2022 2797

45.0 35.0 46.6 0.0 42.0 41.0 39.4 47.6 27.0 42.3 36.3 37.1 40.4 44.4

52 35 52 0 42 41 46 62 42 53 39 54 62 63

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1

1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 6

3 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 1 3 15 17

1 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 11 10

0 0 2 0 0 1 1 4 2 2 2 5 19 20

1-2 1-1 0-1 2-3 2-3 0-1 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 1-3 1-2 9-20 14-18

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

saf

pts

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

3 51 20 62 26 21 28 16 41 7 24 17 316 292

Kickoffs

long blkd

40 26 0 25 35 0 0 38 0 0 24 36 40 54

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 1

no.

yds

avg

2 126 9 571 4 260 11 666 6 390 4 253 6 356 4 260 7 433 2 125 4 206 3 174 62 3820 60 3653

63.0 63.4 65.0 60.5 65.0 63.2 59.3 65.0 61.9 62.5 51.5 58.0 61.6 60.9

0 5 3 5 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 0 23 31

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games OPPONENT STATISTICS

Date

Opponent

no.

Rushing yds td

40 286 3 25 28 0 36 120 0 26 47 0 39 223 6 29 160 2 40 160 1 34 160 0 33 91 2 33 196 0 43 225 2 35 117 0 413 1813 16 481 2230 26

no.

Receiving yds td

Passing cmp-att-int yds

46 21 146 0 21 21-33-0 146 0 21 6 11 135 1 36 11-25-1 135 1 36 15 23 339 2 76 23-34-2 339 2 76 26 17 139 1 29 17-31-1 139 1 29 69 25 340 2 33 25-29-1 340 2 33 29 20 224 0 28 20-34-0 224 0 28 21 19 165 1 51 19-35-0 165 1 51 43 10 147 4 43 10-20-0 147 4 43 16 30 446 5 75 30-39-3 446 5 75 50 18 187 2 26 18-32-2 187 2 26 25 10 114 0 44 10-17-1 114 0 44 18 28 201 0 22 28-43-3 201 0 22 69 232 2583 18 76 232-372-14 2583 18 76 75 235 2884 15 61 235-399-12 2884 15 61

Kick Returns no. yds td lg

Punt Returns no. yds td lg

2 4 1 5 5 2 3 2 6 1 4 3 38 27

2 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 2 13 20

45 97 11 73 111 31 58 50 185 18 82 55 816 580

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

24 34 11 21 29 17 26 29 97 18 44 20 97 95

7 0 44 0 0 0 13 0 8 3 0 3 78 54

tot off

0 6 432 0 0 163 0 28 459 0 0 186 0 0 563 0 0 384 0 7 325 0 0 307 0 1 537 0 3 383 0 0 339 1 1 318 1 28 4396 0 23 5114

Games played: 12 Avg per rush: 4.4 Avg per catch: 11.1 Pass efficiency: 129.13 Kick ret avg: 21.5 Punt ret avg: 6.0 All purpose avg/game: 455.2 Total offense avg/gm: 366.3 Date

Opponent

35 61 33 40 38 48 48 50 40 31 34 53 511 471

Tackles a total

46 20 34 32 28 24 34 22 48 32 40 24 384 340

81 81 67 72 66 72 82 72 88 63 74 77 895 811

tfl-yds

Sacks no-yds

11.0-35 6.0-14 3.0-6 5.0-9 5.0-19 4.0-22 8.0-46 7.0-20 5.0-7 5.0-16 7.0-20 9.0-34 75.0-248 70.0-240

4.0-23 1.0-4 0.0-0 1.0-2 3.0-14 2.0-13 4.0-41 1.0-11 1.0-1 2.0-12 1.0-10 2.0-12 22.0-143 16.0-125

Fumble ff fr-yds

Pass Defense int-yds qbh brup

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 2 9 12

2-7 1-12 0-0 0-0 1-40 1-34 0-0 3-24 1-15 1-16 1-0 1-25 12-173 14-233

2 1 12 4 3 7 3 4 1 6 3 7 53 51

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-0 2-24 0-0 0-0 1-1 1-0 5-25 10-31

Punting Date

6 8 5 4 9 2 5 6 4 5 4 5 63 37

Blkd kick

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 4 2

PAT Attempts kick rush rcv

3-3 1-1 1-1 1-1 8-8 2-2 2-2 4-4 7-7 2-2 2-2 1-1 34-34 35-36

Field Goals

Opponent

no.

yds

avg

long

blkd

50+

i20

md-att

6 8 4 7 2 2 6 8 5 4 3 8 63 50

271 344 192 294 93 97 267 323 243 220 115 338 2797 2022

45.2 43.0 48.0 42.0 46.5 48.5 44.5 40.4 48.6 55.0 38.3 42.2 44.4 40.4

54 49 53 50 49 49 50 49 58 63 44 48 63 62

0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 6 5

2 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 17 15

2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 0 10 11

4 2 2 0 0 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 20 19

0-1 0-0 3-3 0-0 1-1 2-3 2-3 2-2 0-0 2-2 1-1 1-2 14-18 9-20

0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

saf

pts

0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0

21 7 24 7 59 20 22 34 51 20 17 10 292 316

Kickoffs

long blkd

0 0 47 0 29 45 45 44 0 35 54 22 54 40

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2

no.

yds

avg

4 239 2 126 6 390 2 126 10 650 4 255 5 279 7 407 8 491 5 296 4 205 3 189 60 3653 62 3820

59.8 63.0 65.0 63.0 65.0 63.8 55.8 58.1 61.4 59.2 51.2 63.0 60.9 61.6

0 1 6 1 6 2 1 5 3 2 2 2 31 23

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games

Rushing

Dak Prescott L.Perkins Josh Robinson Ashton Shumpert Jameon Lewis Damian Williams Nick Griffin Derrick Milton B.Holloway Tyler Russell Robert Johnson C.Siddoway Team Total Opponents

10 11 12 11 12 5 12 11 10 7 12 12 6 12 12

Passing

Dak Prescott Tyler Russell Damian Williams Jameon Lewis Team Devon Bell Total Opponents

10 7 5 12 6 12 12 12

att

gain loss

net avg td

120 830 79 751 6.3 11 124 542 47 495 4.0 2 75 435 21 414 5.5 3 39 165 4 161 4.1 2 13 122 5 117 9.0 3 34 132 31 101 3.0 1 20 84 6 78 3.9 1 13 69 0 69 5.3 2 8 40 2 38 4.8 0 26 87 72 15 0.6 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 1 8 0 18 -18 -2.2 0 481 2515 285 2230 4.6 26 413 2049 236 1813 4.4 16 effic comp-att-int

120.20 142.20 90.03 665.20 0.00 0.00 126.00 129.13 no.

139-239-7 71-109-3 22-45-2 3-3-0 0-2-0 0-1-0 235-399-12 232-372-14

pct

lg avg/g

Punt Returns

no.

75 35 51 14 44 25 10 14 15 15 9 0 0 75 69

Jameon Lewis B.Holloway Total Opponents

19 1 20 13

Interceptions

no.

yds avg td

Nickoe Whitley Jamerson Love Taveze Calhoun Justin Cox Deontae Skinner Richie Brown Total Opponents

5 3 3 1 1 1 14 12

42 78 101 0 7 5 233 173

29 70 53 0 7 4 70 40

Kick Returns

no.

yds avg td

Jameon Lewis Robert Johnson B.Holloway C.Holmes C.Harrison Total Opponents

18 4 3 1 1 27 38

419 41 113 0 7 580 816

0 0 0 0 0 0 0

66 19 95 0 7 95 97

Fumble Returns

no.

yds avg td

yds td

58.2 1657 7 65.1 875 5 48.9 268 0 100.0 84 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0 58.9 2884 15 62.4 2583 18

Receiving

yds

avg

lg avg/g

Jameon Lewis Robert Johnson Malcolm Johnson L.Perkins D.Wilson Joe Morrow Josh Robinson Fred Ross B.Holloway Fred Brown J.Chapelle Artimas Samuel Nick Griffin Ashton Shumpert Brandon Hill Dak Prescott Rufus Warren Derrick Milton Total Opponents

12 55 703 12 33 379 12 29 378 11 26 238 12 23 314 12 18 211 12 11 112 11 9 115 10 7 77 7 5 74 10 4 45 5 3 43 12 3 27 11 3 25 7 2 53 10 2 53 10 1 23 11 1 14 12 235 2884 12 232 2583

12.8 11.5 13.0 9.2 13.7 11.7 10.2 12.8 11.0 14.8 11.2 14.3 9.0 8.3 26.5 26.5 23.0 14.0 12.3 11.1

5 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 15 18

50 61 60 32 59 31 23 23 34 19 18 28 18 14 38 36 23 14 61 76

58.6 31.6 31.5 21.6 26.2 17.6 9.3 10.5 7.7 10.6 4.5 8.6 2.2 2.3 7.6 5.3 2.3 1.3 240.3 215.2

75.1 45.0 34.5 14.6 9.8 20.2 6.5 6.3 3.8 2.1 0.8 0.0 -3.0 185.8 151.1 lg avg/g

61 59 34 36 0 0 61 76

165.7 125.0 53.6 7.0 0.0 0.0 240.3 215.2

Nickoe Whitley Beniquez Brown B.McKinney Total Opponents

1 1 1 3 2

yds avg td

31 23 54 78

0 5 26 31 25

1.6 23.0 2.7 6.0

8.4 26.0 33.7 0.0 7.0 5.0 16.6 14.4

23.3 10.2 37.7 0.0 7.0 21.5 21.5

0.0 5.0 26.0 10.3 12.5

0 0 0 1

0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

0 0 0 0 0

16 23 23 28

0 5 26 26 24

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games

Scoring

kick

Dak Prescott Jameon Lewis Devon Bell L.Perkins Evan Sobiesk Josh Robinson D.Wilson Derrick Milton Ashton Shumpert Malcolm Johnson Nick Griffin Joe Morrow C.Siddoway Jamerson Love Damian Williams Tyler Russell Total Opponents

13 8 4 3 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 42 35

6-14 3-6 9-20 14-18

25-26 10-10 35-36 34-34

Field Goals

Devon Bell Evan Sobiesk

PAT rush rcv pass dxp saf

1-1 0-1 0-1 1-3 -

- 0-3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0-3 1 1-1

pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99

6-14 42.9 0-0 3-6 50.0 0-0

4-5 1-2

1-4 2-3

1-5 0-1

FG Sequence

Mississippi State

Opponents

Oklahoma State Alcorn State Auburn Troy LSU Bowling Green Kentucky South Carolina Texas A&M Alabama Arkansas Ole Miss

(40),32 (26) 35 (25),30,(24) (35),(22),42 44 47 (38) 40 23 (24),28,42 (36),39

49 (40),(19),(47) (29) (35),(45),45 47,(45),(44) (44),(37) (33),(35) (54) 27,(22)

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

0-0 0-0

pts

Total Offense

- 80 - 48 - 43 - 24 - 19 - 18 - 18 - 18 - 12 6 6 6 6 6 6 0 - 316 2 292

g plays

rush pass

total avg/g

Dak Prescott Tyler Russell L.Perkins Josh Robinson Damian Williams Jameon Lewis Ashton Shumpert Nick Griffin Derrick Milton B.Holloway Robert Johnson Team Total Opponents

10 7 11 12 5 12 11 12 11 10 12 6 12 12

lg blk

Punting

no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk

40 38

B.Swedenburg Devon Bell Team Total Opponents

25 1063 23 959 2 0 50 2022 63 2797

Kickoffs

no. yds avg tb ob retn

Devon Bell Taylor Earhart Evan Sobiesk Total Opponents

59 3648 2 114 1 58 62 3820 60 3653

1 1

359 751 1657 2408 240.8 135 15 875 890 127.1 124 495 0 495 45.0 75 414 0 414 34.5 79 101 268 369 73.8 16 117 84 201 16.8 39 161 0 161 14.6 20 78 0 78 6.5 13 69 0 69 6.3 8 38 0 38 3.8 1 9 0 9 0.8 10 -18 0 -18 -3.0 880 2230 2884 5114 426.2 785 1813 2583 4396 366.3

42.5 41.7 0.0 40.4 44.4

53 62 0 62 63

61.8 23 57.0 0 58.0 0 61.6 23 60.9 31

3 7 6 7 2 8 13 4 0 0 0 0 5 15 19 11 6 17 20 10

0 1 1 2 1

net ydln

1 0 0 1 21.5 39.2 0 21.5 38.3

25 26

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games All Purpose

Jameon Lewis Dak Prescott L.Perkins Josh Robinson Robert Johnson Malcolm Johnso D.Wilson B.Holloway Joe Morrow Ashton Shumper Fred Ross Nick Griffin Taveze Calhoun Damian Williams Derrick Milton Jamerson Love Fred Brown Brandon Hill J.Chapelle Artimas Samuel Nickoe Whitley Rufus Warren Tyler Russell Deontae Skinner C.Harrison Richie Brown Team Total Opponents

rcv

12 117 703 10 751 53 11 495 238 12 414 112 12 9 379 12 0 378 12 0 314 10 38 77 12 0 211 11 161 25 11 0 115 12 78 27 11 0 0 5 101 0 11 69 14 10 0 0 7 0 74 7 0 53 10 0 45 5 0 43 11 0 0 10 0 23 7 15 0 10 0 0 12 0 0 12 0 0 6 -18 0 12 2230 2884 12 1813 2583

rush

31 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 78

419 0 0 0 41 0 0 113 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 580 816

total avg/g

0 1270 105.8 0 804 80.4 0 733 66.6 0 526 43.8 0 429 35.8 0 378 31.5 0 314 26.2 0 251 25.1 0 211 17.6 0 186 16.9 0 115 10.5 0 105 8.8 101 101 9.2 0 101 20.2 0 83 7.5 78 78 7.8 0 74 10.6 0 53 7.6 0 45 4.5 0 43 8.6 42 42 3.8 0 23 2.3 0 15 2.1 7 7 0.7 0 7 0.6 5 5 0.4 0 -18 -3.0 233 5981 498.4 173 5463 455.2

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games

## 50 11 26 1 22 23 91 42 39 96 90 9 14 5 93 92 2 13 47 24 33 94 48 38 44 98 31 54 49 40 43 16 6 84 2M 77 12 83 99 52 66 61 3 32 29

Defensive Leaders

Tackles tot

tfl/yds

Sacks no-yds

Pass defense int-yds brup

B.McKinney Deontae Skinner Kendrick Market Nickoe Whitley Matthew Wells Taveze Calhoun Preston Smith Beniquez Brown Richie Brown Chris Jones Denico Autry Justin Cox Zach Jackson Jamerson Love P.J. Jones Kaleb Eulls Will Redmond Cedric Jiles A.J. Jefferson Deontay Evans Kivon Coman Nelson Adams Ryan Brown Dee Arrington C.Holmes Curtis Virges T.Cleveland Quay Evans Torrey Dale Devon Bell Ivan Muniz Joe Morrow Malcolm Johnson J.Chapelle Tyrell Miller C.Siddoway Robert Johnson Michael Hodges John Harris F.Bohanna Ben Beckwith Gabe Jackson Jay Hughes Ashton Shumpert Quadry Antoine Total Opponents

12 10 12 11 12 11 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 12 7 10 12 12 12 12 12 3 12 10 11 5 2 12 2 12 12 10 2 12 12 2 2 1 12 12 1 11 4 12 12

41 32 42 38 27 31 25 15 15 17 13 22 12 20 9 7 13 13 11 9 11 3 5 6 6 2 7 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 . . 1 471 511

29 29 18 17 22 12 13 22 21 14 17 8 17 5 14 16 8 6 7 6 2 8 6 4 4 7 2 2 . 1 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . 1 1 . 340 384

70 61 60 55 49 43 38 37 36 31 30 30 29 25 23 23 21 19 18 15 13 11 11 10 10 9 9 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 811 895

6.0-40 4.5-12 1.5-5 1.0-3 6.0-12 1.5-4 6.5-28 4.5-9 3.0-15 7.0-28 5.5-17 0.5-1 2.5-9 1.0-3 3.0-14 1.5-5 2.5-5 . 3.0-13 . 1.0-1 1.5-1 1.5-3 1.0-2 . 2.5-8 0.5-1 1.0-1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70-240 75-248

2.5-32 1.0-6 . . 1.0-3 . 2.5-15 . 2.0-13 3.0-26 1.0-6 . . . 1.0-12 . . . 1.0-7 . . . . . . 1.0-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-125 22-143

. 1-7 . 5-42 . 3-101 . . 1-5 . . 1-0 . 3-78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-233 12-173

. 2 1 2 2 4 3 . . 3 3 3 . 6 . . 2 . 1 . . . . 1 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . 37 63

qbh

Fumbles rcv-yds

blkd kick

saf

4 3 . 1 3 . 8 . . 10 8 . 1 . 4 1 . . 3 . . . 3 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 53

2-26 . . 1-0 1-0 1-0 . 2-5 . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . 1-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31 5-25

. . 1 2 1 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . 1 1 . . . 1 . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 9

. . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4

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Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Game Superlatives (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Rushes Yards Rushing TD Rushes

Long Rush Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing TD Passes

Long Pass Receptions

Yards Receiving TD Receptions Long Reception Field Goals Long Field Goal Punts Punting Avg Long Punt Punts inside 20 Long Punt Return Long Kickoff Return Tackles Sacks Tackles For Loss Interceptions

22 22 154 2 2 2 2 2 75 43 28 268 2 2 2 2 2 61 7 7 7 7 7 111 2 61 2 40 8 47.6 62 5 23 95 11 11 2.0 3.0 2 2 2

Ashton Shumpert vs Alcorn State (Sep 07, 2013) Dak Prescott at Auburn (Sep 14, 2013) Dak Prescott at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) Ashton Shumpert vs Alcorn State (Sep 07, 2013) Dak Prescott at Auburn (Sep 14, 2013) Dak Prescott vs Troy (Sep 21, 2013) Dak Prescott vs Bowling Green (Oct 12, 2013) Dak Prescott at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) Dak Prescott vs Bowling Green (Oct 12, 2013) Dak Prescott at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) Dak Prescott at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) Dak Prescott vs Kentucky (Oct 24, 2013) Dak Prescott vs Alcorn State (Sep 07, 2013) Tyler Russell vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) Dak Prescott vs Kentucky (Oct 24, 2013) Dak Prescott at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) Tyler Russell at Arkansas (Nov 23, 2013) Dak Prescott at Auburn (Sep 14, 2013) Jameon Lewis vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) Jameon Lewis vs Kentucky (Oct 24, 2013) Jameon Lewis at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) Robert Johnson at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) D.Wilson at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) Jameon Lewis vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) D.Wilson at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) Robert Johnson at Auburn (Sep 14, 2013) Devon Bell vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) Devon Bell vs Oklahoma State (Aug 31, 2013) Devon Bell vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013) Devon Bell at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) Devon Bell at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) Devon Bell vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013) B.Holloway vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013) B.Holloway vs Alcorn State (Sep 07, 2013) Deontae Skinner vs Kentucky (Oct 24, 2013) Taveze Calhoun vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013) Preston Smith vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) Preston Smith vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) Nickoe Whitley at Auburn (Sep 14, 2013) Jamerson Love at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) Taveze Calhoun vs Alabama (Nov 16, 2013)

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Game Superlatives (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games TEAM GAME HIGHS Rushes Yards Rushing Yards Per Rush TD Rushes Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing Yards Per Pass TD Passes Total Plays Total Offense Yards Per Play Points Sacks By

First Downs

Penalties Penalty Yards Turnovers Interceptions By Punts Punting Avg Long Punt Punts inside 20 Long Punt Return

54 299 7.0 5 5 43 28 316 11.7 4 87 556 556 7.8 62 3 3 3 30 30 30 11 82 5 3 3 9 47.6 62 5 23

vs Alcorn State (Sep 07, 2013) at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) vs Alcorn State (Sep 07, 2013) vs Troy (Sep 21, 2013) at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) vs Troy (Sep 21, 2013) vs Troy (Sep 21, 2013) at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) vs Alcorn State (Sep 07, 2013) vs Alcorn State (Sep 07, 2013) at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) vs Troy (Sep 21, 2013) vs Troy (Sep 21, 2013) at Auburn (Sep 14, 2013) vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) vs Alcorn State (Sep 07, 2013) vs Troy (Sep 21, 2013) at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) vs Oklahoma State (Aug 31, 2013) vs Kentucky (Oct 24, 2013) at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013) vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013) at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013) vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013)

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Game Superlatives (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS Rushes Yards Rushing TD Rushes Long Rush Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing TD Passes Long Pass Receptions Yards Receiving TD Receptions

Long Reception Field Goals Long Field Goal Punts Punting Avg Long Punt Punts inside 20 Long Punt Return Long Kickoff Return Tackles Sacks

Tackles For Loss Interceptions

24 160 3 69 40 30 446 5 76 9 9 179 2 2 2 2 76 3 54 8 8 55.0 63 4 28 97 16 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.5 2.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

T.J. Yeldon, vs Alabama (Nov 16, 2013) T.J. Yeldon, vs Alabama (Nov 16, 2013) Kenny Hilliard, vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) Jeremy Hill, vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) Bo Wallace, vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013) Johnny Manziel, at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) Johnny Manziel, at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) Johnny Manziel, at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) Nick Marshall, at Auburn (Sep 14, 2013) Odell Beckham, vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) L. Treadwell, vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013) Odell Beckham, vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) Odell Beckham, vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) Shaq Roland, at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) Malcome Kennedy, at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) Travis Labhart, at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) Quan Bray, at Auburn (Sep 14, 2013) Cody Parkey, at Auburn (Sep 14, 2013) Zach Hocker, at Arkansas (Nov 23, 2013) Tyler Hull, at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) Tyler Campbell, vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013) Cody Mandell, vs Alabama (Nov 16, 2013) Cody Mandell, vs Alabama (Nov 16, 2013) Smith, Kip, vs Oklahoma State (Aug 31, 2013) Quan Bray, at Auburn (Sep 14, 2013) Trey Williams, at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) Alan Turner, at Arkansas (Nov 23, 2013) Ogbah, Emmanuel, vs Oklahoma State (Aug 31, 2013) Castleman, J., vs Oklahoma State (Aug 31, 2013) Moody,D., vs Alcorn State (Sep 07, 2013) Lee, Deon, vs Troy (Sep 21, 2013) Lamin Barrow, vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) Anthony Johnson, vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) C. LaCouture, vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) ROYSTER, Taylor, vs Bowling Green (Oct 12, 2013) MONTGOMERY, K., vs Bowling Green (Oct 12, 2013) Alvin Dupree, vs Kentucky (Oct 24, 2013) Za'Darius Smith, vs Kentucky (Oct 24, 2013) Donte Rumph, vs Kentucky (Oct 24, 2013) J.T. Surratt, at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) Toney Hurd, Jr, at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) Adrian Hubbard, vs Alabama (Nov 16, 2013) A. Robinson, vs Alabama (Nov 16, 2013) Chris Smith, at Arkansas (Nov 23, 2013) R. Nkemdiche, vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013) Issac Gross, vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013) Trey Flowers, at Arkansas (Nov 23, 2013) D. Shackelford, vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013) Gilbert, Justin, vs Oklahoma State (Aug 31, 2013) Craig, Zack, vs Oklahoma State (Aug 31, 2013) Freeman,C., vs Alcorn State (Sep 07, 2013) T. White, vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) GATES, BooBoo, vs Bowling Green (Oct 12, 2013) Chaz Elder, at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) Skai Moore, at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) T.J. Holloman, at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013)

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Game Superlatives (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games 1 1 1 1

Daeshon Hall, at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) H. Clinton-Dix, vs Alabama (Nov 16, 2013) Jared Collins, at Arkansas (Nov 23, 2013) Cody Prewitt, vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013)

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Game Superlatives (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS Rushes Yards Rushing Yards Per Rush TD Rushes Pass attempts Pass completions Yards Passing Yards Per Pass TD Passes Total Plays Total Offense Yards Per Play Points Sacks By First Downs Penalties Penalty Yards Turnovers Interceptions By Punts

Punting Avg Long Punt Punts inside 20 Long Punt Return

43 286 7.2 6 43 30 446 11.7 5 78 563 8.3 59 4 4 29 10 105 4 4 3 8 8 8 55.0 63 4 28

at Arkansas (Nov 23, 2013) vs Oklahoma State (Aug 31, 2013) vs Oklahoma State (Aug 31, 2013) vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013) at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013) vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) vs LSU (Oct 05, 2013) vs Oklahoma State (Aug 31, 2013) vs Kentucky (Oct 24, 2013) at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) at Texas A&M (Nov 09, 2013) vs Alabama (Nov 16, 2013) vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013) at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) vs Alcorn State (Sep 07, 2013) at South Carolina (Nov 02, 2013) vs Ole Miss (Nov 28, 2013) vs Alabama (Nov 16, 2013) vs Alabama (Nov 16, 2013) vs Oklahoma State (Aug 31, 2013) at Auburn (Sep 14, 2013)

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Red-Zone Results (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games Mississippi State Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Date

Opponent

Aug 31, 2013 Sep 07, 2013 Sep 14, 2013 Sep 21, 2013 Oct 05, 2013 Oct 12, 2013 Oct 24, 2013 Nov 02, 2013 Nov 09, 2013 Nov 16, 2013 Nov 23, 2013 Nov 28, 2013

vs Oklahoma State ALCORN STATE at Auburn TROY LSU BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY at South Carolina at Texas A&M ALABAMA at Arkansas OLE MISS Totals 36 of 46 (78.3%)

Score L W L W L W W L L L W W

3-21 51-7 20-24 62-7 26-59 21-20 28-22 16-34 41-51 7-20 24-17 17-10

Times Times In RZ Scored

2 7 4 7 3 3 3 2 5 3 5 2 46

1 7 3 6 3 2 3 2 4 1 2 2 36

Total Pts

TDs

Rush TDs

Pass TDs

FGs Made

3 45 20 34 13 14 21 13 27 7 10 10 217

0 6 3 4 1 2 3 2 4 1 1 1 28

0 5 3 4 0 2 1 2 1 1 0 1 20

0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 8

1 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8

Failed to score inside RZ FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game

1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 7

0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Opponents Inside Mississippi State Red-Zone

Date

Opponent

Aug 31, 2013 Sep 07, 2013 Sep 14, 2013 Sep 21, 2013 Oct 05, 2013 Oct 12, 2013 Oct 24, 2013 Nov 02, 2013 Nov 09, 2013 Nov 16, 2013 Nov 23, 2013 Nov 28, 2013

vs Oklahoma State ALCORN STATE at Auburn TROY LSU BOWLING GREEN KENTUCKY at South Carolina at Texas A&M ALABAMA at Arkansas OLE MISS Totals 32 of 38 (84.2%)

Score L W L W L W W L L L W W

3-21 51-7 20-24 62-7 26-59 21-20 28-22 16-34 41-51 7-20 24-17 17-10

Times Times In RZ Scored

3 0 3 2 6 3 1 4 6 5 2 3 38

3 0 3 1 6 3 1 4 5 4 1 1 32

Total Pts

TDs

Rush TDs

Pass TDs

FGs Made

21 0 13 7 38 17 7 24 35 20 7 3 192

3 0 1 1 5 2 1 3 5 2 1 0 24

3 0 0 0 4 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 13

0 0 1 1 1 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 11

0 0 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 8

Failed to score inside RZ FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1

0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Games Played (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games

## 94 29 38 90 37 66 40 52 53 42 86 39 48 23 71 84 72 75 60 31 33 19 9 79 49 20 63 62 4E 92 24 54 7 1H 99 45 18 83 55 10 44 3 61 14 47 13 6

PLAYER Nelson Adams Quadry Antoine Dee Arrington Denico Autry James Baldwin Ben Beckwith Devon Bell F.Bohanna Hunter Bradley Beniquez Brown Fred Brown Richie Brown Ryan Brown Taveze Calhoun Cole Carter J.Chapelle Winston Chapman Blaine Clausell Jamaal Clayborn T.Cleveland Kivon Coman Sam Cowart Justin Cox H. Cunningham Torrey Dale Brandon Davis Dillon Day Devon Desper Taylor Earhart Kaleb Eulls Deontay Evans Quay Evans Nick Griffin Josh Hand John Harris C.Harrison Brandon Hill Michael Hodges Dylan Holley B.Holloway C.Holmes Jay Hughes Gabe Jackson Zach Jackson A.J. Jefferson Cedric Jiles Malcolm Johnson

GP-GS 12/4/3/1 12/12 2/12/11 12/1/1/12/2 7/12/12/1 11/11 10/10/12/11/11 6/11/12/1/12/1 1/2/2/12/11 6/2/12/12 12/5/12/1/2/12/7/4 2/11/1 10/12/1/1 12/12 12/1 12/10/3 12/9

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Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Games Played (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games ## 12 96 93 4 5 5L 70 26 50 2M 28 16 59 43 3N 27 15 2 78 34 8 17 85 58 32 77 11 91 64 41 98 4W 82 22 57 1 1W 81

PLAYER Robert Johnson Chris Jones P.J. Jones Jameon Lewis Jamerson Love Mannie Lowery Justin Malone Kendrick Market B.McKinney Tyrell Miller Derrick Milton Joe Morrow Archie Muniz Ivan Muniz Javous Nicks L.Perkins Dak Prescott Will Redmond Damien Robinson Josh Robinson Fred Ross Tyler Russell Artimas Samuel Justin Senior Ashton Shumpert C.Siddoway Deontae Skinner Preston Smith Evan Sobiesk B.Swedenburg Curtis Virges Deandre Ward Rufus Warren Matthew Wells Bailey West Nickoe Whitley Damian Williams D.Wilson

GP-GS 12/12 12/3 10/10 12/11 10/9 1/1/1 12/11 12/12 2/11/12/11 11/2/1/11/11 10/6 7/12/12/1 11/7/5 5/10/1 11/12/12 10/10 11/10 6/10/10/1/10/12/12 1/11/11 5/12/1

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Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Total Tackles Game-by-Game (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games

Total Tackles

UA-A

Total

B.McKinney Deontae Skinner Kendrick Market Nickoe Whitley Matthew Wells Taveze Calhoun Preston Smith Beniquez Brown Richie Brown Chris Jones Justin Cox Denico Autry Zach Jackson Jamerson Love Kaleb Eulls P.J. Jones Will Redmond Cedric Jiles A.J. Jefferson Deontay Evans Kivon Coman Nelson Adams Ryan Brown Dee Arrington C.Holmes T.Cleveland Curtis Virges Quay Evans Joe Morrow Ivan Muniz Torrey Dale Devon Bell Malcolm Johnson Jay Hughes Ben Beckwith C.Siddoway J.Chapelle Quadry Antoine Tyrell Miller Michael Hodges Ashton Shumpert John Harris Robert Johnson F.Bohanna Gabe Jackson

41-29 32-29 42-18 38-17 27-22 31-12 25-13 15-22 15-21 17-14 22-8 13-17 12-17 20-5 7-16 9-14 13-8 13-6 11-7 9-6 11-2 3-8 5-6 6-4 6-4 7-2 2-7 1-2 2-0 2-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0 1-0 0-1 1-0

70 61 60 55 49 43 38 37 36 31 30 30 29 25 23 23 21 19 18 15 13 11 11 10 10 9 9 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

OSU

ALCN

TROY

BGSU

TAMU

4-4 4-6 5-1 5-0 1-3 5-1 0-1 0-2 1-0 0-2 4-1 1-3 1-2 1-0 2-0 DNP 3-3 1-0 1-0 0-1 4-3 DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP -

2-0 1-4 0-1 DNP 1-2 2-1 0-1 2-0 0-4 1-1 1-1 1-0 2-2 DNP 0-1 DNP DNP 2-0 0-2 2-1 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 1-2 0-1 1-0 2-0 DNP 1-0 1-0 DNP -

4-5 3-1 7-0 6-0 3-1 3-0 2-1 2-0 3-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 5-0 0-1 2-2 DNP 1-0 1-0 2-1 DNP 0-2 0-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP -

2-3 2-2 1-0 2-0 3-2 DNP 2-1 0-1 3-1 1-2 1-0 1-2 DNP DNP 2-1 2-2 2-2 2-0 0-2 0-2 DNP 1-0 0-1 1-0 2-0 DNP 1-0 1-0 1-0 DNP -

4-0 2-1 5-0 5-3 1-2 4-1 5-2 1-0 0-1 4-0 2-0 1-0 1-1 6-1 2-3 0-2 DNP 2-1 1-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-0 DNP -

6-2 6-2 3-1 2-2 2-0 3-3 DNP 3-2 0-2 0-1 2-0 1-2 DNP 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 1-1 DNP 2-1 DNP DNP DNP 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-1 -

6-4 6-5 4-2 3-0 1-0 1-0 7-1 1-0 2-1 2-3 2-1 2-2 1-3 0-3 1-1 2-0 0-1 2-0 1-1 0-1 1-1 DNP 1-0 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP -

3-0 3-2 3-0 2-1 3-1 1-1 4-0 1-2 2-2 2-0 2-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-0 0-1 DNP 0-1 0-1 DNP 1-0 DNP DNP 0-1 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 0-1 DNP DNP -

3-3 DNP 2-2 2-3 2-4 1-0 1-1 2-2 1-3 1-2 3-0 1-0 1-0 1-1 0-2 1-1 3-2 1-1 1-0 3-0 DNP 2-3 1-0 DNP DNP DNP 1-0 DNP 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP -

3-0 DNP 5-5 3-1 6-1 1-0 3-3 1-1 3-1 2-1 0-1 1-1 2-2 0-2 3-2 1-0 2-1 1-2 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-0

0-3 1-2 2-2 5-5 0-3 2-3 2-4 1-8 1-3 0-2 1-3 1-4 1-5 2-0 0-3 2-2 2-1 DNP 0-1 0-1 1-0 DNP 1-0 1-1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP -

4-5 4-4 5-4 3-2 4-3 9-2 1-1 0-2 3-4 3-2 2-2 1-3 0-2 2-0 1-1 0-1 2-2 DNP 1-0 0-1 DNP 1-0 0-1 DNP DNP DNP 1-0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP -

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Passing Game-by-Game (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games #15 Dak Prescott Oklahoma State Alcorn State Auburn Troy LSU Bowling Green Kentucky South Carolina Texas A&M Ole Miss TOTALS

Comp 7 12 15 13 9 7 23 28 14 11 139

Att 17 19 28 21 20 11 34 43 26 20 239

Int 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 7

Pct 41.2 63.2 53.6 61.9 45.0 63.6 67.6 65.1 53.8 55.0 58.2

Yards 89 174 213 233 106 75 268 235 149 115 1657

TD 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 7

Long 35 31 61 50 22 17 60 22 24 14 61

Sacked 1-8 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-4 3-37 1-11 1-1 0-0 7-61

Effic 73.39 174.82 117.47 170.82 79.52 102.73 153.27 97.07 119.68 103.30 120.20

#17 Tyler Russell Oklahoma State LSU Bowling Green Kentucky Texas A&M Alabama Arkansas TOTALS

Comp 10 7 12 1 8 15 18 71

Att 16 11 14 2 14 24 28 109

Int 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3

Pct 62.5 63.6 85.7 50.0 57.1 62.5 64.3 65.1

Yards 133 146 102 10 77 144 263 875

TD 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 5

Long 32 59 17 10 23 22 35 59

Sacked 3-15 3-14 1-9 1-4 0-0 1-7 1-10 10-59

Effic 119.82 235.13 146.91 92.00 126.91 104.57 159.61 142.20

#1W Damian Williams Alcorn State Troy Alabama Arkansas Ole Miss TOTALS

Comp 8 3 0 3 8 22

Att 13 5 5 4 18 45

Int 1 0 0 0 1 2

Pct 61.5 60.0 0.0 75.0 44.4 48.9

Yards 105 47 0 34 82 268

TD 0 0 0 0 0 0

Long 18 34 0 15 20 34

Sacked 1-4 1-2 1-5 0-0 2-12 5-23

Effic 114.00 138.96 0.00 146.40 71.60 90.03

#4 Jameon Lewis Troy Kentucky Texas A&M TOTALS

Comp 1 1 1 3

Att 1 1 1 3

Int 0 0 0 0

Pct 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

Yards 36 17 31 84

TD 1 1 1 3

Long 36 17 31 36

Sacked 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

Effic 732.40 572.80 690.40 665.20

#40 Devon Bell Alcorn State TOTALS

Comp 0 0

Att 1 1

Int 0 0

Pct 0.0 0.0

Yards 0 0

TD 0 0

Long 0 0

Sacked 0-0 0-0

Effic 0.00 0.00

#TM Team Texas A&M Ole Miss TOTALS

Comp 0 0 0

Att 1 1 2

Int 0 0 0

Pct 0.0 0.0 0.0

Yards 0 0 0

TD 0 0 0

Long 0 0 0

Sacked 0-0 0-0 0-0

Effic 0.00 0.00 0.00

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State All-Purpose Yards Game-by-Game (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games

ALL-PURPOSE YARDS Jameon Lewis Dak Prescott L.Perkins Josh Robinson Robert Johnson Malcolm Johnson D.Wilson B.Holloway Joe Morrow Ashton Shumpert Fred Ross Nick Griffin Damian Williams Taveze Calhoun Derrick Milton Jamerson Love Fred Brown Brandon Hill J.Chapelle Artimas Samuel Nickoe Whitley Rufus Warren Tyler Russell Deontae Skinner C.Harrison Richie Brown Team

Total 1270 804 733 526 429 378 314 251 211 186 115 105 101 101 83 78 74 53 45 43 42 23 15 7 7 5 -18

OSU 148 9 102 48 32 55 17 DNP 8 DNP 2 DNP 15 DNP DNP 2 -

ALCN 74 20 DNP 6 24 24 31 148 15 112 46 71 25 17 DNP 27 6 DNP DNP DNP DNP 7 -

AU 77 133 50 -3 93 5 7 40 2 8 DNP 3 DNP 42 DNP -

TROY 137 89 32 46 30 4 43 9 28 35 15 1 DNP 56 70 38 18 DNP DNP -4

LS 201 103 81 40 23 19 80 1 30 DNP DNP DNP 8 DNP -7 -2

BGSU 96 139 104 21 16 5 6 5 57 17 DNP DNP DNP DNP 3 -

UK 121 50 99 29 31 79 DNP 10 4 9 11 DNP DNP DNP 28 23 5 -6

SC 63 78 69 58 53 15 40 DNP 15 DNP DNP DNP DNP 6 DNP -

TAMU 139 154 74 108 26 75 38 16 DNP 8 47 DNP 3 DNP -2

UA 40 DNP 37 17 84 13 18 -1 3 6 53 DNP 4 DNP -2

AR 99 DNP 70 118 70 51 7 13 6 40 48 5 DNP 9 5 7 -

UM 75 29 15 38 31 37 45 29 DNP 29 DNP 13 DNP DNP 5 -2

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Rushing/Receiving Game-by-Game (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games

RUSHING Dak Prescott L.Perkins Josh Robinson Ashton Shumpert Jameon Lewis Damian Williams Nick Griffin Derrick Milton B.Holloway Tyler Russell Robert Johnson Team

No-Yds/TD 120-751/11 124-495/2 75-414/3 39-161/2 13-117/3 34-101/1 20-78/1 13-69/2 8-38/0 26-15/0 1-9/0 8--18/0

OSU 6-9/0 16-50/0 8-48/0 DNP DNP 1-2/0 6-2/0 DNP

ALCN AU 4-20/1 22-133/2 DNP 8-36/0 3-6/0 4--3/0 22-98/2 1-2/0 1-44/0 2-15/1 5-25/0 DNP 13-53/1 2-3/1 1-3/0 4-28/0 1-7/0 DNP DNP 1-9/0 DNP DNP

TROY 5-53/2 5-23/0 6-46/1 6-28/0 2-15/1 4-1/0 5-15/0 7-56/1 2-2/0 DNP 2--4/0

LS BGSU UK 12-103/1 15-139/2 16-33/0 10-81/0 16-83/1 12-65/0 6-40/0 2-5/0 4-19/0 2-4/0 5-15/0 2-22/1 DNP DNP DNP 2-10/0 DNP 1-1/0 DNP 6--7/0 3-3/0 2-5/0 1--2/0 DNP 2--6/0

SC TAMU UA AR UM 15-78/2 16-154/0 DNP DNP 9-29/1 12-40/0 17-55/1 10-25/0 6-32/0 12-5/0 6-24/0 6-73/1 6-17/0 17-101/0 7-38/1 1-2/0 2-16/0 3-3/0 1-8/0 1-0/0 1-6/0 DNP DNP 5-6/0 7-40/1 13-29/0 2-5/0 DNP DNP 1-3/0 4-4/0 4-5/0 DNP DNP 1--2/0 1--2/0 DNP 1--2/0

RECEIVING Jameon Lewis Robert Johnson Malcolm Johnson D.Wilson L.Perkins Joe Morrow Fred Ross Josh Robinson B.Holloway Fred Brown Brandon Hill Dak Prescott J.Chapelle Artimas Samuel Nick Griffin Ashton Shumpert Rufus Warren Derrick Milton

No-Yds/TD 55-703/5 33-379/0 29-378/1 23-314/3 26-238/2 18-211/1 9-115/0 11-112/0 7-77/0 5-74/0 2-53/0 2-53/2 4-45/0 3-43/0 3-27/0 3-25/0 1-23/0 1-14/1

OSU 5-55/0 1-20/0 4-55/0 2-17/0 3-52/0 1-8/0 DNP 1-15/0 DNP DNP DNP -

ALCN 2-35/1 2-24/0 1-24/0 2-31/0 DNP 1-15/0 3-46/0 1-0/0 2-25/0 2-27/0 1-6/0 DNP 1-18/0 1-14/0 DNP 1-14/1

TROY 2-96/1 3-30/0 1-4/0 1-9/0 1-9/0 3-35/0 3-41/0 1-38/0 1-36/1 1-18/0 DNP -

LS 7-111/1 1-4/0 2-19/0 2-80/1 3-30/0 DNP 1-8/0 DNP DNP

SC 7-45/0 7-53/0 3-15/0 3-40/0 3-29/0 3-34/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP 1-6/0 1-13/0 -

AU 3-62/0 4-84/0 1-5/0 2-14/0 4-40/0 DNP 1-8/0 -

BGSU 4-34/0 2-16/0 1-5/0 1-6/0 4-21/0 4-57/0 1-17/0 1-16/0 1-5/0 DNP DNP -

UK 7-53/1 3-31/0 4-79/1 4-34/0 1-10/0 1-9/0 1-10/0 DNP DNP 1-17/1 DNP 1-28/0 1-1/0 1-23/0 -

TAMU 2-14/0 4-29/0 7-75/2 2-19/1 2-38/1 3-35/0 3-47/0 DNP -

UA 4-36/0 6-84/0 1-13/0 3-12/0 1--1/0 DNP DNP -

AR 6-94/1 4-70/0 3-51/0 1-7/0 2-38/1 1-13/0 2-17/0 DNP DNP 1-9/0 1--2/0 -

UM 6-68/0 2-18/0 3-37/0 4-45/0 2-10/0 DNP 1-6/0 DNP 1-13/0 DNP -

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Return Stats Game-by-Game (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games

PUNT RETURNS Jameon Lewis B.Holloway

No-Yds 19-31 1-23

OSU 2-1 -

ALCN 1--5 -

AU -

TROY 2-5 -

LS 1-0 -

BGSU 1-1 -

UK 1--1 DNP

SC 2--3 DNP

TAMU 4-36 -

UA 1--15 -

AR 1-5 -

UM 3-7 1-23

KICK RETURNS Jameon Lewis B.Holloway Robert Johnson C.Harrison C.Holmes

No-Yds 18-419 3-113 4-41 1-7 1-0

OSU 3-92 1-12 -

ALCN 1-95 -

AU -

TROY 1-21 -

LS 3-90 1-19 -

BGSU 2-46 -

UK 3-47 DNP -

SC 1-15 DNP 1-0

TAMU 4-89 1--3 -

UA 1-19 2-18 -

AR 1-7 -

UM 1-13 -

INT. RETURNS Nickoe Whitley Taveze Calhoun Jamerson Love Justin Cox Richie Brown Deontae Skinner

No-Yds 5-42 3-101 3-78 1-0 1-5 1-7

OSU -

ALCN DNP DNP 1-7

AU 2-42 -

TROY DNP 1-70 -

LS 1-0 -

BGSU DNP -

UK -

SC -

TAMU 1-0 2-8 DNP

UA 2-53 DNP

AR 1-48 -

UM 1-0 1-0 1-5 -

FUMBLE RETURNS B.McKinney Beniquez Brown Nickoe Whitley

No-Yds 1-26 1-5 1-0

OSU -

ALCN DNP

AU -

TROY 1-26 -

LS -

BGSU -

UK -

SC -

TAMU -

UA 1-5 -

AR 1-0

UM -

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Sacks Game-by-Game (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games

SACKS Chris Jones Preston Smith B.McKinney Richie Brown Deontae Skinner Curtis Virges Matthew Wells A.J. Jefferson P.J. Jones Denico Autry

UA-A 3-0 2-1 2-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0

Total 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0

OSU -

ALCN 1.0-5 DNP -

AU 1.0-5 1.0-6 1.0-7 -

TROY 1.0-3 DNP -

LS 1.0-10 2.0-11 DNP -

BGSU DNP -

UK 1.0-6

SC 1.0-13 -

TAMU 0.5-4 1.5-19 DNP 1.0-12 -

UA 1.0-7 DNP DNP -

AR -

UM 1.0-9 1.0-8 -

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Tackle For Loss Game-by-Game (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games

TACKLES FOR LOSS Chris Jones Preston Smith Matthew Wells B.McKinney Denico Autry Deontae Skinner Beniquez Brown P.J. Jones Richie Brown A.J. Jefferson Will Redmond Zach Jackson Curtis Virges Taveze Calhoun Ryan Brown Kendrick Market Nelson Adams Kaleb Eulls Quay Evans Jamerson Love Kivon Coman Dee Arrington Nickoe Whitley T.Cleveland Justin Cox

UA-A 5-4 6-1 5-2 4-4 3-5 3-3 3-3 3-0 2-2 2-2 2-1 2-1 1-3 1-1 1-1 1-1 0-3 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1 0-1

Total 7.0 6.5 6.0 6.0 5.5 4.5 4.5 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.5

OSU 0.5-0 0.5-1 0.5-1 0.5-1 2.0-2 DNP 1.0-4 1.0-4 DNP 1.0-1 1.0-2 DNP -

ALCN 1.0-4 1.0-1 DNP 0.5-1 1.0-4 DNP 1.0-3 1.5-6 1.0-3 1.0-3 DNP DNP -

AU 1.0-6 1.0-5 1.0-7 DNP 1.0-3 DNP -

TROY 1.0-0 1.0-6 1.5-4 0.5-1 DNP 0.5-1 DNP 0.5-2 0.5-1 DNP 0.5-1 1.0-1 DNP -

LS 2.0-11 3.0-13 1.0-1 1.0-2 DNP DNP 1.0-3 -

BGSU 0.5-0 DNP 1.0-1 0.5-1 0.5-1 0.5-2 0.5-1 0.5-0 0.5-0 DNP DNP 0.5-1 -

UK 1.0-1 0.5-1 1.5-7 DNP DNP -

SC 1.0-4 1.0-13 0.5-1 1.0-2 0.5-1 DNP DNP -

TAMU 0.5-4 1.0-3 1.5-19 DNP 1.0-12 1.0-1 DNP DNP -

UA 1.0-7 1.0-1 1.0-4 DNP 1.5-2 0.5-1 DNP 0.5-1 0.5-0 1.0-4 DNP DNP -

AR 1.5-4 0.5-1 DNP DNP -

UM 2.0-10 1.0-2 0.5-1 0.5-0 1.0-1 0.5-2 1.5-9 1.0-3 0.5-1 DNP DNP 0.5-1

Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Fumbles Game-by-Game (as of Nov 28, 2013) All games

FUMBLES Tyler Russell Dak Prescott Jameon Lewis B.Holloway Derrick Milton Richie Brown Josh Robinson Robert Johnson Malcolm Johnson

No-Lost 3-1 3-1 2-0 1-0 1-1 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-0

OSU -

ALCN DNP -

AU DNP 1-0 -

TROY DNP 1-0 -

LS 1-1 DNP -

BGSU -

UK DNP -

SC DNP 2-1 DNP 1-1 -

TAMU 1-0 -

UA 2-0 DNP 1-0 1-0 -

AR DNP 1-1 -

UM DNP 1-1 1-0

FUMBLES FORCED Nickoe Whitley T.Cleveland Deontay Evans Dee Arrington Preston Smith Kendrick Market A.J. Jefferson Taveze Calhoun Matthew Wells Denico Autry

Number 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

OSU DNP 1

ALCN DNP 1 1 -

AU 1 DNP 1 -

TROY DNP DNP 1 -

LS 1 -

BGSU DNP DNP -

UK DNP -

SC DNP -

TAMU DNP -

UA DNP 1 1 -

AR 1 1 DNP -

UM 1 DNP -

FUMBLES RECOVERED B.McKinney Beniquez Brown Matthew Wells Nickoe Whitley Jamerson Love Kivon Coman T.Cleveland Taveze Calhoun

Number 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

OSU DNP -

ALCN DNP DNP 1 1

AU 1 -

TROY 1 DNP

LS -

BGSU DNP 1 -

UK -

SC -

TAMU -

UA 1 1 -

AR 1 1 -

UM 1 -

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MSU cornerback Jamerson Love providing experience to young group

8/26/13 3:57 PM

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Mississippi State junior Jamerson Love earned playing time here and there last season, whether it was at cornerback or in nickel packages for the Bulldog defense. But two corners Johnthan Banks and Darius Slay - both now in the NFL - received the bulk of playing time in 2012 and also in 2011.

Love, an Aberdeen, Miss., native, does hold the most experience among MSU's current group of cornerbacks, however. Junior Justin Cox has yet to take a Division I snap and redshirt freshman Cedric Jiles only played in three games last year before breaking his hand, which led to a medical redshirt. And sophomore Taveze Calhoun got most of his opportunities on special teams a year ago. Despite not owning a collegiate start, Love said it's not a "weird" feeling to be considered the veteran of the group. "I wouldn't say it is weird," said Love. "I just try to work on my technique each day and try to teach the young guys the way of our system, and the way of how we do things in the SEC. I try to lead everyone in the right direction just like John Banks and Slay led me in the right direction." Just like the spring, Love continues to be involved in a close battle to earn one of the two starting jobs at cornerback. With sophomore Will Redmond suspended the first five games of the season, Love, Giles, Cox and Calhoun have rotated in and out with the first-team defense. http://mississippistate.247sports.com/Article/MSU-cornerback-Jamerson-Love-providing-experience-to-young-group-144285

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MSU cornerback Jamerson Love providing experience to young group

8/26/13 3:57 PM

"It is going pretty good," said Love. "Coach has a rotation where the top guys are going with the 1s. It is myself, Taveze (Calhoun), (Justin) Cox and Cedric Jiles. But the rotation switches from time to time and it depends on who Coach (Deshea) Townsend wants to go in there." Of course, Townsend is also a new face to MSU's secondary. In the offseason Townsend joined the staff and took the place of former Bulldogs' cornerback coach Melvin Smith. Throughout practices, Townsend has been spotted going through the same drills as the MSU corners and getting quite active in drills. "He is a great guy," said Love of Townsend. "He is high intensity, excited all the time. He keeps up lifted up and keeps us working. He stays on us all so hard and he makes us go hard. You want that and we want to play hard for him." In 2012 the 5-foot-11 and 175-pound Love collected 25 tackles with one interception, two PBUs and one tackle for loss. While he doesn't present the same body type as Banks or Slay, he has become more physical in his game. "I always had the natural ability to do it," said Love of playing physical. "And then it just clicked with me. I knew I had to be physical in this league because if not I would probably get run over. But all of that has clicked with me." During his days in high school, Love did most of his damage on offense as a running back and also as a kickoff returner. He totaled nearly 5,000 yards of total offense in his Aberdeen days and is considered one of MSU's top speedsters. While he won't be getting any offensive touches, Love is getting opportunities in practice to return kickoffs. "They got me at kick returner," said Love. "I am trying to get back used to that and it's been awhile since I did that. But it's coming along. I love it and try to get back there and take one to the house." Of course, Love's main attention will be in the secondary, and helping MSU's defense recover from last year's sub-par performances. Yes, Banks and Slay are now getting paid to play on the gridiron and no longer in the Maroon and White. But Love has full confidence that regardless of who trots out there in the season opener, they will get the job done. "Those guys are gone now," said Love. "So we have to replace them. We have great guys in the cornerback room. So I know somebody in that room is going to get it done."

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MSU's Russell hopes to apply lessons learned - The Dispatch

8/26/13 4:11 PM

MSU's Russell hopes to apply lessons learned August 24, 2013 11:02:36 PM Matthew Stevens - mstevens@cdispatch.com STARKVILLE -- Tyler Russell is able to watch himself on film in the final two games of the 2012 season and smile at what he's learning. However, it took some time for the Mississippi State University fifth-year senior quarterback to get in the proper mind-set to accurately evaluate what went so wrong in losses to the University of Mississippi and Northwestern University to culminate a disappointing finish. "I finally looked at that in the summer because it motivated me to get better and know what my weaknesses are," Russell said. "Quite frankly, my main weakness is not understanding at times that I'm not a superhero and can't force things that aren't there." Russell, who is entering his second and final season in Starkville as the projected starting quarterback, had nine of his 10 interceptions last season in a final six game stretch that included losses to eventual national champion University of Alabama, Louisiana State University and Texas A&M University. The losses from late October to New Year's Day began to pile up and ruin the program's excitement over a 7-0 start. "Each individual player also takes that attitude to set every school offensive record this every single year," MSU coach Dan Mullen said. "That's one of the competitive drives that guys have and that's the type of program we want to have, the competitiveness to want to be the best they can be." Whether it was appropriate or not, Russell told the media two months ago at Southeastern Conference media days that he apologized to his teammates for his lack of preparation. In a role reversal, the MSU quarterback has taken a leadership role as a co-captain to lead the MSU offense in a much more vocal way. "We've had team meetings where he apologized to all of us but I almost wondered why he was doing it to be honest," MSU junior center Dillon Day said. "It happens to all of us so why should he be taking all the blame? We all believe in him and everyone looks up to him." Russell decided in the summer to lead workouts with his receivers that would start at 7 a.m., and the purpose was to get youthful receivers used to playing at a high tempo in the spread-option offense. Russell has been constantly dealing with injuries to his wide receiver teammates in fall camp. Top tight end Malcolm Johnson continues to be held out of practices but is expected to play in the season opener against No. 13 Oklahoma State University in Reliant Stadium in Houston. "We're all on the same page right now and that's actually surprising because of how young we are on offense," Russell said. "You have to follow the older guys that are always going hard in practice." Russell currently stands as the school's all-time leader in passing efficiency (136.38) and is only one passing touchdown away from the tying the school record for passing touchdowns (38), held by Derrick Taite from 1993-96. "All those numbers are great but I can't make the same mistakes I made last year," Russell said. "I felt I http://www.cdispatch.com/printerfriendly.asp?aid=26549

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needed to prove to my older teammates that could play in the SEC. Now I'm the older guy that has to lead." Despite completing the most productive season by a MSU quarterback, Russell knew he'd eventually have to cue up the final two games to improve in 2013. "One thing Tyler does is be a hard worker studying the film, always looking at things," Mullen said. "There's just so much to learn. I mean all you've got to do is call one play against a weird defense, and a receiver falls down. At that point, you realize you don't know what to do in that situation. Not until you get to about 10,000 reps you've got it." For a player who broke 11 single-season school records including completing 231 passes for 2,897 yards and 24 touchdowns, Russell knows he's facing a national championship spotlight to start the 2013 season. It's a game against Oklahoma State where Mullen told his boss, MSU Director of Athletics Scott Stricklin, to schedule the game in Houston because of his fifth-year senior quarterback. "So it's just about constantly working at all the stuff, but he does it all the time," Mullen said. "The nice thing is he works on everything and enjoys it. You see the things he's got but to him it's always about trying to take one or two more steps forward every single day."

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BulldogBlitz.com - Five Impactful Newcomers: 3-Chris Jones

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August 28, 2013

Five Impactful Newcomers: 3-Chris Jones Robbie Faulk BulldogBlitz.com Senior Writer

As we finally hit game week, we're taking a look at freshman and juniors that will likely see the field this season for the Maroon and white with the five most capable newcomers for 2013.

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The legend of Chris Jones has grown to outrageous proportions since this time last year. Coming in to his senior year at Houston High School the young phenom wasn't a phenom yet. Only a handful of people knew what Jones was capable of being on the next level and most of those people recruited him and got him to commit to MSU in the summer months after showing out at Big Dawg Camp. Several restless nights in January and early February and the coaches finally had him on campus and were able to teach him more about football. Jones comes to MSU after only a couple of years of organized football. A basketball player by trade, Jones wasn't incredibly interested in football before being told just how good he could be with pads on. In fact, he was so under-the-radar that he wasn't even considered to be a pick for the Jackson Clarion Ledger's Dandy Dozen list for top 12 players in the state. He started the season as a two-star recruit by most publications and 160 tackles, `14.0 sacks and 10 pass deflections later he was the state's top prospect and a consensus five-star. I had the opportunity to do radio for Louisville High School during the 2012 playoffs. For round two of the 4A postseason, the Houston Hilltoppers traveled to Louisville. Houston had already had the greatest season in school history led by Jones at defensive end with an occasional trip to the offensive side of the ball for an extra push. By the first snap, everyone in the stadium knew exactly who the best player was on the field for either team. Jones consistently terrorized the back field and caused problems. He chased down running backs to the sideline on the opposite side of the field and knocked down passes with a simple lift of his arms. Then my mind was blown. Quarterback Wyatt Roberts, a 2014 Jacksonville State commit, dropped back in the shotgun and went for his receiver on the curl route only to find the ball engulfed into the black hole that was Jones frying pan-sized hands. He then proceeded to carry the ball 73 yards from the line of scrimmage to the endzone, out-running the entire Louisville team. At that point, I knew that MSU had a special player. Fast-forward to this summer where Jones has already made enough of an impression to hit the field in game one against Oklahoma State. He comes to MSU already putting on over 50 pounds from what he was at the beginning of last season and looks the part of an SEC pass rusher. Having watched him in six practices, I know that what he has cannot be taught to any players. The size and speed of Jones is unmatched by any MSU player in recent memory and he might be the most physically-gifted defensive lineman to come out of the state in a while as well. One thing that continues to be the theme with him, however, is the fact that he's not yet up to speed on what the game entails in the SEC. He's physically gifted to the point that he cannot be kept off the field in year one, but the young freshman still has to learn the game and that will come in time. Jones is now in year three as a football player and is learning everyday under his positional coach David Turner. The great news for Bulldog fans is there are not many players more coachable than Jones out there as he listens intensely to all of the coaches, including Dan Mullen, when he's given direction. Because he still has some time to reach his ceiling, I have him listed as number three on my list. I feel like he will make an immediate impact this year but will learn behind Denico Autry before being the go-to guy in 2014. He'll be on the field at Houston this week and fans will see flashes of greatness. They'll also see a lot of raw spots from the freshman. But before the career ends in Maroon and White, fans could have Chris Jones in their minds for years to come.

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8/29/13 11:40 AM

Mullen has tried to create family for assistant coaches at MSU - The Dispatch

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Mullen has tried to create family for assistant coaches at MSU August 24, 2013 11:00:59 PM Matthew Stevens - mstevens@cdispatch.com STARKVILLE -- Home is foreign concept for college football assistant coaches. Mississippi State University defensive line coach David Turner describes his 28-year career, which includes stops at 12 schools, as the life of a traveling gypsy family. As he returns to MSU with his wife, Yvette and daughters Bianca and Alexyia for his second stint at MSU, he said he is excited about the support he has received, but he knows public sentiment can turn quickly. "I've had more people tell me, 'Welcome back home,' and I don't sometimes know if that's good or bad," Turner said. "Out of all of the spots, this has probably been the most comfortable spots for me and my family, so I'm probably as close to being at home here at MSU than anywhere else." But Turner knows the comfort level an assistant coach and his family have at one school can change in less than a season. Turner's resume is just one example of how many times assistant coaches can change jobs and cities in their career. Since 2009, Southeastern Conference members have changed coordinators an average of every two and a half seasons. In that time, the University of Mississippi and Texas A&M University have had four offensive coordinators. MSU coach Dan Mullen has had four defensive coordinators, which ties him with the number of defensive staff changes at the University of Tennessee. Mullen hasn't had a defensive coordinator for more than two years since he became the Bulldogs' coach in 2009. MSU has lost Carl Torbush, Manny Diaz, and Chris Wilson to similar jobs at other Bowl Championship Series schools. "When you're having success, opportunities for guys are going to come up in their futures to go do things," Mullen said July 17 at SEC Media Days. "It's not always great as a head coach for us because you love the continuity in your staff." On the other side of the ball, Mullen has retained Les Koenning as his offensive coordinator, and even though the two men have at times flip-flopped on the play-calling duties, both have said the long-term development has been good for both sides. "I think you know philosophically it is that match," Mullen said. "I'm more of an offensive-minded head coach and a quarterback-oriented head coach, so you have to have somebody in that position you're going to meld well with." Mullen said the personality mix between a coach and his assistants is a underplayed aspect to keeping staffs together for several years. "I think Les and I have a good relationship in that we're a good fit together," Mullen said. "We're not the same because that probably wouldn't work. We're not completely different. That probably wouldn't work. I http://www.cdispatch.com/printerfriendly.asp?aid=26547

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think we're just a nice combination. That certainly helps. I'm the same with a lot of our other offensive coaches." As much continuity Mullen has kept with Koenning, the Bulldogs' fifth-year coach has had to make several changes at wide receiver coach. Mark Hudspeth left MSU to take the job as head coach at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Angelo Mirando was forced to step down from his job at MSU after he ignored NCAA violations in the recruitment of defensive back Will Redmond. "I think we get lost sometimes in coaching, but what I do is look at them and I tell them we might not be able to pay you what other schools in this league pay everybody," Mullen said. "To me it's about a quality of life here, and I want our coaches to have a good quality of life because I know they're probably going to say that already because of how much time we put in." In 2012, The Knight Commission published a report that said in the past decade about one in 10 universities at the major college level replaced their head football coaches annually for performance-related reasons. The same study suggested replacements don't tend to make underperforming teams much better, and frequently make them worse. If the head coaches aren't having success, that means even less job security for their assistant coaches. The University of Houston finished 5-7 in 2012 after firing its offensive coordinator after one game. The University of Wisconsin fired its offensive line coach and finished 7-5. The Badgers reached the Big Ten Conference title game only because NCAA penalties left Ohio State University and Penn State University ineligible. "For every team that does better following a change, there is another that sees a dip in performance," said E. Scott Adler, an associate professor of political science at the University of Colorado and the lead author of the Knight Commission study. "Moreover, there is just as much volatility in win/loss records of teams that do and do not replace their coaches." Tennessee decided last year to cancel the $18 million transfer the athletics department had pledged to academics and used the funds to cover the $5 million severance package for replacing football coach Derek Dooley and the reported $4 million in severance for Dooley's assistant coaches. Months later, Auburn University agreed to pay $11 million to buy out the contracts for football coach Gene Chizik and his assistant coaches. "Our findings have important practical implications for the high-stakes environment that is contemporary college football," Adler said. "When a college football team's performance is disappointing, the first and often only remedy administrators, fans, and sports writers turn to is firing the coach. This is usually an expensive approach to solving the problem. Despite the fanfare that often accompanies the hiring of a new coach, our research demonstrates that at least with respect to on-field performance, coach replacement can be expected to be, at best, a break-even antidote." Since 2009, only three SEC schools have had the same coordinator on one side of the ball: Koenning at MSU and the University of Alabama and LSU (defensive coordinators Kirby Smart and John Chavis). Those schools have averaged 8.06 wins per season. The group each man coaches also has ranked in the top half of the conference in total yards. http://www.cdispatch.com/printerfriendly.asp?aid=26547

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"I need someone who understands and knows what to expect, what we're comfortable with in the type of defense we run," LSU coach Les Miles said. "I want great defense. I want somebody that has that kind of experience in this league." MSU has tried to counter the volatile nature of being an assistant coach by creating a family atmosphere. On the first week of August, Mullen spoke to his staff in a early morning meeting and asked each of his assistants with school-aged children to drive those kids to school on the first day. It was a order MSU's new wide receiver Billy Gonzales didn't expect, but it meant something to him and his children, Cole and Caylynn. Gonzales was shocked "at the big picture aspect" Mullen after having worked with him at the University of Utah and Bowling Green State University. "I don't want our kids to look back and say, 'Hey, my dad was never around,' " Mullen said. "During the season, if there is a big Little League game or rec league games that you as a dad can show up for, we need to promote doing that. I think that's helped with keeping coaches here because they can look and say, 'Hey, you know what, I can be a football coach, but I can also can be a husband and a father here as well and live that sort of lifestyle.' "

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Shumpert shines in debut for Bulldogs September 8, 2013 2:57:17 AM Matthew Stevens - mstevens@cdispatch.com STARKVILLE -- The maroon and white world were introduced to the talents of Ashton Shumpert 22 times Saturday afternoon. A week after not playing against No. 13 Oklahoma State University in a nationally televised game, the four-star tailback was told earlier in the week he'd see action against Alcorn State University in the Mississippi State University football team's home opener. In a 51-7 victory, Shumpert took the football on each of his first four college plays and was a workhorse. The freshman from Tupelo had 98 yards and two touchdown runs in front of a crowd of 55,085 at Davis Wade Stadium that was eagerly anticipating his debut. "I didn't know if I would get any snaps at all this season, so I've apparently come a long way from being a guy that would redshirt to a guy that gets four straight carries," Shumpert said. The debate as to whether to play Shumpert or save his redshirt season was a topic throughout fall camp. Once senior starter LaDarius Perkins went down last week with a undisclosed left foot injury, MSU (1-1) needed to bolster its depth at tailback depth. "In a game where I think we had seven starters out for one reason or another and I think only dressed five seniors, (Ashton) stepped up and proved he can take the workload if we need him to," MSU coach Dan Mullen said. "He'll continue to get better, but he proved a lot today." Shumpert, whose body type and running style reminds many of Anthony Dixon, MSU's all-time leading rusher, was widely considered one of the state's top players who could play offense or defense in college. He was named the 2012 Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year after his senior season at Itawamba Agricultural High School. He also spent two years at Tupelo High. Shumpert became the first freshman since Dixon in 2006 to lead the team in rushing yards. Shumpert admitted to some nerves at the chance to play he had been thinking about ever since February, when he signed his National Letter of Intent. "I was real jittery and didn't want anybody to know I was nervous, but once I got that first carry and first hit on somebody, it was just like any other game," Shumpert said. Shumpert became the first freshman running back to rush for two touchdowns in a game since 1991, when Michael Davis accomplished the feat. The 210-pound tailback was the first MSU player to score two touchdowns in his first college game since Chad Bumphis in Mullen's head coaching debut in 2009. "Everything lived up to what my expectations were for the entire experience," Shumpert said. "I won't be able to know if I played well or not until I talk to coaches, but I know the fans and the crowd of this stadium was so good today. That's why I decided to come here to have days like this."

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The only issue about Shumpert's afternoon was the punishment he took and inflicted. In another reminder of Dixon, who was a bruising tailback, Shumpert showcased a running style that is a high-pad view that invites contact. "I've gotten bad about even running over my own blockers," Shumpert said. "I joked with them afterwards that I guess I really have to stop doing that. The reason I like contact so much is I think that is the definition of what football is all about." That response scares Mullen, who could use Shumpert as a second-team back this season to help prepare him for what could be a promising career. "He likes contact and we tell him, 'It's OK to make people miss every now and again,' " Mullen said. But Shumpert's 98 yards made an impression with the Bulldogs, who are looking forward to him making similar contributions the rest of the season, possibly starting next week against Auburn University. "I always compare him to NFL player Marshawn Lynch because if you don't get up out of the way then he's going to make you move," MSU junior wide receiver Jameon Lewis said. "That's a good thing he runs so physical and he'll get those tough yards for us." Follow Matt Stevens on Twitter @matthewcstevens.

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'Turtle' doesn't shy from many roles at Mississippi State Written by Michael Bonner Sep. 11, 2013 |

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STARKVILLE — When the Mississippi State coaching staff announced the weekly honors from the Alcorn State game, Christian Holmes’ name — or his nickname “Turtle” — continued to pop up. Special Teams: Turtle. Defense: Turtle. Offense: Turtle. “Everybody’s just like, ‘Whoa, he really did play a lot of snaps,’” Holmes said. “I was like, ‘Yeah, I didn’t come out in the second half at all.’” Holmes, inhis first season as a tight end, only recorded two tackles, and he didn’t make the offensive box score, either. At the start of the second half last Saturday, defensive coordinator Geoff Collins looked to his former linebacker and warned him a spot on defense would be in addition to special teams and offense. “I was like, ‘That’s even better.’ I was up to the task,” Holmes said. “They gave me the opportunity, and I took advantage of it.” Through two games, Holmes doesn’t have a catch. But his influence is felt off the field. Tuesday during a film session, redshirt tight end Gus Walley picked Holmes’ brain about defensive schemes. The former linebacker has no problem dissecting opposing defenses. “I said, ‘You can tell how he’s standing. He’s about to walk down, the back side safety’s about to roll over.’ Just the little things, just knowing the defense,” Holmes said. “Malcolm Johnson and Rufus Warren, they do just as well because they’ve been playing offense for so long, but I just know it from playing defense for so long.” Holmes isn’t the first college football player to participate in all three phases of the game, but he might hold an unofficial record in the fourth aspect. Holmes appeared on the Davis Wade Stadium jumbotron and gave a kiss to the crowd to kick off the Kiss Cam. “I got a lot of tweets from a lot of ladies,” Holmes said. “My girlfriend didn’t like that too much.” To contact Michael Bonner, call (601) 9617289 or follow @MikeBBonner on Twitter.

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‘Milkshake Wednesday’ and a film session with MSU’s defensive coaches Posted on September 12, 2013

It’s the Wednesday before Mississippi State’s first SEC game of the season, against a team slowly becoming a rival in the Auburn Tigers, and the Bulldogs’ defensive coordinator Geoff Collins invited me to their defensive staff meeting after practice that night. To be clear, he’s invited me on Wednesdays past, this was just the first time I took him up on it. “You’re just writing about milkshakes, right?” he doublechecked with me when I sat down. “Of course,” I responded. I’ve written plenty recently on some of the things Collins does with the team, but my favorite might be one he does with the coaches and assistants. Milkshake Wednesday. Practice ended around six p.m., give or take, and the defensive staff was in their room in the Leo Seal Family Football Complex watching film and working on the three dry erase walls surrounding them until after 10 that night. Every Wednesday, Collins brings dinner (pizza this week) and five milkshakes for the room full of four defensive coaches and a handful of graduate assistants. Not enough milkshakes to go around, obviously. I followed Collins into the room after practice, where he sat a moment by himself in the room, setting up the collection of computers, iPads and projectors while he called to check in with his wife he hadn’t seen all day. “Hey beautiful,” he said with more warmth than I had heard in such hoarse men as football coaches. “You at home?” They continued talking for a few minutes until he finally had to end it. “We’re about to have milkshakes. Love you.” As coaches were trickling in after post-practice showers, Collins turned on Pandora on his iPad. They listen to old school funk during the day, he told me. On Wednesday nights it’s usually Johnny Cash Radio, though it was Nirvana Radio on Wednesdays in the preseason. Cornerbacks coach Deshea Townsend came in and sat at his corner of the table, fresh and clean in a T-shirt and shorts. “Let’s change it up a little,” he said. “How ‘bout some Red Hot Chili Peppers?” hailstatebeat.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/milkshake-wednesday-and-a-film-session-with-msus-defensive-coaches/

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And so DJ Collins changed the station with one hand, queuing up film with the other. “Ohhhh,” Collins groaned joyfully when the music began, “what a great first song. I played this one a few too many times on Guitar Hero.” Safeties coach and assistant head coach Tony Hughes walked in and took his seat as Collins played air guitar on an imaginary Guitar Hero guitar. “You got some juice?” Hughes asked Collins. “For your phone?” Collins stole a glance at the charger plugged into his phone. “I’m low.” Defensive line coach David Turner had arrived, as well, and the coaches and GAs began watching film, discussing particulars, taking down notes, while they waited on the pizza and milkshakes to arrive. Football works up an appetite. In fact, Collins and Townsend later talked about their practice goals of burning calories while they coached. Easy to see how such a thing happens. But film dissection continued, and maybe it’s the coordinator in him who has to watch three different units and 11 players at a time, plus the opposing offense, but Collins never missed a step as he would commentate on the songs Pandora played, only to continue in what seemed like the same sentence talking about what was happening on the screen in front of them. I critiqued him at one point when he skipped a song I liked, going to Foo Fighters from an Incubus classic. “I kind of know the songs Coach Turner is good with,” he told me with a smile. Collins liked the Incubus song, too. At one point, the conversation turned to something a player did before practice that caught the attention of coaches (in a good way). Will Windham, the GA in charge of tracking such things (among many more responsibilities, of course), said, “I’m thinking 20 Juice Points.” Ryan McNamara, the GA who actually conceived the idea of Juice Points, responded, “52.” Collins turned to look at Windham, who had the spreadsheet pulled up, and said simply, “20.” At this point, the announcement comes. Pizza and milkshakes are in the building. A few leave to go find plates and paper towels and return to wait on dinner to be set up. While they wait, a Nirvana song comes on. “Deshea,” Collins asked, “where were you when Kurt Cobain died?” hailstatebeat.wordpress.com/2013/09/12/milkshake-wednesday-and-a-film-session-with-msus-defensive-coaches/

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Locales of the past were discussed as boxes were brought in, pizza was loaded onto plates and the sounds of joyful eating began. On the counter was a carrier with four milkshakes. Collins passed them out, all different flavors, to himself, Turner, Hughes and Townsend. “You’re cookies and cream tonight, Coach Hughes?” Then there was one more milkshake, but three GAs in the room, plus me. Every Wednesday, Collins told me, the best GA for the last week is awarded the extra milkshake, a tasty and special award on Milkshake Wednesday. “It’s a bigtime honor,” Collins told me. “I’ve never gotten it and I’ve been here for two years,” Danny Verpaele, the third GA, confessed. So Collins picked up the extra milkshake. “This week, the milkshake goes to,” he paused, waving the treat in a circle in front of him looking around the room,”….Bob Carskadon!” What an honor. About these ads

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