MISSISSIPPI STATE GAME NOTES

MSTATE (4-4, 1-3 SEC) VS. KENTUCKY (6-2, 2-2 SEC) COMMONWEALTH STADIUM (67,606) • OCTOBER 27, 2007 • 12:30 P.M. ET

MSTATE SCHEDULE & RESULTS MISSISSIPPI STATE RETURNS TO CONFERENCE PLAY AT KENTUCKY Date Opponent W-L Score/Time Following last week's 38-13 loss at nationally No. 7-ranked West Virginia, Mississippi State returns to Aug. 30 * LSU L 0-45 Southeastern Conference play and stays on the road when the Bulldogs travel to Kentucky, Saturday, Sept. 8 at Tulane W 38-17 Oct. 27. The game will kick off at 11:30 a.m. CT and will be televised throughout the southeast by Sept. 15 * at Auburn W 19-14 Lincoln Financial Sports. Sept. 22 GARDNER-WEBB W 31-15 Sept. 29 * at South Carolina L 21-38 MISSISSIPPI STATE LOOKS TO END STATE DEFENSIVE LINE COACH TURNER Oct. 6 UAB (Homecoming) W 30-13 RETURNS TO OLD STOMPING GROUNDS Oct. 13 * TENNESSEE L 21-33 CURRENT SLIDE AGAINST SEC EAST Oct. 20 at West Virginia L 13-38 Mississippi State has registered a 21-26 record against Mississippi State defensive line coach David Turner Oct. 27 * at Kentucky 11:30 a.m. schools from the Southeastern Conference Eastern coached the defensive ends at Kentucky in 1993-94, his Nov. 10 * ALABAMA TBA Nov. 17 * at Arkansas (Little Rock) TBA Division since the league established the divisional format first full-time coaching assignment at the Division I-A Nov. 23 * OLE MISS 11:30 a.m. system in 1992. The series against the East has been a bit level. All times Central of a roller coaster ride for the Bulldogs. After winning 18 The Series of the first 30 games against the Eastern Division, MSU MS LINE COACH GRIMES, UK RB TUTOR Overall Record ...... Kentucky leads, 20-14 has posted just a 3-14 mark since. BRINSON WORKED TOGETHER AT UA at Starkville ...... State leads, 9-5 at Lexington ...... Kentucky leads, 13-4 Mississippi State offensive line coach J. B. Grimes and at Neutral Sites ...... Kentucky leads, 2-1 BULLDOGS TO APPEAR ON TELEVISION Kentucky running backs coach Larry Brinson worked on Last meeting: ...... Kentucky 34-31, 2006 in Starkville the same coaching staff at Arkansas in 1989. Last meeting in Lexington: ...... Kentucky 13-7, 2005 FOR SIXTH TIME IN NINE GAMES Last 10 meetings: ...... Series tied 5-5 Mississippi State looks to improve on a 51-76 all-time Current Series Win Streak: ...... Kentucky, 2 games record (.402) when appearing on television. State is 2-3 STATE'S OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, UK Sylvester Croom vs. Kentucky:...... 1-2 at Lexington ...... 0-1 on the tube this season. The MSU-Kentucky game marks QB, DL COACH WERE ON SAME STAFFS Rich Brooks vs. Mississippi State: ...... 3-1 the Bulldogs' sixth televised game in the first nine games Mississippi State offensive coordinator and quarterbacks at Lexington ...... 2-0 coach Woody McCorvey and Kentucky quarterbacks Croom vs. Brooks: ...... 1-2 of the 2007 season. coach Randy Sanders were on the same coaching staff at Broadcast Information MISSISSIPPI STATE RETURNING TO EARLY Tennessee from 1999-2003. McCorvey served as running Television ...... Lincoln Financial Sports Announcers . . . . Dave Neal, Dave Archer and Dave Baker MORNING SUCCESS ON TELEVISION? backs coach for the Volunteers under Sanders, who was Radio ...... Mississippi State Radio Network Mississippi State is 18-24 (.429) in games aired by the the UT offensive coordinator at the time. Also on that Announcers ...... Jack Cristil, Jim Ellis, John Correro staff was Bulldog wide receivers coach Pat Washington, XM Radio...... Channel 199 (UK) Southeastern Conference's current early television win- in Starkville ...... 107.9, WFCA dow partner (Lincoln Financial Sports/Jefferson Pilot who was in that same offensive meeting room with Sports). That record has been skewed by a 3-13 mark McCorvey and Sanders. McCorvey also served on the Quick Facts - Mississippi State Record ...... 4-4, 1-3 in televised morning games since 2001, however, the same staff as UK defensive line coach Rick Petri at South Ranking (AP/Coaches')...... NR / NR Bulldogs have now won two of their last three in the early Carolina in 1998. Last Game ...... L, at West Virginia, 13-38 Head Coach ...... Sylvester Croom morning time slot. And those three wins were big Bulldog Career Record ...... 13-29 / fourth season victories -- a 38-31 win over Florida in 2004, a 24-16 win KENTUCKY HAS JUST ONE PLAYER MSU Record ...... 13-29 / fourth season at Alabama last fall, and a 19-14 victory at Auburn earlier FROM THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI

Quick Facts - Kentucky this season. Prior to that stretch, State was 15-11 in such Kentucky junior offensive tackle Josh Winchell is the lone Record ...... 6-2, 2-2 games. MSU is 2-2 all-time vs. Kentucky on TV. Wildcat from the state of Mississippi. Winchell attended Ranking (AP/Coaches')...... 14 / 15 Southaven (Miss.) High School and signed with South Last Game ...... L, vs. Florida, 37-45 Head Coach ...... Rich Brooks BULLDOGS EYE THIRD ROAD WIN IN A Carolina. He later transferred to, and graduated from, Career Record ...... 114-141-4/ 23rd season SEASON FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE '00 Northwest Mississippi Community College before begin- Kentucky Record ...... 23-32 / fifth season Mississippi State has not won three road games in the ning his Kentucky career. There are no Mississippi State MISSISSIPPI STATE ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS same season since 2000, the last time the Bulldogs earned players from the state of Kentucky. P.O. Box 5308 Mississippi State, MS 39762 a post-season bowl berth. That year was also the last time Football Contacts: Mike Nemeth, Joe Galbraith MSU has posted four or more wins in a year. Phone: (662) 325-2703 • Fax: (662) 325-2563

Mississippi State Bulldogs vs. Kentucky Wildcats • October 27, 2007 • Football Game Notes • Early Week Notes MSU PASS DEFENSE, SECOND HALF MEDIA SERVICES STIFFNESS, BOOST TOTAL DEFENSE STATISTICAL COMPARISON MONDAY TELECONFERENCE Mississippi State limited West Virginia to just 84 yards Mississippi State vs. Kentucky MSU head football coach Sylvester Croom will conduct a Monday teleconference (10 a.m. CT) prior passing, including only 23 yards through the air in the (2007 per-game averages) to Bulldog games this year. Contact the MSU Athletic second half, and now ranks sixth in the SEC in team pass Media Relations Office (662-325-2703) for access info. defense (187.1 yards per game). In fact, State permit- Mississippi State Kentucky

TUESDAY PRESS CONFERENCE ted the Mountaineers just 128 yards of total offense and Overall Record ...... 4-4...... 6-2 Coach Croom will conduct a weekly press confer- two-of-seven on third-down conversions in the second half Conference Record ...... 1-3...... 2-2 ence each Tuesday prior to an MSU game. The confer- at Morgantown. MSU ranks seventh in the SEC in total Points Scored ...... 21.6...... 42.0 ence will be held at the Bryan Athletic Administration Building. Coach Croom's press conference begins at defense (344.1 yards per game). Points Allowed ...... 26.6...... 28.8 1 p.m. (CT). Selected players will be available following Total Offense ...... 290.4...... 466.5 Croom's presentation (approximately 1:30 p.m.). To MSU KEEPS POSSESSION EDGE WITH Rushing Yards ...... 143.5...... 187.1 request specific players, media members must contact MSU Athletic Media Relations (662-325-2703) by 5 p.m. MUCH-IMPROVED CONVERSION RATE Passing Yards ...... 146.9...... 279.4 the Monday preceding each respective press confer- Mississippi State made eight-of-19 third-down conversion Yards Allowed...... 344.1...... 387.0 ence. attempts against West Virginia this past Saturday, and has Rushing Yards Allowed ...... 157.0...... 191.8

WEDNESDAY SEC WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE now converted third down opportunities at a 40.3 percent Passing Yards Allowed...... 187.1...... 195.2 Coach Croom will join the league's other 11 coach- rate (eighth in the SEC). The Bulldogs also held onto the First Downs...... 16.6...... 26.5 es on the SEC's Wednesday teleconference. Coach football for 31:30 in Morgantown. MState's conversion Time of Possession...... 30:44...... 28:53 Croom's seven-minute segment is scheduled from 11:03-11:10 a.m. (CT). The teleconference phone num- rate has helped the team rank third in the league in time 3rd Down Conversion ...... 40%...... 52% ber can be obtained by calling the MSU Athletic Media of possession average (30:44 average per game). By Relations office. comparison, the Bulldogs converted 36 percent of its third- INDIVIDUAL COMPARISON

WEEKLY PLAYER INTERVIEWS down opportunities a year ago, and averaged only 29:26 Mississippi State vs. Kentucky During game week, all player interviews must of possession time. A further illustration of this reversal: (2007 per-game averages) be conducted by Tuesday evening and need to be when the Bulldogs opened the third quarter with a 13-play, arranged at least 24 hours in advance. Players MAY NOT be interviewed after Tuesday evening. Players 58-yard touchdown drive that ate 5:10 off the clock, it was Mississippi State Kentucky will be notified of requested telephone interviews via a State's ninth scoring drive of 10 or more plays this year, with Rushing Yards-per-Game message placed on the player's locker. The player will six taking more than five minutes off the clock. In contrast, Dixon ...... 94.4...... 113.7 ...... Little call following practice at his convenience. Please coordinate all player requests with the MSU MSU had only four scoring drives of 10 or more plays, with Ducre ...... 34.9...... 48.4 ...... Dixon Athletic Media Relations office (662-325-2703). one exceeding five minutes last season. Williams ...... 12.0...... 43.9 ...... Locke

PRACTICE COVERAGE The first six periods (approximately one hour) of TITUS BROWN REMAINS AMONG SEC Passing Yards-per-Game MSU's practice sessions are open to the media (still SACK, TACKLE FOR LOSS LEADERS Riddell ...... 80.0...... 275.1 ...... Woodson photo & TV video). The remainder of practice is closed Mississippi State senior defensive end Titus Brown Henig ...... 77.0...... 11.3 ...... Hartline to the media who may return following practice for interview purposes. (Tuscaloosa, Ala.), who has recorded 152 career tackles, Carroll...... 68.8 including 33.5 for loss (minus 152 yards), 16.5 of which were SEC PHOTO DATABASE sacks (minus 97 yards), stayed among the Southeastern Receiving Yards-per-Game A digital image database for the SEC is available to media members throughout the year. Photos, logos Conference leaders in both hit-behind-the-line categories. Burks...... 38.6...... 74.6 ...... Johnson and other images for all 12 schools can be found by Brown, who has recorded at least one tackle for loss in Smith ...... 28.5...... 68.0 ...... Burton going to www.secsportsmedia.com and registering as seven of the season's first eight games, is fifth in the league Bell ...... 16.9...... 57.6 ...... Lyons an accredited media outlet. with 1.25 TFL per game. His 0.75 sack-per-game average is MSU SATELLITE SERVICES fourth best in the SEC. His 16.5 sacks are good for seventh Total Tackles Segments of MSU's weekly press conference and place all-time at Mississippi State in that category. Greg Chaney ...... 51...... 85...... Woodyard postgame highlights of the Bulldogs’ six home games will be available to television outlets via satellite. Favors (19.5; 1994-97) is next on the school list. Brown has Douglas ...... 50...... 41...... Johnson Weekly press conference feeds will be uplinked now had at least one TFL in 13 of the last 15 games, dating O'Neal ...... 50...... 41...... Kelley each Tuesday prior to MSU games during the season. to last season, and a QB sack in 10 of the last 15. Information about the feeds will be available through the MSU Media Relations office (662-325-2703). Interceptions Highlights from MSU’s home games will also be DEREK PEGUES TURNS IN ANOTHER Three tied...... 2...... 2...... Lindley available. Please contact Bennie Ashford in the MSU SOLID TACKLE PERFORMANCE VS. WVU ...... 1...... eight tied Television Center (662-325-1332) for the time of each postgame uplink (times will vary each week). Mississippi State junior defensive back Derek Pegues (Batesville, Miss.), selected to the 2007 Jim Thorpe Award Sacks watch list as one of the nation's top defensive backs, made T. Brown ...... 6...... 6.5 ...... Jarmon five tackles at West Virginia this past Saturday, a total Holmes ...... 2...... 4...... Jenkins

WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM that comes on the heels of his first career double-digit BURKS PUTS TOGETHER BACK-TO-BACK tackle game against Tennessee (10) one week prior. He has SEASON-BEST RECEPTION GAMES MSU STREAKS recorded seven career pass interceptions, returning three Senior wide receiver Tony Burks (Gulfport, Miss.) hauled in & of those for touchdown, the most in school history. six passes for 41 yards at West Virginia this past Saturday, 2007 RECORDS a season-best reception game, the second best of his Overall Streak 2007 PEGUES RETURNS TO THE RETURN GAME, career (7 vs. Kentucky, 2006). That performance against Overall ...... L2 ...... 4-4 MOVES UP STATE'S ALL-TIME CHARTS the Mountaineers follows his previous season best (5 vs. Home ...... L1 ...... 2-2 Derek Pegues has also been a threat in the return game, Tennessee). After catching just 11 passes in the season's Away ...... L2 ...... 2-2 and the State coaching staff felt he needed to return to that first six weeks (less than two per game), he has averaged Neutral...... L1 ...... — area of the field, despite also playing regularly on defense 5.5 receptions the last two weeks. Burks' TD catch against SEC Games ...... L2 ...... 1-3 and in kick coverage. Pegues had two kickoff returns for Tennessee was his second of the season and seventh of his Non-Conference Games ...... L1 ...... 3-1 74 yards against West Virginia this past Saturday and now career. He is just two scores from entering the school's top Day Games ...... L2 ...... 2-3 ranks second on the school's all-time kick return (70) and 10 in that category (9, Fred Hadley, 1984, 1986-88). yardage (1,548) lists, trailing only Tony James (1989-92; Night Games ...... W2 ...... 2-1 78-1,862) in both categories. He also returned three punts CARROLL SETS MSU ALL-TIME RECORD IN August ...... L4 ...... 0-1 for 22 yards against the Mountaineers, and now ranks fifth FOURTH CAREER START UNDER CENTER September...... L1 ...... 3-1 on the all-time punt returns list (53) and sixth on the all- True freshman quarterback Wesley Carroll (Parkland, Fla.) October ...... L2 ...... 1-2 time yardage ranking (514). Pegues trails Tom "Shorty" completed 18-of-35 passes for 169 yards, no touchdowns November ...... L2 ...... —

McWilliams (55, 1944, 46-48) and Billy Stacy (580) on those but no interceptions this past week at West Virginia. His vs. Top 10 Teams (AP) ...... L13 ...... 0-2 two charts. completion total matched his season high, set one week vs. Top 25 Teams (AP) ...... L13 ...... 0-4

earlier vs. Tennessee and his attempts set a new high. He Television Games ...... L2 ...... 2-3 SENIOR CENTER BLACKLEDGE NAMED threw his first collegiate touchdown passes against the ABC ...... L5 ...... — TO RIMINGTON WATCH LIST Volunteers. Carroll has now begun his collegiate career CBS ...... L2 ...... — Mississippi State senior center Royce Blackledge with 109 pass attempts without an interception. The school CSS ...... W1 ...... 1-0 (Sandersville, Miss.), named to the 2007 Rimington Trophy record for consecutive pass attempts in a season without CSTV ...... W1 ...... — Watch List for centers, has now started 26 consecutive an interception, at any point in the quarterback's career, ESPN ...... L5 ...... 0-1 games for the Bulldogs, including 20 in a row at center. He belonged to Derrick Taite (96; 1996). The all-time record ESPN2 ...... L1 ...... — has been on the field for every offensive snap 15 times. He for consecutive attempts without an interception is 122, set ESPN Regional...... L1 ...... 0-1 has recorded an 83 percent blocking average thus far in over two seasons by Wayne Madkin (2000-01). the 2007 season, leading the offensive linemen in blocking Fox...... L1 ...... — grades four times in the season's first seven weeks. JAMON HUGHES REGISTERS FIRST Jefferson-Pilot / Lincoln-Financial . . . L1 ...... 1-1 CAREER DOUBLE-DIGIT TACKLE GAME NBC ...... W2 ...... — DIXON RUSHES UP TD LIST, ON VERGE OF Sophomore inside linebacker Jamon Hughes (Rolling Fork, When MSU Wins Coin Toss ...... L2 ...... 2-3

ENTERING RECORD BOOK ELSEWHERE Miss.) recorded his first double-digit tackle performance When Opponent Wins Toss ...... W2 ...... 2-1

Dixon has now rushed 353 times in his career for 1,423 at West Virginia this past Saturday. Hughes totaled 12 When MSU Scores First ...... W4 ...... 3-0 yards and 20 touchdowns. He needs 64 carries to reach tackles against the Mountaineers, including one-half for When Opponent Scores First ...... L2 ...... 1-4 the school's all-time top 10 in that category (417; Dontae loss (minus 1 yard). He has now made 20 tackles over the When MSU Leads at Halftime ...... W7 ...... 1-0 Walker, 1999-2002). His career yardage is just 19 short last two weeks (eight vs. Tennessee) and 39 for the season. When Tied at Halftime...... W1 ...... 1-0 of reaching MSU's top 20 in that listing (1,442; Harvey Hughes' 12 hits against WVU last week are the most by a When Opp. Leads at Halftime ...... L2 ...... 2-4 Johnson, 1938-40). And his 20 rushing scores have moved Bulldog defender since Quinton Culberson had 12 against When MSU Leads After 3 Quarters. . . W8 ...... 2-0 him into a seventh-place tie on the school's all-time list with the Mountaineers last fall. When Tied After 3 Quarters ...... W2 ...... — Walter Packer (20, 1973-76) and Michael Haddix (20, 1979- When Opp. Leads After 3 Quarters . . . L2 ...... 2-4 82). Dixon rushed for one touchdown at West Virginia, BOBO TIES FOR TEAM THEFT LEAD, moving past Tom "Shorty" McWilliams on that list. PRODUCTIVITY HAS INCREASED When MSU Scores 25+ points...... W3 ...... 3-0 MSU senior defensive back Demario Bobo (Courtland, When Opp. Scores 25+ points ...... L17 ...... 0-4 DIXON MOVES AMONG SEC'S TOP Miss.) intercepted his second pass of the year at West When MSU Rushes for 100+ yards . . . .L1 ...... 4-2 BACKS AFTER STANDOUT PERFORMANCE Virginia, tying for the team lead in that category. After When Opp. Rushes for 100+ yards . . . . L3 ...... 2-4 Dixon has now rushed a Southeastern Conference-high 184 making just three tackles in the season's first two weeks When MSU Rushes for <100 yards . . .L28 ...... 0-2 times for 755 yards, good for fifth in the league in rushing. while battling injury, he has made 25 in the last six games When Opp. Rushes for <100 yards . . . W2 ...... 2-0 His 11 rushing touchdowns this season are a league best, as he returns to full speed. and he ranks second in the conference (8.6, Tim Tebow, Florida) in scoring TDs per game (8.2 points per game).

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OFFENSE DEFENSE

X 89 JAMAYEL SMITH 6-0 183 JR. LE 54 TITUS BROWN 6-3 250 SR. 87 Aubrey Bell 6-3 217 Jr. 39 Tim Bailey 6-3 241 Jr.

LT 77 MIKE BROWN 6-3 300 JR. LT 95 KYLE LOVE 6-1 320 SO. 74 Mark Melichar 6-5 284 RFr. 90 Cortez McCraney 6-4 272 Jr.

LG 53 ANTHONY STRAUDER 6-3 290 JR. RT 94 JESSIE BOWMAN 6-1 305 JR. 78 Michael Gates 6-4 305 Jr. 99 Quinton Wesley 6-4 310 So. 98 LaMarcus Williams 6-1 290 Fr. C 76 ROYCE BLACKLEDGE 6-4 293 SR. 59 Johnny Carpenter 6-2 290 So. RE 51 AVERY HANNIBAL 6-1 240 SR. 97 Jimmie Holmes 6-3 235 Jr. RG 75 CRAIG JENKINS 6-4 315 SO. 78 Michael Gates 6-4 305 Jr. SLB 5 GABE O’NEAL 6-1 220 SR. 34 K.J. Wright 6-3 215 Fr. RT 60 J.D. HAMILTON 6-4 295 SR. 79 Derek Sherrod 6-5 298 Fr. MLB 22 JAMAR CHANEY 6-1 236 JR. 36 Jamon Hughes 6-0 230 So. TE 48 DEZMOND SHERROD 6-3 245 SR. 88 Eric Butler 6-3 255 Sr. WLB 10 DOMINIC DOUGLAS 6-2 227 JR. 82 Jason Husband 6-3 230 Sr. 56 Anthony Littlejohn 6-2 225 Jr.

Z 4 TONY BURKS 6-4 217 SR. LCB 11 ANTHONY JOHNSON 5-10 194 SO. 86 Lance Long 5-11 186 Sr. 23 Jasper O’Quinn 5-10 185 Jr. 81 Brandon McRae 6-4 200 So. SS 8 DE’MON GLANTON 6-1 190 JR. FB 38 ERIC HOSKINS 5-11 230 JR. 1 Keith Fitzhugh 5-11 206 Jr. 84 Jeremy Jones 6-2 275 Jr. 42 Zach Smith 6-0 180 Fr.

HB 24 ANTHONY DIXON 6-1 240 SO. FS 3 DEREK PEGUES 5-10 196 JR. 29 Christian Ducre 6-0 215 So. 6 Demario Bobo 6-0 180 Sr. 30 Arnil Stallworth 5-10 200 So. RCB 23 JASPER O’QUINN 5-10 185 JR. QB 13 WESLEY CARROLL 6-1 190 FR. 18 Marcus Washington 5-10 180 So. 7 Michael Henig 6-1 195 Jr. 40 Chris Nance 5-10 182 Jr.

SPECIALISTS PK 37 ADAM CARLSON 6-4 195 JR. 41 Brad Moore 6-1 190 RFr.

P 43 BLAKE McADAMS 5-10 190 JR. 37 Adam Carlson 6-4 195 Jr. PRONUNCIATION GUIDE SN 46 AARON FELD 6-1 225 RFR. 65 Anthony Bowles 5-11 220 Jr. 3 Derek PEGUES ...... puh-GEESE H 43 BLAKE McADAMS 5-10 190 JR. 45 Ben Shelton 5-11 196 Jr. 7 Michael HENIG ...... HEN-igg 17 Josh RIDDELL ...... RIDD-uhl KR 3 DEREK PEGUES 5-10 196 JR. 29 Christian Ducre 6-0 215 So. 29 Christian DUCRE ...... doo-CREE 45 DE’MON Glanton ...... duh-MAHN PR 3 DEREK PEGUES 5-10 196 JR. 86 Lance Long 5-11 186 Sr. 47 DOMINIC Douglas ...... dom-in-EEK 48 Dezmond SHERROD ...... shuh-ROD 53 Anthony STRAUDER ...... STRAW-der 70 J.C. BRIGNONE ...... brig-NO-nee 74 Mark MELICHAR ...... MELL-eh-car 79 Derek SHERROD ...... shuh-ROD 89 JAMAYEL Smith ...... juh-MAIL

WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM THE LAST MEETING

Kentucky 34 THE LAST MEETING Mississippi State 31 October 28, 2006 Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field • Starkville, Miss.

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - Andre Woodson threw for 284 yards and three touchdowns, and Kentucky held off Mississippi State 34-31. The Wildcats (4-4, 3-3 Southeastern Conference) broke a 14-14 halftime tie by scoring on four of its first five possessions in the second half. However, the Wildcats, who led by 31-17 in the fourth GAME NOTES quarter, needed a recovery by Jacob • MSU's 408 yards of total offense was Tamme on an onside kick with 2:12 left to highest since a season-ending win over Ole Miss in 2005 (409). seal the win. • Henig's 384 passing yards is MSU's first Mississippi State (2-7, 0-5) got career- 300-yard day since Kevin Fant threw for 360 yards against Houston (9/20/03). best performances from quarterback • Tony Burks caught a career high 192 Michael Henig and wide receiver Tony receiving yards, which ranks fifth all- Burks, but still couldn't finish off the time at MSU. comeback. Henig finished 22-of-41 for Kentucky 14 0 10 10 = 34 384 yards and three touchdowns, and Mississippi State 0 14 3 14 = 31 Burks had seven catches for 192 yards and two touchdowns. 1st Quarter The Bulldogs' downfall, however, was UK - Burton 16 pass from Woodson (Seiber kick), 7:38 their running game - they finished with UK - Lyons 18 pass from Woodson just 35 yards rushing - and three costly (Seiber kick), 00:46 turnovers. 2nd Quarter Woodson was 19-of-28 passing, primar- MS - Burks 75 pass from Henig ily to Keenan Burton and Dicky Lyons. (Carlson kick), 10:21 MS - Smith 15 pass from Henig Burton had five catches for 81 yards (Carlson kick), 8:42 and two touchdowns and set up two 3rd Quarter more scores with a combined 93 yards on UK - Smith 3 run (Seiber kick), 12:45 two kick returns. Lyons added a season- MS - Carlson 45 FG, 10:42 UK - Seiber 41 FG, 5:55 high eight receptions for 117 yards and 4th Quarter a touchdown. UK - Burton 33 pass from Woodson The Wildcats had opportunities to put (Seiber kick), 13:24 the game away in the second quarter MS - Burks 36 pass from Henig after taking a 14-0 lead, but turned the (Carlson kick), 11:46 UK - Seiber 27 FG, 8:08 ball over twice and missed a field goal. MS - Dixon 1 run (Carlson kick), 2:20 Mississippi State answered with con- secutive scoring drives to tie the score. UK MSU Henig, who was 11-of-16 for 174 yards First Downs 22 16 Rushes-Yards 38-106 24-24 in the first half, began the rally with a 75- Passing Yards 284 384 yard touchdown pass to Burks. Passes (C-A-I) 19-29-1 22-41-2 On Kentucky's next offensive snap, Total Offense 390 408 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 linebacker Quinton Culbertson forced Penalties-Yards 8-51 4-45 and recovered a fumble at the Kentucky Time of Possession 33:47 26:13 12. Two plays later, Henig hit Jamayel Smith with a 15-yard scoring pass. RUSHING: (UK) Smith 17-92 TD, Dixon 10-32, Pulley 2-17, Bankhead 1-0, Team 1-(- Kentucky regained control in the sec- 1), Woodson 6-(-34). (MSU) Thornton 9-17, ond half on Lones Seiber's 41-yard field Dixon 10-14 TD, Henig 1-7, Stallworth 2-(-3), goal, Alfonso Smith's 3-yard run and a Team 2-(-11). PASSING: (UK) Woodson 19-28-1 284 3TD, 33-yard pass from Woodson to Burton for Pulley 0-1-0. (MSU) Henig 22-41-2 384 3TD. a 31-17 lead with 13:24 left. RECEIVING: (UK) Lyons 8-117 TD, Burton Mississippi State rallied to get within 5-81 2 TD, Smith 2-57, Dixon 2-14, Tamme 34-31 with 2:20 left on a 36-yard touch- 1-13, Jones 1-2. (MSU) Burks 7-192 2TD, Smith 6-93 TD, Thornton 3-1, Husband 2- down pass from Henig to Burks and a 16, Bell 1-49, Prosser 1-16, Rogers 1-13, short run by Anthony Dixon. Sherrod 1-4.

Attendance: 37,834. 2006

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ALABAMA (6-2, 4-1 SEC) KENTUCKY (6-2, 2-2 SEC) TENNESSEE (4-3, 2-2 SEC) Sept. 1 WESTERN CAROLINA W, 52-6 Sept. 1 EASTERN KENTUCKY W, 50-10 Sept. 1 at California L, 31-45 Sept. 8 at Vanderbilt W, 24-10 Sept. 8 KENT STATE W, 56-20 Sept. 8 SOUTHERN MISS W, 39-19 Sept. 15 ARKANSAS W, 41-38 Sept. 15 LOUISVILLE W, 40-34 Sept. 15 at Florida L, 20-59 Sept. 22 GEORGIA L, 23-26 (OT) Sept. 22 at Arkansas W, 42-39 Sept. 22 ARKANSAS STATE W, 48-27 Sept. 29 at Florida State L, 14-21 Sept. 29 FLORIDA ATLANTIC W, 45-17 Oct. 6 GEORGIA W, 35-14 Oct. 6 HOUSTON W, 30-24 Oct. 4 at South Carolina L, 23-38 Oct. 13 at Mississippi State W, 33-21 Oct. 13 at Ole Miss W, 27-24 Oct. 13 LSU W, 43-37 (3OT) Oct. 20 at Alabama L, 17-41 Oct. 20 TENNESSEE W, 41-17 Oct. 20 FLORIDA L, 37-45 Oct. 27 SOUTH CAROLINA Nov. 3 LSU Oct. 27 MISSISSIPPI STATE Nov. 3 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE Nov. 10 at Mississippi State Nov. 10 at Vanberbilt Nov. 10 ARKANSAS Nov. 17 LOUISIANA-MONROE Nov. 17 at Georgia Nov. 17 VANDERBILT Nov. 24 at Auburn Nov. 24 TENNESSEE Nov. 24 at Kentucky

ARKANSAS (4-3, 1-3 SEC) LSU (7-1, 4-1 SEC) TULANE (2-5, 1-2 C-USA) Sept. 1 TROY W, 46-26 Aug. 30 at Mississippi State W, 45-0 Sept. 8 MISSISSIPPI STATE L, 17-38 Sept. 15 at Alabama L, 38-41 Sept. 8 VIRGINIA TECH W, 48-7 Sept. 15 HOUSTON L, 10-34 Sept. 22 KENTUCKY L, 29-42 Sept. 15 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W, 44-0 Sept. 22 SE LOUISIANA W, 35-27 Sept. 29 NORTH TEXAS W, 66-7 Sept. 22 SOUTH CAROLINA W, 28-16 Sept. 29 LSU L, 9-34 Oct. 6 UT-CHATTANOOGA W, 34-15 Sept. 29 at Tulane W, 34-9 Oct. 6 at Army L, 17-20 (OT) Oct. 13 AUBURN L, 7-9 Oct. 6 FLORIDA W, 28-24 Oct. 13 at UAB L, 21-26 Oct. 20 at Ole Miss W, 44-8 Oct. 13 at Kentucky L, 37-43 (3OT) Oct. 20 at SMU W, 41-34 (OT) Oct. 27 FLORIDA-INTERNATIONAL Oct. 20 AUBURN W, 30-24 Oct. 27 MEMPHIS Nov. 3 SOUTH CAROLINA Nov. 3 at Alabama Nov. 3 TULSA Nov. 10 at Tennessee Nov. 10 LOUISIANA TECH Nov. 10 UTEP Nov. 17 MISSISSIPPI STATE Nov. 17 at Ole Miss Nov. 17 at Rice Nov. 23 at LSU Nov. 23 ARKANSAS Nov. 24 at East Carolina

AUBURN (5-3, 3-2 SEC) OLE MISS (2-6, 0-5 SEC) UAB (2-5, 1-2 C-USA) Sept. 1 KANSAS STATE W, 23-13 Sept. 1 at Memphis W, 23-21 Sept. 1 at Michigan State L, 18-55 Sept. 8 SOUTH FLORIDA L, 23-26 (OT) Sept. 8 MISSOURI L, 25-38 Sept. 8 at Florida State L, 24-34 Sept. 15 MISSISSIPPI STATE L, 14-19 Sept. 15 at Vanderbilt L, 17-31 Sept. 15 ALCORN STATE W, 22-0 Sept. 22 NEW MEXICO STATE W, 55-20 Sept. 22 FLORIDA L, 24-30 Sept. 26 at Tulsa L, 30-38 Sept. 29 at Florida W, 20-17 Sept. 29 at Georgia L, 17-45 Oct. 6 at Mississippi State L, 13-30 Oct. 6 VANDERBILT W, 35-7 Oct. 6 LOUISIANA TECH W, 24-0 Oct. 13 TULANE W, 26-21 Oct. 13 at Arkansas W, 9-7 Oct. 13 ALABAMA L, 24-27 Oct. 20 HOUSTON L, 10-45 Oct. 20 at LSU L, 24-30 Oct. 20 ARKANSAS L, 8-44 Oct. 27 at East Carolina Oct. 27 OLE MISS Oct. 27 at Auburn Nov. 3 SOUTHERN MISS Nov. 3 TENNESSEE TECH Nov. 3 NORTHWESTERN STATE Nov. 10 UCF Nov. 10 at Georgia Nov. 17 LSU Nov. 17 at Memphis Nov. 24 ALABAMA Nov. 23 at Mississippi State Nov. 24 at Marshall

GARDNER-WEBB (3-4, 1-0 BIG SOUTH) SOUTH CAROLINA (6-2, 3-2 SEC) WEST VIRGINIA (6-1, 2-1 BIG EAST) Sept. 1 at Ohio L, 14-36 Sept. 1 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE W, 28-14 Sept. 1 WESTERN MICHIGAN W, 62-24 Sept. 8 JACKSONVILLE W, 27-6 Sept. 8 at Georgia W, 16-12 Sept. 8 at Marshall W, 48-23 Sept. 22 at Mississippi State L, 15-31 Sept. 15 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE W, 38-3 Sept. 13 at Maryland W, 31-14 Sept. 29 AUSTIN PEAY W, 20-13 Sept. 22 at LSU L, 16-28 Sept. 22 EAST CAROLINA W, 48-7 Oct. 6 at Appalachian State L, 7-45 Sept. 29 MISSISSIPPI STATE W, 38-21 Sept. 28 at South Florida L, 13-21 Oct. 13 at Wofford L, 17-54 Oct. 4 KENTUCKY W, 38-23 Oct. 6 at Syracuse W, 55-14 Oct. 20 at VMI W, 36-22 Oct. 13 at North Carolina W, 21-15 Oct. 20 MISSISSIPPI STATE W, 38-13 Oct. 27 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN Oct. 20 VANDERBILT L, 6-17 Oct. 27 at Rutgers Nov. 3 SAVANNAH STATE Oct. 27 at Tennessee Nov. 8 LOUISVILLE Nov. 10 at Coastal Carolina Nov. 3 at Arkansas Nov. 17 at Cincinnati Nov. 17 LIBERTY Nov. 10 FLORIDA Nov. 24 CONNECTICUT Nov. 24 CLEMSON Dec. 1 PITTSBURGH

OPPONENT TOTALS Overall Record ...... 53-37 Teams in Top 5 ...... 1 (LSU) MSU record vs. Opponents with winning record ...... 1-4 Non-Conference Opponent Record ...... 12-16 Teams in Top 10 ...... 2 (LSU, West Virginia) MSU record vs. Opponents with even record ...... 0-0 SEC Opponent Record ...... 41-21 Teams in Top 20 . . . 4 (Kentucky LSU, South Carolina, WVU) MSU record vs. Opponents with losing record ...... 3-0 Teams in Top 25 ...... 6 (Alabama, Auburn, Kentucky, ...... LSU, South Carolina, West Virginia)

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No. 2 LSU 45 Mississippi State 38 Mississippi State 0 Tulane 17 August 30, 2007 September 8, 2007 Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field • Starkville, Miss. The Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, La.

STARKVILLE, Miss. - LSU opened the 2007 season by showing why it's the No. 2-ranked NEW ORLEANS, La. - Behind a strong second-half performance, Mississippi State team in the country Thursday night, downing homestanding Mississippi State 45-0 at posted a 38-17 road win over home-standing Tulane in the Louisiana Superdome. After Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field in the lidlifter for both squads. The loss was State's the Bulldogs (1-1) and Green Wave (0-1) battled to a 17-17 tie at the half, State shut out eighth in a row to the Tigers. TU 21-0 in the second half to secure the triumph. The Tigers picked off six State passes in the contest to aid in the shutout effort over Highlighting the night for MSU was sophomore running back Anthony Dixon, who MSU. State struggled offensively all evening against the highly touted LSU defensive unit, rushed 27 times for 131 yards (both career highs) and two second-half touchdowns. managing just 146 yards from scrimmage. MSU quarterback Michael Henig could not find Starting quarterback Michael Henig completed 20-of-31 passes for 223 yards and a touch- a rhythm on the home field as he threw a school record-tying six interceptions. down, and scored his first career rushing touchdown. Meanwhile, LSU's offense tallied 347 yards in total. Quarterback Matt Flynn was 12-of- The Bulldogs jumped on top of the Green 19 for 128 yards through the air, including two touchdown passes, one to Early Doucet GAME NOTES Wave early, with Gabe O'Neal intercepting • State had 489 yards of total offense who had 78 yards receiving on the night. Tiger - most since State racked up 547 total Scott Elliot's second pass of the game and running back Keiland Williams ran in a pair yards against Jacksonville State in returning it 47 yards for the score. Tulane GAME NOTES 2002. of scores for the Tigers on the ground in the answered on its next drive on a Matt Forte • Tonight’s captains were seniors Titus • Mississippi State finished with 290 Brown and Royce Blackledge and junior first half. Backup signal-caller Ryan Perrilloux yards rushing - most since rolling up touchdown run from 39 yards out. The Bulldog Jamar Chaney. rushed and threw for scores in the fourth quar- 304 yards against Ole Miss in 2005. defense held the highly touted running back in • Junior Michael Henig’s six interceptions • Michael Henig’s first-quarter rushing tied Max Stainbrook’s individual school ter to round out scoring. touchdown (18 yards) was his first check otherwise, as he ended the night with record (vs. Cincinnati, 1949). The offenses for both squads came out career rushing touchdown. just 47 yards on the ground. • MSU’s longest reception of the game • Anthony Dixon finished with 131 yards was a 45-yard pass to senior wide flat at first, not scoring a single touchdown in rushing on 27 carries. Both are career State went up 14-7 later in the first period receiver Tony Burks from Henig. the first quarter. The only points came on a bests for the sophomore (previous: on Henig's 18-yard touchdown run, but Tulane • With his 86 yards recorded on kickoff 27-yard field goal from LSU kicker Colt David. 25 carries, twice; 125 yards, Ole Miss returned the favor on its ensuing possession to returns this evening, junior returner 2006). Derek Pegues moves into fifth on the The Tigers held a 3-0 lead at the end of the • Dixon, Christian Ducre and Justin knot the score at 14-14. MSU career list for kickoff return yard- period. Williams all set career high rushing In the second quarter, both defenses played age. Pegues is also now tied with Reid totals. for fifth on the all-time list with 61 In the second quarter, the Bulldogs still well, allowing only a field goal apiece. Henig career kickoff returns. couldn’t muster up any offensive production. engineered an 82-yard State drive but was Henig threw four of his six interceptions in the unable to get a touchdown in the red zone. first half. He was 11-of-28 for 120 yards in Mississippi State 14 3 14 7 = 38 Adam Carlson then connected on 23-yard field LSU 3 14 14 14 = 45 Tulane 14 3 0 0 = 17 Mississippi State 0 0 0 0 = 0 the game. On the other side of the ball, the goal with 6:25 before the half to put State up Bulldog defense started to lose ground as the 1st Quarter 17-14. On the next drive, Tulane drove 65 1st Quarter MS - O'Neal 47 INT return LSU - David 27 FG, 6:28 Tigers put up 14 points in the last six minutes (Carlson kick), 13:50 yards before being stopped inside the 10-yard 2nd Quarter of the first half to head into the locker room TU - Forte 39 run (Thevenot kick), 12:16 line. Their resulting field goal left the score tied LSU - Williams 1 run (David kick), 5:52 MS - Henig 18 run (Carlson kick), 5:10 LSU - Williams 1 run (David kick), 0:00 with a 17-0 lead. The Bulldogs were outgained TU - McKinney 8 pass from Elliott at 17 at the intermission. 3rd Quarter 185-79 in the first half. (Thevenot kick), 2:33 The Bulldog offense came out firing in the LSU - Doucet 11 pass from Flynn 2nd Quarter (David kick), 12:53 At the beginning of the second half, the MS - Carlson 23 FG, 6:25 second half. MSU drove the ball 67 yards, LSU - Scott 11 pass from Flynn TU - Thevenot 26 FG, 3:21 (David kick), 2:09 Tigers continued their attack, scoring on their 3rd Quarter scoring when Henig completed an 8-yard pass 4th Quarter first drive, an 11-yard touchdown pass from MS - Jones 8 pass from Henig to Jeremy Jones. The defense continued its LSU - Perrilloux 3 run (David kick), 8:20 (Carlson kick), 11:30 LSU - LaFell 15 pass from Perrilloux Flynn to Doucet to push the lead to 24-0. LSU MS - Dixon 27 run (Carlson kick), 5:45 strong play by holding Tulane's offense to (David kick), 5:45 then capitalized on another Henig interception 4th Quarter negative yardage for the third quarter and by MS - Dixon 7 run (Carlson kick), 9:33 LSU MSU by scoring another touchdown, a Flynn pass to forcing a fumble that led to a 27-yard touch- First Downs 22 9 Charles Scott to go up 31-0. MSU TU down run by Dixon. Rushes-Yards 50-198 26-10 First Downs 27 8 Passing Yards 149 136 LSU also kept State sophomore running Rushes-Yards 54-266 17-44 Dixon continued to carry the load in the Passes (C-A-I) 14-22-0 14-33-6 Passing Yards 223 199 Total Offense 347 146 back Anthony Dixon from breaking loose, only Passes (C-A-I) 20-31-1 16-29-1 fourth quarter. He rushed the ball on all but Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1 tallying 29 yards rushing on 13 carries. Senior Total Offense 489 243 one play on State's final scoring drive of the Penalties-Yards 8-60 7-39 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2 Time of Possession 32:45 27:15 Tony Burks led the Bulldog receiving corps with Penalties-Yards 8-85 7-60 night, completing the charge with a 7-yard 45 yards on one catch. Time of Possession 39:04 20:56 scoring run. The defense held Tulane to only RUSHING: (LSU) Hester 14-68, Flynn 11-42, Murphy 6-35, Holliday 6-19, Williams 7-18 Dominic Douglas, making his first career RUSHING: (MSU) Dixon 27-131 2TD, six yards of offense in the second half. 2TD, Perrilloux 7-12, Scott 3-4. (MSU) Dixon start, led the team with nine tackles on the Williams 9-60, Ducre 9-46, Henig 6-23, Defensively, the Bulldogs were paced by 13-29, Williams 4-10, Ducre 1-(-2), Carroll Stallworth 1-6, Carroll 1-1, Team 1-(-1). (TU) 3-(-6), Henig 5-(-25). night. He, along with Jimmie Holmes and Forte 14-47, Williams 1-8, Elliott 2-(-11). Jamar Chaney's six tackles. In addition to his PASSING: (LSU) Flynn 12-19-0 128 2TD, PASSING: (MSU) Henig 20-31-1 223 TD. Perrilloux 2-3-0 21 TD. (MSU) Henig 11-28-6 preseason all-SEC defensive end Titus Brown, (TU) Elliott 15-26-1 197 TD, Scelfo 1-2-0 2, first career interception, O'Neal also recov- 120, Carroll 3-5-0 16. accounted for one sack apiece. Forte 0-1-0 0. ered a Green Wave fumble. Keith Fitzhugh RECEIVING: (LSU) Doucet 9-78 TD, Toliver RECEIVING: (MSU) Smith 4-53, Burks 4- 1-19, Mitchell 1-16, LaFell 1-15 TD, Scott Junior defensive back Derek Pegues moved 31, Husband 2-27, Riley 2-16, Long 2-13, notched five tackles and a sack for State on 1-11 TD, Hester 1-10. (MSU) Stallworth 3-33, into fifth place on the MSU career list for kick- Butler 2-13, McRae 1-33, Bell 1-33, Jones the evening. Long 2-16, Ducre 2-2 Burks 1-45, Husband 1- 1-8 TD, Stallworth 1-(-4). (TU) Forte 6-49, 26, Smith 1-11, Williams 1-4, Jones 1-0, Riley off return yardage. He is also fifth all-time in Williams 4-85, King 3-48, McKinney 2-10 TD, 1-0, Butler 1-(-1). career kickoff returns. He had 100 all-purpose Guidroz 1-7. Attendance: 50,112. yards for the night. Attendance: 31,076.

WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM 2007 GAME RECAPS Mississippi State 19 Gardner-Webb 15 Auburn 14 Mississippi State 31 September 15, 2007 September 22, 2007 Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, Ala. Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field • Starkville, Miss.

AUBURN, Ala. - An interception that led to a mid-fourth-quarter drive by Mississippi STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State won its third straight football game, downing State proved to be the difference in the Bulldogs' 19-14 upset win at Auburn Saturday non-conference visitor Gardner-Webb 31-15 at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field. It afternoon on the Plains. marks the first time since the 2000 season the Bulldogs have won three consecutive After Blake McAdams' 73-yard punt had pinned Auburn deep in its own territory, gridiron contests. Demario Bobo's first career interception of a tipped Tiger pass at the AU 44-yard line State (3-1) amassed 379 yards of total offense in the game, led by another solid rushing would set up an MSU drive that was the only scoring play of the second half. State drove effort from running back Anthony Dixon. Dixon tallied 86 yards on 16 carries while scoring the 44 yards on 10 plays and finished it with a 5-yard Christian Ducre rush with 5:29 to go in regulation. The two-point conversion failed. Ducre had an 18-yard rush earlier on the two of the Bulldogs' early touchdowns in the affair. drive on a third-and-12 draw play from the Auburn 25. MSU scored on its opening possession, completing a 68-yard drive with a 6-yard Neither team had mounted much momentum in the second half of action before the touchdown run by Dixon. On Gardner Webb’s opening drive, De’Mon Glanton inter- MSU score, trading short drives back and forth throughout. The only other possessions of cepted Devin Campbell’s pass and returned it 60 yards for a touchdown and a 14-0 significance in the half were Auburn's first and last of the half. AU took the ball to open Bulldog advantage. Glanton’s return marked the third quarter and went 60 yards to the MSU 16 before fumbling the ball away. GAME NOTES the third consecutive week a Bulldog player On its last attempt of the game, to try and answer MSU's score, Auburn starting • For the third straight week, Mississippi had returned an interception for a touchdown quarterback Brandon Cox returned to the field after being benched early on in favor of State ended the opponent’s opening on the opponents’ opening drive. backup Kodi Burns. Cox quickly moved Auburn down the field 67 yards on 12 plays - to drive on an interception returned for About halfway through the second quarter, the Bulldog 9 - before State's defense stood touchdown. • With tonight’s win, MState won their Josh Riddell replaced starting quarterback GAME NOTES strong, finally watching a last-minute, fourth third-straight game for the first time • The Bulldogs have won their last three down attempt fall incomplete in the end zone. since the 2000 season (75 weeks). Wesley Carroll (both splitting time in place games in the State of Alabama (at both Highlighting the day statistically for MSU • It is also the first time since the 2000 of the injured Michael Henig) and drove the UAB and Alabama in 2006). campaign the Bulldogs have started was running back Anthony Dixon, who posted Bulldogs down the field for another Dixon • State ended a six-game slide against the year 3-1. Auburn with today’s win. his fourth career 100-yard game, rambling for • Dixon recorded his third and fourth touchdown run, this one for 12 yards. On • Derek Pegues’ INT return was his third 103 yards on 29 carries. Dominic Douglas led touchdowns of the season during the career pick-six, setting a new school the next drive for State, Riddell threw his first the MSU defensive effort with nine tackles. first half of Saturday’s game. It was also record. the second two-touchdown game of career touchdown pass, hitting Tony Burks for • Blake McAdams boomed a 73-yard State opened the game strong, building a the year for the running back. a 30-yarder to give the Bulldogs a 28-0 lead at punt in the fourth quarter. It was the 13-0 lead, only to see Auburn score twice late longest of his career, and the longest the intermission. in the first half to lead 14-13 at the intermis- by a Bulldog punter since Jeff Walker The Bulldog defense held the Running hit a 79-yarder at Alabama in 1999. sion. • Anthony Dixon finished with 103 yards Bulldogs’ option offense to only 64 yards in MSU took the opening drive and went 58 Gardner-Webb 0 0 6 9 = 15 on a career-high 29 carries. yards on 12 plays before being halted by the Mississippi State 14 14 3 0 = 31 the first half. • Titus Brown moved into a tie for ninth AU defense. Adam Carlson was then true on Bulldog penalties and a stagnant offense place on the school’s all-time sack list. 1st Quarter a 32-yard field goal. Bulldog starting quarter- MS - Dixon 9 run (Carlson kick), 10:02 helped GWU back into the game in the sec- back Michael Henig suffered a broken bone MS - Glanton 60 INT return ond half. MSU had nine penalties for 102 (Carlson kick), 7:55 Mississippi State 10 3 0 6 = 19 in his throwing hand on the drive and never 2nd Quarter yards, and those penalties helped the Running Auburn 0 14 0 0 = 14 returned. Reserves Wesley Carroll and Josh MS - Dixon 12 run (Carlson kick), 2:42 Bulldogs get in good field position. However, MS - Burks 30 pass from Riddell 1st Quarter Riddell would split time under center for State (Carlson kick), 1:18 they could not capitalize as the MSU defense MS - Carlson 32 FG, 9:19 the remainder of the afternoon. 3rd Quarter MS - Pegues 20 INT return only allowed one touchdown, a 6-yard Phillip On the second play of the ensuing Tiger GW - Kay 22 FG, 10:43 (Carlson kick), 8:34 MS - Carlson 33 FG, 7:19 Peoples scoring run, and forced three Evan 2nd Quarter possession, Bulldog Derek Pegues intercepted GW - Kay 20 FG, 4:34 Kay field goals. MS - Carlson 30 FG, 12:27 a tipped Cox pass and returned it 20 yards for GW - Peoples 6 run (pass failed), 12:21 AU - Tate 28 run (Byrum kick), 4:18 GW - Kay 28 FG, 6:10 The Bulldogs lone second-half points came AU - Burns 1 run (Byrum kick), 0:30 a touchdown. Carlson's extra point made the 4th Quarter State lead 10-0 just 6:24 into the contest. GW MSU from an Adam Carlson field goal. He had MS - Ducre 5 run (Carlson kick), 5:27 First Downs 20 19 missed one earlier, the result of a bad hold. After the teams went scoreless the remain- Rushes-Yards 35-131 39-215 MSU AU der of the first quarter, the Bulldogs added to Passing Yards 203 166 In addition to Dixon's night, backup First Downs 14 16 their lead early in the second period with a Passes (C-A-I) 21-37-1 12-19-1 Rushes-Yards 43-172 46-216 Total Offense 334 381 Christian Ducre’ ran for an additional 52 of his Passing Yards 41 107 Carlson 30-yarder, the result of an AU fumble Fumbles-Lost 4-1 4-1 own. Riddell ended the night 8-for-11 through Passes (C-A-I) 5-18-0 12-22-3 forced by an 11-yard sack from State's De'Mon Penalties-Yards 7-63 9-102 Total Offense 213 323 Time of Possession 31:53 28:07 the air with 124 yards, one touchdown and one Glanton. Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-2 interception. Penalties-Yards 7-40 4-42 But Auburn would get things cranked up RUSHING: (GW) Montgomery 10-42, Time of Possession 29:11 30:49 Peoples 7-33 TD, Collins 2-25, Doolittle On the defensive side of the ball, Gabe late in the half under the direction of the 13-19, Jackson 3-12. (MSU) Dixon 15-88 O’Neal led the way for the Bulldogs with 10 RUSHING: (MSU) Dixon 29-103, Ducre 10- option-style, signal-caller Burns, scoring twice 2TD, Ducre 10-51, Carroll 2-33, Williams 63 TD, Riley 1-12, TEAM 2-(-2), Riddell 1-(-4). in the final 4:18. He led the Tigers on a 5-play, 6-27, Riddell 2-10, Stallworth 2-9, Bell 1-1, tackles. Titus Brown added two sacks and (AU) Tate 15-91 TD, Burns 22-87, Fannin Long 1-(-4). 7-40, Cox 2-(-2). 54-yard drive - capped by a 28-yard rumble PASSING: (GW) Doolittle 19-33-0 191, moved into eighth place on the school's career PASSING: (MSU) Henig 1-3-0 16, Riddell by Ben Tate. Campbell 2-4-1 12. (MSU) Riddell 8-11-1 sack list. 1-5-0 15, Carroll 3-10-0 6. (AU) Burns 8-12-1 124 TD, Carroll 4-8-0 42. 65, Cox 4-10-2 42. State then handed AU a golden opportunity RECEIVING: (GW) Collins 6-94, Flagler 6-57, RECEIVING: (MSU) Bell 1-16, Burks 1-15, when Pegues fumbled the ensuing kickoff at Montgomery 4-23, Pittman 2-5, Millere 1-13, Long 1-6, Carroll 1-2, Riley 1-2. (AU) Smith Jackson 1-7, Dixon 1-4. (MSU) Dixon 3-41, 4-78, McKenzie 2-11, Dunn 2-6, Tate 2-(-4), the MSU 30. Seven plays later, Burns dove in Burks 2-49 TD, Bell 2-30, Long 2-5, Smith Fannin 1-16, Steward 1-0. from a yard out to give the Tigers their 14-13 1-25, Butler 1-12, Hart 1-4. halftime lead. Attendance: 82,129. Attendance: 42,272.

WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM 2007 GAME RECAPS Mississippi State 21 UAB 13

No. 16 South Carolina 38 Mississippi State 30 September 29, 2007 October 6, 2007 Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, S.C. Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field • Starkville, Miss.

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Mississippi State's upset bid at 16th-ranked South Carolina fell short STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State (4-2) scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns, as the Gamecocks used a blocked punt to change momentum and pull away for a 38-21 including two in a late 15-second span, to hold off a pesky UAB team (1-4) for a 30-13 victory. It marked the fifth win in a row for USC (4-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) in the victory Saturday afternoon at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field. MSU is 4-2 for the first series with MSU (3-2, 1-2) and broke a three-game State win streak. time since the 2000 season. With South Carolina leading 17-14 at halftime, neither team mounted much of a drive State trailed 10-3 at halftime and 13-9 after three quarters of play before putting on their first tries of the second half. But State, on its second possession of the third together an impressive 11-play, 80-yard drive early in the fourth period that lasted seven quarter, would take the lead on a solid scoring drive of five plays - all rushes by Christian minutes. The possession ended in a 10-yard Anthony Dixon touchdown run to put State Ducré and Anthony Dixon. Dixon finished off the march with a 2-yard score and MSU led up 16-13. 21-17 at the 8:56 mark of the third. The Bulldogs would then shut down UAB's offense the remainder of the day, while The Bulldog defense forced a 50-yard field goal attempt by Ryan Succop on the next producing two more scores of their own. After forcing a punt, State drove 60 yards possession. But as quickly as State seemed to have gained a bit of momentum, it would for another score, capped by a 12-yard Dixon run. On the Blazers' next drive, State's lose it just as fast. After the Gamecocks stopped MSU on five plays, Eric Norwood broke Anthony Johnson picked off Sam Hunt's pass on the first play and returned it 30 yards through the line and blocked Blake McAdams' punt, which Carolina recovered on the for a score. MSU 27. On the very next play, Gamecock quarterback Chris Smelley hit receiver Kenny Dixon led MSU's offensive performance on McKinley near the goal line and McKinley then darted into the end zone to put the home the day, registering a career-best 152 yards squad back on top 24-21. GAME NOTES • Junior linebackers Dominic Douglas and three touchdowns on 32 carries. It was his The longest drive State would muster following that scenario was 32 yards. Meanwhile, and Jamar Chaney posted double digit fifth career 100-yard contest on the ground, USC tacked on two more touchdowns, both tackles against UAB to become the first the third of 2007. GAME NOTES rushes by back Mike Davis, to pull away for Bulldogs to accomplish the feat since Neither team scored in the first quarter, but • With a Derek Pegues interception, the victory. Titus Brown (11) and Darren Williams the Blazers broke the ice within the first minute State intercepted a pass in the opening The Bulldog offensive production was once (10) against Mississippi on Nov. 27, of the second period with a 42-yard field goal period in each of the last four games. 2004. again led by Dixon, who amassed 83 yards and from Swayze Waters, capping a 30-yard drive • Mississippi State’s 14-play, seven min- two touchdowns on the day. Ducré added 68 • With today’s win, Mississippi State ute touchdown drive in the second that was setup by an interception of MSU's rushing yards for the MSU cause. Josh Riddell, moves to 4-2 on the year for the first quarter was its longest scoring drive time since 2000. Mike Henig. Wesley Carroll received the start this season. in his first career start at quarterback for State, • Anthony Johnson’s fourth quarter for State, but Henig played for the majority • Junior quarterback Josh Riddell and went 9-for-21 for 101 yards, a touchdown and interception returned for touchdown of the first half, playing for the first time since junior wide receiver Co-Eric Riley each one interception. marks the first time since 2000 that the breaking his hand Sept. 15 at Auburn. He was earned his first career start. Gabe O’Neal and Anthony Johnson led the Bulldogs have posted four interception 2-for-8 on the day for 26 yards and two inter- • Junior wideout Aubrey Bell’s first-quar- returns for scores in the same season. way defensively for State with seven tackles ceptions. He did not play in the second half. ter 28-yard touchdown reception was apiece. Titus Brown adds two more sacks to • Sophomore running back Anthony the first score of his career. On the next Blazer drive, Bulldog Kyle Love his SEC-leading total. Derek Pegues tallied the Dixon’s three touchdowns give him 18 in his career. He is now tied with blocked another Waters field goal attempt. lone Bulldog interception of the afternoon. Dennis Johnson (1974-77) at #10 on the That led to a 39-yard field goal from MSU's Mississippi State 7 7 7 0 = 21 The Gamecocks were paced by Davis, who school's all-time list. Adam Carlson to tie the game with 10:01 to South Carolina 7 10 7 14 = 38 had 59 yards and three scores on the ground. go in the first half. McKinley was also stellar on the receiving 1st Quarter UAB answered that with its best drive of SC - Davis 3 run (Succop kick), 10:22 end, hauling in four catches for 107 yards and UAB 0 10 3 0 = 13 the afternoon, a 13-play, 87-yard march that MS - Bell 28 pass from Riddell two touchdowns. Smelley was solid in his new Mississippi State 0 3 6 21 = 30 (Carlson kick), 5:17 was topped off with a 31-yard Hunt pass to starting role for USC, completing 19-of-37 2nd Quarter 2nd Quarter Frantrell Forrest. That gave the Blazers their SC - McKinley 20 pass from Smelley aerials for 279 yards, two touchdowns and one UAB - Waters 42 FG, 14:08 10-3 lead at the intermission. (Succop kick), 13:28 interception. MS - Carlson 39 FG, 10:01 MS - Dixon 1 run (Carlson kick), 8:56 Mississippi State scored on the opening In a penalty-plagued first half (15 called UAB - Forrest 31 pass from Hunt SC - Succop 4 FG, 0:02 (Waters kick), 3:12 drive of the second half, a 1-yard, fourth-down 3rd Quarter between the two teams), South Carolina got 3rd Quarter touchdown run from Dixon. The drive, which MS - Dixon 2 run (Carlson kick), 8:56 on the board first in the game taking the open- MS - Dixon 1 run (Carlson kick failed), 5:46 SC - McKinley 27 pass from Smelley went 75 yards, was the longest scoring of the ing drive 12 plays and capping it with a 3-yard UAB - Waters 29 FG, 2:24 (Succop kick), 3:43 4th Quarter season for MSU. 4th Quarter touchdown run by Davis. MS - Dixon 10 run (Carlson kick), 8:00 UAB's lone score of the second half came SC - Davis 2 run (Succop kick), 14:07 After the teams traded possessions and MS - Dixon 12 run (Carlson kick), 2:03 on the ensuing possession, Waters hitting SC - Davis 12 run (Succop kick), 0:58 McAdams pinned the Gamecocks at their own MS - Johnson 30 INT return from 29 yards away after a 69-yard drive by 3-yard line, MSU capitalized by stopping USC (Carlson kick), 1:49 MSU USC the Blazers. First Downs 18 21 on three downs and forcing an errant punt that UAB MSU Rushes-Yards 43-140 35-123 Although being out rushed 165-71 in the gave the Bulldogs the ball on the USC 31. Two First Downs 11 16 Passing Yards 118 279 Rushes-Yards 23-71 45-165 contest, the Blazers still collected 288 yards Passes (C-A-I) 12-27-1 19-37-1 plays later, Riddell found Aubrey Bell for a 28- Passing Yards 217 119 of total offense as compared to the Bulldogs' Total Offense 258 402 yard touchdown pass. Passes (C-A-I) 16-35-1 11-20-2 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 284. South Carolina got good field position Total Offense 58-288 65-284 Penalties-Yards 9-87 11-94 Carroll ended his first career start for MSU Time of Possession 30:21 29:39 for its next score, a punt return leaving the Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0 ball at the MSU 37. The fourth play of the Penalties-Yards 10-70 1-15 9-for-12 for 93 yards. His longest pass went to Possession Time 27:57 32:03 RUSHING: (MSU) Dixon 22-83 2TD, Ducre drive saw Smelley find McKinley for a 20-yard Aubrey Bell for 19 yards. 15-68, Stallworth 1-6, TEAM 1-(-2), Carroll With his three rushing touchdowns on the touchdown. RUSHING: (UAB) Slaughter 12-43, Thornton 2(-4), Riddell 1-(-11). (SC) Davis 18-59 3TD, day, Dixon now has nine touchdowns on the Boyd 11-58, Smelly 5-7, Culliver 1-(-1). But the Bulldogs would answer again on 8-34, Mencer 1-3, Barnett 2-(-6). (MSU) PASSING: (MSU) Riddell 9-21-1 101 TD, its last drive of the first half, taking the ball 62 Dixon 32-152 3TD, Ducre 8-20, Carroll 2-1, season and 18 for his career. That moves him Carroll 3-6-0 17. (SC) Smelley 19-37-1 279 TEAM 2-(-2), Henig 1-(-6). into 10th place on the all-time list, tied with yards on 14 plays, highlighted by solid running PASSING: (UAB) Hunt 16-35-1 217 TD. 2TD. Dennis Johnson. RECEIVING: (MSU) Riley 3-20, Burks 2- from Ducré and Dixon - Dixon scoring from a (MSU) Carroll 9-12-0 93, Henig 2-8-2 26. 44, Bell 1-28 TD, Butler 1-11, Smith 1-9, yard out. RECEIVING: (UAB) Forrest 7-122 TD, On the defensive side of the ball, Bulldog Stallworth 1-5, Jones 1-3, Husband 1-0, South Carolina used the remaining 2:20 of Slaughter 3-2, Sigler 2-43, Coon 2-37, Jamar Chaney tallied 11 tackles, a career- Ducre 1-(-2). (SC) McKinley 4-107 2TD, Cook Wright 1-9, Johnson 1-4. (MSU) Smith 4-38, high and the most by any Bulldog player this 4-66, Brown 3-50, Davis 3-16, Lecorn 2-12, the half to take a small lead into the locker Long 2-21, Bell 1-19, Butler 1-15, Hoskins DiMarco 1-9, Saunders 1-6, Stafford 1-3, room. After gaining 54 yards on 10 quick plays, 1-15, Stallworth 1-6, Burks 1-5. season. Dominic Douglas was second with 10, Boyd 0-10. Succop nailed a 45-yard field goal for a 17-14 also a career best. Johnson interception was Attendance: 78,883. Attendance: 45,259. USC advantage. his second of the season.

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No. 25 Tennessee 33 Mississippi State 13

Mississippi State 21 No. 7 West Virginia 38 October 13, 2007 October 20, 2007 Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field • Starkville, Miss. Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, W. Va.

STARKVILLE, Miss. - Tennessee held off a strong Mississippi State upset bid 33-21 MORGANTOWN, W. Va.. - West Virginia scored 28 first-quarter points and the ninth- at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field as the Volunteers improved to 4-2 and 2-1 in ranked Mountaineers never looked back in a 38-13 victory over visiting Mississippi State in Southeastern Conference play. State fell to 4-3, 1-3 in the league, while dropping their the second meeting ever between the teams, the first on the Morgantown campus. fifth straight to the Volunteers in the series. With the loss, the Bulldogs dropped to 4-4 overall. WVU improved to 6-1. The Leading 27-21 early in the fourth quarter Tennessee mounted a solid drive, marching Mountaineers claimed both meetings in the two-year series, also winning last season in 69 yards on 14 plays and eating up 5:42 of the clock. The drive was capped by a 26-yard Starkville. field goal from Daniel Lincoln, handing the Vols a 30-21 lead with 5:45 remaining. The opening minute of the game set the tone for the afternoon. West Virginia fumbled Tennessee would shut down the Bulldog offense, which had a very productive day, the the opening kickoff and MSU recovered deep in WVU territory, but the play was called rest of the way, ultimately shutting them out of scoring completely in the fourth period. back due to an offsides penalty against the Bulldogs. After the rekick, the Mountaineers The Vols were led by a solid performance from senior quarterback Eric Ainge who struck very quickly as quarterback Patrick White scampered 64 yards for a touchdown on completed 22-of-36 passes for 259 yards and two touchdowns and was intercepted once. the first play from scrimmage and WVU led 7-0 just 21 seconds into the contest. Receiver Lucas Taylor hauled in 11 catches for 186 yards and a score. Running back Arian After stopping State on three plays, the Mountaineers drove 88 yards on 12 plays for Foster also greatly contributed to the UT offensive effort, which produced 470 yards from their second score of the afternoon. White hit Owen Schmitt on a 12-yard pass to cap the scrimmage, by rushing 21 times for 139 yards and one score. possession. After a 51-yard return by Derek Pegues on the ensuing kickoff, the Bulldogs MSU's offense, which tallied 338 total yards of its own, got another 100-yard effort would assist West Virginia on its next score when Anthony Dixon fumbled on the first play from running back Anthony Dixon, who tallied and WVU's Marc Magro returned the loose ball to the State 16-yard line. Three plays later, GAME NOTES 108 yards and a touchdown on the ground. the Mountaineers found paydirt again, White hitting Darius Reynaud on a 10-yard comple- Rookie quarterback Wesley Carroll, in just • Mississippi State did not commit a tion. WVU led 21-0 at the 6:09 mark of the first period. turnover in Saturday’s contest. The last his third collegiate start, completed 18-of-33 WVU got great field position again on its time MSU accomplished this feat was passes for 203 yards and two scores. Tony GAME NOTES next drive after a 23-yard MSU punt went out against Houston in 2005. Burks and Jamayel Smith each had five recep- • State’s 28 points allowed in the first of bounds at the Bulldog 48. West Virginia • Freshman quarterback Wesley Carroll’s tions and a touchdown. quarter were the most allowed by took advantage again, completing its impres- 38-yard touchdown pass to Burks was Tennessee built a 17-14 lead at halftime and the Bulldogs in a single period since sive first period of play with a five-play drive his first career touchdown pass. expanded it to 24-14 when Foster scored on Oregon scored 28 in the opening quar- that ended with running back Steve Slaton's • Sophomore running back Anthony a 1-yard. But MSU answered with a 67-yard ter in 2003. Dixon’s early second quarter score was 26-yard touchdown jaunt. Slaton had another drive, as Carroll found Smith on 14-yard pass • The Bulldogs third-quarter-opening 13- big day on the ground, gaining 127 yards on the 19th touchdown of his career and play, 58-yard drive over five minutes to the corner of the end zone on a third-down 23 carries. ties him with Tom “Shorty” McWilliams and 10 seconds was State’s ninth scor- (1944-48) for ninth on the all-time list. play. ing drive of 10 or more plays this sea- State's defense would step up the rest of The Vols threatened the end zone again son and the sixth that took more than the way, limiting the Mountaineers to just 10 on their next drive, but State's defense stood five minutes off the clock. points the final three quarters. strong and forced another Lincoln field goal, After a WVU field goal six ticks into the this one from 29 yards away with 3:47 to go in second quarter, the Bulldog offense finally got Tennessee 7 10 10 6 = 33 the third gave Tennessee a 27-21 lead. on the board later in the period. A State punt Mississippi State 7 7 7 0 = 21 After the Bulldogs drove 48 yards on nine Mississippi State 0 7 6 0 = 13 pinned the Mountaineers at their own 1-yard West Virginia 28 3 0 7 = 38 1st Quarter plays to the UT 35, MSU faced a fourth-and-6 line and, after a three-and-out by WVU, the UT - Brown 4 pass from Ainge early in the fourth quarter. The Bulldog opted 1st Quarter resulting punt was returned by Pegues to the (Lincoln kick), 9:05 to go for the first down, but Carroll's pass to WV - White 64 run (McAfee kick), 14:39 West Virginia 29. Bulldog quarterback Wesley MS - Burks 38 pass from Carroll WV - Schmitt 12 pass from White (Carlson kick), 5:21 Arnil Stallworth was tipped, forcing Stallworth (McAfee kick), 7:46 Carroll found Jamayel Smith on a 22-yard pass 2nd Quarter to lean back toward the line of scrimmage to WV - Reynaud 10 pass from White play to open the State drive. Four Dixon rushes MS - Dixon 30 run (Carlson kick), 14:52 make the catch, which came up a yard shy of (McAfee kick), 6:09 later, he found the end zone from a yard out on UT - Taylor 51 pass from Ainge the first down. WV - Slaton 26 run (McAfee kick), 2:20 (Lincoln kick), 8:05 2nd Quarter fourth down for MSU's first points of the day. UT - Lincoln 47 FG State would intercept Ainge on the third WV - McAfee 42 FG, 14:54 WVU led 31-7 at halftime. 3rd Quarter play of the ensuing possession, but the Vols MS - Dixon 1 run (Carlson kick), 3:51 State's offense opened the second half UT - Foster 1 run (Lincoln kick), 12:12 forced MSU to punt after just three plays. UT 3rd Quarter MS - Smith 14 pass from Carroll MS - Ducre 3 run (pass failed), 9:50 impressively, taking the opening kickoff and (Carlson kick), 8:21 then put together a long, clock-eating drive for 4th Quarter driving 58 yards on 13 plays. Christian Ducre UT - Lincoln 29 FG, 3:47 the field goal that put them up 30-21. WV - Reynaud 13 pass from Brown ended the possession with a 3-yard scoring 4th Quarter The Vols opened scoring on the afternoon (McAfee kick), 14:19 UT - Lincoln 26 FG, 5:45 rush. MSU's two-point conversion failed and UT - Lincoln 43 FG, 2:32 by marching 78 yards on nine plays on their MSU WV WVU led 31-13 at the 9:50 mark of the third first drive of the day. Ainge hit Chris Brown on First Downs 12 17 period. Both teams would go scoreless the UT MSU a 4-yard touchdown pass for the score. Rushes-Yards 33-45 42-262 remainder of the quarter. First Downs 23 18 Passing Yards 169 84 Rushes-Yards 42-211 36-135 After the teams exchanged punts, the Passes (C-A-I) 18-35-0 12-20-1 The final points of the game came less than Passing Yards 259 203 Bulldogs evened things with a short touch- Total Offense 214 346 a minute into the final period. West Virginia Passes (C-A-I) 22-36-1 18-33-0 down drive set up by an excellent pooch punt Fumbles-Lost 3-3 1-0 notched a seven-play, 48-yard drive led by Total Offense 470 338 Penalties-Yards 7-45 9-82 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 from place-kicker Adam Carlson from field goal Time of Possession 31:30 28:30 backup quarterback Jarrett Brown, who found Penalties-Yards 7-72 2-14 formation. Reynaud for his second TD reception of the Time of Possession 31:39 28:21 State would take a 14-7 lead early in the RUSHING: (MS) Dixon 20-61 TD, Ducre afternoon, a 13-yard scoring pass. second quarter behind a 76-yard drive which 7-23 TD, TEAM 1-1, Long 1-(-12), Carroll RUSHING: (UT) Foster 21-139 TD, Hardesty 4-(-28). (WV) Slaton 23-127 TD, White 5-89 All told, the Mountaineers outgained the 16-73, Coker 2-6, Team 3-(-12). (MS) Dixon was mostly highlighted by the running of TD, Brown 6-38, Bednarik 1-6, Schmitt 4-3, Bulldogs 343 yards to 214, 260 of WVU's effort 26-108 TD, Bell 1-11, Carroll 4-11, Ducre 3-6, Dixon. The sophomore capped the drive with Reynaud 1-1, Sanders 2-(-2). coming on the ground. Williams 2-(-1). an impressive 30-yard scamper. PASSING: (MS) Carroll 18-35-0 169. (WV) State was led by Dixon, who finshed with PASSING: (UT) Ainge 22-36-1 259 2TD. (MS) White 8-12-1 61 2TD, Brwon 4-8-0 23 TD. Carroll 18-33-0 203 2TD. The Volunteers would answer three drives RECEIVING: (MS) Burks 6-41, Husband 3-22, 61 yards and one score. Carroll completed RECEIVING: (UT) Taylor 11-186 TD, Brown later with a five-play, 78-yard march, Ainge Hoskins 2-15, Stallworth 2-12, Riley 1-30, 18-of-35 passes for 169 yards. Tony Burks led 4-26 TD, Rogers 3-28, Briscoe 2-10, Foster floating an aerial into the hands of Taylor for a Smith 1-22, Dixon 1-14, Ducre 1-8, Bell the Bulldog receiving effort with six catches 2-9. (MS) Burks 5-79 TD, Smith 5-70 TD, 1-5. (WV) Slaton 4-36, Reynaud 3-20 2TD, Stallworth 2-16, Hoskins 2-7, Williams 1-14, 51-yard touchdown. Gonzales 2-15, Schmitt 2-13 TD, Johnson for 41 yards. Husband 1-7, Jones 1-6, Bell 1-4. 1-0.

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TEAM STATISTICS MSU OPP 2007 RECORD & RESULTS RECORD OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 30:44 29:16 ALL GAMES 4-4-0 2-2-0 2-2-0 0-0-0 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 48/119 48/121 CONFERENCE 1-3-0 0-2-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 3rd-Down Pct 40% 40% NON-CONFERENCE 3-1-0 2-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 3/10 1/6

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND/TIME 4th-Down Pct 30% 17% Aug. 30 * LSU (NR-#2) L 0-45 50,112 SACKS BY-YARDS 11-70 14-115 Sept. 8 at Tulane W 38-17 31,076 MISC YARDS 41 0 Sept. 15 at Auburn W 19-14 82,129 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 23 25 Sept. 22 Gardner-Webb W 31-15 42,272 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 5-8 13-16 Sept. 29 at South Carolina (NR-#16) L 21-38 78,883 Oct. 6 UAB (Homecoming) W 30-13 45,259 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-0 Oct. 13 TENNESSEE (NR-#25) L 21-33 50,217 RED-ZONE SCORES 18-20 90% 26-34 76% Oct. 20 at West Virginia (NR-#7) L 13-38 61,022 RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 14-20 70% 18-34 53% Oct. 27 at Kentucky 11:30 a.m. PAT-ATTEMPTS 20-21 95% 24-24 100% Nov. 10 ALABAMA TBA ATTENDANCE 187860 253110 Nov. 17 at Arkansas (Little Rock) TBA Nov. 23 OLE MISS 11:30 a.m. Games/Avg Per Game 4/46965 4/63278 Neutral Site Games 0/0

TEAM STATISTICS MSU OPP SCORE BY QUARTERS SCORING 173 213 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Points Per Game 21.6 26.6 Mississippi State 52 44 43 34 — 173 FIRST DOWNS 133 138 Opponents 59 64 40 50 — 213 Rushing 67 62 Passing 55 61 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Penalty 11 15 RUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Lg YPG RUSHING YARDAGE 1148 1256 Anthony Dixon 8 184 803 48 755 4.1 11 30 94.4 Yards gained rushing 1358 1439 Christian Ducre 8 63 288 9 279 4.4 2 18 34.9 Yards lost rushing 210 183 Justin Williams 8 21 99 3 96 4.6 0 24 12.0 Rushing Attempts 318 290 Arnil Stallworth 8 4 21 0 21 5.2 0 8 2.6 Average Per Rush 3.6 4.3 Co-Eric Riley 7 1 12 0 12 12.0 0 12 1.7 Average Per Game 143.5 157.0 Aubrey Bell 8 2 12 0 12 6.0 0 11 1.5 TDs Rushing 14 13 Wesley Carroll 8 18 68 60 8 0.4 0 27 1.0 PASSING YARDAGE 1175 1497 Josh Riddell 3 4 10 15 -5 -1.2 0 6 -1.7 Att-Comp-Int 216-110-11 238-132-9 TEAM 6 7 1 7 -6 -0.9 0 0 -1.0 Average Per Pass 5.4 6.3 Michael Henig 5 12 44 52 -8 -0.7 1 18 -1.6 Average Per Catch 10.7 11.3 Lance Long 8 2 0 16 -16 -8.0 0 0 -2.0 Average Per Game 146.9 187.1 TOTAL 8 318 1358 210 1148 3.6 14 30 143.5 TDs Passing 5 12 OPPONENTS 8 290 1439 183 1256 4.3 13 64 157.0 TOTAL OFFENSE 2323 2753 Total Plays 534 528 PASSING GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lg YPG Average Per Play 4.4 5.2 Wesley Carroll 8 101.65 58-109-0 53.2 550 2 38 68.8 Average Per Game 290.4 344.1 Michael Henig 5 73.77 34-70-9 48.6 385 1 45 77.0 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS 38-686 36-781 Josh Riddell 3 110.16 18-37-2 48.6 240 2 35 80.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 16-96 23-247 TOTAL 8 94.07 110-216-11 50.9 1175 5 45 146.9 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 9-180 11-128 OPPONENTS 8 117.37 132-238-9 55.5 1497 12 67 187.1 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 18.1 21.7 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 6.0 10.7 INT RETURN AVERAGE 20.0 11.6 FUMBLES-LOST 15-7 14-5 PENALTIES-YARDS 50-429 63-543 Average Per Game 53.6 67.9 PUNTS-YARDS 44-1721 42-1727 Average Per Punt 39.1 41.1 Net punt average 33.0 35.5

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RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Lg YPG |------PATs ------| Tony Burks 8 22 309 14.0 2 45 38.6 SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points Jamayel Smith 8 17 228 13.4 1 29 28.5 Anthony Dixon 11 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 66 Arnil Stallworth 8 10 68 6.8 0 20 8.5 Adam Carlson 0 5-8 20-21 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 35 Lance Long 8 9 61 6.8 0 14 7.6 Christian Ducre 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Aubrey Bell 8 8 135 16.9 1 33 16.9 Tony Burks 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Jason Husband 8 8 82 10.2 0 27 10.2 Gabe O'Neal 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Co-Eric Riley 7 8 68 8.5 0 30 9.7 Michael Henig 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Eric Butler 8 6 50 8.3 0 15 6.2 De'Mon Glanton 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Eric Hoskins 4 5 37 7.4 0 15 9.2 Anthony Johnson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Anthony Dixon 8 4 55 13.8 0 18 6.9 Derek Pegues 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Jeremy Jones 8 4 17 4.2 1 8 2.1 Aubrey Bell 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Christian Ducre 8 4 8 2.0 0 8 1.0 Jeremy Jones 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Justin Williams 8 2 18 9.0 0 14 2.2 Jamayel Smith 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Brandon McRae 8 1 33 33.0 0 33 4.1 Wesley Carroll 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 0 Brandon Hart 8 1 4 4.0 0 4 0.5 TOTAL 23 5-8 20-21 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 173 Wesley Carroll 8 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.2 OPPONENTS 25 13-16 24-24 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 213 TOTAL 8 110 1175 10.7 5 45 146.9 OPPONENTS 8 132 1497 11.3 12 67 187.1

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Derek Pegues 15 92 6.1 0 23 Lance Long 1 4 4.0 0 4 TOTAL 16 96 6.0 0 23 OPPONENTS 23 247 10.7 0 35

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Demario Bobo 2 0 0.0 0 0 Anthony Johnson 2 38 19.0 1 30 Derek Pegues 2 35 17.5 1 20 De'Mon Glanton 1 60 60.0 1 60 Jasper O'Quinn 1 0 0.0 0 0 Gabe O'Neal 1 47 47.0 1 47 TOTAL 9 180 20.0 4 60 OPPONENTS 11 128 11.6 0 51

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Derek Pegues 13 302 23.2 0 51 Justin Williams 7 118 16.9 0 24 Co-Eric Riley 6 126 21.0 0 29 Arnil Stallworth 5 38 7.6 0 15 Christian Ducre 3 63 21.0 0 25 Lance Long 2 39 19.5 0 29 Ben Shelton 1 0 0.0 0 0 Jeremy Jones 1 0 0.0 0 0 TOTAL 38 686 18.1 0 51 OPPONENTS 36 781 21.7 0 49

FUMBLE RETURNS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG None TOTAL 0 0 0.0 0 0 OPPONENTS 2 64 32.0 0 39

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TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G Anthony Dixon 8 184 755 0 755 94.4 Anthony Dixon 8 755 55 0 0 0 810 101.2 Wesley Carroll 8 127 8 550 558 69.8 Derek Pegues 8 0 0 92 302 35 429 53.6 Michael Henig 5 82 -8 385 377 75.4 Christian Ducre 8 279 8 0 63 0 350 43.8 Christian Ducre 8 63 279 0 279 34.9 Tony Burks 8 0 309 0 0 0 309 38.6 Josh Riddell 3 41 -5 240 235 78.3 Justin Williams 8 96 18 0 118 0 232 29.0 Justin Williams 8 21 96 0 96 12.0 Jamayel Smith 8 0 228 0 0 0 228 28.5 Arnil Stallworth 8 4 21 0 21 2.6 Co-Eric Riley 7 12 68 0 126 0 206 29.4 Co-Eric Riley 7 1 12 0 12 1.7 Aubrey Bell 8 12 135 0 0 0 147 18.4 Aubrey Bell 8 2 12 0 12 1.5 Arnil Stallworth 8 21 68 0 38 0 127 15.9 TEAM 6 7 -6 0 -6 -1.0 Lance Long 8 -16 61 4 39 0 88 11.0 Lance Long 8 2 -16 0 -16 -2.0 Jason Husband 8 0 82 0 0 0 82 10.2 TOTAL 8 534 1148 1175 2323 290.4 De'Mon Glanton 8 0 0 0 0 60 60 7.5 OPPONENTS 8 528 1256 1497 2753 344.1 Eric Butler 8 0 50 0 0 0 50 6.2 Gabe O'Neal 8 0 0 0 0 47 47 5.9 FIELD GOALS FG-AT Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk Anthony Johnson 8 0 0 0 0 38 38 4.8 Adam Carlson 5-8 62.5 0-0 1-2 4-4 0-1 0-1 39 0 Eric Hoskins 4 0 37 0 0 0 37 9.2 Brandon McRae 8 0 33 0 0 0 33 4.1 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd Jeremy Jones 8 0 17 0 0 0 17 2.1 Blake McAdams 42 1691 40.3 73 1 0 11 1 Wesley Carroll 8 8 2 0 0 0 10 1.2 Adam Carlson 1 30 30.0 30 0 0 1 0 Brandon Hart 8 0 4 0 0 0 4 0.5 TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 Josh Riddell 3 -5 0 0 0 0 -5 -1.7 TOTAL 44 1721 39.1 73 1 0 12 1 TEAM 6 -6 0 0 0 0 -6 -1.0 OPPONENTS 42 1727 41.1 61 7 8 10 0 Michael Henig 5 -8 0 0 0 0 -8 -1.6 TOTAL 8 1148 1175 96 686 180 3285 410.6 KICKOFFS NO. YDS AVG TB OB RETN NET YDLN OPPONENTS 8 1256 1497 247 781 128 3909 488.6 Adam Carlson 36 2276 63.2 0 0 TOTAL 36 2276 63.2 0 0 781 41.5 28 OPPONENTS 45 2604 57.9 3 3 686 41.3 28

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|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |---Fumbles---| Blkd GP-GS Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH* Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf 22 Jamar Chaney 8-8 26 25 51 2.5-4 . . 2 3 . . . . 10 Dominic Douglas 8-6 26 24 50 5.0-19 1.0-9 . . 2 . . . . 5 Gabe O'Neal 8-8 32 18 50 3.5-9 . 1-47 1 . 1-0 . . . 11 Anthony Johnson 8-7 23 19 42 3.0-7 . 2-38 6 . . . . . 36 Jamon Hughes 8-0 19 20 39 0.5-1 ...... 3 Derek Pegues 8-8 19 14 33 . . 2-35 2 . . . . . 8 De'Mon Glanton 8-8 19 12 31 1.0-11 1.0-11 1-60 6 1 . 1 . . 18 Marcus Washington 7-6 20 9 29 . . . 3 . . . . . 6 Demario Bobo 7-2 14 12 26 1.5-5 . 2-0 2 . 1-0 2 . . 54 Titus Brown 8-8 17 8 25 10.0-49 6.0-31 . . 11 . 2 . . 1 Keith Fitzhugh 8-0 15 9 24 4.0-18 1.0-9 . 1 . . 1 . . 51 Avery Hannibal 8-8 6 17 23 3.0-3 . . . 8 . . . . 97 Jimmie Holmes 7-0 7 9 16 3.5-18 2.0-10 . 1 . 2-0 1 . . 23 Jasper O'Quinn 7-2 8 8 16 . . 1-0 1 . . . . . 39 Tim Bailey 8-0 7 8 15 3.0-11 . . . 3 . . . . 99 Quinton Wesley 7-1 7 7 14 2.0-7 . . . . . 1 . . 94 Jessie Bowman 7-5 4 8 12 2.5-5 . . . 2 . . . . 95 Kyle Love 8-5 5 7 12 1.5-7 . . . 2 1-0 . 1 . 56 Anthony Littlejohn 8-1 5 5 10 0.5-0 . . . 1 . . . . 42 Zach Smith 7-0 2 8 10 . . . 1 . . . . . 90 Cortez McCraney 7-3 1 8 9 2.5-6 . . . 1 . . . . 27 Jarvis Kyles 8-0 3 3 6 ...... 28 Tay Bowser 5-1 5 1 6 ...... 46 Aaron Feld 8-0 2 2 4 ...... 34 K.J. Wright 5-0 1 2 3 ...... 82 Jason Husband 8-0 1 2 3 ...... 40 Chris Nance 5-0 . 2 2 ...... 48 Dezmond Sherrod 8-6 1 1 2 ...... 37 Adam Carlson 8-0 2 . 2 ...... 87 Aubrey Bell 8-5 1 1 2 ...... 81 Brandon McRae 8-1 2 . 2 ...... 91 Rodney Prince 5-0 . 1 1 0.5-0 ...... 86 Lance Long 8-1 1 . 1 ...... 98 LaMarcus Williams 6-1 . 1 1 ...... 84 Jeremy Jones 8-1 1 . 1 ...... 25 Tyler Threadgill 6-0 . 1 1 ...... 77 Michael Brown 8-8 1 . 1 ...... 7 Michael Henig 5-3 . 1 1 ...... 4 Tony Burks 8-4 1 . 1 ...... 93 Brandon Cooper 3-0 1 . 1 ...... TOTAL 8-0 305 273 578 50-180 11-70 9-180 26 34 5-0 8 1 . OPPONENTS 8-0 - - - - 14-115 11-128 25 15 7-64 8 1 .

* Quarterback hurries are not an offi cially recognized N.C.A.A. statistic, therefore not all pressboxes across the country - or throughout the SEC - keep them consistently. For more information about a specifi c player's hurry total as determined by the coaches' fi lm, please refer to that player's updated bio near the end of this notes package.

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2007 MSU GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS OFFENSE WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB HB FB WR LSU McRae Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Butler Henig Dixon Ducre Smith at Tulane Burks Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Sherrod Henig Dixon Jones Smith at Auburn Burks Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Butler Henig Dixon Bell (WR) Smith GARDNER-WEBB Burks Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Sherrod Carroll Dixon Hart Bell at South Carolina Burks Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Sherrod Riddell Dixon Hart Riley UAB Butler (TE) Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Sherrod Carroll Ducre Hoskins Bell TENNESSEE Butler (TE) Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Sherrod Carroll Dixon Hoskins Bell at West Virginia Long Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Sherrod Carroll Dixon Hoskins Bell at Kentucky Alabama at Arkansas OLE MISS

DEFENSE E NT T E SLB MLB WLB LC SS FS RC SOUTH CAROLINA Brown Bowman McCraney Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Douglas Johnson Glanton Pegues Washington at Tulane Brown Bowman McCraney Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Douglas Johnson Glanton Pegues Washington at Auburn Brown Bowman McCraney Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Douglas Johnson Glanton Pegues Washington GARDNER-WEBB Brown Williams Love Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Douglas O'Quinn Glanton Pegues Bowser at South Carolina Brown Bobo (DB) Love Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Douglas Johnson Glanton Pegues Washington UAB Brown Wesley Love Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Douglas Johnson Glanton Pegues Washington TENNESSEE Brown Bowman Love Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Littlejohn Johnson Glanton Pegues Washington at West Virginia Brown Bowman Love Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Bobo (DB) Johnson Glanton Pegues O'Quinn at Kentucky Alabama at Arkansas OLE MISS 2007 MSU CAREER STARTS BY POSITION OFFENSE DEFENSE LT WR DE SS Brown - 13 Burks - 11 Brown - 20 Glanton - 14 Hamilton - 6 Humphries - 7 Hannibal - 8 Bobo - 11 LG Bell - 6 Burns - 2 Fitzhugh - 9 Strauder - 25 Smith - 5 DT FS Gates - 6 Long - 5 Bowman - 5 Pegues - 8 C Husband - 3 Love - 5 Glanton - 1 Blackledge - 20 Riley - 1 McCraney - 3 RCB RG McRae - 1 Williams - 1 Bobo - 3 Jenkins - 8 Threadgill - 1 Wesley - 1 Washington - 6 Blackledge - 6 TB SLB Bowser - 1 Gates - 1 Dixon - 12 O’Neal - 24 O'Quinn - 1 RT Ducre - 1 Littlejohn - 4 LCB Jenkins - 12 Stallworth - 3 MLB Pegues - 12 Hamilton - 8 FB Chaney - 8 Johnson - 7 TE Hart - 3 Brown - 5 O'Quinn - 1 Butler - 27 Hoskins - 3 WLB Sherrod - 16 Ducre - 1 Chaney - 14 Husband - 2 Jones - 1 Littlejohn - 9 2007 starts in BOLD Jones - 1 QB Douglas - 6 Henig - 12 Hughes - 1 Carroll - 4 Riddell - 1

WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8/30 9/8 9/15 9/22 9/29 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/10 11/17 1/23 8/30 9/8 9/15 9/22 9/29 10/6 10/13 10/20 10/27 11/10 11/17 1/23 No. Name GP GS LSU @TU @AU GW @SC UAB UT @WV @UK ALA @ARK UM No. Name GP GS LSU @TU @AU GW @SC UAB UT @WV @UK ALA @ARK UM 26 Damein Anderson 0 0 — — — — — — — — 84 Jeremy Jones 8 1 X FB X X X X X X 39 Tim Bailey 8 0 X X X X X X X X 27 Jarvis Kyles 8 0 X X X X X X X X 87 Aubrey Bell 8 5 X X WR WR X WR WR WR 62 Addison Lawrence 0 0 — — — — — — — — 76 Royce Blackledge 8 8 C C C C C C C C 56 Anthony Littlejohn 8 1 X X X X X X WLB X 6 Demario Bobo 7 2 — X X X DB X X DB 86 Lance Long 8 1 X X X X X X X WR 20 Wade Bonner 0 0 — — — — — — — — 66 D.J. Looney 0 0 — — — — — — — — 65 Anthony Bowles 0 0 — — — — — — — — 95 Kyle Love 8 5 X X X DT DT DT DT DT 94 Jessie Bowman 7 5 DT DT DT — X X DT DT Mark Lynn 1 0 — — — — — X — — 28 Tay Bowser 5 1 X X X RCB X — — — 47 Ryan Mason 5 0 — X — X — X X X 70 J.C. Brignone 6 0 X X — X — X X X 43 Blake McAdams 8 8 P P P P P P P P 52 Karlin Brown 5 0 X X — X — X X — 90 Cortez McCraney 7 3 DT DT DT X X — X X 59 Mark Brown 0 0 — — — — — — — — 72 John McMillan 0 0 — — — — — — — — 77 Michael Brown 8 8 LT LT LT LT LT LT LT LT 81 Brandon McRae 8 1 WR X X X X X X X 54 Titus Brown 8 8 DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE 74 Mark Melichar 6 0 X X — X — X X X 4 Tony Burks 8 4 X WR WR WR WR X X X 73 Dakota Merritt 0 0 — — — — — — — — 2007 MISSISSIPPISTATE STATISTICS 92 Charles Burns 0 0 — — — — — — — — 41 Brad Moore 0 0 — — — — — — — — 88 Eric Butler 8 4 TE X TE X X TE TE X 40 Chris Nance 5 0 X X X X X — — — 37 Adam Carlson 8 8 PK PK PK PK PK PK PK PK 96 Reggie Odom 0 0 — — — — — — — — WWW 80 Alex Carpenter 0 0 — — — — — — — — 5 Gabe O'Neal 8 8 SLB SLB SLB SLB SLB SLB SLB SLB 58 Johnny Carpenter 6 0 X X — X — X X X 23 Jasper O'Quinn 7 2 X X — LCB X X X RCB

. 13 Wesley Carroll 8 4 X X X QB X QB QB QB 3 Derek Pegues 8 8 FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS MSTATEATHLETICS 22 Jamar Chaney 8 8 MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB MLB 91 Rodney Prince 5 0 X — X X X X — — 93 Brandon Cooper 3 0 — — — — — X X X 14 Chris Relf 0 0 — — — — — — — — 24 Anthony Dixon 8 7 RB RB RB RB RB X RB RB 41 Eric Richards 0 0 — — — — — — — — 10 Dominic Douglas 8 6 WLB WLB WLB WLB WLB WLB X X Cole Richardson 0 0 — — — — — — — — 29 Christian Ducré 8 2 RB X X X X RB X X 17 Josh Riddell 3 1 — — X X QB — — — 50 Devon Edwards 1 0 — X — — — — — — 15 Co-Eric Riley 7 1 X X X X WR X — X Andrew Ellard 0 0 — — — — — — — — 55 Quentin Saulsberry 0 0 — — — — — — — — 2 Robert Elliott 0 0 — — — — — — — — 45 Ben Shelton 7 0 — X X X X X X X .

COM 46 Aaron Feld 8 0 X X X X X X X X 79 Derek Sherrod 6 0 — X X X — X X X 1 Keith Fitzhugh 8 0 X X X X X X X X 48 Dezmond Sherrod 8 6 X TE X TE TE TE TE TE 78 Michael Gates 8 0 X X X X X X X X 89 Jamayel Smith 8 3 WR WR WR X X X X X 44 Emmanuel Gatling 1 0 — — — — — X — — 42 Zach Smith 7 0 X X X X X X X — 8 De'Mon Glanton 8 8 SS SS SS SS SS SS SS SS Major Sosebee 0 0 — — — — — — — — 32 Marcus Green 0 0 — — — — — — — — 63 Chris Spencer 0 0 — — — — — — — — Robert Gurley 0 0 — — — — — — — — 30 Arnil Stallworth 8 0 X X X X X X X X 60 J.D. Hamilton 8 8 RT RT RT RT RT RT RT RT 44 Ethan Stockett 0 0 — — — — — — — — 51 Avery Hannibal 8 8 DE DE DE DE DE DE DE DE 53 Anthony Strauder 8 8 LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG 16 Zack Harrington 0 0 — — — — — — — — 19 Anthony Summers 0 0 — — — — — — — — 35 Brandon Hart 8 2 X X X FB FB X X X 67 Roland Terry 2 0 X X — — — — — — 85 Brandon Henderson 1 0 — — — X — — — — 25 Tyler Threadgill 7 0 X X — X X X X X 7 Michael Henig 5 3 QB QB QB — — X X — Kevin Valenti 0 0 — — — — — — — — 57 Chris Herrera 0 0 — — — — — — — — 18 Marcus Washington 7 6 RCB RCB RCB — RCB RCB RCB X Josh Hines 0 0 — — — — — — — — 99 Quinton Wesley 7 1 X X X X X DT X — 97 Jimmie Holmes 7 0 X X X X X X X — 83 Austin Wilbanks 2 0 — — — X — X — — 38 Eric Hoskins 4 3 — — — X — FB FB FB 26 Jarvis Williams 1 0 — — — X — — — — 36 Jamon Hughes 8 0 X X X X X X X X 33 Justin Williams 8 0 X X X X X X X X 9 Keon Humphries 7 0 X X — X X X X X 98 LaMarcus Williams 6 1 X X X DT X — — X 82 Jason Husband 8 0 X X X X X X X X Davonne Wilson 0 0 — — — — — — — — 75 Craig Jenkins 8 8 RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG 34 K.J. Wright 5 0 — — — X X X X X 11 Anthony Johnson 8 7 LCB LCB LCB X LCB LCB LCB LCB Spencer Yates 0 0 — — — — — — — — 49 Terrell Johnson 0 0 — — — — — — — — 49 Taurus Young 0 0 — — — — — — — — 31 Jamie Jones 0 0 — — — — — — — — 2007 MISSISSIPPI STATE STATISTICS

CAREER GAMES 2007 Mississippi State PLAYED & STARTS LISTING Scoring Drives / Plays

Career 2007 2006 2005 2004 No. Name GP (CGP) S (CS) GP-S GP-S GP-S GP-S Q P-YD TOP SCORE 48 Dezmond Sherrod 42 (42) 16 (5) 8-6 12-6 11-2 11-2 LSU 51 Avery Hannibal 42 (42) 8 (8) 8-8 12-0 11-0 11-0 No scoring drives 5 Gabe O’Neal 41 (41) 24 (9) 8-8 12-6 11-5 10-5 88 Eric Butler 40 (17) 27 (0) 8-4 11-6 11-8 10-9 TULANE 82 Jason Husband 39 (27) 5 (0) 8-0 12-2 8-2 11-1 1 0-0 — O'Neal 47 INT return 54 Titus Brown 39 (20) 26 (17) 8-8 12-11 10-2 9-5 76 Royce Blackledge 33 (26) 26 (26) 8-8 12-12 9-6 4-0 1 6-56 2:37 Henig 18 run 43 Blake McAdams 31 (31) 31 (31) 8-8 12-12 11-11 — 2 11-82 4:11 Carlson 23 FG 56 Anthony Littlejohn 31 (31) 13 (0) 8-1 12-4 11-8 — 3 9-67 3:30 Jones 8 pass from Henig 22 Jamar Chaney 31 (31) 22 (10) 8-8 12-11 11-3 — 3 1-27 0:09 Dixon 27 run 1 Keith Fitzhugh 31 (31) 11 (0) 8-0 12-10 11-1 — 4 6-38 2:57 Dixon 7 run 3 Derek Pegues 31 (31) 20 (20) 8-8 12-12 11-0 — 8 De'Mon Glanton 31 (31) 15 (8) 8-8 12-4 11-3 — AUBURN 86 Lance Long 31 (31) 5 (1) 8-1 12-3 11-1 — 1 12-58 5:41 Carlson 32 FG 53 Anthony Strauder 30 (16) 25 (11) 8-8 11-6 11-11 — 1 0-0 — Pegues 20 INT return 9 Keon Humphries 29 (5) 8 (0) 7-0 11-3 10-5 1-0 2 12-54 4:29 Carlson 30 FG 35 Brandon Hart 29 (20) 3 (0) 8-2 12-1 9-0 — 4 10-44 5:15 Ducre 5 run 6 Demario Bobo 28 (7) 13 (1) 7-2 2-0 9-8 10-3 25 Tyler Threadgill** 26 (5) 1 (0) 7-0 8-1 — 10-0 GARDNER-WEBB 87 Aubrey Bell 25 (14) 8 (3) 8-5 6-2 11-1 — 1 10-68 4:58 Dixon 9 run 37 Adam Carlson 24 (22) 23 (22) 8-8 12-12 4-3 — 1 0-0 — Glanton 60 INT return 78 Michael Gates 23 (8) 7 (0) 8-0 9-7 6-0 — 2 8-58 2:58 Dixon 12 run 92 Charles Burns 22 (0) 2 (0) — 11-1 11-1 — 2 1-30 0:08 Burks 30 pass from Riddell 7 Michael Henig 21 (0) 12 (0) 5-3 7-6 8-3 1-0 4 Tony Burks 20 (20) 11 (0) 8-4 12-7 — — 3 8-59 3:17 Carlson 33 FG 24 Anthony Dixon 20 (20) 12 (2) 8-7 12-5 — — 60 J.D. Hamilton 20 (20) 14 (8) 8-8 12-6 — — SOUTH CAROLINA 75 Craig Jenkins 20 (20) 20 (20) 8-8 12-12 — — 1 2-31 0:50 Bell 28 pass from Riddell 11 Anthony Johnson 20 (20) 7 (4) 8-7 12-0 — — 2 14-62 7:00 Dixon 1 run 18 Marcus Washington 19 (4) 6 (0) 7-6 12-0 — — 3 5-48 1:43 Dixon 2 run 39 Tim Bailey 19 (15) — 8-0 11-0 — — 89 Jamayel Smith 19 (18) 7 (0) 8-3 10-4 1-0 — UAB 36 Jamon Hughes 17 (17) 1 (0) 8-0 9-1 — — 2 5-45 1:53 Carlson 39 FG 99 Quinton Wesley 16 (0) 1 (0) 7-1 9-0 — — 3 17-75 9:06 Dixon 1 run 95 Kyle Love 16 (12) 5 (5) 8-5 8-0 — — 4 11-80 5:18 Dixon 10 run 30 Arnil Stallworth 16 (8) 3 (0) 8-0 8-3 — — 4 9-60 3:52 Dixon 12 run 84 Jeremy Jones 16 (8) 2 (0) 8-1 — 8-1 — 4 0-0 — Johnson 30 INT return 33 Justin Williams 16 (11) — 8-0 8-0 — — 45 Ben Shelton 15 (7) — 7-0 8-0 — — TENNESSEE 28 Tay Bowser 14 (0) 1 (0) 5-1 9-0 — — 1 3-38 0:50 Burks 38 pass from Carroll 77 Mike Brown 14 (14) 13 (13) 8-8 6-5 — — 2 8-76 3:10 Dixon 30 run 19 Anthony Summers 11 (0) — — 11-0 — — 27 Jarvis Kyles 12 (8) — 8-0 4-0 — — 3 8-62 3:43 Smith 14 pass from Carroll 29 Christian Ducre 11 (8) 2 (0) 8-2 3-0 — — 58 Johnny Carpenter 9 (3) — 6-0 3-0 — — WEST VIRGINIA 10 Dominic Douglas 8 (8) 8 (8) 8-8 — — — 1 5-29 2:32 Dixon 1 run 81 Brandon McRae 8 (8) 1 (0) 8-1 — — — 2 13-58 5:10 Ducre 3 run 13 Wesley Carroll 8 (8) 4 (3) 8-4 — — — 46 Aaron Feld 8 (8) — 8-0 — — — 97 Jimmie Holmes 7 (0) — 7-0 — — — 42 Zach Smith 7 (0) — 7-0 — — — 90 Cortez McCraney 7 (2) 3 (0) 7-3 — — — 94 Jessie Bowman 7 (4) 5 (2) 7-5 — — — 23 Jasper O'Quinn 7 (5) 2 (1) 7-2 — — — 15 Co-Eric Riley 7 (1) 1 (0) 7-1 — — — 70 J.C. Brignone 6 (3) — 6-0 — — — 74 Mark Melichar 6 (3) — 6-0 — — — 79 Derek Sherrod 6 (3) — 6-0 — — — 52 Karlin Brown 6 (3) — 6-0 — — — 98 LaMarcus Williams 6 (1) 1 (0) 6-1 — — — 40 Chris Nance 5 (0) — 5-0 — — — 91 Rodney Prince 5 (0) — 5-0 — — — 47 Ryan Mason 5 (3) — 5-0 — — — 34 K.J. Wright 5 (5) — 5-0 — — — 67 Roland Terry 4 (0) — 2-0 — 2-0 — 38 Eric Hoskins 4 (3) 3 (3) 4-3 — — — 49 Taurus Young 3 (0) — — 2-0 1-0 — 93 Brandon Cooper 3 (3) — 3-0 — — — 83 Austin Wilbanks 2 (0) — 2-0 — — — 63 Chris Spencer 1 (0) — — 1-0 — — 50 Devon Edwards 1 (0) — 1-0 — — — 85 Brandon Henderson 1 (0) — 1-0 — — —

GP - games played CGP - consecutive games played S - starts CS - consecutive starts ** - Threadgill played in one game in 2003

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TEAM GAME BY GAME STATISTICS 1st Downs Rushing Passing Tot. Off. Punts Fumbles Penalties 3rd Time of Game Score Tot Ru-Pa-Pe No-Yds-TD C-A-I Yds TD Pl-Yds No-Avg F-L No-Yds Dns Poss. @ MState 0 9 2-6-1 26-10-0 14-33-6 136 0 59-146 5-35.6 3-1 7-39 3-14 27:15 LSU 45 22 11-10-1 50-198-3 14-22-0 149 3 72-347 7-44.9 0-0 8-60 6-14 32:45 MState 38 27 14-10-3 54-266-3 20-31-1 223 1 85-489 3-37.3 2-1 8-85 10-16 39:04 at Tulane 17 8 1-6-1 17-44-1 16-29-1 199 1 46-243 7-40.9 3-2 7-60 4-12 20:56 MState 19 14 11-2-1 43-172-1 5-18-0 41 0 61-213 6-43.3 2-1 7-40 7-16 29:11 at Auburn 14 16 12-3-1 46-216-2 12-22-3 107 0 68-323 4-41.2 2-2 4-42 9-16 30:49 @ MState 31 19 11-7-1 39-215-2 12-19-1 166 1 58-381 4-37.2 4-1 9-102 3-10 28:07 Gardner-Webb 15 20 8-8-4 35-131-1 21-37-1 203 0 72-334 5-37.8 4-1 7-63 3-14 31:53 MState 21 18 10-6-2 42-140-2 12-27-1 180 1 69-258 7-39.1 1-0 9-87 3-13 30:21 @ South Carolina 38 21 10-9-2 35-123-3 19-37-1 279 2 72-402 4-33.5 1-0 11-94 9-18 29:39 @ MState 30 16 10-6-0 45-165-3 11-20-2 119 0 65-284 4-42.0 0-0 1-15 8-15 32:03 UAB 13 11 0-10-1 23-71-0 16-35-1 217 1 58-288 6-47.3 2-0 10-70 6-16 27:57 @ MState 21 18 7-9-2 36-135-1 18-33-0 203 2 69-338 7-41.0 0-0 2-14 6-16 28:21 Tennessee 33 23 12-10-1 42-211-1 22-36-1 259 2 78-470 4-42.8 1-0 7-72 5-15 31:39 MState 13 12 2-9-1 33-45-2 18-35-0 169 0 68-214 8-36.6 3-3 7-45 8-19 31:30 @ West Virginia 38 17 8-5-4 42-262-2 12-20-1 84 2 62-346 5-36.8 1-0 9-82 6-16 28:30 MState @ Kentucky @ MState Alabama MState @ Arkansas @ MState Ole Miss

MISCELLANEOUS TEAM STATISTICS KICKOFFS IN THE RED ZONE (20 YARDS AND IN)* Touchbacks - 0 (0/36, 0%) MSU SCORES/RED ZONE ENTRIES - 18-20(90.0%) Opp. Returns - 36, 781 yards (Avg. Return — 21.7) Scores - 18 Fair Catches - 0 Touchdowns - 14 (Passing - 2, Rushing - 12), Field Goals - 4 Out of Bounds - 1 Non-Scores - 2 Onside Kicks - 0 (0 recovered) Missed Field Goals - 1, Loss of Downs - 0, Punts - 0 Turnovers - 0 (Fumbles - 0, Interceptions - 0, Blocked Field Goal - 0) End of half - 0; End of game - 1 CONVERSIONS 3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS (BY QUARTER) OPPONENT SCORES/RED ZONE ENTRIES - 26-34 (76.5%) 1 2 3 4 OT Total Scores - 26 MISSISSIPPI STATE 12-27 7-28 15-30 14-34 — 48-119 Touchdowns - 18 (Passing - 9, Rushing - 9), Field Goals - 8 Pct. 44% 25% 50% 41% — 40% Non-Scores - 8 Opponents 16-33 13-33 6-23 13-32 — 48-121 Missed Field Goals - 1, Loss of Downs - 4, Punts - 0 Pct. 49% 39% 26% 41% — 40% Turnovers - 3 (Fumbles - 1, Interceptions - 1, Blocked Field Goal - 1) End of half - 0; End of game - 0 3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS (BY DISTANCE) * - Offensive series only; does not include overtimes 3rd and: 1-3 4-6 7-10 11+ Total MISSISSIPPI STATE 22-35 12-25 7-36 7-23 48-119 TURNOVERS Pct. 63% 48% 19% 30% 40% Takeaways - 14 Opponents 20-27 10-26 13-43 5-25 48-121 Giveaways - 18 Pct. 74% 38% 30% 20% 40% Difference - (-4) Ratio Per Game: -0.5 4TH DOWN CONVERSIONS (BY QUARTER) Points Off TOs - MSU 51 (7 TD, 1 FG, 6 PAT[1], 0 PAT[2]) 1 2 3 4 OT Total Opp. 58 (7 TD, 3 FG, 7 PAT[1], 0 PAT[2]) MISSISSIPPI STATE 0-1 2-2 1-1 0-6 — 3-10 Points Off TOs/Game - MSU 6.4, Opp. 7.3 Pct. 0% 100% 100% 0% — 30% Opponents 0-0 0-1 1-2 0-3 — 1-6 Pct. 0% 0% 50% 0% — 17%

WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM INDIVIDUAL GAME BY GAME STATISTICS 2007 MISSISSIPPI STATE STATISTICS RUSHING Att.-Yds.-TD #7 Henig #13 Carroll #17 Riddell #24 Dixon #29 Ducre #30 Stallworth #33 Williams LSU 5-(-25)-0 3-(-6)-0 DNP 13-29-0 1-2-0 0-0-0 4-10-0 at Tulane 6-23-1 1-1-0 DNP 27-131-2 9-46-0 1-6-0 9-60-0 at Auburn 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-(-4)-0 29-103-0 10-63-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 GARDNER-WEBB DNP 2-33-0 2-10-0 15-88-2 10-51-0 2-9-0 6-27-0 at South Carolina DNP 2-(-4)-0 1-(-11)-0 22-83-2 15-68-0 1-6-0 0-0-0 UAB 1-(-6)-0 2-1-0 DNP 32-152-3 8-20-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 TENNESSEE 0-0-0 4-11-0 DNP 26-108-1 3-6-0 0-0-0 2-(-1)-0 at West Virginia DNP 4-(-28)-0 DNP 20-61-1 7-23-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 at Kentucky Alabama at Arkansas OLE MISS

RECEIVING Rec.-Yds.-TD #4 Burks #15 Riley #30 Stallworth #81 McRae #82 Husband #86 Long #87 Bell #88 Butler #89 Smith LSU 1-45-0 1-0-0 3-33-0 0-0-0 1-26-0 2-16-0 0-0-0 1-(-1)-0 1-11-0 at Tulane 4-31-0 2-16-0 1-(-4)-0 1-33-0 2-27-0 2-13-0 1-33-0 2-13-0 4-53-0 at Auburn 1-15-0 1-2-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-6-0 1-16-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 GARDNER-WEBB 2-49-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-5-0 2-30-0 1-12-0 1-25-0 at South Carolina 2-44-0 3-20-0 1-5-0 0-0-0 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-28-1 1-11-0 1-9-0 UAB 1-5-0 0-0-0 1-6-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-21-0 1-19-0 1-15-0 4-38-0 TENNESSEE 5-79-1 DNP 2-16-0 0-0-0 1-7-0 0-0-0 1-4-0 0-0-0 5-70-1 at West Virginia 6-41-0 1-30-0 2-12-0 0-0-0 3-22-0 0-0-0 1-5-0 0-0-0 1-22-0 at Kentucky Alabama at Arkansas OLE MISS PASSING FIELD GOALS PUNTING

Cmp-Att-Int-Yds-TD #7 Henig #13 Carroll #17 Riddell Made, Missed #37 Carlson No.-Avg.-In 20 #43 McAdams LSU 11-28-6-120-0 3-5-0-16-0 DNP LSU — LSU 5-35.6-1 at Tulane 20-31-1-223-1 0-0-0-0-0 DNP at Tulane 42, 23, 51 at Tulane 3-37.3-2 at Auburn 1-3-0-16-0 3-10-0-10-0 1-5-0-15-0 at Auburn 32, 30 at Auburn 6-43.3-1 GARDNER-WEBB DNP 4-8-0-42-0 8-11-1-124-1 GARDNER-WEBB 27, 33 GARDNER-WEBB 4-37.2-3 at South Carolina DNP 3-6-0-17-0 9-21-1-101-1 at South Carolina — at South Carolina 6-45.7-1 UAB 2-8-2-26-0 9-12-0-93-0 DNP UAB 39 UAB 4-42.0-1 TENNESSEE 0-0-0-0-0 18-33-0-203-2 DNP TENNESSEE — TENNESSEE 6-42.8-0 at West Virginia DNP 18-35-0-169-0 DNP at West Virginia — at West Virginia 8-36.6-2 at Kentucky at Kentucky at Kentucky Alabama Alabama Alabama at Arkansas at Arkansas at Arkansas OLE MISS OLE MISS OLE MISS

GAME-BY-GAME TACKLES TT-UT-AT-TFL-Sck. #1 Fitzhugh #3 Pegues #5 O'Neal #8 Glanton #10 Douglas #22 Chaney #54 Brown #90 McCraney #94 Bowman LSU 3-2-1-1.0-0 3-2-1-0-0 5-4-1-0-0 5-3-2-0-0 9-5-4-1.5-1.0 5-4-1-0-0 4-3-1-1.0-1.0 3-2-1-1.5-0 5-3-2-1.5-0 at Tulane 5-4-1-1.0-1.0 1-1-0-0-0 4-2-2-0-0 5-2-3-0-0 3-3-0-0-0 6-4-2-0-0 2-2-0-1.0-0 1-0-1-0.5-0 1-0-1-0.5-1 at Auburn 3-1-2-0-0 5-3-2-0-0 7-6-1-1.0-0 4-3-1-1.0-1.0 9-3-6-0.5-0 8-3-5-1.0-0 1-1-0-1.0-1.0 1-0-1-0-0 0-0-0-0-0 GARDNER-WEBB 3-2-1-0.5-0 2-0-2-0-0 10-7-3-0-0 2-0-2-0-0 6-4-2-0-0 8-4-4-0-0 6-4-2-3.0-2.0 2-0-2-0-0 DNP at South Carolina 1-1-0-0-0 5-4-1-0-0 7-7-0-1.0-0 5-5-0-0-0 3-2-1-1.0-0 4-4-0-0-0 3-3-0-2.0-2.0 0-0-0-0-0 1-1-0-0-0 UAB 1-0-1-0-0 2-1-1-0-0 3-0-3-0-0 3-2-1-0-0 10-5-5-1.5-0 11-2-9-1.0-0 0-0-0-0-0 DNP 1-0-1-0-0 TENNESSEE 0-0-0-0-0 10-4-6-0-0 9-4-5-1.5-0 5-2-3-0-0 5-2-3-0-0 8-5-3-0.5-0 6-5-1-1.5-0 1-0-1-0-0 3-0-3--0.5-0 at West Virginia 8-5-3-1.5-0 5-4-1-0-0 5-2-3-0-0 2-2-0-0-0 5-3-2-0.5-0 1-0-1-0-0 3-1-2-0.5-0 1-0-1-0-0 1-1-0-0-0 at Kentucky Alabama at Arkansas OLE MISS

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RUSHING Held an SEC opponent scoreless: ...... vs. South Carolina, 1999 (17-0) Had 400+ yards rushing: ...... vs. Arkansas State, 1992 (464) Held two SEC opponents scoreless in one season: ...... 1998 Had 300+ yards rushing: ...... vs. Ole Miss, 2005 (304) Held three SEC opponents scoreless in one season: ...... 1942 Had 250+ yards rushing: ...... vs. Tulane, 2007 (266) Held four SEC opponents scoreless in one season: ...... 1941 Had 200+ yards rushing: ...... vs. Gardner-Webb, 2007 (213) Scored a two-point conversion passing: ...... vs. Tenn., 2003 (Brent Smith to Nick Signaigo) Had 70+ rushing attempts: ...... vs. Arkansas State, 1992 (73) Scored a two-point conversion rushing: ...... vs. Tulane, 2006 (Omarr Conner rush) Had 60+ rushing attempts: ...... vs. Ole Miss, 1994 (62) Attempted a 2-point conversion: ...... vs. West Virginia, 2007 (pass failed) Had 50+ rushing attempts: ...... vs. Tulane, 2007 (54) Had seven+ rushing TDs: ...... vs. Middle Tennessee, 2000 (7) TURNOVERS Had six+ rushing TDs: ...... vs. Middle Tennessee, 2000 (7) Committed eight+ turnovers: ...... vs. Arkansas, 2003 (8) Had four+ rushing TDs:...... vs. Ole Miss, 2001 (4) Committed seven+ turnovers: ...... vs. LSU, 2007 (7) Had three+ rushing TDs: ...... vs. UAB, 2007 (3) Had five+ fumbles: ...... vs. Ole Miss, 2004 (5) Had two+ players with 100 yards rushing in a game: ...... Lost four+ fumbles: ...... vs. Troy State, 2001 (4) ...... vs. Kentucky, 2004 (Jerious Norwood 165, Fred Reid 109) Lost three fumbles: ...... vs. West Virginia, 2007 (3) Had three+ players with 100 yards rushing in a game: ...... Did not commit a turnover: ...... vs. Tennessee, 2007 ...... vs. NE Louisiana, 1996 (Tony Buckhalter 119, Nakia Greer 110, Robert Isaac 103) Did not cause a turnover: ...... vs. LSU, 2007 Recorded six+ takeaways:...... vs. Troy State, 2002 (6) PASSING Recorded five+ takeaways: ...... vs. Auburn, 2007 (5) Had 400+ yards passing: ...... vs. Tulane, 1994 (466) Returned three+ interceptions for TDs: ...... Had 300+ yards passing: ...... vs. Kentucky, 2006 (384) ...... vs. Ark. St., 1994 (Walt Harris - 41; Jimmy Lipscomb - 28; Dwayne Curry - 29) Had 200+ yards passing: ...... vs. Tennessee, 2007 (203) Returned two+ interceptions for TDs: ...... Had 40+ pass attempts: ...... vs. Kentucky, 2006 (41) ...... vs. Memphis, 2002 (Michael Gholar - 28; Jason Clark - 20) Had 30+ pass attempts: ...... vs. West Virginia, 2007 (35) Returned one interception for a TD: ...... vs. UAB, 2007 (Anthony Johnson - 30) Had 25+ pass completions: ...... vs. Arkansas, 2002 (25) Returned a fumble for a TD: ...... vs. Tulane, 2006 (Marcus Washington - 9) Had 20+ pass completions: ...... vs. Tulane, 2007 (20) Had five passing TDs: ...... vs. Georgia, 1988 DEFENSE Had four passing TDs: ...... vs. Murray State, 2005 Held opponent to 10 or fewer first downs: ...... vs. Tulane, 2007 (8) Had three+ passing TDs: ...... vs. Kentucky, 2006 (3) Held opponent to 0 or fewer yards rushing: ...... vs. Florida, 2000 (-78 yds, 22 att.) Had five+ passes intercepted: ...... vs. LSU, 2007 (6) Held opponent to 25 or fewer yards rushing: ...... vs. Kentucky, 2001 (2 yds, 17 att.) Had four passes intercepted: ...... vs. LSU, 2007 (6) Held opponent to 50 or fewer yards passing: ...... vs. ETSU, 1998 (27) Had three passes intercepted: ...... vs. LSU, 2007 (6) Held opponent to 100 or fewer yards passing: ...... vs. West Virginia, 2007 (84) Held opponent to 200 or fewer yards total offense: ...... vs. Ole Miss, 2006 (200) RECEIVING Held opponent to 250 or fewer yards total offense: ...... vs. Tulane, 2007 (243) Had two players with 100 yards receiving in a game: ...... Held opponent to 300 or fewer yards total offense: ...... vs. UAB, 2007 (288) ...... vs. Houston, 2003 (Justin Jenkins 172 & McKinley Scott 115) Intercepted five+ passes: ...... vs. Memphis, 2002 (5) Had 10+ different receivers catch a pass ...... vs. Tulane, 2007 (10) Intercepted four+ passes: ...... vs. Ole Miss, 2005 (4) Had eight+ different receivers catch a pass ...... vs. West Virginia, 2007 (9) Intercepted three+ passes: ...... vs. Auburn, 2007 (3) Scored a safety: ...... vs. Kentucky, 2004 (team) COMBINATION OFFENSE Scored two+ safeties: ...... vs. Florida, 2000 (2) Had one 300-yard passer and one 100-yard rusher in a game: ...... Recorded nine+ sacks: ...... vs. Ole Miss, 1996 (9.0) ...... vs. Brigham Young, 2001 (Kevin Fant 346 pass & Dicenzo Miller 119 rush) Recorded eight+ sacks:...... vs. Oklahoma State, 1999 (8.0) Had one 100-yard receiver and one 100-yard rusher in a game: ...... Recorded six+ sacks: ...... vs. Florida, 2000 (7.0) ...... vs. Auburn, 2003 (Justin Jenkins 113 receive & Nick Turner 123 rush) Recorded five+ sacks: ...... vs. Florida, 2000 (7.0) Recorded four+ sacks: ...... vs. South Carolina, 2006 (4.0) TOTAL OFFENSE Did not record a sack ...... vs. Tennessee, 2007 Had 550+ yards total offense: ...... vs. Tulane, 1994 (554) Had two players record 10+ tackles: . . . . . vs. UAB, 2007 (Jamar Chaney and Dominic Douglas) Had 500+ yards total offense: ...... vs. Jacksonville State, 2002 (547) Had 400+ yards total offense: ...... vs. Tulane, 2007 (489) SPECIAL TEAMS Had 85+ plays total offense: ...... vs. Tulane, 2007 (85) Returned a punt for a TD: ...... vs. Jacksonville State, 2006 (Derek Pegues - 81) Had 80+ plays total offense: ...... vs. Tulane, 2007 (85) Returned a blocked punt for a TD: ...... vs. Memphis, 2001 (Nathan Jackson - 6) Had 75+ plays total offense: ...... vs. Tulane, 2007 (85) Returned a kickoff for a TD: ...... vs. Memphis, 2003 (Fred Reid- 100) Had 70+ plays total offense: ...... vs. Tulane, 2007 (85) Blocked one punt: ...... vs. Ole Miss, 2005 (Clarence McDougal) Blocked two punts: ...... vs. LSU, 1999 (Robert Bean, Eugene Clinton, Rob Knight) SCORING Blocked three punts: ...... vs. LSU, 1999 (Robert Bean, Eugene Clinton, Rob Knight) Scored 60+ points: ...... vs. Middle Tennessee, 2000 (61) Punted 10+ times: ...... vs. Tulane, 2005 (10) Scored 50+ points: ...... vs. Jacksonville State, 2002 (51) Did not punt: ...... vs. ETSU, 1998 Scored 40+ points: ...... vs. Jacksonville State, 2002 (51) Had a punt blocked: ...... vs. South Carolina, 2007 (Eric Norwood) Scored 30+ points: ...... vs. UAB, 2007 (30) Blocked a field goal: ...... vs. UAB, 2007 (Kyle Love) Allowed 60+ points: ...... vs. South Carolina, 1995 (65) Had a field goal blocked: ...... vs. Auburn, 2006 Allowed 50+ points: ...... vs. LSU, 2004 (51) Blocked a PAT kick: ...... vs. Maine, 2004 (Michael Heard) Allowed 40+ points: ...... vs. LSU, 2007 (45) Scored on a blocked PAT kick: ...... vs. Texas A&M, 2000 (Julius Griffith) Allowed 30+ points: ...... vs. West Virginia, 2007 (38) Missed a kicking PAT: ...... vs. UAB, 2007 Was held scoreless: ...... vs. LSU, 2007 (45-0) Had a kicking PAT blocked: ...... vs. South Carolina, 2000 Was held scoreless at Scott Field: ...... vs. LSU, 2007 (45-0) Was held scoreless on the road: ...... at Auburn, 2005 (28-0) MISCELLANEOUS Was held scoreless at a non-campus site: ...... vs. Florida, 1989 (21-0 in Tampa, Fla.) Had 30+ first downs: ...... vs. Tulane, 1991 (30) Held opponent scoreless: ...... vs. South Carolina, 1999 (17-0) Had 20+ first downs: ...... vs. Tulane, 2007 (27) Held opponent scoreless at Scott Field: ...... vs. South Carolina, 1999 (17-0) Had 20+ penalties: ...... vs. Clemson, 1999 (21) Held opponent scoreless on the road: ...... vs. South Carolina, 1998 (38-0) Had 10+ penalties: ...... vs. Alabama, 2004 (10) Held opponent scoreless at neutral site: ...... vs. Kansas, 1981 Hall of Fame Bowl (10-0) Had 100+ yards in penalties: ...... vs. Gardner-Webb, 2007 (102) Held opponent without a touchdown: ...... vs. Jacksonville State, 2006 (35-3) Had 35 minutes+ of possession time: ...... vs. Tulane, 2007 (39:04) Held two opponents scoreless in one season: ...... 1998 Was involved in a tie game: ...... vs. Arkansas, 1993 (13-13) Held three opponents scoreless in one season: ...... 1963 Was involved in an overtime game: ...... at UAB, 2006 (won 16-10) Held four opponents scoreless in one season: ...... 1947 Held five opponents scoreless in one season: ...... 1946 Held six opponents scoreless in one season: ...... 1939 Held seven opponents scoreless in one season: ...... 1936

WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM THE LAST TIME A MISSISSIPPI STATE PLAYER... RUSHING TOTAL OFFENSE Rushed 40+ times: ...... Michael Davis vs. Ole Miss, 1993 (40) Had 400+ yards total offense: ...... Derrick Taite vs. Tulane, 1994 (468) Rushed 35+ times: ...... James Johnson vs. Alabama, 1998 (36) Had 350 yards+ total offense: ...... Michael Henig vs. Kentucky, 2006 (391) Rushed 30+ times: ...... Anthony Dixon vs. UAB, 2007 (32) Had 300 yards+ total offense: ...... Michael Henig vs. Kentucky, 2006 (391) Rushed 25+ times: ...... Anthony Dixon vs. Tennessee, 2007 (26) Had 100 yards both passing and rushing: ...... Wayne Madkin vs. BYU, 2000 (104r/150p) Rushed for 250+ yards: ...... Jerious Norwood vs. Houston, 2005 (257) Rushed for 200+ yards: ...... Jerious Norwood vs. Ole Miss, 2005 (204) SCORING Rushed for 175+ yards: ...... Jerious Norwood vs. Ole Miss, 2005 (204) Accounted for four+ touchdowns: ...... Jerious Norwood vs. Ole Miss, 2005 (3 rush, 1 rec.) Rushed for 150+ yards: ...... Anthony Dixon vs. UAB, 2007 (152) Accounted for three+ touchdowns: ...... Anthony Dixon vs. UAB, 2007 (3 rush) Rushed for 125+ yards: ...... Anthony Dixon vs. UAB, 2007 (152) Scored four+ touchdowns: ...... Jerious Norwood vs. Ole Miss, 2005 (3 rush, 1 rec.) Rushed for 100+ yards: ...... Anthony Dixon vs. Tennessee, 2007 (108) Scored three+ touchdowns: ...... Anthony Dixon vs. UAB, 2007 (3 rush) Rushed for 100+ yards (quarterback): ...... Wayne Madkin vs. BYU, 2000 (104) Scored two+ touchdowns: ...... Anthony Dixon vs. UAB, 2007 (3 rush) Rushed for four+ touchdowns: ...... James Johnson vs. Central Florida, 1997 (4) Scored two+ non-offensive TDs: ...... Derek Pegues (PR, IR) vs. JSU, 2006 Rushed for three+ touchdowns: ...... Anthony Dixon vs. UAB, 2007 (3) Rushed for two+ touchdowns: ...... Anthony Dixon vs. UAB, 2007 (3) DEFENSE Had a run of 80+ yards: ...... James Johnson vs. Alabama, 1997 (83) Intercepted three+ passes: ...... Jeramie Johnson vs. Ole Miss, 2005 (3) Had a run of 70+ yards: ...... Jerious Norwood vs. Florida, 2005 (76) Intercepted two+ passes: ...... Derek Pegues vs. Georgia, 2006 (2) Had a run of 60+ yards: ...... Anthony Dixon vs. Arkansas, 2006 (65) Recovered three+ fumbles: ...... Chris Correro vs. Memphis State, 1987 (3) Had a run of 50+ yards: ...... Anthony Dixon vs. Arkansas, 2006 (65) Recovered two+ fumbles: ...... Kamau Jackson vs. Tennessee, 2002 (2) Forced two+ fumbles: ...... Demario Bobo vs. Gardner-Webb, 2007 (2) PASSING Recorded five+ sacks: ...... Greg Favors vs. Ole Miss, 1996 (5.5) Passed for 400+ yards: ...... Derrick Taite vs. Tulane, 1994 (466) Recorded three+ sacks: ...... Willie Evans vs. Tulane, 2005 (3.0) Passed for 300+ yards: ...... Michael Henig vs. Kentucky, 2006 (384) Recorded two+ sacks: ...... Titus Brown vs. Gardner-Webb, 2007 (2.0) Passed for 200+ yards: ...... Wesley Carroll vs. Tennessee, 2007 (203) Recorded five+ tackles for loss: ...... Deljuan Robinson vs. Auburn, 2006 (5.0) Attempted 45+ passes:...... Wayne Madkin vs. South Carolina, 2001 (46) Recorded 20+ tackles: ...... Mario Haggan vs. Arkansas, 2000 (20) Attempted 35+ passes:...... Wesley Carroll vs. West Virginia, 2007 (35) Recorded 10+ tackles: ...... Jamon Hughes vs. West Virginia, 2007 (12) Completed 20+ passes: ...... Michael Henig vs. Tulane, 2007 (20) Recorded 10+ tackles in back-to-back games: . Quinton Culberson, Alabama & Arkansas(2006) Threw four+ touchdown passes: ...... Omarr Conner vs. Murray State, 2005 (4) Threw three+ touchdown passes: ...... Michael Henig vs. Kentucky, 2006 (3) SPECIAL TEAMS Threw five+ interceptions: ...... Michael Henig vs. LSU, 2007 (6) Scored 10+ points kicking: ...... Brent Smith vs. Memphis, 2002 (11) Threw four+ interceptions: ...... Michael Henig vs. LSU, 2007 (6) Kicked five+ field goals: ...... Brian Hazelwood vs. Arkansas, 1998 (5) Threw three+ interceptions: ...... Michael Henig vs. LSU, 2007 (6) Kicked four+ field goals: ...... Brian Hazelwood vs. Arkansas, 1998 (5) Completed a pass for 90+ yards: ...... Kevin Fant to Terrell Grindle vs. Kentucky, 2002 (91) Kicked two field goals of 50+ yards: ...... Brian Hazelwood vs. Memphis, 1997 (51, 53) Completed a pass for 80+ yards: ...... Omarr Conner to Ty Freeman vs. Ole Miss, 2004 (84) Kicked one field goal of 50+ yards: ...... Brent Smith vs. Tennessee, 2002 (53) Completed a pass for 70+ yards: ...... Michael Henig to Tony Burks vs. Kentucky, 2006 (75) Kicked a punt of 70+ yards: ...... Blake McAdams vs. Auburn, 2007 (73) Completed a pass for 60+ yards: ...... Michael Henig to Tony Burks vs. Kentucky, 2006 (75) Kicked a punt of 60+ yards: ...... Blake McAdams vs. Auburn, 2007 (73) Completed a pass for 50+ yards: ...... Michael Henig to Tony Burks vs. Kentucky, 2006 (75) Punted 10+ times ...... Blake McAdams vs. Tulane, 2005 (10) Totaled 175+ kick return yards: ...... Fred Reid vs. Kentucky, 2002 (176, 7 ret.) RECEIVING Totaled 150+ kick return yards: ...... Jonathan Lowe vs. Florida, 2004 (173, 6 ret.) Caught 15+ passes: ...... Eric Moulds vs. Tennessee, 1995 (15) Totaled 100+ kick return yards: ...... Derek Pegues vs. Tulane, 2006 (112, 2 ret.) Caught 10+ passes: ...... Eric Moulds vs. Auburn, 1995 (10) Totaled 50+ punt return yards: ...... Derek Pegues vs. Jacksonville State, 2006 (83, 2 ret.) Caught seven+ passes: ...... Tony Burks vs. Kentucky, 2006 (7) Had 200+ yards receiving: ...... Danny Knight vs. Florida, 1982 (208) Had 175+ yards receiving: ...... Tony Burks vs. Kentucky, 2006 (192) Had 150+ yards receiving: ...... Tony Burks vs. Kentucky, 2006 (192) Had 100+ yards receiving: ...... Tony Burks vs. Kentucky, 2006 (192) Caught three+ TD passes: ...... Sammy Milner vs. Florida, 1969 (3) Caught two+ TD passes:...... Tony Burks vs. Kentucky, 2006 (2)

WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM THE LAST TIME AN OPPONENT... RUSHING MISCELLANEOUS Had 400+ yards rushing: ...... Auburn, 2003 (405) Had 30+ first downs: ...... LSU, 2004 (31) Had 300+ yards rushing: ...... Arkansas, 2003 (322) Had 20+ first downs: ...... Tennessee, 2007 (23) Had 200+ yards rushing: ...... West Virginia, 2007 (262) Had 10+ penalties: ...... UAB, 2007 (10) Had 70+ rushing attempts: ...... Oklahoma State, 1998 (71) Had 100+ yards in penalties: ...... West Virginia, 2006 (132) Had 60+ rushing attempts: ...... Ole Miss, 2004 (62) Had 35 minutes+ of possession time: ...... Alabama, 2005 (36:01) Had 50+ rushing attempts: ...... LSU, 2007 (50) Had one 100-yard rusher and one 100-yard receiver: ...... Had six+ rushing TDs: ...... Auburn, 2003 (6) ...... Tennessee, 2007 (Arian Foster 139 rush, Lucas Taylor 186 rec.) Had four+ rushing TDs:...... LSU, 2004 (4) Had two players with 100 yds rushing: ...... Auburn, 2004 (R. Brown 147 & C. Williams 122) INDIVIDUAL RUSHING Rushed 40+ times: ...... Deuce McAllister (Ole Miss), 1998 (40) PASSING Rushed 35+ times: ...... Kenneth Darby (Alabama), 2004 (36) Had 400+ yards passing: ...... Florida, 2001 (507) Rushed 30+ times: ...... Cedric Cobbs (Arkansas), 2003 (30) Had 300+ yards passing: ...... LSU, 2006 (330) Rushed for 200+ yards: ...... Kenneth Darby (Alabama), 2004 (200) Had 200+ yards passing: ...... Tennessee, 2007 (259) Rushed for 175+ yards: ...... Steve Slaton (West Virginia), 2006 (185) Had 60+ pass attempts: ...... Memphis, 2003 (61) Rushed for 150+ yards: ...... Steve Slaton (West Virginia), 2006 (185) Had 50+ pass attempts: ...... Memphis, 2003 (61) Rushed for 125+ yards: ...... Steve Slaton (West Virginia), 2007 (127) Had 40+ pass attempts: ...... Tulane, 2005 (48) Rushed for 100+ yards: ...... Steve Slaton (West Virginia), 2007 (127) Had 30+ pass attempts: ...... Tennessee, 2007 (36) Rushed for five+ touchdowns: ...... Carnell Williams (Auburn), 2003 (6) Had 40+ pass completions: ...... Kentucky, 1997 (40) Rushed for four+ touchdowns: ...... Carnell Williams (Auburn), 2003 (6) Had 30+ pass completions: ...... Memphis, 2003 (32) Rushed for three+ touchdowns: ...... Mike Davis (South Carolina), 2007 (3) Had 25+ pass completions: ...... Tulane, 2005 (27) Rushed for two+ touchdowns: ...... Mike Davis (South Carolina), 2007 (3) Had 20+ pass completions: ...... Tennessee, 2007 (22) Had a run of 80+ yards: ...... Tony Thompson (Tennessee), 1990 (80) Had five+ passing TDs: ...... Tennessee, 2003 (5) Had a run of 70+ yards: ...... Carnell Williams (Auburn), 2003 (72) Had four+ passing TDs: ...... Tulane, 2006 (4) Had a run of 60+ yards: ...... Pat White (West Virginia), 2007 (64) Had three+ passing TDs: ...... West Virginia, 2007 (3) Had a run of 50+ yards: ...... Pat White (West Virginia), 2007 (64) RECEIVING INDIVIDUAL PASSING Had two players with 100 yards receiving in a game: ...... Passed for 450+ yards: ...... Steve Taneyhill (South Carolina), 1995 (473) ...... Tulane, 2003 (Roydell Williams 114 & Chris Bush 107) Passed for 400+ yards: ...... Steve Taneyhill (South Carolina), 1995 (473) Had three+ players catch five+ passes: ...... LSU, 2006 (3) Passed for 300+ yards: ...... JaMarcus Russell (LSU), 2006 (330) Had 12+ players catch a pass ...... Georgia, 2005 (12) Attempted 60+ passes:...... Danny Wimprine (Memphis), 2003 (60) Had eight+ players catch a pass: ...... South Carolina, 2007 (9) Attempted 50+ passes:...... Danny Wimprine (Memphis), 2003 (60) Attempted 40+ passes:...... Lester Ricard (Tulane), 2005 (47) TOTAL OFFENSE Completed 30+ passes: ...... Chris Leak (Florida), 2005 (33) Had 650+ yards total offense: ...... South Carolina, 1995 (652) Completed 20+ passes: ...... Erik Ainge (Tennessee), 2007 (22) Had 600+ yards total offense: ...... Florida, 2001 (640) Threw five+ touchdown passes: ...... Casey Clausen (Tennessee), 2003 (5) Had 550+ yards total offense: ...... LSU, 2004 (599) Threw four+ touchdown passes: ...... Lester Ricard (Tulane), 2006 (4) Had 500+ yards total offense: ...... LSU, 2004 (599) Threw three+ touchdown passes: ...... Andrew Woodson (Kentucky), 2006 (3) Had 400+ yards total offense: ...... Tennessee, 2007 (470) Completed a pass for 80+ yards: ...... Brodie Croyle to Zach Fletcher (Alabama), 2003 (86) Had 80+ plays total offense: ...... Tulane, 2005 (83) Completed a pass for 70+ yards: ...... Brodie Croyle to Zach Fletcher (Alabama), 2003 (86) Had 75+ plays total offense: ...... Tennessee, 2007 (78) Completed a pass for 60+ yards: ...... Brandon Cox to Courney Taylor (Auburn), 2006 (62) SCORING INDIVIDUAL RECEIVING Scored 60+ points: ...... South Carolina, 1995 (65) Caught 10+ passes: ...... Lucas Taylor (Tennessee), 2007 (11) Scored 50+ points: ...... LSU, 2004 (51) Caught seven+ passes: ...... Lucas Taylor (Tennessee), 2007 (11) Scored 40+ points: ...... LSU, 2007 (45) Had 175+ yards receiving: ...... Lucas Taylor (Tennessee), 2007 (186) Scored 30+ points: ...... West Virginia, 2007 (38) Had 150+ yards receiving: ...... Lucas Taylor (Tennessee), 2007 (186) Scored a two-point conversion rushing: ...... Auburn, 2004 Had 100+ yards receiving: ...... Lucas Taylor (Tennessee), 2007 (186) Scored a two-point conversion passing: ...... Troy State, 2002 Caught three+ TD passes: ...... Chris Hannon (Tennessee), 2003 (3) Failed on a two-point conversion attempt ...... Gardner-Webb, 2007 Caught two+ TD passes:...... Darius Reynaud (West Virginia), 2007 (2) TURNOVERS INDIVIDUAL TOTAL OFFENSE Had five+ fumbles: ...... LSU, 2004 (5) Had 500+ yards total offense: ...... Steve Taneyhill (South Carolina), 1995 (512) Had four+ fumbles lost: ...... LSU, 2004 (4) Had 400+ yards total offense: ...... Daunte Culpepper (Central Florida), 1997 (420) Committed five+ turnovers: ...... Auburn, 2007 (5) Had 350 yards+ total offense: ...... Danny Wimprine (Memphis), 2003 (383) Did not commit a turnover: ...... LSU, 2007 Had 300 yards+ total offense: ...... JaMarcus Russell (LSU), 2006 (318) Intercepted five+ MSU passes: ...... LSU, 2007 (6) Had 100 yards both passing and rushing: ...... Terrence Jones (Tulane, 1986), (119r/221p) Intercepted four+ MSU passes: ...... LSU, 2007 (6) Intercepted three+ MSU passes: ...... LSU, 2007 (6) INDIVIDUAL SCORING Returned an interception for a TD: ...... Arkansas, 2006 (Chris Houston - 87) Accounted for six+ touchdowns: ...... Carnell Williams (Auburn), 2003 (6 rush) Returned a fumble for a TD: ...... Alabama, 2005 (Matt Miller- 15) Accounted for five+ touchdowns: ...... Casey Clausen (Tennessee), 2003 (5 pass) Accounted for four+ touchdowns: ...... Lester Ricard (Tulane), 2006 (4 pass) DEFENSE Scored four+ touchdowns: ...... Carnell Williams (Auburn), 2003 (6 rush) Held MSU to 10 or fewer first downs: ...... LSU, 2007 (9) Scored three+ touchdowns: ...... Alley Broussard (LSU), 2004 (3 rush) Recorded seven+ sacks: ...... Arkansas, 2005 (7) Scored a safety: ...... Florida, 2005 INDIVIDUAL DEFENSE Scored two safeties: ...... Florida, 2005 Intercepted three+ passes: ...... Craig Steltz (LSU), 2007 (3) Held MSU to 25 or fewer yards rushing: ...... LSU, 2007 (10) Intercepted two+ passes: ...... Craig Steltz (LSU), 2007 (3) Held MSU to 100 or fewer yards passing: ...... Auburn, 2007 (41) Recorded three+ sacks: ...... Wallace Gilberry (Alabama), 2004 (3, -17) Held MSU to 50 or fewer yards passing: ...... Auburn, 2007 (41) Recorded two+ sacks: ...... Chase Pittman & Tyson Jackson (LSU), 2006 (2, -8 & 2, -9) Held MSU to 300 or less yards total offense: ...... UAB, 2007 (284) Held MSU to 200 or less yards total offense: ...... Auburn, 2006 (161) SPECIAL TEAMS Held MSU to 100 or fewer yards both rushing & passing: ...... Auburn, 2006 (79r/82p) Scored 10+ points kicking: ...... Daniel Lincoln (Tennessee), 2007 (15) Kicked five+ field goals: ...... Doug Pelfrey (Kentucky), 1992 (5) SPECIAL TEAMS Kicked four field goals: ...... Daniel Lincoln (Tennessee), 2007 (4) Returned a punt for a TD: ...... Ole Miss, 2006 (Marshay Green - 47) Kicked a 50-yard field goal: ...... John Vaughn (Auburn), 2006 (55) Returned a blocked punt for a TD: ...... Florida, 2005 (Terrence Holmes) Kicked a 70-yard punt: ...... Matt Wait (Arkansas), 1997 (72) Returned a kickoff for a TD: ...... Arkansas, 2006 (Darren McFadden - 92) Kicked a 60-yard punt: ...... Swayze Waters (UAB), 2007 (61) Punted 10+ times: ...... Tulane, 2005 (10) Totaled 100+ return yards: ...... Chris Culliver (South Carolina), 2007 (109 yds., 4 ret.) Did not punt: ...... LSU, 2004 Missed a kicking PAT: ...... Georgia, 2006 Missed two kicking PATs: ...... Tulane, 2006 Blocked a field goal: ...... Auburn, 2006 Blocked a punt: ...... South Carolina, 2007

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20-YARD PLUS PLAYS 20-YARD PLUS BY PLAYER Yards Type Player(s) ...... Opponent Player No. TD R P KR PR IR FR *60 INT De'Mon Glanton ...... Gardner-Webb Derek Pegues 9 1 0 0 7 1 1 0 51 KR Derek Pegues ...... West Virginia Jamayel Smith 5 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 *47 INT Gabe O'Neal ...... Tulane Tony Burks 4 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 45 Pass Tony Burks from Michael Henig ...... LSU Anthony Dixon 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 *38 Pass Tony Burks from Wesley Carroll ...... Tennessee Co-Eric Riley 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 35 Pass Tony Burks from Josh Riddell ...... South Carolina Justin Williams 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 33 Pass Brandon McRae from Michael Henig ...... Tulane Aubrey Bell 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 33 Pass Aubrey Bell from Michael Henig ...... Tulane Christian Ducre 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 30 Pass Co-Eric Riley from Wesley Carroll ...... West Virginia Jason Husband 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 *30 Rush Anthony Dixon ...... Tennessee Anthony Johnson 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 *30 Pass Tony Burks from Josh Riddell ...... Gardner-Webb Gabe O'Neal 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 *30 INT Anthony Johnson ...... UAB De'Mon Glanton 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 30 KR Derek Pegues ...... LSU Wesley Carroll 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 29 KR Lance Long ...... Tennessee Lance Long 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 KR Co-Eric Riley ...... South Carolina Brandon McRae 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 29 KR Co-Eric Riley ...... Gardner-Webb Marcus Washington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 29 Pass Jamayel Smith from Michael Henig ...... Tulane Arnil Stallworth 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 *28 Pass Aubrey Bell from Josh Riddell ...... South Carolina TOTAL 43 9 6 16 15 1 4 1 *27 Rush Anthony Dixon ...... Tulane 27 Rush Wesley Carroll ...... Gardner-Webb LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEAR 27 Pass Jason Husband from Michael Henig ...... Tulane RUSHING 26 Pass Jason Husband from Michael Henig ...... LSU 30 Anthony Dixon vs Tennessee (10/13/2007) 26 KR Derek Pegues ...... Tulane 25 KR Christian Ducre ...... UAB RUSHING TOUCHDOWN 25 Pass Jamayel Smith from Josh Riddell ...... Gardner-Webb 30 Anthony Dixon vs Tennessee (10/13/2007) 25 KR Derek Pegues ...... Auburn 24 KR Justin Williams ...... West Virginia PASSING 24 KR Derek Pegues ...... LSU 45 Tony Burks from Michael Henig vs LSU (8/30/2007) 24 Rush Justin Williams ...... Tulane 23 Rush Anthony Dixon ...... Gardner-Webb PASSING TOUCHDOWN 23 PR Derek Pegues ...... Gardner-Webb 38 Tony Burks from Wesley Carroll vs Tennessee (10/13/2007) 23 KR Christian Ducre ...... UAB 23 KR Derek Pegues ...... West Virginia PUNT RETURN 23 KR Co-Eric Riley ...... South Carolina 23 Derek Pegues vs Gardner-Webb (9/22/2007) 23 Pass Jamayel Smith from Michael Henig ...... UAB 22 Rush Anthony Dixon ...... South Carolina KICK RETURN 22 FGR Marcus Washington ...... UAB 51 Derek Pegues vs West Virginia (10/19/2007) 22 Pass Jamayel Smith from Wesley Carroll ...... West Virginia 21 KR Justin Williams ...... South Carolina INTERCEPTION RETURN 21 KR Derek Pegues ...... Tulane 60 De'Mon Glanton vs Gardner-Webb (9/22/2007) 20 Pass Arnil Stallworth from Michael Henig ...... LSU *20 INT Derek Pegues ...... Auburn FUMBLE RETURN 20 Pass Jamayel Smith from Wesley Carroll ...... Tennessee None * touchdown scored on play FIELD GOAL RETURN LONG PLAYS BY THE NUMBERS 22 Marcus Washington vs UAB (10/6/2007) Long Plays By Yards No. TD 100+ 0 0 PUNT 90-99 0 0 73 Blake McAdams vs Auburn (9/15/2007) 80-89 0 0 70-79 0 0 FIELD GOAL 60-69 1 1 39 Adam Carlson vs UAB (10/6/2007) 50-59 1 0 40-49 2 1 30-39 9 4 20-29 30 3

Long Plays By Type No. TD Rushing 6 2 Passing 16 3 Punt returns 1 0 Kick returns 15 0 Interceptions 4 4 Fumble returns 0 0 Other 1 0 TOTAL 43 9

WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM UPDATED CAREER RECORD BOOK OFFENSE DEFENSE KICKOFF RETURN AVERAGE (MIN. 30 RET.) RUSHING ATTEMPTS INTERCEPTIONS Player Seasons Ret. Yds. Avg. Player Seasons Yds. Avg. Att. Player Seasons Yds. Avg. Int. 1. Dan Bland 1963-65 42 1118 26.6 1. Michael Davis 1991-94 2721 4.7 578 1. Walt Harris 1992-95 162 10.1 16 2. Michael Robinson 1986-89 35 850 24.3 2. Jerious Norwood 2002-05 3222 5.6 573 2. Izell McGill 1994-97 165 13.8 12 3. Tony James 1989-92 78 1862 23.9 3. John Bond 1980-83 2280 4.0 572 3. Henry Davison 1974-77 123 11.2 11 4. Billy Stacy 1956-58 35 832 23.8 4. Don Smith 1983-86 1868 3.9 485 Kenny Johnson 1976-79 146 13.3 11 5. Pig Prather 1998-01 59 1390 23.6 5. Walter Packer 1973-76 2820 5.8 483 5. Frank Dowsing 1970-72 52 5.2 10 6. Glen Young 1979-82 66 1538 23.3 6. James Johnson 1997-98 2452 5.4 453 Steve Freeman 1972-74 75 7.5 10 7. David Smith 1968-70 49 1131 23.1 7. Bruce Threadgill 1974-77 1211 2.7 451 Kelvin Knight 1990-93 157 15.7 10 — DEREK PEGUES 2005- 70 1548 22.1 8. Dennis Johnson 1974-77 2284 5.3 428 Fred Smoot 1999-00 44 4.4 10 8. Robert Isaac 1994-97 50 1093 21.9 9. Michael Haddix 1979-82 2258 6.0 425 9. Bill Kiser 1965-67 76 8.4 9 9. Marcus Rhoden 1964-66 31 670 21.6 10. Dontae Walker 1999-02 1875 4.5 417 Emile Petro 1970-72 63 7.0 9 10. Fred Reid 2001-04 61 1303 21.4 — ANTHONY DIXON 2006- 1423 4.0 353 Ken Phares 1970-72 133 14.8 9 — DEREK PEGUES 2005- 133 19.0 7 PUNT RETURN YARDAGE RUSHING YARDAGE Player Seasons Ret. Avg. Yds. Player Seasons Att. Avg. Yds. INTERCEPTION RETURNS FOR TD 1. Tony James 1989-92 121 11.0 1332 1. Jerious Norwood 2002-05 573 5.6 3212 Player Seasons Int. Yds. TD 2. Tom McWilliams 1944, 46-48 55 14.5 795 2. Walter Packer 1973-76 483 5.8 2820 1. DEREK PEGUES 2005- 7 133 3 3. Bobby Herrington 1930-31, 33 88 8.8 777 3. Michael Davis 1991-94 578 4.7 2721 2. Quinton Culberson 2003-06 4 86 2 4. Marcus Rhoden 1964-66 42 13.9 585 4. Michael Haddix 1979-82 425 6.0 2558 Harper Davis 1945-48 8 135 2 5. Billy Stacy 1956-58 52 11.2 580 5. James Johnson 1997-98 453 5.4 2452 Walt Harris 1992-94 16 162 2 6. Glen Young 1979-82 46 11.1 512 6. Dennis Johnson 1974-77 428 5.3 2284 Conner Stephens 1998-2001 3 72 2 7. DEREK PEGUES 2005- 41 10.8 444 7. John Bond 1980-83 572 4.0 2280 Anthony Derricks 1995-98 3 50 2 8. Bernard Euell 1992-95 56 7.3 411 8. Dicenzo Miller 1998-01 403 5.5 2209 Ashley Cooper 1998-99 3 114 2 9. Frank Dowsing 1970-72 26 15.2 395 9. Kenny Roberts 1989-92 376 5.5 2070 8. Many players tied with one 10. Eddie Myles 1987-90 46 8.5 392 10. Dontae Walker 1999-02 417 4.5 1875 11. Don Smith 1983-86 485 3.9 1868 SACKS PUNTS 12. Wayne Jones 1971-73 396 4.3 1865 Player Seasons Sacks Yds. Player Seasons Yds. Avg. No. 13. Tom McWilliams 1944-48 412 4.4 1808 1. Billy Jackson 1980-83 49.0 NA 1. Dana Moore 1979-82 8860 40.83 217 14. Hank Phillips 1985-88 382 4.6 1743 2. Tyrone Keys 1977-80 26.0 NA 2. Dick McGraw 1965-67 8363 39.08 214 15. Keffer McGee 1994-96 323 5.1 1647 3. Willie Evans 2002-05 24.5 145 3. Mike Riley 1987-91 8572 40.24 213 16. Lewis Grubbs 1970-72 405 3.9 1580 4. Johnie Cooks 1977-81 24.0 NA 4. Jared Cook 2001-04 8313 41.98 198 17. Blondy Black 1940-42 260 6.1 1577 5. Mike McEnany 1979-82 22.0 NA 5. BLAKE MCADAMS 2005- 7180 40.11 179 18. Hoyle Granger 1963-65 350 4.4 1534 6. Greg Favors 1994-97 19.5 179 6. Mike Patrick 1972-74 6999 40.93 171 19. Donald Ray King 1978-81 347 4.2 1452 7. TITUS BROWN 2004- 16.5 101 7. Andy Russ 1993-96 6672 41.96 159 20. Harvey Johnson 1938-40 234 6.2 1442 8. Robert Young 1987-90 16.0 119 8. Bobby Collins 1951-54 5817 37.29 156 — ANTHONY DIXON 2006- 353 4.0 1423 9. Keith Joseph 1989-92 14.0 78 9. Jeff Walker 1996-99 6126 43.44 141 10. Larry Williams 1994-95 12.5 84 10. Gerald Vaught 1975-76 4623 37.89 122 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS Tommy Parks 1986-88 4824 39.54 122 Player Seasons Att. Yds. TD 1. Michael Davis 1991-94 578 2721 27 SPECIAL TEAMS PUNTING YARDS 2. Jackie Parker 1952-53 201 663 24 KICKOFF RETURNS Player Seasons Avg. No. Yds. John Bond 1980-83 572 2280 24 Player Seasons Avg. Yds. Ret. 1. Dana Moore 1979-82 40.83 217 8860 James Johnson 1997-98 453 2452 24 1. Tony James 1989-92 23.9 1862 78 2. Mike Riley 1987-91 40.24 213 8572 5. Dontae Walker 1999-02 417 1875 22 2. DEREK PEGUES 2005- 22.1 1548 70 3. Dick McGraw 1965-67 39.08 214 8363 6. Don Smith 1983-86 485 1868 21 3. John Moore 1985-89 17.6 1197 68 4. Jared Cook 2001-04 41.98 198 8313 7. Walter Packer 1973-76 483 2820 20 4. Glen Young 1979-82 23.3 1538 66 5. BLAKE MCADAMS 2005- 40.11 179 7180 Michael Haddix 1979-82 425 2558 20 5. Fred Reid 2001-04 21.4 1303 61 6. Mike Patrick 1972-74 40.93 171 6999 ANTHONY DIXON 2006- 353 1423 20 6. Walter Packer 1973-76 19.4 1166 60 7. Andy Russ 1993-96 41.96 159 6672 10. Tom McWilliams 1944-48 412 1808 19 7. Pig Prather 1998-01 23.6 1390 59 8. Jeff Walker 1996-99 43.44 141 6126 8. Robert Isaac 1994-97 21.9 1093 50 9. Bobby Collins 1951-54 37.29 156 5817 9. David Smith 1968-70 23.1 1131 49 10. Tommy Parks 1986-88 39.54 122 4824 10. Dan Bland 1963-65 26.6 1118 42

KICKOFF RETURN YARDAGE Player Seasons Ret. Avg. Yds. 1. Tony James 1989-92 78 23.9 1862 2. DEREK PEGUES 2005- 70 22.1 1548 3. Glen Young 1979-82 66 23.3 1538 4. Pig Prather 1998-01 59 23.6 1390 5. Fred Reid 2001-04 61 21.4 1303 6. John Moore 1985-89 67 17.6 1179 7. Walter Packer 1973-76 60 19.4 1166 8. David Smith 1968-70 49 23.1 1131 9. Dan Bland 1963-65 42 26.6 1118 10. Robert Isaac 1994-97 50 21.9 1093

WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM UPDATED SINGLE-SEASON RECORD BOOK OFFENSE SCORING LEADERS SPECIAL TEAMS RUSHING ATTEMPTS SCORING PUNTS Player Seasons Yds. Avg. Att. Player Season TD FG PAT TP Player Seasons Yds. Avg. No. 1. James Johnson 1998 1383 5.9 236 1. Jackie Parker 1952 16 0 24 120 1. Dick McGraw 1967 3567 37.55 95 2. Keffer McGee 1995 1072 4.6 235 2. Keffer McGee 1995 15 0 *1 92 2. Lanny Sheffi eld 1971 3035 39.42 77 3. James Johnson 1997 1069 4.9 217 3. Harry McArthur 1914 15 0 0 90 3. Mike Riley 1989 3078 41.04 75 4. Wayne Jones 1973 1193 5.6 212 4. Tom McWilliams 1944 14 0 0 84 4. Dick McGraw 1966 2777 39.11 71 5. Michael Davis 1993 883 4.3 205 James Jones 1978 13 0 *3 84 5. Blake McAdams 2005 2891 41.89 69 6. Michael Davis 1994 929 4.7 196 6. John Bond 1983 13 0 0 78 6. Blake McAdams 2006 2598 32.21 68 7. Jerious Norwood 2004 1050 5.4 195 7. Brian Hazelwood 1998 0 15 32 77 7. Conn Canale 1969 2550 38.06 67 8. Jerious Norwood 2005 1126 5.9 191 8. Scott Westerfi eld 2000 0 12 37 73 8. Mike Patrick 1974 2479 39.35 63 9. Don Smith 1985 554 2.9 190 9. James Johnson 1997 12 0 0 72 Prentiss Cole 2000 2601 41.28 63 10. Hank Phillips 1987 848 4.6 184 James Johnson 1998 12 0 0 72 10. Gerald Vaught 1976 2473 39.89 62 ANTHONY DIXON 2007 755 4.1 184 Scott Westerfi eld 1999 0 18 18 72 — BLAKE MCADAMS 2007 1691 40.26 42 — ANTHONY DIXON 2007 11 0 0 66 RUSHING YARDAGE * - 2-point conversions PUNTING YARDS Player Seasons Att. Avg. Yds. Player Seasons Avg. No. Yds. 1. James Johnson 1998 236 5.9 1383 DEFENSE 1. Dick McGraw 1967 37.55 95 3567 2. Wayne Jones 1973 212 5.6 1193 SACKS 2. Mike Riley 1989 41.04 75 3078 3. Jerious Norwood 2005 191 5.9 1126 Player Seasons Sacks Yds. 3. Lanny Sheffi eld 1971 39.42 77 3035 4. Keffer McGee 1995 235 4.6 1072 1. Billy Jackson 1980 17.0 NA 4. Blake McAdams 2005 41.89 69 2891 5. James Johnson 1997 217 4.9 1069 2. Billy Jackson 1981 15.0 NA 5. Dick McGraw 1966 39.11 71 2777 6. Jerious Norwood 2004 195 5.4 1050 Willie Evans 2005 15.0 96 6. Mike Patrick 1973 44.45 60 2667 7. Walter Packer 1975 180 5.6 1012 4. Greg Favors 1996 12.5 112 7. Prentiss Cole 2000 41.28 63 2601 8. Dicenzo Miller 2000 160 6.3 1005 5. Mike McEnany 1981 12.0 NA 8. Blake McAdams 2006 32.21 68 2598 9. Walter Packer 1974 157 6.3 994 Edward Smith 1998 12.0 112 9. Conn Canale 1969 38.06 67 2550 10. Michael Davis 1994 196 4.7 929 7. Tyrone Keys 1980 10.0 NA 10. Dana Moore 1981 41.73 60 2504 — ANTHONY DIXON 2007 184 4.1 755 Robert Young 1989 10.0 72 — BLAKE MCADAMS 2007 40.26 42 1691 9. Tyrone Keys 1979 9.0 NA RUSHING YARDS PER GAME Billy Jackson 1982 9.0 NA PUNT RETURNS Player Year GP Yds. YPG — TITUS BROWN 2007 6.0 31 Player Season Avg Yds. Ret. 1. James Johnson 1998 12 1383 115.30 1. Tony James 1989 10.9 437 40 2. Wayne Jones 1973 11 1193 108.45 2. Bobby Herrington 1933 11.2 425 38 3. Jerious Norwood 2005 11 1126 102.36 3. Tony James 1992 9.9 358 36 4. Keffer McGee 1995 11 1072 97.45 4. Eddie Myles 1987 9.2 266 29 5. James Johnson 1997 11 1069 97.18 5. Nick Turner 2003 11.1 310 28 6. Jerious Norwood 2004 11 1050 95.45 6. Glen Young 1982 7.6 205 27 — ANTHONY DIXON 2007 8 755 94.38 7. Kevin Prentiss 1998 13.0 339 26 7. Walter Packer 1975 11 1012 92.00 8. Bernard Euell 1994 8.0 199 25 8. Dicenzo Miller 2000 11 1005 91.36 9. Billy Stacy 1956 12.1 290 24 9. Walter Packer 1974 11 994 90.36 10. Mardye McDole 1980 10.9 251 23 10. Joe Fortunato 1952 9 779 86.56 Tony James 1990 14.8 341 23 Robert Isaac 1997 8.6 198 23 RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS — DEREK PEGUES 2007 6.1 92 15 Player Seasons Att. Yds. TD 1. Jackie Parker 1952 126 455 16 2. Harry Furman 1907 NA NA 14 3. John Bond 1983 164 612 13 Keffer McGee 1995 235 1072 13 5. James Johnson 1998 236 1383 12 James Johnson 1997 217 1069 12 7. Tom McWilliams 1944 77 400 11 ANTHONY DIXON 2007 184 755 11 9. Dicenzo Miller 2000 160 1005 10 Michael Davis 1994 196 929 10 James Jones 1978 130 687 10

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