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Game One • Mississippi State (0-0, 0-0 SEC) at Memphis (0-0,Northwestern 0-0 C-USA) • Thursday, Sept. 1, (9-3,2011 • Liberty 5-3 Bowl Big • 7:10 p.m.Ten) CT • FSN Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013 - EverBank Field - 12 p.m. ET - ESPN2

eneral ame nformation G G I BULLDOGS SET FOR 2013 GATOR BOWL TURNOVERS HAVE GENERALLY TOLD STORY Mississippi State closes the 2012 season with its third-straight In recent seasons, no stat has been a better harbinger of suc- Team Information & Stats trip to a postseason bowl game. The Bulldogs will face No. 17 cess for the Bulldogs than turnover margin. Over the last four MISSISSIPPI STATE NORTHWESTERN Northwestern on New Year’s Day in the TaxSlayer.com Gator seasons, State has won 23 of 25 games when victorious in the NR / NR / NR . . . . .Ranking (AP / USA Today / BCS) . . . 17 / 21 / 20 Bowl at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Fla. The game will be turnover column. Conversely, the Bulldogs have won just five Dan Mullen ...... Head Coach ...... Pat Fitzgerald televised nationally by ESPN2, and is scheduled to kick off at times out of 15 when losing the turnover battle. 29-21 ...... Career Record ...... 49-39 12 p.m ET. At the end of the regular season, MSU was tied for fifth 29-21 ...... Record at School ...... 49-39 Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell and Allison Williams will call nationally with a plus-17 turnover margin. The Bulldogs are tied 2012 STATS the action on television, while Jim Ellis, Matt Wyatt and John for ninth nationally with 31 forced turnovers. 8-4 ...... Record ...... 9-3 Correrro will have the radio call on the Bulldog Sports Network. 4-4 ...... Conference Record ...... 5-3 NEARLY DONE AT HALF, CERTAINTY AFTER THREE 30.2 ...... Points Per Game ...... 31.5 MSU LOOKING TO EXTEND NATION’S LONGEST BOWL Since Dan Mullen took over the Mississippi State program 22.4 ...... Points Allowed Per Game ...... 22.8 WINNING STREAK in 2009, the Bulldogs have won 25 of 27 games led at halftime. Mississippi State defeated Wake Forest, 23-17, in last year’s Even more impressively, State has won all 28 games in which 389.4 ...... Total Offense Per Game ...... 397.8 Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl, a fifth-straight it had a lead entering the fourth quarter. Overall, the Bulldogs 140.7 ...... Rushing Yards Per Game ...... 230.9 bowl victory, tied with Rutgers for the nation’s longest active have a 38-game winning streak when up to begin the fourth. 248.8 ...... Passing Yards Per Game ...... 166.8 bowl winning streak. 389.9 ...... Yards Allowed Per Game ...... 385.3 The Bulldogs are making their third-straight bowl appear- PASSING OFFENSE HAS BEEN RECORD-BREAKING 166.0 ...... Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game ...... 122.8 ance for the second time in school history (1998-2000) and are The Tyler Russell-led Mississippi State passing attack has 223.9 ...... Passing Yards Allowed Per Game ...... 262.6 looking to capture a bowl victory in three-straight years for the broken five different single-season team records: yards (2,985), INDIVIDUAL COMPARISON first time in school history. yards per game (248.8), completions (237), completion percent- Tyler Russell ...... Leading Passer ...... Trevor Siemian age (.600) and (26). 219-366-6-2791 yds-22 TD 116-197-2-1192 yds-6 TD MSU AND NORTHWESTERN MEET FOR THE FIRST TIME Led by Russell, MSU has passed for 300-yards in three-straight LaDarius Perkins ...... Leading Rusher ...... Venric Mark For the third-straight bowl game, State will be playing an games (Nov. 10-24) for the first time in school history. The 186 att.-940 yds.-8 TD 213 att.-1310 yds-11 TD opponent for the first time in its history. While the Bulldogs Bulldogs have also thrown for over 300 yards four times in 2012, Chad Bumphis ...... Leading Receiver . . . . . Christian Jones and Northwestern have never met on the gridiron, MSU owns a tying the 1978 passing attack for the school record. 55 rec.-904 yds-12 TD 32 rec.-303 yds-0 TD 3-7-1 all-time record against Big Ten teams, including a 1-3 mark Cameron Lawrence . . . . . Leading Tackler ...... Damien Proby at neutral sites. 300-YARD PASSING GAMES IN SCHOOL HISTORY The last time MSU faced an Big Ten opponent was against 111 tackles, 10.0 TFL, 4.0 Sacks, 2 INT 108 tackles, 4.5 TFL, 0.5 Sacks Year 300-Yard Passing Games Consecutive Games W/300 Michigan in the 2011 TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl. The 52 points 2012 4 3 scored in the 52-14 triumph marked a new school record for ississippi tate chedule 1978 4 2 2012 M S S points scored in a bowl game. Date Opponent Result/Time 1999 2 2 1988 2 0 Sept. 1 JACKSON STATE (FSN) W, 56-9 MULLEN CAN MAKE HISTORY WITH GATOR BOWL WIN 1993 2 0 Sept. 8 * AUBURN (ESPN) W, 28-10 Should Head Coach Dan Mullen pick up the win vs. 2002 2 0 Sept. 15 at Troy (ESPN3) W, 30-24 Northwestern, he will become the only coach in the 113-year Sept. 22 SOUTH ALABAMA (PPV) W, 30-10 history of MSU football to capture nine wins in a season twice. 2010 2 0 Oct. 6 * at Kentucky (SEC Network) W, 27-14 Additionally, the fourth-year coach is trying to become the first Oct. 13 * TENNESSEE (ESPN2) W, 41-31 coach in school history to win three bowl games. BANKS WINS 2012 Oct. 20 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (ESPN2) W, 45-3 Mullen’s 2012 squad is aiming to become the sixth team in All-American defensive back Johnthan Banks was named Oct. 27 * at Alabama (ESPN) L, 7-38 school history to win at least nine games (10 in 1940 and 1999; 9 the winner of the 2012 Jim Thorpe Award, given annually to the Nov. 3 * TEXAS A&M (ESPN) L, 13-38 in 1974, 1980 and 2010). best defensive back in . Banks is the first player in Nov. 10 * at LSU (ESPN) L, 17-37 school history to win a major individual national award Nov. 17 * ARKANSAS (SEC NETWORK) W, 45-14 SPECIAL SENIOR CLASS The Maben, Miss., native and senior team captain was named Nov. 24 * at Ole Miss (ESPNU) L, 24-41 With an overall record of 29-21, the Mississippi State 2012 an All-American by nine different media outlets this past month, Jan. 1 vs. Northwestern (ESPN2) [Gator Bowl] 12 p.m. ET senior class is the winningest senior class in over a decade (the including first team honors from Walter Camp, FWAA, Phil Steele, 2001 class went 29-19), and only the fourth senior class to win Lindy’s and Scout. Series History 29 games since the end of World War II. BULLDOG QB JOINING SEC’S ALL-TIME GREATS Overall Series Record: ...... Never Met Should the senior class nab a victory on Jan. 1, they will finish With 202 total yards in the Gator Bowl, junior in Jacksonville: ...... Never Met with the most triumphs by a senior class since the 2000 group Tyler Russell will become the 31st player in the 80-year history Last meeting: ...... Never Met collected 33 wins. They are just third senior class at MSU to play in three bowl games. of the SEC to join the 3,000 yard club for total offense in a single in Jacksonville: ...... Never Met season. Of the 25 members of the club that are done playing col- Last 10 meetings: ...... Never Met NON-CONFERENCE DOMINANCE lege football, 16 have played in NFL, six have been drafted first Current Series Win Streak: ...... Never Met With a 45-3 homecoming victory again Middle Tennessee overall in the NFL Draft, eight have been first-round draft picks and six have played in Super Bowl. roadcast nformation State on Oct. 20, MSU won its 15th-straight non-conference B I Additionally, with a 1:61 to passing attempt Kickoff ...... 11 a.m. CT game, the second-longest streak in school history. Should the Bulldogs win in the Gator Bowl, the streak will ratio, Russell currently ranks ninth in a single season in SEC TV . . . . . ESPN2 (Bob Wischusen, Danny Kanell & Allison Williams) history in that category (min. 300 attempts). Five of the eight Radio ...... Mississippi State Radio Network extend to 16, which is two shy of the school-record 18-game winning streak against non-league foes from 1941-47. Under players ahead of him on the list have either won a national Announcers ...... Jim Ellis, Matt Wyatt and John Correro championship in college or a Super Bowl professionally. XM Radio Network ...... Channel 195 Dan Mullen, the Bulldogs are an astounding 16-2 against teams Sirius Radio Network ...... Channel 123 outside the SEC. in Starkville ...... 107.9 WFCA

Wednesday 26 Thursday 27 Friday 28 Saturday 29 Sunday 30 Monday 31 Tuesday 1 2 p.m. 10 a.m. 1 p.m. 1 p.m. 12 p.m. 11:30 a.m. 12 p.m. Arrival Press Conference Practice at UNF Practice at UNF FCA Breakfast at Celebration Players visit Wolfson Children’s Press Conference with Coach Kickoff vs. Northwestern (Sawgrass Marriott Resort) Church Hospital Mullen and Team Captains 12 p.m. 3 p.m. (Hyatt Regency Hotel) Postgame 6 p.m. Media Availability (UNF) Defensive Media Availability 3 p.m. Coach Mullen and selected University Welcome Party at (UNF) Offensive Media Availability 12 p.m. players and coaches available EverBank Field 1 p.m. (UNF) Coach Mullen and Johnthan following game. (Terrace Suite) Players Beach Party at Ponte 6 p.m. Banks attend Coaches and Vedra Inn & Club Latitude 30 Players Outing Hall of Fame Luncheon Mississippi State Football Notes • Game 13 vs. Northwestern • 2013 TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl

RUSSELL’S 2012 BEST SEASON BY QB IN MSU HISTORY JACKSON AN ALL-AMERICAN LEFT GUARD MSU STREAKS & 2012 RECORDS In his first season as a starter, Russell has rewritten the Having started all 38 games in his MSU career, left guard Overall Streak 2012 school’s record books, breaking or tying nine different sin- Gabe Jackson was named an All-American by Phil Steele, Scout. Overall L1 8-4 gle-season school passing records, including: attempts (366), com, Sports Illustrated and Pro Football Weekly. Home L1 6-1 completions (219), yards (2,791), completion percentage with a The anchor on the offensive line, MSU have Away L3 2-3 minimum of 200 attempts (.598), touchdowns (22), consecutive been sacked only 16 times this season, tied for 29th-lowest attempts without an interception (137), 200-yard passing games nationally and second-lowest in the SEC per game. Neutral W6 — (8), per attempt (1:61), and passing efficiency rat- SEC Games L1 4-4 ing with a minimum of 200 attempts (140.45). DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD LOADED WITH PLAYMAKERS Non-Conference Games W15 4-0 Russell is just 89 yards of total offense away from breaking Johnthan Banks is far from the lone star in the Mississippi Day Games W1 3-1 the school’s single season record, held by Don Smith (2,886 in State defensive backfield this season. Seniors Corey Broomfield Night Games L3 5-3 1985). and along with junior Nickoe Whitley have played substantial amounts of football for the Bulldogs. Combined, the y Januar W1 — BUMPHIS ENDING CAREER AS BULLDOG GREAT starting four have played in 159 games and earned 124 starts. OFFENSE HAS SPREAD WEALTH August L5 — All-SEC wide receiver Chad Bumphis has etched his name in They’ve also intercepted 40 career passes, with eight returned Through the first six games of the sea- September W5 4-0 the school’s record books, becoming the career record holder for for touchdowns. son, Tyler Russell hasn’t been shy to give October L1 3-1 touchdowns (24), receiving yards (2,252) and consecutive games the ball to a multitude of playmakers. November L1 1-3 with a reception (29). The Tupelo, Miss., native is also seven SWEDENBERG HAS BEEN SOLID, CONSISTENT Russell has completed passes to 15 differ- December W2 — catches away from breaking David Smith’s 42-year old school Junior punter Baker Swedenberg has been a constant com- ent receivers. record of 162 career receptions. fort on special teams. The Ray Guy Award nominee has punted The Bulldogs have also shared the ball vs. Top 10 Teams (AP) L23 0-2 The wideout has also set the school single-season record for 52 times this season, forcing 30 fair catches with an additional 18 in the running game, with 10 different vs. Top 25 Teams (AP) L10 0-3 receptions (12), becoming the first MSU receiver being downed inside the 20. players earning at least one carry through When MSU Scores First W1 7-1 since 1973 to lead the SEC in the category. Bumphis, who is on On 12 attempted returns, opponents have totaled (eight) the first six weeks. When Opponent Scores First L3 1-3 pace to break the all-time mark for yards per catch (16.4, min. yards with a long return of nine yards. As a team, Mississippi When MSU Leads at Halftime W16 8-0 50 receptions), is 96 receiving yards from becoming the second State ranks first nationally in punt return yards allowed per 1,000-yard receiver in school history and 132 receiving yards game. When Tied at Halftime L2 0-1 from breaking the single-season school record. When Opp. Leads at Halftime L5 0-3 With a 100-yard receiving day in the Gator Bowl, Bumphis FRESHMAN KICKER BELL HAS EXCELLED AT TIMES When MSU Leads After 3rd W38 8-0 will tie the career (8) and single-season record (5) for 100-yard True freshman place kicker Devon Bell is 12-of-19 on field When Tied After 3rd L1 — receiving games. With a touchdown reception, he will tie Justin goal attempts, with a pair of blocked kicks hurting his average. When Opp. Leads After 3rd L27 0-4 Jenkins’ 2003 school record with his fifth-straight game with a Bell has also handled kickoffs this season and has 12 touchbacks touchdown reception. on 59 kicks. Opponents average starting field position after a When MSU Scores 25+ points W12 8-0 kickoff is their own 24. When Opp. Scores 25+ points L4 1-4 LAWRENCE A TACKLING MACHINE Bell is seventh in the nation and leads the SEC in scoring When MSU Rushes for 100+ yards W12 8-0 All-SEC senior linebacker Cameron Lawrence posted double- among true freshmen kickers and booted a 47-yarder at LSU When Opp. Rushes for 100+ yards L4 6-4 digit tackles in seven of eight conference games, including 8.5 Nov. 10. He is on pace to become the third true freshman in When MSU Rushes for <100 yards L15 0-4 tackles for loss in his last six overall games. Lawrence has posted school history to lead the Bulldogs in scoring and needs one double-digit tackles each of the last five weeks and now ranks point in the Gator Bowl to break the school record for most When Opp. Rushes for <100 yards W10 2-0 third in the SEC with 111 tackles. points scored by a kicker in a single season. Lawrence is nine tackles away from becoming the first MSU player since James Williams in 1988-89 to have back-to-back AN EXPLOSION IN EXPLOSIVE PLAYS seasons with 120-plus tackles. Mississippi State players have notched 89 plays of 20+ yards, MISSISSIPPI STATE CONTACTS almost seven per game. Last year Mississippi State averaged 3.5 MEDIA RELATIONS - 662-325-0967 PERKINS HAS TAKEN OVER EVERY DOWN RB ROLE plays per game of 20+ yards (46 total). Last season Mississippi Joe Galbraith - 662-418-3970 All-SEC junior tailback LaDarius Perkins has emerged as State had 12 total touchdowns on plays of 20-plus yards. The MISSISSIPPI STATE RADIO NETWORK - 662-325-4171 one of the most talented all-around players in the SEC. The Bulldogs have 18 such scoring plays in 2012. Don Williams - 662-312-2564 Greenville, Miss., native is second in the conference in all-pur- TELEVISION CENTER - 662-325-1332 pose yards per game (129.5) and sixth in rushing (85.5). Perkins GREEN AMONG NATION’S BEST TIGHT ENDS Bennie Ashford - 662-418-2165 ran for a career-high 179 rushing yards at Troy Sept. 15 and has The only player in school history to appear on the roster for eclipsed the 100-yard mark four times. four bowl games, senior Marcus Green was the only tight end in the country to be named John Mackey National FTP INFORMATION MCKINNEY ONE OF TOP FRESHMAN IN THE COUNTRY Tight End of the Week twice in the 2012 regular season. Green All-SEC Freshman Benardrick McKinney finished seventh in finished his final regular season tied for fourth among tight ends Located on XOS Digital Xchange the SEC and led conference freshmen with 97 tackles in the in the FBS with six touchdown receptions and tied for third in Contact Bennie Ashford in Television Center for login regular season, fourth among freshmen nationally. the FBS among tight ends with five touchdown receptions in As a result of his efforts, the Tunica, Miss., native was named conference play . a Freshman All-American by Phil Steele, CBS Sports, Scout.com and CollegeFootballNews.com. SMITH ENJOYING SENIOR CAMPAIGN Wide receiver Chris Smith is the team’s second leading DAK ATTACK receiver with 45 catches for 545 yards and a pair of scores. Redshirt freshman quarterback has accounted Smith became the first MSU player with three or more catches for eight touchdowns so far in 2012 (4 rushing, 4 passing). in nine-straight games since Justin Jenkins did it in 12 straight @HailState Prescott is the first MSU freshman to account for a touchdown from 2002-03. With five catches, Smith and Bumphis will become in three-straight games since Matt Wyatt did it in four-straight the second duo in MSU history and first since 1969 with 50-plus games in 1996. catches in the same season. Under Head Coach Dan Mullen, Prescott has thrown for the @CoachDanMullen same amount of touchdown passes in his first season as former PROTECTING THE BALL winner Tim Tebow did in his first year under Mississippi State is tied for 14th nationally with only 14 turn- @MStateFB Mullen in 2006. overs. Ten have been committed by the offense.

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Dan Mullen Geoff Collins Melvin Smith Chris Wilson John Hevesy Greg Knox Tim Brewster Les Koenning Scott Sallach Tony Hughes Head Coach Co-Defensive Coord. / Corners / Nickels Defensive Coord. / Running Game Coord. / Running Backs Wide Receivers Offensive Coord. / Tight Ends Safeties/ Linebackers Defensive Line Offensive Line Quarterbacks Recruiting Coordinator ON FIELD PRESSBOX 2012 GAME RECAPS STARKVILLE, Miss. - As far as season openers go, Mississippi State SEPTEMBER 1, 2012 couldn’t have been much happier. JACKSON STATE 9 DAVIS WADE STADIUM • STARKVILLE, MISS. On a muggy evening that saw intermittent rain showers prior FSN to kickoff, the Bulldogs scored early and often en route to an over- MISSISSIPPI STATE 56 whelming 56-9 victory against Jackson State in front of 55,082 fans at Scott Field. It was the second-consecutive year MSU opened the season by Score by Quarters Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 2-74-2 scoring 50-plus points, as a year ago it took care of Memphis at the Jackson State 0 6 0 3 - 9 Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Liberty Bowl, 59-14. Mississippi State 14 21 14 7 - 56 Possession Time 26:50 33:10 But on this night, it wasn’t just the offense, which didn’t have to Third-Down Conversions 2 of 11 8 of 13 punt until the 1:19 mark of the third quarter, flexing muscles. The SCORING SUMMARY Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 2 of 2 defense was just as dominant. 1st Quarter Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 6-6 MSU, which improved to 80-31-2 all-time in season openers MS - Bumphis 9 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 11:19 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 2-16 and 4-0 under coach Dan Mullen, had two interceptions returned MS - Perkins 7 yd run (Bell kick), 4:33 PAT Kicks 0-1 8-8 for touchdowns while limiting the Tigers to 265 yards. Of that total, 2nd Quarter Field Goals 1-1 0-1 94 came on their final possession of the first half that ended with a MS - Perkins 1 yd run (Bell kick), 13:41 9-yard scoring pass from Dedric McDonald to E.J. Drewery. MS - Green 13 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 4:44 RUSHING: JS-B.J. Lee 8-45; Clayton Moore 4-42; Tommy Gooden Outside of that play, JSU’s only other points were the result of a MS - Slay 52 yd interception return (Grandfield kick), 2:32 4-18; Dedric McDonald 5-4. MS-Derrick Milton 8-65; LaDarius 25-yard field goal. JS - Drewery 9 yd pass from McDonald (Deising kick failed), 0:45 Perkins 9-58; Josh Robinson 5-35; Nick Griffin 5-12; Tyler Russell “At times, I thought the defense played great,” said MSU coach 3rd Quarter 1-11; Jameon Lewis 2-11; Dak Prescott 2-6; Kasey Akins 5-6; Dan Mullen, “There are still some areas we need to improve on, but MS - Prescott 2 yd run (Grandfield kick), 5:55 Brandon Heavens 1-minus 2. we were able to shuffle a lot of people in and out.” MS - Wells 22 yd interception return (Grandfield kick), 4:49 PASSING: JS-Dedric McDonald 14-27-2-136; Clayton Moore As for the Bulldogs, who have now won 12-straight non- 4th Quarter 5-10-0-17; Evan Ingram 1-1-0-3. MS-Tyler Russell 15-24-0-185; conference games, they scored on their opening drive when Chad JS - Deising 25 yd field goal, 9:14 Dak Prescott 1-4-0-8. Bumphis hauled in a 9-yard pass from Tyler Russell less than 4 min- MS - Milton19 yd run (Grandfield kick), 6:55 RECEIVING: JS-Ric Richardson 7-95; Tommy Gooden 5-10; E.J. utes in. From there, the rout ensued. Drewery 4-35; Tobias Singleton 3-16; B.J. Lee 1-0. MS-Arceto LaDarius Perkins made sure of that as he accounted for Team Stats JSU MSU Clark 3-35; Jameon Lewis 3-32; Marcus Green 2-31; Chris Smith Mississippi State’s next two scores on runs of 8 and 1 yards, respec- FIRST DOWNS 16 23 2-28; Brandon Hill 2-27; Joe Morrow 2-24; Chad Bumphis 1-9; tively. NET YARDS RUSHING 109 202 Robert Johnson 1-7. Then it was Russell again, as he found tight end Marcus Green Rushing Attempts 21 38 INTERCEPTIONS: JS-NONE. MS-Matthew Wells 1-22; Darius open for a 13-yard scoring strike and a 28-0 advantage. Average Per Rush 5.2 5.3 Slay 1-52. But the Bulldogs’ first-half scoring wouldn’t be done until Darius Rushing Touchdowns 0 4 Slay returned an interception 52 yards for a touchdown. NET YARDS PASSING 156 193 : JS-NONE. MS-Chris Hughes 1-0. In the final half, Dak Prescott got in on the scoring with a 2-yard Completions-Attempts-Int 20-38-2 16-28-0 plunge to extend the lead to 42-6. A minute later, it was again the Passing Touchdowns 1 2 ATTENDANCE: 55,082 defense doing its part, as Matthew Wells returned an interception TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 265 395 22 yards for a touchdown. He also led the Bulldogs with 5 tackles, Total offense plays 59 66 including one sack. Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 3-0 The final score of the night was an impressive 19-yard scamper Penalties: Number-Yards 9-75 6-64 by Derrick Milton, the first of his young career. He also led MSU with PUNTS-YARDS 6-174 1-28 65 rushing yards, while Perkins grounded out 50. KICKOFFS-YARDS 3-149 9-564 In all, the Bulldogs manufactured 377 total yards of offense.. Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 4-24-0 Russell, the junior signal caller from Meridian, was 15-of-23 passing Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 5-72-0 3-28-0 for 175 yards.

STARKVILLE, Miss. - In front of another sellout crowd of 56,111 SEPTEMBER 8, 2012 at Scott Field, the ninth largest in stadium history, Mississippi State AUBURN 10 DAVIS WADE STADIUM • STARKVILLE, MISS. erased four years of frustration against the Tigers with a solid 28-10 ESPN victory. MISSISSIPPI STATE 28 For Mullen, it was his first win against Auburn in six tries, dating back to his time as an assistant at Florida. In a performance that was nothing short of dominating, MSU Score by Quarters Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 2-3 (2-0), which has now outscored its two opponents 84-19, held Auburn 0 3 7 0 - 10 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-7 2-12 the Tigers (0-2) to just 216 yards of total offense while forcing five Mississippi State 0 7 14 7 - 28 PAT Kicks 1-1 4-4 turnovers. Johnthan Banks accounted for two of the miscues with Field Goals 1-1 0-2 interceptions to give him 14 for his career, the most among active SCORING SUMMARY FBS players. 2nd Quarter RUSHING: AU-Mike Blakely 11-42; Tre Mason 8-25; Kiehl Frazier MSU defenders also recorded eight tackles behind the line of AU - Parkey 23 yd field goal, 9:40 11-22; Onterio McCalebb 8-4; TEAM 1-minus 2. MS-LaDarius scrimmage, including four by Corey Broomfield. Cameron Lawrence MS - Green 30 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 6:53 Perkins 14-83; Josh Robinson 6-30; Derrick Milton 6-30; Nick paced the defensive attack with 10 tackles, six solo. He also had 3rd Quarter Griffin 2-21; Dak Prescott 2-4; Tyler Russell 4-0; Chad Bumphis one of the Bulldogs’ two sacks, while Preston Smith was credited AU - McCalebb 100 yd kickoff return (Parkey kick), 14:46 1-0; TEAM 1-minus 2. with the other. MS - Bumphis 13 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 11:35 PASSING: AU-Kiehl Frazier 13-22-3-125. MS-Tyler Russell 20-29- And no one felt the brunt of the staunch defensive effort more MS - Green 3 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 4:38 0-222. than Auburn sophomore quarterback Kiehl Frazier, who was 13-of- 4th Quarter RECEIVING: AU-Quan Bray 6-50; Emory Blake 2-31; Philip 22 passing for 125 yards and three picks, with Darius Slay account- MS - Perkins 21 yd run (Bell kick), 12:33 Lutzenkirchen 2-12; Trovon Reed 1-17; Travante Stallworth 1-8; ing for the other interception. Onterio McCalebb 1-7. MS-Chris Smith 5-46; Marcus Green 4-54; On the ground, Auburn managed just 91 yards after a 180-yard Team Stats AU MSU Chad Bumphis 3-47; LaDarius Perkins 3-17; Jameon Lewis 1-21; performance last week against Clemson. FIRST DOWNS 15 23 Arceto Clark 1-20; Robert Johnson 1-8; Brandon Hill 1-6; Derrick Yes, the defense certainly set the tone. But at the same time, the NET YARDS RUSHING 91 166 Milton 1-3. offense was nearly as effective. Rushing Attempts 39 36 INTERCEPTIONS: AU-NONE. MS-Johnthan Banks 2-31; Darius Behind the arm of junior signal caller Tyler Russell, the Bulldogs Average Per Rush 2.3 4.6 Slay 1-31. manufactured 388 total yards. Russell, playing with the poise of a Rushing Touchdowns 0 1 veteran student-athlete, completed a career-best 20 of his 29 passes NET YARDS PASSING 125 222 FUMBLES: AU-Jermaine Whitehead 1-0. MS-Josh Boyd 1-0; for 222 yards and three touchdowns. Completions-Attempts-Int 13-22-3 20-29-0 Quay Evans 1-0. “We need for him to play like that if we want to compete for a Passing Touchdowns 0 3 championship this season,” said Mullen, whose team won an SEC TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 216 388 ATTENDANCE: 56,111 opener for the first time since 1999. Total offense plays 61 65 Russell’s first scoring strike went to Marcus Green, covering 30 Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-2 1-1 yards to give MSU a 7-3 lead with 6:53 left in the first half. It was a Penalties: Number-Yards 7-57 5-61 score that remained unchanged until the start of the second half PUNTS-YARDS 6-245 5-200 when Auburn’s Onterio McCalebb returned the opening kickoff 100 KICKOFFS-YARDS 3-195 5-298 yards to put the Tigers up, 10-7. Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-(-1)-0 1-7-0 But on the Bulldogs’ ensuing possession, they methodically Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 4-148-1 0-0-0 marched 75 yards in eight plays and regained the lead for good Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 3-62-0 when Chad Bumphis hauled in a Russell pass from 13 yards out for Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 a 14-10 advantage. Possession Time 29:19 30:41 In fact, it was a drive that jumpstarted an offense that rolled up Third-Down Conversions 2 of 12 1 of 10 14 more points, ignited by Green’s second touchdown, a 3-yard pass Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 2 from Russell. The final score resulted in a 21-yard jaunt by LaDarius Perkins, who led all rushers with 83 yards on 14 carries. Mississippi State Football Notes • Game 13 vs. Northwestern • 2013 TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl 2012 GAME RECAPS TROY, Ala. - Thanks to career nights from LaDarius Perkins, SEPTEMBER 15, 2012 Chad Bumphis and Darius Slay, the Mississippi State Bulldogs (3-0) MISSISSIPPI STATE 30 VETERANS MEMORIAL STADIUM • TROY, ALA. avoided upset Saturday night, defeating the Troy Trojans (1-2) 30-24. ESPN3 Perkins and Bumphis combined for over 440 all-purpose yards TROY 24 and four touchdowns to help the Bulldogs to victory.Perkins amassed a careeer-high 179 yards and a score on the ground, while Bumphis added 180 yards and three touchdowns through the air. Score by Quarters Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 For the first time in MSU history, the Bulldogs had a running Mississippi State 10 13 0 7 - 30 Possession Time 28:54 31:06 back and a receiver total 175-plus yards each in a game. Bumphis Troy 7 0 7 10 - 24 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 14 9 of 16 also tied school records for touchdown receptions in a game (3) and Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 2 2 of 2 career (17) with his three Saturday night. SCORING SUMMARY Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 2-3 On the defensive side, Slay tacked on two interceptions and 1st Quarter Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0 a fumble recovery, leading the Bulldog defense to four forced MS - Bell 37 yd field goal, 9:57 PAT Kicks 3-4 3-3 turnovers. Troy - Southward 1 yd run (Scott kick), 6:05 Field Goals 1-1 1-2 After a field goal on MSU’s second possession, Troy drove down MS - Perkins 30 yd run (Bell kick), 1:34 the field for a touchdown and the early lead. A Perkins’ 30-yard 2nd Quarter RUSHING: TROY- Shawn Southward 20-137; Justin Albert 10-52; touchdown scamper following a muffed punt by the Trojans put the MS - Bumphis 72 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick failed), 13:03 Deon Anthony 8-32; Corey Robinson 1-2; Team 1-0. MS-LaDarius Bulldogs on top again, a lead State would not relinquish. MS - Bumphis 58 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 4:50 Perkins 23-179; Tyler Russell 3-26; Josh Robinson 5-14; Jameon Early in the second quarter, Bumphis took a screen pass 72 yards 3rd Quarter Lewis 1-minus 3; Team 3-minus 3. for his first touchdown of the night. Nearing the end of the first Troy - Southward 3 yd run (Scott kick), 4:17 PASSING: TROY- Corey Robinson 32-45-2-343; Deon Anthony half, Tyler Russell again connected with Bumphis on a 58-yard play- 4th Quarter 2-2-0-6. MS-Tyler Russell 11-26-0-244. action pass that gave State a 23-7 lead at halftime. Troy - Albert 31 yd run (Scott kick), 12:40 RECEIVING: TROY-Chip Reeves 9-79; Eric Thomas 7-74; Jaquon Troy struck back in the second half, posting a 4-yard TD rush for MS - Bumphis 25 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 7:00 Robinson 5-69; Shawn Southward 5-30; Chandler Worthy the lone score in the third quarter. With the fourth quarter looming, Troy - Scott 40 yd field goal, 4:07 3-70; B.J. Chitty 3-11; Chris Williams 1-10; Justin Albert 1-6. Troy was only nine points back and looking to strike. MS-Chad Bumphis 6-180; Chris Smith 3-58; Brandon Heavens Trojan Justin Albert then reeled off a 31-yard touchdown run to Team Stats MSU Troy 1-9; LaDarius Perkins 1-minus 3. start the fourth, cutting the MSU lead to just two at 23-21 with 12:40 FIRST DOWNS 17 30 INTERCEPTIONS: TROY-NONE. MS-Darius Slay 2-3. left on the clock, and Troy was right back in the contest. NET YARDS RUSHING 213 223 FUMBLES: TROY-Justin Albert 1-1; Chip Reeves 1-1. MS-Chad With the Bulldogs needing an answer on offense, MSU assem- Rushing Attempts 35 40 Bumphis 1-0; Jameon Lewis 1-0. bled a 12-play, 74-yard drive. On the second fourth-down conver- Average Per Rush 6.1 5.6 sion of the drive, Russell connected with Bumphis for the third time Rushing Touchdowns 1 3 ATTENDANCE: 29,013 on the evening as he just got a foot inside the back boundary of the NET YARDS PASSING 244 349 end zone, widening State’s lead back to nine at 30-21. Completions-Attempts-Int 11-26-0 34-47-2 Troy’s offense then put together another solid drive, but stalled Passing Touchdowns 3 0 in MSU territory, coming away with a 40-yard field goal to trim the TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 457 572 lead back to within a score at 30-24. Total offense plays 61 87 But MSU took over and was able to run out the clock thanks to Fumbles: Number-Lost 2-0 2-2 the pounding running game led by Perkins. Penalties: Number-Yards 5-46 7-63 Russell led the Bulldogs in passing, throwing for 244 yards and PUNTS-YARDS 6-260 3-108 three touchdowns, continuing his impressive junior campaign. KICKOFFS-YARDS 6-375 5-320 Defensively, Cameron Lawrence had 13 tackles to lead all Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-6-0 2-(-3)-0 Bulldogs. Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 4-85-0 6-98-0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 2-3-0 0-0-0

STARKVILLE, Miss. - In a theme that’s become quite familiar at SEPTEMBER 22, 2012 home this season, Mississippi State’s offense continue to put up the SOUTH ALABAMA 10 DAVIS WADE STADIUM • STARKVILLE, MISS. points while the defense remained stingy. This time, the victim was PPV South Alabama. MISSISSIPPI STATE 30 In front of a Scott Field crowd of 55,186 and the 19th-straight sellout on Saturday, the 23rd-ranked Bulldogs overcame a sluggish first-quarter to roll past the Jaguars, 30-10. Score by Quarters Third-Down Conversions 5 of 15 5 of 14 As a result, MSU (4-0), has now outscored its three opponents at South Alabama 0 0 3 7 - 10 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 1 home by a convincing 114-29 margin. Mississippi State 0 20 7 3 - 30 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 3-4 But on this first official day of fall, points would be elusive Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-5 1-5 until the second quarter. Thanks to LaDarius Perkins, though, the SCORING SUMMARY PAT Kicks 1-1 3-3 Bulldogs struck first on his 44-yard scoring scamper for the 7-0 2nd Quarter Field Goals 1-2 3-4 advantage. MS - Perkins 44 yd run (Bell kick), 12:18 Two possessions later, the lead swelled to 14-0 on a 2-yard MS - Prescott 2 yd run (Bell kick), 5:38 RUSHING: MS- LaDarius Perkins 11-69; Derrick Milton 7-38; Josh plunge by Dak Prescott with 5:38 left. MS - Bell 42 yd field goal, 3:20 Robinson 6-31; Nick Griffin 4-14; Dak Prescott 5-10; Jameon After Devon Bell made it a 17-0 affair on a 42-yard field goal, MS - Bell 42 yd field goal, 0:00 Lewis 1-1; Chad Bumphis 1-minus 3; Tyler Russell 2-minus 4. the defense set up the final points of the half when Nickoe Whitley 3rd Quarter USA-Demetre Baker 12-49; C.J. Bennett 3-29; Kendall Houston intercepted a Ross Methany pass and returned it 66 yards to the USA - Chapuseaux 22 yd field goal, 9:59 8-21; Desmond Jones 1-19; Ross Metheny 6-5. South Alabama 26 with 30 seconds to play. MS - Russell 1 yd run (Bell kick), 7:56 Four plays later, Bell struck again from 42 yards as MSU went into 4th Quarter PASSING: MS-Tyler Russell 13-27-1-171; Dak Prescott 1-2-0-29. the half up 20-0. MS - Bell 31 yd field goal, 14:56 USA-C.J. Bennett 14-26-1-154; Ross Metheny 8-17-1-70. In the third quarter, quarterback Tyler Russell got in on the scor- USA - Hollinger 18 yd pass from Bennett (Chapuseaux kick), 4:14 ing when he scored on a keeper from 1-yard out. RECEIVING: MS-Brandon Heavens 3-55; Chris Smith 3-45; Bell accounted for Mississippi State’s final points when he drilled Team Stats USA MSU Chad Bumphis 2-35; Arceto Clark 1-46; Jameon Lewis 1-8; his third field goal of the evening, this time from 31 yards, for a FIRST DOWNS 21 15 Robert Johnson 1-6; Ricco Sanders 1-3; Sylvester Hemphill 1-3; 30-3 lead. NET YARDS RUSHING 123 156 LaDarius Perkins 1-minus 1. USA-Bryant Lavender 6-80; Jereme With the game decided, the Jaguars (1-3) finally scored a touch- Rushing Attempts 30 37 Jones 4-49; T.J. Glover 4-12; Greg Hollinger 3-49; Corey Waldon down when C.J. Bennett connected with Greg Hollinger on an Average Per Rush 4.1 4.2 2-17; Desmond Jones 1-8; Cameron Broadnax 1-5; Kendall 18-yard scoring strike. Rushing Touchdowns 0 3 Houston 1-4. On the night, the Bulldogs, now 4-0 for the first time since 1999, NET YARDS PASSING 224 200 manufactured 356 yards while holding USA to 347 yards. On the Completions-Attempts-Int 22-43-2 14-29-1 INTERCEPTIONS: MS-Nickoe Whitley 1-66; Johnthan Banks ground, Perkins accounted for 69 yards, while Russell completed Passing Touchdowns 1 0 1-47. USA-Tyrell Pearson 1-25. 13 of his 27 passes for 171 yards. His top receivers were Brandon TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 347 356 Heavens and Chris Smith, who both had three receptions for 55 and Total offense plays 73 66 FUMBLES: MS-Chad Bumphis 1-0; Chris Smith 1-0. USA- 45 yards, respectively. Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 2-0 Desmond Jones 1-1. Defensively, MSU forced three turnovers, with one coming on a Penalties: Number-Yards 2-20 6-45 Johnthan Banks interception, the 15th of his career and one shy of PUNTS-YARDS 7-302 4-188 ATTENDANCE: 55,186 the school record held by . The final miscue was the result KICKOFFS-YARDS 3-161 6-387 of a Chris Hughes fumble recovery. Overall, Whitley led the Bulldogs Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-3-0 5-46-0 with seven tackles, five solo. Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 3-45-0 2-90-0 Mississippi State doesn’t play again until it travels to Kentucky on Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-25-0 2-113-0 Oct. 6 before returning home to face Tennessee on Oct. 13. Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Possession Time 30:35 29:25

Mississippi State Football Notes • Game 13 vs. Northwestern • 2013 TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl 2012 GAME RECAPS LEXINGTON, Ky. - A record-setting day from senior receiver Chad OCTOBER 6, 2012 Bumphis helped lead the Mississippi State Bulldogs (5-0, 2-0 SEC) MISSISSIPPI STATE 27 COMMONWEALTH STADIUM • LEXINGTON, KY. to victory in Lexington, as they defeated the Kentucky Wildcats SEC NETWORK (1-4, 0-2 SEC) 27-14. The win gives MSU its first 5-0 start since 1999, KENTUCKY 14 when the Bulldogs started 8-0 en route to a 10-2 record and a Peach Bowl victory. The Bulldogs started off on the right foot, as junior quarterback Score by Quarters Third-Down Conversions 10 of 18 5 of 15 Tyler Russell led his offense down the field and scoring on a 10-yard Mississippi State 14 6 7 0 - 27 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 2 touchdown pass to fullback Adrian Marcus, his first career score. Kentucky 0 7 7 0 - 14 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 1-1 MSU’s defense started off in superb fashion as well, forcing a Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-24 1-4 three-and-out on Kentucky’s first two drives. The Bulldogs capital- SCORING SUMMARY PAT Kicks 3-3 2-2 ized off the second stop, scoring on a 31-yard touchdown scamper 1st Quarter Field Goals 2-2 0-0 by junior LaDarius Perkins. MS - Marcus 10 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 9:15 Kentucky answered MSU’s second score with one of their own, MS - Perkins 31 yd run (Bell kick), 1:32 RUSHING: MS-LaDarius Perkins 25-110; Dak Prescott 7-32; a 32-yard TD pass from freshman Patrick Towles to La’Rod King. The 2nd Quarter Josh Robinson 3-12; Derrick Milton 1-4; Tyler Russell 2-0; TEAM Bulldogs retaliated with two Devon Bell field goals to close out the UK - King 32 yd pass from Towles (McIntosh kick), 11:58 1-0. UK-Raymond Sanders 13-43; Jalen Whitlow 8-26; Demarco half with a 20-7 lead. MS - Bell 20 yd field goal, 1:55 Robinson 1-15; Jonathan George 10-10; Patrick Towles 2-minus MSU wasted no time during their first drive of the second half, MS - Bell 37 yd field goal, 0:00 10. as Russell connected with senior Chad Bumphis for a 27-yard score 3rd Quarter across the middle. The touchdown reception was Bumphis’ record- MS - Bumphis 27 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 12:43 PASSING: MS-Tyler Russell 23-39-0-269. UK-Jalen Whitlow setting 18th of his career, passing Eric Moulds and Justin Jenkins. UK - Whitlow 3 yd run (McIntosh kick), 6:22 10-21-0-73; Patrick Towles 5-6-0-71. Kentucky tried to put together a comeback after a three-yard touchdown run by freshman quarterback Jalen Whitlow, but failed RECEIVING: MS-Chad Bumphis 9-104; Arceto Clark 5-62; to do any more damage in the final quarter. Team Stats MSU UK LaDarius Perkins 3-53; Chris Smith 3-19; Robert Johnson 1-19; MSU dominated the stat book all day long, finishing with 427 FIRST DOWNS 25 13 Adrian Marcus 1-10; Marcus Green 1-2. UK-Demarco Robinson total yards to Kentucky’s 228. State finished with 158 yards on the NET YARDS RUSHING 158 84 6-43; Daryl Collins 3-31; La’Rod King 2-46; Ronnie Shields 2-15; ground and 269 yards passing, while the Wildcats only tallied 84 Rushing Attempts 39 34 Raymond Sanders 1-7; Jonathan George 1-2. rushing yards and 144 passing yards. Average Per Rush 4.1 2.5 Russell finished the game throwing 23-for-39 for 269 yards Rushing Touchdowns 1 1 INTERCEPTIONS: MS-None. UK-None. and two touchdowns, tying Rocky Felker for 8th all-time in career NET YARDS PASSING 269 144 touchdown passes with 23. Perkins eclipsed the 100-yard mark for Completions-Attempts-Int 23-39-0 15-27-0 FUMBLES: MS-Team 1-1; Chris Smith 1-1. UK-Team 1-0. the second time this season, rushing for 110 yards and a score on 25 Passing Touchdowns 2 1 attempts. Bumphis led all receivers with 104 yards and a touchdown TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 427 228 ATTENDANCE: 49,498 on nine receptions. Total offense plays 78 61 The Bulldogs return to action next week at Davis Wade, as they Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 1-0 face SEC East foe Tennessee. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. CT on ESPN 2 Penalties: Number-Yards 2-9 3-40 and the Mississippi State Radio Network. PUNTS-YARDS 5-173 8-350 KICKOFFS-YARDS 5-311 2-130 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-16-0 2-(-2)-0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-15-0 5-78-0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Possession Time 35:59 24:01

STARKVILLE, Miss. - Fourth down. Nine yard line. Conventional OCTOBER 13, 2012 wisdom says field goal. On this unseasonably-muggy night at Scott TENNESSEE 31 DAVIS WADE STADIUM • STARKVILLE, MISS. Field, however, conventional wisdom remained silent. ESPN2 Instead, with his team leading just 34-31, Dan Mullen called one MISSISSIPPI STATE 41 of the more memorable plays of his MSU tenure as Tyler Russell put an exclamation point on his career night with a 9-yard scoring strike to Malcolm Johnson in the back of the end zone. Score by Quarters Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-(-1)-0 1-10-0 The raucous crowd of 57,831 erupted with just 9 ticks left on the Tennessee 7 7 10 7 - 31 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 5-132-1 4-80-0 clock as the 19th-ranked Bulldogs held on to post an emotional and Mississippi State 10 17 0 14 - 41 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-0-0 electrifying 41-31 victory against Tennessee to keep their unblem- Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 ished record intact at 6-0. The win snapped a six-game losing streak SCORING SUMMARY Possession Time 23:29 36:31 to the Volunteers, dating back to 1994. 1st Quarter Third-Down Conversions 6 of 12 4 of 14 As for Russell, his final line read 23-of-27 passing for 291 yards. MS - Bell 31 yd field goal, 12:21 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 2 of 2 All career highs. UT - Neal 6 yd run (Palardy kick), 8:51 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 7-7 But if there were game balls to be handed out, Russell would MS - Robinson 10 yd run (Bell kick), 3:09 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-18 0-0 have to share the spotlight with running back LaDarious Perkins, 2nd Quarter PAT Kicks 4-4 5-5 who rushed for 101 yards on 23 carries. MS - Green 13 yd pass from Prescott (Bell kick), 14:17 Field Goals 1-1 2-3 However, none were bigger than his 1-yard dive with 7:58 UT - C. Patterson 98 yd kickoff return (Palardy kick), 14:02 remaining to give MSU a 34-24 lead to slow Tennessee’s momentum MS - Bell 24 yd field goal, 9:29 RUSHING: UT-Devrin Young 13-58; Cordarrelle Patterson 3-57; that led to 10-straight points to close a 27-14 deficit to just 27-24 MS - Green 7 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 7:46 Rajion Neal 9-40; Alton Howard 4-30; Quenshaun Watson 2-13; with an 11-yard Tyler Bray touchdown pass to Cordarrelle Patterson. 3rd Quarter Marlin Lane 2-9; Tyler Bray 1-6. MS-LaDarius Perkins 23-101; Yet, Perkins’ score was magnified even more as Bray hit Ben UT - Palardy 38 yd field goal, 10:35 Josh Robinson 6-41; Derrick Milton 1-3; Dak Prescott 2-2; Tyler Bartholomew for a 10-yard scoring strike moments later to make UT - C. Patterson 11 yd pass from Bray (Palardy kick), 4:07 Russell 7-0; Team 1-minus 2; Nick Griffin 1-minus 3. it 34-31. 4th Quarter Still, it was a game the Bulldogs, who now stand at 3-0 in SEC MS - Perkins 1 yd run (Bell kick), 7:58 PASSING: UT-Tyler Bray 13-24-1-148. MS-Tyler Russell 23-37-0- play, led most of the way. UT - Bartholomew 10 yd pass from Bray (Palardy kick), 5:22 291; Dak Prescott 2-2-0-17. MSU took the early lead on a 31-yard Devon Bell field goal. MS - M. Johnson 9 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 0:09 The Vols, though, answered on their ensuing possession with a RECEIVING: UT-Zach Rogers 3-35; Justin Hunter 2-41; 6-yard Rajion Neal touchdown run for a 7-3 advantage. Team Stats UT MSU Cordarrelle Patterson 2-25; Rajion Neal 2-11; Vincent Dallas Back came MSU, however, which took the lead for good at 10-7 FIRST DOWNS 18 26 1-14; Ben Bartholomew 1-10; Mychal Rivera 1-7; Alton Howard on a 10-yard scoring scamper by Josh Robinson. The lead then NET YARDS RUSHING 213 141 1-5. MS-Chad Bumphis 7-93; Marcus Green 6-71; Arceto Clark swelled to 17-7 when Marcus Green hauled in a 13-yard pass from Rushing Attempts 34 41 3-44; Chris Smith 3-31; Malcolm Johnson 2-34; LaDarius Perkins Dak Prescott. But Tennessee (3-3, 0-3) wouldn’t fold. Average Per Rush 6.3 3.5 2-25; Sylvester Hemphill 1-5; Brandon Hill 1-5. Instead, the Vols battled right back and cut the lead to 17-14 Rushing Touchdowns 1 2 on Patterson’s 98-yard kickoff return. The final points of the half NET YARDS PASSING 148 308 INTERCEPTIONS: UT-None. MS-Corey Broomfield 1-0. belonged to MSU, though, thanks to Bell’s 24-yard field goal and Completions-Attempts-Int 13-24-1 25-39-0 Russell hooking up with Green from 7 yards out. Passing Touchdowns 2 3 FUMBLES: UT-Devrin Young 2-1. MS-None. On the night, MSU finished with 450 total yards of offense, while TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 361 449 Tennessee manufactured 361. Defensively, Benardrick McKinney Total offense plays 58 80 ATTENDANCE: 57,831 paced the Bulldogs with 14 tackles. MSU also forced two turnovers, Fumbles: Number-Lost 3-2 0-0 a fumble recovery by All-American candidate Johnthan Banks and Penalties: Number-Yards 6-64 1-10 an interception by Corey Broomfield. PUNTS-YARDS 5-169 5-209 Bank’s fumble recovery set up Perkins’ touchdown run with KICKOFFS-YARDS 6-376 8-409 7:58 to play.

Mississippi State Football Notes • Game 13 vs. Northwestern • 2013 TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl 2012 GAME RECAPS STARKVILLE, Miss. - When Mississippi State desperately needed a MIDDLE TENN. ST. 3 OCTOBER 20, 2012 spark against a scrappy Middle Tennessee State squad on Saturday, DAVIS WADE STADIUM • STARKVILLE, MISS. no one should have been surprised as to who provided one. ESPN2 Yep. The All-American candidate himself, Johnthan Banks. MISSISSIPPI STATE 45 With his team leading 17-3 midway through the third quarter following a LaDarius Perkins 64-yard scoring run, Banks picked off Blue Raiders quarterback Logan Kilgore and returned it 46 yards Score by Quarters Possession Time 30:07 29:53 to the MTSU 23. Middle Tennessee 0 3 0 0 - 3 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 15 9 of 12 From there, the Bulldogs scored 28 unanswered points en route Mississippi State 10 0 21 14 - 45 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 2 0 of 0 to a convincing 45-3 homecoming win in front of 55,108 fans at Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 5-6 Scott Field to mark the 21st-consecutive sellout. SCORING SUMMARY Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-10 3-26 For Banks, the interception was the 16th of his heralded career, 1st Quarter PAT Kicks 0-0 6-6 which ties Walt Harris for the most in school history. MS - Smith 4 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 7:52 Field Goals 1-1 1-2 “Obviously that was a huge play for us,” MSU coach Dan Mullen MS - Bell 32 yd field goal, 0:17 said. “It really turned things around.” 2nd Quarter RUSHING: MS-LaDarius Perkins 20-125; Nick Griffin 1-44; More importantly, MSU improved to 7-0 overall as it now turns MTSU - Lopez 32 yd field goal, 5:06 Derrick Milton 3-38; Jameon Lewis 1-12; Dak Prescott 2-11; its focus toward top-ranked and undefeated Alabama next Saturday 3rd Quarter Marcus Green 1-4; Josh Robinson 3-3; Tyler Russell 2-minus in Tuscaloosa. MS - Perkins 64 yd run (Bell kick), 7:30 6. MTSU-Jordan Parker 13-66; Reggie Whatley 6-48; Jeremiah As for the spark Banks provided, it was immediate. MS - Smith 11 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 4:37 Bryson 9-21; Kyle Griswould 2-5; Chase Pennycuff 1-3; Drayton On the ensuing play, Tyler Russell connected with Chris Smith for MS - R. Johnson 23 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 2:06 Calhoun 6-1; Logan Kilgore 4-minus 13. an 11-yard scoring strike. Two minutes later, the lead swelled to 31-3 4th Quarter when Russell threw his third touchdown of night, this time to Robert MS - Prescott 5 yd run (Bell kick), 12:38 PASSING: MS-Tyler Russell 17-21-0-191; Dak Prescott 3-4-0-24; Johnson covering 11 yards. MS - Milton 6 yd run (Bell kick), 8:51 Chad Bumphis 0-1-0-0. MTSU-Logan Kilgore 16-25-1-159; Jeff The Bulldogs, who led just 10-3 at intermission thanks to a Murphy 4-7-1-15. Smith’s first touchdown and Devon Bell’s 32-yard field goal, wouldn’t Team Stats MTSU MS be done with the scoring. FIRST DOWNS 19 22 RECEIVING: MS-Chris Smith 7-66; Brandon Heavens 2-50; In the fourth quarter, Dak Prescott found the end zone on a NET YARDS RUSHING 131 231 Robert Johnson 2-36; Joe Morrow 2-16; Arceto Clark 2-9; 5-yard run, while Derrick Milton closed out all scoring with a 6-yard Rushing Attempts 41 33 Chad Bumphis 1-11; Sylvester Hemphill 1-10; Brandon Hill 1-8; run of his own. Average Per Rush 3.2 7.0 Marcus Green 1-8; Jameon Lewis 1-1. MTSU-Anthony Amos On the night, MSU totaled 446 yards of offense while limiting the Rushing Touchdowns 0 3 6-93; Jacob Corbaley 3-18; Jordan Parker 2-18; Kyle Griswould Blue Raiders to just 305. The Bulldogs, who improved their winning NET YARDS PASSING 174 215 2-11; Christian Collis 2-8; Harold Turner 2-5; Jeremiah Bryson streak to nine straight dating back to last season (third, longest in Completions-Attempts-Int 20-32-2 20-26-0 1-9; Cameron Deen 1-9; Arthur Williams 1-3. school history) punted just once, while converting 9 of its 12 third- Passing Touchdowns 0 3 down opportunities. TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 305 446 INTERCEPTIONS: MS-Johnthan Banks 1-46; Kendrick Market Through the air, Russell was on fire, completing 17 of his 21 pass- Total offense plays 73 59 1-3. MTSU-None. es for 191 yards and three touchdowns. Smith was his top target, Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 1-1 and he responded with a career high seven receptions for 66 yards. Penalties: Number-Yards 8-62 5-23 FUMBLES: MS-Tyler Russell 1-1. MTSU-Logan Kilgore 1-1. On the ground, Perkins again was a beast, accumulating 125 PUNTS-YARDS 6-199 1-39 yards on 20 carries. He has now scored a touchdown in all seven KICKOFFS-YARDS 2-126 8-500 ATTENDANCE: 55,108 games this year. The only other running back to do that is Adam Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 2-23-0 Muema of San Diego State Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 4-64-0 1-22-0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 2-49-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Simply put, it just wasn’t Mississippi State’s OCTOBER 27, 2012 night. MISSISSIPPI STATE 7 BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM • TUSCALOOSA, ALA. For No. 1-ranked Alabama, however, little went wrong, and ESPN as a result the Crimson Tide rolled to a 38-7 win against No. 11 ALABAMA 38 Mississippi State on homecoming night at Bryant-Denny Stadium in a battle of the unbeaten. The loss snapped the Bulldogs’ nine-game winning streak, Score by Quarters Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 1 of 1 the third-longest in the nation, while Bama upped its streak to 12 Mississippi State 0 0 0 7 - 7 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-3 4-4 straight to remain perfect on the season at 8-0 overall and 5-0 in Alabama 14 10 0 14 - 38 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-21 1-8 SEC play. PAT Kicks 1-1 5-5 And it didn’t take the Tide long to establish its dominance. SCORING SUMMARY Field Goals 0-1 1-1 The defending national champions scored on their first three 1st Quarter possessions and went into the half up 24-0. UA - Yeldon 11 yd run (Shelley kick), 10:28 RUSHING: MS-LaDarius Perkins 15-38; Josh Robinson 1-15; By the time the Bulldogs (7-1, 3-1) found the end zone, the Tide UA - Bell 57 yd pass from McCarron (Shelley kick), 3:27 Nick Griffin 1-9; Tyler Russell 2-minus 7; Derrick Milton 2-minus was comfortably ahead, 38-0. 2nd Quarter 8. UA-T.J. Yeldon 10-84; Kenyan Drake 8-47; Eddie Lacy 10-26; Still, MSU showed fight throughout and got on the scoreboard UA - M. Williams 9 yd pass from McCarron (Shelley kick), 13:33 Blake Sims 3-19; Brent Calloway 1-5; Christian Jones 1-4; Cyrus late when backup quarterback Dak Prescott connected with Robert UA- Shelley 34 yd field goal, 0:52 Jones 1-2; Team- 1-minus 2; A.J. McCarron 5-minus 6. Johnson for a 2-yard scoring strike. 4th Quarter On the night, Johnson finished with four catches for 23 yards, UA - Lacy 27 yd pass from Ely (Shelley kick), 13:06 PASSING: MS-Tyler Russell 15-30-1-169; Dak Prescott 4-6-0-40; both career highs. UA - K. Drake 3 yd run (Shelley kick), 8:14 UA-A.J. McCarron 16-23-0-208; Phillip Ely 1-1-0-27. Offensively, the Tide’s heralded defense limited the Bulldogs to MS - R. Johnson 2 yd pass from Prescott (Bell kick), 4:39 just 256 yards. On the ground, LaDarious Perkins paced MSU with 38 RECEIVING: MS-Robert Johnson 4-23; Chris Smith 3-73; Arceto yards on 15 carries, while Tyler Russell completed 15 of his 30 passes Team Stats MS UA Clark 3-32; Jameon Lewis 2-26; Marcus Green 2-21; LaDarius for 169 yard and one pick, just his second of the year. FIRST DOWNS 16 22 Perkins 2-10; Malcolm Johnson 1-13; Chad Bumphis 1-7; Alabama manufactured 414 total yards. A.J. McCarron continued NET YARDS RUSHING 47 179 Sylvester Hemphill 1-4. UA-Michael Williams 5-38; Eddie Lacy his consistency in the air, completing 16-of-23 passes for 208 yards Rushing Attempts 21 40 4-51; Amari Cooper 4-47; Kenny Bell 1-57; Christian Jones 1-22; and two touchdowns. Average Per Rush 2.2 4.5 Kevin Norwood 1-14; Kelly Johnson 1-6. His two scoring passes came in the first half, covering 57 yards to Rushing Touchdowns 0 2 Kenny Bell and 9 yards to Michael Williams. Then there was running NET YARDS PASSING 209 235 INTERCEPTIONS: MS-None. UA-Robert Lester 1-0. back T.J. Yeldon, who grounded out a game high 84 yards on 10 car- Completions-Attempts-Int 19-36-1 17-24-0 ries. He also recorded the night’s first touchdown on an 11-yard run. Passing Touchdowns 1 3 FUMBLES: MS-None. UA-Landon Collins 1-0; Robert Lester 1-0. The Bulldogs look to get back into the win column next Saturday TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 256 414 at Scott Field when SEC newcomer Texas A&M pays a visit. Official Total offense plays 57 64 ATTENDANCE: 101,821 game time will be announced Sunday. Fumbles: Number-Lost 4-2 0-0 Penalties: Number-Yards 6-56 7-63 PUNTS-YARDS 6-250 5-211 KICKOFFS-YARDS 2-130 7-433 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-0-0 1-4-0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 7-184-0 2-76-0 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-0-0 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Possession Time 25:46 34:14 Third-Down Conversions 4 of 13 4 of 11

Mississippi State Football Notes • Game 13 vs. Northwestern • 2013 TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl 2012 GAME RECAPS STARKVILLE, Miss. - Texas A&M came in known for their high- TEXAS A&M 38 NOVEMBER 3, 2012 powered offensive attack and showed it Saturday at Davis Wade DAVIS WADE STADIUM • STARKVILLE, MISS. Stadium, as the Aggies defeated the Mississippi State Bulldogs ESPN 38-13. MISSISSIPPI STATE 13 The Aggies jumped out to a quick lead, scoring touchdowns on their first three drives of the contest, two in the first quarter off of runs by Ben Malena and Christine Michael. Score by Quarters Possession Time 32:52 27:08 A&M freshman quarterback added a 37-yard Texas A&M 14 10 7 7 - 38 Third-Down Conversions 9 of 16 2 of 10 touchdown run in the second to add to the Aggie lead and, by the Mississippi State 0 0 7 6 - 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 3 0 of 2 end, of the first half, A&M held a surprising 24-0 lead against the Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-7 2-3 Bulldogs. SCORING SUMMARY Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-6 1-9 Michael punched in another score, with a 1-yard TD run to start 1st Quarter PAT Kicks 5-5 1-1 off the third quarter. TAMU - Malena 1 yd run (Bertolet kick), 9:16 Field Goals 1-3 0-0 The Bulldogs then answered back on an impressive drive that TAMU - C. Michael 22 yd run (Bertolet kick), 3:11 was capped off by a 14-yard touchdown strike from junior quarter- 2nd Quarter RUSHING: MS-LaDarius Perkins 13-42; Josh Robinson 4-20; back Tyler Russell to senior receiver Chad Bumphis. With that touch- TAMU - Manziel 37 yd run (Bertolet kick), 11:51 Dak Prescott 2-14; Nick Griffin 2-10; Tyler Russell 4-7; Derrick down reception, Bumphis extended his school record of career TD TAMU - Bertolet 24 yd field goal, 2:53 Milton 2-5. TAMU-Johnny Manziel 21-129; Ben Malena 17-112; receptions to 18. Russell’s 16th touchdown pass also tied the single- 3rd Quarter Christine Michael 11-50; Thomas Johnson 1-33; Trey Williams season school record, set by Derrick Taite in 1995. TAMU - C. Michael 1 yd run (Bertolet kick), 12:40 4-24; Brice Dolezal 3-15; Jameill Showers 1-minus 2. State’s defense, known for forcing turnovers throughout the MS - Bumphis 14 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 8:01 2012 season came up big by forcing a Manziel fumble at the goal 4th Quarter PASSING: MS-Tyler Russell 19-30-1-212. TAMU-Johnny Manziel line on A&M’s next drive. The Maroon and White then marched MS - Russell 4 yd run (Russell pass failed), 9:11 30-36-0-311; Jameill Showers 2-3-0-21. down the field impressively, but were unsuccessful in capping the TAMU - Manziel 8 yd run (Bertolet kick), 5:59 drive as a Russell pass sailed into the hands of an Aggie defender. RECEIVING: MS-Arceto Clark 5-64; Chris Smith 4-60; Chad The Bulldogs added another score in the fourth quarter when Team Stats TAMU MS Bumphis 4-50; Robert Johnson 2-14; Josh Robinson 1-9; Nick Russell punched one in from four yards out, but were unable to FIRST DOWNS 36 15 Griffin 1-7; Jameon Lewis 1-5; LaDarius Perkins 1-3. TAMU-Ryan convert the two-point conversion. NET YARDS RUSHING 361 98 Swope 9-121; Mike Evans 9-97; Thomas Johnson 4-39; Ben A&M answered back with an impressive drive of their own, scor- Rushing Attempts 58 27 Malena 2-23; Uzoma Nwachukwu 2-20; Kenric McNeal 2-11; ing on a 7-yard run from Manziel for a the final tally of 38-13. Average Per Rush 6.2 3.6 Malcome Kennedy 1-16; Derel Walker 1-5; Michael Lamothe 1-3; State gained 310 total yards on the day, with 212 through the air Rushing Touchdowns 5 1 Sabian Holmes 1-minus 3. and 98 on the ground. The seemingly unstoppable Aggies, however, NET YARDS PASSING 332 212 gained a total of 693 yards, with 361 coming on the ground and Completions-Attempts-Int 32-39-0 19-30-1 INTERCEPTIONS: MS-None. TAMU-De’Vante Harris 1-12. 332 passing. Passing Touchdowns 0 1 Leading the Bulldogs in passing was Russell, who threw 30 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 693 310 FUMBLES: MS-Tyler Russell 1-0. TAMU-Johnny Manziel 1-1. passes, completing 19 for 212 yards, a touchdown and an intercep- Total offense plays 97 57 tion. On the rushing attack, LaDarius Perkins gained 42 yards on 13 Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 1-0 ATTENDANCE: 55,240 carries. Bumphis caught four passes for 60 yards and a score, while Penalties: Number-Yards 4-42 5-50 senior Arceto Clark led the Bulldogs with five catches for 64 yards. PUNTS-YARDS 1-44 5-230 Manziel led the way for the Aggies, throwing 30-for-36 for 311 KICKOFFS-YARDS 7-440 3-178 yards. On the ground, the freshman amassed 129 yards on the Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 0-0-0 1-13-0 ground and two scores. Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 1-18-0 3-71-0 Three Bulldogs were double digits in tackles, led by Bernardrick Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 1-12-0 0-0-0 McKinney’s 14. Cameron Lawrence had 13, a sack, and a forced Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 fumble.

BATON ROUGE, La. - Among the raucous crowd at Tiger Stadium, NOVEMBER 10, 2012 the No. 21 Mississippi State Bulldogs (7-3, 3-3 SEC) battled hard, but MISSISSIPPI STATE 17 TIGER STADIUM • BATON ROUGE, LA. fell to the No. 7 LSU Tigers (8-2, 4-2 SEC) 37-17. ESPN After the Bulldog defense forced the Tigers to punt on their first LSU 37 possession, MSU’s offense methodically moved the ball 74 yards on 10 plays and captured the lead midway through the first quarter when freshman Dak Prescott hit Marcus Green for a nine-yard Score by Quarters Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-100-1 touchdown reception. Mississippi State 7 3 7 0 - 17 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-4-0 The Tigers responded with a 28-yard field goal, but State would LSU 3 17 10 7 - 37 Possession Time 27:50 32:10 hold the lead through the first quarter, the first time the Bulldogs Third-Down Conversions 3 of 10 9 of 15 have done so against LSU since 1994. However, the Tigers respond- SCORING SUMMARY Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 2 0 of 0 ed to open the second, pairing a 26-yard field goal and a 19-yard 1st Quarter Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-4 6-6 touchdown pass to Jarvis Landry to regain the lead at 13-7. MS - Green 9 yd pass from Prescott (Bell kick), 6:41 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-16 2-15 State closed their final drive of the first half with a booming LS - Alleman 28 yd field goal, 0:11 PAT Kicks 2-2 4-4 47-yard field goal from true freshman Devon Bell to cut the Tiger 2nd Quarter Field Goals 1-1 3-3 lead to three, but a quick four play strike that ended with a 20-yard LS - Alleman 26 yd field goal, 7:59 touchdown pass stretched LSU’s lead to 10 points at the break. LS - Landry 19 yd pass from Mettenberger (Alleman kick), 5:31 RUSHING: MS-Nick Griffin 11-38; Josh Robinson 5-17; Tyler The Bulldogs opened the second half by stalling on their drive. MS - Bell 47 yd field goal 0:48 Russell 5-4; Dak Prescott 1-3; Team 1-minus 1; Derrick Milton However, the special teams again stepped up for State, forcing a LS - Ware 20 yd pass from Mettenberger (Alleman kick), 0:13 1-minus 14. LSU-Jeremy Hill 15-48; Russell Shepard 8-33; Kenny fumble on the punt reception which the Bulldogs recovered. Tyler 3rd Quarter Hilliard 5-29; Spencer Ware 5-13; Michael Ford 1-5; J.C. Copeland Russell then hit Chad Bumphis for 14 yards in the back corner of the MS - Bumphis 14 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 12:52 2-1; Zach Mettenberger 2-minus 10. endzone for the score, cutting the LSU lead to 20-17. LS - Alleman 41 yd field goal, 8:29 However, the Tigers put together two scoring drives in the third LS - Copeland 1 yd run (Alleman kick), 0:11 PASSING: MS-Tyler Russell 26-38-1-295; Dak Prescott 1-1-0-9. that created distance between the two, including a 41-yard field 4th Quarter LSU-Zach Mettenberger 19-30-0-273. goal and a one-yard run for the score by J.C. Copeland, capping an LS - Loston 100 yd interception return (Alleman kick), 1:13 11 play, 80 yard drive. RECEIVING: MS-Chad Bumphis 9-140; Chris Smith 7-56; Arceto The Bulldogs made a push late to get back into the game, but Team Stats MS LSU Clark 4-43; Malcolm Johnson 2-40; Robert Johnson 1-14; Marcus Russell’s pass to Bumphis in the endzone was picked off by Craig FIRST DOWNS 21 22 Green 1-9; Adrian Marcus 1-4; Josh Robinson 1-2; Nick Griffin Loston, who returned it 100 yards for the score. NET YARDS RUSHING 47 119 1-minus 4. LSU-Jarvis Landry 9-109; Odell Beckham 4-55; “I felt all our guys fought to the end,” Russell said. “Sometimes Rushing Attempts 24 38 Spencer Ware 2-32; Kadron Boone 2-14; James Wright 1-36; you can fight as hard as you want and not win a game. If you take Average Per Rush 2.0 3.1 Michael Ford 1-27. anything good out of that, I’m proud of our offense and the defense Rushing Touchdowns 0 1 for not giving up.” NET YARDS PASSING 304 273 INTERCEPTIONS: MS-None. LSU-Craig Loston 1-100. Russell set career-highs in completions (26) and yards (295) and Completions-Attempts-Int 27-39-1 19-30-0 broke the single-season school record with his 17th touchdown Passing Touchdowns 2 2 FUMBLES: MS-Derrick Milton 1-1. LSU-Zach Mettenberger 1-0; pass of the season in the third quarter. TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 351 392 Jarvis Landry 1-0; Odell Beckham 1-1. Bumphis led the Bulldogs in receiving with nine catches for 140 Total offense plays 63 68 yards, the most LSU’s defense has allowed to a wideout this season. Fumbles: Number-Lost 1-1 3-1 ATTENDANCE: 92,831 Chris Smith added seven grabs for 56 yards, while Arceto Clark tal- Penalties: Number-Yards 4-20 2-20 lied 43 yards of four catches. PUNTS-YARDS 4-167 3-126 KICKOFFS-YARDS 4-231 8-480 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-3-0 2-0-0 Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 7-139-0 3-88-0

Mississippi State Football Notes • Game 13 vs. Northwestern • 2013 TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl 2012 GAME RECAPS

STARKVILLE, Miss. - Behind Mississippi State’s five forced turn- NOVEMBER 17, 2012 overs, the Bulldogs (8-3, 4-3 SEC) produced 38 unanswered points ARKANSAS 14 DAVIS WADE STADIUM • STARKVILLE, MISS. to claim a 45-14 victory against the Arkansas Razorbacks (4-7, 2-5 SEC NETWORK SEC) at Davis Wade Stadium on Saturday. MISSISSIPPI STATE 45 After receiving the opening kickoff, MSU drove the ball 75 yards on 15 plays to take an early 7-0 lead. Tyler Russell hit LaDarius Perkins on a wheel route in the corner of the endzone for the first of Score by Quarters Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 four touchdown tosses on the day for Russell. Arkansas 7 7 0 0 - 14 Possession Time 29:33 30:27 The Razorbacks promptly answered the Bulldogs’ scoring drive Mississippi State 7 10 14 14 - 45 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 12 5 of 12 with an 86-yard, 11-play march of their own, capped by a 30-yard Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 1 of 2 pass from Tyler Wilson to Cobi Hamilton to tie the game at seven. SCORING SUMMARY Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 3-4 Arkansas would tack on another touchdown early in the second 1st Quarter Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-12 2-14 quarter before MSU went on its 38-0 scoring run. MS - Perkins 13 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 9:32 PAT Kicks 2-2 6-6 After the recovered fumble, Devon Bell got the rally started with AR - Hamilton 30 yd pass from Wilson (Hocker kick), 4:24 Field Goals 0-0 1-1 a 39-yard field goal with 9:38 left before halftime. 2nd Quarter On the next drive, State marched 78 yards on only five plays. AR - D. Johnson 7 yd pass from Wilson (Hocker kick), 12:17 RUSHING: MS-LaDarius Perkins 17-91; Nick Griffin 2-68; Josh Russell connected with senior Chad Bumphis for a 6-yard score to MS - Bell 39 yd field goal, 9:38 Robinson 4-26; Dak Prescott 6-17; Derrick Milton 3-4; Tyler take a 17-14 lead into the locker room. MS - Bumphis 6 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 4:48 Russell 3-minus 1; Team 1-minus 2. AR-Dennis Johnson 15-88; With just under six minutes left in the third quarter, Dan Mullen’s 3rd Quarter Jonathan Williams 4-16; Tyler Wilson 7-10; Ronnie Wingo Jr. 2-6; offense found itself facing a fourth-and-one from the Razorback MS - Prescott 4 yd run (Bell kick), 5:51 Knile Davis 5-6. 4-yard line. Redshirt freshman Dak Prescott plunged over the right MS - Perkins 24 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 1:31 side for MSU’s third touchdown. 4th Quarter PASSING: MS-Tyler Russell 19-32-0-274; Dak Prescott 2-2-0-28. After Cameron Lawrence recovered a Razorback fumble, Russell MS - Bumphis 22 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 14:50 AR-Tyler Wilson 23-29-2-225; Brandon Allen 1-1-0-8. would again find Perkins two plays later on a wheel route to give the MS - Griffin 60 yd run (Bell kick), 12:22 Bulldogs a 31-14 advantage. RECEIVING: MS-Chad Bumphis 6-82; Arceto Clark 3-61; LaDarius Following a Preston Smith fumble recovery, Russell hit Bumphis Team Stats AR MS Perkins 3-40; Robert Johnson 2-24; Chris Smith 2-23; Malcolm for the second time with a 22-yard strike on the second play of the FIRST DOWNS 19 24 Johnson 1-27; Jameon Lewis 1-15; Joe Morrow 1-13; Brandon fourth quarter. Darius Slay prematurely ended Arkansas’ next drive NET YARDS RUSHING 126 203 Heavens 1-9; Sylvester Hemphill 1-8. AR-Cobi Hamilton 7-88; with an interception, and on the next play, sophomore tailback Nick Rushing Attempts 33 36 Javontee Herndon 6-84; Mekale McKay 3-30; Dennis Johnson Griffin took the option for a career-long 60 yards to the end zone. Average Per Rush 3.8 5.6 3-1; Austin Tate 2-10; Morgan Linton 1-8; Jonathan Williams 1-8; Russell finished 19-of-32 for 274 yards and four touchdowns. The Rushing Touchdowns 0 2 Ronnie Wingo Jr. 1-4. junior also set three new MSU offensive records during the game, NET YARDS PASSING 233 302 including single-season completions, passing yards and 200-yard Completions-Attempts-Int 24-30-2 21-34-0 INTERCEPTIONS: MS-Darius Slay 1-15; Jamerson Love 1-6. passing games. Passing Touchdowns 2 4 AR-None. Perkins paced the Bulldog rushing attack with 91 yards on 17 TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 359 505 carries. Total offense plays 63 70 FUMBLES: MS-Arceto Clark 1-1. AR-Javontee Herndon 1-1; In his final game in Starkville, Bumphis led all receivers with 82 Fumbles: Number-Lost 3-3 1-1 Jonathan Williams 1-1; Kaelon Kelleybrew 1-1. yards on six catches, including two touchdown grabs. The Tupelo Penalties: Number-Yards 9-70 5-41 native became the first receiver in MSU history to record 10 touch- PUNTS-YARDS 5-225 4-147 ATTENDANCE: 54,838 down catches in a season. KICKOFFS-YARDS 3-193 8-479 Defensively, Lawrence led the way with 11 stops, a fumble Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-(-1)-0 2-2-0 recovery and a pass breakup. Linebacker Deontae Skinner turned Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 7-108-0 2-30-0 in two tackles for loss, while Denico Autry and Smith each tallied a Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 2-21-0 sack. Jamerson Love intercepted the first pass of his career as well.

OXFORD, Miss. - Three years of dominance came to an end NOVEMBER 24, 2012 Saturday night as Ole Miss took advantage of a solid second half en MISSISSIPPI STATE 24 VAUGHT-HEMINGWAY • OXFORD, MISS. route to a 41-24 win against No. 25 Mississippi State. ESPNU Tied 17-apiece at the break in front of 61,005 fans at Vaught- OLE MISS 41 Hemingway Stadium, the Rebels exploded for 24 unanswered points in the final two quarters as they won for the first time in this series since 2008. Score by Quarters Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 5-183-1 5-84-0 The loss dropped the Bulldogs to 8-4 overall and 4-4 in SEC play, Mississippi State 14 3 0 7 - 24 Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD 2-0-0 2-36-0 while Ole Miss improved to 6-6, 3-5. Ole Miss 7 10 17 7 - 41 Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Defensively, MSU had few answers for the Rebels’ fast-paced Possession Time 28:19 31:41 offense. Behind the play of quarterback Bo Wallace, running back SCORING SUMMARY Third-Down Conversions 1 of 13 6 of 14 Jeff Scott and wideout Donte Moncrief, Ole Miss manufactured 527 1st Quarter Fourth-Down Conversions 2 of 3 1 of 1 yards of offense. UM - Mosley 25 yd pass from Wallace (Rose kick), 13:17 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 2-3 Wallace accounted for 294 yards through the air on 15-of-22 MS - Lewis 100 yd kick return (Bell kick), 13:04 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-4 3-22 passing, while Scott totaled 111 yards on 28 carries. Moncrief, MS - Bumphis 42 yd pass from Russell (Bell kick), 2:46 PAT Kicks 3-3 5-5 though, proved to be the key as he hauled in seven passes for 173 2nd Quarter Field Goals 1-2 2-3 yards and three scores. UM - Rose 43 yd field goal, 13:36 But it was Jamal Mosley who gave the Rebels the quick 7-0 UM - Moncrief 77 yd pass from Wallace (Rose kick), 5:19 RUSHING: MS-LaDarius Perkins 16-45; Nick Griffin 3-10; Dak lead after he hauled in a 25-yard strike from Wallace on their first MS - Bell 23 yd field goal, 3:21 Prescott 1-minus 1; Team 1-minus 1;Tyler Russell 4-minus 23. possession. 3rd Quarter UM-Jeff Scott 28-111; Barry Brunetti 7-62; Bo Wallace 13-40; However, the celebration was short-lived as the Bulldogs UM - Rose 41 yd field goal, 10:08 Randall Mackey 6-19; Ja-Mes Logan 1-2; Team 1-minus 1. responded on the ensuing kickoff when Jameon Lewis went UM - Moncrief 21 yd pass from Wallace (Rose kick), 6:47 untouched for 100 yards to the end zone. UM - Moncrief 16 yd pass from Wallace (Rose kick), 3:40 PASSING: MS-Tyler Russell 18-33-2-268; Dak Prescott 3-6-0-35. State then took its first lead at 14-7 with 2:46 left in the first 4th Quarter UM-Bo Wallace 15-22-2-294. quarter when Tyler Russell avoided heavy pressure to find a wide UM - Sanders 16 yd pass from Wallace (Rose kick), 11:44 open Chad Bumphis. MS - Bumphis 8 yd pass from Prescott (Bell kick), 0:07 RECEIVING: MS-Chad Bumphis 6-146; Chris Smith 3-35; Arceto After Ole Miss closed the gap to 14-10 on a 43-yard field goal, it Clark 3-35; LaDarius Perkins 3-16; Malcolm Johnson 2-33; Robert regained the lead at 17-14 when Wallace hooked up with Moncrief Team Stats MS UM Johnson 2-13; Marcus Green 1-15; Sylvester Hemphill-1-10. for a 77-yard scoring strike. FIRST DOWNS 17 28 UM-Donte Moncrief 7-173; Vince Sanders 3-86; Ja-Mes Logan But with 3:21 left until the break, Deven Bell evened the score NET YARDS RUSHING 30 233 2-9; Jamal Mosley 1-25; Randall Mackey 1-1; Jeff Scott 1-0. with his 23-yard field goal. Rushing Attempts 25 56 After forcing the Bulldogs to punt on their opening possession Average Per Rush 1.2 4.2 INTERCEPTIONS: MS-Cameron Lawrence 2-0. UM-Dehendret of the third quarter, the Rebels responded with a 41-yard field goal Rushing Touchdowns 0 0 Collins 1-28; Denzel Nkemdiche 1-8. by Bryson Rose for a 20-17 advantage, one they never relinquished. NET YARDS PASSING 303 294 MSU would score late when Chad Bumphis hauled in an 8-yard Completions-Attempts-Int 21-39-2 15-22-2 FUMBLES: MS-None. UM-Bo Wallace 1-1. pass from Dak Prescott. Passing Touchdowns 2 5 The Bulldogs finished with 333 total yards, with Russell complet- TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 333 527 ATTENDANCE: 61,005 ing 18 of his 33 passes for 268 yards. Bumphis was his favorite target, Total offense plays 64 78 as the Tupelo, Miss., native had six receptions for 146 yards. Fumbles: Number-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties: Number-Yards 5-66 4-35 PUNTS-YARDS 6-233 3-94 KICKOFFS-YARDS 5-297 8-512 Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD 1-0-0 1-9-0

Mississippi State Football Notes • Game 13 vs. Northwestern • 2013 TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Game Results (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

Date Opponent Score Overall Conference Time Attend Sep 01, 2012 JACKSON STATE W 56-9 1-0 0-0 2:59 55082 * Sep 08, 2012 AUBURN W 28-10 2-0 1-0 3:16 56111 Sep 15, 2012 at Troy W 30-24 3-0 1-0 3:10 29013 Sep 22, 2012 SOUTH ALABAMA W 30-10 4-0 1-0 3:10 55186 * Oct 06, 2012 at Kentucky W 27-14 5-0 2-0 3:05 49498 * Oct 13, 2012 TENNESSEE W 41-31 6-0 3-0 3:18 57831 Oct 20, 2012 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W 45-3 7-0 3-0 3:00 55108 * Oct 27, 2012 at #1 Alabama L 7-38 7-1 3-1 3:14 101821 * Nov 03, 2012 #16 TEXAS A&M L 13-38 7-2 3-2 3:10 55240 * Nov 10, 2012 at #9 LSU L 17-37 7-3 3-3 3:12 92831 * Nov 17, 2012 ARKANSAS W 45-14 8-3 4-3 3:20 54838 * Nov 24, 2012 at Ole Miss L 24-41 8-4 4-4 3:20 61005 The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

Team Statistics MS OPP SCORING 363 269 Points Per Game 30.2 22.4 FIRST DOWNS 244 259 R u s h i n g 85 126 P a s s i n g 142 118 P e n a l t y 17 15 RUSHING YARDAGE 1688 1992 Yards gained rushing 1907 2240 Yards lost rushing 219 248 Rushing Attempts 391 464 Average Per Rush 4.3 4.3 Average Per Game 140.7 166.0 TDs Rushing 18 13 PASSING YARDAGE 2985 2687 C o m p - A t t - I n t 237-395-6 244-378-16 Average Per Pass 7.6 7.1 Average Per Catch 12.6 11.0 Average Per Game 248.8 223.9 TDs Passing 26 17 TOTAL OFFENSE 4673 4679 Total Plays 786 842 Average Per Play 5.9 5.6 Average Per Game 389.4 389.9 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 39-927 50-1011 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 21-150 12-8 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 16-322 6-173 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.8 20.2 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 7.1 0.7 INT RETURN AVERAGE 20.1 28.8 FUMBLES-LOST 17-7 18-14 PENALTIES-Yards 55-491 68-611 Average Per Game 40.9 50.9 PUNTS-Yards 52-2124 58-2247 Average Per Punt 40.8 38.7 Net punt average 39.5 35.8 KICKOFFS-Yards 68-4126 57-3515 Average Per Kick 60.7 61.7 Net kick average 55.0 38.4 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 0 : 2 0 2 9 : 4 0 3RD-DOWN Conversions 56/153 67/164 3rd-Down Pct 37% 41% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 13/20 11/15 4th-Down Pct 65% 73% SACKS BY-Yards 19-148 16-107 MISC YARDS -20 6 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 47 33 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 12-20 13-18 ON-SIDE KICKS 1-1 1-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (36-47) 77% (30-38) 79% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (29-47) 62% (20-38) 53% PAT-ATTEMPTS (45-46) 98% (32-33) 97% ATTENDANCE 389396 334168 Games/Avg Per Game 7/55628 5/66834 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Mississippi State 86 100 91 86 0 363 Opponents 59 80 68 62 0 269 The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg LaDarius Perkins 11 186 970 30 940 5.1 8 64 85.5 Johnthan Banks 12 102 8.5 0 22 Josh Robinson 11 48 253 9 244 5.1 1 22 22.2 Chad Bumphis 6 37 6.2 0 16 Nick Griffin 12 32 234 11 223 7.0 1 60 18.6 Jameon Lewis 2 11 5.5 0 13 Derrick Milton 10 34 194 29 165 4.9 2 27 16.5 Deontae Skinner 1 0 0.0 0 0 Dak Prescott 11 30 111 13 98 3.3 4 15 8.9 Total 21 150 7.1 0 22 Jameon Lewis 12 5 26 5 21 4.2 0 12 1.8 Opponents 12 8 0.7 0 9 Tyler Russell 12 39 109 102 7 0.2 2 20 0.6 Kasey Akins 2 5 10 4 6 1.2 0 4 3.0 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg Brandon Heavens 11 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 -0.2 Darius Slay 5 101 20.2 1 52 Chad Bumphis 12 2 0 3 -3 -1.5 0 0 -0.2 Johnthan Banks 4 124 31.0 0 47 Team 8 9 0 11 -11 -1.2 0 0 -1.4 Cameron Lawrence 2 0 0.0 0 0 Total 12 391 1907 219 1688 4.3 18 64 140.7 Matthew Wells 1 22 22.0 1 22 Opponents 12 464 2240 248 1992 4.3 13 37 166.0 Corey Broomfield 1 0 0.0 0 0 Jamerson Love 1 6 6.0 0 6 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Kendrick Market 1 3 3.0 0 3 Tyler Russell 12 140.45 219-366-6 59.8 2791 22 72 232.6 Nickoe Whitley 1 66 66.0 0 66 Dak Prescott 11 169.63 18-28-0 64.3 194 4 29 17.6 Total 16 322 20.1 2 66 Chad Bumphis 12 0.00 0-1-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 Opponents 6 173 28.8 1 100 Total 12 142.16 237-395-6 60.0 2985 26 72 248.8 Opponents 12 130.64 244-378-16 64.6 2687 17 77 223.9 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg LaDarius Perkins 16 325 20.3 0 33 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g Jameon Lewis 16 449 28.1 1 100 Chad Bumphis 12 55 904 16.4 12 72 75.3 Robert Johnson 7 153 21.9 0 37 Chris Smith 12 45 540 12.0 2 45 45.0 Total 39 927 23.8 1 100 Arceto Clark 12 33 451 13.7 0 46 37.6 Opponents 50 1011 20.2 2 100 Marcus Green 12 19 215 11.3 6 30 17.9 LaDarius Perkins 11 19 160 8.4 2 24 14.5 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg Robert Johnson 12 17 164 9.6 2 23 13.7 Total 0 0 0.0 0 0 Jameon Lewis 12 10 108 10.8 0 21 9.0 Opponents 1 4 4.0 0 4 Malcolm Johnson 7 8 147 18.4 1 27 21.0 Brandon Heavens 11 7 123 17.6 0 38 11.2 Sylvester Hemphill 12 6 40 6.7 0 10 3.3 Joe Morrow 8 5 53 10.6 0 17 6.6 Brandon Hill 11 5 46 9.2 0 19 4.2 Adrian Marcus 12 2 14 7.0 1 10 1.2 Josh Robinson 11 2 11 5.5 0 9 1.0 Nick Griffin 12 2 3 1.5 0 7 0.2 Derrick Milton 10 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.3 Ricco Sanders 7 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.4 Total 12 237 2985 12.6 26 72 248.8 Opponents 12 244 2687 11.0 17 77 223.9 The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g Devon Bell - 12-19 41-42 - - - - - 77 Tyler Russell 12 405 7 2791 2798 233.2 Chad Bumphis 12 ------72 LaDarius Perkins 11 186 940 0 940 85.5 LaDarius Perkins 10 ------60 Dak Prescott 11 58 98 194 292 26.5 Marcus Green 6 ------36 Josh Robinson 11 48 244 0 244 22.2 Dak Prescott 4 ------24 Nick Griffin 12 32 223 0 223 18.6 Tyler Russell 2 - - - - 0-1 - - 12 Derrick Milton 10 34 165 0 165 16.5 Derrick Milton 2 ------12 Jameon Lewis 12 5 21 0 21 1.8 Robert Johnson 2 ------12 Kasey Akins 2 5 6 0 6 3.0 Chris Smith 2 ------12 Brandon Heavens 11 1 -2 0 -2 -0.2 Nick Griffin 1 ------6 Chad Bumphis 12 3 -3 0 -3 -0.2 Josh Robinson 1 ------6 Team 8 9 -11 0 -11 -1.4 Adrian Marcus 1 ------6 Total 12 786 1688 2985 4673 389.4 Malcolm Johnson 1 ------6 Opponents 12 842 1992 2687 4679 389.9 Matthew Wells 1 ------6 Jameon Lewis 1 ------6 Darius Slay 1 ------6 Charlie Grandfield - 0-1 4-4 - - - - - 4 Total 47 12-20 45-46 - - 0-1 - - 363 Opponents 33 13-18 32-33 - - - - - 269

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk Devon Bell 12-19 63.2 0-0 3-3 6-10 3-6 0-0 47 2 Baker Swedenburg 52 2124 40.8 54 3 30 18 4 0 Charlie Grandfield 0-1 0.0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 0 0 Total 52 2124 40.8 54 3 30 18 4 0 Opponents 58 2247 38.7 61 1 21 14 12 1 FG Sequence Mississippi State Opponents Jackson State 42 (25) Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Auburn 36,43 (23) Devon Bell 59 3589 60.8 12 1 Troy (37) 26,(40) Brian Egan 9 537 59.7 3 0 South Alabama (42),(42),(31),40 47,(22) Total 68 4126 60.7 15 1 20.2 40.3 24 Kentucky (20),(37) - Opponents 57 3515 61.7 16 1 23.8 38.4 26 Tennessee (31),(24),38 (38) Middle Tennessee (32),35 (32) Alabama 31 (34) Texas A&M - (24),33,43 LSU (47) (28),(26),(41) Arkansas (39) - Ole Miss 41,(23) (43),(41),42

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g LaDarius Perkin 11 940 160 0 325 0 1425 129.5 Chad Bumphis 12 -3 904 37 0 0 938 78.2 Jameon Lewis 12 21 108 11 449 0 589 49.1 Chris Smith 12 0 540 0 0 0 540 45.0 Arceto Clark 12 0 451 0 0 0 451 37.6 Robert Johnson 12 0 164 0 153 0 317 26.4 Josh Robinson 11 244 11 0 0 0 255 23.2 Nick Griffin 12 223 3 0 0 0 226 18.8 Johnthan Banks 12 0 0 102 0 124 226 18.8 Marcus Green 12 0 215 0 0 0 215 17.9 Derrick Milton 10 165 3 0 0 0 168 16.8 Malcolm Johnso 7 0 147 0 0 0 147 21.0 Brandon Heaven 11 -2 123 0 0 0 121 11.0 Darius Slay 12 0 0 0 0 101 101 8.4 Dak Prescott 11 98 0 0 0 0 98 8.9 Nickoe Whitley 12 0 0 0 0 66 66 5.5 Joe Morrow 8 0 53 0 0 0 53 6.6 Brandon Hill 11 0 46 0 0 0 46 4.2 Sylvester Hemp 12 0 40 0 0 0 40 3.3 Matthew Wells 12 0 0 0 0 22 22 1.8 Adrian Marcus 12 0 14 0 0 0 14 1.2 Tyler Russell 12 7 0 0 0 0 7 0.6 Kasey Akins 2 6 0 0 0 0 6 3.0 Jamerson Love 11 0 0 0 0 6 6 0.5 Ricco Sanders 7 0 3 0 0 0 3 0.4 Kendrick Market 11 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.3 Team 8 -11 0 0 0 0 -11 -1.4 Total 12 1688 2985 150 927 322 6072 506.0 Opponents 12 1992 2687 8 1011 173 5871 489.2 The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd ## Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 10 Cameron Lawrence 12 49 62 111 10.0-44 4.0-32 2-0 4 . 2-0 2 . . 50 Benardrick McKinney 12 40 57 97 4.5-20 1.0-13 . 4 . 1-0 . . . 5 Nickoe Whitley 12 44 38 82 2.5-3 . 1-66 . . . 1 . . 51 Deontae Skinner 12 21 40 61 5.0-20 . . 3 2 . 1 . . 13 Johnthan Banks 12 37 22 59 2.0-5 . 4-124 7 1 1-0 1 . . 25 Corey Broomfield 12 19 19 38 4.0-13 0.5-2 1-0 3 . . . . . 9 Darius Slay 12 21 16 37 1.0-4 . 5-101 6 . 1-0 . 1 . 90 Denico Autry 12 21 16 37 9.5-61 4.0-40 . 1 6 . 2 . . 97 Josh Boyd 12 8 25 33 2.5-16 1.5-12 . . 7 1-0 . 1 . 91 Preston Smith 12 16 16 32 5.5-30 4.5-25 . . 2 1-0 1 . . 22 Matthew Wells 12 13 19 32 1.5-14 1.0-10 1-22 2 3 . 1 . . 12 Chris Hughes 11 8 22 30 1.0-3 . . . 1 2-0 . . . 30 Jay Hughes 12 19 9 28 3.0-6 . . 1 . . . . . 92 Kaleb Eulls 12 6 20 26 1.0-1 . . 1 . 1-0 . . . 52 Ferlando Bohanna 11 6 19 25 . . . . . 2-0 . . . 37 Taveze Calhoun 12 15 9 24 0.5-1 . . . . . 1 . . 24 Jamerson Love 11 11 12 23 1.0-3 . 1-6 2 . . . . . 74 Dewayne Cherrington 12 10 11 21 1.0-1 . . 1 1 . . . . 38 Dee Arrington 12 9 9 18 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 45 Zachary Jackson 12 8 8 16 ...... 48 Ryan Brown 6 3 12 15 1.0-5 0.5-5 . 1 . . . . . 93 P.J. Jones 8 3 11 14 ...... 46 Kendrick Market 11 7 6 13 . . 1-3 ...... 44 Christian Holmes 12 4 7 11 ...... 1 . . 98 Curtis Virges 11 4 7 11 1.5-3 . . . 1 . . . . 60 Devin Jones 11 2 8 10 2.0-2 ...... 96 Shane McCardell 10 4 4 8 2.0-9 2.0-9 ...... 20 Louis Watson 12 3 4 7 ...... 54 Quay Evans 9 3 3 6 . . . . 1 1-0 1 . . 88 Nick James 8 1 5 6 ...... 56 Corvell Harrison-Gay 3 . 5 5 ...... 14 Cedric Jiles 3 4 1 5 . . . 1 . . . . . 40 Devon Bell 12 2 1 3 ...... 18 Brandon Hill 11 2 . 2 ...... 31 Sam Williams 10 . 2 2 ...... 26 James Baldwin 3 2 . 2 ...... 32 Marcus Green 12 . 2 2 ...... 99 John Harris 2 . 1 1 ...... 43 Ivan Muniz 31.1 ...... 19 Arceto Clark 12 1 . 1 ...... 28 Derrick Milton 10 . 1 1 ...... 72 Winston Chapman 12 . 1 1 ...... 63 Dillon Day 12 1 . 1 ...... 61 Gabe Jackson 12 1 . 1 ...... 59 Archie Muniz 12 1 . 1 ...... Total 12 430 530 960 62-264 19-148 16-322 37 25 14-0 12 2 . Opponents 12 376 494 870 59-206 16-107 6-173 50 62 7-4 11 2 . The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Team Game-by-Game (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 01 JACKSON STATE 38 202 4 24 16 193 2 19 16-28-0 193 2 19 3 28 0 20 4 24 0 22 395 Sep 08 AUBURN 36 166 1 22 20 222 3 30 20-29-0 222 3 30 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 7 388 Sep 15 at Troy 35 213 1 30 11 244 3 72 11-26-0 244 3 72 4 85 0 26 1 6 0 6 457 Sep 22 SOUTH ALABAMA 37 156 3 44 14 200 0 46 14-29-1 200 0 46 2 90 0 49 5 46 0 20 356 Oct 06 at Kentucky 39 158 1 31 23 269 2 27 23-39-0 269 2 27 1 15 0 15 1 16 0 16 427 Oct 13 TENNESSEE 41 141 2 20 25 308 3 29 25-39-0 308 3 29 4 80 0 23 1 10 0 10 449 Oct 20 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 32 227 3 64 21 219 3 38 21-27-0 219 3 38 1 22 0 22 2 23 0 15 446 Oct 27 at Alabama 21 47 0 15 19 209 1 31 19-36-1 209 1 31 7 184 0 39 1 0 0 0 256 Nov 03 TEXAS A&M 27 98 1 15 19 212 1 42 19-30-1 212 1 42 3 71 0 39 1 13 0 13 310 Nov 10 at LSU 24 47 0 16 27 304 2 40 27-39-1 304 2 40 7 139 0 28 1 3 0 3 351 Nov 17 ARKANSAS 36 203 2 60 21 302 4 27 21-34-0 302 4 27 2 30 0 16 2 2 0 4 505 Nov 24 at Ole Miss 25 30 0 16 21 303 2 68 21-39-2 303 2 68 5 183 1 100 1 0 0 0 333 Mississippi State 391 1688 18 64 237 2985 26 72 237-395-6 2985 26 72 39 927 1 100 21 150 0 22 4673 Opponents 464 1992 13 37 244 2687 17 77 244-378-16 2687 17 77 50 1011 2 100 12 8 0 9 4679

Games played: 12 Avg per rush: 4.3 Avg per catch: 12.6 Pass efficiency: 142.16 Kick ret avg: 23.8 Punt ret avg: 7.1 All purpose avg/game: 506.0 Total offense avg/gm: 389.4 Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense Blkd PAT Attempts Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf pts Sep 01 JACKSON STATE 29 26 55 3.0-19 2.0-16 1 1-0 2-74 3 2 1 8-8 0 0 0 56 Sep 08 AUBURN 33 40 73 9.0-36 2.0-12 2 2-0 3-62 2 3 0 4-4 0 0 0 28 Sep 15 at Troy 61 28 89 1.0-7 0.0-0 1 2-0 2-3 0 2 0 3-4 0 0 0 30 Sep 22 SOUTH ALABAMA 31 44 75 6.0-12 1.0-5 1 1-0 2-113 6 6 0 3-3 0 0 0 30 Oct 06 at Kentucky 40 22 62 9.0-41 4.0-25 0 0-0 0-0 2 4 0 3-3 0 0 0 27 Oct 13 TENNESSEE 20 52 72 1.0-1 0.0-0 1 1-0 1-0 3 3 0 5-5 0 0 0 41 Oct 20 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 33 62 95 7.0-33 3.0-26 1 1-0 2-49 2 2 0 6-6 0 0 0 45 Oct 27 at Alabama 37 28 65 6.0-26 2.0-21 0 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 7 Nov 03 TEXAS A&M 39 88 127 5.0-20 1.0-9 1 1-0 0-0 2 2 1 1-1 0 0 0 13 Nov 10 at LSU 26 60 86 4.0-24 1.0-16 2 1-0 0-0 1 4 0 2-2 0 0 0 17 Nov 17 ARKANSAS 32 54 86 5.0-28 2.0-14 1 3-0 2-21 3 2 0 6-6 0 0 0 45 Nov 24 at Ole Miss 49 26 75 6.0-17 1.0-4 1 1-0 2-0 0 4 0 3-3 0 0 0 24 Mississippi State 430 530 960 62.0-264 19.0-148 12 14-0 16-322 25 37 2 45-46 0 0 0 363 Opponents 376 494 870 59.0-206 16.0-107 11 7-4 6-173 62 50 2 32-33 0 0 0 269

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 01 JACKSON STATE 1 28 28.0 28 00001 0-100956462.7 3 0 Sep 08 AUBURN 5 200 40.0 45 0 0 4 0 1 0-2 0 1 5 298 59.6 1 0 Sep 15 at Troy 6 260 43.3 49 01203 1-1370637562.5 0 0 Sep 22 SOUTH ALABAMA 4 188 47.0 53 0 1 2 2 1 3-4 42 0 6 387 64.5 3 0 Oct 06 at Kentucky 5 173 34.6 47 00102 2-2370531162.2 0 0 Oct 13 TENNESSEE 5 209 41.8 54 0 0 3 1 3 2-3 31 0 7 376 53.7 2 0 Oct 20 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 1 39 39.0 39 00000 1-2320850062.5 4 0 Oct 27 at Alabama 6 250 41.7 47 0 0 5 0 1 0-1 0 1 2 130 65.0 0 0 Nov 03 TEXAS A&M 5 230 46.0 51 00512 0-000317859.3 2 0 Nov 10 at LSU 4 167 41.8 48 0 1 0 0 0 1-1 47 0 4 231 57.8 0 0 Nov 17 ARKANSAS 4 147 36.8 39 00301 1-1390847959.9 0 1 Nov 24 at Ole Miss 6 233 38.8 47 0 0 5 0 3 1-2 23 0 5 297 59.4 0 0 Mississippi State 52 2124 40.8 54 0 3 30 4 18 12-20 47 2 68 4126 60.7 15 1 Opponents 58 2247 38.7 61 1 1 21 12 14 13-18 43 1 57 3515 61.7 16 1 The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 01 JACKSON STATE 21 109 0 19 20 156 1 38 20-38-2 156 1 38 5 72 0 20 0 0 0 0 265 Sep 08 AUBURN 39 91 0 12 13 125 0 21 13-22-3 125 0 21 4 148 1 100 1 -1 0 0 216 Sep 15 at Troy 40 223 3 31 34 349 0 37 34-47-2 349 0 37 6 98 0 38 2 -3 0 0 572 Sep 22 SOUTH ALABAMA 30 123 0 14 22 224 1 27 22-43-2 224 1 27 3 45 0 21 1 3 0 3 347 Oct 06 at Kentucky 34 84 1 15 15 144 1 32 15-27-0 144 1 32 5 78 0 21 2 -2 0 2 228 Oct 13 TENNESSEE 34 213 1 34 13 148 2 26 13-24-1 148 2 26 5 132 1 98 1 -1 0 0 361 Oct 20 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 41 131 0 19 20 174 0 47 20-32-2 174 0 47 4 64 0 26 0 0 0 0 305 Oct 27 at Alabama 40 179 2 30 17 235 3 57 17-24-0 235 3 57 2 76 0 41 1 4 0 4 414 Nov 03 TEXAS A&M 58 361 5 37 32 332 0 40 32-39-0 332 0 40 1 18 0 18 0 0 0 0 693 Nov 10 at LSU 38 119 1 12 19 273 2 36 19-30-0 273 2 36 3 88 0 41 2 0 0 3 392 Nov 17 ARKANSAS 33 126 0 21 24 233 2 30 24-30-2 233 2 30 7 108 0 19 1 -1 0 0 359 Nov 24 at Ole Miss 56 233 0 29 15 294 5 77 15-22-2 294 5 77 5 84 0 30 1 9 0 9 527 Opponents 464 1992 13 37 244 2687 17 77 244-378-16 2687 17 77 50 1011 2 100 12 8 0 9 4679 Mississippi State 391 1688 18 64 237 2985 26 72 237-395-6 2985 26 72 39 927 1 100 21 150 0 22 4673

Games played: 12 Avg per rush: 4.3 Avg per catch: 11.0 Pass efficiency: 130.64 Kick ret avg: 20.2 Punt ret avg: 0.7 All purpose avg/game: 489.2 Total offense avg/gm: 389.9 Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense Blkd PAT Attempts Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf pts Sep 01 JACKSON STATE 27 46 73 3.0-6 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 1 3 0 0-1 0 0 0 9 Sep 08 AUBURN 27 54 81 6.0-14 1.0-7 1 1-0 0-0 6 3 1 1-1 0 0 0 10 Sep 15 at Troy 33 20 53 4.0-9 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 3 5 0 3-3 0 0 0 24 Sep 22 SOUTH ALABAMA 30 58 88 7.0-19 1.0-5 2 0-0 1-25 6 3 0 1-1 0 0 0 10 Oct 06 at Kentucky 43 34 77 3.0-7 1.0-4 1 1-0 0-0 2 6 0 2-2 0 0 0 14 Oct 13 TENNESSEE 27 70 97 6.0-27 2.0-18 0 0-0 0-0 7 8 0 4-4 0 0 0 31 Oct 20 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 27 46 73 5.0-20 1.0-10 1 1-0 0-0 3 0 0 0-0 0 0 0 3 Oct 27 at Alabama 34 20 54 3.0-23 1.0-8 2 2-0 1-0 10 5 1 5-5 0 0 0 38 Nov 03 TEXAS A&M 29 36 65 4.0-11 1.0-6 1 0-0 1-12 8 3 0 5-5 0 0 0 38 Nov 10 at LSU 36 38 74 4.0-20 2.0-15 0 1-4 1-100 1 5 0 4-4 0 0 0 37 Nov 17 ARKANSAS 26 52 78 6.0-20 3.0-12 1 1-0 0-0 11 1 0 2-2 0 0 0 14 Nov 24 at Ole Miss 37 20 57 8.0-30 3.0-22 0 0-0 2-36 4 8 0 5-5 0 0 0 41 Opponents 376 494 870 59.0-206 16.0-107 11 7-4 6-173 62 50 2 32-33 0 0 0 269 Mississippi State 430 530 960 62.0-264 19.0-148 12 14-0 16-322 25 37 2 45-46 0 0 0 363

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 01 JACKSON STATE 6 174 29.0 44 10000 1-1250314949.7 0 0 Sep 08 AUBURN 6 245 40.8 46 0 0 4 0 0 1-1 23 0 3 195 65.0 3 0 Sep 15 at Troy 3 108 36.0 46 00101 1-2400532064.0 1 0 Sep 22 SOUTH ALABAMA 7 302 43.1 51 0 0 2 2 2 1-2 22 0 3 161 53.7 0 0 Oct 06 at Kentucky 8 350 43.8 56 00543 0-000213065.0 1 0 Oct 13 TENNESSEE 5 169 33.8 54 0 0 2 1 0 1-1 38 0 6 376 62.7 1 1 Oct 20 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 6 199 33.2 39 00201 1-1320212663.0 1 0 Oct 27 at Alabama 5 211 42.2 61 0 1 1 2 3 1-1 34 0 7 433 61.9 0 0 Nov 03 TEXAS A&M 1 44 44.0 44 00000 1-3241744062.9 4 0 Nov 10 at LSU 3 126 42.0 50 0 0 1 1 2 3-3 41 0 8 480 60.0 1 0 Nov 17 ARKANSAS 5 225 45.0 55 00321 0-000319364.3 1 0 Nov 24 at Ole Miss 3 94 31.3 39 0 0 0 0 1 2-3 43 0 8 512 64.0 3 0 Opponents 58 2247 38.7 61 1 1 21 12 14 13-18 43 1 57 3515 61.7 16 1 Mississippi State 52 2124 40.8 54 0 3 30 4 18 12-20 47 2 68 4126 60.7 15 1 The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Game Superlatives (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 25 LaDarius Perkins at Kentucky (Oct 06, 2012) Yards Rushing 179 LaDarius Perkins at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) TD Rushes 2 LaDarius Perkins vs Jackson State (Sep 01, 2012) Long Rush 64 LaDarius Perkins vs Middle Tennessee (Oct 20, 2012) Pass attempts 39 Tyler Russell at Kentucky (Oct 06, 2012) Pass completions 26 Tyler Russell at LSU (Nov 10, 2012) Yards Passing 295 Tyler Russell at LSU (Nov 10, 2012) TD Passes 4 Tyler Russell vs Arkansas (Nov 17, 2012) Long Pass 72 Tyler Russell at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) Receptions 9 Chad Bumphis at Kentucky (Oct 06, 2012) 9 Chad Bumphis at LSU (Nov 10, 2012) Yards Receiving 180 Chad Bumphis at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) TD Receptions 3 Chad Bumphis at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) Long Reception 72 Chad Bumphis at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) Field Goals 3 Devon Bell vs South Alabama (Sep 22, 2012) Long Field Goal 47 Devon Bell at LSU (Nov 10, 2012) Punts 6 Baker Swedenburg at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) 6 Baker Swedenburg at Alabama (Oct 27, 2012) 6 Baker Swedenburg at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Punting Avg 47.0 Baker Swedenburg vs South Alabama (Sep 22, 2012) Long Punt 54 Baker Swedenburg vs Tennessee (Oct 13, 2012) Punts inside 20 3 Baker Swedenburg at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) 3 Baker Swedenburg vs Tennessee (Oct 13, 2012) 3 Baker Swedenburg at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Long Punt Return 22 Johnthan Banks vs Jackson State (Sep 01, 2012) Long Kickoff Return 100 Jameon Lewis at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Tackles 15 Cameron Lawrence at LSU (Nov 10, 2012) Sacks 1.0 Matthew Wells vs Jackson State (Sep 01, 2012) 1.0 Denico Autry vs Jackson State (Sep 01, 2012) 1.0 Cameron Lawrence vs Auburn (Sep 08, 2012) 1.0 Preston Smith vs Auburn (Sep 08, 2012) 1.0 Preston Smith vs South Alabama (Sep 22, 2012) 1.0 Denico Autry at Kentucky (Oct 06, 2012) 1.0 Preston Smith at Kentucky (Oct 06, 2012) 1.0 Shane McCardell at Kentucky (Oct 06, 2012) 1.0 Josh Boyd at Kentucky (Oct 06, 2012) 1.0 Cameron Lawrence vs Middle Tennessee (Oct 20, 2012) 1.0 Shane McCardell vs Middle Tennessee (Oct 20, 2012) 1.0 Cameron Lawrence at Alabama (Oct 27, 2012) 1.0 Benardrick McKinney at Alabama (Oct 27, 2012) 1.0 Cameron Lawrence vs Texas A&M (Nov 03, 2012) 1.0 Denico Autry at LSU (Nov 10, 2012) 1.0 Denico Autry vs Arkansas (Nov 17, 2012) 1.0 Preston Smith vs Arkansas (Nov 17, 2012) Tackles For Loss 3.0 Cameron Lawrence at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Interceptions 2 Johnthan Banks vs Auburn (Sep 08, 2012) 2 Darius Slay at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) 2 Cameron Lawrence at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Game Superlatives (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 41 vs Tennessee (Oct 13, 2012) Yards Rushing 227 vs Middle Tennessee (Oct 20, 2012) Yards Per Rush 7.1 vs Middle Tennessee (Oct 20, 2012) TD Rushes 4 vs Jackson State (Sep 01, 2012) Pass attempts 39 at Kentucky (Oct 06, 2012) 39 vs Tennessee (Oct 13, 2012) 39 at LSU (Nov 10, 2012) 39 at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Pass completions 27 at LSU (Nov 10, 2012) Yards Passing 308 vs Tennessee (Oct 13, 2012) Yards Per Pass 9.4 at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) TD Passes 4 vs Arkansas (Nov 17, 2012) Total Plays 80 vs Tennessee (Oct 13, 2012) Total Offense 505 vs Arkansas (Nov 17, 2012) Yards Per Play 7.6 vs Middle Tennessee (Oct 20, 2012) Points 56 vs Jackson State (Sep 01, 2012) Sacks By 4 at Kentucky (Oct 06, 2012) First Downs 26 vs Tennessee (Oct 13, 2012) Penalties 6 vs Jackson State (Sep 01, 2012) 6 vs South Alabama (Sep 22, 2012) 6 at Alabama (Oct 27, 2012) Penalty Yards 66 at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Turnovers 3 at Alabama (Oct 27, 2012) Interceptions By 3 vs Auburn (Sep 08, 2012) Punts 6 at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) 6 at Alabama (Oct 27, 2012) 6 at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Punting Avg 47.0 vs South Alabama (Sep 22, 2012) Long Punt 54 vs Tennessee (Oct 13, 2012) Punts inside 20 3 at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) 3 vs Tennessee (Oct 13, 2012) 3 at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Long Punt Return 22 vs Jackson State (Sep 01, 2012) The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Game Superlatives (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 28 Jeff Scott, at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Yards Rushing 137 Southward, S., at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) TD Rushes 2 Southward, S., at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) 2 C. Michael, vs Texas A&M (Nov 03, 2012) 2 Johnny Manziel, vs Texas A&M (Nov 03, 2012) Long Rush 37 Johnny Manziel, vs Texas A&M (Nov 03, 2012) Pass attempts 45 Robinson, Corey, at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) Pass completions 32 Robinson, Corey, at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) Yards Passing 343 Robinson, Corey, at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) TD Passes 5 Bo Wallace, at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Long Pass 77 Bo Wallace, at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Receptions 9 Reeves, Chip, at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) 9 Ryan Swope, vs Texas A&M (Nov 03, 2012) 9 Mike Evans, vs Texas A&M (Nov 03, 2012) 9 Jarvis Landry, at LSU (Nov 10, 2012) Yards Receiving 173 Donte Moncrief, at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) TD Receptions 3 Donte Moncrief, at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Long Reception 77 Donte Moncrief, at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Field Goals 3 Drew Alleman, at LSU (Nov 10, 2012) Long Field Goal 43 Bryson Rose, at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Punts 8 Landon Foster, at Kentucky (Oct 06, 2012) Punting Avg 45.0 Dylan Breeding, vs Arkansas (Nov 17, 2012) Long Punt 61 Cody Mandell, at Alabama (Oct 27, 2012) Punts inside 20 3 Landon Foster, at Kentucky (Oct 06, 2012) 3 Cody Mandell, at Alabama (Oct 27, 2012) Long Punt Return 9 Jeff Scott, at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Long Kickoff Return 100 O. McCalebb, vs Auburn (Sep 08, 2012) Tackles 21 Johnson, A.J., vs Tennessee (Oct 13, 2012) Sacks 2.0 C.J. Johnson, at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Tackles For Loss 2.5 Trey Flowers, vs Arkansas (Nov 17, 2012) Interceptions 1 Pearson, Tyrell, vs South Alabama (Sep 22, 2012) 1 Robert Lester, at Alabama (Oct 27, 2012) 1 De'Vante Harris, vs Texas A&M (Nov 03, 2012) 1 Craig Loston, at LSU (Nov 10, 2012) 1 D. Collins, at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) 1 D. Nkemdiche, at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Game Superlatives (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 58 vs Texas A&M (Nov 03, 2012) Yards Rushing 361 vs Texas A&M (Nov 03, 2012) Yards Per Rush 6.3 vs Tennessee (Oct 13, 2012) TD Rushes 5 vs Texas A&M (Nov 03, 2012) Pass attempts 47 at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) Pass completions 34 at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) Yards Passing 349 at Troy (Sep 15, 2012) Yards Per Pass 13.4 at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) TD Passes 5 at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Total Plays 97 vs Texas A&M (Nov 03, 2012) Total Offense 693 vs Texas A&M (Nov 03, 2012) Yards Per Play 7.1 vs Texas A&M (Nov 03, 2012) Points 41 at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Sacks By 3 vs Arkansas (Nov 17, 2012) 3 at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) First Downs 36 vs Texas A&M (Nov 03, 2012) Penalties 9 vs Jackson State (Sep 01, 2012) 9 vs Arkansas (Nov 17, 2012) Penalty Yards 75 vs Jackson State (Sep 01, 2012) Turnovers 5 vs Auburn (Sep 08, 2012) 5 vs Arkansas (Nov 17, 2012) Interceptions By 2 at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) Punts 8 at Kentucky (Oct 06, 2012) Punting Avg 45.0 vs Arkansas (Nov 17, 2012) Long Punt 61 at Alabama (Oct 27, 2012) Punts inside 20 3 at Kentucky (Oct 06, 2012) 3 at Alabama (Oct 27, 2012) Long Punt Return 9 at Ole Miss (Nov 24, 2012) The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Red-Zone Results (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

Mississippi State Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Sep 01, 2012 JACKSON STATE W 56-9 6 6 42 6 4 2 0000000 Sep 08, 2012 AUBURN W 28-10 3 2 14 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 15, 2012 at Troy W 30-24 1130001000000 Sep 22, 2012 SOUTH ALABAMA W 30-10 4 3 17 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 06, 2012 at Kentucky W 27-14 3 2 10 1 0 1 1000010 Oct 13, 2012 TENNESSEE W 41-31 7 7 41 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 20, 2012 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W 45-3 6 5 31 4 2 2 1100000 Oct 27, 2012 at Alabama L 7-38 3 1 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 Nov 03, 2012 TEXAS A&M L 13-38 3 2 13 2 1 1 0010000 Nov 10, 2012 at LSU L 17-37 4 2 14 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 Nov 17, 2012 ARKANSAS W 45-14 4 3 21 3 1 2 0010000 Nov 24, 2012 at Ole Miss L 24-41 3 2 10 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 47 36 223 29 12 17 7442010 36 of 47 (76.6%)

Opponents Inside Mississippi State Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Sep 01, 2012 JACKSON STATE W 56-9 2291011000000 Sep 08, 2012 AUBURN W 28-10 2 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Sep 15, 2012 at Troy W 30-24 3 2 14 2 2 0 0100000 Sep 22, 2012 SOUTH ALABAMA W 30-10 3 2 10 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 Oct 06, 2012 at Kentucky W 27-14 1171100000000 Oct 13, 2012 TENNESSEE W 41-31 4 4 24 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 20, 2012 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W 45-3 2130001001000 Oct 27, 2012 at Alabama L 7-38 4 4 24 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 03, 2012 TEXAS A&M L 13-38 7 4 24 3 3 0 1110100 Nov 10, 2012 at LSU L 17-37 6 6 30 3 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 17, 2012 ARKANSAS W 45-14 1171010000000 Nov 24, 2012 at Ole Miss L 24-41 3 2 14 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Totals 38 30 169 20 10 10 10 214100 30 of 38 (78.9%) The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State By-Quarter Statistics (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

3rd-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Sep 01, 2012 JACKSON STATE W 56-9 8-13 61.5 2-4 50.0 4-5 80.0 2-3 66.7 0-1 0.0 Sep 08, 2012 AUBURN W 28-10 1-10 10.0 0-3 0.0 0-2 0.0 1-3 33.3 0-2 0.0 Sep 15, 2012 at Troy W 30-24 4-14 28.6 1-4 25.0 1-2 50.0 1-3 33.3 1-5 20.0 Sep 22, 2012 SOUTH ALABAMA W 30-10 5-14 35.7 0-4 0.0 2-4 50.0 3-4 75.0 0-2 0.0 Oct 06, 2012 at Kentucky W 27-14 10-18 55.6 4-6 66.7 3-5 60.0 0-2 0.0 3-5 60.0 Oct 13, 2012 TENNESSEE W 41-31 4-14 28.6 2-3 66.7 0-4 0.0 0-2 0.0 2-5 40.0 Oct 20, 2012 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W 45-3 9-12 75.0 5-6 83.3 2-3 66.7 2-2 100.0 0-1 0.0 Oct 27, 2012 at Alabama L 7-38 4-13 30.8 1-3 33.3 1-5 20.0 2-4 50.0 0-1 0.0 Nov 03, 2012 TEXAS A&M L 13-38 2-10 20.0 0-3 0.0 1-3 33.3 1-3 33.3 0-1 0.0 Nov 10, 2012 at LSU L 17-37 3-10 30.0 1-1 100.0 0-2 0.0 1-3 33.3 1-4 25.0 Nov 17, 2012 ARKANSAS W 45-14 5-12 41.7 3-4 75.0 0-2 0.0 0-3 0.0 2-3 66.7 Nov 24, 2012 at Ole Miss L 24-41 1-13 7.7 1-4 25.0 0-3 0.0 0-4 0.0 0-2 0.0 Mississippi State 56-153 36.6 20-45 44.4 14-40 35.0 13-36 36.1 9-32 28.1 0-0 0.0 Opponents 67-164 40.9 18-37 48.6 20-49 40.8 17-42 40.5 12-36 33.3 0-0 0.0

4th-Down Conversions

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Sep 01, 2012 JACKSON STATE W 56-9 2-2 100.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 Sep 08, 2012 AUBURN W 28-10 1-2 50.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-1 0.0 Sep 15, 2012 at Troy W 30-24 2-2 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 2-2 100.0 Sep 22, 2012 SOUTH ALABAMA W 30-10 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 Oct 06, 2012 at Kentucky W 27-14 1-1 100.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 13, 2012 TENNESSEE W 41-31 2-2 100.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 Oct 20, 2012 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W 45-3 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 Oct 27, 2012 at Alabama L 7-38 1-1 100.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 Nov 03, 2012 TEXAS A&M L 13-38 0-2 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-1 0.0 Nov 10, 2012 at LSU L 17-37 1-2 50.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-2 50.0 Nov 17, 2012 ARKANSAS W 45-14 1-2 50.0 0-0 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 0-1 0.0 Nov 24, 2012 at Ole Miss L 24-41 2-3 66.7 1-1 100.0 0-1 0.0 0-0 0.0 1-1 100.0 Mississippi State 13-20 65.0 2-2 100.0 2-4 50.0 2-2 100.0 7-12 58.3 0-0 0.0 Opponents 11-15 73.3 1-1 100.0 3-3 100.0 1-2 50.0 6-9 66.7 0-0 0.0

Time of Possession

Date Opponent Score Overall 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr Overtime Sep 01, 2012 JACKSON STATE W 56-9 33:10 11:18 7:48 8:07 5:57 Sep 08, 2012 AUBURN W 28-10 30:41 7:01 7:11 9:29 7:00 Sep 15, 2012 at Troy W 30-24 28:54 7:54 3:27 7:24 10:09 Sep 22, 2012 SOUTH ALABAMA W 30-10 29:25 7:36 8:02 7:54 5:53 Oct 06, 2012 at Kentucky W 27-14 35:59 11:15 9:12 5:43 9:49 Oct 13, 2012 TENNESSEE W 41-31 36:31 10:10 12:34 3:42 10:05 Oct 20, 2012 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W 45-3 29:53 12:33 7:25 3:42 6:13 Oct 27, 2012 at Alabama L 7-38 25:46 6:09 6:36 9:26 3:35 Nov 03, 2012 TEXAS A&M L 13-38 27:08 8:10 6:41 4:38 7:39 Nov 10, 2012 at LSU L 17-37 27:50 4:54 7:25 6:12 9:19 Nov 17, 2012 ARKANSAS W 45-14 30:27 8:21 5:42 8:06 8:18 Nov 24, 2012 at Ole Miss L 24-41 28:19 7:15 8:13 7:58 4:53 Mississippi State Total 364:03 102:36 90:16 82:21 88:50 0:00 Avg. 30:20 8:33 7:31 6:51 7:24 0:00 Opponents Total 355:57 77:24 89:44 97:39 91:10 0:00 Avg. 29:39 6:27 7:28 8:08 7:35 0:00 The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Games Played (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

## PLAYER GP-GS JSU AU TROY USA UK UT MTSU UA TAMU LS AR UM 41 Kasey Akins 2/- X X X ...... X X X ...... 38 Dee Arrington 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 90 Denico Autry 12/9 START START X X X START X X X X X X START START START START START STAR 26 James Baldwin 3/- X X X ...... X X X ...... X X X . . . 13 Johnthan Banks 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START STAR 66 Ben Beckwith 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 40 Devon Bell 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 9B William Berg 1/- ...... X X X . . . 87 D.J. Blanks 1/- X X X ...... 52 F. Bohanna 11/1 X X X X X X START X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . X X X 97 Josh Boyd 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START STAR 25 C. Broomfield 12/10 START START START START START START START START START X X X START X X X 48 Ryan Brown 6/- X X X X X X X X X X X X ...... X X X ...... X X X . . . 1 Chad Bumphis 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START STAR 37 Taveze Calhoun 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 83 Chris Cameron 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 72 Winston Chapman 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 74 D. Cherrington 12/5 X X X X X X X X X START X X X X X X START START X X X START X X X STAR 19 Arceto Clark 12/11 START START START START START START START START START START START X X X 75 Blaine Clausell 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START STAR 63 Dillon Day 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START STAR 4E Brian Egan 4/- X X X X X X X X X ...... X X X ...... 92 Kaleb Eulls 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START STAR 54 Quay Evans 9/- X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X . . . 4G C. Grandfield 2/- X X X ...... X X X ...... 32 Marcus Green 12/8 X X X START START X X X START START START X X X X X X START START STAR 7 Nick Griffin 12/1 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X START X X X X X X 68 Templeton Hardy 11/- . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 99 John Harris 2/- X X X ...... X X X ...... 56 C. Harrison-Gay 3/- X X X ...... X X X ...... X X X 3 Brandon Heavens 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X 23 S. Hemphill 12/5 START X X X X X X START X X X X X X X X X X X X START X X X START STAR 18 Brandon Hill 11/- X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 55 Dylan Holley 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 44 C. Holmes 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 12 Chris Hughes 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . 30 Jay Hughes 12/2 X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X START X X X STAR 61 Gabe Jackson 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START STAR 45 Zachary Jackson 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 88 Nick James 8/- X X X X X X X X X X X X ...... X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X . . . 14 Cedric Jiles 3/- X X X X X X X X X ...... 6 Malcolm Johnson 7/1 ...... X X X X X X START X X X X X X X X X X X X 81 Robert Johnson 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 60 Devin Jones 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 93 P.J. Jones 8/2 ...... START START X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 65 Daniel Knox 1/- ...... X X X ...... 10 C. Lawrence 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START STAR The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Games Played (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

## PLAYER GP-GS JSU AU TROY USA UK UT MTSU UA TAMU LS AR UM 4 Jameon Lewis 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 24 Jamerson Love 11/2 . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X START X X X X X X START X X X X X X X X X 70 Justin Malone 11/4 X X X X X X START START START X X X START X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X 35 Adrian Marcus 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 46 Kendrick Market 11/- X X X . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 3M Rishunn McCaleb 1/- ...... X X X ...... 96 Shane McCardell 10/2 START START X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . X X X . . . 53 Daniel McCray 1/- ...... X X X ...... 50 B. McKinney 12/9 X X X X X X X X X START START START START START START START START STAR 28 Derrick Milton 10/- X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . 16 Joe Morrow 8/- X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X . . . X X X . . . X X X . . . 59 Archie Muniz 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 43 Ivan Muniz 3/- X X X ...... X X X ...... X X X . . . 27 L. Perkins 11/11 START START START START START START START START START . . . START STAR 15 Dak Prescott 11/- X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 78 Damien Robinson 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 34 Josh Robinson 11/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . 17 Tyler Russell 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START STAR 11 Ricco Sanders 7/- . . . X X X X X X X X X ...... X X X . . . X X X X X X X X X . . . 77 C. Siddoway 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START STAR 51 Deontae Skinner 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START STAR 9 Darius Slay 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START STAR 8 Chris Smith 12/11 START START START START START START START START START START X X X STAR 91 Preston Smith 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 67 Tobias Smith 9/8 START START ...... X X X START . . . START START START START STAR 39 B. Swedenburg 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 76 Joey Trapp 2/- X X X ...... X X X . . . 62 Michael Turner 1/- ...... X X X . . . 98 Curtis Virges 11/2 . . . X X X START X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X START X X X 82 Rufus Warren 6/- X X X X X X X X X X X X ...... X X X ...... X X X . . . 20 Louis Watson 12/- X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 22 Matthew Wells 12/4 START START START X X X START X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X 7W Bailey West 1/- ...... X X X ...... 5 Nickoe Whitley 12/12 START START START START START START START START START START START STAR 31 Sam Williams 10/- X X X X X X X X X . . . X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X . . . The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Total Tackles Game-by-Game (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

Total Tackles UA-A Total JSU AU TROY USA UK UT MTSU UA TAMU LS AR C. Lawrence LB 49-62 111 0 - 3 6 - 4 9 - 4 1 - 1 2 - 3 2 - 8 3 - 3 6 - 4 6 - 7 4 - 1 1 1 - 1 0 B. McKinney LB 40-57 97 1 - 3 1 - 3 7 - 1 2 - 6 1 0 - 2 2 - 1 2 3 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 1 2 1 - 5 3 - 5 Nickoe Whitley DB 44-38 82 3 - 1 2 - 5 4 - 2 5 - 2 4 - 1 5 - 3 4 - 4 1 - 0 4 - 8 5 - 8 4 - 1 Deontae Skinner LB 21-40 61 1 - 1 2 - 3 7 - 1 2 - 5 2 - 1 1 - 6 0 - 5 0 - 2 1 - 7 0 - 4 1 - 3 Johnthan Banks DB 37-22 59 0 - 1 4 - 2 4 - 1 2 - 1 2 - 2 4 - 2 5 - 3 3 - 1 4 - 4 3 - 3 3 - 2 C. Broomfield DB 19-19 38 1 - 1 3 - 4 3 - 1 2 - 3 1 - 1 0 - 2 2 - 1 3 - 0 2 - 3 0 - 2 2 - 0 Darius Slay DB 21-16 37 1 - 0 1 - 1 4 - 2 1 - 1 5 - 1 2 - 2 1 - 1 2 - 0 1 - 3 1 - 3 0 - 1 Denico Autry DL 21-16 37 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 2 2 - 2 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 0 4 - 1 3 - 1 4 - 1 1 - 2 Josh Boyd DL 8-25 33 0 - 1 2 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 1 2 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 3 - 0 - 5 0 - 3 1 - 4 Preston Smith DL 16-16 32 0 - 1 2 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 2 0 - 1 0 - 2 5 - 1 0 - 4 - 2 - 2 Matthew Wells LB 13-19 32 4 - 0 2 - 2 1 - 1 1 - 0 2 - 1 - 1 - 2 0 - 2 1 - 9 0 - 2 1 - 0 Chris Hughes LB 8-22 30 2 - 3 0 - 1 - 0 - 3 - - 1 - 4 1 - 2 2 - 3 - 2 - 6 Jay Hughes DB 19-9 28 - - 3 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 3 - 0 - 3 - 2 2 - 1 4 - 3 Kaleb Eulls DL 6-20 26 - - 1 - 0 1 - 3 2 - 0 1 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 5 0 - 5 0 - 2 F. Bohanna LB 6-19 25 0 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 2 2 - 2 - 1 - 1 0 - 4 0 - 2 1 - 3 0 - 2 D N P Taveze Calhoun DB 15-9 24 3 - 0 1 - 2 2 - 1 1 - 2 - - 4 - 2 1 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 1 - Jamerson Love DB 11-12 23 D N P 0 - 1 2 - 2 2 - 3 - 0 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 0 5 - 1 - 0 - 2 D. Cherrington DL 10-11 21 0 - 1 - 1 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 1 - - 2 - 3 - 2 - 2 - Dee Arrington DB 9-9 18 2 - 0 - 0 - 1 2 - 0 2 - 0 - - 0 - 2 1 - 1 1 - 2 0 - 3 Zachary Jackson DB 8-8 16 - 1 - 0 1 - 2 1 - 0 0 - 2 - 2 - 1 1 - 0 - - 1 - 3 Ryan Brown DL 3-12 15 1 - 3 - 2 - 0 0 - 3 D N P D N P 0 - 6 D N P D N P D N P - P.J. Jones DL 3-11 14 D N P D N P D N P D N P - 0 - 3 0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 4 0 - 2 - Kendrick Market DB 7-6 13 2 - 0 D N P 1 - 1 - - 0 - 1 0 - 3 1 - 1 - 1 - 0 2 - 0 Curtis Virges DL 4-7 11 D N P 1 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 2 - - - - C. Holmes LB 4-7 11 0 - 1 0 - 2 1 - 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - - - 0 - 1 2 - 2 Devin Jones DL 2-8 10 - 2 - 1 - - D N P - - - 0 - 3 0 - 1 0 - 3 Shane McCardell DL 4-4 8 - - 1 - 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2 - D N P - Louis Watson DB 3-4 7 2 - 0 - 1 - 0 - - - 0 - 2 - 0 - 2 - - Quay Evans DL 3-3 6 2 - 1 - - 0 - 1 D N P 0 - 1 1 - 0 - D N P - - Nick James DL 1-5 6 - - - 0 - 2 D N P D N P 0 - 3 1 - 0 D N P - - C. Harrison-Gay DL 0-5 5 0 - 1 D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P 0 - 4 D N P D N P D N P D N P Cedric Jiles DB 4-1 5 2 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P Devon Bell 2-1 3 ------1 - 0 - 0 - 1 - James Baldwin 2-0 2 1 - 0 D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P - D N P D N P D N P 1 - 0 Marcus Green 0-2 2 - 0 - 1 - - - 0 - 1 - - - - - Sam Williams 0-2 2 - - 0 - 1 D N P 0 - 1 ------Brandon Hill 2-0 2 - - D N P 1 - 0 - - - - - 1 - 0 - Ivan Muniz LB 1-0 1 - D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P - D N P D N P D N P 1 - 0 Archie Muniz 1-0 1 - - 1 - 0 ------Gabe Jackson 1-0 1 ------Dillon Day 1-0 1 ------Winston Chapman SN 0-1 1 - 0 - 1 ------Derrick Milton 0-1 1 - - D N P - - 0 - 1 - - - - - John Harris DL 0-1 1 0 - 1 D N P D N P D N P D N P D N P - D N P D N P D N P D N P Arceto Clark 1-0 1 ------1 - 0 - - The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Passing Game-by-Game (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

#17 Tyler Russell Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked Effic Jackson State 15 24 0 62.5 185 2 19 0-0 154.75 Auburn 20 29 0 69.0 222 3 30 1-7 167.41 Troy 11 26 0 42.3 244 3 72 0-0 159.22 South Alabama 13 27 1 48.1 171 0 46 1-5 93.94 Kentucky 23 39 0 59.0 269 2 27 1-4 133.84 Tennessee 23 37 0 62.2 291 2 29 2-18 146.06 Middle Tennessee 17 21 0 81.0 191 3 38 1-10 204.50 Alabama 15 30 1 50.0 169 0 31 1-8 90.65 Texas A&M 19 30 1 63.3 212 1 42 1-6 127.03 LSU 26 38 1 68.4 295 1 40 2-15 137.05 Arkansas 19 32 0 59.4 274 4 27 2-7 172.55 Ole Miss 18 33 2 54.5 268 1 68 3-22 120.64 TOTALS 219 366 6 59.8 2791 22 72 15-102 140.45

#15 Dak Prescott Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked Effic Jackson State 1 4 0 25.0 8 0 8 0-0 41.80 South Alabama 1 2 0 50.0 29 0 29 0-0 171.80 Tennessee 2 2 0 100.0 17 1 13 0-0 336.40 Middle Tennessee 4 5 0 80.0 28 0 9 0-0 127.04 Alabama 4 6 0 66.7 40 1 20 0-0 177.67 LSU 1 1 0 100.0 9 1 9 0-0 505.60 Arkansas 2 2 0 100.0 28 0 15 1-5 217.60 Ole Miss 3 6 0 50.0 35 1 16 0-0 154.00 TOTALS 18 28 0 64.3 194 4 29 1-5 169.63

#1 Chad Bumphis Comp Att Int Pct Yards TD Long Sacked Effic Middle Tennessee 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 TOTALS 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0-0 0.00 The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Rushing/Receiving Game-by-Game (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

RUSHING No-Yds/TD JSU AU TROY USA UK UT MTSU UA TAMU LS AR UM L. Perkins RB 186-940/8 9-58/2 14-83/1 23-179/1 11-69/1 25-110/1 23-100/1 20-125/1 15-38/0 13-42/0 DNP 17-91/0 16-45/0 Josh Robinson RB 48-244/1 5-35/0 6-30/0 5-14/0 6-31/0 3-12/0 6-41/1 3-3/0 1-15/0 4-20/0 5-17/0 4-26/0 DNP Nick Griffin RB 32-223/1 5-12/0 2-21/0 - 4-14/0 - 1--3/0 1-44/0 1-9/0 2-10/0 11-38/0 2-68/1 3-10/0 Derrick Milton RB 34-165/2 8-65/1 6-30/0 DNP 7-38/0 1-4/0 1-3/0 3-38/1 2--8/0 2-5/0 1--14/0 3-4/0 DNP Dak Prescott QB 30-98/4 2-6/1 2-4/0 DNP 5-10/1 7-32/0 2-2/0 2-11/1 - 2-14/0 1-3/0 6-17/1 1--1/0 Jameon Lewis WR 5-21/0 2-11/0 - 1--3/0 1-1/0 - - 1-12/0 - - - - - Tyler Russell QB 39-7/2 1-11/0 4-0/0 3-26/0 2--4/1 2-0/0 7-0/0 2--6/0 2--7/0 4-7/1 5-4/0 3--1/0 4--23/0 Kasey Akins RB 5-6/0 5-6/0 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP - DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP Brandon Heavens WR 1--2/0 1--2/0 ------DNP-- Chad Bumphis WR 2--3/0 - 1-0/0 - 1--3/0 ------Team 9--11/0 DNP 1--2/0 3--3/0 DNP 1-0/0 1--2/0 DNP DNP - 1--1/0 1--2/0 1--1/0

RECEIVING No-Yds/TD JSU AU TROY USA UK UT MTSU UA TAMU LS AR UM Chad Bumphis WR 55-904/12 1-9/1 3-47/1 6-180/3 2-35/0 9-104/1 7-93/0 1-11/0 1-7/0 4-50/1 9-140/1 6-82/2 6-146/2 Chris Smith WR 45-540/2 2-28/0 5-46/0 3-58/0 3-45/0 3-19/0 3-31/0 7-66/2 3-73/0 4-60/0 7-56/0 2-23/0 3-35/0 Arceto Clark WR 33-451/0 3-35/0 1-20/0 - 1-46/0 5-62/0 3-44/0 2-9/0 3-32/0 5-64/0 4-43/0 3-61/0 3-35/0 Marcus Green TE 19-215/6 2-31/1 4-54/2 - - 1-2/0 6-71/2 2-12/0 2-21/0 - 1-9/1 - 1-15/0 Robert Johnson WR 17-164/2 1-7/0 1-8/0 - 1-6/0 1-19/0 - 2-36/1 4-23/1 2-14/0 1-14/0 2-24/0 2-13/0 L. Perkins RB 19-160/2 - 3-17/0 1--3/0 1--1/0 3-53/0 2-25/0 - 2-10/0 1-3/0 DNP 3-40/2 3-16/0 Malcolm Johnson TE 8-147/1 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 2-34/1 - 1-13/0 - 2-40/0 1-27/0 2-33/0 Brandon Heavens WR 7-123/0 - - 1-9/0 3-55/0 - - 2-50/0 - - DNP 1-9/0 - Jameon Lewis WR 10-108/0 3-32/0 1-21/0 - 1-8/0 - - 1-1/0 2-26/0 1-5/0 - 1-15/0 - Joe Morrow WR 5-53/0 2-24/0 - - - DNP - 2-16/0 DNP - DNP 1-13/0 DNP Brandon Hill TE 5-46/0 2-27/0 1-6/0 DNP - - 1-5/0 1-8/0 - - - - - S. Hemphill FB 6-40/0 - - - 1-3/0 - 1-5/0 1-10/0 1-4/0 - - 1-8/0 1-10/0 Adrian Marcus FB 2-14/1 - - - - 1-10/1 ----1-4/0 - - Josh Robinson RB 2-11/0 ------1-9/0 1-2/0 - DNP Derrick Milton RB 1-3/0 - 1-3/0 DNP ------DNP Ricco Sanders WR 1-3/0 DNP - - 1-3/0 DNP DNP - DNP - - - DNP Nick Griffin RB 2-3/0 ------1-7/0 1--4/0 - - The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Return Stats Game-by-Game (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

PUNT RETURNS No-Yds JSU AU TROY USA UK UT MTSU UA TAMU LS AR UM Johnthan Banks 12-102 3-26 1-7 1-6 3-34 - 1-10 1-15 - - - 1-4 1-0 Chad Bumphis 6-37 1--2 - - 2-12 1-16 - 1-8 - - 1-3 - - Jameon Lewis 2-11 ------1-13 - 1--2 - Deontae Skinner 1-0 ------1-0 - - - -

KICK RETURNS No-Yds JSU AU TROY USA UK UT MTSU UA TAMU LS AR UM Jameon Lewis 16-449 2-20 - - 2-90 1-15 - - 1-39 2-57 2-31 1-14 5-183 L. Perkins 16-325 - - 4-85 - - 4-80 1-22 5-108 1-14 DNP 1-16 - Robert Johnson 7-153 1-8 ------1-37 - 5-108 - -

INT. RETURNS No-Yds JSU AU TROY USA UK UT MTSU UA TAMU LS AR UM Darius Slay 5-101 1-52 1-31 2-3 ------1-15 - Johnthan Banks 4-124 - 2-31 - 1-47 - - 1-46 - - - - - C. Lawrence 2-0 ------2-0 Matthew Wells 1-22 1-22 ------Kendrick Market 1-3 - DNP ----1-3----- C. Broomfield 1-0 - - - - - 1-0 ------Nickoe Whitley 1-66 - - - 1-66 ------Jamerson Love 1-6 DNP ------1-6 -

FUMBLE RETURNS No-Yds JSU AU TROY USA UK UT MTSU UA TAMU LS AR UM The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Sacks Game-by-Game (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

SACKS UA-A Total JSU AU TROY USA UK UT MTSU UA TAMU LS AR Preston Smith DL 4-1 4.5 - 1.0-6 - 1.0-5 1.0-2 - 0.5-4 - - - 1.0-8 C. Lawrence LB 4-0 4.0 - 1.0-6 - - - - 1.0-9 1.0-8 1.0-9 - - Denico Autry DL 4-0 4.0 1.0-6 - - - 1.0-12 - - - - 1.0-16 1.0-6 Shane McCardell DL 2-0 2.0 - - - - 1.0-1 - 1.0-8 - - DNP - D Josh Boyd DL 1-1 1.5 - - - - 1.0-10 ------0 Matthew Wells LB 1-0 1.0 1.0-10 ------B. McKinney LB 1-0 1.0 ------1.0-13 - - - Ryan Brown DL 0-1 0.5 - - - - DNP DNP 0.5-5 DNP DNP DNP - D C. Broomfield DB 0-1 0.5 ------0 The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Tackle For Loss Game-by-Game (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

TACKLES FOR LOSS UA-A Total JSU AU TROY USA UK UT MTSU UA TAMU LS AR C. Lawrence LB 9-2 10.0 - 1.5-8 - - - - 2.5-12 2.0-9 1.0-9 - - 3 Denico Autry DL 9-1 9 . 5 1.0-6 - 1.0-7 1.0-2 1.5-14 - - 1.0-1 - 2.0-20 1.0-6 1 Preston Smith DL 4-3 5 . 5 - 1.0-6 - 1.0-5 1.0-2 - 0.5-4 - 0.5-1 - 1.5-12 Deontae Skinner LB 2-6 5 . 0 - 1.5-7 - - - - 0.5-1 - 0.5-2 0.5-1 2.0-9 B. McKinney LB 4-1 4 . 5 - - - 1.5-2 1.0-3 - - 1.0-13 - - - 1 C. Broomfield DB 1-6 4 . 0 - 2.0-8 - 0.5-1 - - - 1.0-2 - - - 0 Jay Hughes DB 2-2 3 . 0 ------1.0-2 1.5-3 0.5-1 Josh Boyd DL 1-3 2 . 5 - - - - 1.5-12 - - - 0.5-2 - - 0 Nickoe Whitley DB 2-1 2 . 5 - 0.5-1 - - - 1.0-1 1.0-1 - - - - Johnthan Banks DB 2-0 2 . 0 - - - 1.0-1 1.0-4 ------Shane McCardell DL 2-0 2 . 0 - - - - 1.0-1 - 1.0-8 - - DNP - D Devin Jones DL 2-0 2 . 0 - 2.0-2 - - DNP ------Matthew Wells LB 1-1 1 . 5 1.0-10 0.5-4 ------Curtis Virges DL 1-1 1 . 5 DNP - - - 1.0-1 - 0.5-2 - - - - Jamerson Love DB 1-0 1 . 0 DNP ------1.0-3 - - Kaleb Eulls DL 1-0 1 . 0 - - - 1.0-1 ------Darius Slay DB 1-0 1 . 0 - - - - 1.0-4 ------Chris Hughes LB 1-0 1 . 0 1.0-3 ------D D. Cherrington DL 1-0 1 . 0 ------1.0-1 - - - Ryan Brown DL 0-2 1 . 0 - - - - DNP DNP 1.0-5 DNP DNP DNP - D Taveze Calhoun DB 0-1 0 . 5 ------0.5-1 - - The Automated ScoreBook Mississippi State Fumbles Game-by-Game (as of Nov 26, 2012) All games

FUMBLES No-Lost JSU AU TROY USA UK UT MTSU UA TAMU LS AR UM Chris Smith WR 4-2 1-0 1-1 - 1-0 1-1 ------Chad Bumphis WR 3-0 1-0 - 1-0 1-0 ------Jameon Lewis WR 3-1 1-0 - 1-0 ----1-1---- Derrick Milton RB 2-1 - - DNP - - - - 1-0 - 1-1 - DNP Tyler Russell QB 2-1 ------1-1-1-0--- L. Perkins RB 1-0 ------1-0 - DNP - - Deontae Skinner 1-1 ------1-1---- Arceto Clark WR 1-1 ------1-1 -

FUMBLES FORCED Number JSU AU TROY USA UK UT MTSU UA TAMU LS AR UM C. Lawrence 2 ------1-1--- Denico Autry 2 ------1 - 1 C. Holmes 1 ------1- Quay Evans 1 1 - - - DNP - - - DNP - - DNP Johnthan Banks 1-----1------Matthew Wells 1 - 1 ------Preston Smith 1 - 1 ------Deontae Skinner 1 - - 1 ------Taveze Calhoun 1 - - - 1 ------Nickoe Whitley 1 ------1 - -

FUMBLES RECOVERED Number JSU AU TROY USA UK UT MTSU UA TAMU LS AR UM C. Lawrence 2 ------1---1- F. Bohanna 2 - - 1 - - - - - 1 - DNP - Chris Hughes 2 1 - - 1 ------DNP Preston Smith 1 ------1 - Kaleb Eulls 1 ------1 Johnthan Banks 1 - - - - - 1 ------B. McKinney 1 ------1- Quay Evans 1 - 1 - - DNP - - - DNP - - DNP Josh Boyd 1 - 1 ------Dee Arrington 1 ------1 - - Darius Slay 1 - - 1 ------2012 NUMERICAL ROSTER

No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown (Last School) 1 Chad Bumphis WR 5-11 200 Sr. 3L Tupelo, Miss. (Tupelo) 2 Will Redmond DB 5-11 175 Fr. HS Memphis, Tenn. (East) 3 Brandon Heavens WR 5-10 175 Sr. 3L Bessemer, Ala. (Jess Lanier) 4 Jameon Lewis WR 5-9 185 So. 1L Tylertown, Miss. (Tylertown) 5 Nickoe Whitley DB 6-1 205 Jr. 2L Jackson, Miss. (Provine) 6 Malcolm Johnson TE 6-2 230 So. 1L Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Northridge) 7 Nick Griffin RB 6-0 225 So. 1L New Augusta, Miss. (Perry Central) 8 Chris Smith WR 6-2 210 Sr. 3L Meridian, Miss. (Meridian) 9 Jamil Golden QB 6-3 190 Fr. HS Memphis, Tenn. (Ridgeway) 9 Darius Slay DB 6-1 190 Sr. 1L Brunswick, Ga. (Itawamba [Miss.] CC) 10 Cameron Lawrence LB 6-3 230 Sr. 3L Coldwater, Miss. (Magnolia Heights) 11 Ricco Sanders WR 5-11 185 Jr. 2L Duncan, S.C. (Byrnes) 12 Chris Hughes LB 6-1 225 Jr. 1L Mobile, Ala. (Davidson) 13 Johnthan Banks DB 6-2 185 Sr. 3L Maben, Miss. (East Webster) 14 Sam Cowart ATH 6-1 210 Jr. SQ McGee, Miss. (Mississippi College) 14 Cedric Jiles DB 5-10 170 Fr. HS Clinton, Miss. (Clinton) 15 Dak Prescott QB 6-2 230 RFr. RS Haughton, La. (Haughton) 16 Joe Morrow WR 6-4 205 RFr. RS Ocean Springs, Miss. (Ocean Springs) 17 Deontay Evans DB 5-10 190 Fr. HS McComb, Miss. (McComb) 17 Tyler Russell QB 6-4 220 Jr. 2L Meridian, Miss. (Meridian) 18 Brandon Hill TE 6-2 235 So. 1L Columbus, Miss. (West Lowndes) 19 Arceto Clark WR 5-10 180 Sr. 3L Verona, Miss. (Shannon) 20 Louis Watson DB 5-11 185 Sr. 3L Mobile, Ala. (St. Paul’s Episcopal) 22 Matthew Wells LB 6-2 215 So. 1L Monticello, Miss. (Lawrence County) 23 Sylvester Hemphill FB 5-11 235 Sr. 3L Olive Branch, Miss. (Olive Branch) 24 Jamerson Love DB 5-10 175 So. 1L Aberdeen, Miss. (Aberdeen) 25 Corey Broomfield DB 5-10 180 Sr. 3L Palm Bay, Fla. (Bayside) 26 James Baldwin ATH 5-10 195 So. SQ Birmingham, Ala. (Vestavia Hills) 27 LaDarius Perkins RB 5-10 190 Jr. 2L Greenville, Miss. (St. Joseph) 28 Derrick Milton RB 6-0 205 RFr. RS Pineville, La. (Hargrave [Va.] Military Academy) 28 DeAndre Ward DB 6-1 200 Fr. HS Wetumpka, Ala. (Wetumpka) 29 Quadry Antoine DB 5-9 211 Fr. HS Belle Chasse, La. (Belle Chasse) 30 Jay Hughes DB 5-11 190 So. 1L Hattiesburg, Miss. (Oak Grove) 31 Sam Williams WR 6-2 200 Jr. 2L Brandon, Miss. (Northwest Rankin) 32 Marcus Green TE 6-1 240 Sr. 2L Scooba, Miss. (Kemper County) 33 Xavier Grindle DB 5-10 185 Fr. HS Columbia, Miss. (East Marion) 34 Josh Robinson RB 5-9 215 RFr. RS Franklinton, La. (Franklinton) 35 Adrian Marcus FB 5-10 225 Jr. 2L Alabaster, Ala. (Thompson) 37 Taveze Calhoun DB 6-1 180 RFr. RS Morton, Miss. (Morton) 38 Dee Arrington DB 6-1 215 So. 1L Wiggins, Miss. (Stone County) 39 William Berg P 5-9 200 Sr. SQ Nashville, Tenn. (Nashville Christian) 39 Richie Brown LB 6-2 225 Fr. HS Long Beach, Miss. (Long Beach) 39 Mike Mordecai P 6-3 195 Fr. HS Madison, Miss. (Jackson Academy) 39 Baker Swedenburg P 6-0 185 Jr. 1L Columbus, Miss. (Heritage Academy) 40 Devon Bell K 6-2 185 Fr. HS Vicksburg, Miss. (Warren Central) 40 Taylor Earhart K 6-1 180 Jr. TR Olive Branch, Miss. (Northeast [Miss.] CC) 40 Brian Egan K 5-11 210 Jr. 1L Prattville, Ala. (Western Illinois) 40 Charlie Grandfield K 6-1 180 Sr SQ Starkville, Miss. (Fork Union Military) 40 Evan Sobiesk K 5-8 180 Fr. HS Hattiesburg, Miss. (Oak Grove) 41 Kasey Akins ATH 5-8 175 Jr. RS Starkville, Miss. (East Central [Miss.] CC) 42 Beniquez Brown LB 6-1 209 Fr. HS Florence, Ala. (Florence) 43 Ivan Muniz LB 6-1 210 So. SQ Houston, Texas (Cypress Creek) 44 Christian Holmes LB 6-1 225 So. 1L Puckett, Miss. (Puckett) 45 Zachary Jackson DB 6-1 210 RFr. RS Heidelberg, Miss. (Heidelberg)

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No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Cl. Exp. Hometown (Last School) 46 Kendrick Market DB 5-10 190 RFr. RS Batesville, Miss. (South Panola) 47 A.J. Jefferson DL 6-2 245 Fr. HS Summit, Miss. (North Pike) 48 Ryan Brown DL 6-4 240 Fr. HS New Orleans, La. (Archbishop Shaw) 49 Torrey Dale DL 6-5 230 Fr. HS Kenner, La. (John Curtis Christian) 50 Benardrick McKinney LB 6-5 235 RFr. RS Tunica, Miss. (Rosa Fort) 51 Deontae Skinner LB 6-2 245 Jr. 2L Macon, Miss. (Noxubee County) 52 Ferlando Bohanna LB 6-0 225 So. 1L Memphis, Tenn. (Whitehaven) 53 Daniel McCray OL 6-0 245 RFr. SQ Center Point, Ala. (Shades Valley) 54 Quay Evans DL 6-3 300 Fr. HS Morton, Miss. (Morton) 55 Dylan Holley OL 6-3 295 Jr. TR D’Iberville, Miss. (Miss. Gulf Coast CC) 56 Corvell Harrison-Gay DL 6-3 270 Jr. 1L Laurel, Miss. (Northeast Jones) 58 Justin Senior OL 6-5 300 Fr. HS Montreal, Quebec (Hargrave [Va.] Military Academy) 59 Archie Muniz OL 6-5 290 So. 1L Houston, Texas (Cypress Creek) 60 Devin Jones DL 6-1 260 Sr. 3L Olive Branch, Miss. (DeSoto Central) 61 Gabe Jackson OL 6-4 320 Jr. 2L Liberty, Miss. (Amite County) 62 Devon Desper OL 6-3 300 Fr. HS Madison, Miss. (Madison Central) 63 Dillon Day OL 6-4 300 So. 1L West Monroe, La. (West Monroe) 64 Eric Lawson OL 6-7 305 So. 1L Olive Branch, Miss. (Olive Branch) 65 Daniel Knox OL 6-6 285 RFr. RS Collinsville, Miss. (West Lauderdale Attend. Center) 66 Ben Beckwith OL 6-3 300 So. 1L Benton, Miss. (Benton Academy) 67 Tobias Smith OL 6-3 305 Sr. 2L Columbus, Miss. (Columbus) 68 Templeton Hardy OL 6-4 300 Sr. 2L Como, Miss. (North Panola) 69 Corbin Stewart OL 6-3 285 So. SQ Birminham, Ala. (Briarwood Christian) 70 Justin Malone OL 6-7 315 RFr. RS Madison, Miss. (Madison-Ridgeland Academy) 71 Cole Carter OL 6-5 280 Fr. HS Caledonia, Miss. (Caledonia) 72 Winston Chapman SN 6-2 225 RFr. RS Fairhope, Ala. (Fairhope) 72 Patrick Sparkman ATH 6-4 310 Jr. TR Walnut Grove, Miss. (Jones County [Miss.] CC) 72 Bailey West SN 5-9 203 So. SQ Hollandale, Miss. (Deer Creek) 73 Paul Thompson OL 6-3 275 So. SQ Madison, N.J. (Hargrave [Va.] Military Academy) 74 Dewayne Cherrington DL 6-3 335 Sr. 1L Gwinnett, Ga. (Holmes [Miss.] CC) 75 Blaine Clausell OL 6-7 305 So. 1L Mobile, Ala. (Baker) 76 Joey Trapp OL 6-4 300 Sr. 1L Rolling Hills, Calif. (Los Angeles Harbor CC) 77 Charles Siddoway OL 6-7 300 Jr. TR Eugene, Ore. (Butte College CC) 78 Damien Robinson OL 6-7 315 So. 1L Olive Branch, Miss. (Olive Branch) 79 Hunter Cunningham OL 6-4 300 RFr. RS Maben, Miss. (East Webster) 80 Brandon Holloway ATH 5-8 165 Fr. HS Tampa, Fla. (Alonso) 81 Robert Johnson WR 6-1 220 So. 1L Hattiesburg, Miss. (Oak Grove) 82 Rufus Warren TE 6-6 250 RFr. RS Indianola, Miss. (Gentry) 83 Chris Cameron ATH 5-10 180 Jr. 1L Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. (Dwyer) 86 Fred Brown WR 6-0 175 Fr. HS Jackson, Miss. (Jim Hill) 87 DJ Blanks ATH 5-11 190 Jr. SQ Baton Rouge, La. (McKinley) 88 Nick James DL 6-4 330 Fr. HS Long Beach, Miss. (Long Beach) 89 Gus Walley TE 6-3 224 Fr. HS Richton, Miss. (Greene County) 90 Denico Autry DL 6-5 255 Jr. TR Albemarle, N.C. (East Mississippi CC) 91 Preston Smith DL 6-6 245 So. 1L Stone Mountain, Ga. (Stephenson) 92 Kaleb Eulls DL 6-4 280 So. 1L Yazoo City, Miss. (Yazoo County) 93 P.J. Jones DL 6-3 280 So. 1L Tupelo, Miss. (Tupelo) 94 Nelson Adams DL 6-3 289 Fr. HS Brandon, Miss. (Brandon) 95 Jordan Washington DL 6-0 270 Fr. HS Sugar Hill, Ga. (North Gwinnett) 96 Shane McCardell DL 6-5 260 Sr. 3L Beaumont, Texas (West Brook) 97 Josh Boyd DL 6-3 300 Sr. 3L Philadelphia, Miss. (Philadelphia) 98 Curtis Virges DL 6-3 305 So. 1L West Point, Miss. (West Point) 99 John Harris DL 6-5 235 RFr. RS Boynton Beach, Fla. (Boynton Beach Community)

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