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2015 FOOTBALL GAME 1 NOTES September 5, 2015 GAME 1: MSU AT SOUTHERN MISS 9 p.m. CDT • Fox Sports 1 Mississippi State Southern Miss Hattiesburg, Miss. Record 10-3, 6-2 SEC in 2014 Record 3-9, 1-7 C-USA in 2014 M.M. Roberts Stadium Streak L2 Streak L5 Capacity: 36,000 Ranking RV Associated Press Ranking NR Associated Press RV USA Today Coaches NR USA Today Coaches SCHEDULE (0-0, 0-0 SEC) Last Game Dec. 31 in Orange Bowl Last Game Nov. 29 in Hattiesburg DATE OPPONENT TV TIME lost to #9 Georgia Tech, 49-34 lost to UAB, 45-24 SEPTEMBER (0-0) Head Coach Dan Mullen Head Coach Todd Monken 5 at Southern Miss FS1 9 p.m. Career Record 46-31 (.597)/seventh year Career Record 4-20/third year 12 #14/13 LSU* ESPN 8:15 p.m. MSU Record same USM Record same 19 Northwestern State SECN 3 p.m. Mullen vs. USM 1-0 Monken vs. MSU 0-1 26 at #6/7 Auburn* TBA TBA OCTOBER (0-0) STORYLINES 3 at Texas A&M* TBA TBA 10 Troy TBA TBA MSU Opens 116th Football Season at Southern Miss on FS1 17 Louisiana Tech TBA TBA Mississippi State begins its 116th year of football as the Bulldogs travel to Hattiesburg to face 24 Kentucky* TBA TBA Southern Miss at 9 p.m. CT Saturday live on Fox Sports 1. It will be MSU’s first-ever appearance NOVEMBER (0-0) on FS1. It is also the latest scheduled kickoff time in school history. 5 at #24/23 Missouri* TBA TBA • The Bulldogs are coming off a historic 2014 season in which they won 10 games for just the third 14 #3/3 Alabama* TBA TBA time in school history (first since 1999), spent five straight weeks ranked No. 1 for the first time 21 at #18/20 Arkansas* TBA TBA and reached their first Orange Bowl in 73 years. They finished second in the SEC West (6-2). 28 #17/15 Ole Miss* TBA TBA • Dan Mullen, the 2014 National and AP Coach of the Year, is in his seventh season as head DECEMBER (0-0) coach. At 46-31, he is in third place in MSU all-time wins. Mullen owns the highest winning 5 SEC Championship CBS 3 p.m. percentage as a coach at MSU since College Football Hall of Famer Allyn McKeen from 1939-48 Atlanta, Ga. (.764). Prior to Mullen’s arrival, MSU was 21-42. • MSU is 81-32-2 all-time in season-openers and 18-10-1 in season-openers on the road. • USM leads the all-time series, 14-13-1. MSU has won the last three in the series, including last COACHING STAFF season in Starkville (49-0) and the last time the two played in Hattiesburg (26-23, Sept. 9, 1989). On the Sideline • Dak Prescott, a Heisman Trophy candidate, owns a 14-6 record as a starter and he has shattered Dan Mullen, head coach 17 school records. For his career, the senior has scored 34 TDs (31 rush, 3 receiving) and been Manny Diaz, defensive coordinator/LBs responsible for a school-record 72 TDs (41 passing, 31 rushing). Dak is one passing TD away from Billy Gonzales, co-offensive coordinator/WRs tying the MSU career record of 42 held by former teammate Tyler Russell. John Hevesy, co-offensive coordinator/OL • Only once have the Bulldogs put up less than 420 yards of total offense when Dak Prescott starts Tony Hughes, safeties (20 times) a game (South Carolina, 2013 with 385). Greg Knox, running backs, special teams • MSU returns 45 letterwinners (22 offense, 20 defense, 3 specialists) and features three players on Deshea Townsend, cornerbacks watch lists who did not start a game last year - RB Ashton Shumpert, CB Will Redmond and DL David Turner, defensive line Chris Jones. The Bulldogs return a combined 160 career starts (82 on offense, 78 on defense). • Jr. LB Beniquez Brown is MSU’s leading returning tackler after collecting 62, including seven In Th e Booth tackles for loss last season. Brown has started 15 games during his career and tallied 101 tackles. Brian Johnson, quarterbacks • MSU has produced at least 420 yards of total offense in 14 straight games dating back to 2013. Scott Sallach, tight ends • The Bulldogs were picked to finish seventh in the SEC by the media. Three straight years and four out of six times under Dan Mullen, MSU has finished higher than the projection. AIRWAVES BY THE NUMBERS MSU Sports Radio Network 501.7 513.8 Jim Ellis, play-by-play Average yards of total offense per game by Yards per game by MSU last season, which led Matt Wyatt, analyst MSU when Dak Prescott is the starter (20 gms) the SEC and ranked eighth nationally John Correro, sideline 14 7 Sirius/XM Satellite Radio Consecutive games Dak Prescott has thrown at Consecutive wins over non-conference teams Sirius Ch. 134, XM Ch. 190 least one TD pass, the longest streak in the SEC by MSU during the regular season and fifth longest in the nation Fox Sports 1 Tim Brando, play-by-play 4 Spencer Tillman, analyst .604 Players on the 2015 roster who have already Career completion percentage by Dak Prescott, graduated (Taveze Calhoun, Justin Malone, a school record (418-of-692) Dak Prescott and Justin Senior) Facebook.com/HailStateFB @HailStateFB @HailStateFB YouTube.com/HailState FOOTBALL MEDIA SERVICES Coach Dan Mullen MSU Players/Assistant Coaches Monday Press Conference Monday Post Practice Coach Dan Mullen will conduct a weekly press conference each Monday Offensive players and offensive assistant coaches are available by request prior to an MSU game in the media room at the Leo Seal Jr. Football following Monday’s practice in the media room at the Seal Football Complex (third floor). Coach Mullen’s press conference begins at 1 p.m. Complex. Please email all player/assistant coach requests to Bill Martin CT. The press conference can also be seen live on SEC Network+ via ([email protected]), Kyle Niblett (KNiblett@athletics. WatchESPN.com or the WatchESPN app. Open week Monday (Oct. 26), msstate.edu) and Andrew Piper ([email protected]) 24 hours there will not be a press conference. in advance. SEC Teleconference Tuesday Post Practice Coach Dan Mullen will join the league’s other 13 coaches on the SEC’s Defensive players and defensive assistant coaches are available by weekly Wednesday teleconference. Mullen’s 10-minute segment is sched- request following Wednesday’s practice in the media room at the Seal uled from 11:50 a.m.-12 p.m. CT. The teleconference phone number can Football Complex. Please email all player/assistant coach requests to Bill be obtained by contacting the SEC or the MSU Media Relations Office. Martin ([email protected]), Kyle Niblett (KNiblett@athlet- The SEC provides archived audio and a transcript at SECSports.com on ics.msstate.edu) and Andrew Piper ([email protected]) 24 Wednesday afternoons. hours in advance. Postgame Postgame Coach Dan Mullen’s postgame press conference for home games will be Player requests for postgame interviews will be taken in the fourth held on the second floor of the Seal M-Club Center at the south end of quarter. For home games, players will be available following Coach Dan Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field. Mullen’s press conference may also Mullen’s press conference in the Seal M-Club Center. For road games, be viewed in the press box on the MSU TV Center channel on press box players will available after Mullen’s press conference outside the locker television monitors. For road games, Mullen’s postgame press conferences room. The locker room is off limits to the media. MSU players may not will be held in the visiting interview room or outside the locker room. be approached on the field following games for interviews. MSU DawgTalk Coach Dan Mullen’s weekly, one-hour call-in radio show airs live at 7 p.m. CT each Thursday during the season from the Dawg House Sports Grill in downtown Starkville. It can be heard on 100.9 FM in Starkville. MSU Athletic Media Relations Other Important Phone Numbers Phone . (662) 325-8881 Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field Press Box ..................(662) 325-3776 Twitter Alerts . .@MSUMediaAlerts MSU Football Office ............................................................(662) 325-2534 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 5308, Mississippi State, MS 39762 HailState Productions (Television) ....................................(662) 325-1262 Overnight Address: Bryan Building, 288 Lakeview Drive, Mississippi MSU Athletic Ticket Office ................................................(662) 325-2600 State, MS 39762 MSU Athletic Director’s Office ..........................................(662) 325-8082 Football Contacts CollegePressBox.com CollegePressBox.com serves as a one-stop shot for all needs regard- Bill Martin, Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations ing college football. Members can access team headshots, media guides Email: [email protected] and more for all FBS schools. Login information will be distributed to Office: (662) 325-0967 • Cell: (662) 418-3821 • Twitter: @MSUBillMartin accredited media or by applying for a password by sending an email to Kyle Niblett, Assistant Director of Media Relations [email protected]. Email: [email protected] Office: (662) 325-8040 • Cell: (662) 418-9139 • Twitter: @KyleNiblett Andrew Piper, Assistant Director of Media Relations Email: [email protected] Office: (662) 325-0972 • Cell: (662) 418-9183 • Twitter: @ADPiper7 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Mullen Press Defensive Player/ SEC Teleconference Coach Dan Mullen Walk Through Game 1: MSU at Conference Assistant Coach 11:50 a.m.