2010 Mississippi State Football Notes
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2010 MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL NOTES Arkansas (8-2, 4-2) at Mississippi State (7-3, 3-3 SEC) Saturday, November 20, 2010 • 6:06 p.m. • ESPN Davis Wade Stadium (55,082) Primary Contact: Joe Galbraith • [email protected] • Office - 662.325.2703 • Cell - 662.418.3970 2010 • GAME 11 Secondary Contact: Jay Middleton • [email protected] • Office: - 662.325.0972 • Cell - 662.213.5555 #21 BULLDOGS RETURN HOME FOR FINAL TIME IN 2010 DEFENSE HAS STEPPED UP BIG FOR BULLDOGS MISSISSIPPI STATE SCHEDULE & RESULTS TO FACE #13 ARKANSAS Defensive coordinator Manny Diaz and co-defensive coor- Date Opponent W-L Score/Time Mississippi State returns to Davis Wade Stadium for a dinator Chris Wilson joined the coaching staff with hopes of Sept. 4 MEMPHIS W 49-7 Southeastern Conference matchup with Western Division foe improving a defensive unit that finished 10th in the Southeastern Sept. 9 * #20 AUBURN (Thurs.) L 14-17 Sept. 18 * at #12 LSU L 7-29 Arkansas. The game will be televised nationally by ESPN and will Conference in total defense a year ago. Sept. 25 * GEORGIA W 24-12 kick off at 6:06 p.m. The Bulldogs have done much more than just improve. Oct. 2 ALCORN STATE W 49-16 Prior to kickoff, the Bulldogs will honor its 22-member senior Through eight games, the defensive unit has been one of the Oct. 9 at Houston W 47-24 class. The group will be playing its final game home game of a most impressive in the nation. State ranks 16th nationally in Oct. 16 at #22 Florida W 10-7 four-year career that will span 50 games and include a pair of scoring (18.3 points per game allowed) and 13th in tackles for Oct. 23 * UAB (HC) W 29-24 bowl trips. loss (7.40 per game) and 24th in turnovers gained (21). Oct. 30 * KENTUCKY W 24-17 Nov. 13 * at #11 Alabama L 10-30 BULLDOGS REMAIN RANKED IN TOP 25 DOG ‘D’ TURNING UP THE HEAT ON OFFENSES Nov. 20 * #13 ARKANSAS 6 p.m. In this week’s polls, Mississippi State is ranked 21st in the BCS Mississippi State’s defense took a little while to get warmed Nov. 27 * at Ole Miss 6 p.m. Standings and 22nd in both the Associated Press and the USA up, but over the past seven games the unit has posted 56 tackles all times Central Today Coaches’ Poll. The Bulldogs dropped five spots in the AP for loss (8.0 per game) and created 16 turnovers. and four places in the Coaches’ poll, but remain among the top Over the first three weeks, State’s defenders had only forced Quick Facts - Mississippi State 25 for the fifth week, the longest stretch since an eight-week five turnovers and made only 18 tackles for loss. After the open- Record . 7-3, 3-3 SEC run in 2000. ing trio of games, MSU ranked 89th in turnover margin and 61st Ranking (BCS/AP/Coaches') . 21 / 22 / 22 in tackles for loss, and the Bulldogs now rank among the nation’s Head Coach . .Dan Mullen MULLEN HEADED FOR ANOTHER YEAR 2 SUCCESS STORY top 20 in each. Career Record . 12-10 / Second Season Head coach Dan Mullen had coached two or more seasons at MSU Record . same six schools prior to taking the top spot at Mississippi State, and KEEPING OPPONENTS FROM SCORING TDS at nearly every stop along the way Year Two has seen marked The Bulldog defense has done one thing particularly well Broadcast Information improvement. Wagner College went 6-5 in 1994 and 8-2 in 1995; all season - keep the opponent out of the endzone. State ranks Television . ESPN Announcers . Brad Nessler, Todd Blackledge and Holly Rowe Notre Dame improved from 5-7 in 1999 to 9-3 in 2000; Bowling only 43rd nationally (seventh in the SEC) in yards allowed per Radio . Mississippi State Radio Network Green went 8-3 in 2001 and 9-3 in 2002; Utah jumped from 10-2 game. However the Bulldogs have the nation’s 16th best scoring Announcers . Jack Cristil, Jim Ellis and John Correro in 2003 to 12-0 in 2004; and Florida improved from 8-3 in 2005 defense (third in the SEC). XM Radio Network . Channel 199 to 13-1 and national champions in 2006. State has allowed only 20 opponent touchdowns in 10 Sirius Radio Network . Channel 214 The Bulldogs are 7-3 after 10 weeks this season, three games games, and only eight teams nationwide have allowed fewer. in Starkville . .107.9, WFCA better than at the same point of the 2009 campaign. DEFENSE AT ITS BEST WITH BACKS AGAINST THE WALL Mississippi State Athletic Media Contacts TURNOVER MARGIN TELLS STORY ON SEASON One of the main reasons the Bulldogs have been able to keep MEDIA RELATIONS - 662-325-2703 The most telling stat for Mississippi State this season has opponents from scoring touchdowns is its remarkable redzone Joe Galbraith - 662-418-3970 been its turnover margin. The Bulldogs are plus-11 in turnovers defense. State has allowed its foes to reach the 20 yardline 30 MISSISSIPPI STATE RADIO NETWORK - 662-325-4171 in their seven wins, and minus-4 in three losses. State has turned times this season, with opponents only scoring touchdowns 12 Don Williams - 662-312-2564 the ball over just five times in wins and nine times in losses. times (40 percent). TELEVISION CENTER - 662-325-1332 Prior to the Georgia game, Mississippi State ranked 90th The Bulldogs have the SEC’s third best overall redzone Bennie Ashford - 662-418-2165 nationally with a minus-3 turnover margin. This week, the defense, allowing 22 scores on 30 trips, but its TD percentage Bulldogs are ranked 20th nationally with a plus-7 margin. ranks second in the conference. FTP INFORMATION Located on XOS Digital Xchange DOGS CONTINUE TO EXCEL IN GROUND GAME BULLDOGS SOLID FOURTH QUARTER SQUAD... Contact Bennie Ashford in Television Center for login In his 22 games as head coach at Mississippi State, Dan Mississippi State has outscored its foes by 35 points in the Mullen’s team has eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark in all but fourth quarter this season. State has scored 68 points in the final Quick Links one contest. State has rushed for 100+ in each game this season, frame, outpacing the opposition’s 33 in the same period. News Roster including a team-best 409 against Houston. The Bulldogs also Team Stats scored at least one rushing touchdown in each of the first nine ...AND OUTSTANDING IN THE OPENING PERIOD Individual Stats contests, marking 19 times in 22 games the offense has scored State has been quick to jump on opponents, outscoring foes NCAA Stats at least one touchdown on the ground. 85-27 in the first quarter. The Bulldogs scored a season-best 23 SEC Stats After finishing the 2009 campaign with the school’s first-ever points in the opening frame at Houston, and have scored at least Mississippi State Media Guide & Record Book Southeastern Conference rushing title and ranking ninth nation- one touchdown in the opening quarter of each of their seven ally in rushing yards per game (227.6), the Bulldogs currently wins this season. The Series rank 18th nationally with a 211.7 ypg average. Overall Record: . Arkansas leads 13-6-1 NATIONAL STATISTICS TREND SHOW FORMULA FOR in Starkville: . .Arkansas leads 5-4-1 RUSHING VICTORIES HARBINGER FOR STATE WINS BULLDOGS’ SUCCESS Last meeting: . Arkansas 42-21, 11/21/2009 in Little Rock Mississippi State has outrushed its opponent seven times this Mississippi State ranks among the nation’s top 30 in each of Last meeting in Starkville: . Mississippi State, 31-28, 11/22/2008 season, winning each of those seven games. Conversely, only the following statistical categories: rushing offense (18); rushing Last 10 meetings: . .Arkansas leads 9-1 three opponents have tallied more yards on the ground than defense (20); scoring defense (16); net punting (28); turnover Current Series Win Streak: . Arkansas 1 game State this season - Auburn, LSU and Alabama (all ranked in the margin (20); tackles for loss (13) and sacks (30). top 10 of this week’s BCS standings). Monday 15 Tuesday 16 Wednesday i17 Thursday 18 Friday 19 Saturday 20 Sunday 21 1 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 11:30 a.m. Thursday - 7 p.m. No Media Availability 6:00 p.m. (CT) 12 noon Coach Mullen Weekly Press Players available post practice SEC Teleconference Coach Mullen Radio Show Kickoff vs. Arkansas Coach Mullen Teleconference Conference - Bryan Building (Offense) Harvey’s 6:00 p.m. Postgame Players available post practice Coach Mullen and selected (Defense) players available following game 2010 MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL NOTES • GAME 11 VS. ARKANSAS SHERROD EARNS NATIONAL ACADEMIC HONOR BROOMFIELD RETURNS TO INTERCEPTING WAYS STATISTICAL COMPARISON Senior offensive lineman Derek Sherrod was named to the Sophomore cornerback Corey Broomfield has a knack for Mississippi State vs. Arkansas National Football Foundation 2010 Scholar-Athlete Class. One of picking off passes and the Palm Bay, Fla., native showed it again 16 players nationwide to earn the honor, Sherrod is now a finalist in State’s win over Houston. Broomfield intercepted a pair of Mississippi State Arkansas for the Campbell Trophy, also known as the “Academic Heisman.” Cougar passes and returned one for a touchdown. It was his Overall Record . 7-3 . 8-2 Sherrod graduated with a 3.54 GPA in business with a focus third multiple-interception game and the third time he returned Conference Record .