2015 FOOTBALL GAME 2 NOTES September 12, 2015 GAME 2: LSU at MSU 8:15 p.m. CDT • ESPN Mississippi State LSU Starkville, Miss. Record 1-0 (0-0 SEC) Record 0-0 (0-0 SEC) Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field Streak W1 Streak L1 Capacity: 61,337 Ranking No. 25 Associated Press Ranking No. 14 Associated Press RV Amway Coaches No. 15 Amway Coaches SCHEDULE (1-0, 0-0 SEC) Last Game Sept. 5 in Hattiesburg Last Game Sept. 5 in Baton Rouge DATE OPPONENT TV TIME def. Southern Miss, 34-16 Canceled in 1Q vs. McNeese SEPTEMBER (1-0) Head Coach Dan Mullen Head Coach Les Miles 5 at Southern Miss FS1 W, 34-16 Career Record 47-31 (.602)/seventh year Career Record 131-50/15th year 12 #14/15 LSU* ESPN 8:15 p.m. MSU Record same LSU Record 103-29/11th year 19 Northwestern State SECN 3 p.m. Mullen vs. LSU 1-5 Miles vs. MSU 9-1 26 at #6/7 Auburn* TBA TBA OCTOBER (0-0) STORYLINES 3 at Texas A&M* TBA TBA 10 Troy TBA TBA No. 25 MSU, No. 14 LSU Clash In Primetime Home Opener 17 Louisiana Tech TBA TBA No. 25 Mississippi State opens its 2015 home and SEC slate as No. 13 LSU visits Davis Wade 24 Kentucky* TBA TBA Stadium for an 8:15 p.m. CT kickoff live on ESPN. NOVEMBER (0-0) • MSU opened the year with a 34-16 win at Southern Miss last Saturday, outscoring the Golden 5 at #21/21 Missouri* TBA TBA Eagles, 20-6 in the second half. Dak Prescott racked up 309 yards of total offense and accounted 14 #2/2 Alabama* TBA TBA for three touchdowns while Brandon Holloway returned a kickoff 100 yards for a score. 21 at #18/18 Arkansas* TBA TBA • Dan Mullen, the 2014 National and AP Coach of the Year, is in his seventh season as head 28 #17/14 Ole Miss* TBA TBA coach. At 47-31, he is in third place in MSU all-time wins. Mullen owns the highest winning DECEMBER (0-0) percentage as a coach at MSU since College Football Hall of Famer Allyn McKeen from 1939-48 5 SEC Championship CBS 3 p.m. (.764). Prior to Mullen’s arrival, MSU was 21-42. Atlanta, Ga. • LSU leads the all-time series, 71-34-3, but MSU recorded its first win in Baton Rouge since 1991 last season by a score of 34-29. That victory ignited a streak of three straight wins over Top 10 teams, which eventually propelled the Bulldogs from unranked to No. 1 quicker than any team in history. COACHING STAFF • Dak Prescott, a Heisman Trophy candidate, owns a 15-6 record as a starter and he has shattered On the Sideline 18 school records. For his career, the senior has scored 35 TDs (32 rush, 3 receiving) and been Dan Mullen, head coach responsible for a school-record 75 TDs (43 passing, 32 rushing). Dak is 22 completions away from Manny Diaz, defensive coordinator/LBs tying the MSU career record of 462 held by Wayne Madkin. Prescott has accounted for 607 yards Billy Gonzales, co-offensive coordinator/WRs of total offense in his career against LSU, including 386 in the win last season in Baton Rouge. 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 (21 times) a game (South Carolina, 2013 with 385). Greg Knox, running backs, special teams • MSU has produced at least 420 yards of total offense in 15 straight games dating back to 2013. Deshea Townsend, cornerbacks • The Bulldogs were picked to finish seventh in the SEC by the media. Three straight years and David Turner, defensive line four out of six times under Dan Mullen, MSU has finished higher than the projection. • This is the first of potentially six or seven games against ranked opponents for MSU. The In Th e Booth Bulldogs were 3-3 vs. the ranked last season, including a 2-0 mark at home. Brian Johnson, quarterbacks • Jr. DE A.J. Jefferson, in his first career start last week, racked up career highs in tackles (7) and Scott Sallach, tight ends sacks (2). Jefferson also stuffed USM at the goal line on fourth down late in the first half. • Jr. LB Richie Brown was MSU’s leading tackler in Week 1 with 11 tackles and one interception. AIRWAVES BY THE NUMBERS MSU Sports Radio Network 477.8 513.8 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 (21 gms) the SEC and ranked eighth nationally John Correro, sideline 15 8 Sirius/XM Satellite Radio Consecutive games Dak Prescott has thrown at Consecutive home wins for MSU, the sixth- Sirius Ch. 126, XM Ch. 192 least one TD pass, the longest streak in the SEC longest streak in school history and second-longest in the nation (Boykin) ESPN Dave Pasch, play-by-play 4 Brian Griese, analyst .603 Players on the 2015 roster who have already Tom Luginbill, sideline Career completion percentage by Dak Prescott, graduated (Taveze Calhoun, Justin Malone, a school record (440-of-730) Dak Prescott and Justin Senior) Facebook.com/HailStateFB @HailStateFB @HailStateFB YouTube.com/HailState FOOTBALL MEDIA SERVICES Coach Dan Mullen MSU Players/Assistant Coaches Tuesday Press Conference Tuesday Post Practice Coach Dan Mullen will conduct his weekly press conference at 1 p.m. Offensive players and offensive assistant coaches are available by request Tuesday in the media room at the Leo Seal Jr. Football Complex (third following Tuesday’s practice in the media room at the Seal Football floor). The press conference can also be seen live on SEC Network+ via Complex. Please email all player/assistant coach requests to Bill Martin WatchESPN.com or the WatchESPN app. Open week Monday (Oct. 26), ([email protected]), Kyle Niblett (KNiblett@athletics. there will not be a press conference. msstate.edu) and Andrew Piper ([email protected]) 24 hours in advance. Quarterback Dak Prescott will speak to the media following SEC Teleconference Coach Mullen’s press conference at approximately 1:45 p.m. Tuesday. Coach Dan Mullen will join the league’s other 13 coaches on the SEC’s weekly Wednesday teleconference. Mullen’s 10-minute segment is sched- Wednesday Post Practice uled from 11:50 a.m.-12 p.m. CT. The teleconference phone number can Defensive players and defensive assistant coaches are available by be obtained by contacting the SEC or the MSU Media Relations Office. request following Wednesday’s practice in the media room at the Seal The SEC provides archived audio and a transcript at SECSports.com on Football Complex. Please email all player/assistant coach requests to Bill Wednesday afternoons. Martin ([email protected]), Kyle Niblett (KNiblett@athlet- ics.msstate.edu) and Andrew Piper ([email protected]) 24 Postgame hours in advance. Coach Dan Mullen’s postgame press conference for home games will be held on the second floor of the Seal M-Club Center at the south end of Postgame Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field. Mullen’s press conference may also Player requests for postgame interviews will be taken in the fourth be viewed in the press box on the MSU TV Center channel on press box quarter. For home games, players will be available following Coach Dan television monitors. For road games, Mullen’s postgame press conferences Mullen’s press conference in the Seal M-Club Center. For road games, will be held in the visiting interview room or outside the locker room. players will available after Mullen’s press conference outside the locker room. The locker room is off limits to the media. MSU players may not MSU DawgTalk be approached on the field following games for interviews. 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 and for free at HailState.com. 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 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Practice Coach Mullen Press SEC Teleconference Coach Dan Mullen Walk Through Game 2: MSU vs.