MISSISSIPPI STATEGAME UNIVERSITY ONE Primary Contact: Joe Galbraith • [email protected] • Office - 662.325.0967 • Cell - 662.418.3970 Secondary Contact: Kyle NiblettJackson • [email protected] State • (0-0,Office - 662.325.0972 0-0 SWAC) • Cell - 662.418.9139 Game One • Mississippi State (0-0, 0-0 SEC) at Memphis (0-0,vs. 0-0 Mississippi C-USA) • Thursday, Sept. State1, 2011 • Liberty (0-0, Bowl •0-0 7:10 p.m. SEC) CT • FSN Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012 - Davis Wade Stadium - 6 p.m. - FSN GAME ONE BREAKDOWN BULLDOGS READY TO KICK OFF 2012 CAMPAIGN PASSING OFFENSE LOOKS TO CONTINUE BUILDING Mississippi State begins the 2012 season in search of a third- Each of the last two seasons, Mississippi State set school MISSISSIPPI STATE JACKSON STATE RV / RV . Ranking (AP / USA Today) . NR / NR consecutive winning campaign as it kicks off the season against records for touchdown passes, 18 in 2010 and 19 in 2011. The Dan Mullen . Head Coach . Rick Comegy in-state foe Jackson State. Bulldogs also have posted three of the five highest completion 21-17 . Career Record . 149-77 Kick off is scheduled for 6:08 p.m., and the game will be percentages in school history since Mullen and Koenning took 21-17 . Record at School . 41-26 broadcast live on Fox Sports Net affiliates FS South, FS Southwest over the MSU offense in 2009. 2012 STATS and SUN Sports. The game will also be available nationwide on 0-0 . Record . 0-0 0-0 . Conference Record . 0-0 ESPN3 and as part of ESPN’s Gameplan package. COACHING STAFF MOSTLY SAME IN 2012 0.0 . Points Per Game . 0.0 Mississippi State returns nine of 10 on-field coaches this sea- 0.0 . Points Allowed Per Game . .0.0 MULLEN COULD CLIMB VICTORY CHARTS THIS SEASON son, including both coordinators. With Les Koenning entering 0.0 . .Total Offense Per Game . .0.0 Head coach Dan Mullen has led his Mississippi State teams his fourth season and defensive coordinator Chris Wilson enter- 0.0 . Rushing Yards Per Game . 0.0 to 21 victories in his first three seasons, second most among all ing his second year in his current role, it marks the first time since 0.0 . .Passing Yards Per Game . 0.0 0.0 . Yards Allowed Per Game . .0.0 head coaches in school history (Allyn McKeen’s teams won 26 the 2007season Mississippi State has the same coordinators two 0.0 . Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game . .0.0 from 1939-41). Only two other coaches in Bulldog history have consecutive years. That was also the last time Mississippi State 0.0 . Passing Yards Allowed Per Game . 0.0 eclipsed the 20-win mark over their first four seasons, Jackie had the same defensive coordinator two straight years. INDIVIDUAL COMPARISON Sherrill compiled 26 from 1991-94 and Emory Bellard won 25 The Bulldog staff had only one change from last season’s Tyler Russell . Leading Passer . Dedric McDonald from 1979-82. team, with wide receivers coach Tim Brewster joining the squad 69-129-4-1034 yds-8 TD 3-9-1-29 yds-0 TD in late August. Brewster is a veteran of both the college and NFL LaDarius Perkins . Leading Rusher . .Tommy Gooden 87 att.-422 yds-2 TD 89 att.-597 yds-3 TD DOGS LOOK TO CONTINUE NON-CONFERENCE STREAK game, and comes to Mississippi State after a year as an analyst Arceto Clark . Leading Receiver . Rico Richardson Mississippi State has won its last 11 non-conference games, on Fox Sports’ college football coverage. He was the head coach 30 rec.-442 yds-4 TD 37 rec.-896 yds-11 TD including 5-0 marks in both 2010 and 2011. Head Coach Dan at the University of Minnesota from 2007-2010. Cameron Lawrence . .Leading Tackler . Todd Wilcher Mullen’s squads are 12-2 in out-of-conference action, with each 123 tackles, 6.0 TFL, 2 INT 76 tackles, 7.0 TFL, 1 INT of the losses coming in his first season. RECENT LOSSES CAME AGAINST QUALITY OPPONENTS Mississippi State had four losses during the 2010 season, with SERIES HISTORY UNDER MULLEN, STATE QUICK OUT OF GATES each coming against a team ranked in the top 12 of all major Overall Series Record: . Mississippi State leads 1-0 The Bulldogs have won each of their three season-openers polls. Last season, the Bulldogs lost six games, with five of the in Starkville: . Mississippi State leads 1-0 under head coach Dan Mullen by a combined score of 153-31. six coming against teams ranked at the time of the game and Last meeting: . Mississippi State, 45-7, 9/5/2009 in Starkville Last season at Memphis, State racked up a school record 645 the other ranked in the top 20 at the end of the season. In fact, In Starkville . Mississippi State, 45-7, 9/5/2009 in Starkville Last 10 meetings: . Mississippi State leads 1-0 yards of total offense in route to a 59-14 victory. In the three Mississippi State has not lost to a team not ranked or receiving Current Series Win Streak: . Mississippi State, 1 games wins, the Bulldogs have totaled 1,624 yards of offense an aver- votes the week of the contest since prior to the 2009 season. age of 541.3 per game. BANKS LOOKS TO SOLIDIFY LEGACY IN SENIOR SEASON BROADCAST INFORMATION BULLDOGS, TIGERS FACE OFF FOR ONLY SECOND TIME Johnthan Banks enters his final season at Mississippi State Kickoff . 6 p.m. CT Mississippi State and Jackson State played for the first time ranked tied for second on the school’s all-time career inter- TV . FSN (Bob Rathbun, Tim Couch and Elizabeth Moreau) in 2009, with the Bulldogs claiming a 45-7 victory in the rain- ceptions list with 12. He needs four interceptions to tie Walt Radio . Mississippi State Radio Network soaked lidlifter. Despite the weather, an announced crowd of Harris for the school mark, and eight to tie the Southeastern Announcers . Jim Ellis, Matt Wyatt and John Correro 54,232 watched the action marking the school’s third largest Conference career record of 20 (set twice). XM Radio Network . Channel 196 crowd at the time. That mark now ranks 17th in stadium history. Banks is a consensus pre-season All-American and first-team Sirius Radio Network . Channel 113 in Starkville . 107.9, WFCA All-SEC selection. A semifinalist for the 2011 Jim Thorpe Award, STATE HAS BEEN SOLID IN SEASON OPENERS Banks was listed on the Thorpe, Bednarik and Lott IMPACT 2012 SCHEDULE & RESULTS Historically, Mississippi State has won 79 of its 112 season Trophy watch lists prior to the 2012 campaign. opening contests (with a pair of ties, a .714 winning percentage). Date Opponent W-L Score/Time Dating back to 1991, the Bulldogs have posted a 14-4 mark in DEFENSIVE BACKFIELD LOADED FOR 2012 CAMPAIGN Sept. 1 JACKSON STATE 6 p.m. season-openers against non-conference competition, including Banks is far from the lone star in the Mississippi State defen- Sept. 8 * AUBURN 11 a.m. three-straight victories. sive backfield entering this season. Seniors Corey Broomfield Sept. 15 at Troy 6 p.m. and Darius Slay along with junior Nickoe Whitley have played Sept. 22 SOUTH ALABAMA PPV 6 p.m. Oct. 6 * at Kentucky TBA DOGS AGAIN FACE ONE OF NATION’S TOP SCHEDULES substantial amounts of football for the Bulldogs. Broomfield has Oct. 13 * TENNESSEE TBA Last season Mississippi State played five teams ranked at played in 38 games with 28 starts, Whitley in 22 with 18 starts Oct. 20 MTSU (HC) TBA the time of the game and four teams that finished among the and Slay in 13 games. Combined, the projected starting four Oct. 27 * at Alabama TBA nation’s top 8 in the USA Today Coaches’ Poll. have played in 111 games and earned 60 starts. They’ve also Nov. 3 * TEXAS A&M TBA This year, State faces four teams ranked in the preseason intercepted 29 career passes. Nov. 10 * at LSU TBA Nov. 17 * ARKANSAS (Senior Day) TBA polls, all from the Southeastern Conference’s Western Division. Nov. 24 * at Ole Miss (Egg Bowl) TBA Sunday 26 Monday 27 Tuesday 28 Wednesday .29 Thursday 30 Friday 31 Saturday 1 1 p.m. 5:45 p.m. 11:30 a.m. 7 p.m. No Media Availability 6 p.m. Coach Mullen Weekly Press Coach Mullen and selected SEC Teleconference Coach Mullen Radio Show Kickoff vs. Jackson State Conference - Bryan Building offensive players available following practice 5:45 p.m. Postgame 1:30 p.m. Selected defensive players Coach Mullen and selected Players available after Mullen available following practice players available following game. 2012 Mississippi state Football Notes • GaMe 1 • JacksoN state WALT HARRIS TO BE MSU’S SEC LEGEND KENT HULL TO BE HONORED MSU STREAKS & 2012 RECORDS A former member of the Mississippi State secondary will be Of all the decorated offensive linemen to play at Mississippi Overall Streak 2012 honored this season as the school’s SEC Legend. Walt Harris, State, the most outstanding might be the late Kent Hull. Hull, Overall W2 0-0 who lettered in 1992-95, will represent the Bulldogs during the who passed away in 2011, will be the next addition to the Davis Home W1 0-0 annual championship weekend festivities in Atlanta the first Wade Stadium Ring of Honor, as he is recognized during the Away L1 0-0 weekend in December. Sept. 8 game against Auburn. Neutral W3 — Harris was an All-American in 1995, a three-time All-SEC He was a consensus first-team Freshman All-SEC selection in SEC Games W1 0-0 selection and the 13th overall selection in the 1995 NFL Draft.