Mississippi State Bulldogs vs. LSU Tigers • October 1, 2005 • Football Game Notes • Press Conference

MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS (2-2, 0-2 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE) —VS.— LSU TIGERS (1-1, 0-1 SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE) SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2005 • 1:30 P.M. GAME #5 DAVIS WADE STADIUM AT SCOTT FIELD (55,082) • STARKVILLE, MISS.

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MISSISSIPPI STATE CONTINUES SEC HOME SLATE VS. LSU MSTATE SCOREBOARD Mississippi State remains at home for its third Southeastern Conference game of the 2005 DATE OPPONENT W-L SCORE/TIME ATT. Sept. 3 MURRAY STATE W 38-6 41,143 season when LSU comes to Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field, Saturday, Oct. 1. The game Sept. 10 * at Auburn L 0-28 81, 921 will kickoff at 1:30 p.m. It will not be televised by any of the SEC’s broadcasting partners. Sept. 17 at Tulane (Shreveport) W 21-14 16,421 Sept. 24 * GEORGIA L 10-23 49,903 Oct. 1 * LSU 1:30 p.m. BULLDOGS RENEW RIVALRY WITH SECOND-LONGEST RUNNING FOE Oct. 8 * at Florida 11:30 a.m. When Mississippi State and LSU face off this weekend, it will be the 99th meeting of the two Oct. 22 HOUSTON 1:30 p.m. SEC Western Division competitors. Only Ole Miss (101 games) is a more common opponent Oct. 29 * at Kentucky TBA on the MSU schedule through the years . Nov. 5 * ALABAMA TBA Nov. 19 * at Arkansas (Little Rock) TBA Nov. 26 * OLE MISS TBA STATE HOPES TO DUPLICATE SEASON-OPENING SUCCESS OFF TV All times Central For just the second time this season, Mississippi State will not be televised by a commercial, non-university affiliated broadcast entity (the game will be carried live by LSU’s TigerVision LSU SCOREBOARD network). State won the only other game this season that falls within that category, a sea- DATE OPPONENT W-L SCORE/TIME ATT. son-opening 38-6 win over Murray State. This is the first time the MSU-LSU game will not Sept. 10 ARIZONA STATE (Tempe, Ariz.) W 35-31 63,210 Sept. 26 * TENNESSEE L 27-30 (OT) 91,986 be televised by one of the league’s TV partners in 10 years. Oct. 1 * at Mississippi State 1:30 p.m. Oct. 8 * at Vanderbilt TBA Oct. 15 * FLORIDA TBA BULLDOGS SEEK END TO LONG LSU SKID Oct. 22 * AUBURN TBA Mississippi State has beaten LSU just once in the last 13 years, just three times in the last 20 Oct. 29 NORTH TEXAS 7:00 p.m. seasons. The Bulldogs’ 17-16 victory in 1999, and their back-to-back wins in 1990-91 are the Nov. 5 APPALACHIAN ST. 7:00 p.m. only successes in that span. Just prior to that skein, however, State won five straight times. Nov. 12 * at Alabama TBA Nov. 19 * at Ole Miss TBA Nov. 25 * ARKANSAS 1:30 p.m. MISSISSIPPI STATE EYES FIRST 3-2 START SINCE 2000 All times Central A win over LSU would give Mississippi State a 3-2 overall record for the first time since the THE SERIES 2000 season. Since that bowl season, MSU has started four consecutive seasons 1-4. Overall Record ...... LSU leads, 62-33-3 at Starkville ...... LSU leads, 9-6-1 at Baton Rouge ...... LSU leads, 43-18-1 MSTATE LOOKS TO QUENCH SEC WEST DROUGHT at Neutral Sites ...... LSU leads, 10-9-1 A victory over the Tigers would end State’s long bout with setback to SEC Western Division Last meeting: ...... LSU, 51-0 (9/25/05 in Baton Rouge) competition. The Bulldogs have not won a game against a divisional opponent since the Last 10 years: ...... LSU leads 9-1 Current Series Win Streak: ...... LSU, 5 Games final league game of the 2001 season, a streak that has reached a school-record 16 games. A Sylvester Croom vs. LSU: ...... 0-1 36-28 victory over Ole Miss in ’01 is State’s last success against a Western Division foe. MSU Les Miles vs. Mississippi State: ...... 0-0 was winless against what are now divisional opponents over a 23-game stretch from 1965- Sylvester Croom vs. Les Miles: ...... Never Met 70, a run that included a tie against Ole Miss in 1968, and a 15-game losing stretch. BROADCAST INFORMATION Television ...... Pay-Per-View STATE DEFENSE STINGY AGAINST RUSH, SOLID IN RED ZONE DirecTV ...... ESPN Gameplan Package Dish Network ...... ESPN Gameplan Package Mississippi State’s defense has held its first four opponents to 96.8 yards rushing per game Radio ...... Mississippi State Radio Network and allowed just six touchdowns on 11 entries (55 percent) into the red zone (20-yard line Announcers ...... Jack Cristil, Jim Ellis, John Correro in). Just one year ago, State’s opponents averaged 190.4 yards per game on the ground. in Starkville ...... 107.9, WFCA Sirius Satellite Radio ...... Channel 146 The year prior to head coach Sylvester Croom’s arrival, MSU permitted 41 TDs on 58 entries into the red zone (71 percent).

WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM BULLDOG OFFENSE CONTINUES TURNOVER REDUCTION MEDIA SERVICES Mississippi State’s offense has turned the football over just seven times in four games MONDAY TELECONFERENCE MSU head football coach Sylvester Croom will conduct a Monday teleconference (10 thus far in 2005, an average of just 1.75 turnovers per game. Last season, State’s a.m. CT) prior to Bulldog games this year. Contact the MSU Athletic Media Relations Office offense turned the pigskin over 23 times in 11 games, a 2.1 average each game. Prior (662-325-2703) for access info. to Croom’s arrival, MSU gave away the football 40 times in 12 games, a 3.3 ratio.

TUESDAY PRESS CONFERENCE Coach Croom will conduct a weekly press conference each Tuesday prior to an MSU BULLDOGS AVAILABLE ON RADIO/SATELLITE game. The conference will be held at the Bryan Athletic Administration Building. Coach Mississippi State’s radio rights holder, TeleSouth Communications in Jackson, Miss., Croom's press conference begins at 1 p.m. (CT). Selected players will be available following Croom's presentation (approximately 1:30 p.m.). To request specific players, media members has released its football network listing for the 2005 season: Aberdeen (1240 AM), must contact MSU Athletic Media Relations (662-325-2703) by 5 p.m. the Monday preceding Amory (1580 AM), Batesville (100.5 FM), Biloxi (1640 AM), Booneville (99.3 FM), Bude each respective press conference. (104.3 FM), Cleveland (107.5 FM), Columbia (104.9 FM), Corinth (1350 AM), French WEDNESDAY SEC WEEKLY TELECONFERENCE Camp (107.9 FM), Greenville (100.7 FM), Grenada (92.3 FM), Hackelburg, Ala. (95.5 FM), Coach Croom will join the league's other 11 coaches on the SEC's Wednesday telecon- Hattiesburg (98.1 FM), Hernando (95.3 FM), Houston (940 AM), Indianola (96.9 FM), ference. Coach Croom's seven-minute segment is scheduled from 10:49-10:56 a.m. (CT). The Jackson (105.9 FM), Louisville (107.1 FM), Lucedale (106.9 FM), McComb (107.7 FM), teleconference phone number can be obtained by calling the MSU Athletic Media Relations office. Meridian (95.1 FM), Monticello (102.1 FM), Natchez (1450 AM), Philadelphia (102.3 FM), Picayune (1320 AM), Tupelo (1060 AM), Tylertown (97.7 FM), Vicksburg (105.5 FM), WEEKLY PLAYER INTERVIEWS Waynesboro (990 AM), West Point (100.9 FM), Wiggins (1420 AM), Winona (95.1 FM), During game week, all player interviews must be conducted by Tuesday evening and need to be arranged at least 24 hours in advance. Players MAY NOT be interviewed after Yazoo City (93.1 FM). TeleSouth has also reached an agreement with Sirius Satellite Tuesday evening. Players will be notified of requested telephone interviews via a message Radio to air MSU football broadcasts this fall. All home games will feature State’s placed on the player's locker. The player will call following practice at his convenience. radio broadcast team, while the opposing team’s broadcast will be carried when the Please coordinate all player requests with the MSU Athletic Media Relations office (662- 325-2703). Bulldogs are on the road, if the school has an agreement with Sirius. If no Sirius agree- ment is in place with the opposing team MState’s broadcast will be aired. PRACTICE COVERAGE The first seven periods (approximately one hour) of MSU's practice sessions are open to the media (still photo & TV video). The remainder of practice is closed to the media who may CROOM RADIO SHOW AIRS AGAIN ON MONDAY IN ‘05 return following practice for interview purposes. The 2005 edition of Dawgstalk, the weekly Sylvester Croom radio show again airs on On the road, the media may attend any "walk-through" preparations and interview Monday night during the season, live from Harvey’s Restaurant in Starkville. The show coaches provided they have contacted the MSU Athletic Media Relations office in advance. begins at 7 p.m. CT and is carried by 21 stations state-wide. SEC PHOTO DATABASE A digital image database for the SEC is available to media members throughout the year. CROOM TV SHOW BROADCAST TO SOUTH, NATION Photos, logos and other images for all 12 schools can be found by going to www.secsportsme- The Mississippi State Football with Sylvester Croom Television Show is aired each dia.com and registering as an accredited media outlet. Included on the site for MSU are head shots for all football coaches and players, actions week throughout the state, region and country. Fox Sports Net South carries the show shots for selected individuals, facility images, campus images, logos and more. Sunday at 10 p.m. CT. The Croom Show is also shown nationally via Video On Demand (VOD) on Comcast Cable systems and can be seen via video streaming on the official MSU SATELLITE SERVICES Segments of MSU's weekly press conference and postgame highlights of the Bulldogs’ MSU athletic web site (www.mstateathletics.com). seven home games will be available to television outlets via satellite. Weekly press conference feeds will be uplinked from 4:30-4:45 p.m. CT each Tuesday FIVE BULLDOGS WELCOME HOME-STATE SCHOOL TO CAMPUS prior to MSU games during the season. The feeds can be downlinked from SBS 6, Transponder 9. The downlink frequency is 11921.000 H. Five Mississippi State players hail from the state of Louisiana. Senior halfback Derek Highlights from MSU’s home games will also be available. Please contact Bennie Ambrose (New Orleans), junior place-kicker Keith Andrews (Bastrop), redshirt fresh- Ashford in the MSU Television Center (662-325-1332) for the time of each postgame uplink man tight end Jeremy Jones (Harvey), and non-scholarship players Soloman Ona (times will vary each week). (Scotland) and Justin Williams (Tallulah), a defensive lineman and defensive back respectively, call the Pelican State home. ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS: (662) 325-2703 THREE LSU TIGERS COME FROM THE MAGNOLIA STATE MIKE NEMETH JOE GALBRAITH The preseason LSU football media guide lists three players from the state of [email protected] [email protected] Mississippi. Sophomore defensive lineman Donald Hains (Diamondhead), sopho- MSU TELEVISION CENTER: (662) 325-1332 more offensive lineman Will Arnold (Centreville), and sophomore tight end Mit Cole BENNIE ASHFORD (Picayune) went to high school in the state of Mississippi. [email protected] PLAYER CONNECTIONS EXIST BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS Andrews played with LSU senior defensive tackle Claude Wroten at Bastrop High School. State’s Jeremy Jack and Antonio Johnson were defensive line mates with Wroten at Mississippi Delta Community College. Jones, who originally signed with LSU out of West Jefferson High School but was not admitted with his class and granted a release, played with LSU freshman defensive tackle Marlon Favorite there.

WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM KITCHENS, NOWELL WORKED IN BATON ROUGE Mississippi State running backs coach Freddie Kitchens launched his Division I-A STATISTICAL COMPARISON coaching career with one season (2000) as a graduate assistant on Nick Saban’s first Mississippi State vs. LSU LSU Tiger coaching staff. MSU strength and conditioning coach Jim Nowell served as (2005 PER-GAME AVERAGES) an assistant coach in the LSU weight room in 2000 and ’01. Mississippi State LSU Overall Record ...... 2-2 1-1 Conference Record ...... 0-2 0-1 OTHER COACHING TIES ALSO EXIST Total Offense ...... 292.0 345.0 Mississippi State head coach Sylvester Croom and LSU defensive coordinator were Rushing Yards ...... 124.0 144.0 on Green Bay Packer coaching staffs together in 2001 and ‘02. Pelini worked with the Passing Yards ...... 168.0 201.0 Yards Allowed ...... 312.0 440.0 Packer linebackers during those two seasons, while Croom tutored Green Bay’s running Rushing Yards Allowed...... 96.8 84.5 backs. MSU linebacker and special teams coach Amos Jones was on the same coaching Passing Yards Allowed ...... 215.2 355.5 staff at the University of Cincinnati with current LSU offensive coordinator and quarter- Points Scored ...... 17.2 31.0 Points Allowed...... 17.8 30.5 back coach Jimbo Fisher in 1999. Jones continued on the UC staff with LSU’s offensive First Downs ...... 14.8 18.5 line coach Stacy Searels from 2000-02. Time of Possession ...... 28:07 28:25 3rd Down Conversion Pct...... 38.9 45.4 NORWOOD NEARS NO. 4 SPOT ON SCHOOL’S ALL-TIME RUSH LIST Mississippi State senior halfback Jerious Norwood (Brandon, Miss.) rushed 14 times for 43 yards against Georgia this past Saturday and is nearing making another move on MSU’s career rushing list. He now has 2,390 career yards, and tails #4 James Johnson (2,452, 1997-98) by just 62 yards. The 6-0, 204-pounder is only 431 yards away from becoming the university’s all-time leading rusher, a record that has stood for nearly 30 years (2,820; Walter Packer, 1973-76). His 14 rushes against Georgia give him 443 STATISTICAL COMPARISON attempts in his career, good for seventh on that career list. Former Bulldog great Bruce Mississippi State vs. LSU (2005 per-game averages for MSU) Threadgill (451, 1974-77) is next on the chart. RUSHING YARDS NORWOOD HAS NINE CAREER 100-YARD RUSHING DAYS Mississippi State LSU When Norwood eclipsed the 100-yard rushing mark against Murray State in the 2005 Norwood ...... 76.0 Addai ...... 96.5 Ambrose...... 30.0 Carey ...... 33.0 season opener, it was his ninth career 100-yard rushing game as a Bulldog. He tied D. Johnson ...... 17.3 Green...... 20.5 quarterback Don Smith (9; 1983-86) for sixth on the MSU list of multiple 100-yard rush- ers. Norwood gained 1,050 yards on a 195 carries a year ago, a 5.4-yard average, and PASSING YARDS Mississippi State LSU seven touchdowns during his banner junior season. Norwood’s rushing total in 2004 Conner ...... 165.5 Russell ...... 195.0 was the fifth-best single-season performance in school history. Henig ...... 5.0

ANDREWS PERFECT ON PATs, LOOKS FOR MSU MARK RECEIVING YARDS Mississippi State LSU Mississippi State junior place-kicker Keith Andrews (Bastrop, La.), who was a perfect Prosser ...... 39.5 Davis ...... 58.5 21-of-21 on extra-point kicks last fall, has added nine more extra-point conversions to Humphries ...... 32.8 Green...... 22.0 his streak thus far in 2005. He is just seven straight successful points after touchdown Butler ...... 31.2 Doucet ...... 36.5 from matching the school record for consecutive PATs (37; Kinney Jordan, 1975-76). He POINTS SCORED is now two-of-three on three point tries this year after making 34-yard attempt against Mississippi State LSU Georgia, and eight-of-13 in his career. After posting a .541 percentage on kickoffs for Butler ...... 4.5 Addai ...... 9.0 touchback a year ago, six of his 14 full-field kickoffs (.429) thus far in ’05 have been Andrews ...... 3.75 David ...... 5.5 Norwood/Humphries ...... 3.0 Five tied ...... 3.0 unreturnable. TACKLES Mississippi State LSU BUTLER ADDS TO HIS CAREER TD RECEIVING RECORD Je. Johnson ...... 7.75 Vaughn ...... 8.5 Mississippi State sophomore Eric Butler (Moss Point, Miss.) set a Bulldog single-season Culberson ...... 7.25 Landry ...... 7.5 record for tight ends with four touchdown receptions during his redshirt freshman McDougal ...... 5.75 Highsmith ...... 6.0 campaign. The 6-3, 254-pounder, added the career mark for tight ends to that achieve- INTERCEPTIONS (TOTAL) ment with an 18-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter against Tulane two weeks Mississippi State LSU ago. It was his sixth career TD, surpassing the previous mark (five; Treddis Anderson, Culberson ...... 1 Landry ...... 1 Hollis ...... 1 1989-91) three games deep in his sophomore campaign. This past Saturday vs. Georgia, Butler added a 4-yard scoring reception in the fourth period, the seventh of his career.

WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM EVANS HELD TO ONE TACKLE BY GEORGIA LINE MSU IN THE SEC/NCAA STATS Mississippi State senior defensive end Willie Evans (Waynesboro, Miss.), who was sec- ond on the club and led all defensive linemen with 67 tackles last fall for the Bulldogs, (2005 PER-GAME AVERAGES) had opened his senior season in much the same fashion, at least until he faced Georgia this past Saturday. After producing a career-best 10-tackle effort against TEAM Tulane in Week 3 and averaging six hits per game through the first three games of CATEGORY SEC RANK (AVG./PCT./RATIO) [NCAA] Total Offense ...... 11th (292.00 ypg) [101] the ’05 season, Evans was held to just one tackle this past Saturday by Georgia. And Rushing Offense...... 8th (124.0 ypg) [75] after matching his career high with four tackles for loss (career-best minus 27 yards) Passing Offense ...... 11th (168.0 ypg) [96] against TU, a career-best three quarterback sacks (minus 25 yards), he had no hits Passing Eff. Offense ...... 9th (126.88 rtg.) [60] behind the line vs. UG. He has now recorded a tackle for loss in 13 of his last 15 games Total Defense ...... 6th (312.00 ypg) [29] and a sack in eight of his last 10 contests, dating to last season. Rushing Defense ...... 5th (96.8 ypg) [28] Passing Defense ...... 6th (215.3 ypg) [50] Passing Eff. Defense ...... 9th (131.87 rtg.) [74] EVANS JOINS MSU ALL-TIME LIST IN HITS BEHIND THE LINE Scoring Offense ...... 10th (17.3 ppg) [101] Evans’ three quarterback sacks against Tulane gave him 14.5 for his career, good for Scoring Defense ...... 6th (17.8 ppg) [34] seventh all-time at State, surpassing Edward Smith (12.0, 1997-98), Larry Williams Punting ...... 5th (35.9 net avg.) [t44] (12.5, 1994-95) and Keith Joseph (14.0, 1989-92) on the career list. He also now has Third Down Conversions ...... 7th (39.0%) 35.5 career tackles for loss. His 5.9 tackles per game a year ago were also the best Fourth Down Conversions ...... 7th (36.7%) among all SEC defensive linemen. The 6-2, 270-pounder registered a team-best 14.5 Kickoff Returns ...... 7th (23.4 ypr) [42] tackles for loss (minus 53 yards) and a squad-leading 5.5 quarterback sacks (minus 25 Punt Returns ...... 9th (7.7 ypr) [72] yards). His tackles for loss were sixth best in the league. He has eight tackles for loss First Downs ...... t9th (59 fd) Penalties ...... 8th (58.7 ypg) and five sacks through four games this season. Turnover Margin ...... t5th (0.00 tmpg) Time of Possession ...... 7th (29:16) HEARD MAKES THE PERFECT DEFENSIVE BOOK-END Red Zone Offense ...... 8th (71.4%) Mississippi State junior defensive end Michael Heard (Lovejoy, Ga.) has proved to Red Zone Defense ...... 9th (83.3%) be the perfect complement to Evans this season. The 6-2, 262-pounder, registered four tackles, including one tackle for loss (minus 1 yard), and a forced fumble against NDIVIDUAL I Georgia. On the year, Heard has posted 15 tackles (nearly four per game), three tack- CATEGORY RANK (AVG./PCT.) Rushing les for loss (minus 9 yards), two of which were quarterback sacks (minus 8 yards). He Jerious Norwood ...... 5th (76.0 ypg) [62] has also had a fumble recovery in addition to his forced bobble vs. UG. Passing Effeciency Omarr Conner ...... 9th (130.40 rtg) [56] McNEIL ON INITIAL RIMINGTON AWARD LIST Total Offense Mississippi State senior center Chris McNeil (Petal, Miss.) has played in 30 games for Omarr Conner ...... 9th (167.0 ypg) [90] the Bulldogs on the offensive line, having earned 19 starting calls. He started all 11 All-Purpose Yardage games a year ago at the center position and has begun his senior season on the initial Jerious Norwood ...... 20th (83.0 ypg) Interceptions watch list for the 2005 Rimington Award, given annually to the nation’s top center. Quinton Culberson ...... t16th (0.25 ipg) He was on the field for 45 of 71 offensive snaps and scored an 80 percent blocking Punt Returns grade with a team-best seven knockdown blocks in the ’05 season-opening win over Jonathan Lowe ...... 6th (7.7 ypr) [68] Murray State. He posted a 76 percent blocking grade at Auburn in Week 2. McNeil Kickoff Returns scored a team-best 87 percent blocking grade with a pair of knockdown blocks in the Derek Pegues ...... 9th (23.6 ypr) [52] team’s win over Tulane one week later. He was on the field for all 60 offensive snaps Punting against TU. Again paced the team with an 87 percent blocking grade, recording 51 Blake McAdams ...... 1st (42.5 ypp) [29] “plus” plays out of 59 snaps, with six knockdown blocks against Georgia in Week 4. Field Goal Percentage Keith Andrews ...... (66.7%) PAT Percentage CONNER OPENS ’05 SEASON WITH A RECORD-SETTING GAME Keith Andrews ...... t1st (100.0%) Mississippi State junior quarterback Omarr Conner (Macon, Miss.) completed a sea- Tackles For Loss son-high 19-of-32 passes for 205 yards, a touchdown and one interception against Willie Evans ...... 1st (8.0 tfl) Georgia this past Saturday. He has now thrown seven TDs with just three pass thefts Sacks in the first four games of the ’05 season. He burst out of the starting gate with a Willie Evans ...... 1st (5.0 sck) standout performance in State’s season-opening win over Murray State. Conner completed 17-of-24 passes for 233 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions. His .708 personal completion percentage is second only to the .741 mark he put up against Arkansas in 2004.

WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM CULBERSON NOW SETTLED IN MIDDLE OF MSU DEFENSE After coming to Mississippi State as a cornerback, and earning eight starts at that MSU STREAKS/2005 RECORDS position to open his collegiate career, junior Quinton Culberson (Jackson, Miss.) has Overall Streak 2005 been on the move in the Bulldog defense ever since. He played both safety and Overall ...... L1 ...... 2-2 outside linebacker in 2004 after rebounding from an ’03 broken leg, and moved to Home ...... L1 ...... 1-1 middle linebacker this past spring. The hard-hitting Culberson seems to have found Away ...... L13 ...... 0-1 a home in the middle of the Bulldog defense. His 10 tackles at Auburn three weeks Neutral ...... W3 ...... 1-0 ago was the third double-digit tackle game of his career. He was also credited with SEC Games ...... L5 ...... 0-2 a forced fumble against the Tigers. Culberson tied for second on the team in back- Non-Conference Games ...... W2 ...... 2-0 to-back games -- eight hits against Tulane two weeks ago and six stops, with a 7-yard Day Games ...... L3 ...... 0-1 quarterback sack. Night Games ...... L1 ...... 2-1 August ...... L2 ...... — September ...... L1 ...... 2-2 PROSSER PACES BULLDOG RECEIVERS AGAIN IN 2005 October ...... W2 ...... — For the third time in four games this season, Mississippi State junior wide receiver November ...... L11 ...... — Will Prosser (Starkville, Miss.) has at least tied for the club lead in catches following vs. Top 10 Teams (Associated Press) ...... L5 ...... 0-1 last week’s Georgia game. Prosser, who tied for the team high in receiving with Tee vs. Top 25 Teams (Associated Press) ...... L2 ...... 0-2 Milons a year ago, joined three teammates with four catches against Georgia, gaining Television Games ...... W1 ...... 1-1 37 yards. He also had five receptions (38 yards) against the Green Wave, and now has ABC ...... L5 ...... — 16 receptions (four per game) for 158 yards on the year. CBS ...... L1 ...... — CSTV...... W1 ...... — McADAMS AIMS TO EXTEND MSU’S LONG LINE OF SOLID PUNTERS ESPN...... L3 ...... 0-1 Mississippi State true freshman punter Blake McAdams (Ripley, Tenn.) approached ESPN2 ...... L1 ...... — the Bulldogs’ single-game punting mark with an outstanding performance against Fox ...... L1 ...... — Tulane at Shreveport two weeks ago, but followed up that effort with his first sub- Jefferson-Pilot ...... L1 ...... 0-1 40-yard per kick average against Georgia this past Saturday. McAdams punted seven NBC ...... W2 ...... — times for a 39.3-yard average, a game-long 51-yard boot with one kick ending inside When MSU Wins Coin Toss ...... W1 ...... 1-0 the 20-yard line. Two weeks ago, McAdams punted 10 times for a 45.7-yard average, When Opponent Wins Toss ...... L1 ...... 1-2 When MSU Scores First ...... L1 ...... 2-1 with six of his 10 downed inside the 20. He had a game-best 57-yard punt against the When Opponent Scores First ...... L14 ...... 0-1 Green Wave. Former Bulldog Andy Russ (vs. South Carolina, 1996 [10, 47.5]) holds the When MSU Leads at Halftime ...... W3 ...... 1-0 MSU record for highest yards-per-punt average on that many attempts. McAdams When Score Is Tied at Halftime ...... W1 ...... 1-0 has now punted 27 times for a 42.5-yard average this season. McAdams punted four When Opponent Leads at Halftime ...... L20 ...... 0-2 times for a 42.2-yard average against Murray State, and 41.2 yards per punt at Auburn. When MSU Leads After Three Quarters ...... W3 ...... 2-0 If his first four games are any indication, MSU will add another kicker to a long line When Score Is Tied After Three Quarters...... W2 ...... — of standout punters. For 10 straight years, MSU’s punter has averaged better than 40 When Opponent Leads After Three Quarters ...... L22 ...... 0-2 yards per punt. When MSU Scores 25 or more points ...... W5 ...... 1-0 When Opponent Scores 25 or more points ...... L2 ...... 0-1

HOW MSU’S OPPONENTS HAVE FARED OPPONENT (DATE VS. MSU) W L CURRENT NATIONAL RANKS LAST WEEK THIS WEEK MURRAY STATE (9/3) 1 2 L, 0-42 at Illinois State at Tennessee Tech at Auburn (9/10) 3 1 RVth AP ... RV USA Today W, 37-14 vs. WesternKentucky SOUTH CAROLINA at Tulane (9/17) 1 1 W, 31-10 at Southern Methodist SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA GEORGIA (9/24) 4 0 7th AP ... 6th USA Today W, 23-10 at Mississippi State —Idle— LSU (10/1) 1 1 3rd AP ... 3rd USA Today L, 27-30 (OT) vs. Tennessee at Mississippi State at Florida (10/8) 4 0 5th AP ... 5th USA Today W, 49-28 at Kentucky at Alabama HOUSTON (10/22) 1 2 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI (ppd.) at Tulsa at Kentucky (10/29) 1 3 L, 49-28 vs. Florida —Idle— ALABAMA (11/5) 4 0 20th AP ... 20th USA Today W, 24-13 vs. Arkansas FLORIDA vs. Arkansas (11/19) 1 3 L, 13-24 at Alabama —Idle— OLE MISS (11/26) 1 2 L, 14-24 vs. Wyoming at Tennessee Totals 21 13 Home Games in CAPS

WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM MISSISSIPPI STATE 2005 DEPTH CHART (LSU) OFFENSE DEFENSE 19 TEE MILONS (5-10, 173, SR.) 36 WILLIE EVANS (6-2, 270, SR.) WR 86 Lance Long (5-10, 180, So.) LE 92 Charles Burns (6-2, 263, Fr.) 28 Aubrey Bell (6-3, 209, Fr.) 91 Jeremy Jack (6-2, 236, Sr.)

55 BRIAN ANDERSON (6-6, 305, JR.) 94 ANDREW POWELL (6-0, 298, JR.) LT 78 Michael Gates (6-4, 291, Fr.) NT 90 Antonio Johnson (6-3, 300, Jr.)

53 ANTHONY STRAUDER (6-3, 300, RFR.) 98 DELJUAN ROBINSON (6-4, 289, JR.) LG 73 Dio Herrera (6-3, 310, RFr.) T 97 Corey Clark (6-1, 306, So.) 51 Avery Hannibal (6-0, 260, So.) 50 CHRIS MCNEIL (6-4, 295, SR.) C 76 Royce Blackledge (6-3, 291, So.) 58 MICHAEL HEARD (6-2, 262, JR.) RE 54 Titus Brown (6-3, 244, So.) 68 JOHNNY WADLEY (6-3, 329, SR.) 99 Quinton Wesley (6-5, 262, Fr.) RG 72 Anthony Dunning (6-3, 322, Fr.) 29 CLARENCE MCDOUGAL (6-0, 221, SR.) 70 AVERY HOUSE (6-5, 315, SR.) SLB 5 Gabe O'Neal (6-0, 213, So.) RT 79 Calvin Wilson (6-5, 366, Fr.) 39 Fred Akines (6-3, 205, RFr.)

88 ERIC BUTLER (6-3, 254, SO.) 2 QUINTON CULBERSON (6-0, 222, JR.) TE 48 Dezmond Sherrod (6-2, 245, So.) MLB 44 Brad Horton (5-11, 232, Jr.) 84 Jeremy Jones (6-3, 262, RFr.) 32 Carlton Rice (6-0, 226, So.) 82 Jason Husband (6-4, 221, So.) 56 ANTHONY LITTLEJOHN (6-2, 225, RFR.) 12 JERIOUS NORWOOD (6-0, 204, SR.) WLB 22 Jamar Chaney (6-2, 230, Fr.) HB 33 Demarcus Johnson (5-10, 205, RFr.) 10 Jonathan Lowe (5-6, 180, So.) 4 KEVIN DOCKERY (5-9, 187, SR.) 27 Brandon Thornton (5-10, 195, RFr.) LC 3 Derek Pegues (5-10, 189, Fr.) 13 Jamaal Johnson (5-9, 170, Sr.) 14 OMARR CONNER (6-1, 222, JR.) QB 7 Michael Henig (6-1, 180, RFr.) 6 DEMARIO BOBO (6-0, 180, SO.) 18 Brett Morgan (6-0, 204, Sr.) SS 45 De'Mon Glanton (6-1, 185, RFr.) 17 Tray Rutland (6-2, 210, Fr.) 34 JERAMIE JOHNSON (5-11, 209, JR.) 41 BRYSON DAVIS (6-2, 266, JR.) FS 15 Marcus Evans (5-10, 198, Sr.) FB 31 Casey Rogers (6-1, 226, Jr.) 42 Jonathan Hill (5-11, 200, So.) 35 Brandon Hart (5-10, 240, Fr.) 30 Taurus Young (5-9, 213, RFr.) 23 DAVID HEARD (6-0, 195, JR.) RC 1 Keith Fitzhugh (5-10, 203, Fr.) 9 KEON HUMPHRIES (5-10, 176, RFR.) 25 Leron Yarbrough (6-0, 170, Jr.) WR 11 Will Prosser (6-3, 203, Jr.) 83 Joey Sanders (6-0, 204, So.) 87 Jamayel Smith (6-0, 186, RFr.)

SPECIALISTS

46 KEITH ANDREWS (6-1, 205, JR.) 18 BRETT MORGAN (6-0, 204, SR.) K 37 Adam Carlson (6-4, 185, RFr.) H 43 Blake McAdams (5-11, 187, Fr.)

43 BLAKE MCADAMS (5-11, 187, FR.) 3 DEREK PEGUES (5-10, 189, FR.) P 38 Brooks Crabtree (5-10, 182, Sr.) KR 10 Jonathan Lowe (5-6, 185, So.)

62 RUSSELL COOK (6-1, 226, JR.) 10 JONATHAN LOWE (5-6, 185, SO.) DS 89 Britt Cross (6-3, 246, Sr.) PR 3 Derek Pegues (5-10, 189, Fr.)

THE LAST MEETING

0 51 LSU struck quickly, scoring a scoring LSU struck quickly, touch- another Broussard After in the more once LSU scored half opened in the second The LSU pounded out 272 yards led in Bulldogs were The largest setback was State’s The

touchdown on an 11-yard run by on an 11-yard touchdown into 2:42 seconds Alley Broussard Mississippi fumbled State the game. andon the ensuing possession on a scoring by LSU capitalized LSU led 14-0 run. 1-yard Broussard after just 6:31 of play. of in the opening minutes down attempt quarterthe second (PAT contributed defense the LSU failed), Tiger Marcus when scoring the to an Omarr Conner Spears returned a touch- for 35 yards interception and a 27-0 lead. down first half on a JaMarcus Russel pass out 12 yards Doucet from Early to take the lockerto a 34-0 lead into at intermission. room same fashion as the first when LSU early on a Russell run from scored Tigers scor- The out. eight yards Carter when Xavier ing continued the fourth into 15 seconds scored quarter Matt pass from on a 67-yard With 9:33 left in the game, Flynn. with a 37- LSU closed out its scoring Ryan field goal from Gaudet. yard the game and for on the ground who had 73 Broussard was led by Russel touchdowns. and three yards Tigers, the led the air attack for 137 9-of-12 aerials for completing Bowe Dwayne and a score. yards with corp Tiger receiving the paced 99 yards. for six catches the Reid who ran Fred rushing by Kyle 23 yards. times for ball four Conner an injured relieved York half and led theearly in the second 14 throwing Bulldogs in passing, Milons was Tee 46 yards. times for with the leading Bulldog receiver 37 yards. for catches three a 52-0 dropping since losing margin in 2001. decision at Florida

(LSU) 91,431. Attendance: Milons 3-37, Butler 1-25, Butler 1-25, Milons 3-37, Reid 4-23, Jude 4-18, Jude 4-18, Reid 4-23, 21:04 38:56 21:04 York 4-14-1-46, Conner 4-14-1-46, York 1-13 9-64 1-13 Russel 9-12-0-137 TD, Randall TD, Russel 9-12-0-137 Mississippi State Mississippi State LSU (MSU) GAME NOTES 90 327 90 1-1 5-4 1-1 8-27-4 18-23-0 8-27-4 22-40 58-272 22-40 130 599 130 (MSU)

(MSU) 7 31 7 (LSU) 2004 Bowe 6-99, Davis 5-93, Doucet 2-22 TD, TD, Doucet 2-22 5-93, Davis 6-99, Bowe Behind 599 total yards and a crowd of 91,431 at Tiger Stadium, LSU Tiger Stadium, at of 91,431 crowd and a yards Behind 599 total first downs and seven yards 130 total held MSU to Tiger defense The (LSU) LSU 14 20 7 10 = 51 = 10 7 20 Mississippi State LSU 14 1st 12:18, 11 run (JacksonLSU - Broussard kick), LSU 0 1st 8:29, 1 run (JacksonLSU - Broussard kick), 0 2nd 13:40, 16 run (kickLSU - Broussard failed), 0 0 return LSU - Spears 35 interception 2nd = 0 Russel (JacksonLSU - Doucet 12 pass from kick), 2:37, 4th 2nd 12:26, (Jackson kick), 3rd 10:10, LSU - Russel 8 run (Jackson kick), (JacksonLSU - Carter Flynn 67 pass from kick), 14:45, 4th 9:33, LSU - Gaudet 37 FG, MSU Downs First Rushes-Yards Yards Passing (C-A-I) Passes Offense Total Fumbles-Lost Penalties-Yards of Possession Time RUSHING: RUSHING: • has won the last five games in the series. LSU • in the margin of defeat (51 points) MSU’s worst setback since game marked State’s falling 52-0 at Florida in 2001. • 130 yards of total offense The Bulldogs’ in a game lowest total output MSU’s marked since Memphis limited State to 127 yards in 2000. • in the State recovered four LSU fumbles last time a team lost four fumbles game...The against the Bulldogs was when Oklahoma fumbled five Tigers lost five in 1999…The State times in the game, marking the first team since in 2000 to have five loose balls Memphis MSU. against • road State has now dropped nine straight games and 14 consecutive SEC road affairs. • 51 points in the game marked the Tigers’ The most points scored by either team in the series MSU downed LSU 55-31 in 1980 in since Miss. Jackson, Norwood 10-17, York 1-(-6), Conner 3-(-12). 3-(-12). Conner 1-(-6), York Norwood 10-17, Broussard 13-73 2TD, Hester 7-50, Addai 7-45, 7-45, Addai 7-50, Hester 13-73 2TD, Broussard Spadoni 8-25, Carey TD, Russel 4-26 Vincent 9-43, Randall 1-6. 9-8, PASSING: 0-1-0-0. Team TD, 2-3-0-87 Flynn 7-7-0-103, RECEIVING: B.Wright 1-7, Prosser Norwood 1-10, Reid 1-11, 1-0. Hester Vincent 1-16, 1-20, Brazell TD, Carter 1-67 1-0. Robinson 1-10, 4-13-3-44. 4-13-3-44. cruised to a 51-0 victorycruised to MSU in Game 4 of the 2004 season. over 31 first downs. garnered offense while the LSU in the contest September 25, 2004 September 25, LA Rouge, Tiger Stadium • Baton 2005 GAME SUMMARIES Murray State 6 Mississippi State 0 Mississippi State 38 Auburn 28 September 3, 2005 September 10, 2005 Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field • Starkville, Miss. Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, Ala.

Omarr Conner threw two of his career-high four touchdown passes to freshman Keon Humphries, AUBURN, Ala. (AP) - Brandon Cox passed for 202 yards and two first-half touchdowns and Will and Mississippi State routed Murray State 38-6 on Saturday night in a game played days after Hurricane Herring recovered a fumble for a TD to lead Auburn to a 28-0 victory over Mississippi State on Katrina ravaged the region. Saturday. Jerious Norwood rushed for 123 yards on 16 carries for the Bulldogs (1-0), who outgained the The Tigers (1-1, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) rebounded from a season-opening loss to Georgia Racers 482-229 and avoided losing to a Division I-AA team for the second straight season. Tech with their first league shutout since a 9-0 win over Alabama in 2000. Conner was 17-of-24 passing for 233 yards in 2 1/2 quarters with touchdowns to Humphries cover- The Bulldogs (1-1, 0-1) have now lost 16 consecutive games against SEC West opponents and even ing 49 and 34 yards. tailback Jerious Norwood couldn’t get anything going. The game’s prelude had a somber tone: Instead of running onto the field, coach Sylvester Croom Auburn returned to the formula that resulted in a 13-0 season in 2004: a stingy defense and running and the Bulldogs walked solemnly to the sideline, with their helmets under their right arms, and the the ball to set up the pass instead of the other way around like last week. scoreboard showed a tribute to Katrina’s victims. Mississippi State officials said about 2,000 evacuees The Tigers held Norwood to 39 yards on 10 carries and constantly harried quarterback Omarr claimed free tickets to the game. Conner. Conner gave them a good show. His previous best of two touchdown passes came last season Cox was nearly perfect in the first half, going 8-of-10 for 132 yards with a 33-yard touchdown to against Arkansas, but he surpassed that by adding tight end Cole Bennett and a 5-yarder to Devin Aromashodu. He also completed long passes to tail- GAME NOTES touchdowns covering 37 yards to Tee Milons and 8 backs Tre Smith and Kenny Irons, who were largely nonfactors in the opener. • Mississippi State moves to 2-0 in season- yards to Eric Butler. He became the first Mississippi The sophomore’s starting debut had turned nightmarish, with four second-half interceptions and a openers under Head Coach Sylvester Croom. State player with four touchdown passes in a game fumble. This time Cox mostly handed off in the second half, finishing 12 of 18 as Auburn managed just State has now won seven of its last eight lid- since Derrick Taite did it a decade ago against 10 yards in the third quarter. lifters against non-conference opponents. Memphis. He completed passes of 23 and 38 yards in the • The Bulldogs’ 38-point total ties the most GAME NOTES points scored by MSU in Croom’s tenure (vs. Croom won his second straight opener at fourth quarter. Reserve Brad Lester rushed for a 6- • State has lost 13 consecutive road games Florida, 2004). Mississippi State, but it had a vastly different feel and 18 straight SEC road contests and has yard TD with 2:03 left to cap the scoring. • MState’s 21 third-quarter points are the than last year, when the nation was caught up in the now dropped 16 SEC Western Division The Tigers’ running game didn’t look all that most points an MSU team has scored in a buzz surrounding the debut of the first black head games in a row. formidable, managing 118 yards on 41 carries, but single quarter since racking up 23 vs. Florida • Mississippi State was shutout for the first in 2000 (4th quarter). football coach in SEC history. it helped control the clock and set Cox up for some time since a 51-0 blanking at LSU in 2004. • Junior QB Omarr Conner threw a career- Less than a week ago, Katrina made a deadly big plays. • Freshman DB Derek Pegues' first-quarter high, and school-record tying, four touch- march across the Gulf Coast and through Mississippi, kickoff return of 51 yards was the longest Conner, meanwhile, was 10 of 19 for 116 yards down passes. He is the first Bulldog quar- and some players said they wanted to give the of his young career, and the longest by a with an interception after throwing for four touch- terback with four TD tosses in a game since Bulldog since Fred Reid ran back a kick 100 Derrick Taite (vs. Memphis, 1995). mournful state a reason to smile again. downs against Murray State. They did, even if for a while it wasn’t easy. The yards against Memphis on Oct. 11, 2003. Two Bulldog mistakes helped the Tigers take a • Junior LB Quinton Culberson led the Bulldogs, who lost to I-AA Maine in one of last Bulldog defense with 10 total tackles (six 21-0 lead midway through the third quarter. Herring season’s biggest upsets, at times looked capable of solo), his first double-digit hit talley since recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touch- Murray State 6 0 0 0 = 6 yet another embarrassing loss. recording 11 stops against Arkansas a year down after Jonathan Lowe had blundered in calling Mississippi State 3 14 21 0 = 38 But they took advantage of two miscues by ago. for a fair catch before fielding Kody Bliss’s 60-yard Murray State (0-1) to break this one open. punt at the Mississippi State 6-yard line. MSU - Andrews 37 FG, 4:07, 1st The Racers led 9-3 midway through the second Two plays later, Tee Milons bobbled a screen pass MUR - Cook 13 run (kick failed), 2:51, 1st quarter but a defensive holding penalty allowed Mississippi State 0 0 0 0 = 0 from Omarr Conner. When he got control and tried MSU - Milons 37 pass from Conner Auburn 7 7 7 7 = 28 (Andrews kick), 6:55, 2nd Mississippi State to prolong a drive. Three plays later, to run with it, the ball popped loose and bounced MSU - Humphries 49 pass from Conner the Bulldogs took the lead for good on Conner’s AU - Bennett 33 pass from Cox into the end zone. (Andrews kick), 4:39, 2nd touchdown pass to Milons. (Vaughn kick), 6:56, 1st Mississippi State drove into Auburn territory four MSU - Humphries 34 pass from Conner Murray State fumbled away its next possession, AU - Aromashodu 5 pass from Cox times, making it as far as the 14 in the first quarter (Andrews kick), 12:28, 3rd Mississippi State recovered and on the following (Vaughn kick), 13:04, 2nd before a sack and penalties pushed the Bulldogs MSU - Butler 8 pass from Conner play Conner hit Humphries from 49 yards out to AU - Herring 7 fumble recovery back. (Andrews kick), 6:31, 3rd make it 17-6. (Vaughn kick), 7:54, 3rd Keith Andrews’ 48-yard field goal attempt MSU - D. Johnson 7 run (Andrews kick), 3:21, 3rd AU - Lester 6 run (Vaughn kick), 2:03, 4th Humphries finished his first college game with bounced off the goal post. MUR MSU five catches for 98 yards. MSU AU First Downs 16 26 Ken Topps, a Mississippi State transfer, made his First Downs 10 16 Rushes-Yards 33-88 44-249 first career start for Murray State and gave his old Rushes-Yards 38-81 41-118 Passing Yards 141 233 team fits in the first half, repeatedly escaping trouble Passing Yards 126 202 Passes (C-A-I) 14-20-1 17-27-0 by sidestepping and outrunning the Bulldogs. But Passes (C-A-I) 12-21-1 12-18-0 Total Offense 229 482 they eventually figured out their old teammate and Total Offense 207 320 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Fumbles-Lost 4-2 1-1 Penalties-Yards 7-62 7-77 held the Racers to 31 total yards in the second half. Penalties-Yards 8-40 1-10 Time of Possession 27:19 32:41 Nick Turner, Mississippi State’s leading rusher two Time of Possession 31:13 28:47 seasons ago who was kicked off the team last year RUSHING: (MUR) Cook 19-57, Topps 9-23, by Croom, was one of three players suspended by RUSHING: (MSU) Ambrose 6-41, Norwood Wize 4-16, Salyer 1-(-8). (MSU) Norwood 16-123, coach Joe Pannunzio. 10-39, Thornton 6-16, D. Johnson 6-15, Milons 1- Ambrose 9-49, D. Johnson 9-40, Conner 3-21, 4, Brooks 2-1, Conner 7-(-35). (AU) Stewart 9-38, Henig 1-8, Thornton 4-5, Davis 1-3, Team 1-0. Chad Cook led the Racers with 57 yards rushing Lester 6-34, Irons 13-28, Cox 8-11, Smith 5-7. PASSING: (MUR) Topps 14-20-1-141, Salyer and a 13-yard touchdown run. PASSING: (MSU) Conner 10-19-1-116, Henig 3-3-0-(-3), Team 0-1-0-0. (MSU) Conner 17-24-0- 2-2-10-0. (AU) Cox 12-18-0-202 2TD. 233 4TD, Henig 0-3-0-0. RECEIVING: (MSU) Milons 4-54, Prosser 2-31, RECEIVING: (MUR) Rumley 5-28, Eiland Butler 2-25, Jones 1-5, Long 1-5, Sanders 1-4, D 4-34, Baxter 2-19, Cook 2-10, Wize 1-50. (MSU) Johnson 1-2. (AU) Wallace 3-21, Bennett 2-45, Humphries 5-98 2TD, Prosser 5-52, Butler 3-29 Smith 1-38, R. Smith 1-38, Dunn 1-23, Irons 1-23, TD, Milons 2-41 TD, D. Johnson 1-6, Davis 1-6. Obomanu 1-9, Aromashodu 1-5 TD, Stewart 1-0.

Attendance: 43,486. Attendance: 81,921. 2005 GAME SUMMARIES Mississippi State 21 #6 Georgia 23 Tulane 14 Mississippi State 10 September 17, 2005 September 24, 2005 Independence Bowl Stadium • Shreveport, La. Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field • Starkville, Miss.

SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - Mississippi State spoiled Tulane’s hurricane-delayed season opener, using STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) - D.J. Shockley passed for a career-high 312 yards in his first career road start, Jerious Norwood’s late 17-yard touchdown run to beat the Green Wave 21-14 Saturday night in a game leading No. 7 Georgia past Mississippi State 23-10 on Saturday night. full of reminders of Katrina. Georgia (2-0 Southeastern Conference) opened 4-0 for the third time in coach Mark Richt’s five The Division I-A team most affected by the storm, Tulane played its first game nearly 350 miles from seasons, and the fifth-year senior quarterback is a big reason why. home after the storm ravaged New Orleans, flooded the school’s campus, damaged the Superdome Shockley, who’s finally enjoying a chance to start after spending four years as David Greene’s and, coach Chris Scelfo said, put football in perspective. backup, also set career highs with 20 completions and 33 attempts despite gusty, hurricane-related The Green Wave wore patches on their jerseys to honor the victims of Katrina. winds and occasional showers. Despite all the heartache, the Green Wave were poised to give storm-weary residents of the Gulf The soggy conditions didn’t seem to bother Shockley, who surpassed his previous bests of 289 Coast a reason to rejoice, erasing a two-touchdown deficit and tying it at 14-14 in the fourth quarter. yards passing and 16 completions he set four weeks earlier in a win against Boise State. But a special-teams mistake set up the Bulldogs’ decisive touchdown. After winning his first three starts Between the Israel Route muffed a Mississippi State punt, Lance Long recovered for the Bulldogs at the Tulane GAME NOTES Hedges, the SEC’s most efficient passer was sharp in 17 and Norwood scored on the next play to give the Bulldogs the lead for good with about 7 minutes • Georgia has now won the last eight his first start on the road: The league’s most produc- to play. meetings between the two teams. tive offense outgained Mississippi State 406-254. The Green Wave couldn’t get closer than the Mississippi State 39, and Lester Ricard’s desperation • Since the Southeastern Conference His first touchdown pass on this night was instituted instant replay before the start heave on the game’s final play was tipped by defender Derek Pegues and fell out of Brian King’s reach of this season, the Bulldogs had not his prettiest, and it came on his first series. He in the end zone. had a play reviewed before tonight's slipped from the grasp of Mississippi State’s Deljuan Tulane outgained the Bulldogs 293-225 and the third-quarter review of WR Will Prosser's Robinson, rolled right and hit a wide-open Danny Green Wave were thinking victory after Sean Lucas fumble. Ware from 28 yards out to give Georgia the lead GAME NOTES returned a fourth-quarter fumble to the Bulldogs’ • Norwood's four receptions marked a for good. • Mississippi State has now won seven of the career high for the senior. last eight contests with Tulane. 28. • Junior QB Omarr Conner's touchdown Shockley added a 10-yard TD in the second • The Bulldogs played their first neutral-site Javon Jackson’s 18-yard touchdown run six plays pass tonight was his seventh of the sea- quarter to Leonard Pope, who caught it at about game since the 2000 Independence Bowl. later tied it with about nine minutes remaining. It son, marking a new career best for the the 4 and dragged Mississippi State’s DeMario Bobo • State won its first game away from Davis came two possessions after Ricard’s 23-yard touch- junior. across the goal line. • Sophomore TE Eric Butler's fourth- Wade Stadium at Scott Field since a victory down to Damarcus Davis. And his 33-yard pass to Pope on fourth-and-5 set at Memphis on Oct. 19, 2003. quarter touchdown reception was the • Sophomore TE Eric Butler's third-quarter Omarr Conner overcame a slow start and fin- seventh of his career, extending his up a 23-yard field goal by Brandon Coutu, the SEC’s touchdown was the sixth of his career, set- ished 13-of-26 for 108 yards with touchdown passes Mississippi State record amongst tight leading scorer who entered with 31 points. ting a new MSU record for tight ends. of 3 yards to Norwood and 18 yards to Eric Butler in ends. Butler is now just two TD recep- Coutu finished with three field goals, adding tions away from entering the school's • Senior DE Willie Evans 10 tackles marked a Mississippi State’s first win away from Starkville in kicks of 27 and 23 yards for Georgia, which is off career best, and his 4.0 tackles-for-loss tied overall top-ten in the category. a career best. nearly three years. next week and can start thinking about its Oct. 8 • Junior QB Omarr Conner tossed multiple Norwood finished with 99 yards on 21 carries for showdown with No. 10 Tennessee. touchdown passes for the third time in his the Bulldogs (2-1). Georgia 7 7 6 3 = 23 This one could have been much more lopsided: career. Ricard was 26-of-47 for 179 yards for the Green Mississippi State 3 0 0 7 = 10 Coutu missed field goals of 41 and 53 yards and Wave (0-1), and his favorite target, Preston Brown, Georgia lost a fumble inside the Mississippi State had nine catches for 117 yards. MSU - Andrews 34 FG, 11:10, 1st 10. Mississippi State 0 0 14 7 = 21 But the stats hardly mattered to Tulane. That the UGA - Ware 28 pass from Shockley Mississippi State (2-2, 0-2) was looking for its Tulane 0 0 7 7 = 14 (Coutu kick), 8:49, 1st Green Wave played at all is remarkable, because for UGA - Pope 10 pass from Shockley second huge upset of a ranked SEC East team in two MSU - Norwood 3 pass from Conner the past three weeks, they had much bigger con- (Coutu kick), 5:11, 2nd seasons under coach Sylvester Croom. (Andrews kick), 12:17, 3rd cerns than football. UGA - Coutu 27 FG, 12:40, 3rd The Bulldogs - who also play No. 3 LSU and MSU - Butler 18 pass from Conner With their campus flooded and their home sta- UGA - Coutu 23 FG, 7:15, 3rd at No. 5 Florida in the next two weeks - shocked (Andrews kick), 6:50, 3rd dium damaged, the Green Wave fled a total 850 UGA - Coutu 23 FG, 9:47, 4th then-No. 20 Florida last year, and hoped they could TU - Davis 11 pass from Ricard miles and called four cities home. Tulane left first MSU - Butler 4 pass from Conner catch Georgia looking ahead its game against the (Jacob kick), 3:43, 3rd for Jackson, Miss., and then Dallas before settling in (Andrews kick), 7:18, 4th Volunteers. TU - Jackson 18 run (Jacob kick), 9:35, 4th MSU - Norwood 17 run (Andrews kick), 7:44, 4th at Louisiana Tech’s campus in Ruston, hundreds of UGA MSU Keith Andrews had Mississippi State believing miles from the Big Easy. First Downs 22 13 when he capped the opening drive with a 34-yard MSU TU Scelfo said leading up to the game that playing Rushes-Yards 34-94 26-49 field goal. But after that, Georgia made all the plays First Downs 10 19 again was important for the morale of both the Passing Yards 312 205 when they counted. Rushes-Yards 30-117 35-87 Green Wave and the residents of the city they left. Passes (C-A-I) 21-36-0 19-32-1 A tough, focused Georgia defense held Passing Yards 108 206 Tulane, the last Division I-A team to play a game, Total Offense 406 254 Mississippi State to 77 total yards in the first half and Passes (C-A-I) 13-26-1 27-48-0 started out understandably rusty, but Mississippi Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 never allowed the Bulldogs to get anything going Total Offense 225 293 Penalties-Yards 5-38 9-81 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2 State matched the Green Wave mistake for mistake Time of Possession 35:22 24:38 until the outcome was all but decided. Penalties-Yards 6-59 10-75 during a scoreless, penalty-filled first half. Omarr Conner had a late 4-yard touchdown pass Time of Possession 23:54 36:06 The teams combined for 13 punts and 11 penal- RUSHING: (UGA) Ware 9-42, Lumpkin 6-36, to Eric Butler and finished 19-of-32 for 205 yards ties in the opening 30 minutes, and the Bulldogs Brown 9-22, Southerland 4-2, Shockley 6-(-8). for Mississippi State, while leading rusher Jerious RUSHING: (MSU) Norwood 21-99 TD, Conner had 39 total yards and converted one first down (MSU) Norwood 14-43, Conner 10-6, Milons 1-3, Norwood finished with 43 yards and had minus-6 4-14, Lowe 5-4. (TU) Forte 20-66, Jackson 6-29 D. Johnson 1-(-3). TD, Boger 1-3, Ricard 8-(-11). at halftime. PASSING: (UGA) Shockley 21-36-0-312 2TD. yards in the second half. PASSING: (MSU) Conner 13-26-1-108 2TD. (MSU) Conner 19-32-1-205 TD. (TU) Ricard 26-47-0-179 TD, Beckman 1-1-0-27. RECEIVING: (UGA) Massaquoi 4-42, Pope RECEIVING: (MSU) Prosser 5-38, Sanders 2-26, 3-55 TD, McClendon 3-50, Harris 2-29, Brown Norwood 2-4 TD, Butler 1-18 TD, Milons 1-11, 2-29, Gartrell 1-35, Ware 1-28 TD, Milner 1-19, Long 1-7, Lowe 1-4. (TU) Brown 9-117, Terranova Southerland 1-14, Bryant 1-10, Raley 1-7, 5-33, Forte 4-10, Guidroz 3-28, King 3-4, Davis Lumpkin 1-(-6). (MSU) Butler 4-53 TD, Prosser 1-11 TD, Jackson 1-3, Koch 1-0. 4-37, Davis 4-28, Norwood 4-24, Humphries 2-33, Sanders 1-30. Attendance: 16,421. Attendance: 49,903. 2005 MISSISSIPPI STATE STATISTICS

Record Overall Home Away Neutral RUSHING GP-GS ATT GAIN LOSS NET AVG TD LONG AVG/G All Games 2-2 1-1 0-1 1-0 Jerious Norwood 4-4 61 330 26 304 5.0 1 34 76.0 Conference 0-2 0-1 0-1 0-0 Derek Ambrose 3-0 15 91 1 90 6.0 0 15 30.0 Non-Conference 2-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 Demarcus Johnson 3-0 16 59 7 52 3.2 1 15 17.3 Brandon Thornton 4-0 10 25 4 21 2.1 0 5 5.2 TEAM STATISTICS MS OPP Mike Henig 2-0 1 8 0 8 8.0 0 8 4.0 SCORING 69 71 Tee Milons 4-3 2 7 0 7 3.5 0 4 1.8 Points Per Game 17.2 17.8 Omarr Conner 4-4 24 71 65 6 0.2 0 13 1.5 FIRST DOWNS 59 73 Jonathan Lowe 4-0 5 9 5 4 0.8 0 5 1.0 Rushing 29 25 Bryson Davis 4-2 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.8 Passing 27 41 Kentrel Brooks 1-0 2 1 0 1 0.5 0 1 1.0 Penalty 3 7 Team 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 RUSHING YARDAGE 496 387 Total 4 138 604 108 496 3.6 2 34 124.0 Yards gained rushing 604 503 Opponents 4 143 503 116 387 2.7 3 22 96.8 Yards lost rushing 108 116 Rushing Attempts 138 143 Average Per Rush 3.6 2.7 PASSING GP-GS EFFIC ATT-CMP-INT PCT YDS TD LNG AVG/G Average Per Game 124.0 96.8 Omarr Conner 4-4 130.40 101-59-3 58.4 662 7 49 165.5 TDs Rushing 2 3 Mike Henig 2-0 56.80 5-2-0 40.0 10 0 5 5.0 PASSING YARDAGE 672 861 Total 4 126.93 106-61-3 57.5 672 7 49 168.0 Att-Comp-Int 106-61-3 122-74-1 Opponents 4 131.82 122-74-1 60.7 861 5 50 215.2 Average Per Pass 6.3 7.1 Average Per Catch 11.0 11.6 RECEIVING GP-GS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG AVG/G Average Per Game 168.0 215.2 Will Prosser 4-3 16 158 9.9 0 25 39.5 TDs Passing 7 5 Eric Butler 4-3 10 125 12.5 3 44 31.2 TOTAL OFFENSE 1168 1248 Keon Humphries 4-3 7 131 18.7 2 49 32.8 Total Plays 244 265 Tee Milons 4-3 7 106 15.1 1 37 26.5 Average Per Play 4.8 4.7 Jerious Norwood 4-4 6 28 4.7 1 9 7.0 Average Per Game 292.0 312.0 Bryson Davis 4-2 5 34 6.8 0 13 8.5 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS 11-257 9-137 Joey Sanders 4-0 4 60 15.0 0 30 15.0 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 6-46 12-120 Lance Long 4-1 2 12 6.0 0 7 3.0 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 1-0 3-15 Demarcus Johnson 3-0 2 9 4.5 0 7 3.0 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 23.4 15.2 Jeremy Jones 4-1 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.2 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 7.7 10.0 Jonathan Lowe 4-0 1 4 4.0 0 4 1.0 INT RETURN AVERAGE 0.0 5.0 Total 4 61 672 11.0 7 49 168.0 FUMBLES-LOST 7-4 6-5 Opponents 4 74 861 11.6 5 50 215.2 PENALTIES-YARDS 30-257 23-185 Average Per Game 64.2 46.2 PUNTS-YARDS 27-1148 27-1068 PUNT RETURNS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG Average Per Punt 42.5 39.6 Jonathan Lowe 6 46 7.7 0 15 Net punt average 38.1 37.9 Total 6 46 7.7 0 15 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 28:07 31:53 Opponents 8 60 7.5 0 15 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 23/59 22/60 3rd-Down Pct 39% 37% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 1/2 5/5 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long 4th-Down Pct 50% 100% Quinton Culberson 1 0 0.0 0 0 SACKS BY-YARDS 11-74 9-65 Total 1 0 0.0 0 0 MISC YARDS 0 43 Opponents 2 15 7.5 0 11 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 9 9 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 2-3 3-6 KICK RETURNS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG PAT-ATTEMPTS 9-9 8-9 Derek Pegues 9 212 23.6 0 51 ATTENDANCE 91046 98342 Lance Long 1 17 17.0 0 17 Games/Avg Per Game 2/45523 2/49171 Derek Ambrose 1 28 28.0 0 28 Neutral Site Games 0/0 Total 11 257 23.4 0 51 Opponents 9 137 15.2 0 22 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1ST 2ND 3RD 4TH TOTAL Mississippi State 6 14 35 14 69 FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA PCT 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 LG BLK Opponents 20 14 20 17 71 Keith Andrews 2-3 100.0 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-1 0-0 37 0

PUNTING NO. YDS AVG LONG TB FC I20 BLKD Blake McAdams 27 1148 42.5 60 3 4 8 0 Total 27 1148 42.5 60 3 4 8 0 Opponents 27 1068 39.6 61 1 9 10 0

KICKOFFS NO. YDS AVG TB OB RETN NET YDLN Keith Andrews 15 928 61.9 6 0 Total 15 928 61.9 6 0 257 44.7 20 Opponents 15 868 57.9 1 3 277 39.4 25 2005 MISSISSIPPI STATE STATISITCS DEFENSIVE LEADERS

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |---Fumbles---| Blkd GP-GS Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf 34 Jeramie Johnson 4-4 25 6 31 . . . 5 . . 1 . . 2 Quinton Culberson 4-4 21 8 29 1.0-7 1.0-7 1-0 . . . 1 . . 29 Clarence McDougal 4-4 13 10 23 2.0-8 . . 2 . 1-0 1 . . 6 Demario Bobo 4-4 15 6 21 1.0-2 . . 2 . 1-0 . . . 36 Willie Evans 4-4 17 2 19 9.0-59 6.0-50 . 2 1 . . . . 4 Kevin Dockery 4-4 15 2 17 1.0-2 . . 4 . 1-0 . . . 94 Andrew Powell 4-4 13 3 16 3.0-8 ...... 58 Michael Heard 4-4 10 5 15 2.0-3 2.0-2 . . . 1-0 1 . . 22 Jamar Chaney 4-0 6 8 14 . . . . 1 . . . . 23 David Heard 4-4 14 . 14 2.0-2 . . 3 . . . . . 97 Corey Clark 4-0 8 5 13 3.0-4 1.0-2 ...... 5 Gabe O’Neal 4-0 7 4 11 2.0-4 ...... 56 Anthony Littlejohn 4-4 7 4 11 2.0-8 1.5-5 ...... 54 Titus Brown 4-0 5 4 9 2.0-11 1.5-8 . . 1 . . . . 1 Keith Fitzhugh 4-0 5 1 6 ...... 98 Deljuan Robinson 4-4 6 . 6 ...... 44 Brad Horton 4-0 3 3 6 ...... 90 Antonio Johnson 4-0 3 2 5 . 0.5-0 . . 1 . . . . 18 Brett Morgan 4-0 3 2 5 ...... 86 Lance Long 4-1 1 3 4 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 3 Derek Pegues 4-0 3 . 3 . . . 2 . . . . . 15 Marcus Evans 4-0 2 1 3 ...... 41 Bryson Davis 4-2 2 . 2 ...... 45 De’Mon Glanton 4-0 1 1 2 ...... 2A Leron Yarbrough 2-0 2 . 2 ...... 51 Avery Hannibal 4-0 2 . 2 ...... 43 Blake McAdams 4-4 1 . 1 ...... 92 Charles Burns 4-0 . 1 1 ...... 40 Adrian Griffi n 1-0 1 . 1 ...... 32 Carlton Rice 4-0 1 . 1 ...... 39 Fred Akines 2-0 1 . 1 ...... 42 Jonathan Hill 4-0 1 . 1 ...... Total 4 217 81 298 30-118 11-74 1-0 20 4 5-0 4 . . Opponents 4 - - - - 9-65 3-15 9 9 4-43 6 . . 2005 MSU GAME-BY-GAME STARTERS OFFENSE SE LT LG C RG RT TE QB HB FB FL MURRAY STATE Milons Anderson Strauder McNeil Wadley House Butler Conner Norwood Prosser (WR) Humphries at Auburn Milons Anderson Strauder McNeil Wadley House Jones Conner Norwood Davis Humphries at Tulane Long Anderson Strauder McNeil Wadley House Butler Conner Norwood Davis Prosser GEORGIA Milons Anderson Strauder McNeil Wadley House Butler Conner Norwood Prosser (WR) Humphries LSU at Florida HOUSTON at Kentucky ALABAMA at Arkansas (L.R.) OLE MISS

DEFENSE E NT T E SLB MLB WLB LC SS FS RC MURRAY STATE Evans Powell Robinson Heard McDougal Culberson Littlejohn Dockery Bobo Je. Johnson Heard at Auburn Evans Powell Robinson Heard McDougal Culberson Littlejohn Dockery Bobo Je. Johnson Heard at Tulane Evans Powell Robinson Heard McDougal Culberson Littlejohn Dockery Bobo Je. Johnson Heard GEORGIA Evans Powell Robinson Heard McDougal Culberson Littlejohn Dockery Bobo Je. Johnson Heard LSU at Florida HOUSTON at Kentucky ALABAMA at Arkansas (L.R.) OLE MISS 2005 MISSISSIPPI STATE TEAM GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS 1st Downs Rushing Passing Tot. Off. Punts Fumbles Penalties 3rd Time of Game Score Tot Ru-Pa-Pe No-Yds-TD C-A-I Yds TD Pl-Yds No-Avg F-L No-Yds Dns Poss. @ MState 38 26 14-10-2 44-249-1 17-27-0 233 4 71-482 4-42.2 1-0 7-77 8-15 32:41 Murray State 6 16 7-7-2 33-88-1 14-20-1 141 0 53-229 7-36.4 1-1 7-62 3-10 27:19

MState 0 10 6-4-0 38-81-0 12-21-1 126 0 59-207 6-41.2 4-2 8-40 5-14 31:13 @ Auburn 28 16 8-7-1 41-118-1 12-18-0 202 2 59-320 6-46.7 1-1 1-10 7-14 28:47

MState 21 10 4-5-1 20-117-1 13-26-1 108 2 56-225 10-45.7 1-1 6-59 5-15 23:54 @ Tulane 14 19 7-11-1 35-87-1 27-48-0 206 1 83-293 11-38.6 3-2 10-75 7-21 36:06

@ MState 10 13 5-8-0 26-49-0 19-32-1 205 1 58-254 7-39.3 1-1 9-81 5-15 24:38 Georgia 20 22 3-16-3 34-94-0 21-36-0 312 2 70-406 3-36.0 1-1 5-38 5-15 35:22

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MISCELLANEOUS TEAM STATISTICS CONVERSIONS IN THE RED ZONE (20 YARDS AND IN)* 3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS (BY QUARTER) MSU SCORES/RED ZONE ENTRIES - 7-9 (77.8%) 1 2 3 4 OT Total Scores - 7 MISSISSIPPI STATE...... 2-11 3-15 12-18 6-15 — ...... 23-59 Touchdowns - 6, Field Goals - 1 Pct...... 18% 20% 67% 40% — ...... 39% Non-Scores - 2 Missed Field Goals - 1, Loss on Downs - 0, Punts - 0 Opponents ...... 9-16 5-17 4-14 4-13 — ...... 22-60 Turnovers - 0 (Fumbles - 0, Interceptions - 0, Blocked Field Goal - 0) Pct...... 56% 29% 29% 31% — ...... 37% End of half - 0; End of game - 1 3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS (BY DISTANCE) OPPONENT SCORES/RED ZONE ENTRIES - 9-11 (81.8%) 3rd and: 1-3 4-6 7-10 11+ Total Scores - 9 Touchdowns - 6, Field Goals - 3 MISSISSIPPI STATE...... 9-12 5-14 6-19 3-14...... 23-59 Non-Scores - 2 Pct...... 75% 36% 32% 21% ...... 39% Missed Field Goals - 0, Loss on Downs - 0, Punts - 0 Opponents ...... 7-15 5-14 8-19 2-12...... 22-60 Turnovers - 2 (Fumbles - 2, Interceptions - 0, Blocked Field Goal - 0) Pct...... 47% 36% 42% 11% ...... 37% End of half - 0; End of game - 0 * - Offensive series only; does not include overtimes 4TH DOWN CONVERSIONS (BY QUARTER) 1 2 3 4 OT Total TURNOVERS MISSISSIPPI STATE...... 0-0 0-0 0-1 1-1 — ...... 1-2 Takeaways - 5 Pct...... 0% 0% 0% 100% — ...... 50% Giveaways - 5 Difference - +0 Opponents ...... 0-0 2-2 1-1 2-2 — ...... 5-5 Ratio Per Game: +0.00 Pct...... 0% 100% 100% 100% — ...... 100% Points Off TOs - MSU 21 (3 TD, 0 FG, 3 PAT[1], 0 PAT[2]) Opp. 21 (3 TD, 0 FG, 3 PAT[1], 0 PAT[2]) Points Off TOs/Game - MSU 7.0, Opp. 7.0 KICKOFFS Touchbacks - 5 Opp. Returns - 7, 109 yards (Avg. Return—15.57) Fair Catches - 0 Out of Bounds - 0 Onside Kicks - 0 (0 recovered)

WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM 2005 GAME-BY-GAME INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS GAME-BY-GAME RUSHING Att.-Yds.-TD #10 Lowe #12 Norwood #14 Conner #26 Ambrose #27 Thornton #33 D. Johnson #41 Davis MURRAY STATE 0-0-0 16-123-0 3-21-0 9-49-0 4-9-0 9-40-1 1-3-0 at Auburn 0-0-0 10-39-0 7-(-35)-0 6-41-0 6-16-0 6-15-0 0-0-0 at Tulane 5-4-0 21-99-1 4-14-0 0-0-0 DNP DNP 0-0-0 GEORGIA 0-0-0 14-43-0 10-6-0 DNP 0-0-0 1-(-3)-0 0-0-0 LSU at Florida HOUSTON at Kentucky ALABAMA at Arkansas (L.R.) OLE MISS GAME-BY-GAME RECEIVING No.-Yds.-TD #9 Humphries #11 Prosser #12 Norwood #19 Milons #41 Davis #83 Sanders #84 Jones #88 Butler MURRAY STATE 5-98-2 5-52-0 0-0-0 2-41-1 1-6-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 3-29-1 at Auburn 0-0-0 2-31-0 0-0-0 4-54-0 0-0-0 1-4-0 1-5-0 2-25-0 at Tulane 0-0-0 5-38-0 2-4-1 1-11-0 0-0-0 2-26-0 0-0-0 1-18-1 GEORGIA 2-33-0 4-37-0 4-24-0 0-0-0 4-28-0 1-30-0 0-0-0 4-53-1 LSU at Florida HOUSTON at Kentucky ALABAMA at Arkansas (L.R.) OLE MISS GAME-BY-GAME GAME-BY-GAME GAME-BY-GAME PASSING FIELD GOALS PUNTING

Cmp-Att-Int-Yds-TD #14 Conner #7 Henig Made Missed #46 Andrews No.-Avg.-In 20 #43 McAdams MURRAY STATE 17-24-0-233-4 0-3-0-0-0 MURRAY STATE 37 MURRAY STATE 4-42.2-0 at Auburn 10-19-1-116-0 2-2-10-0-0 at Auburn 48 at Auburn 6-41.2-1 at Tulane 13-26-1-108-2 DNP at Tulane - at Tulane 10-45.7-6 GEORGIA 19-32-1-205-1 DNP GEORGIA 34 GEORGIA 7-39.3-1 LSU LSU LSU at Florida at Florida at Florida HOUSTON HOUSTON HOUSTON at Kentucky at Kentucky at Kentucky ALABAMA ALABAMA ALABAMA at Arkansas (L.R.) at Arkansas (L.R.) at Arkansas (L.R.) OLE MISS OLE MISS OLE MISS GAME-BY-GAME TACKLES UT-AT-TT-TFL-Sck. #2 Culberson #4 Dockery #5 O'Neal #6 Bobo #29 McDougal #34 Johnson #36 Evans #56 Littlejohn #58 Heard #94 Powell MURRAY STATE 2-3-5-0-0 2-1-3-0-0 3-1-4-1-0 4-3-7-0-0 1-3-4-0-0 7-2-9-0-0 5-0-5-2-1 1-3-4-1-0 3-1-4-1-1 4-1-5-2-1 at Auburn 6-4-10-0-0 2-0-2-0-0 1-0-1-0-0 3-2-5-1-0 5-2-7-2-0 4-1-5-0-0 3-0-3-2-1 2-0-2-0-0 2-1-3-0-0 4-1-5-0-0 at Tulane 4-4-8-0-0 5-3-8-1-0 2-2-4-1-0 3-0-3-0-0 3-4-7-.5-0 5-3-8-0-0 4-6-10-4-3 1-0-1-0-0 1-3-4-1-1 1-3-4-.5-0 GEORGIA 6-0-6-1-1 4-0-0-0-0 1-1-2-0-0 5-1-6-0-0 3-2-5-0-0 6-3-9-0-0 0-1-1-0-0 3-1-4-1-1.5 3-1-4-1 2-0-2-0-0 LSU at Florida HOUSTON at Kentucky ALABAMA at Arkansas (L.R.) OLE MISS

WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM 2005 MISSISSIPPI STATE SUPERLATIVES MSU TEAM SUPERLATIVES OPPONENT TEAM SUPERLATIVES Points Scored ...... 38 vs. Murray State Points Scored ...... 28 by Auburn Low ...... 0 at Auburn Low ...... 6 by Murray State First Downs ...... 26 vs. Murray State First Downs ...... 22 by Georgia Low ...... 10 at Auburn, vs. Tulane Low ...... 16 by Murray State, Auburn Rushing Attempts ...... 44 vs. Murray State Rushing Attempts ...... 41 by Auburn Low ...... 26 vs. Georgia Low ...... 33 by Murray State Net Rushing Yards ...... 249 vs. Murray State Net Rushing Yards ...... 118 by Auburn Low ...... 49 vs. Georgia Low ...... 87 by Tulane Passes Attempted...... 32 vs. Georgia Passes Attempted...... 48 by Tulane Low ...... 21 at Auburn Low ...... 18 by Auburn Passes Completed ...... 19 vs. Georgia Passes Completed ...... 27 by Tulane Low ...... 12 at Auburn Low ...... 12 by Auburn Had Intercepted ...... 1 at Auburn, vs. Tulane, vs. Georgia Had Intercepted ...... 1 by Murray State Low ...... 0 vs. Murray State Low ...... 0 by Auburn, Tulane Net Passing Yards ...... 233 vs. Murray State Net Passing Yards ...... 312 by Georgia Low ...... 108 vs. Tulane Low ...... 141 by Murray State Total Offensive Plays ...... 71 vs. Murray State Total Offensive Plays ...... 83 by Tulane Low ...... 56 vs. Tulane Low ...... 53 by Murray State Total Net Offense ...... 482 vs. Murray State Total Net Offense ...... 406 by Georgia Low ...... 207 at Auburn Low ...... 229 by Murray State Fumbles ...... 4 at Auburn Fumbles ...... 3 by Tulane Low ...... 1 vs. Murray State, vs. Tulane, vs. Georgia Low ...... 1 by Murray State, Auburn, Georgia Fumbles Lost ...... 2 at Auburn Fumbles Lost ...... 2 by Tulane Low ...... 0 vs. Murray State Low ...... 1 by Murray State, Auburn, Georgia Penalties...... 9 vs. Georgia Penalties...... 10 by Tulane Low ...... 6 vs. Tulane Low ...... 1 by Auburn Penalty Yards ...... 81 vs. Georgia Penalty Yards ...... 75 by Tulane Low ...... 40 at Auburn Low ...... 10 by Auburn MSU INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL SUPERLATIVES Rush Attempts ...... 21 Jerious Norwood vs. Tulane Rush Attempts ...... 20 Matt Forte (Tulane) Net Rushing Yards ...... 123 Jerious Norwood vs. Murray State Net Rushing Yards ...... 66 Matt Forte (Tulane) Rushing TDs ...... 1 Demarcus Johnson vs. Murray State, Jerious Norwood vs. Tulane Rushing TDs ...... 1 Four players Pass Attempts ...... 32 Omarr Conner vs. Georgia Pass Attempts ...... 47 Leaster Ricard (Tulane) Pass Completions ...... 19 Omarr Conner vs. Georgia Pass Completions ...... 26 Leaster Ricard (Tulane) Had Intercepted ...... 1 Omarr Conner at Auburn, vs. Tulane, vs. Georgia Had Intercepted ...... 1 Ken Topps (Murray State) Net Passing Yards ...... 233 vs. Murray State Net Passing Yards ...... 312 D.J. Shockley (Georgia) Passing TDs ...... 4 Omarr Conner vs. Murray State Passing TDs ...... 2 Brandon Cox (Auburn), D.J. Shockley (Georgia) Receptions ...... 5 Keon Humphries vs. Murray State Receptions ...... 9 Preston Brown (Tulane) ...... 5 Will Prosser vs. Murray State Receiving Yards ...... 117 Preston Brown (Tulane) (9 catches) ...... 5 Will Prosser vs. Tulane TD Receptions...... 1 Five players Receiving Yards ...... 98 Keon Humphries vs. Murray State Punts ...... 11 Chris Beckman (Tulane) TD Receptions...... 2 Keon Humphries vs. Murray State Punt Average...... 46.7 Kody Bliss (Auburn) Punts ...... 10 Blake McAdams vs. Tulane Punts Inside 20 ...... 3 Tim Wright (Murray State), Chris Beckman (Tulane) Punt Average...... 45.7 Blake McAdams vs. Tulane Punt Returns...... 4 Israel Route (Tulane), Thomas Flowers (Georgia) Punts Inside 20 ...... 6 Blake McAdams vs. Tulane Punt Return Yards ...... 60 Thomas Flowers (Georgia) Punt Returns...... 4 Jonathan Lowe at Auburn Kickoff Returns ...... 5 Jonathan Eiland (Murray State) Punt Return Yards ...... 34 Jonathan Lowe at Auburn KOR Yards ...... 76 Jonathan Eiland (Murray State) Kickoff Returns ...... 5 Derek Pegues vs. Georgia FG Attempts ...... 5 Brandon Coutu (Georgia) KOR Yards ...... 100 Derek Pegues at Auburn FG Made ...... 3 Brandon Coutu (Georgia) FG Attempts ...... 1 Keith Andrews (Three times: vs. Murray State, at Auburn, vs. Georgia) Interceptions ...... 1 Eric Brock (Auburn), Jeremy Foreman (Tulane), Greg Blue (Georgia) FG Made ...... 1 Keith Andrews (Twice: vs. Murray State, vs. Georgia) Interception Return Yards ...... 11 Eric Brock (Auburn) Interceptions ...... 1 Quinton Culberson vs. Murray State Interception Return Yards ...... 0 — OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL LONG PLAYS Rushing ...... 22 Brad Lester (Auburn) MSU INDIVIDUAL LONG PLAYS Passing ...... 50 Ken Topps/Robbie Wize (Murray State) Rushing ...... 34 Jerious Norwood vs. Tulane Field Goal...... 27 Brandon Coutu (Georgia) Passing ...... 49 Omarr Conner/Keon Humphries vs. Murray State [TD] Punt ...... 61 Kody Bliss (Auburn) Field Goal...... 37 Keith Andrews vs. Murray State Punt Return ...... 20 Thomas Flowers (Georgia) Punt ...... 60 Blake McAdams vs. Murray State Kickoff Return ...... 22 Bryan McClendon (Georgia) Punt Return ...... 15 Jonathan Lowe at Auburn Interception Return ...... 11 Eric Brock (Auburn) Kickoff Return ...... 51 Derek Pegues at Auburn Interception Return ...... 0 Quinton Culberson vs. Murray State

WWW.MSTATEATHLETICS.COM 2005 MISSISSIPPI STATE STATISITCS CAREER GAMES PLAYED & STARTS LISTING 2005 MSU SCORING DRIVES/PLAYS Q P-YD TOP SCORE (DOES NOT INCLUDE BOWL GAMES) MURRAY STATE Career 2005 2004 2003 2002 1 9-66 3:14 Andrews 37 FG No. Name GP (CGP) S (CS) GP-S GP-S GP-S GP-S 2 12-95 5:15 Milons 37 pass from Conner (Andrews kick) 36 Willie Evans 39 (39) 29 (16) 4-4 11-11 12-10 12-4 2 1-49 0:11 Humphries 49 pass from Conner (Andrews kick) 12 Jerious Norwood 39 (39) 23 (23) 4-4 11-11 12-8 12-0 4 Kevin Dockery 37 (17) 31 (10) 4-4 11-10 10-10 12-7 3 6-67 2:32 Humphries 34 pass from Conner (Andrews kick) 19 Tee Milons 37 (14) 8 (1) 4-3 10-4 11-0 12-1 3 10-74 3:36 Butler 8 pass from Conner (Andrews kick) 18 Brett Morgan 33 (18) — 4-0 11-0 10-0 8-0 3 6-31 2:52 D. Johnson 7 run (Andrews kick) 68 Johnny Wadley 32 (4) 14 (4) 4-4 8-4 9-3 11-3 AUBURN 50 Chris McNeil 30 (15) 19 (15) 4-4 11-11 11-1 4-3 No scoring drives 34 Jeramie Johnson 27 (27) 13 (4) 4-4 11-3 12-6 — 29 Clarence McDougal 27 (27) 13 (4) 4-4 11-6 12-3 — TULANE 23 David Heard 27 (27) 12 (9) 4-4 11-8 12-0 — 3 8-65 2:43 Norwood 3 pass from Conner (Andrews kick) 81 Will Prosser 27 (27) 12 (2) 4-3 11-8 12-0 — 3 6-39 2:02 Butler 18 pass from Conner (Andrews kick) 41 Bryson Davis 27 (27) 7 (2) 4-2 11-5 12-0 — 4 1-17 0:08 Norwood 17 run (Andrews kick) 62 Russell Cook 27 (27) — 4-0 11-0 12-0 — GEORGIA 98 Deljuan Robinson 26 (19) 14 (4) 4-4 11-4 11-5 — 44 Brad Horton 25 (11) — 4-0 9-0 12-0 — 1 11-58 3:50 Andrews 34 FG 14 Omarr Conner 24 (9) 16 (9) 4-4 9-9 11-3 — 4 5-69 2:26 Butler 4 pass from Conner (Andrews kick) 2 Quinton Culberson 23 (15) 17 (9) 4-4 11-5 8-8 — 55 Brian Anderson 22 (16) 11 (11) 4-4 11-7 7-0 — 58 Michael Heard 22 (16) 11 (9) 4-4 11-7 7-0 — 94 Andrew Powell 20 (15) 14 (13) 4-4 11-9 5-1 — 46 Keith Andrews 17 (15) 15 (15) 4-4 11-11 2-0 — 97 Corey Clark 16 (15) 2 (0) 4-0 11-2 1-0 — 40 Adrian Griffin 14 (2) — 2-0 — 12-0 — 48 Dezmond Sherrod 15 (15) 2 (0) 4-0 11-2 — — 10 Jonathan Lowe 15 (15) 2 (0) 4-0 11-2 — — 13 Jamaal Johnson 15 (15) 2 (0) 4-0 11-1 — — 51 Avery Hannibal 15 (15) — 4-0 11-0 — — 32 Carlton Rice 15 (15) — 4-0 11-0 — — 42 Jonathan Hill 15 (15) — 4-0 11-0 — — 26 Derek Ambrose 14 (14) — 3-0 11-0 — — 88 Eric Butler 14 (8) 12 (7) 4-3 10-9 — — 5 Gabe O’Neal 14 (14) 5 (0) 4-0 10-5 — — 6 Demario Bobo 14 (8) 7 (4) 4-4 10-3 — — 82 Jason Husband 13 (0) 1 (0) 2-0 11-1 — — 54 Titus Brown 13 (13) 5 (0) 4-0 9-5 — — 11 Joey Sanders 13 (4) — 4-0 9-0 — — 25 Tyler Threadgill 11 (1) — — 10-0 1-0 — 71 James Redmond 11 (0) — 1-0 — 10-0 — 49 Terrence Beaman 11 (9) — 4-0 7-0 — — 95 Stephen Arant 9 (0) — — 5-0 4-0 — 96 Markell McKinley 7 (0) — — 3-0 4-0 — 38 Brooks Crabtree 5 (0) 3 (0) — 5-3 — — 76 Royce Blackledge 5 (0) — 2-0 3-0 — — 9 Keon Humphries 5 (4) 4 (4) 4-4 1-0 — — 7 Mike Henig 3 (0) — 2-0 1-0 — — 56 Anthony Littlejohn 4 (4) 4 (4) 4-4 — — — 1 Keith Fitzhugh 4 (4) — 4-0 — — — 3 Derek Pegues 4 (4) — 4-0 — — — 15 Marcus Evans 4 (4) — 4-0 — — — 22 Jamar Chaney 4 (4) — 4-0 — — — 25 Leron Yarbrough 4 (4) — 4-0 — — — 27 Brandon Thornton 4 (4) — 4-0 — — — 28 Aubrey Bell 4 (4) — 4-0 — — — 31 Casey Rogers 4 (4) — 4-0 — — — 39 Fred Akines 4 (4) — 4-0 — — — 43 Blake McAdams 4 (4) 4 (4) 4-4 — — — 45 De'Mon Glanton 4 (4) — 4-0 — — — 53 Anthony Strauder 4 (4) 4 (4) 4-4 — — — 72 Anthony Dunning 4 (4) — 4-0 — — — 84 Jeremy Jones 4 (4) 1 (0) 4-1 — — — 86 Lance Long 4 (4) 1 (0) 4-1 — — — 90 Antonio Johnson 4 (4) — 4-0 — — — 92 Charles Burns 4 (4) — 4-0 — — — 33 Demarcus Johnson 3 (0) — 3-0 — — — 35 Brandon Hart 3 (0) — 3-0 — — — 67 Roland Terry 2 (0) — 2-0 — — — 73 Dio Herrera 2 (0) — 2-0 — — — 78 Michael Gates 2 (0) — 2-0 — — — 79 Calvin Wilson 1 (1) — 1-0 — — — 52 Jimmy Miller 1 (1) — 1-0 91 Jeremy Jack 1 (0) — — 1-0 — — 87 Jamayel Smith 1 (0) — 1-0 — — — 24 Kentrel Brooks 1 (0) — 1-0 — — — 30 Taurus Young 1 (0) — 1-0 — — — GP - games played CGP - consecutive games played S - starts CS - consecutive starts

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Position - STARTER X - RESERVE — - DID NOT PLAY THE LAST TIME MISSISSIPPI STATE...

RUSHING Held seven opponents scoreless in one season: ...... 1936 vs. Millsaps (20-0), Howard (35-0), Had 400 or more yards rushing: ...... vs. Arkansas State, 1992 (464) ...... Loyola [N.O.] (32-0), TCU (0-0), Sewanee (68-0), Mercer (32-0) & Florida (7-0) Had 300 or more yards rushing: ...... vs. Kentucky, 2004 (340) Held an SEC opponent scoreless: ...... vs. South Carolina, 1999 (17-0) Had 70 or more rushing attempts: ...... vs. Arkansas State, 1992 (73) Held two SEC opponents scoreless in one season: ...... Had 60 or more rushing attempts: ...... vs. Mississippi, 1994 (62) ...... 1998 vs. Vanderbilt (42-0) & South Carolina (38-0) Had 50 or more rushing attempts: ...... vs. Alabama, 2000 (50) Held three SEC opponents scoreless in one season: ...... Had seven or more rushing TDs: ...... vs. Middle Tennessee, 2000 (7) ...... 1942 vs. Vanderbilt (33-0), Auburn (6-0) & Tulane (7-0) Had six or more rushing TDs: ...... vs. Middle Tennessee, 2000 (7) Held four SEC opponents scoreless in one season: ...... Had four or more rushing TDs:...... vs. Mississippi, 2001 (4) ...... 1941 vs. Florida (6-0), Alabama (14-0), LSU (0-0) & Mississippi (6-0) Had two or more players with 100 yards rushing in a game: ...... Scored a two-point conversion passing: ...... vs. Tennessee, 2003 (Brent Smith to Nick Signaigo) ...... vs. Kentucky, 2004 (Jerious Norwood 165, Fred Reid 109) Scored a two-point conversion rushing: ...... vs. Tulane, 2003 (Jerious Norwood rush) Had three or more players with 100 yards rushing in a game: ...... vs. Northeast Louisiana, 1996 (Tony Buckhalter 119, Nakia Greer 110, Robert Isaac 103) TURNOVERS Committed eight or more turnovers: ...... vs. Arkansas, 2003 (8) PASSING Committed seven or more turnovers:...... vs. Arkansas, 2003 (8) Had 400 or more yards passing: ...... vs. Tulane, 1994 (466) Had five or more fumbles: ...... vs. Mississippi, 2004 (5) Had 300 or more yards passing: ...... vs. Houston, 2003 (360) Lost four or more fumbles: ...... vs. Troy State (4) Had 200 or more yards passing: ...... vs. Georgia, 2005 (205) Did not commit a turnover: ...... vs. Murray State, 2005 Had 40 or more pass attempts: ...... vs. Houston, 2003 (42) Recorded six or more takeaways: ...... vs. Troy State, 2002 (6) Had 30 or more pass attempts: ...... vs. Georgia, 2005 (32) Returned three or more interceptions for TDs: ...... Had 25 or more pass completions: ...... vs. Arkansas, 2002 (25) ...... vs. Arkansas State, 1994 (Walt Harris - 41; Jimmy Lipscomb - 28; Dwayne Curry - 29) Had 20 or more pass completions: ...... vs. Arkansas, 2004 (20) Returned two or more interceptions for TDs: ...... Had five passing TDs: ...... vs. Georgia, 1988 ...... vs. Memphis, 2002 (Michael Gholar - 28; Jason Clark - 20) Had four passing TDs: ...... vs. Murray State, 2005 Returned one interception for a TD: ...... vs. Kentucky, 2004 (Quinton Culberson - 35) Had three passing TDs: ...... vs. Murray State, 2005 Returned a fumble for a TD: ...... vs. Arkansas, 2001 (Josh Morgan - 23) Had five or more passes intercepted: ...... vs. Arkansas, 2003 (6) Had four passes intercepted: ...... vs. Vanderbilt, 2004 DEFENSE Had three passes intercepted: ...... vs. Kentucky, 2003 Held opponent to 10 or fewer first downs: ...... vs. Maine, 2004 (10) Held opponent to 0 or fewer yards rushing: ...... vs. Florida, 2000 (-78 yds, 22 att.) RECEIVING Held opponent to 10 or fewer yards rushing: ...... vs. Kentucky, 2001 (2 yds, 17 att.) Had two players with 100 yards receiving in a game: ...... Held opponent to 25 or fewer yards rushing: ...... vs. Kentucky, 2001 (2 yds, 17 att.) ...... vs. Houston, 2003 (Justin Jenkins 172 & McKinley Scott 115) Held opponent to 100 or fewer yards passing: ...... vs. Arkansas, 2002 (89) Held opponent to 50 or fewer yards passing: ...... vs. ETSU, 1998 (27) COMBINATION OFFENSE Held opponent to 300 or fewer yards total offense: ...... vs. Tulane, 2005 (293) Had one 300-yard passer and one 100-yard rusher in a game: ...... Held opponent to 250 or fewer yards total offense: ...... vs. Murray State, 2005 (229) ...... vs. Brigham Young, 2001 (Kevin Fant 346 pass & Dicenzo Miller 119 rush) Held opponent to 200 or fewer yards total offense: ...... vs. Troy State, 2002 (197) Had one 100-yard receiver and one 100-yard rusher in a game: ...... Intercepted five or more passes: ...... vs. Memphis, 2002 (5) ...... vs. Auburn, 2003 (Justin Jenkins 113 receive & Nick Turner 123 rush) Intercepted four or more passes: ...... vs. Tulane, 2003 (4) Intercepted three or more passes: ...... vs. Mississippi, 2004 (3) TOTAL OFFENSE Scored a safety: ...... vs. Kentucky, 2004 (team) Had 550 or more yards total offense: ...... vs. Tulane, 1994 (554) Scored two or more safeties: ...... vs. Florida, 2000 Had 500 or more yards total offense: ...... vs. Jacksonville State, 2002 (547) Recorded nine or more sacks: ...... vs. Mississippi, 1996 (9.0) Had 400 or more yards total offense: ...... vs. Murray State, 2005 (482) Recorded eight or more sacks: ...... vs. Oklahoma State, 1999 (8.0) Had 85 or more plays total offense: ...... vs. Georgia, 1996 (85) Recorded six or more sacks: ...... vs. Florida, 2000 (7.0) Had 80 or more plays total offense: ...... vs. Arkansas, 2002 (80) Recorded five or more sacks: ...... vs. Florida, 2000 (7.0) Had 75 or more plays total offense: ...... vs. Mississippi, 2002 (77) Recorded four or more sacks: ...... vs. Tulane, 2005 (4.0)

SCORING SPECIAL TEAMS Scored 60 or more points: ...... vs. Middle Tennessee, 2000 (61) Returned a punt for a TD: ...... vs. Florida, 2004 (Jonathan Lowe - 73) Scored 50 or more points: ...... vs. Jacksonville State, 2002 (51) Returned a blocked punt for a TD: ...... vs. Memphis, 2001 (Nathan Jackson - 6) Scored 40 or more points: ...... vs. Jacksonville State, 2002 (51) Returned a kickoff for a TD: ...... vs. Memphis, 2003 (Fred Reid- 100) Scored 30 or more points: ...... vs. Murray State, 2005 (38) Blocked one punt: ...... vs. Kentucky, 2003 (Chris Swain) Allowed 60 or more points: ...... vs. South Carolina, 1995 (65) Blocked two punts: ...... vs. LSU, 1999 (Robert Bean, Eugene Clinton, Rob Knight) Allowed 50 or more points: ...... vs. LSU, 2004 (51) Blocked three punts: ...... vs. LSU, 1999 (Robert Bean, Eugene Clinton, Rob Knight) Allowed 40 or more points: ...... vs. LSU, 2004 (51) Punted 10 or more times: ...... vs. Tulane, 2005 (10) Allowed 30 or more points: ...... vs. Alabama, 2004 (30) Did not punt: ...... vs. ETSU, 1998 Was held scoreless: ...... at Auburn, 2005 (28-0) Had a punt blocked: ...... vs. Tennessee, 2003 (Jared Cook) Was held scoreless at Scott Field: ...... vs. Mississippi, 2003 (31-0) Blocked a field goal: ...... vs. Mississippi, 2002 (Michael Gholar) Was held scoreless on the road: ...... at Auburn, 2005 (28-0) Had a field goal blocked: ...... vs. Arkansas, 2004 Was held scoreless at a non-campus site: ...... vs. Florida, 1989 (21-0 in Tampa, Fla.) Blocked a PAT kick: ...... vs. Maine, 2004 (Michael Heard) Held opponent scoreless: ...... vs. South Carolina, 1999 (17-0) Scored on a blocked PAT kick: ...... vs. Texas A&M, 2000 (Julius Griffith) Held opponent scoreless at Scott Field: ...... vs. South Carolina, 1999 (17-0) Missed a kicking PAT: ...... vs. Jacksonville State, 2002 Held opponent scoreless on the road: ...... vs. South Carolina, 1998 (38-0) Had a kicking PAT blocked: ...... vs. South Carolina, 2000 Held opponent scoreless at neutral site: ...... vs. Kansas, 1981 Hall of Fame Bowl (10-0) Held two opponents scoreless in one season: ...... MISCELLANEOUS ...... 1998 vs. Vanderbilt (42-0) & South Carolina (42-0) Had 30 or more first downs: ...... vs. Tulane, 1991 (30) Held three opponents scoreless in one season: ...... Had 20 or more first downs: ...... vs. Murray State, 2005 (26) ...... 1963 vs. Howard (43-0), Tennessee (9-0) & Houston (20-0) Had 20 or more penalties: ...... vs. Clemson, 1999 (21) Held four opponents scoreless in one season: ...... Had 10 or more penalties: ...... vs. Alabama, 2004 (10) ...... 1947 vs. Chattanooga (19-0), Duquesne (34-0), Tulane (20-0) & Auburn (14-0) Had 100 or more yards in penalties: ...... vs. Memphis, 2003 (132) Held five opponents scoreless in one season: ...... 1946 vs. Michigan State (6-0), Had 35 minutes or more of possession time: ...... vs. Memphis, 2002 (36:39) ...... Murray State (69-0), Auburn (33-0), Northwestern State (27-0) & Mississippi (20-0) Was involved in a tie game: ...... vs. Arkansas, 1993 (13-13) Held six opponents scoreless in one season: ...... 1939 vs. Howard (45-0), Arkansas (19-0), Was involved in an overtime game: ...... vs. Texas A&M, 2000 (won 43-41) ...... Florida (14-0), Southwestern (37-0), Birmingham-Southern (28-0) & Millsaps (40-0) THE LAST TIME AN MSTATE PLAYER...

RUSHING TOTAL OFFENSE Rushed 40 or more times: ...... Michael Davis vs. Mississippi, 1993 (40) Had 400 or more yards total offense: ...... Derrick Taite vs. Tulane, 1994 (468) Rushed 35 or more times: ...... James Johnson vs. Alabama, 1998 (36) Had 350 yards or more total offense: ...... Kevin Fant vs. Houston, 2003 (351) Rushed 30 or more times: ...... James Johnson vs. Alabama, 1998 (36) Had 300 yards or more total offense: ...... Kevin Fant vs. Houston, 2003 (351) Rushed 25 or more times: ...... Jerious Norwood vs. Florida, 2004 (29) Had 100 yards both passing and rushing: . . . Wayne Madkin vs. Brigham Young, 2000 (104r/150p) Rushed for 200 or more yards: ...... Jerious Norwood vs. UAB, 2004 (201) Rushed for 175 or more yards: ...... Jerious Norwood vs. UAB, 2004 (201) Rushed for 150 or more yards: ...... Jerious Norwood vs. Kentucky, 2004 (165) SCORING Accounted for four or more touchdowns: ...... Omarr Conner vs. Murray State, 2005 (4 pass) Rushed for 125 or more yards: ...... Jerious Norwood vs. Kentucky, 2004 (165) Accounted for three or more touchdowns: ...... Omarr Conner vs. Murray State, 2005 (4 pass) Rushed for 100 or more yards: ...... Jerious Norwood vs. Murray State, 2005 (123) Scored four or more touchdowns: ...... James Johnson vs. Central Florida, 1997 (4 rush) Rushed for 100 or more yards (quarterback): ...... Wayne Madkin vs. Brigham Young, 2000 (104) Scored three or more touchdowns: ...... Dontae Walker vs. Mississippi, 2001 (3 rush) Rushed for four or more touchdowns: ...... James Johnson vs. Central Florida, 1997 (4) Scored two or more touchdowns: ...... Jerious Norwood vs. Tulane, 2005 (1 rec., 1 rush) Rushed for three or more touchdowns: ...... Dontae Walker vs. Mississippi, 2001 (3) Rushed for two or more touchdowns: ...... Jerious Norwood vs. Florida, 2004 (2) Had a run of 80 or more yards: ...... James Johnson vs. Alabama, 1997 (83) DEFENSE Had a run of 70 or more yards: ...... Nick Turner vs. Auburn, 2003 (77) Intercepted three or more passes: ...... Darren Williams vs. Troy State, 2002 (3) Had a run of 60 or more yards: ...... Nick Turner vs. Auburn, 2003 (77) Intercepted two or more passes: ...... Jeramie Johnson vs. Maine, 2004 (2) Had a run of 50 or more yards: ...... Jerious Norwood vs. Alabama, 2004 (50) Recovered three or more fumbles: ...... Chris Correro vs. Memphis State, 1987 (3) Recovered two or more fumbles: ...... Kamau Jackson vs. Tennessee, 2002 (2) PASSING Recorded five or more sacks: ...... Greg Favors vs. Mississippi, 1996 (5.5) Recorded three or more sacks: ...... Willie Evans vs. Tulane, 2005 (3.0) Passed for 400 or more yards: ...... Derrick Taite vs. Tulane, 1994 (466) Recorded two or more sacks: ...... Willie Evans vs. Tulane, 2005 (3.0) Passed for 300 or more yards: ...... Kevin Fant vs. Houston, 2003 (360) Recorded 20 or more tackles: ...... Mario Haggan vs. Arkansas, 2000 (20) Passed for 200 or more yards: ...... Omarr Conner vs. Georgia, 2005 (205) Recorded 10 or more tackles: ...... Willie Evans vs. Tulane, 2005 (3.0) Attempted 45 or more passes: ...... Wayne Madkin vs. South Carolina, 2001 (46) Attempted 35 or more passes: ...... Kevin Fant vs. Houston, 2003 (42) Completed 20 or more passes: ...... Omarr Conner vs. Arkansas, 2004 (20) SPECIAL TEAMS Threw four or more touchdown passes: ...... Omarr Conner vs. Murray State, 2005 (4) Scored 10 or more points kicking: ...... Brent Smith vs. Memphis, 2002 (11) Threw three or more touchdown passes: ...... Omarr Conner vs. Murray State, 2005 (4) Kicked five or more field goals: ...... Brian Hazelwood vs. Arkansas, 1998 (5) Threw five or more interceptions: ...... Kevin Fant vs. Houston, 2003 (5) Kicked four or more field goals: ...... Brian Hazelwood vs. Arkansas, 1998 (5) Threw four or more interceptions: ...... Kevin Fant vs. Houston, 2003 (5) Kicked two field goals of 50 or more yards: ...... Brian Hazelwood vs. Memphis, 1997 (51, 53) Threw three or more interceptions: ...... Omarr Conner vs. LSU, 2004 (3) Kicked one field goal of 50 or more yards: ...... Brent Smith vs. Tennessee, 2002 (53) Completed a pass for 90 or more yards: ...... Kevin Fant to Terrell Grindle vs. Kentucky, 2002 (91) Kicked a punt of 70 or more yards: ...... Jeff Walker vs. Alabama, 1999 (79) Completed a pass for 80 or more yards: . . . Omarr Conner to Ty Freeman vs. Mississippi, 2004 (84) Kicked a punt of 60 or more yards: ...... Blake McAdams vs. Murray State, 2005 (60) Completed a pass for 70 or more yards: . . . Omarr Conner to Ty Freeman vs. Mississippi, 2004 (84) Punted 10 or more times ...... Blake McAdams vs. Tulane, 2005 (10) Completed a pass for 60 or more yards: . . . Omarr Conner to Ty Freeman vs. Mississippi, 2004 (84) Totaled 175 or more kick return yards: ...... Fred Reid vs. Kentucky, 2002 (176, 7 ret.) Completed a pass for 50 or more yards: . . . Omarr Conner to Ty Freeman vs. Mississippi, 2004 (84) Totaled 150 or more kick return yards: ...... Jonathan Lowe vs. Florida, 2004 (173, 6 ret.) Totaled 100 or more kick return yards: ...... Derek Pegues vs. Auburn, 2005 (100, 5 ret.) RECEIVING Totaled 50 or more punt return yards: ...... Jonathan Lowe vs. Florida, 2004 (73, 1 ret.) Caught 15 or more passes:...... Eric Moulds vs. Tennessee, 1995 (15) Caught 10 or more passes:...... Eric Moulds vs. Auburn, 1995 (10) Caught seven or more passes: ...... Justin Jenkins vs. Auburn, 2003 (7) Had 200 or more yards receiving: ...... Danny Knight vs. Florida, 1982 (208) Had 175 or more yards receiving: ...... Eric Moulds vs. Tennessee, 1995 (183) Had 150 or more yards receiving: ...... Justin Jenkins vs. Houston, 2003 (172) Had 100 or more yards receiving: ...... Will Prosser vs. Maine, 2004 (117) Caught three or more TD passes: ...... Sammy Milner vs. Florida, 1969 (3) Caught two or more TD passes: ...... Keon Humphries vs. Murray State, 2005 (2) THE LAST TIME AN OPPONENT...

RUSHING MISCELLANEOUS Had 400 or more yards rushing: ...... Auburn, 2003 (405) Had 30 or more first downs: ...... LSU, 2004 (31) Had 300 or more yards rushing: ...... Arkansas, 2003 (322) Had 20 or more first downs: ...... Georgia, 2005 (22) Had 70 or more rushing attempts: ...... Oklahoma State, 1998 (71) Had 10 or more penalties: ...... Florida, 2004 (10) Had 60 or more rushing attempts: ...... Mississippi, 2004 (62) Had 100 or more yards in penalties: ...... Oregon, 2003 (129) Had 50 or more rushing attempts: ...... Mississippi, 2004 (62) Had 35 minutes or more of possession time: ...... Georgia, 2005 (35:22) Had six or more rushing TDs: ...... Auburn, 2003 (6) Had one 100-yard rusher and one 100-yard receiver: ...... Had four or more rushing TDs:...... LSU, 2004 (4) ...... Memphis, 2003 (DeAngelo Williams 119 rush, Darron White 102 rec.) Had two players with 100 yards rushing in a game: ...... Auburn, 2004 (Ronnie Brown 147 & Carnell Williams 122) RUSHING Rushed 40 or more times: ...... Deuce McAllister (Mississippi), 1998 (40) PASSING Rushed 35 or more times: ...... Kenneth Darby (Alabama), 2004 (36) Had 400 or more yards passing: ...... Florida, 2001 (507) Rushed 30 or more times: ...... Cedric Cobbs (Arkansas), 2003 (30) Had 300 or more yards passing: ...... Georgia, 2005 (312) Rushed for 200 or more yards: ...... Kenneth Darby (Alabama), 2004 (200) Had 200 or more yards passing: ...... Georgia, 2005 (312) Rushed for 175 or more yards: ...... Kenneth Darby (Alabama), 2004 (200) Had 60 or more pass attempts: ...... Memphis, 2003 (61) Rushed for 150 or more yards: ...... Kenneth Darby (Alabama), 2004 (200) Had 50 or more pass attempts: ...... Memphis, 2003 (61) Rushed for 125 or more yards: ...... De’Arrius Howard (Arkansas), 2004 (125) Had 40 or more pass attempts: ...... Tulane, 2005 (48) Rushed for 100 or more yards: ...... De’Arrius Howard (Arkansas), 2004 (125) Had 30 or more pass attempts: ...... Georgia, 2005 (36) Rushed for five or more touchdowns: ...... Carnell Williams (Auburn), 2003 (6) Had 40 or more pass completions: ...... Kentucky, 1997 (40) Rushed for four or more touchdowns: ...... Carnell Williams (Auburn), 2003 (6) Had 30 or more pass completions: ...... Memphis, 2003 (32) Rushed for three or more touchdowns: ...... Alley Broussard (LSU), 2004 (3) Had 25 or more pass completions: ...... Tulane, 2005 (27) Rushed for two or more touchdowns: ...... Alley Broussard (LSU), 2004 (3) Had 20 or more pass completions: ...... Georgia, 2005 (21) Had a run of 80 or more yards: ...... Tony Thompson (Tennessee), 1990 (80) Had five or more passing TDs: ...... Tennessee, 2003 (5) Had a run of 70 or more yards: ...... Carnell Williams (Auburn), 2003 (72) Had four or more passing TDs: ...... Auburn, 2004 (4) Had a run of 60 or more yards: ...... Carnell Williams (Auburn), 2003 (72) Had three or more passing TDs: ...... Auburn, 2004 (4) Had a run of 50 or more yards: ...... Ciatrick Faison (Florida), 2004 (55) RECEIVING PASSING Had two players with 100 yards receiving in a game: ...... Passed for 450 or more yards: ...... Steve Taneyhill (South Carolina), 1995 (473) ...... Tulane, 2003 (Roydell Williams 114 & Chris Bush 107) Passed for 400 or more yards: ...... Steve Taneyhill (South Carolina), 1995 (473) Had three or more players catch five or more passes: ...... Florida, 2000 (3) Passed for 300 or more yards: ...... D.J. Shockley (Georgia), 2005 (312) Had eight or more players catch a pass: ...... Georgia, 2005 (12) Attempted 60 or more passes: ...... Danny Wimprine (Memphis), 2003 (60) Had six or more players catch a pass: ...... Georgia, 2005 (12) Attempted 50 or more passes: ...... Danny Wimprine (Memphis), 2003 (60) Attempted 40 or more passes: ...... Lester Ricard (Tulane), 2005 (47) TOTAL OFFENSE Completed 30 or more passes: ...... Danny Wimprine (Memphis), 2003 (32) Had 650 or more yards total offense: ...... South Carolina, 1995 (652) Completed 20 or more passes: ...... D.J. Shockley (Georgia), 2005 (21) Had 600 or more yards total offense: ...... Florida, 2001 (640) Threw five or more touchdown passes: ...... Casey Clausen (Tennessee), 2003 (5) Had 550 or more yards total offense: ...... LSU, 2004 (599) Threw four or more touchdown passes: ...... Casey Clausen (Tennessee), 2003 (5) Had 500 or more yards total offense: ...... LSU, 2004 (599) Threw three or more touchdown passes: ...... Jason Campbell (Auburn), 2004 (3) Had 400 or more yards total offense: ...... Georgia, 2005 (406) Completed a pass for 80 or more yards: ...... Brodie Croyle to Zach Fletcher (Alabama), 2003 (86) Had 80 or more plays total offense: ...... Tulane, 2005 (83) Completed a pass for 70 or more yards: ...... Brodie Croyle to Zach Fletcher (Alabama), 2003 (86) Had 75 or more plays total offense: ...... Tulane, 2005 (83) Completed a pass for 60 or more yards: ...... Matt Flynn to Xavier Carter (LSU), 2004 (67) SCORING RECEIVING Scored 60 or more points: ...... South Carolina, 1995 (65) Caught 10 or more passes:...... Darron White (Memphis), 2003 (10) Scored 50 or more points: ...... LSU, 2004 (51) Caught seven or more passes: ...... O.J. Small (Florida), 2004 (7) Scored 40 or more points: ...... LSU, 2004 (51) Had 175 or more yards receiving: ...... Reno Mahe (Brigham Young), 2001 (189) Scored 30 or more points: ...... Alabama, 2004 (30) Had 150 or more yards receiving: ...... Reno Mahe (Brigham Young), 2001 (189) Scored a two-point conversion rushing: ...... Auburn, 2004 Had 100 or more yards receiving: ...... Preston Brown (Tulane), 2005 (117) Scored a two-point conversion passing: ...... Troy State, 2002 Caught three or more TD passes: ...... Chris Hannon (Tennessee), 2003 (3) TURNOVERS Caught two or more TD passes: ...... Chad Jackson (Florida), 2004 (2) Had five or more fumbles: ...... LSU, 2004 (5) TOTAL OFFENSE Had four or more fumbles lost: ...... LSU, 2004 (4) Had 500 or more yards total offense: ...... Steve Taneyhill (South Carolina), 1995 (512) Did not commit a turnover: ...... UAB, 2004 Had 400 or more yards total offense: ...... Daunte Culpepper (Central Florida), 1997 (420) Intercepted five or more MSU passes: ...... Arkansas, 2003 (6) Had 350 yards or more total offense: ...... Danny Wimprine (Memphis), 2003 (383) Intercepted four or more MSU passes: ...... Vanderbilt, 2004 (4) Had 300 yards or more total offense: ...... Casey Clausen (Tennessee), 2003 (325) Intercepted three or more MSU passes: ...... Vanderbilt, 2004 (4) Had 100 yards both passing and rushing: ...... Terrence Jones (Tulane, 1986), (119r/221p) Returned an interception for a TD: ...... LSU, 2004 (Marcus Spears - 35) SCORING Returned a fumble for a TD: ...... Auburn, 2005 (Will Herring - 7) Accounted for six or more touchdowns: ...... Carnell Williams (Auburn), 2003 (6 rush) DEFENSE Accounted for five or more touchdowns: ...... Casey Clausen (Tennessee), 2003 (5 pass) Accounted for four or more touchdowns: ...... Casey Clausen (Tennessee), 2003 (5 pass) Held MSU to 10 or fewer first downs: ...... Tulane, 2005 (10) Scored four or more touchdowns: ...... Carnell Williams (Auburn), 2003 (6 rush) Scored a safety: ...... Arkansas, 2002 Scored three or more touchdowns: ...... Alley Broussard (LSU), 2004 (3 rush) Held MSU to 25 or fewer yards rushing: ...... Alabama, 2003 (24) Scored two or more touchdowns: ...... Chad Jackson (Florida), 2004 (2 rec.) Held MSU to 100 or fewer yards passing: ...... Kentucky, 2004 (79) Held MSU to 50 or fewer yards passing: ...... Alabama, 1995 (41) DEFENSE Held MSU to 300 or less yards total offense: ...... Georgia, 2005 (254) Intercepted three or more passes: ...... Shan Morris (Auburn), 1988 (3) Held MSU to 200 or less yards total offense: ...... LSU, 2004 (130) Intercepted two or more passes: ...... Bill Alford (Vanderbilt), 2004 (2) Held MSU to 100 or fewer yards both rushing & passing: ...... LSU, 2004 (40r/90p) Recorded three or more sacks: ...... Wallace Gilberry (Alabama), 2004 (3, -17) Recorded two or more sacks: ...... Quentin Moses (Georgia), 2005 (2, -11) SPECIAL TEAMS Returned a punt for a TD: ...... UAB, 2004 (Reggie Lindsey - 67) SPECIAL TEAMS Scored 10 or more points kicking: ...... Brian Bostick (Alabama), 2004 (12) Returned a blocked punt for a TD: ...... LSU, 1999 (Ryan Clark) Kicked four field goals: ...... Doug Pelfrey (Kentucky), 1992 (5) Returned a kickoff for a TD: ...... Florida, 1993 (Jack Jackson - 100) Kicked a 50-yard field goal: ...... Matt Leach (Florida), 2004 (50) Punted 10 or more times: ...... Tulane, 2005 (10) Kicked a 70-yard punt: ...... Matt Wait (Arkansas), 1997 (72) Did not punt: ...... LSU, 2004 Kicked a 60-yard punt: ...... Glenn Pakulak (Kentucky), 2002 (64) Missed a kicking PAT: ...... Murray State, 2005 Totaled 100 or more kick return yards: ...... Derek Abney (Kentucky), 2003 (111 yds., 5 ret.) MSU UPDATED CAREER LEADERS

ALL-PURPOSE YARDAGE SACKS COMPLETION PERCENTAGE (MIN. 150 ATT.) 1. Walter Packer (1973-76) ...... 4169 1. Billy Jackson (1980-83) ...... 49.0 1. Dave Marler (1977-78) ...... 0.568 2. Tony James (1989-92) ...... 3973 2. Tyrone Keys (1977-80) ...... 26.0 2. Sleepy Robinson (1989-92) ...... 0.557 3. David Smith (1968-70) ...... 3572 3. Johnie Cooks (1977-81) ...... 24.0 3. Charlie Furlow (1960-62) ...... 0.555 4. Mardye McDole (1977-80)...... 3353 4. Mike McEnany (1979-82) ...... 22.0 4. Kevin Fant (2000-03) ...... 0.532 5. Dicenzo Miller (1998-01) ...... 3274 5. Greg Favors (1994-97) ...... 19.5 5. Tommy Pharr (1967-69) ...... 0.523 6. Kenny Roberts (1989-92) ...... 2947 6. Robert Young (1987-90) ...... 16.0 6. Wayne Madkin (1998-2001) ...... 0.521 7. Robert Isaac (1994-97) ...... 2933 7. WILLIE EVANS (2002-PRES.) ...... 14.5 7. Jackie Parker (1952-53) ...... 0.518 8. Michael Haddix (1979-82) ...... 2911 8. Keith Joseph (1989-92) ...... 14.0 8. Ashby Cook (1963-65) ...... 0.507 9. Eric Moulds (1993-95) ...... 2841 9. Larry Williams (1994-95) ...... 12.5 9. Derrick Taite (1993-96) ...... 0.493 10. Glen Young (1979-82) ...... 2823 10. Edward Smith (1997-98) ...... 12.0 10. Rockey Felker (1972-74) ...... 0.488 — JERIOUS NORWOOD (2002-PRES.) ...... 2817 — OMARR CONNER (2004-PRES.) ...... 0.542 PASS RECEPTIONS 1. David Smith (1968-70) ...... 162 RUSHING ATTEMPTS 2. Sammy Milner (1968-70) ...... 146 INTERCEPTION PERCENTAGE 1. Michael Davis (1991-94)...... 578 3. Justin Jenkins (2000-03) ...... 139 1. Derrick Taite (1993-96) ...... 0.0341 2. John Bond (1980-83)...... 572 4. Terrell Grindle (1999-02) ...... 119 2. Ashby Cook (1963-65) ...... 0.0356 3. Don Smith (1983-86) ...... 485 5. Eric Moulds (1993-95) ...... 118 3. Wayne Madkin (1998-2001) ...... 0.0394 4. Walter Packer (1973-76) ...... 483 6. Mardye McDole (1977-80)...... 116 4. Tony Shell (1988-90) ...... 0.0406 5. James Johnson (1997-98) ...... 453 7. Bill Buckley (1971-73) ...... 102 5. Greg Plump (1991-93) ...... 0.0446 6. Bruce Threadgill (1974-77) ...... 451 8. Fred Hadley (1984, ‘86-88) ...... 86 6. Todd Jordan (1989-93) ...... 0.0455 7. JERIOUS NORWOOD (2002-PRES.) ...... 443 9. Justin Griffith (1998-02) ...... 85 7. Don Smith (1983-86) ...... 0.0474 8. Dennis Johnson (1974-77) ...... 428 10. Danny Knight (1980-83) ...... 81 8. Kevin Fant (2000-03) ...... 0.0497 9. Michael Haddix (1979-82) ...... 425 9. Bruce Threadgill (1974-77) ...... 0.0516 10. Dontae Walker (1999-02) ...... 417 — TEE MILONS (2002-PRES.) ...... 55 10. Matt Wyatt (1996-99) ...... 0.0523

TOUCHDOWN RECEPTIONS — OMARR CONNER (2004-PRES.) ...... 0.0327 1. Eric Moulds (1993-95) ...... 17 RUSHING YARDAGE TOUCHDOWN PASSES 1. Walter Packer (1973-76) ...... 2820 Justin Jenkins (2000-03) ...... 17 1. Derrick Taite (1993-96) ...... 38 2. Michael Davis (1991-94)...... 2721 3. Bill Buckley (1971-73) ...... 14 2. Wayne Madkin (1998-2001) ...... 34 3. Michael Haddix (1979-82) ...... 2558 4. Mardye McDole (1977-80)...... 13 3. Kevin Fant (2000-03) ...... 33 4. James Johnson (1997-98) ...... 2452 Jerry Bouldin (1987-90) ...... 13 4. Don Smith (1983-86) ...... 31 5. JERIOUS NORWOOD (2002-PRES.) ...... 2390 6. David Smith (1968-70) ...... 12 5. Tony Shell (1988-90) ...... 25 6. Dennis Johnson (1974-77) ...... 2284 7. Sammy Milner (1968-70) ...... 11 6. Tommy Pharr (1967-69) ...... 24 7. John Bond (1980-83)...... 2280 8. Danny Knight (1980-83) ...... 10 7. Rockey Felker (1972-74) ...... 23 8. Dizenzo Miller (1998-01) ...... 2209 Harper Davis (1945-48) ...... 10 8. John Bond (1980-83) ...... 18 9. Kenny Roberts (1989-92) ...... 2070 10. Fred Hadley (1984, ‘86-88) ...... 9 9. Matt Wyatt (1996-99) ...... 16 10. Dontae Walker (1999-02) ...... 1875 10. Jackie Parker (1952-53) ...... 15 11. Don Smith (1983-86) ...... 1868 — ERIC BUTLER (2004-PRES.) ...... 7 12. Wayne Jones (1971-73) ...... 1865 — OMARR CONNER (2004-PRES.) ...... 13 13. Tom McWilliams (1944, ‘46-48) ...... 1808 14. Hank Phillips (1985-88) ...... 1743 100-YARD RECEIVING GAMES 15. Keffer McGee (1994-96) ...... 1647 1. David Smith (1968-70) ...... 8 16. Lewis Grubbs (1970-72) ...... 1580 2. Mardye McDole (1977-80)...... 7 17. Blondy Black (1940-42) ...... 1577 3. Justin Jenkins (2000-03) ...... 6 18. Hoyle Granger (1963-65) ...... 1534 Bill Buckley (1971-73) ...... 6 19. Donald Ray King (1978-81) ...... 1452 5. Danny Knight (1980-83) ...... 5 20. Harvey Johnson (1938-40) ...... 1442 6. Fred Hadley (1984-88) ...... 4 21. Kevin Bouie (1992-94) ...... 1427 Willie Harris (1989-92) ...... 4 22. James Jones (1976-79) ...... 1416 Eric Moulds (1993-95) ...... 4 23. Harper Davis (1945-48) ...... 1412 Terrell Grindle (1999-02) ...... 4 24. Wally Beech (1949-51) ...... 1353 10. Kevin Prentiss (1997-98) ...... 3 25. Billy Stacy (1956-58) ...... 1232 — WILL PROSSER (2004-PRES.) ...... 1

100-YARD RUSHING GAMES PASSING EFFICIENCY (MIN. 150 ATT.) 1. Walter Packer (1973-76) ...... 12 1. Jackie Parker (1952-53) ...... 135.11 James Johnson (1997-98) ...... 12 2. Sleepy Robinson (1989-92) ...... 133.57 3. Michael Haddix (1979-82) ...... 10 3. Dave Marler (1977-78) ...... 128.48 Michael Davis (1991-94)...... 10 4. Derrick Taite (1993-96) ...... 119.47 Dizenzo Miller (1998-01) ...... 10 5. Wayne Madkin (1998-2001) ...... 116.85 6. JERIOUS NORWOOD (2002-PRES.) ...... 9 6. Ashby Cook (1963-65) ...... 113.33 Don Smith (1983-86) ...... 9 7. Rockey Felker (1972-74) ...... 112.65 8. Dennis Johnson (1974-77) ...... 8 8. Kevin Fant (2000-03) ...... 110.50 Keffer McGee (1994-96) ...... 8 9. Don Smith (1983-86) ...... 110.24 Dontae Walker (1999-02) ...... 8 10. Greg Plump (1991-93) ...... 106.67

— OMARR CONNER (2004-PRES.) ...... 113.50

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RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES...... (2-2-0) (1-1-0) (1-1-0) (0-0-0) CONFERENCE...... (0-2-0) (0-1-0) (0-1-0) (0-0-0) NON-CONFERENCE...... (2-0-0) (1-0-0) (1-0-0) (0-0-0)

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND TEAM STATISTICS MS OPP ------Sep 03, 2005 MURRAY STATE W 38-6 41143 FIRST DOWNS...... 59 73 *Sept 10,2005 at Auburn L 0-28 81921 Rushing...... 29 25 Sep 17, 2005 at Tulane W 21-14 16421 Passing...... 27 41 *Sep 24, 2005 #6 GEORGIA L 10-23 49903 Penalty...... 3 7 * denotes conference game RUSHING YARDAGE...... 496 387 Yards gained rushing... 604 503 RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G Yards lost rushing..... 108 116 ------Rushing Attempts...... 138 143 Jerious Norwood 4-4 61 330 26 304 5.0 1 34 76.0 Average Per Rush...... 3.6 2.7 Derek Ambrose 3-0 15 91 1 90 6.0 0 15 30.0 Average Per Game...... 124.0 96.8 D Johnson 3-0 16 59 7 52 3.2 1 15 17.3 TDs Rushing...... 2 3 B Thornton 4-0 10 25 4 21 2.1 0 5 5.2 PASSING YARDAGE...... 672 861 Mike Henig 2-0 1 8 0 8 8.0 0 8 4.0 Att-Comp-Int...... 106-61-3 122-74-1 Tee Milons 4-3 2 7 0 7 3.5 0 4 1.8 Average Per Pass...... 6.3 7.1 Omarr Conner 4-4 24 71 65 6 0.2 0 13 1.5 Average Per Catch...... 11.0 11.6 Jonathan Lowe 4-0 5 9 5 4 0.8 0 5 1.0 Average Per Game...... 168.0 215.2 Bryson Davis 4-2 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.8 TDs Passing...... 7 5 Kentrel Brooks 1-0 2 1 0 1 0.5 0 1 1.0 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 1168 1248 Team 1-0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 Total Plays...... 244 265 Total...... 4 138 604 108 496 3.6 2 34 124.0 Average Per Play...... 4.8 4.7 Opponents...... 4 143 503 116 387 2.7 3 22 96.8 Average Per Game...... 292.0 312.0 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 11-257 9-137 PASSING GP-GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS.... 6-46 12-120 ------INT RETURNS: #-YARDS..... 1-0 3-15 Omarr Conner 4-4 130.40 101-59-3 58.4 662 7 49 165.5 FUMBLES-LOST...... 7-4 6-5 Mike Henig 2-0 56.80 5-2-0 40.0 10 0 5 5.0 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 30-257 23-185 Total...... 4 126.93 106-61-3 57.5 672 7 49 168.0 PUNTS-AVG...... 27-42.5 27-39.6 Opponents...... 4 131.82 122-74-1 60.7 861 5 50 215.2 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME.. 28:07 31:53 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 23/59 22/60 RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS..... 1/2 5/5 ------Will Prosser 4-2 16 158 9.9 0 25 39.5 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Eric Butler 4-3 10 125 12.5 3 44 31.2 ------Keon Humphries 4-4 7 131 18.7 2 49 32.8 Q Culberson 1 0 0.0 0 0 Tee Milons 4-3 7 106 15.1 1 37 26.5 Total...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 Jerious Norwood 4-4 6 28 4.7 1 9 7.0 Opponents...... 3 15 5.0 0 11 Bryson Davis 4-2 5 34 6.8 0 13 8.5 Joey Sanders 4-0 4 60 15.0 0 30 15.0 PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd Lance Long 4-1 2 12 6.0 0 7 3.0 ------D Johnson 3-0 2 9 4.5 0 7 3.0 Blake McAdams 27 1148 42.5 60 3 4 8 0 Jeremy Jones 4-1 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.2 Total...... 27 1148 42.5 60 3 4 8 0 Jonathan Lowe 4-0 1 4 4.0 0 4 1.0 Opponents...... 27 1068 39.6 61 1 9 10 0 Total...... 4 61 672 11.0 7 49 168.0 Opponents...... 4 74 861 11.6 5 50 215.2 PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk Jonathan Lowe 6 46 7.7 0 15 ------Total...... 6 46 7.7 0 15 Keith Andrews 2-3 66.7 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-1 0-0 37 0 Opponents...... 12 120 10.0 0 20

|------PATs ------| KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points ------Derek Pegues 9 212 23.6 0 51 Eric Butler 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Lance Long 1 17 17.0 0 17 Keith Andrews 0 2-3 9-9 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 15 Derek Ambrose 1 28 28.0 0 28 Keon Humphries 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Total...... 11 257 23.4 0 51 Jerious Norwood 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Opponents...... 9 137 15.2 0 22 Tee Milons 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 D Johnson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G Total...... 9 2-3 9-9 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 69 ------Opponents...... 9 3-6 8-9 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 71 Jerious Norwood 4 304 28 0 0 0 332 83.0 Derek Pegues 4 0 0 0 212 0 212 53.0 SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Will Prosser 4 0 158 0 0 0 158 39.5 ------Keon Humphries 4 0 131 0 0 0 131 32.8 Mississippi State... 6 14 35 14 - 69 Eric Butler 4 0 125 0 0 0 125 31.2 Opponents...... 20 14 20 17 - 71 Total...... 4 496 672 46 257 0 1471 367.8 Opponents...... 4 387 861 120 137 15 1520 380.0 TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G ------Omarr Conner 4 125 6 662 668 167.0 Jerious Norwood 4 61 304 0 304 76.0 Derek Ambrose 3 15 90 0 90 30.0 D Johnson 3 16 52 0 52 17.3 B Thornton 4 10 21 0 21 5.2 Total...... 4 244 496 672 1168 292.0 2005 Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Sep 27, 2005) All games

|------Tackles------| |-Sacks-| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP Solo Ast Total TFL/Yds No-Yds Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf ------34 Jeramie Johnson 4 20 11 31 . . . 5 . . 1 . . 2 Quinton Culberson 4 16 13 29 1.0-7 1.0-7 1-0 . . . 1 . . 29 Clarence McDougal 4 12 11 23 2.5-9 . . 2 . 1-0 1 . . 6 Demario Bobo 4 13 8 21 1.0-2 . . 2 . 1-0 . . . 36 Willie Evans 4 12 7 19 8.0-53 5.0-44 . 2 1 . . . . 4 Kevin Dockery 4 11 6 17 1.0-2 . . 4 . 1-0 . . . 94 Andrew Powell 4 11 5 16 2.5-7 ...... 58 Michael Heard 4 9 6 15 3.0-9 2.0-8 . . . 1-0 1 . . 22 Jamar Chaney 4 5 9 14 . . . . 1 . . . . 23 David Heard 4 12 2 14 2.0-2 . . 3 . . . . . 97 Corey Clark 4 6 7 13 2.5-3 0.5-1 ...... 5 Gabe O'Neal 4 7 4 11 2.0-4 ...... 56 Anthony Littlejohn 4 7 4 11 2.5-9 1.5-6 ...... 54 Titus Brown 4 5 4 9 2.0-11 1.5-8 . . 1 . . . . 1 Keith Fitzhugh 4 5 1 6 ...... 44 Brad Horton 4 1 5 6 ...... 98 Deljuan Robinson 4 5 1 6 ...... 90 Antonio Johnson 4 2 3 5 . 0.5-0 . . 1 . . . . 18 Brett Morgan 4 2 3 5 ...... 86 Lance Long 4 1 3 4 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 3 Derek Pegues 4 2 1 3 . . . 2 . . . . . 15 Marcus Evans 4 2 1 3 ...... 2A Leron Yarbrough 2 1 1 2 ...... 51 Avery Hannibal 4 2 . 2 ...... 45 De'Mon Glanton 4 1 1 2 ...... 41 Bryson Davis 4 2 . 2 ...... 43 Blake McAdams 4 1 . 1 ...... 39 Fred Akines 2 1 . 1 ...... 11 Will Prosser 4 1 . 1 ...... 42 Jonathan Hill 4 1 . 1 ...... 92 Charles Burns 4 . 1 1 ...... 26 Derek Ambrose 3 1 . 1 ...... 10 Jonathan Lowe 4 1 . 1 ...... 32 Carlton Rice 4 . 1 1 ...... 40 Griffin,Adrian 1 1 . 1 ...... Total...... 4 179 119 298 30-118 11-74 1-0 20 4 5-0 4 . . Opponents...... 4 - - - - 9-65 3-15 9 9 4-43 6 . . 2005 Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 27, 2005) All games

RUSHING GP-GS Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long ------Jerious Norwood 4-4 61 330 26 304 5.0 1 34 76.0 Jonathan Lowe 6 46 7.7 0 15 Derek Ambrose 3-0 15 91 1 90 6.0 0 15 30.0 Total...... 6 46 7.7 0 15 Demarcus Johnson 3-0 16 59 7 52 3.2 1 15 17.3 Opponents...... 12 120 10.0 0 20 Brandon Thornton 4-0 10 25 4 21 2.1 0 5 5.2 Mike Henig 2-0 1 8 0 8 8.0 0 8 4.0 INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long Tee Milons 4-3 2 7 0 7 3.5 0 4 1.8 ------Omarr Conner 4-4 24 71 65 6 0.2 0 13 1.5 Quinton Culberson 1 0 0.0 0 0 Jonathan Lowe 4-0 5 9 5 4 0.8 0 5 1.0 Total...... 1 0 0.0 0 0 Bryson Davis 4-2 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.8 Opponents...... 3 15 5.0 0 11 Kentrel Brooks 1-0 2 1 0 1 0.5 0 1 1.0 Team 1-0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Total...... 4 138 604 108 496 3.6 2 34 124.0 ------Opponents...... 4 143 503 116 387 2.7 3 22 96.8 Derek Pegues 9 212 23.6 0 51 Lance Long 1 17 17.0 0 17 PASSING GP-GS Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G Derek Ambrose 1 28 28.0 0 28 ------Total...... 11 257 23.4 0 51 Omarr Conner 4-4 130.40 101-59-3 58.4 662 7 49 165.5 Opponents...... 9 137 15.2 0 22 Mike Henig 2-0 56.80 5-2-0 40.0 10 0 5 5.0 Total...... 4 126.93 106-61-3 57.5 672 7 49 168.0 FUMBLE RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long Opponents...... 4 131.82 122-74-1 60.7 861 5 50 215.2 ------Total...... 0 0 0.0 0 0 RECEIVING GP-GS No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G Opponents...... 2 43 21.5 1 36 ------Will Prosser 4-2 16 158 9.9 0 25 39.5 Eric Butler 4-3 10 125 12.5 3 44 31.2 Keon Humphries 4-4 7 131 18.7 2 49 32.8 Tee Milons 4-3 7 106 15.1 1 37 26.5 Jerious Norwood 4-4 6 28 4.7 1 9 7.0 Bryson Davis 4-2 5 34 6.8 0 13 8.5 Joey Sanders 4-0 4 60 15.0 0 30 15.0 Lance Long 4-1 2 12 6.0 0 7 3.0 Demarcus Johnson 3-0 2 9 4.5 0 7 3.0 Jeremy Jones 4-1 1 5 5.0 0 5 1.2 Jonathan Lowe 4-0 1 4 4.0 0 4 1.0 Total...... 4 61 672 11.0 7 49 168.0 Opponents...... 4 74 861 11.6 5 50 215.2 2005 Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 27, 2005) All games

|------PATs ------| SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G ------Eric Butler 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18 Omarr Conner 4 125 6 662 668 167.0 Keith Andrews 0 2-3 9-9 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 15 Jerious Norwood 4 61 304 0 304 76.0 Jerious Norwood 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Derek Ambrose 3 15 90 0 90 30.0 Keon Humphries 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12 Demarcus Johnson 3 16 52 0 52 17.3 Tee Milons 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Brandon Thornton 4 10 21 0 21 5.2 Demarcus Johnson 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6 Mike Henig 2 6 8 10 18 9.0 Total...... 9 2-3 9-9 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 69 Tee Milons 4 2 7 0 7 1.8 Opponents...... 9 3-6 8-9 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 71 Jonathan Lowe 4 5 4 0 4 1.0 Bryson Davis 4 1 3 0 3 0.8 Kentrel Brooks 1 2 1 0 1 1.0 Total...... 4 244 496 672 1168 292.0 Opponents...... 4 265 387 861 1248 312.0

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk ------Blake McAdams 27 1148 42.5 60 3 4 8 0 Keith Andrews 2-3 66.7 0-0 0-0 2-2 0-1 0-0 37 0 Total...... 27 1148 42.5 60 3 4 8 0 Opponents...... 27 1068 39.6 61 1 9 10 0 FG SEQUENCE Mississippi State OPPONENTS ------KICKOFFS No. Yds Avg TB OB Retn Net YdLn Murray State (37) ------Auburn 48 42 Keith Andrews 15 928 61.9 6 0 Tulane - - Total...... 15 928 61.9 6 0 257 44.7 20 Georgia (34) 41,53,(27),(23),(23) Opponents...... 15 868 57.9 1 3 277 39.4 25

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made. 2005 Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Overall Individual Statistics (as of Sep 27, 2005) All games

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G ------Jerious Norwood 4 304 28 0 0 0 332 83.0 Derek Pegues 4 0 0 0 212 0 212 53.0 Will Prosser 4 0 158 0 0 0 158 39.5 Keon Humphries 4 0 131 0 0 0 131 32.8 Eric Butler 4 0 125 0 0 0 125 31.2 Derek Ambrose 3 90 0 0 28 0 118 39.3 Tee Milons 4 7 106 0 0 0 113 28.2 Demarcus Johnson 3 52 9 0 0 0 61 20.3 Joey Sanders 4 0 60 0 0 0 60 15.0 Jonathan Lowe 4 4 4 46 0 0 54 13.5 Bryson Davis 4 3 34 0 0 0 37 9.2 Lance Long 4 0 12 0 17 0 29 7.2 Brandon Thornton 4 21 0 0 0 0 21 5.2 Mike Henig 2 8 0 0 0 0 8 4.0 Omarr Conner 4 6 0 0 0 0 6 1.5 Jeremy Jones 4 0 5 0 0 0 5 1.2 Kentrel Brooks 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1.0 Total...... 4 496 672 46 257 0 1471 367.8 Opponents...... 4 387 861 120 137 15 1520 380.0 2005 Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Opponent Game-by-Game (as of Sep 27, 2005) All games

OPPONENT STATS

|---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |------PASSING------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| All Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg Purp Sep 03, 2005 MURRAY STATE...... 33 88 1 13 14 141 0 50 20- 14- 1 141 0 50 5 76 0 19 0 0 0 0 305 Sept 10,2005 at Auburn...... 41 118 1 22 12 202 2 38 18- 12- 0 202 2 38 0 0 0 0 3 29 0 13 360 Sep 17, 2005 at Tulane...... 35 87 1 18 27 206 1 27 48- 27- 0 206 1 27 2 33 0 17 5 31 0 15 361 Sep 24, 2005 GEORGIA...... 34 94 0 17 21 312 2 35 36- 21- 0 312 2 35 2 28 0 22 4 60 0 20 494

Opponent totals...... 143 387 3 22 74 861 5 50 122- 74- 1 861 5 50 9 137 0 22 12 120 0 20 1520 Mississippi State...... 138 496 2 34 61 672 7 49 106- 61- 3 672 7 49 11 257 0 51 6 46 0 15 1471

Games played: 4 Avg per rush: 2.7 Avg per catch: 11.6 Pass efficiency: 131.82 Kick ret avg: 15.2 Punt ret avg: 10.0 All purpose avg/game: 380.0 Total offense avg/gm: 312.0 |------TACKLES------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf Pts Sep 03, 2005 MURRAY STATE...... 57 38 95 3.0-7 0.0-0 1 0-0 0-0 0 2 0 1-0 0 0 0 6 Sept 10,2005 at Auburn...... 51 12 63 8.0-42 5.0-38 3 2-7 1-11 9 3 0 4-4 0 0 0 28 Sep 17, 2005 at Tulane...... 25 30 55 8.0-18 0.0-0 1 1-36 1-4 0 2 0 2-2 0 0 0 14 Sep 24, 2005 GEORGIA...... 29 34 63 8.5-44 4.0-27 1 1-0 1-0 0 2 0 2-2 0 0 0 23

Opponent totals...... 162 114 276 27.5-111 9.0-65 6 4-43 3-15 9 9 0 9-8 0 0 0 71 Mississippi State...... 179 119 298 30.0-118 12.0-74 4 5-0 1-0 4 20 0 9-9 0 0 0 69

|------PUNTING------| |--FIELD GOALS--| |------KICKOFFS------| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd No Yds Avg TB OB Sep 03, 2005 MURRAY STATE...... 7 255 36.4 42 0 0 2 0 3 0-0 0 0 2 118 59.0 0 0 Sept 10,2005 at Auburn...... 6 280 46.7 61 0 1 1 1 2 1-0 0 0 5 306 61.2 0 2 Sep 17, 2005 at Tulane...... 11 425 38.6 49 0 0 4 0 3 0-0 0 0 2 102 51.0 0 1 Sep 24, 2005 GEORGIA...... 3 108 36.0 43 0 0 2 0 2 5-3 27 0 6 342 57.0 1 0

Opponent totals...... 27 1068 39.6 61 0 1 9 1 10 6-3 27 0 15 868 57.9 1 3 Mississippi State...... 27 1148 42.5 60 0 3 4 6 8 3-2 37 0 15 928 61.9 6 0 2005 Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Team Game-by-Game (as of Sep 27, 2005) All games

TEAM

|---RUSHING---| |--RECEIVING--| |------PASSING------| |--KICK RET--| |--PUNT RET--| All Date Opponent No. Yds TD Lg No. Yds TD Lg Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg No Yds TD Lg Purp Sep 03, 2005 MURRAY STATE...... 44 249 1 25 17 233 4 49 27- 17- 0 233 4 49 2 47 0 28 1 1 0 1 530 Sept 10,2005 at Auburn...... 38 81 0 15 12 126 0 36 21- 12- 1 126 0 36 3 100 0 51 4 34 0 15 341 Sep 17, 2005 at Tulane...... 30 117 1 34 13 108 2 18 26- 13- 1 108 2 18 1 17 0 17 1 11 0 11 253 Sep 24, 2005 GEORGIA...... 26 49 0 14 19 205 1 44 32- 19- 1 205 1 44 5 93 0 25 0 0 0 0 347

Totals...... 138 496 2 34 61 672 7 49 106- 61- 3 672 7 49 11 257 0 51 6 46 0 15 1471 Opponent...... 143 387 3 22 74 861 5 50 122- 74- 1 861 5 50 9 137 0 22 12 120 0 20 1520

Games played: 4 Avg per rush: 3.6 Avg per catch: 11.0 Pass efficiency: 126.93 Kick ret avg: 23.4 Punt ret avg: 7.7 All purpose avg/game: 367.8 Total offense avg/gm: 292.0 |------TACKLES------| |-SACKS-| |-FUMBLE-| Pass Blkd |-Kicks--XPTS-| Date Opponent Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds FF FR-Yds Int-Yds QBH Brk Kick Att-Mad Run Rcv Saf Pts Sep 03, 2005 MURRAY STATE...... 46 25 71 10.0-36 3.0-22 1 1-0 1-0 0 3 0 5-5 0 0 0 38 Sept 10,2005 at Auburn...... 53 18 71 7.0-26 1.0-7 1 1-0 0-0 4 4 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 Sep 17, 2005 at Tulane...... 43 40 83 9.0-41 4.0-31 1 2-0 0-0 0 5 0 3-3 0 0 0 21 Sep 24, 2005 GEORGIA...... 37 36 73 4.0-15 3.0-14 1 1-0 0-0 0 8 0 1-1 0 0 0 10

Totals...... 179 119 298 30.0-118 12.0-74 4 5-0 1-0 4 20 0 9-9 0 0 0 69 Opponent...... 162 114 276 27.5-111 9.0-65 6 4-43 3-15 9 9 0 9-8 0 0 0 71

|------PUNTING------| |--FIELD GOALS--| |------KICKOFFS------| Date Opponent No Yds Avg Long Blkd TB FC 50+ I20 Att-Made Lg Blkd No Yds Avg TB OB Sep 03, 2005 MURRAY STATE...... 4 169 42.2 60 0 2 1 1 0 1-1 37 0 7 439 62.7 2 0 Sept 10,2005 at Auburn...... 6 247 41.2 51 0 0 0 1 1 1-0 0 0 1 65 65.0 1 0 Sep 17, 2005 at Tulane...... 10 457 45.7 57 0 1 2 3 6 0-0 0 0 4 258 64.5 2 0 Sep 24, 2005 GEORGIA...... 7 275 39.3 51 0 0 1 1 1 1-1 34 0 3 166 55.3 1 0

Totals...... 27 1148 42.5 60 0 3 4 6 8 3-2 37 0 15 928 61.9 6 0 Opponent...... 27 1068 39.6 61 0 1 9 1 10 6-3 27 0 15 868 57.9 1 3 2005 Mississippi State Football Mississippi State Overall Team Statistics (as of Sep 27, 2005) All games

TEAM STATISTICS MS OPP ------SCORING...... 69 71 Points Per Game...... 17.2 17.8 FIRST DOWNS...... 59 73 Rushing...... 29 25 Passing...... 27 41 Penalty...... 3 7 RUSHING YARDAGE...... 496 387 Yards gained rushing...... 604 503 Yards lost rushing...... 108 116 Rushing Attempts...... 138 143 Average Per Rush...... 3.6 2.7 Average Per Game...... 124.0 96.8 TDs Rushing...... 2 3 PASSING YARDAGE...... 672 861 Att-Comp-Int...... 106-61-3 122-74-1 Average Per Pass...... 6.3 7.1 Average Per Catch...... 11.0 11.6 Average Per Game...... 168.0 215.2 TDs Passing...... 7 5 TOTAL OFFENSE...... 1168 1248 Total Plays...... 244 265 Average Per Play...... 4.8 4.7 Average Per Game...... 292.0 312.0 KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 11-257 9-137 PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 6-46 12-120 INT RETURNS: #-YARDS...... 1-0 3-15 KICK RETURN AVERAGE...... 23.4 15.2 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE...... 7.7 10.0 INT RETURN AVERAGE...... 0.0 5.0 FUMBLES-LOST...... 7-4 6-5 PENALTIES-YARDS...... 30-257 23-185 Average Per Game...... 64.2 46.2 PUNTS-YARDS...... 27-1148 27-1068 Average Per Punt...... 42.5 39.6 Net punt average...... 38.1 37.9 TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME...... 28:07 31:53 3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS...... 23/59 22/60 3rd-Down Pct...... 39% 37% 4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS...... 1/2 5/5 4th-Down Pct...... 50% 100% SACKS BY-YARDS...... 11-74 9-65 MISC YARDS...... 0 43 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED...... 9 9 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS...... 2-3 3-6 PAT-ATTEMPTS...... 9-9 8-9 ATTENDANCE...... 91046 98342 Games/Avg Per Game...... 2/45523 2/49171 Neutral Site Games...... 0/0

SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total ------Mississippi State... 6 14 35 14 - 69 Opponents...... 20 14 20 17 - 71