MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL THE MATCHUP: GAME 3 BROADCAST INFORMATION #23 MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS (2-0, 0-0 SEC) TV: ESPN Play-by-Play: Bob Wischusen vs Analyst: Dan Orlovsky Reporter: Allison Williams KANSAS STATE WILDCATS (2-0, 0-0 BIG 12) RADIO: MSU SPORTS RADIO NETWORK September 14, 2019 · 11 a.m. CT · Starkville, Miss. · Davis Wade Stadium (61,337) Play-by-Play: Neil Price STORYLINES Analyst: Matt Wyatt Sideline: Jay Perry • Mississippi State plays its second straight home game on Saturday when the newly ranked No. 23 Bulldogs host Kansas State SATELLITE RADIO of the Big 12 at 11 a.m. Saturday in Davis Wade Stadium. MSU goes into the game averaging 38.0 points and 441.5 yards (206.0 Sirius: 138 | XM: 192 | Internet: 963 passing, 235.5 rushing) per game. On Monday, C Darryl Williams was named SEC Co-Offensive Lineman of the Week. TEAM INFORMATION • MSU enters the game with a 2-0 mark following last week’s 38-15 win over Southern Miss. Kansas State, which MSU defeated 31- 10 last year in Manhattan, Kansas, is also 2-0 overall. The Wildcats beat Nicholls, 49-14, to open the season and then defeated MISSISSIPPI STATE Bowling Green, 52-0, last week. K-State will be the first Power 5 non-conference team to visit Davis Wade Stadium since Georgia Head Coach: Joe Moorhead (Fordham, 1996) Tech of the ACC on Oct. 3, 2009. Rankings: RV (AP) / 23 (Coaches) Overall Record: 40-18 (sixth season) • Saturday’s game will be the fourth meeting between the teams. Prior to last season, MSU and Kansas State had met just twice. Overall On-Field Record: 48-18 (sixth season) State won 21-16 in the first meeting in 1974 in Starkville and then 24-21 in 1977 in Manhattan. State’s 31-10 victory against the Mississippi State Record: 2-5 (second season) Wildcats last year marked its first road win against a Power-5, non-SEC opponent since 1995. Mississippi State On-Field Record: 10-5 (second season) • The Bulldogs haven’t lost a non-conference regular season game since falling to South Alabama, 21-20, in the 2016 season KANSAS STATE opener. State’s win over Southern Miss last week extended its streak of consecutive wins against non-conference teams during Head Coach: Chris Klieman (Northern Iowa, 1990) the regular season to 11. Rankings: Unranked Overall Record: 74-13 (seventh season) • QB Tommy Stevens improved to 2-0 as a starter last week and earned his first win inside Davis Wade Stadium. Stevens Kansas State Record: 2-0 (first season) connected on his first nine passing attempts (105 yards, two TDs) with a 244.2 passer rating before an incompletion late in the second quarter. It was the longest streak for a Bulldog QB to start the game since Dak Prescott completed his first 12 passing 2019 MISSISSIPPI STATE SCHEDULE attempts against Arkansas in 2015. Overall: 2-0 | SEC: 0-0 | H: 1-0 | A: 1-0 | N: 0-0 • Stevens, who is 29-of-40 (72.5 percent) with 341 yards and five touchdowns (4 passing, 1 rushing) this season, exited the game with an injury following State’s fourth offensive possession last week and did not return. Freshman QB Garrett Shrader took AUGUST (1-0) over at signal caller with 2:37 to go in the second quarter and finished his first career game 7-of-11 passing with 71 yards. 31 at Louisiana (New Orleans) ESPNU W, 38-28 SEPTEMBER (1-0) 7 Southern Miss ESPNU W, 38-15 • After two games, Doak Walker Award candidate RB Kylin Hill leads the SEC and Power 5 and is second in the FBS in rushing yards (320). Hill’s 320 yards are the most by an MSU player through the first two games of a season since at least 2000. Hill’s 320 14 Kansas State ESPN 11 a.m. yards this season are the second most by an SEC running back through two games since 2010. Hill finished Saturday’s game with 21 Kentucky * SEC Network/SEC Network ALT 3 p.m. 123 yards on 14 attempts (8.8 ypc) and one TD, topping 100 yards on the ground for the second straight game. Hill had 197 in the 28 at #8/9 Auburn * TBA TBA season opener at Louisiana. OCTOBER (0-0) 12 at Tennessee * TBA TBA 19 #4/5 LSU * TBA TBA • S Jaquarius Landrews leads MSU and is tied for seventh in the SEC in total tackles (15). S Brian Cole II has at least 1.0 tackle for loss in each of the first two games and ranks tied for second in the SEC in total TFLs (3.5). DE Marquiss Spencer is tied for 26 at #16/15 Texas A&M * TBA TBA the SEC lead and fourth in the FBS in forced fumbles (2). NOVEMBER (0-0) 2 at Arkansas * TBA TBA 16 #2/2 Alabama * TBA TBA • MSU leads the SEC in takeaways (7 – 4 fumbles, 3 interceptions) and is tied with No. 2 Alabama in turnover margin (+5). State is one of six SEC teams with three different players who have recorded an interception. Preseason All-American and Jim Thorpe 23 Abilene Christian (HC) TBA TBA Award candidate CB Cameron Dantzler had one in the season opener. CB Martin Emerson and S C.J. Morgan each had one 28 Ole Miss * ESPN 6:30 p.m. last week. Emerson is the first MSU freshman to record an interception since 2012 Thorpe Award winner Johnthan Banks in 2009. MISSISSIPPI STATE COACHING STAFF NUMBERS TO KNOW Joe Moorhead, head coach (2nd) Tony Hughes, associate head coach/tight ends (8th, 2nd stint)* Rushing yards after contact by RB Kylin Hill Team completion percentage by QB Tommy Terry Richardson, assistant head coach/run game coord./RBs (1st) through two games, tops in the SEC and fifth Stevens (72.5) and QB Garrett Shrader Deke Adams, defensive line (1st) 179 among Power 5 running backs 70.6 (63.6) through two games this season Andrew Breiner, pass game coordinator/QBs (2nd)* Terrell Buckley, cornerbacks (4th) Consecutive games MSU has recorded at Consecutive quarters MSU has held its Marcus Johnson, offensive line (2nd) 18 least one takeaway, dating back to 2017, 14 opponents without a rushing touchdown at Michael Johnson, wide receivers (1st) including nine straight with an interception Davis Wade Stadium Joey Jones, special teams coordinator (2nd) Chris Marve, defensive run game coordinator/LBs (1st) Takeaways by the Bulldogs in 2019, their Games out of State’s last five, dating back Bob Shoop, defensive coordinator/safeties (2nd)* most through the first two games of a season to 2018, that it has rushed for 200+ yards, 7 since 2012 (8) 4 including each of the first two games in 2019 * - denotes in the booth GAME 3 DEPTH CHART: KANSAS STATE OFFENSE DEFENSE WR (X) 1 Stephen Guidry 6-4 200 Sr.-1L LE 5 Chauncey Rivers 6-3 275 Sr.-1L 3 Devonta Jason 6-3 225 So.-1L 43 Fletcher Adams 6-2 265 Sr.-3L 18 Cameron Gardner 6-4 220 Fr.-RS DT 90 Lee Autry 6-2 305 Sr.-1L WR (H) 2 Deddrick Thomas 5-9 190 Sr.-3L 84 Jaden Crumedy 6-5 300 Fr.-RS 12 Isaiah Zuber 6-0 190 Sr.-GTR 92 Kendell Jones 6-4 300 Sr.-2L 85 Austin Williams 6-3 200 So.-1L NG 54 Fabien Lovett 6-4 315 Fr.-RS WR (Z) 5 Osirus Mitchell 6-5 210 Jr.-2L 99 James Jackson 6-3 315 So.-1L 4 JaVonta Payton 6-1 180 Jr.-JC 9 Malik Dear 5-9 220 Sr.-3L RE 42 Marquiss Spencer 6-4 285 Jr.-2L -or- 52 Kobe Jones 6-4 270 Jr.-2L LT 78 Tyre Phillips 6-5 345 Sr.-1L 69 Kwatrivous Johnson 6-7 330 Fr.-RS WILL 6 Willie Gay Jr. 6-2 240 Jr.-2L 10 Leo Lewis 6-2 245 Sr.-3L LG 56 Dareuan Parker 6-4 330 Jr.-2L 18 Aaron Brule 6-1 235 Fr.-RS 75 Michael Story 6-4 300 Sr.-3L MIKE 40 Erroll Thompson 6-1 250 Jr.-2L C 73 Darryl Williams 6-3 310 Sr.-2L 41 Tim Washington 6-3 240 Sr.-3L 79 Evans Wilkerson 6-5 310 Sr.-3L 30 Sh’mar Kilby-Lane 6-2 230 Sr.-1L RG 51 Stewart Reese 6-5 345 Jr.-2L SAM 41 Tim Washington 6-3 240 Sr.-3L 63 LaQuinston Sharp 6-3 315 Jr.-JC 30 Sh’mar Kilby-Lane 6-2 230 Sr.-1L RT 55 Greg Eiland 6-8 335 Jr.-2L -or- 70 Tommy Champion 6-5 320 Sr.-1L STAR 32 Brian Cole II 6-2 210 Sr.-1L 38 Fred Peters 5-10 200 Jr.-JC TE 82 Farrod Green 6-4 240 Sr.-3L 84 Dontea Jones 6-4 250 Jr.-2L CB 8 Maurice Smitherman 5-10 195 Sr.-3L -or- 11 Geor’quarius Spivey 6-5 250 Fr.-RS 13 Tyler Williams 6-2 175 So.-1L -or- 25 Brad Cumbest 6-5 250 Fr.-RS 88 Powers Warren 6-3 245 So.-1L FS 29 C.J. Morgan 6-0 200 Jr.-2L 7 Marcus Murphy 6-1 200 So.-1L RB 8 Kylin Hill 5-11 215 Jr.-2L 21 Nick Gibson 5-11 215 Sr.-3L SS 11 Jaquarius Landrews 6-0 200 Sr.-1L 22 Lee Witherspoon 5-10 205 Fr.-HS 35 Landon Guidry 6-0 195 So.-1L QB 7 Tommy Stevens 6-5 235 Sr.-GTR CB 3 Cameron Dantzler 6-2 185 Jr.-2L 10 Keytaon Thompson 6-4 225 Jr.-2L 2 Jarrian Jones 6-0 190 Fr.-HS -or- 6 Garrett Shrader 6-4 220 Fr.-HS -or- 16 Korey Charles 5-10 180 Jr.-2L PRONUNCIATION GUIDE SPECIALISTS 2 Jarrian Jones JAR-ee-un 3 Devonta Jason DUH-vahn-tay PK 26 Jordan Lawless 6-0 200 Jr.-SQ 4 JaVonta Payton JUH-vahn-tay -or- 47 Jace Christmann 6-0 200 Jr.-2L 4 Deddrick Thomas rhymes with red 5 Osirus Mitchell O-sye-rus KO 48 Scott Goodman 5-10 200 So.-1L 9 Malik Dear MUH-leek 11 Jaquarius Landrews JUH-quair-ee-us P 37 Tucker Day 6-0 210 So.-1L 11 Geor’quarius Spivey JUH-quair-ee-us 97 Reed Bowman 6-0 200 Jr.-TR 12 Isaiah Zuber ZOO-bur 18 Aaron Brule BREW-lay 27 Kody Schexnayder SHEX-nye-dur LS 67 Paul Blackwell 5-10 210 Jr.-RS 40 Erroll Thompson AIR-uhl 47 Jace Christmann Christ-man H 27 Kody Schexnayder 5-10 195 Sr.-2L 55 Greg Eiland rhymes with island 56 Dareuan Parker DAIR-e-uhn KR 12 Isaiah Zuber 6-0 190 Sr.-GTR 69 Kwatrivous Johnson KWAH-tray-vee-us -or- 32 Brian Cole II 6-2 210 Sr.-1L 78 Tyre Phillips TYE-ree 82 Farrod Green FUH-rahd PR 9 Malik Dear 5-9 220 Sr.-3L 84 Dontea Jones DAHN-tay -or- 32 Brian Cole II 6-2 210 Sr.-1L 2 HAILSTATE.COM 2019 MISSISSIPPI STATE FOOTBALL MEDIA SERVICES: GAME 3 VS.