MISSISSIPPIGAME STATE ELEVEN UNIVERSITY Primary Contact: Joe Galbraith • [email protected] • Office - 662.325.0967 • Cell - 662.418.3970 Secondary Contact: Kyle Niblett • [email protected] (4-6, • Office 2-4 - 662.325.0972 SEC) • Cell at - 662.418.9139 Game One • Mississippi State (0-0, 0-0 SEC) at Memphis (0-0,Mississippi 0-0 C-USA) • Thursday, Sept. State 1, 2011 •(7-3, Liberty Bowl 3-3 • 7:10 SEC) p.m. CT • FSN Saturday, Nov. 17, 2012 - Davis Wade Stadium - 11:21 a.m. - SEC Network eneral ame nformatIon G G I BULLDOGS RETURN HOME FOR SEC WEST CONTEST PASSING OFFENSE HAS BEEN RECORD-BREAKING Mississippi State returns to Davis Wade Stadium for the final The Tyler Russell-led Mississippi State passing attack has com- Team InformaTIon & STaTS time in the 2012 season as the Bulldogs take on Arkansas in a piled 2,380 yards so far this season, good for seventh all-time MISSISSIPPI STATE ARKANSAS Southeastern Conference Western Division matchup. on the school charts and only 257 yards away from the school RV / RV / NR . .Ranking (AP / USA Today / BCS) . NR / NR / NR The game will kick off at 11:21 a.m. and will be broadcast on record. Averaging 238 yards per game, the team would finish Dan Mullen . Head Coach . John L. Smith the SEC Network. Dave Neal, Andre Ware and Cara Capuano will second behind only the 1978 squad. The 60 percent completion 28-20 . Career Record . 136-92 have the call. percentage would be a new school mark and the 195 comple- 28-20 . Record at School . 4-6 tions already rank fifth all time. 2012 STATS QUEST FOR EIGHTH WIN CONTINUES With a 20th touchdown pass last Saturday, the 2012 team 7-3 . Record . 4-6 In 112 years of playing football, only 15 previous Mississippi set the school mark in that category breaking the record of 19 3-3 . Conference Record . 2-4 State teams won eight games in a single season. The 2012 team set a year ago. 29.4 . Points Per Game . 25.5 began the season 7-0 and look to become the seventh team 21.4 . Points Allowed Per Game . 30.0 since 1981 to reach the eight-win mark. TURNOVERS HAVE GENERALLY TOLD STORY In recent seasons, no stat has been a better harbinger of suc- 383.5 . Total Offense Per Game . .422.1 BULLDOGS CAN MATCH SCHOOL-BEST 3-YEAR MARK cess for the Bulldogs than turnover margin. Over the last three- 145.5 . Rushing Yards Per Game . 119.5 The most successful stretches of Mississippi State football plus seasons, State has won 22 of 23 games when victorious in 238.0 . Passing Yards Per Game . 302.6 include the early 1940s and the late 1990s. During those times, the turnover column. Conversely, the Bulldogs have won just 379.3 . Yards Allowed Per Game . .410.8 four different three-year spans included 26 total wins. With three five times out of 15 when losing the turnover battle. 163.3 . Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game . 119.7 more wins this season, the 2010-12 stretch will match that total. Through 10 games, State is tied for seventh in the nation 216.0 . Passing Yards Allowed Per Game . 291.1 The Bulldogs won nine games in 2010 and seven in 2011. with a plus-12 turnover margin. The Bulldogs are tied for 22nd INDIVIDUAL COMPARISON nationally with 22 forced turnovers. At home, MSU is second in Tyler Russell . Leading Passer . Tyler Wilson MULLEN CONTINUES TO CLIMB SCHOOL WIN CHARTS the country in turnover margin, while Arkansas is tied for 75th in 182-301-4-2249 yds-17 TD 195-320-10-2803 yds-18 TD Head Coach Dan Mullen has led the Bulldogs to 28 wins in turnover margin on the road. LaDarius Perkins . .Leading Rusher . Dennis Johnson three-plus seasons, good for fifth most in school history. A win 153 att.-804 yds.-8 TD 116 att.-639 yds-8 TD vs. Arkansas would tie him with W.D. Chadwick (1909-13) for BANKS AMONG BEST DEFENDERS IN THE COUNTRY Chad Bumphis . Leading Receiver . Cobi Hamilton fourth-most all-time. Mullen’s .583 winning percentage ranks On Oct. 29, senior defensive back Johnthan Banks became 43 rec.-676 yds-8 TD 73 rec.-1149 yds-4 TD ninth all-time and third among any coach who amassed more the first player in school history to be named a semifinalist for Cameron Lawrence . Leading Tackler . Ross Rasner than three years of experience in Starkville. the Chuck Bednarik Award, given annually to the outstanding defensive player of the year. Banks was also named a semifinalist 87 tackles, 7.0 TFL, 4.0 Sacks 74 tackles, 6.5 TFL, 2.0 Sacks OFFENSE STILL SCORING AT NEAR RECORD PACE for the Jim Thorpe Award, which goes to the best defensive back The Mississippi State offense has scored 294 points through in college football. Banks is the third player in program history ISSISSIppI TaTe chedule 2012 m S S its first 10 games, its most through 10 contests since the 2000 named a semifinalist, and the first in back-to-back seasons. Date Opponent Result/Time squad scored 317 points. The scoring an average of 29.4 points Sept. 1 JACKSON STATE (FSN) W, 56-9 per game is approaching the modern-era record of 31.7 set RUSSELL POISED TO BREAK MANY SCHOOL MARKS Sept. 8 * AUBURN (ESPN) W, 28-10 in 1994. The Bulldogs have scored 27 or more points in seven Junior quarterback Tyler Russell, with 14 career starts, has Sept. 15 at Troy (ESPN3) W, 30-24 games, only the third time in school history the team has already tossed 30 touchdown passes, good for fifth on the Sept. 22 SOUTH ALABAMA (PPV) W, 30-10 eclipsed 27 in seven games in a single season (1998 and 2000). school’s all-time list. The Meridian native has already entered the Oct. 6 * at Kentucky (SEC Network) W, 27-14 school’s top 10 in passing yardage (3,918, ranks seventh). Russell Oct. 13 * TENNESSEE (ESPN2) W, 41-31 BALANCED ATTACK HAS PRODUCED RESULTS ranks fifth on the school’s all-time touchdown passes list with 30, Oct. 20 MIDDLE TENNESSEE (ESPN2) W, 45-3 Of 652 offensive plays, offensive coordinator Les Koenning’s ninth in attempts, eighth in completions and would be second in Oct. 27 * at Alabama (ESPN) L, 7-38 group has run 330 times (50.6 percent) and passed 322 times completion percentage. Nov. 3 * TEXAS A&M (ESPN) L, 13-38 (49.4 percent). The Bulldog offense has gained 3,835 total yards, Nov. 10 * at LSU (ESPN) L, 17-37 with 2,380 yards (62.1 percent) through the air. The Bulldogs QB ALREADY SETTING SINGLE-SEASON MARKS rushed more times than passed in each of the first seven games Last weekend, Russell broke the single-season school record Nov. 17 * ARKANSAS (SEC NETWORK) 11:21 a.m. of the season and passed more than ran each of the last three. with his 17th touchdown pass of the season. His 2,249 passing Nov. 24 * at Ole Miss yards ranks third all-time and only 173 away from the school NEARLY DONE AT HALF, CERTAINTY AFTER THREE mark. Russell’s 301 attempts is seventh on the school list and his SerIeS hISTory Since Dan Mullen took over the Mississippi State program 182 completions is only four away from the record. The signal Overall Series Record: . Arkansas leads 15-6-1 in 2009, the Bulldogs have won 24 of 26 games led at halftime. caller is one of 10 quarterbacks in the nation with 15-plus pass- in Starkville: . .Arkansas leads 6-4 Even more impressively, State has won all 27 games in which ing touchdowns and less than five interceptions. Last meeting: . Arkansas, 44-17, 11/19/11 in Little Rock it had a lead entering the fourth quarter. Overall, the Bulldogs in Starkville: . Arkansas, 38-31 (2OT), 11/20/10 have a 37-game winning streak when up to begin the fourth. BUMPHIS REACHES ONE MILESTONE, Last 10 meetings: . .Arkansas leads 9-1 ON PACE FOR OTHERS Current Series Win Streak: . .Arkansas, 3 games SPECIAL SENIOR CLASS Senior wide receiver Chad Bumphis is the university’s record Mississippi State’s 2012 senior class will be recognized prior holder in touchdown receptions and hauled in his 20th against BroadcaST InformaTIon to kickoff of the Arkansas game this weekend. The 25-member LSU. The All-SEC candidate now has 144 career receptions, good Kickoff . 11 a.m. CT class will be remembered as one of the greatest in school history. for third on the school’s all-time list. He needs 18 receptions to TV . SEC Network (Dave Neal, Andre Ware and Cara Capuano) With an overall record of 28-20, its the winningest senior class tie the school record of 162 set by David Smith in 1970. His 2,024 Radio . Mississippi State Radio Network in over a decade (the 2001 class went 29-19), and only the fourth career yards rank third all time and his 3,131 all-purpose yards Announcers . .Jim Ellis, Matt Wyatt and John Correro senior class to win 28 games since the end of World War II rank ninth on the school’s all-time chart. XM Radio Network . Channel 202 It is only the second senior class earn three-straight bowl Bumphis is tied for the SEC lead among wideouts in 2012 Sirius Radio Network . Channel 117 berths and the third senior class to play in three bowl games.