POSTSEASON NOTES · Sherrill, and North Carolina State in the 1963 post-season game, the final Liberty Bowl played in Philadelphia, Pa. The MSU-Air Force game drew a crowd of 61,497,

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MSTATE SCHEDULE & RESULTS

Date Opponent W-L Score/Time

Aug. 30 * LSU L 0-45

Sept. 8 at Tulane W 38-17

Sept. 15 * at Auburn W 19-14

Sept. 22 GARDNER-WEBB W 31-15

Sept. 29 * at South Carolina L 21-38

Oct. 6 UAB (Homecoming) W 30-13

Oct. 13 * TENNESSEE L 21-33

Oct. 20 at West Virginia L 13-38

Oct. 27 * at Kentucky W 31-14

Nov. 10 * ALABAMA W 17-12

Nov. 17 * at Arkansas (L.R.) L 31-45

Nov. 23 * OLE MISS W 17-14

Dec. 29 UCF (Liberty Bowl) 3:30 p.m.

All times Central

The Series

Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . Mississippi State leads, 1-0

at Starkville . . . . . . . . . . . Mississippi State leads, 1-0

at Orlando. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Never Met

at Neutral Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Never Met

Last meeting: . . . . . . . . .Mississippi State, 35-28, 1997

Last 10 meetings: . . . . . . . . Mississippi State leads, 1-0

Current Series Win Streak: . . Mississippi State, 1 game

Sylvester Croom vs. UCF: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Never Met

George O’Leary vs. Mississippi State: . . . . . . Never Met

Croom vs. O’Leary: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-0

Broadcast Information

Television . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ESPN

Announcers . . . . . . . . . . Terry Gannon, David Norrie,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vince Welch

Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mississippi State Radio Network

Announcers . . . . .Jack Cristil, Jim Ellis, John Correro

in Starkville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107.9, WFCA

Quick Facts - Mississippi State

Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5, 4-4

Ranking (AP/Coaches'). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NR / NR

Last Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W vs. Ole Miss, 17-14

Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sylvester Croom

Career Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-30 / fourth season

MSU Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16-30 / fourth season

Quick Facts - UCF

Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3, 7-1

Ranking (AP/Coaches'). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .RV / RV

Last Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W vs. Tulsa, 44-25

Head Coach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .George O’Leary

Career Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74-60 / 11th season

UCF Record. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-27 / fourth season

MISSISSIPPI STATE ATHLETIC MEDIA RELATIONS

P.O. Box 5308

Mississippi State, MS 39762

Football Contacts: Mike Nemeth, Joe Galbraith

BULLDOGS MAKE 13TH

POSTSEASON BOWL APPEARANCE,

FIRST IN 7 YEARS

Mississippi State will be making its 13th postseason

bowl appearance when the Bulldogs play Central

Florida in the 49th annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl in

Memphis, Tenn. State is 6-6 all-time in bowl games,

but have not played a postseason game since beat-

ing Texas A&M 43-41 in the 2000 Independence

Bowl at Shreveport, La.

MISSISSIPPI STATE'S 2007

APPEARANCE MARKS 3RD LIBERTY

BOWL GAME

Mississippi State will be making its third appear-

ance in the Liberty Bowl, but its first in 16 years.

MSU played Air Force in the 1991 Liberty Bowl in

Memphis under then first-year head coach Jackie

Sherrill, and North Carolina State in the 1963 post-

season game, the final Liberty Bowl played in

Philadelphia, Pa. The MSU-Air Force game drew a

crowd of 61,497, an attendance record for the bowl

that still stands today.

MISSISSIPPI STATE MAKES FIRST

MEMPHIS VISIT IN FIVE YEARS

Despite the fact that the city of Memphis is less than

a three-hour drive from Starkville, Mississippi State

has not played football in Memphis since 2002, a

29-17 win over the University of Memphis at the

Liberty Bowl. State is 29-16-3 all-time in the city of

Memphis, with a 16-6 all-time mark at UM.

MISSISSIPPI STATE LOOKS TO

IMPROVE LEDGER VS. C-USA

MSU has posted an impressive 83-61-3 (.575) record

against teams that currently comprise Conference-

USA. State has played C-USA member schools more

frequently than any other non-SEC league. The

Bulldogs are 5-3 vs. C-USA under Sylvester Croom.

BULLDOGS TO MEET UCF FOR JUST

THE SECOND TIME EVER

Mississippi State has played Central Florida just one

other time on the gridiron. The Bulldogs defeated

the Knights 35-28 in 1997 at Davis Wade Stadium at

Scott Field. That Mississippi State team went on to

finish 7-4 on the year, setting the stage for an SEC

Western Division championship one year later. That

UCF team, with future All-Pro quarterback Daunte

Culpepper under center, finished 5-6.

BULLDOGS HAVE BEEN SOLID

AGAINST NON-LEAGUE OPPONENTS

Mississippi State has posted a 159-117-10 (.573)

record all-time against teams that are not members

of the Southeastern Conference, an impressive 46-

17-1 (.727) mark in regular-season, non-conference

games since 1989. MSU, however, has won just nine

of its last 18 non-conference games, dating to the

beginning of 2003.

MISSISSIPPI STATE RETURNS TO ESPN

AT AUTOZONE LIBERTY BOWL

Mississippi State shows a 10-15 record all-time in

games played on national sports network ESPN.

The Bulldogs will be making just their fourth ESPN

telecast since Sylvester Croom became the school's

head coach in 2004. MState will be looking for its

first win on ESPN under Croom, having dropped

Thursday night games against South Carolina (2006)

and LSU (2007), as well as a mid-season conference

game against Georgia in 2005. The Bulldogs' game

against Central Florida in 1997 was televised by

the Florida-based Sunshine Network to a regional

audience.

POSTSEASON NOTES

MISSISSIPPI STATE EARNS POSTSEASON AT LIBERTY BOWLMSU concluded its regular season with a 17-14 win over Ole Miss, finishing its schedule

with a 7-5 overall record, 4-4 in the Southeastern Conference. State was chosen as the SEC

representative to face Conference-USA champion University of Central Florida in the 49th

annual AutoZone Liberty Bowl, Saturday, Dec. 29, in Memphis, Tenn. Kickoff is set for 3:30

p.m. The game will be televised by ESPN.

MISSISSIPPI STATE TO MAKE NINTH

TELEVISION SHOWING IN 2007

When Mississippi State and Central Florida meet in

the 2007 AutoZone Liberty Bowl in Memphis, it will

be the Bulldogs' ninth televised game of the '07 cam-

paign. It is the most television exposures for the team

since 2000, when nine games were also shown.

SYLVESTER CROOM, GOOD FRIEND

GEORGE O'LEARY MEET AGAIN

Mississippi State head football coach Sylvester Croom

counts Central Florida head coach George O'Leary as

one of his many friends in the coaching profession.

Croom and O'Leary served on the coaching staff of

head coach Bobby Ross with the San Diego Chargers

in 1992-93.

BULLDOG PAIR RETURNS TO HOME

STATE, ONE TO HIS CITY

Mississippi State has two players on its roster from the

state of Tennessee. Junior punter Blake McAdams

(Ripley) returns to his home state, while true freshman

defensive back Wade Bonner (Mason) hails from the

Memphis area.

SIX MISSISSIPPI STATE PLAYERS FACE

HOME-STATE SCHOOL

Mississippi State lists six players on its roster from

the state of Florida. True freshmen Dakota Merritt

(Cantonment), Wesley Carroll (Parkland), and Karlin

Brown (Tallahassee), redshirt freshman Reggie Odom

(Deland), and juniors Jamar Chaney (Fort Pierce) and

Anthony Littlejohn (Jacksonville) all call the Sunshine

State home.

MSTATE OFFENSE CONTINUES TO

CONVERT, MAINTAIN BALL CONTROL

Mississippi State converted third-down opportuni-

ties at a 39.5 percent rate (eighth in the SEC) and

ranked fifth in the league in time of possession

average (30:25 average per game). By comparison,

the Bulldogs converted 36 percent of its third-down

opportunities a year ago, and averaged only 29:26 of

possession time. State had 13 scoring possessions

of 10 plays or more this season. In contrast, MSU

had only four scoring drives of 10 or more plays last

season.

MSU TURNS ON THE OFFENSE TO

SECURE SEASON-ENDING WIN

Trailing 14-0 and having gained just 144 yards of total

offense on 39 snaps (3.7 yards per play) in the first

three quarters of its season-ending game with arch-

rival Ole Miss, MSU exploded for 129 yards on 22

snaps (5.9 yards per play) in the fourth quarter alone

and scored 17 points for the team's seventh win of

the season.

DEFENSE HOLDS DOWN REBEL

PASSING GAME, PRESERVES WIN

Mississippi State's defense held Ole Miss to just 10

completions in 30 attempts in that season-ending win

over Ole Miss, allowing just 115 yards through the air.

State ranks fourth in the conference in pass defense,

allowing 182.2 yards per game, and leads the league

in both fourth-down conversions against (.143) and

red-zone defense (.721).

TITUS BROWN REMAINS AMONG SEC

SACK, TACKLE FOR LOSS LEADERS

Mississippi State senior defensive end Titus Brown

(Tuscaloosa, Ala.) has recorded 37 tackles for loss

(minus 172 yards), 18.5 of which were quarterback

sacks (minus 114 yards) his career. Brown, who has

recorded at least one tackle for loss in 10 of the

season's 12 games, is eighth in the league with 1.12

TFL per game. His 0.67 sack-per-game average is

fourth best in the SEC. His 18.5 sacks are good for

seventh place all-time at Mississippi State in that

category. Greg Favors (19.5; 1994-97) is next on the

school list. Brown has now had at least one TFL in 16

of the last 19 games, dating to last season, and a QB

sack in 12 of the last 19.

DEREK PEGUES REMAINS ON THE

VERGE OF ENTERING ALL-TIME LIST

Mississippi State junior defensive back Derek Pegues

(Batesville, Miss.) has made eight career pass inter-

ceptions, returning three of those eight picks for

touchdown, the most in school history. He is just one

theft away from breaking into the school's all-time top

10 in that category (9; Bill Kiser, 1965-67, Emile Petro

and Ken Phares, 1970-72).

STATISTICAL

COMPARISON

Mississippi State vs. UCF

Mississippi State UCF

Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5. . . . . . . .10-3

Conference Record . . . . . . 4-4. . . . . . . . .7-1

Points Scored . . . . . . . . . . . . .22.4. . . . . . . . 38.4

Points Allowed . . . . . . . . . . . .24.8. . . . . . . . 27.8

Total Offense . . . . . . . . . . . .305.3. . . . . . . 426.5

Rushing Yards . . . . . . . . .135.3. . . . . . . 242.8

Passing Yards . . . . . . . . . .170.0. . . . . . . 183.7

Yards Allowed. . . . . . . . . . . .341.2. . . . . . . 379.3

Rushing Yards Allowed . .159.0. . . . . . . 131.1

Passing Yards Allowed. . .182.2. . . . . . . 248.2

First Downs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17.2. . . . . . . . 21.5

Time of Possession. . . . . . . .30:25. . . . . . . 30:57

3rd Down Conversion . . . . . .40%. . . . . . . . 40%

INDIVIDUAL COMPARISON

Mississippi State vs. UCF

(2007 per-game averages)

Mississippi State UCF

Rushing Yards-per-Game

Dixon . . . . . . 81.7. . . . . . 188.3 . . . . . K. Smith

Ducre. . . . . . . 38.9. . . . . . 24.6 . . . . . . .P. Smith

Williams . . . . . . 8.0. . . . . . 16.5 . . . . . . . Francis

Passing Yards-per-Game

Carroll . . . . . 112.8. . . . . . 160.4 . . . . . . . . Israel

Riddell . . . . . . 80.0 . . . . . 33.7 . . . . . . . . Greco

Henig. . . . . . . 74.5

Receiving Yards-per-Game

Smith . . . . . . . 41.9. . . . . . 48.5 . . . . . . . . . Ross

Burks . . . . . . . 36.7. . . . . . 44.2 . . . . . . . . Aiken

Husband . . . . 16.1. . . . . . 19.5 . . . . . . . Guyton

Total Tackles

Chaney . . . . . . . 81. . . . . . 94. . . . . . . . . Rashad

Douglas . . . . . . . 74. . . . . . 81. . . . . . . . . Venson

O'Neal . . . . . . . . 70. . . . . . 72. . . . . . Henderson

Interceptions

Johnson. . . . . . . . 3. . . . . . 6. . . . . . . . . . Burnett

Pegues. . . . . . . . . 3. . . . . . 5. . . . . . . . . . . . Neal

Sacks

T. Brown . . . . . 8.0. . . . . . 7.5 . . . . . . Douzable

two tied . . . . . . 2.0. . . . . . 7.0 . . . . . . . . . .Miller

POSTSEASON NOTES

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MSU STREAKS&

2007 RECORDS Overall Streak 2007

Overall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1. . . . . 7-5

Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W2. . . . . 4-2

Away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1. . . . . 3-2

Neutral. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L2. . . . . 0-1

SEC Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1. . . . . 4-4

Non-Conference Games . . . . . . . L1. . . . . 3-1

Day Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1. . . . . 5-4

Night Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W2. . . . . 2-1

August . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L4. . . . . 0-1

September. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L1. . . . . 3-1

October . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1. . . . . 2-2

November . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1. . . . . 2-1

vs. Top 10 Teams (AP) . . . . . . . . L13. . . . . 0-2

vs. Top 25 Teams (AP) . . . . . . . . W2. . . . . 2-4

Television Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W3. . . . . 5-3

ABC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L5. . . . . . —

CBS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L2. . . . . . —

CSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1. . . . . 1-0

CSTV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W1. . . . . . —

ESPN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L5. . . . . 0-1

ESPN2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L1. . . . . . —

ESPN Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L1. . . . . 0-1

Fox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L1. . . . . . —

Jefferson-Pilot / LF Sports. . . . . W3. . . . . 4-1

NBC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W2. . . . . . —

When MSU Wins Coin Toss . . . . . . W2. . . . . 4-3

When Opponent Wins Toss . . . . . . W1. . . . . 3-2

When MSU Scores First . . . . . . . . . . L1. . . . . 3-1

When Opponent Scores First . . . . W2. . . . . 4-4

When MSU Leads at Halftime . . . . W9. . . . . 3-0

When Tied at Halftime. . . . . . . . . . W1. . . . . 1-0

When Opp. Leads at Halftime . . . . W1. . . . . 3-5

When MSU Leads After 3rd. . . . . W10. . . . . 4-0

When Tied After 3rd . . . . . . . . . . . W2. . . . . . —

When Opp. Leads After 3rd . . . . . W1. . . . . 3-5

When MSU Scores 25+ points. . . . . L1. . . . . 4-1

When Opp. Scores 25+ points . . . L18. . . . . 0-5

When MSU Rushes for 100+ yards W2. . . . . 6-2

When Opp. Rushes for 100+ yards W1. . . . . 4-5

When MSU Rushes for <100 yards W1. . . . . 1-3

When Opp. Rushes for <100 yards W3. . . . . 3-0

PEGUES REACHES TOP OF KICK

RETURN CHART, NEARING IN

YARDAGE TOO

Derek Pegues became the school's all-time leader in

kickoff returns (80) with a pair of returns against Ole

Miss in the season-ending win over the Rebels. He

is nearing the top of the school's kick return yardage

(1,776) list as well, trailing only Tony James in the

attempts category and trails only his yardage number

(1989-92; 78-1,862). Pegues' kickoff returns are tied

for the fifth most in Southeastern Conference history

(Preston Brown, Vanderbilt, 1976-79) and his yard-

age is ninth-most ever in the league (next: 1,780;

Robert Dow, LSU, 1973-76). He also ranks sixth on

the school's all-time punt returns list (51) and is fourth

on the all-time yardage ranking (615). Pegues now

trails Billy Stacy (1956-58; 52) and Bobby Herrington

(1930-31, '33; 777).

CENTER BLACKLEDGE CLOSING HIS

MISSISSIPPI STATE CAREER IN FINE

FORM

Mississippi State senior center Royce Blackledge

(Sandersville, Miss.) has now started 30 consecutive

games for the Bulldogs, including 24 in a row at

center. He has been on the field for every offensive

snap 19 times. He has recorded an 84 percent block-

ing average thus far in the 2007 season, leading the

offensive linemen in blocking grades five times.

DIXON RUSHES UP TD LIST, ON

VERGE OF ENTERING RECORD BOOK

ELSEWHERE

Mississippi State sophomore halfback Anthony Dixon

(Jackson, Miss.) has now rushed 432 times in his career

for 1,648 yards and 22 touchdowns. He now stands

eighth on the school's all-time rushing attempts

list, surpassing Michael Haddix (425; 1979-82) and

Dennis Johnson (428; 1974-77). Bruce Threadgill is

just ahead in seventh (451; 1974-77). Dixon moved

into 15th on the school's all-time rushing yardage

list, surpassing Keffer McGee (1,647; 1994-96). Hank

Phillips (1,743; 1985-88) is next on that list. And his

22 rushing touchdowns have moved him into a fifth-

place tie on the school's all-time list with Walker (22,

1999-2002).

JUNIOR LINEBACKER JAMAR CHANEY

TIES FOR TEAM HIGH WITH EIGHT

STOPS

Junior linebacker Jamar Chaney (Fort Pierce, Fla.) tied

for the team high with eight tackles against Ole Miss

in the season-ending Battle For The Golden Egg. He

also was credited with one pass deflection against

the Rebels. Chaney led or tied for the team lead in

tackles four times during the year.

SENIOR LINEBACKER GABE O'NEAL

IS FINISHING HIS CAREER IN GRAND

WAY

Senior linebacker Gabe O'Neal (Columbus, Miss.) tied

teammates Jamar Chaney and Titus Brown for the

team lead in tackles against Ole Miss. O'Neal had

eight hits, including a team-high two for loss (minus 5

yards) and the team's only quarterback sack (minus 4

yards). O'Neal led or tied for the team lead in tackles

three times during his senior season.

JUNIOR PLACE-KICKER ADAM

CARLSON EXTENDS STREAK, BOOTS

GAME-WINNER

Junior place-kicker Adam Carlson (Gulfport, Miss.)

drilled a career-long 48-yard field goal with 12 sec-

onds remaining in the game to propel Mississippi

State to a 17-14 victory over arch-rival Ole Miss to

bring the Golden Egg trophy back to Starkville. It

was Carlson's first game-winning three-pointer of his

career, but his sixth straight made field goal. He has

not missed a three-pointer in two months, and has

made eight of his last nine attempts.

POSTSEASON NOTES

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1997

October 25, 1997Scott Field • Starkville, Miss.

Mississippi State 35

UCF 28

STARKVILLE, Miss. - The bulldogs used two fourth quarter touchdown runs by James Johnson to erase a seven-point deficit and defeat the Golden Knights 35-28 in Mississippi State’s homecoming. It marked MSU’s third fourth quarter comeback of the season.

J.J. rushed for career highs in both yards (146) and touchdowns (4) in the victory. UCF quarterback Daunte Culpepper led his team to score midway through the

final period, and completed a drive with a two-point conversion to give the Knights the lead 28-21.

Johnson then tied the game with six and a half minutes remaining with a 1-yard TD run, his third for the game.

J.J. scored the winning touchdown a little more than a minute later on a 7-yard scam-per, after a punt return by Robert Isaac gave the Dogs excellent field position at the UCF 44 yard line.

MSU won despite being beaten in every statistical category, with UCF’s Culpepper accounting for 420 yards of total offense.

State intercepted three Culpepper pass-es, including one which led to a State score. MSU sacked Culpepper four times.

The Bulldogs struck first in the seesaw game, with Johnson rumbling for a 9-yard score just 1:00 into the game. Isaac set the tone for the day, returning the opening kickoff 84 yards to set up the score. Isaac finished with a school record 176 kickoff return yards in the game.

UCF 7 7 6 8 = 28Mississippi State 7 7 7 14 = 35

1st QuarterMSU- Johnson 9 run (Hazelwood kick), 14:00UCF- Grant 2 run (Waczewski kick), 8:212nd QuarterUCF- Burley 13 pass from Culpepper (Waczewski kick), 11:26MSU- Johnson 3 run (Hazelwood kick), 4:043rd QuarterUCF- Waczewski 35 FG, 9:55MSU- Woodberry 42 pass from Wyatt (Hazelwood kick), 8:33UCF- Waczewski 25 FG, 3:234th QuarterUCF- Lee 17 pass from Culpepper (Burley pass from Culpepper), 8:53MSU- Johnson 1 run (Hazelwood kick), 6:38MSU- Johnson 7 run (Hazelwood kick), 5:13

UCF MSUFirst Downs 29 13Rushes-Yards 32-127 38-147Passing Yards 359 171Passes (C-A-I) 29-52-3 8-16-0Total Offense 486 318Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0Penalties-Yards 6-40 8-86Time of Possession 34:04 25:56

RUSHING: (UCF) Grant 13-67 TD, Culpepper 18-61, Collins 1-(-1). (MSU) Johnson 26-146 4TD, Isaac 6-12, McKinley 1-4, Wyatt 5-(-15).PASSING: (UCF) Culpepper 29-52-3-359 2TD. (MSU) Wyatt 6-18-0-171 TD.RECEIVING: (UCF) Burley 9-138 TD, Cleveland 9-112, Bonsant 4-64, Grant 4-15, Lee 3-30. (MSU) Prentiss 4-69, Woodberry 1-42 TD, Butler 1-24, Isaac 1-0.

Attendance: 28,621.

GAME NOTES• The first game this season the

Bulldogs have not turned over the ball.

• James Johnson ran for a career high 146 yards and 4 touchdowns on 26 carries.

• Robert Isaac’s 176 yards on four kickoff returns set a new MSU record.

• Kendall Roberson, Greg Favors, and Eric Brown record-ed interceptions.

LAST MEETING

9

10

ALABAMA (6-6, 4-4 SEC)Sept. 1 WESTERN CAROLINA W, 52-6Sept. 8 at Vanderbilt W, 24-10Sept. 15 ARKANSAS W, 41-38Sept. 22 GEORGIA L, 23-26 (OT)Sept. 29 at Florida State L, 14-21Oct. 6 HOUSTON W, 30-24Oct. 13 at Ole Miss W, 27-24Oct. 20 TENNESSEE W, 41-17Nov. 3 LSU L, 34-41Nov. 10 at Mississippi State L, 12-17Nov. 17 LOUISIANA-MONROE L, 14-21Nov. 24 at Auburn L, 10-17Dec. 30 Colorado (Independence) 7 p.m.

ARKANSAS (8-4, 4-4 SEC)Sept. 1 TROY W, 46-26Sept. 15 at Alabama L, 38-41Sept. 22 KENTUCKY L, 29-42Sept. 29 NORTH TEXAS W, 66-7Oct. 6 UT-CHATTANOOGA W, 34-15Oct. 13 AUBURN L, 7-9Oct. 20 at Ole Miss W, 44-8Oct. 27 FLORIDA-INTERNATIONAL W, 58-10Nov. 3 SOUTH CAROLINA W, 48-36Nov. 10 at Tennessee L, 13-34 Nov. 17 MISSISSIPPI STATE W, 45-31Nov. 23 at LSU W, 50-48 (3OT)Jan. 1 Missouri (Cotton) 10:30 a.m.

AUBURN (8-4, 5-3 SEC)Sept. 1 KANSAS STATE W, 23-13Sept. 8 SOUTH FLORIDA L, 23-26 (OT)Sept. 15 MISSISSIPPI STATE L, 14-19Sept. 22 NEW MEXICO STATE W, 55-20Sept. 29 at Florida W, 20-17Oct. 6 VANDERBILT W, 35-7Oct. 13 at Arkansas W, 9-7Oct. 20 at LSU L, 24-30Oct. 27 OLE MISS W, 17-3Nov. 3 TENNESSEE TECH W, 35-3Nov. 10 at Georgia L, 20-45Nov. 24 ALABAMA W, 17-10Dec. 31 Clemson (Chick-fil-A) 6:30 p.m. GARDNER-WEBB (5-6, 2-2 BIG SOUTH)Sept. 1 at Ohio L, 14-36Sept. 8 JACKSONVILLE W, 27-6Sept. 22 at Mississippi State L, 15-31Sept. 29 AUSTIN PEAY W, 20-13Oct. 6 at Appalachian State L, 7-45Oct. 13 at Wofford L, 17-54Oct. 20 at VMI W, 36-22Oct. 27 CHARLESTON SOUTHERN W, 29-25Nov. 3 SAVANNAH STATE W, 66-0Nov. 10 at Coastal Carolina L, 14-17Nov. 17 LIBERTY L, 0-31

KENTUCKY (7-5, 3-5 SEC)Sept. 1 EASTERN KENTUCKY W, 50-10Sept. 8 KENT STATE W, 56-20Sept. 15 LOUISVILLE W, 40-34Sept. 22 at Arkansas W, 42-39Sept. 29 FLORIDA ATLANTIC W, 45-17Oct. 4 at South Carolina L, 23-38Oct. 13 LSU W, 43-37 (3OT)Oct. 20 FLORIDA L, 37-45Oct. 27 MISSISSIPPI STATE L, 14-31Nov. 10 at Vanberbilt W, 27-20Nov. 17 at Georgia L, 24-13Nov. 24 TENNESSEE L, 50-52 (4OT)Dec. 31 Florida State (Music City) 3 p.m.

LSU (11-2, 6-2 SEC)Aug. 30 at Mississippi State W, 45-0Sept. 8 VIRGINIA TECH W, 48-7Sept. 15 MIDDLE TENNESSEE W, 44-0Sept. 22 SOUTH CAROLINA W, 28-16Sept. 29 at Tulane W, 34-9Oct. 6 FLORIDA W, 28-24Oct. 13 at Kentucky L, 37-43 (3OT)Oct. 20 AUBURN W, 30-24Nov. 3 at Alabama W, 41-34Nov. 10 LOUISIANA TECH W, 58-10Nov. 17 at Ole Miss W, 41-24Nov. 23 ARKANSAS L, 48-50 (3OT)Dec. 1 vs. Tennessee (SEC) W, 21-14Jan. 7 Ohio State (BCS) 7 p.m.

OLE MISS (3-9, 0-8 SEC)Sept. 1 at Memphis W, 23-21Sept. 8 MISSOURI L, 25-38Sept. 15 at Vanderbilt L, 17-31Sept. 22 FLORIDA L, 24-30Sept. 29 at Georgia L, 17-45Oct. 6 LOUISIANA TECH W, 24-0Oct. 13 ALABAMA L, 24-27Oct. 20 ARKANSAS L, 8-44Oct. 27 at Auburn L, 3-17Nov. 3 NORTHWESTERN STATE W, 38-31Nov. 17 LSU L, 24-41Nov. 23 at Mississippi State L, 14-17

SOUTH CAROLINA (6-6, 3-5 SEC)Sept. 1 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE W, 28-14Sept. 8 at Georgia W, 16-12Sept. 15 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE W, 38-3Sept. 22 at LSU L, 16-28Sept. 29 MISSISSIPPI STATE W, 38-21Oct. 4 KENTUCKY W, 38-23Oct. 13 at North Carolina W, 21-15Oct. 20 VANDERBILT L, 6-17Oct. 27 at Tennessee L, 24-27 (OT)Nov. 3 at Arkansas L, 36-48Nov. 10 FLORIDA L, 31-51Nov. 24 CLEMSON L, 21-23

TENNESSEE (9-4, 6-2 SEC)Sept. 1 at California L, 31-45Sept. 8 SOUTHERN MISS W, 39-19Sept. 15 at Florida L, 20-59Sept. 22 ARKANSAS STATE W, 48-27Oct. 6 GEORGIA W, 35-14Oct. 13 at Mississippi State W, 33-21Oct. 20 at Alabama L, 17-41Oct. 27 SOUTH CAROLINA W, 27-24 (OT)Nov. 3 LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE W, 59-7Nov. 10 ARKANSAS W, 34-13Nov. 17 VANDERBILT W, 25-24Nov. 24 at Kentucky W, 52-50 (4OT)Dec. 1 LSU (SEC) L, 14-21 Jan. 1 Wisconsin (Outback) 10 a.m.

TULANE (4-8, 3-5 C-USA)Sept. 8 MISSISSIPPI STATE L, 17-38Sept. 15 HOUSTON L, 10-34Sept. 22 SE LOUISIANA W, 35-27Sept. 29 LSU L, 9-34Oct. 6 at Army L, 17-20 (OT)Oct. 13 at UAB L, 21-26Oct. 20 at SMU W, 41-34 (OT)Oct. 27 MEMPHIS L, 27-28Nov. 3 TULSA L, 25-49Nov. 10 UTEP W, 34-19Nov. 17 at Rice W, 45-31Nov. 24 at East Carolina L, 12-35

UAB (2-10, 1-7 C-USA)Sept. 1 at Michigan State L, 18-55Sept. 8 at Florida State L, 24-34Sept. 15 ALCORN STATE W, 22-0Sept. 26 at Tulsa L, 30-38Oct. 6 at Mississippi State L, 13-30Oct. 13 TULANE W, 26-21Oct. 20 HOUSTON L, 10-45Oct. 27 at East Carolina L, 6-41Nov. 3 SOUTHERN MISS L, 7-37Nov. 10 UCF L, 31-45Nov. 17 at Memphis L, 9-25Nov. 24 at Marshall L, 39-46

WEST VIRGINIA (10-2, 5-2 BIG EAST)Sept. 1 WESTERN MICHIGAN W, 62-24Sept. 8 at Marshall W, 48-23Sept. 13 at Maryland W, 31-14Sept. 22 EAST CAROLINA W, 48-7Sept. 28 at South Florida L, 13-21Oct. 6 at Syracuse W, 55-14Oct. 20 MISSISSIPPI STATE W, 38-13Oct. 27 at Rutgers W, 31-3Nov. 8 LOUISVILLE W, 38-31Nov. 17 at Cincinnati W, 28-23Nov. 24 CONNECTICUT W, 66-21Dec. 1 PITTSBURGH L, 9-13Dec. 2 Oklahoma (Fiesta) 7 p.m.

Overall Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79-66

Non-Conference Opponent Record . . . . . . . . . . . 21-26

SEC Opponent Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58-40

Teams in Top 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 (LSU)

Teams in Top 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 (LSU, West Virginia)

Teams in Top 20 . . . . . 3 (LSU, Tennessee, West Virginia)

Teams in Top 25 . . . . . . . . . . 5 (Arkansas, Auburn, LSU,

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tennessee, West Virginia)

MSU record vs. Opponents with winning record . . 2-4

MSU record vs. Opponents with even record . . . . . . 1-1

MSU record vs. Opponents with losing record . . . . . 4-0

OPPONENT RESULTS

OPPONENT TOTALS

August 30, 2007Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field • Starkville, Miss.

No. 2 LSU 45

Mississippi State 0

STARKVILLE, Miss. - LSU opened the 2007 season by showing why it's the No. 2-ranked team in the country Thursday night, downing homestanding Mississippi State 45-0 at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field in the lidlifter for both squads. The loss was State's eighth in a row to the Tigers.

The Tigers picked off six State passes in the contest to aid in the shutout effort over MSU. State struggled offensively all evening against the highly touted LSU defensive unit, managing just 146 yards from scrimmage. MSU quarterback Michael Henig could not find a rhythm on the home field as he threw a school record-tying six interceptions.

Meanwhile, LSU's offense tallied 347 yards in total. Quarterback Matt Flynn was 12-of-19 for 128 yards through the air, including two touchdown passes, one to Early Doucet who had 78 yards receiving on the night. Tiger running back Keiland Williams ran in a pair of scores for the Tigers on the ground in the first half. Backup signal-caller Ryan Perrilloux rushed and threw for scores in the fourth quarter to round out scoring.

The offenses for both squads came out flat at first, not scoring a single touchdown in the first quarter. The only points came on a 27-yard field goal from LSU kicker Colt David. The Tigers held a 3-0 lead at the end of the period.

In the second quarter, the Bulldogs still couldn’t muster up any offensive production. Henig threw four of his six interceptions in the first half. He was 11-of-28 for 120 yards in the game. On the other side of the ball, the Bulldog defense started to lose ground as the Tigers put up 14 points in the last six minutes of the first half to head into the locker room with a 17-0 lead. The Bulldogs were outgained 185-79 in the first half.

At the beginning of the second half, the Tigers continued their attack, scor-ing on their first drive, an 11-yard touch-down pass from Flynn to Doucet to push the lead to 24-0. LSU then capitalized on another Henig interception by scor-ing another touchdown, a Flynn pass to Charles Scott to go up 31-0.

LSU also kept State sophomore run-ning back Anthony Dixon from breaking loose, only tallying 29 yards rushing on 13 carries. Senior Tony Burks led the Bulldog receiving corps with 45 yards on one catch.

Dominic Douglas, making his first career start, led the team with nine tackles on the night. He, along with Jimmie Holmes and preseason all-SEC defensive end Titus Brown, accounted for one sack apiece.

Junior defensive back Derek Pegues moved into fifth place on the MSU career list for kickoff return yardage. He had 100 all-purpose yards for the night.

LSU 3 14 14 14 = 45Mississippi State 0 0 0 0 = 0

1st QuarterLSU - David 27 FG, 6:282nd QuarterLSU - Williams 1 run (David kick), 5:52LSU - Williams 1 run (David kick), 0:003rd QuarterLSU - Doucet 11 pass from Flynn (David kick), 12:53LSU - Scott 11 pass from Flynn (David kick), 2:094th QuarterLSU - Perrilloux 3 run (David kick), 8:20LSU - LaFell 15 pass from Perrilloux (David kick), 5:45

LSU MSUFirst Downs 22 9Rushes-Yards 50-198 26-10Passing Yards 149 136Passes (C-A-I) 14-22-0 14-33-6Total Offense 347 146Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-1Penalties-Yards 8-60 7-39Time of Possession 32:45 27:15

RUSHING: (LSU) Hester 14-68, Flynn 11-42, Murphy 6-35, Holliday 6-19, Williams 7-18 2TD, Perrilloux 7-12, Scott 3-4. (MSU) Dixon 13-29, Williams 4-10, Ducre 1-(-2), Carroll 3-(-6), Henig 5-(-25).PASSING: (LSU) Flynn 12-19-0 128 2TD, Perrilloux 2-3-0 21 TD. (MSU) Henig 11-28-6 120, Carroll 3-5-0 16.RECEIVING: (LSU) Doucet 9-78 TD, Toliver 1-19, Mitchell 1-16, LaFell 1-15 TD, Scott 1-11 TD, Hester 1-10. (MSU) Stallworth 3-33, Long 2-16, Ducre 2-2 Burks 1-45, Husband 1-26, Smith 1-11, Williams 1-4, Jones 1-0, Riley 1-0, Butler 1-(-1).

Attendance: 50,112.

GAME NOTES• Tonight’s captains were seniors Titus

Brown and Royce Blackledge and junior Jamar Chaney.

• Junior Michael Henig’s six interceptions tied Max Stainbrook’s individual school record (vs. Cincinnati, 1949).

• MSU’s longest reception of the game was a 45-yard pass to senior wide receiver Tony Burks from Henig.

• With his 86 yards recorded on kickoff returns this evening, junior returner Derek Pegues moves into fifth on the MSU career list for kickoff return yard-age. Pegues is also now tied with Reid for fifth on the all-time list with 61 career kickoff returns.

NEW ORLEANS, La. - Behind a strong second-half performance, Mississippi State posted a 38-17 road win over home-standing Tulane in the Louisiana Superdome. After the Bulldogs (1-1) and Green Wave (0-1) battled to a 17-17 tie at the half, State shut out TU 21-0 in the second half to secure the triumph.

Highlighting the night for MSU was sophomore running back Anthony Dixon, who rushed 27 times for 131 yards (both career highs) and two second-half touch-downs. Starting quarterback Michael Henig completed 20-of-31 passes for 223 yards and a touchdown, and scored his first career rushing touchdown.

The Bulldogs jumped on top of the Green Wave early, with Gabe O'Neal intercepting Scott Elliot's second pass of the game and returning it 47 yards for the score. Tulane answered on its next drive on a Matt Forte touchdown run from 39 yards out. The Bulldog defense held the highly touted running back in check otherwise, as he ended the night with just 47 yards on the ground.

State went up 14-7 later in the first period on Henig's 18-yard touchdown run, but Tulane returned the favor on its ensuing possession to knot the score at 14-14.

In the second quarter, both defenses played well, allowing only a field goal apiece. Henig engineered an 82-yard State drive but was unable to get a touchdown in the red zone. Adam Carlson then connected on 23-yard field goal with 6:25 before the half to put State up 17-14. On the next drive, Tulane drove 65 yards before being stopped inside the 10-yard line. Their resulting field goal left the score tied at 17 at the intermission.

The Bulldog offense came out firing in the second half. MSU drove the ball 67 yards, scoring when Henig com-pleted an 8-yard pass to Jeremy Jones. The defense continued its strong play by holding Tulane's offense to negative yardage for the third quarter and by forcing a fumble that led to a 27-yard touchdown run by Dixon.

Dixon continued to carry the load in the fourth quarter. He rushed the ball on all but one play on State's final scor-ing drive of the night, completing the charge with a 7-yard scoring run. The defense held Tulane to only six yards of offense in the second half.

Defensively, the Bulldogs were paced by Jamar Chaney's six tackles. In addition to his first career interception, O'Neal also recovered a Green Wave fumble. Keith Fitzhugh notched five tackles and a sack for State on the evening.

Mississippi State 14 3 14 7 = 38Tulane 14 3 0 0 = 17

1st QuarterMS - O'Neal 47 INT return (Carlson kick), 13:50TU - Forte 39 run (Thevenot kick), 12:16MS - Henig 18 run (Carlson kick), 5:10TU - McKinney 8 pass from Elliott (Thevenot kick), 2:332nd QuarterMS - Carlson 23 FG, 6:25TU - Thevenot 26 FG, 3:213rd QuarterMS - Jones 8 pass from Henig (Carlson kick), 11:30MS - Dixon 27 run (Carlson kick), 5:454th QuarterMS - Dixon 7 run (Carlson kick), 9:33

MSU TUFirst Downs 27 8Rushes-Yards 54-266 17-44Passing Yards 223 199Passes (C-A-I) 20-31-1 16-29-1Total Offense 489 243Fumbles-Lost 2-1 3-2Penalties-Yards 8-85 7-60Time of Possession 39:04 20:56

RUSHING: (MSU) Dixon 27-131 2TD, Williams 9-60, Ducre 9-46, Henig 6-23, Stallworth 1-6, Carroll 1-1, Team 1-(-1). (TU) Forte 14-47, Williams 1-8, Elliott 2-(-11).PASSING: (MSU) Henig 20-31-1 223 TD. (TU) Elliott 15-26-1 197 TD, Scelfo 1-2-0 2, Forte 0-1-0 0.RECEIVING: (MSU) Smith 4-53, Burks 4-31, Husband 2-27, Riley 2-16, Long 2-13, Butler 2-13, McRae 1-33, Bell 1-33, Jones 1-8 TD, Stallworth 1-(-4). (TU) Forte 6-49, Williams 4-85, King 3-48, McKinney 2-10 TD, Guidroz 1-7.

Attendance: 31,076.

GAME NOTES• State had 489 yards of total offense

- most since State racked up 547 total yards against Jacksonville State in 2002.

• Mississippi State finished with 290 yards rushing - most since rolling up 304 yards against Ole Miss in 2005.

• Michael Henig’s first-quarter rushing touchdown (18 yards) was his first career rushing touchdown.

• Anthony Dixon finished with 131 yards rushing on 27 carries. Both are career bests for the sophomore (previous: 25 carries, twice; 125 yards, Ole Miss 2006).

• Dixon, Christian Ducre and Justin Williams all set career high rushing totals.

GAME RECAPS

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September 8, 2007Louisiana Superdome • New Orleans, La.


Tulane 17

GAME RECAPS

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September 15, 2007Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, Ala.


Auburn 14

AUBURN, Ala. - An interception that led to a mid-fourth-quarter drive by Mississippi State proved to be the difference in the Bulldogs' 19-14 upset win at Auburn.

After Blake McAdams' 73-yard punt had pinned Auburn deep in its own territory, Demario Bobo's first career interception of a tipped Tiger pass at the AU 44-yard line would set up an MSU drive that was the only scoring play of the second half. State drove the 44 yards on 10 plays and finished it with a 5-yard Christian Ducre rush with 5:29 to go in regulation. The two-point conversion failed. Ducre had an 18-yard rush earlier on the drive on a third-and-12 draw play from the Auburn 25.

Neither team had mounted much momentum in the second half of action before the MSU score, trading short drives back and forth throughout. The only other posses-sions of significance in the half were Auburn's first and last of the half. AU took the ball to open the third quarter and went 60 yards to the 16 before fumbling the ball away.

On its last attempt of the game, Auburn starting quarterback Brandon Cox returned to the field after being benched early on in favor of backup Kodi Burns. Cox quickly moved Auburn down the field 67 yards on 12 plays - to the Bulldog 9 - before State's defense stood strong, finally watching a last-minute, fourth down attempt fall

incomplete in the end zone.Highlighting the day statistically for

MSU was running back Anthony Dixon, who posted his fourth career 100-yard game, rambling for 103 yards on 29 carries. Dominic Douglas led the MSU defensive effort with nine tackles.

State opened the game strong, build-ing a 13-0 lead, only to see Auburn score twice late in the first half to lead 14-13.

MSU took the opening drive and went 58 yards on 12 plays before being halted by the AU defense. Adam Carlson was then true on a 32-yard field goal. Bulldog starting quarterback Michael Henig suffered a broken bone in his throwing hand on the drive and never returned. Reserves Wesley Carroll and Josh Riddell would split time under center for State the remainder of the afternoon.

On the second play of the ensuing Tiger possession, Bulldog Derek Pegues intercepted a tipped Cox pass and returned it 20 yards for a touchdown. Carlson's extra point made the State lead 10-0 just 6:24 into the contest.

After the teams went scoreless the remainder of the first quarter, the Bulldogs added to their lead early in the second period with a Carlson 30-yarder, the result of an AU fumble forced by an 11-yard sack from State's De'Mon Glanton.

But Auburn would get things cranked up late in the half under the direction of the option-style, signal-caller Burns, scoring twice in the final 4:18. He led the Tigers on a 5-play, 54-yard drive - capped by a 28-yard rumble by Ben Tate.

State then handed AU a golden opportunity when Pegues fumbled the ensuing kickoff at the MSU 30. Seven plays later, Burns dove in from a yard out to give the Tigers their 14-13 half-time lead.

Mississippi State 10 3 0 6 = 19Auburn 0 14 0 0 = 14

1st QuarterMS - Carlson 32 FG, 9:19MS - Pegues 20 INT return (Carlson kick), 8:342nd QuarterMS - Carlson 30 FG, 12:27AU - Tate 28 run (Byrum kick), 4:18AU - Burns 1 run (Byrum kick), 0:304th QuarterMS - Ducre 5 run (Carlson kick), 5:27

MSU AUFirst Downs 14 16Rushes-Yards 43-172 46-216Passing Yards 41 107Passes (C-A-I) 5-18-0 12-22-3Total Offense 213 323Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-2Penalties-Yards 7-40 4-42Time of Possession 29:11 30:49

RUSHING: (MSU) Dixon 29-103, Ducre 10-63 TD, Riley 1-12, TEAM 2-(-2), Riddell 1-(-4). (AU) Tate 15-91 TD, Burns 22-87, Fannin 7-40, Cox 2-(-2).PASSING: (MSU) Henig 1-3-0 16, Riddell 1-5-0 15, Carroll 3-10-0 6. (AU) Burns 8-12-1 65, Cox 4-10-2 42.RECEIVING: (MSU) Bell 1-16, Burks 1-15, Long 1-6, Carroll 1-2, Riley 1-2. (AU) Smith 4-78, McKenzie 2-11, Dunn 2-6, Tate 2-(-4), Fannin 1-16, Steward 1-0.

Attendance: 82,129.

GAME NOTES• The Bulldogs have won their last three

games in the State of Alabama (at both UAB and Alabama in 2006).

• State ended a six-game slide against Auburn with today’s win.

• Derek Pegues’ INT return was his third career pick-six, setting a new school record.

• Blake McAdams boomed a 73-yard punt in the fourth quarter. It was the longest of his career, and the longest by a Bulldog punter since Jeff Walker hit a 79-yarder at Alabama in 1999.

• Anthony Dixon finished with 103 yards on a career-high 29 carries.

• Titus Brown moved into a tie for ninth place on the school’s all-time sack list.

September 22, 2007Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field • Starkville, Miss.

Gardner-Webb 15


STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State won its third straight football game Saturday night, downing non-conference visitor Gardner-Webb 31-15 at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field. It marks the first time since the 2000 season the Bulldogs have won three consecutive gridiron contests.

State (3-1) amassed 379 yards of total offense in the game, led by another solid rushing effort from running back Anthony Dixon. Dixon tallied 86 yards on 16 carries while scoring two of the Bulldogs’ early touchdowns in the affair.

MSU scored on its opening possession, completing a 68-yard drive with a 6-yard touchdown run by Dixon. On Gardner Webb’s opening drive, De’Mon Glanton inter-cepted Devin Campbell’s pass and returned it 60 yards for a touchdown and a 14-0 Bulldog advantage. Glanton’s return marked the third consecutive week a Bulldog

player had returned an interception for a touchdown on the opponents’ open-ing drive.

About halfway through the second quarter, Josh Riddell came into the game for starting quarterback Wesley Carroll (both splitting time in place of the injured Michael Henig) and drove the Bulldogs down the field for another Dixon touchdown run, this one for 12 yards. On the next drive for State, Riddell threw his first career touchdown pass, hitting Tony Burks for a 30-yarder to give the Bulldogs a 28-0 lead at the intermission.

The Bulldog defense held the Running Bulldogs’ option offense to only 64 yards in the first half.

Bulldog penalties and a stagnant offense helped GWU back into the game in the second half. MSU had nine penalties for 102 yards, and those pen-alties helped the Running Bulldogs get in good field position. However, they could not capitalize as the MSU defense only allowed one touchdown, a 6-yard Phillip Peoples scoring run, and forced three Evan Kay field goals.

The Bulldogs lone second-half points came from an Adam Carlson field goal. He had missed one earlier, the result of a bad hold.

In addition to Dixon’s night, backup Christian Ducre’ ran for 52 of his own. Riddell ended the night 8-for-11 through the air with 124 yards, one touchdown and one interception.

On the defensive side of the ball, Gabe O’Neal led the way for the Bulldogs with 10 tackles. Titus Brown added two sacks and moved into eighth place on the school’s career sack list.

Gardner-Webb 0 0 6 9 = 15Mississippi State 14 14 3 0 = 31

1st QuarterMS - Dixon 9 run (Carlson kick), 10:02MS - Glanton 60 INT return (Carlson kick), 7:552nd QuarterMS - Dixon 12 run (Carlson kick), 2:42MS - Burks 30 pass from Riddell (Carlson kick), 1:183rd QuarterGW - Kay 22 FG, 10:43MS - Carlson 33 FG, 7:19GW - Kay 20 FG, 4:34GW - Peoples 6 run (pass failed), 12:21GW - Kay 28 FG, 6:10

GW MSUFirst Downs 20 19Rushes-Yards 35-131 39-215Passing Yards 203 166Passes (C-A-I) 21-37-1 12-19-1Total Offense 334 381Fumbles-Lost 4-1 4-1Penalties-Yards 7-63 9-102Time of Possession 31:53 28:07

RUSHING: (GW) Montgomery 10-42, Peoples 7-33 TD, Collins 2-25, Doolittle 13-19, Jackson 3-12. (MSU) Dixon 15-88 2TD, Ducre 10-51, Carroll 2-33, Williams 6-27, Riddell 2-10, Stallworth 2-9, Bell 1-1, Long 1-(-4).PASSING: (GW) Doolittle 19-33-0 191, Campbell 2-4-1 12. (MSU) Riddell 8-11-1 124 TD, Carroll 4-8-0 42.RECEIVING: (GW) Collins 6-94, Flagler 6-57, Montgomery 4-23, Pittman 2-5, Millere 1-13, Jackson 1-7, Dixon 1-4. (MSU) Dixon 3-41, Burks 2-49 TD, Bell 2-30, Long 2-5, Smith 1-25, Butler 1-12, Hart 1-4.

Attendance: 42,272.

GAME NOTES• For the third straight week, Mississippi

State ended the opponent’s opening drive on an interception returned for touchdown.

• With tonight’s win, MState won their third-straight game for the first time since the 2000 season (75 weeks).

• It is also the first time since the 2000 campaign the Bulldogs have started the year 3-1.

• Dixon recorded his third and fourth touchdowns of the season during the first half of Saturday’s game. It was also the second two-touchdown game of the year for the running back.

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September 29, 2007Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, S.C.


No. 16 South Carolina 38

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Mississippi State's upset bid at 16th-ranked South Carolina fell short as the Gamecocks used a blocked punt to change momentum and pull away for a 38-21 victory. It marked the fifth win in a row for USC (4-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) in the series with MSU (3-2, 1-2).

With South Carolina leading 17-14 at halftime, neither team mounted much of a drive on their first tries of the second half. But State, on its second possession of the third quarter, would take the lead on a solid scoring drive of five plays - all rushes by Christian Ducré and Anthony Dixon. Dixon finished off the march with a 2-yard score and MSU led 21-17 at the 8:56 mark of the third.

The Bulldog defense forced a 50-yard field goal attempt by Ryan Succop on the next possession. But as quickly as State seemed to have gained a bit of momentum, it would lose it just as fast. After the Gamecocks stopped MSU on five plays, Eric Norwood broke through the line and blocked Blake McAdams' punt, which Carolina

recovered on the MSU 27. On the very next play, Gamecock quarterback Chris Smelley hit receiver Kenny McKinley near the goal line and McKinley then darted into the end zone to put the USC back on top 24-21.

The longest drive State would muster following that scenario was 32 yards. Meanwhile, USC tacked on two more touchdowns, both rushes by back Mike Davis, to pull away for the victory.

The Bulldog offensive production was once again led by Dixon, who amassed 83 yards and two touchdowns on the day. Ducré added 68 rushing yards for the MSU cause. Josh Riddell, in his first career start at quarterback for State, went 9-for-21 for 101 yards, a touchdown and one interception.

The Gamecocks were paced by Davis, who had 59 yards and three scores on the ground. McKinley was also stellar on the receiving end, haul-ing in four catches for 107 yards and two touchdowns. Smelley was solid in his new starting role for USC, complet-ing 19-of-37 aerials for 279 yards, two touchdowns and one interception.

In a penalty-plagued first half (15 called between the two teams), South Carolina got on the board first in the game taking the opening drive 12 plays and capping it with a 3-yard touchdown run by Davis.

After the teams traded possessions and McAdams pinned the Gamecocks at their own 3-yard line, MSU capital-ized by stopping USC on three downs and forcing an errant punt that gave the Bulldogs the ball on the USC 31. Two plays later, Riddell found Aubrey Bell for a 28-yard touchdown pass.

South Carolina got good field posi-tion for its next score at the MSU 37. The fourth play of the drive saw Smelley find McKinley for a 20-yard touchdown.

But the Bulldogs would answer again on its last drive of the first half, taking the ball 62 yards on 14 plays, with Dixon scoring from a yard out.

Mississippi State 7 7 7 0 = 21South Carolina 7 10 7 14 = 38

1st QuarterSC - Davis 3 run (Succop kick), 10:22MS - Bell 28 pass from Riddell (Carlson kick), 5:172nd QuarterSC - McKinley 20 pass from Smelley (Succop kick), 13:28MS - Dixon 1 run (Carlson kick), 2:20SC - Succop 4 FG, 0:023rd QuarterMS - Dixon 2 run (Carlson kick), 8:56SC - McKinley 27 pass from Smelley (Succop kick), 3:434th QuarterSC - Davis 2 run (Succop kick), 14:07SC - Davis 12 run (Succop kick), 0:58

MSU USCFirst Downs 18 21Rushes-Yards 43-140 35-123Passing Yards 118 279Passes (C-A-I) 12-27-1 19-37-1Total Offense 258 402Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0Penalties-Yards 9-87 11-94Time of Possession 30:21 29:39

RUSHING: (MSU) Dixon 22-83 2TD, Ducre 15-68, Stallworth 1-6, TEAM 1-(-2), Carroll 2(-4), Riddell 1-(-11). (SC) Davis 18-59 3TD, Boyd 11-58, Smelly 5-7, Culliver 1-(-1).PASSING: (MSU) Riddell 9-21-1 101 TD, Carroll 3-6-0 17. (SC) Smelley 19-37-1 279 2TD.RECEIVING: (MSU) Riley 3-20, Burks 2-44, Bell 1-28 TD, Butler 1-11, Smith 1-9, Stallworth 1-5, Jones 1-3, Husband 1-0, Ducre 1-(-2). (SC) McKinley 4-107 2TD, Cook 4-66, Brown 3-50, Davis 3-16, Lecorn 2-12, DiMarco 1-9, Saunders 1-6, Stafford 1-3, Boyd 0-10.

Attendance: 78,883.

GAME NOTES• With a Derek Pegues interception,

State intercepted a pass in the opening period in each of the last four games.

• Mississippi State’s 14-play, seven min-ute touchdown drive in the second quarter was its longest scoring drive this season.

• Junior quarterback Josh Riddell and junior wide receiver Co-Eric Riley each earned his first career start.

• Junior wideout Aubrey Bell’s first-quar-ter 28-yard touchdown reception was the first score of his career.

October 6, 2007Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field • Starkville, Miss.

UAB 13


STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State (4-2) scored three fourth-quarter touchdowns, including two in a late 15-second span, to hold off a pesky UAB team (1-4) for a 30-13 victory Saturday afternoon at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field. MSU is 4-2 for the first time since the 2000 season.

State trailed 10-3 at halftime and 13-9 after three quarters of play before putting together an impressive 11-play, 80-yard drive early in the fourth period that lasted seven minutes. The possession ended in a 10-yard Anthony Dixon touchdown run to put State up 16-13.

The Bulldogs would then shut down UAB's offense the remainder of the day, while producing two more scores of their own. After forcing a punt, State drove 60 yards for another score, capped by a 12-yard Dixon run. On the Blazers' next drive, State's Anthony Johnson picked off Sam Hunt's pass on the first play and returned it 30 yards for a score.

Dixon led MSU's offensive performance on the day, registering a career-best 152 yards and three touchdowns on 32 carries. It was his fifth career 100-yard contest, the

third of 2007.Neither team scored in the first quar-

ter, but the Blazers broke the ice within the first minute of the second period with a 42-yard field goal from Swayze Waters, capping a 30-yard drive that was setup by an interception of MSU's Mike Henig. Wesley Carroll received the start for State, but Henig played for the majority of the first half, playing for the first time since breaking his hand Sept. 15 at Auburn. He was 2-for-8 on the day for 26 yards and two interceptions. He did not play in the second half.

On the next Blazer drive, Bulldog Kyle Love blocked another Waters field goal attempt. That led to a 39-yard field goal from MSU's Adam Carlson to tie the game with 10:01 to go in the first half.

UAB answered that with its best drive of the afternoon, a 13-play, 87-yard march that was topped off with a 31-yard Hunt pass to Frantrell Forrest. That gave the Blazers their 10-3 lead at the intermission.

Mississippi State scored on the open-ing drive of the second half, a 1-yard, fourth-down touchdown run from Dixon. The drive, which went 75 yards, was the longest scoring of the season for MSU.

UAB's lone score of the second half came on the ensuing possession, Waters hitting from 29 yards away after a 69-yard drive by the Blazers.

Although being out rushed 165-71 in the contest, the Blazers still collected 288 yards of total offense as compared to the Bulldogs' 284.

Carroll ended his first career start for MSU 9-for-12 for 93 yards. His longest pass went to Aubrey Bell for 19 yards.

With his three rushing touchdowns on the day, Dixon now has nine touch-downs on the season and 18 for his career. That moves him into 10th place on the all-time list, tied with Dennis Johnson.

UAB 0 10 3 0 = 13Mississippi State 0 3 6 21 = 30

2nd QuarterUAB - Waters 42 FG, 14:08MS - Carlson 39 FG, 10:01UAB - Forrest 31 pass from Hunt (Waters kick), 3:123rd QuarterMS - Dixon 1 run (Carlson kick failed), 5:46UAB - Waters 29 FG, 2:244th QuarterMS - Dixon 10 run (Carlson kick), 8:00MS - Dixon 12 run (Carlson kick), 2:03MS - Johnson 30 INT return (Carlson kick), 1:49

UAB MSUFirst Downs 11 16Rushes-Yards 23-71 45-165Passing Yards 217 119Passes (C-A-I) 16-35-1 11-20-2Total Offense 58-288 65-284Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0Penalties-Yards 10-70 1-15Possession Time 27:57 32:03

RUSHING: (UAB) Slaughter 12-43, Thornton 8-34, Mencer 1-3, Barnett 2-(-6). (MSU) Dixon 32-152 3TD, Ducre 8-20, Carroll 2-1, TEAM 2-(-2), Henig 1-(-6).PASSING: (UAB) Hunt 16-35-1 217 TD. (MSU) Carroll 9-12-0 93, Henig 2-8-2 26.RECEIVING: (UAB) Forrest 7-122 TD, Slaughter 3-2, Sigler 2-43, Coon 2-37, Wright 1-9, Johnson 1-4. (MSU) Smith 4-38, Long 2-21, Bell 1-19, Butler 1-15, Hoskins 1-15, Stallworth 1-6, Burks 1-5.

Attendance: 45,259.

GAME NOTES• Junior linebackers Dominic Douglas

and Jamar Chaney posted double digit tackles against UAB to become the first Bulldogs to accomplish the feat since Titus Brown (11) and Darren Williams (10) against Mississippi on Nov. 27, 2004.

• With today’s win, Mississippi State moves to 4-2 on the year for the first time since 2000.

• Anthony Johnson’s fourth quarter interception returned for touchdown marks the first time since 2000 that the Bulldogs have posted four interception returns for scores in the same season.

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October 13, 2007Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field • Starkville, Miss.

No. 25 Tennessee 33


STARKVILLE, Miss. - Tennessee held off a strong Mississippi State upset bid 33-21 at Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field as the Volunteers improved to 4-2 and 2-1 in Southeastern Conference play. State fell to 4-3, 1-3 in the league, while dropping their fifth straight to the Volunteers in the series.

Leading 27-21 early in the fourth quarter Tennessee mounted a solid drive, march-ing 69 yards on 14 plays and eating up 5:42 of the clock. The drive was capped by a 26-yard field goal from Daniel Lincoln, handing the Vols a 30-21 lead with 5:45 remaining.

Tennessee would shut down the Bulldog offense, which had a very productive day, the rest of the way, ultimately shutting them out of scoring completely in the fourth period.

The Vols were led by a solid performance from senior quarterback Eric Ainge who completed 22-of-36 passes for 259 yards and two touchdowns and was intercepted once. Receiver Lucas Taylor hauled in 11 catches for 186 yards and a score. Running

back Arian Foster also greatly contrib-uted to the UT offensive effort, which produced 470 yards from scrimmage, by rushing 21 times for 139 yards and one score.

MSU's offense, which tallied 338 total yards of its own, got another 100-yard effort from running back Anthony Dixon, who tallied 108 yards and a touchdown on the ground. Rookie quarterback Wesley Carroll, in just his third collegiate start, completed 18-of-33 passes for 203 yards and two scores. Tony Burks and Jamayel Smith each had five receptions and a touchdown.

Tennessee built a 17-14 lead at half-time and expanded it to 24-14 when Foster scored on a 1-yard. But MSU answered with a 67-yard drive, as Carroll found Smith on 14-yard pass to the corner of the end zone on a third-down play.

The Vols threatened the end zone again on their next drive, but State's defense stood strong and forced anoth-er Lincoln field goal, this one from 29 yards away with 3:47 to go in the third gave Tennessee a 27-21 lead.

After the Bulldogs drove 48 yards on nine plays to the UT 35, MSU faced a fourth-and-6 early in the fourth quar-ter. The Bulldog opted to go for the first down, but Carroll's pass to Arnil Stallworth was tipped, forcing Stallworth to lean back toward the line of scrim-mage to make the catch, which came up a yard shy of the first down.

State would intercept Ainge on the third play of the ensuing possession, but the Vols forced MSU to punt after just three plays. UT then put together a long, clock-eating drive for the field goal that put them up 30-21.

The Vols opened scoring on the after-noon by marching 78 yards on nine plays on their first drive of the day. Ainge hit Chris Brown on a 4-yard touchdown pass for the score.

Tennessee 7 10 10 6 = 33Mississippi State 7 7 7 0 = 21

1st QuarterUT - Brown 4 pass from Ainge (Lincoln kick), 9:05MS - Burks 38 pass from Carroll (Carlson kick), 5:212nd QuarterMS - Dixon 30 run (Carlson kick), 14:52UT - Taylor 51 pass from Ainge (Lincoln kick), 8:05UT - Lincoln 47 FG3rd QuarterUT - Foster 1 run (Lincoln kick), 12:12MS - Smith 14 pass from Carroll (Carlson kick), 8:21UT - Lincoln 29 FG, 3:474th QuarterUT - Lincoln 26 FG, 5:45 UT - Lincoln 43 FG, 2:32

UT MSUFirst Downs 23 18Rushes-Yards 42-211 36-135Passing Yards 259 203Passes (C-A-I) 22-36-1 18-33-0Total Offense 470 338Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0Penalties-Yards 7-72 2-14Time of Possession 31:39 28:21

RUSHING: (UT) Foster 21-139 TD, Hardesty 16-73, Coker 2-6, Team 3-(-12). (MS) Dixon 26-108 TD, Bell 1-11, Carroll 4-11, Ducre 3-6, Williams 2-(-1).PASSING: (UT) Ainge 22-36-1 259 2TD. (MS) Carroll 18-33-0 203 2TD.RECEIVING: (UT) Taylor 11-186 TD, Brown 4-26 TD, Rogers 3-28, Briscoe 2-10, Foster 2-9. (MS) Burks 5-79 TD, Smith 5-70 TD, Stallworth 2-16, Hoskins 2-7, Williams 1-14, Husband 1-7, Jones 1-6, Bell 1-4.

Attendance: 50,217.

GAME NOTES• Mississippi State did not commit a

turnover in Saturday’s contest. The last time MSU accomplished this feat was against Houston in 2005.

• Freshman quarterback Wesley Carroll’s 38-yard touchdown pass to Burks was his first career touchdown pass.

• Sophomore running back Anthony Dixon’s early second quarter score was the 19th touchdown of his career and ties him with Tom “Shorty” McWilliams (1944-48) for ninth on the all-time list.

October 20, 2007Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, W. Va.


No. 7 West Virginia 38

MORGANTOWN, W. Va.. - West Virginia scored 28 first-quarter points and the ninth-ranked Mountaineers never looked back in a 38-13 victory over visiting Mississippi State in the second meeting ever between the teams, the first on the Morgantown campus.

With the loss, the Bulldogs dropped to 4-4 overall. WVU improved to 6-1. The Mountaineers claimed both meetings in the series, also winning in 2006 in Starkville.

The opening minute of the game set the tone for the afternoon. West Virginia fumbled the opening kickoff and MSU recovered deep in WVU territory, but the play was called back due to an offsides penalty against the Bulldogs. After the rekick, the Mountaineers struck very quickly as quarterback Patrick White scampered 64 yards for a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage and WVU led 7-0 just 21 seconds into the contest.

After stopping State on three plays, the Mountaineers drove 88 yards on 12 plays for their second score of the afternoon. White hit Owen Schmitt on a 12-yard pass to cap the possession. After a 51-yard return by Derek Pegues on the ensuing kickoff,

the Bulldogs would assist West Virginia on its next score when Anthony Dixon fumbled on the first play and WVU's Marc Magro returned the loose ball to the State 16-yard line. Three plays later, the Mountaineers found paydirt again, White hitting Darius Reynaud on a 10-yard completion. WVU led 21-0 at the 6:09 mark of the first period.

WVU got great field position again on its next drive after a 23-yard MSU punt went out of bounds at the Bulldog 48. West Virginia took advantage again, completing its impressive first period of play with a five-play drive that ended with running back Steve Slaton's 26-yard touchdown jaunt. Slaton had another big day on the ground, gaining 127 yards on 23 carries.

After a WVU field goal six ticks into the second quarter, the Bulldog offense finally got on the board later in the period. A State punt pinned the Mountaineers at their own 1-yard line and, after a three-and-out by WVU, the resulting punt was returned by Pegues to the West Virginia 29. Bulldog quar-terback Wesley Carroll found Jamayel Smith on a 22-yard pass play to open the State drive. Four Dixon rushes later, he found the end zone from a yard out on fourth down for MSU's first points of the day. WVU led 31-7 at halftime.

State's offense opened the second half impressively, taking the opening kickoff and driving 58 yards on 13 plays. Christian Ducre ended the possession with a 3-yard scoring rush. MSU's two-point conversion failed and WVU led 31-13 at the 9:50 mark of the third period. Both teams would go scoreless the remainder of the quarter.

The final points of the game came less than a minute into the final period. West Virginia notched a seven-play, 48-yard drive led by backup quarterback Jarrett Brown, who found Reynaud for his second TD of the day.

Mississippi State 0 7 6 0 = 13West Virginia 28 3 0 7 = 38

1st QuarterWV - White 64 run (McAfee kick), 14:39WV - Schmitt 12 pass from White (McAfee kick), 7:46WV - Reynaud 10 pass from White (McAfee kick), 6:09WV - Slaton 26 run (McAfee kick), 2:202nd QuarterWV - McAfee 42 FG, 14:54MS - Dixon 1 run (Carlson kick), 3:513rd QuarterMS - Ducre 3 run (pass failed), 9:504th QuarterWV - Reynaud 13 pass from Brown (McAfee kick), 14:19

MSU WVFirst Downs 12 17Rushes-Yards 33-45 42-262Passing Yards 169 84Passes (C-A-I) 18-35-0 12-20-1Total Offense 214 346Fumbles-Lost 3-3 1-0Penalties-Yards 7-45 9-82Time of Possession 31:30 28:30

RUSHING: (MS) Dixon 20-61 TD, Ducre 7-23 TD, TEAM 1-1, Long 1-(-12), Carroll 4-(-28). (WV) Slaton 23-127 TD, White 5-89 TD, Brown 6-38, Bednarik 1-6, Schmitt 4-3, Reynaud 1-1, Sanders 2-(-2).PASSING: (MS) Carroll 18-35-0 169. (WV) White 8-12-1 61 2TD, Brwon 4-8-0 23 TD.RECEIVING: (MS) Burks 6-41, Husband 3-22, Hoskins 2-15, Stallworth 2-12, Riley 1-30, Smith 1-22, Dixon 1-14, Ducre 1-8, Bell 1-5. (WV) Slaton 4-36, Reynaud 3-20 2TD, Gonzales 2-15, Schmitt 2-13 TD, Johnson 1-0.

Attendance: 61,022.

GAME NOTES• State’s 28 points allowed in the first

quarter were the most allowed by the Bulldogs in a single period since Oregon scored 28 in the opening quar-ter in 2003.

• The Bulldogs third-quarter-opening 13-play, 58-yard drive over five minutes and 10 seconds was State’s ninth scor-ing drive of 10 or more plays this sea-son and the sixth that took more than five minutes off the clock.

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October 27, 2007Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, Ky.


No. 14 Kentucky 14

LEXINGTON, Ky. - Two critical turnovers by Kentucky early in the second half led to 10 Mississippi State points and helped the Bulldogs upset the 14th-ranked Wildcats 31-14. The victory upped State's record to 5-4 overall, 2-3 in the Southeastern Conference.

With State leading 14-7 at halftime, UK (6-3, 2-3) took the opening kickoff of the second half but Alfonso Smith fumbled and Bulldog Keith Fitzhugh fell on the ball at the Wildcat 32. Seven plays later, place-kicker Adam Carlson hit a 31-yard field goal to give MSU a 17-7 lead early in the third period.

On UK's next possession, the Bulldogs forced a punt, but Wildcat punter Tim Masthay was forced to pull the ball down and run. State took over at the UK 26. Wesley Carroll found Jason Husband to convert a third-and-11; and two Anthony Dixon rushes later, State was in the end zone and led 24-7 with 8:16 to go in the third quarter.

State's defense would be the story the rest of the way, allowing the potent Wildcat offense just seven points in the second half. The remainder of the game would see the

Bulldog defense stop the Wildcats twice on downs, pick off three Kentucky pass-es, recover one UK fumble, and force one punt. The fumble set up State's final points of the day. Two rushes by Bulldog Christian Ducre, the second a 34-yard scamper to paydirt, gave MSU its 31-14 advantage.

Jamon Hughes led the State defense with nine tackles. Avery Hannibal col-lected two sacks and Titus Brown added one more to his season totals as well. Fitzhugh, De'Mon Glanton and Marcus Washington all had interceptions for the Bulldogs.

UK's star quarterback Woodson ended the day 24-of-42 for 230 yards, but had the three interceptions against two touchdown passes. The Wildcat running game, with its top two backs out with injuries, managed just 89 yards on the ground.

Meanwhile, State's signal-caller - the rookie Carroll - produced another very solid day under center for the Bulldogs. He completed 17-of-28 passes for 152 yards and two scores. He was comple-mented very well by the running of Ducre and Dixon. Ducre tallied 119 yards and his TD run on 19 carries. Dixon ended with 75 yards and a score on the ground, and also hauled in one of Carroll's two scoring aerials.

The Bulldogs enjoyed a 14-7 halftime lead by notching impressive 80-yard drives on their first two possessions of the game. Strong running by Dixon and Ducre, and accurate throwing from Carroll, helped State manage the clock and limit Kentucky's offensive oppor-tunities.

State took the opening kickoff and marched 80 yards on 14 plays. Carroll hit Husband on an 11-yard pass to cap the drive. UK would answer with a nine-play, 73-yard drive of its own. Woodson found Johnson for an 18-yard scoring pass and the teams were tied at 7-7 at the 5:17 mark of the first period.

Mississippi State 7 7 10 7 = 31Kentucky 7 0 7 0 = 14

1st QuarterMS - Husband 11 pass from Carroll (Carlson kick), 9:08UK - Johnson 18 pass from Woodson (Seiber kick), 5:172nd QuarterMS - Dixon 1 pass from Carroll (Carlson kick), 13:363rd QuarterMS - Carlson 31 FG, 12:27MS - Dixon 1 run (Carlson kick), 8:16UK - Johson 37 pass from Woodson (Seiber kick), 5:154th QuarterMS - Ducre 34 run (Carlson kick), 8:15

MSU UKFirst Downs 22 19Rushes-Yards 51-200 27-89Passing Yards 152 230Passes (C-A-I) 17-28-0 24-42-3Total Offense 352 319Fumbles-Lost 5-1 4-3Penalties-Yards 2-20 5-51Time of Possession 34:09 25:51

RUSHING: (MS) Ducre 19-119 TD, Dixon 25-75 TD, Burks 1-3, Carroll 5-3, Team 1-0. (UK) Locke 11-46, Allen 6-30, Smith 4-22, Woodson 5-0, Masthay 1-(-9).PASSING: (MS) Carroll 17-28-0 152 2TD. (UK) Woodson 24-42-3 230 2TD.RECEIVING: (MS) Ducre 5-30, Husband 2-33 TD, Bell 2-25, Burks 2-21, Hoskins 2-18, Dixon 2-1 TD, Butler 1-15, Long 1-9. (UK) Tamme 6-46, Ford 4-34, Johnson 3-69 2TD, Lyons 3-48, Locke 3-16, Smith 3-9, Allen 2-8.

Attendance: 68,173.

GAME NOTES• State now has 11 scoring drives of 10 or

more plays this season.• MSU recovered three fumbles, a season

high and the third time the defense has fallen on at least two miscues this year.

• Dixon’s early score was the 21st touch-down of his career and he is now tied for sixth all time on the school list.

• Sophomore Christian Ducre set career highs with 119 yards on 19 rushes.

• Wesley Carroll has now thrown 137 passes with out an interception, a new school record (122, Wayne Madkin, 2000-01)

November 10, 2007Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field • Starkville, Miss.

No. 21 Alabama 12


STARKVILLE, Miss. - Two Mississippi State interceptions of Alabama quarterback John Parker Wilson led to 14 Bulldog points as MSU upset the 21st-ranked Crimson Tide 17-12 Saturday afternoon at Davis Wade Stadium.

A school-record crowd of 56,188 fans witnessed the victory - MSU's second in as many years over UA and upped State's record to 6-4 overall, 3-3 in Southeastern Conference. 'Bama fell to 6-4, 4-3.

With Alabama leading 9-3 late in the second quarter, 'Bama appeared it was going to take control of the game on a well-clock-managed possession which began at the 4:08 mark of the second period. UA drove 78 yards on 13 plays to the Bulldog 1 where it faced a third-and-goal with 21 seconds remaining before halftime. After a timeout, Wilson dropped back to pass, but a heavy rush from MSU's Titus Brown forced him to throw early and short. Waiting in the end zone was Bulldog Anthony Johnson, who intercepted the pass and returned it 100 yards for a touchdown. That huge momentum swing gave State a 10-9 advantage at the intermission.

On Alabama's first drive of the second half, the Bulldogs would pick off Wilson again, this time the interception being made by Derek Pegues. Pegues returned the

ball 40 yards to the Crimson Tide 25-yard line. Five plays later, State running back Anthony Dixon plunged in on the right side from three yards out. Adam Carlson's extra point put MSU up 17-9 with 11:35 to go in the third period.

The remainder of the game would highlight both teams' defenses, as only a fourth-quarter Alabama field goal would be scored the rest of the way and State would hold on for the victory. The Crimson Tide, which has now not scored an offensive touchdown against Mississippi State since the 2004 sea-son, never penetrated MSU territory any deeper than the Bulldog 46-yard line in the second half (excluding the field goal drive).

In addition to being State's second straight win over 'Bama, it also marked Bulldog head coach Sylvester Croom's second consecutive win over his alma mater. It was also Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban's first career loss against MSU (was 5-0 vs. the Bulldogs while at LSU).

Two Alabama field goals were the only scoring in the first period of the game. The Crimson Tide's first score was setup after MSU's first drive ended with quarterback Wesley Carroll's first career pass interception, leaving UA at the Bulldog 34. After State stood strong, Leigh Tiffin nailed a 39-yard field goal for an early 3-0 Alabama lead.

After the Tide held MSU to a sec-ond three-and-out possession, Alabama drove 25 yards on five plays to the State 34. From there, Tiffin connected on a 51-yard field goal effort for a 6-0 'Bama lead.

Alabama extended its lead to 9-0 on its first drive of the second quarter. After moving the ball 52 yards on 10 plays, Tiffin connected on his third kick attempt of the day, this time a 29-yard effort.

Alabama 6 3 0 3 = 12Mississippi State 0 10 7 0 = 17

1st QuarterUA - Tiffin 39 FG, 12:00UA - Tiffin 51 FG, 8:252nd QuarterUA - Tiffin 29 FG, 8:39MS - Carlson 35 FG, 4:12MS - Johnson 100 INT return (Carlson kick), 0:043rd QuarterMS - Dixon 3 run (Carlson kick), 11:354th QuarterUA - Tiffin 50 FG, 6:47

UA MSUFirst Downs 23 14Rushes-Yards 37-153 42-115Passing Yards 121 100Passes (C-A-I) 16-35-2 9-21-1Total Offense 274 215Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0Penalties-Yards 1-5 8-75Time of Possession 29:29 30:31

RUSHING: (UA) Grant 19-75, Lowe 7-40, Wilson 9-37, Upchurch 2-1. (MS) Dixon 26-84 TD, Ducre 12-42, Carroll 4-(-11).PASSING: (UA) Wilson 16-34-2 121. (MS) Carroll 9-21-0 100.RECEIVING: (UA) Hall 5-46, Caddell 3-53, Greant 3-0, Brown 2-12, McCoy 1-10, Lowe 1-5, Walker 1-(-5). (MS) Burks 2-29, Hoskins 2-15, Smith 1-19,. McRae 1-17, Sherod 1-10, Ducre 1-7, Long 1-3.

Attendance: 56,188.

GAME NOTES• The game attendance of 56,188 set a

new school record.• With five interceptions returned for

touchdowns this season, Mississippi State joins Hawai’i and Wake Forest as the nation’s leaders in the category.

• The last time the Bulldogs posted back-to-back wins against ranked opponents was in 2000 vs. #3 Florida and #15 Auburn.

• Sophomore Anthony Johnson's 100-yard interception return set an MSU school record for the longest intercep-tion returned for a score (previous was 97 yards, Jack Nix vs. Mississippi, 11/26/38).

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November 17, 2007War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, Ark.


Arkansas 45

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Despite Mississippi State's largest offensive day in five years, an equally potent Arkansas offensive output, coupled with Bulldog turnovers, led the Razorbacks to a 45-31 victory over Mississippi State at War Memorial Stadium.

With the win Arkansas improved to 7-4 overall, 3-4 in the Southeastern Conference. State fell to 6-5, 3-4. It marked the ninth consecutive win in the series for the Razorbacks who now own a 12-5-1 advantage over the Bulldogs all-time.

MSU scored first on Wesley Carroll's 4-yard touchdown pass to Jamayel Smith with 3:58 to go in the first quarter and that would be the only points of the period. Smith and Carroll would both end the afternoon with career numbers. Smith grabbed 10

receptions for 208 yards and two scores. The true freshman Carroll completed 29-of-51 attempts for 421 yards and four scores with four interceptions.

Arkansas took control of the game in the second quarter, scoring 24 unan-swered points to lead 24-7 at halftime. After an early field goal in the period cut the MSU lead to 7-3, the Razorbacks took the lead on a seven-play, 79-yard drive which ended with Casey Dick's first touchdown connection of the day, a 30-yard strike to Farod Jackson. UA led 10-7 with 10:44 to go before intermission.

While holding the Bulldog offense in check, Arkansas would manufacture two more scores in the final 5:01 of the first half. After State was forced to punt deep in its own territory, Dick hooked up with receiver Robert Johnson on a 35-yard pass and UA led 17-7.

After holding State on the next drive, a short punt would give Arkansas the ball at its own 45. On a third-and-16 play from the MSU 19, Dick spotted Marcus Monk for his third touchdown of the day and the Hogs led 24-7 at the half. Dick ended the day 14-of-17 for 199 yards and four scores through the air.

After the Bulldogs trimmed the lead to 24-10 early in the half, Arkansas answered when Dick found Darren McFadden for a 57-yard scoring pass for his fourth passing TD of the afternoon. The Razorback offense passed for 223 yards and rushed for 206.

State got to within two scores at the 3:17 mark of the third period. Derek Pegues' 37-yard punt return to the UA 35-yard line setup the next play, a 35-yard scoring strike from Carroll to Tony Burks.

Arkansas extended the lead again with 9:44 to go in the contest, as McFadden demonstrated his passing skills. The UA star found Johnson for a 24-yard touchdown to put UA up 38-17.

On the second snap of State’s next drive, Carroll found Smith again, this time on an 80-yard toss and the Bulldogs were down only two scores.

On State's next possession Antwain Robinson intercepted Carroll and returned the ball 30 yards for a score and a 45-24 Arkansas advantage.

Mississippi State 7 0 10 14 = 31Arkansas 0 24 7 14 = 45

1st QuarterMS - Smith 4 pass from Carroll (Carlson kick), 3:582nd QuarterAR - Tejada 39 FG, 14:55AR - Jackson 30 pass from Dick (Tejada kick), 10:44AR - Johnson 35 pass from Dick (Tejada kick), 5:01AR - Monk 19 pass from Dick (Tejada kick), 0:433rd QuarterMS - Carlson 25 FG, 10:20AR - McFadden 57 pass from Dick (Tejada kick), 9:33MS - Burks 35 pass from Carroll (Carlson kick), 3:174th QuarterAR - Johnson 24 pass from McFadden (Tejada kick), 9:44MS - Smith 80 pass from Carroll (Carlson kick), 9:26AR - Robinson 30 INT return (Tejada kick), 6:48MS - Husband 19 pass from Carroll (Carlson kick), 5:00

MSU ARKFirst Downs 27 20Rushes-Yards 31-80 45-206Passing Yards 421 223Passes (C-A-I) 29-51-4 15-18-0Total Offense 501 429Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0Penalties-Yards 3-31 6-59Time of Possession 30:50 29:10

RUSHING: (MS) Dixon 17-40, Ducre 7-20, Carroll 7-20. (AR) McFadden 28-88, Hillis 11-65, Crawford 2-52, Smith 2-4, Team 2-(-3).PASSING: (MS) Carroll 29-51-4 421 4TD. (AR) Dick 14-17-0 199 4TD, McFadden 1-1-0 24 TD.RECEIVING: (MS) Smith 10-208 2TD, Husband 6-78 TD, Burks 4-59 TD, Ducre 2-28, Long 2-25, Bell 2-10, Hart 1-7, Butler 1-6. (AR) McFadden 4-50 TD, Johnson 3-71 2TD, Monk 3-52 TD, Hillis 2-14, Jackson 1-30 TD, Davie 1-6, Jones 1-0.

Attendance: 55,185.

GAME NOTES• With 501 yards of total offense today,

Mississippi State tallied its highest offensive output since accumulating 547 against Jacksonville St. in 2002.

• Wesley Carroll's 421 yards passing marks the third-highest total in school history.

• Jamayel Smith’s 208 receiving yards were the most posted by a Bulldog since 1982 and ties for second on the single-game receiving record list.

November 23, 2007Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field • Starkville, Miss.

Ole Miss 14


STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State’s offense couldn’t get in synch for three-and-a-half quarters Friday afternoon, but the Bulldogs manufactured three scores in the final 7:51 to rally and post an improbable 17-14 comeback victory over arch-rival Mississippi in the 104th meeting between the teams at Davis Wade Stadium.

With the victory, MSU improved to 7-5 overall, 4-4 in the Southeastern Conference, and virtually assured itself of its first postseason bowl bid since the 2000 season. It also returned the coveted Golden Egg back to Starkville. With the loss, UM fell to 3-8 and ended the season winless (0-8) in league competition.

Adam Carlson’s 48-yard field goal with just 12 seconds to go proved to be the game-winner, but was just the conclusion to a fairy-tale ending in the Bulldogs’ win.

The comeback started with the Rebels leading 14-0 and gaining possession of the ball with 12:44 remaining in regulation. After the Bulldogs forced a fourth-and-1 at the UM 49-yard line, the Rebels questionably decided to go for the first down. But the Bulldog defense stuffed UM running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis for a loss of two and State took over possession.

Having mustered only four first downs in the entire game to that point, a seemingly different State offense took charge. The Bulldogs drove 46 yards on six plays, a march capped by a four-yard touchdown pass from Wesley Carroll to Anthony Dixon that trimmed the lead to 14-7 with 7:51 to go.

The Rebels, who would not manufac-ture another first down the rest of the game, were to forced to punt after three downs on their next possession. On the ensuing drive, the Bulldogs seemed primed to tie the score, moving the ball to the UM 12. But those hopes were dashed when a Carroll pass was intercepted at the 10 by Ashlee Palmer and returned 28 yards. Just under seven minutes remained at that point.

The MSU defense would come up strong again on the next drive, again stopping the Rebels on three downs. Then, the game-turning play would come on the resulting punt. Bulldog Derek Pegues, who UM had made an effort to kick away from all day, picked up a Rebel punt that was purposely kicked short to avoid him again, split a number of Rebel defenders, and returned the ball 75 yards for a touch-down. The incredible play, paired with Carlson’s extra point, knotted the score at 14-14 with 2:38 to go.

Then, the Bulldog stopper unit did its job once again, forcing another Mississippi punt after three downs. The ensuing punt gave State the ball on its own 35 with just 36 seconds left in the game.

Carroll then went to work, complet-ing two passes for 23 yards and produc-ing an 11-yard run of his own, to get the Bulldogs into field goal range. Carroll would hit Tony Burks for 17 yards to put the Bulldogs in field goal range at the UM 31. Carlson then came on to nail his 48-yard winner, which was the longest field goal connection of his career.

Ole Miss 7 0 7 0 = 14Mississippi State 0 0 0 17 = 17

1st QuarterOM - Green-Ellis 14 run (Shene kick), 10:183rd QuarterOM - Hodge 13 pass from Schaeffer (Shene kick), 7:264th QuarterMS - Dixon 4 pass from Carroll (Carlson kick), 7:51MS - Pegues 75 punt return (Carlson kick), 2:38MS - Carlson 48 FG, 0:12

OM MSUFirst Downs 21 10Rushes-Yards 50-204 25-81Passing Yards 115 192Passes (C-A-I) 10-30-1 15-36-1Total Offense 319 273Fumbles-Lost 3-1 1-1Penalties-Yards 6-42 9-80Time of Possession 36:17 23:43

RUSHING: (OM) Green-Ellis 29-117 TD, Schaeffer 15-54, McCluster 3-31, Hall 2-3, Green 1-(-1). (MS) Smith 1-27, Dixon 11-26, Carroll 7-26, Ducre 5-7, Henig 1-(-5).PASSING: (OM) Schaeffer 10-30-1 115 TD. (MS) Carroll 13-28-1 130 TD, Henig 2-6-0 62, Team 0-2-0 0.RECEIVING: (OM) Hodge 2-29 TD, Green 2-25, Lane 2-16, Hicks 1-15, McCluster 1-14, Wallace 1-9, Hall 1-7. (MS) Dixon 7-101 TD, Smith 3-48, Burks 2-22, Bell 2-16, Long 1-5.

Attendance: 51,727.

GAME NOTES• The Bulldog defense allowed just seven

first-half points in today’s game, mark-ing the third time this year State held an opponent to seven or fewer points in an opening half (Gardner-Webb - 0, Kentucky 7).

• With his four-yard touchdown recep-tion in the fourth quarter, Dixon moves into third-place on MSU’s single season scoring leader chart with 90 points on the season.

• Dixon also finished with 101 yards on seven catches. Both were career highs and marked the first time a Bulldog running back posted a 100-yard game since Robert Isaac caught six passes for 108 yards against Louisiana Tech in 1996.

TEAM STATISTICS MSU OPP

SCORING 269 298

Points Per Game 22.4 24.8

FIRST DOWNS 206 221

Rushing 98 105

Passing 95 93

Penalty 13 23

RUSHING YARDAGE 1624 1908

Yards gained rushing 1930 2174

Yards lost rushing 306 266

Rushing Attempts 467 449

Average Per Rush 3.5 4.2

Average Per Game 135.3 159.0

TDs Rushing 17 14

PASSING YARDAGE 2040 2186

Att-Comp-Int 352-180-17 363-197-15

Average Per Pass 5.8 6.0

Average Per Catch 11.3 11.1


TDs Passing 12 20

TOTAL OFFENSE 3664 4094

Total Plays 819 812

Average Per Play 4.5 5.0


KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS 51-935 49-1035

PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS 26-267 31-309

INT RETURNS: #-YARDS 15-332 17-204

KICK RETURN AVERAGE 18.3 21.1

PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 10.3 10.0

INT RETURN AVERAGE 22.1 12.0

FUMBLES-LOST 23-10 22-9

PENALTIES-YARDS 72-635 81-670


PUNTS-YARDS 69-2688 61-2486

Average Per Punt 39.0 40.8

Net punt average 33.6 33.4

TEAM STATISTICS MSU OPP

TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME 30:25 29:26

3RD-DOWN CONVERSIONS 70/177 69/180

3rd-Down Pct 40% 38%

4TH-DOWN CONVERSIONS 6/15 2/14

4th-Down Pct 40% 14%

SACKS BY-YARDS 16-97 20-164

MISC YARDS 41 0

TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 35 35

FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 9-12 18-23

ON-SIDE KICKS 0-1 0-0

RED-ZONE SCORES 28-32 88% 31-43 72%

RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS 21-32 66% 22-43 51%

PAT-ATTEMPTS 32-33 97% 34-34 100%

ATTENDANCE 295775 321283

Games/Avg Per Game 6/49296 5/64257

Neutral Site Games 1/55185

SCORE BY QUARTERS

1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total

Mississippi State 66 61 70 72 — 269

Opponents 79 91 61 67 — 298

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Lg YPG

Anthony Dixon 12 263 1056 76 980 3.7 13 30 81.7

Christian Ducre 12 106 486 19 467 4.4 3 34 38.9

Justin Williams 12 21 99 3 96 4.6 0 24 8.0

Wesley Carroll 12 41 159 113 46 1.1 0 27 3.8

Jamayel Smith 12 1 27 0 27 27.0 0 27 2.2

Arnil Stallworth 12 4 21 0 21 5.2 0 8 1.8

Aubrey Bell 12 2 12 0 12 6.0 0 11 1.0

Co-Eric Riley 11 1 12 0 12 12.0 0 12 1.1

Tony Burks 12 1 3 0 3 3.0 0 3 0.2

Josh Riddell 3 4 10 15 -5 -1.2 0 6 -1.7

TEAM 9 8 1 7 -6 -0.8 0 0 -0.7

Michael Henig 6 13 44 57 -13 -1.0 1 18 -2.2

Lance Long 12 2 0 16 -16 -8.0 0 0 -1.3

TOTAL 12 467 1930 306 1624 3.5 17 34 135.3

OPPONENTS 12 449 2174 266 1908 4.2 14 64 159.0

PASSING GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lg YPG

Wesley Carroll 12 108.59 126-237-6 53.2 1353 9 80 112.8

Michael Henig 6 77.43 36-76-9 47.4 447 1 53 74.5

Josh Riddell 3 110.16 18-37-2 48.6 240 2 35 80.0

TEAM 9 0.00 0-2-0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0

TOTAL 12 101.41 180-352-17 51.1 2040 12 80 170.0

OPPONENTS 12 114.77 197-363-15 54.3 2186 20 67 182.2

2007 STATISTICS

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2007 RECORD & RESULTSRECORD OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRALALL GAMES 7-5-0 4-2-0 3-2-0 0-1-0CONFERENCE 4-4-0 2-2-0 2-1-0 0-1-0NON-CONFERENCE 3-1-0 2-0-0 1-1-0 0-0-0

DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE ATTEND/TIMEAug. 30 * LSU (NR-#2) L 0-45 50,112Sept. 8 at Tulane W 38-17 31,076Sept. 15 at Auburn W 19-14 82,129Sept. 22 Gardner-Webb W 31-15 42,272Sept. 29 at South Carolina (NR-#16) L 21-38 78,883Oct. 6 UAB (Homecoming) W 30-13 45,259Oct. 13 TENNESSEE (NR-#25) L 21-33 50,217Oct. 20 at West Virginia (NR-#7) L 13-38 61,022Oct. 27 at Kentucky (NR-#14) W 31-14 68,173Nov. 10 ALABAMA (NR- #21) W 17-12 56,188Nov. 17 vs. Arkansas (Little Rock) L 31-45 55,185Nov. 23 OLE MISS W 17-14 51,727

RECEIVING G No. Yds Avg TD Lg YPG

Tony Burks 12 32 440 13.8 3 45 36.7

Jamayel Smith 12 31 503 16.2 3 80 41.9

Jason Husband 12 16 193 12.1 2 27 16.1

Aubrey Bell 12 14 186 13.3 1 33 15.5

Lance Long 12 14 103 7.4 0 14 8.6

Anthony Dixon 12 13 157 12.1 2 53 13.1

Christian Ducre 12 13 73 5.6 0 12 6.1

Arnil Stallworth 12 10 68 6.8 0 20 5.7

Eric Hoskins 7 9 70 7.8 0 15 10.0

Eric Butler 12 8 71 8.9 0 15 5.9

Co-Eric Riley 11 8 68 8.5 0 30 6.2

Jeremy Jones 12 4 17 4.2 1 8 1.4

Brandon McRae 12 2 50 25.0 0 33 4.2

Justin Williams 12 2 18 9.0 0 14 1.5

Brandon Hart 12 2 11 5.5 0 7 0.9

Dezmond Sherrod 12 1 10 10.0 0 10 0.8

Wesley Carroll 12 1 2 2.0 0 2 0.2

TOTAL 12 180 2040 11.3 12 80 170.0

OPPONENTS 12 197 2186 11.1 20 67 182.2

PUNT RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long

Derek Pegues 25 263 10.5 1 75

Lance Long 1 4 4.0 0 4

TOTAL 26 267 10.3 1 75

OPPONENTS 31 309 10.0 0 35

INTERCEPTIONS No. Yds Avg TD Long

Derek Pegues 3 75 25.0 1 40

Anthony Johnson 3 138 46.0 2 100

De’Mon Glanton 2 60 30.0 1 60

Demario Bobo 2 0 0.0 0 0

Tay Bowser 1 0 0.0 0 0

Gabe O’Neal 1 47 47.0 1 47

Jasper O’Quinn 1 0 0.0 0 0

Marcus Washington 1 12 12.0 0 12

Keith Fitzhugh 1 0 0.0 0 0

TOTAL 15 332 22.1 5 100

OPPONENTS 17 204 12.0 1 51

KICK RETURNS No. Yds Avg TD Long

Derek Pegues 23 530 23.0 0 51

Justin Williams 8 134 16.8 0 24

Co-Eric Riley 6 126 21.0 0 29

Arnil Stallworth 6 38 6.3 0 15

Lance Long 3 44 14.7 0 29

Christian Ducre 3 63 21.0 0 25

Jeremy Jones 1 0 0.0 0 0

Ben Shelton 1 0 0.0 0 0

TOTAL 51 935 18.3 0 51

OPPONENTS 49 1035 21.1 0 49

FUMBLE RETURNS NO. YDS AVG TD LONG

None

TOTAL 0 0 0.0 0 0

OPPONENTS 2 64 32.0 0 39

|-------- PATs --------|

SCORING TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Pts

Anthony Dixon 15 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 90

Adam Carlson 0 9-12 32-33 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 59

Christian Ducre 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18

Tony Burks 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18

Jamayel Smith 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 18

Derek Pegues 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12

Anthony Johnson 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12

Jason Husband 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12

Michael Henig 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6

Aubrey Bell 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6

Gabe O’Neal 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6

De’Mon Glanton 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6

Jeremy Jones 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6

Wesley Carroll 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 0

TOTAL 35 9-12 32-33 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 269

OPPONENTS 35 18-23 34-34 0-0 0 0-1 0 0 298

2007 STATISTICS

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TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G

Wesley Carroll 12 278 46 1353 1399 116.6

Anthony Dixon 12 263 980 0 980 81.7

Christian Ducre 12 106 467 0 467 38.9

Michael Henig 6 89 -13 447 434 72.3

Josh Riddell 3 41 -5 240 235 78.3

Justin Williams 12 21 96 0 96 8.0

Jamayel Smith 12 1 27 0 27 2.2

Arnil Stallworth 12 4 21 0 21 1.8

Aubrey Bell 12 2 12 0 12 1.0

Co-Eric Riley 11 1 12 0 12 1.1

Tony Burks 12 1 3 0 3 0.2

TEAM 9 10 -6 0 -6 -0.7

Lance Long 12 2 -16 0 -16 -1.3

TOTAL 12 819 1624 2040 3664 305.3

OPPONENTS 12 812 1908 2186 4094 341.2

FIELD GOALS FG-AT Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg Blk

Adam Carlson 9-12 75.0 0-0 2-3 6-6 1-2 0-1 48 0

PUNTING No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd

Blake McAdams 66 2640 40.0 73 3 3 17 1

Adam Carlson 2 48 24.0 30 0 0 2 0

TEAM 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

TOTAL 69 2688 39.0 73 3 3 19 1

OPPONENTS 61 2486 40.8 61 9 9 17 0

KICKOFFS NO. YDS AVG TB OB RETN NET YDLN

Adam Carlson 55 3373 61.3 2 1

TOTAL 55 3373 61.3 2 1 1035 41.8 28

OPPONENTS 64 3775 59.0 8 4 935 41.9 28

ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KOR IR Tot Avg/G

Anthony Dixon 12 980 157 0 0 0 1137 94.8

Derek Pegues 12 0 0 263 530 75 868 72.3

Christian Ducre 12 467 73 0 63 0 603 50.2

Jamayel Smith 12 27 503 0 0 0 530 44.2

Tony Burks 12 3 440 0 0 0 443 36.9

Justin Williams 12 96 18 0 134 0 248 20.7

Co-Eric Riley 11 12 68 0 126 0 206 18.7

Aubrey Bell 12 12 186 0 0 0 198 16.5

Jason Husband 12 0 193 0 0 0 193 16.1

Anthony Johnson 12 0 0 0 0 138 138 11.5

Lance Long 12 -16 103 4 44 0 135 11.2

Arnil Stallworth 12 21 68 0 38 0 127 10.6

Eric Butler 12 0 71 0 0 0 71 5.9

Eric Hoskins 7 0 70 0 0 0 70 10.0

De’Mon Glanton 12 0 0 0 0 60 60 5.0

Brandon McRae 12 0 50 0 0 0 50 4.2

Wesley Carroll 12 46 2 0 0 0 48 4.0

Gabe O’Neal 12 0 0 0 0 47 47 3.9

Jeremy Jones 12 0 17 0 0 0 17 1.4

Marcus Washington 11 0 0 0 0 12 12 1.1

Brandon Hart 12 0 11 0 0 0 11 0.9

Dezmond Sherrod 12 0 10 0 0 0 10 0.8

Josh Riddell 3 -5 0 0 0 0 -5 -1.7

TEAM 9 -6 0 0 0 0 -6 -0.7

Michael Henig 6 -13 0 0 0 0 -13 -2.2

TOTAL 12 1624 2040 267 935 332 5198 433.2

OPPONENTS 12 1908 2186 309 1035 204 5642 470.27

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2007 STATISTICS

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2007 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

22 Jamar Chaney 12-11 31 50 81 4.0-7 . . 4 4 . . . .

10 Dominic Douglas 12-10 36 38 74 8.5-27 1.0-9 . 1 2 . . . .

5 Gabe O’Neal 12-12 43 27 70 7.5-16 1.0-4 1-47 1 1 1-0 1 . .

36 Jamon Hughes 12-1 31 29 60 3.5-6 . . . . . . . .

11 Anthony Johnson 12-11 29 23 52 3.0-7 . 3-138 8 . . . . .

1 Keith Fitzhugh 12-4 27 23 50 5.0-20 1.0-9 1-0 3 . 1-0 2 . .

3 Derek Pegues 12-12 26 20 46 1.0-1 . 3-75 6 . 1-0 . . .

8 De’Mon Glanton 12-9 29 17 46 2.0-13 1.0-11 2-60 7 1 . 1 . .

51 Avery Hannibal 12-12 18 25 43 7.5-14 2.0-6 . . 9 1-0 . . .

18 Marcus Washington 11-6 30 11 41 3.0-5 . 1-12 4 . . . . .

54 Titus Brown 12-12 26 14 40 13.5-69 8.0-48 . 1 16 . 2 . .

23 Jasper O’Quinn 11-6 21 14 35 1.5-7 . 1-0 2 . . . . .

6 Demario Bobo 11-2 18 16 34 1.5-5 . 2-0 3 . 1-0 2 . .

39 Tim Bailey 12-0 13 11 24 3.0-11 . . 1 6 . . . .

94 Jessie Bowman 11-8 6 17 23 3.0-7 . . . 2 . . . .

90 Cortez McCraney 11-4 6 15 21 3.5-10 . . . 1 . . . .

97 Jimmie Holmes 10-0 10 9 19 3.5-18 2.0-10 . 1 . 2-0 1 . .

42 Zach Smith 11-0 5 12 17 . . . 2 . . . . .

99 Quinton Wesley 11-1 8 8 16 2.5-8 . . . . . 1 . .

95 Kyle Love 12-8 5 9 14 2.0-8 . . . 3 1-0 . 1 .

56 Anthony Littlejohn 12-1 5 9 14 0.5-0 . . . 2 . . . .

28 Tay Bowser 7-1 7 1 8 . . 1-0 . . . . . .

27 Jarvis Kyles 12-0 4 3 7 . . . . . . 1 . .

34 K.J. Wright 9-0 3 4 7 . . . . . 1-0 . . .

46 Aaron Feld 12-0 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .

86 Lance Long 12-2 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .

82 Jason Husband 12-0 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .

93 Brandon Cooper 7-0 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .

40 Chris Nance 5-0 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .

98 LaMarcus Williams 10-1 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .

48 Dezmond Sherrod 12-7 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .

81 Brandon McRae 12-1 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .

37 Adam Carlson 12-0 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .

87 Aubrey Bell 12-8 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .

91 Rodney Prince 6-0 . 1 1 0.5-0 . . . . . . . .

52 Karlin Brown 6-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

25 Tyler Threadgill 10-0 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .

84 Jeremy Jones 12-1 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

77 Michael Brown 12-12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

76 Royce Blackledge 12-12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

43 Blake McAdams 12-0 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

4 Tony Burks 12-8 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .

89 Jamayel Smith 12-6 1 . 1 1.0-11 . . . . . 1 . .

7 Michael Henig 6-3 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .

TOTAL 12-0 458 421 879 81-270 16-97 15-332 44 47 9-0 12 1 .

OPPONENTS 12-0 - - - - 20-164 17-204 37 23 10-64 11 1 .

STARTING LINEUPS

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2007 MSU GAME-BY-GAME STARTERSOFFENSE WR LT LG C RG RT TE QB HB FB WRLSU McRae Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Butler Henig Dixon Ducre Smithat Tulane Burks Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Sherrod Henig Dixon Jones Smithat Auburn Burks Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Butler Henig Dixon Bell (WR) SmithGARDNER-WEBB Burks Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Sherrod Carroll Dixon Hart Bellat South Carolina Burks Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Sherrod Riddell Dixon Hart RileyUAB Butler (TE) Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Sherrod Carroll Ducre Hoskins BellTENNESSEE Butler (TE) Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Sherrod Carroll Dixon Hoskins Bellat West Virginia Long Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Sherrod Carroll Dixon Hoskins Bellat Kentucky Burks Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Butler Carroll Dixon Long (WR) SmithAlabama Burks Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Bell (WR) Carroll Dixon Ducre (HB) Smithat Arkansas Burks Brown Strauder Blackledge Jenkins Hamilton Sherrod Carroll Dixon Hoskins BellOLE MISS Burks Brown Strauder Blackledge Gates Hamilton Bell (WR) Carroll Dixon Hart Smith

DEFENSE E NT T E SLB MLB WLB LC SS FS RCSOUTH CAROLINA Brown Bowman McCraney Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Douglas Johnson Glanton Pegues Washingtonat Tulane Brown Bowman McCraney Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Douglas Johnson Glanton Pegues Washingtonat Auburn Brown Bowman McCraney Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Douglas Johnson Glanton Pegues WashingtonGARDNER-WEBB Brown Williams Love Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Douglas O'Quinn Glanton Pegues Bowserat South Carolina Brown Bobo (DB) Love Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Douglas Johnson Glanton Pegues WashingtonUAB Brown Wesley Love Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Douglas Johnson Glanton Pegues WashingtonTENNESSEE Brown Bowman Love Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Littlejohn Johnson Glanton Pegues Washingtonat West Virginia Brown Bowman Love Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Bobo (DB) Johnson Glanton Pegues O'Quinnat Kentucky Brown Bowman Love Hannibal O'Neal Hughes Douglas Johnson Fitzhugh Pegues O'QuinnAlabama Brown Glanton (DB) Love Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Douglas Johnson Fitzhugh Pegues O'Quinnat Arkansas Brown Bowman Love Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Douglas Johnson Fitzhugh Pegues O'QuinnOLE MISS Brown Bowman Love Hannibal O'Neal Chaney Douglas Johnson Fitzhugh Pegues O'Quinn

2007 MSU CAREER STARTS BY POSITION OFFENSE

LT

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Hamilton - 6

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Strauder - 29

Gates - 6

C

Blackledge - 24

RG

Jenkins - 11

Blackledge - 6

Gates - 2

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Jenkins - 12

Hamilton - 12

TE

Butler - 28

Sherrod - 17

Husband - 2

Jones - 1

WR

Burks - 15

Bell - 9

Smith - 8

Humphries - 7

Long - 6

Husband - 3

Riley - 1

McRae - 1

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Dixon - 16

Ducre - 2

Stallworth - 3

FB

Hoskins - 4

Hart - 4

Ducre - 1

Jones - 1

QB

Henig - 12

Carroll - 8

Riddell - 1

DEFENSE

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Hannibal - 12

Burns - 2

DT

Bowman - 8

Love - 8

McCraney - 4

Williams - 1

Wesley - 1

SLB

O’Neal - 28

Littlejohn - 4

MLB

Chaney - 11

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Hughes - 1

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Chaney - 14

Douglas - 10

Littlejohn - 9

Hughes - 1

SS

Glanton - 15

Fitzhugh - 13

Bobo - 11

FS

Pegues - 12

Glanton - 1

RCB

Washington - 6

O'Quinn - 5

Bobo - 3

Bowser - 1

LCB

Pegues - 12

Johnson - 11

O'Quinn - 1

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CAREER GAMES PLAYED

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Career 2007 2006 2005 2004 No. Name GP (CGP) S (CS) GP-S GP-S GP-S GP-S 48 Dezmond Sherrod 46 (46) 17 (0) 12-7 12-6 11-2 11-2 51 Avery Hannibal 46 (46) 12 (12) 12-12 12-0 11-0 11-0 5 Gabe O’Neal 45 (45) 28 (13) 12-12 12-6 11-5 10-5 88 Eric Butler 44 (21) 28 (0) 12-5 11-6 11-8 10-9 82 Jason Husband 43 (31) 5 (0) 11-0 12-2 8-2 11-1 54 Titus Brown 43 (24) 30 (21) 12-12 12-11 10-2 9-5 76 Royce Blackledge 37 (30) 30 (30) 12-12 12-12 9-6 4-0 43 Blake McAdams 35 (35) 35 (35) 12-12 12-12 11-11 — 56 Anthony Littlejohn 35 (35) 13 (0) 12-1 12-4 11-8 — 22 Jamar Chaney 35 (35) 25 (3) 12-11 12-11 11-3 — 1 Keith Fitzhugh 35 (35) 15 (4) 12-4 12-10 11-1 — 3 Derek Pegues 35 (35) 24 (24) 12-12 12-12 11-0 — 8 De'Mon Glanton 35 (35) 16 (0) 12-9 12-4 11-3 — 86 Lance Long 35 (35) 6 (0) 12-2 12-3 11-1 — 53 Anthony Strauder 34 (20) 29 (15) 12-12 11-6 11-11 — 35 Brandon Hart 33 (24) 4 (1) 12-3 12-1 9-0 — 6 Demario Bobo 33 (11) 14 (0) 11-2 2-0 10-9 10-3 9 Keon Humphries 32 (0) 8 (0) 10-0 11-3 10-5 1-0 25 Tyler Threadgill** 30 (9) 1 (0) 11-0 8-1 — 10-0 87 Aubrey Bell 29 (18) 11 (3) 12-8 6-2 11-1 — 37 Adam Carlson 28 (26) 27 (26) 12-12 12-12 4-3 — 78 Michael Gates 27 (12) 8 (1) 12-1 9-7 6-0 — 4 Tony Burks 24 (24) 15 (4) 12-8 12-7 — — 24 Anthony Dixon 24 (24) 16 (6) 12-11 12-5 — — 60 J.D. Hamilton 24 (24) 18 (12) 12-12 12-6 — — 75 Craig Jenkins 23 (0) 23 (0) 11-11 12-12 — — 11 Anthony Johnson 24 (24) 11 (8) 12-11 12-0 — — 18 Marcus Washington 23 (8) 6 (0) 11-6 12-0 — — 39 Tim Bailey 23 (19) — 12-0 11-0 — — 89 Jamayel Smith 23 (22) 10 (1) 12-6 10-4 1-0 — 92 Charles Burns 22 (0) 2 (0) — 11-1 11-1 — 7 Michael Henig 22 (1) 12 (0) 6-3 7-6 8-3 1-0 36 Jamon Hughes 21 (21) 2 (0) 12-1 9-1 — — 99 Quinton Wesley 20 (4) 1 (0) 11-1 9-0 — — 95 Kyle Love 20 (16) 8 (2) 12-8 8-0 — — 30 Arnil Stallworth 20 (12) 3 (0) 12-0 8-3 — — 84 Jeremy Jones 20 (12) 2 (0) 12-1 — 8-1 — 33 Justin Williams 20 (15) — 12-0 8-0 — — 45 Ben Shelton 19 (11) — 11-0 8-0 — — 77 Mike Brown 18 (18) 17 (17) 12-12 6-5 — — 28 Tay Bowser 16 (2) 1 (0) 7-1 9-0 — — 27 Jarvis Kyles 16 (12) — 12-0 4-0 — — 29 Christian Ducre 15 (12) 3 (0) 12-3 3-0 — — 10 Dominic Douglas 12 (12) 10 (4) 12-10 — — — 81 Brandon McRae 12 (12) 1 (0) 12-1 — — — 13 Wesley Carroll 12 (12) 8 (7) 12-8 — — — 46 Aaron Feld 12 (12) — 12-0 — — — 19 Anthony Summers 11 (0) — — 11-0 — — 42 Zach Smith 11 (4) — 11-0 — — — 90 Cortez McCraney 11 (6) 4 (0) 11-4 — — — 94 Jessie Bowman 11 (8) 8 (2) 11-8 — — — 23 Jasper O'Quinn 11 (9) 6 (5) 11-6 — — — 15 Co-Eric Riley 11 (5) 1 (0) 11-1 — — — 70 J.C. Brignone 10 (7) — 10-0 — — — 79 Derek Sherrod 10 (7) — 10-0 — — — 98 LaMarcus Williams 10 (5) 1 (0) 10-1 — — — 97 Jimmie Holmes 10 (1) — 10-0 — — — 52 Karlin Brown 9 (0) — 9-0 — — — 58 Johnny Carpenter 9 (0) — 6-0 3-0 — — 47 Ryan Mason 9 (7) — 9-0 — — — 34 K.J. Wright 9 (9) — 9-0 — — — 74 Mark Melichar 8 (0) — 8-0 — — — 38 Eric Hoskins 7 (0) 4 (0) 7-4 — — — 40 Chris Nance 5 (0) — 5-0 — — — 91 Rodney Prince 6 (1) — 6-0 — — — 93 Brandon Cooper 6 (6) — 6-0 — — — 67 Roland Terry 4 (0) — 2-0 — 2-0 — 17 Josh Riddell 3 (0) 1 (0) 3-1 — — — 49 Taurus Young 3 (0) — — 2-0 1-0 — 83 Austin Wilbanks 2 (0) — 2-0 — — — 63 Chris Spencer 1 (0) — — 1-0 — — 50 Devon Edwards 1 (0) — 1-0 — — — 85 Brandon Henderson 1 (0) — 1-0 — — — 44 Emmanuel Gatling 1 (0) — 1-0 — — — Mark Lynn 1 (0) — 1-0 — — — 26 Jarvis Williams 1 (0) — 1-0 — — — GP - games played CGP - consecutive games played S - starts CS - consecutive starts** - Threadgill played in one game in 2003

SCORING DRIVES

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Q TIME P-YD TOP SCORE

LSU

No scoring drives

TULANE

1 13:50 0-0 — O'Neal 47 INT return

1 5:10 6-56 2:37 Henig 18 run

2 6:25 11-82 4:11 Carlson 23 FG

3 11:30 9-67 3:30 Jones 8 pass from Henig

3 5:45 1-27 0:09 Dixon 27 run

4 9:33 6-38 2:57 Dixon 7 run

AUBURN

1 9:19 12-58 5:41 Carlson 32 FG

1 8:34 0-0 — Pegues 20 INT return

2 12:27 12-54 4:29 Carlson 30 FG

4 5:27 10-44 5:15 Ducre 5 run

GARDNER-WEBB

1 10:02 10-68 4:58 Dixon 9 run

1 7;55 0-0 — Glanton 60 INT return

2 2:42 8-58 2:58 Dixon 12 run

2 1:18 1-30 0:08 Burks 30 pass from Riddell

3 7:19 8-59 3:17 Carlson 33 FG

SOUTH CAROLINA

1 5:17 2-31 0:50 Bell 28 pass from Riddell

2 2:20 14-62 7:00 Dixon 1 run

3 8:56 5-48 1:43 Dixon 2 run

UAB

2 10:01 5-45 1:53 Carlson 39 FG

3 5:46 17-75 9:06 Dixon 1 run

4 8:00 11-80 5:18 Dixon 10 run

4 2:03 9-60 3:52 Dixon 12 run

4 1:49 0-0 — Johnson 30 INT return

Q TIME P-YD TOP SCORE

TENNESSEE

1 5:21 3-38 0:50 Burks 38 pass from Carroll

2 14:52 8-76 3:10 Dixon 30 run

3 8:21 8-62 3:43 Smith 14 pass from Carroll

WEST VIRGINIA

1 3:51 5-29 2:32 Dixon 1 run

2 9:50 13-58 5:10 Ducre 3 run

KENTUCKY

1 9:08 14-80 5:52 Husband 11 pass from Carroll

2 13:36 17-80 6:41 Dixon 1 pass from Carroll

3 12:27 7-19 2:33 Carlson 31 FG

3 8:16 5-26 1:58 Dixon 1 run

4 8:15 2-39 0:53 Ducre 34 run

ALABAMA

2 4:12 11-52 4:24 Carlson 34 FG

2 0:04 0-0 0:00 Johnson 100 INT return

3 11:35 5-25 1:40 Dixon 3 run

ARKANSAS


3 10:20 9-60 2:58 Carlson 25 FG

3 3:17 1-35 0:07 Burks 35 pass from Carroll


4 5:00 9-60 1:48 Husband 19 pass from Carroll

OLE MISS

4 7:51 6-46 2:14 Dixon 4 pass from Carroll

4 2:38 0-0 0:00 Pegues 75 punt return

4 0:12 6-34 0:31 Carlson 48 FG

MISCELLANEOUS TEAM STATISTICS

IN THE RED ZONE (20 YARDS AND IN)*

MSU SCORES/RED ZONE ENTRIES - 28-32 (87.5%)

Scores - 28

Touchdowns - 21 (Passing - 7, Rushing - 14), Field Goals - 7

Non-Scores - 4

Missed Field Goals - 1, Loss of Downs - 0, Punts - 0

Turnovers - 2 (Fumbles - 0, Interceptions - 2, Blocked Field Goal - 0)

End of half - 0; End of game - 1

OPPONENT SCORES/RED ZONE ENTRIES - 31-43 (72.1%)

Scores - 31

Touchdowns - 22 (Passing - 12, Rushing - 10), Field Goals - 9

Non-Scores - 12

Missed Field Goals - 3, Loss of Downs - 5, Punts - 0

Turnovers - 4 (Fumbles - 1, Interceptions - 2, Blocked Field Goal - 1)

End of half - 0; End of game - 0

TURNOVERS

Takeaways - 24

Giveaways - 27

Difference - (-3)

Ratio Per Game: (-0.25)

Points Off TOs - MSU 82 (11 TD, 2 FG, 10 PAT[1], 0 PAT[2])

Opp. 68 (8 TD, 4 FG, 8 PAT[1], 0 PAT[2])

Points Off TOs/Game - MSU 6.8, Opp. 5.7

KICKOFFS

Touchbacks - 2 (2/55, 3%)

Opp. Returns - 49, 1035 yards (Avg. Return — 21.1)

Fair Catches - 4 • Out of Bounds - 2

Onside Kicks - 1 (0 recovered)

CONVERSIONS

3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS (BY QUARTER)

1 2 3 4 OT Total

MISSISSIPPI STATE 23-45 13-44 17-40 17-48 — 70-177

Pct. 48% 40% 43% 35% — 40%

Opponents 21-44 19-47 12-39 17-50 — 69-180

Pct. 48% 40% 31% 34% — 38%

3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS (BY DISTANCE)

3rd and: 1-3 4-6 7-10 11+ Total

MISSISSIPPI STATE 32-50 17-36 13-59 8-32 70-177

Pct. 64% 47% 22% 25% 40%

Opponents 30-40 15-43 17-62 7-35 69-180

Pct. 75% 35% 27% 20% 38%

4TH DOWN CONVERSIONS (BY QUARTER)

1 2 3 4 OT Total

MISSISSIPPI STATE 1-3 2-2 2-3 1-7 — 6-15

Pct. 33% 100% 67% 14% — 40%

Opponents 0-0 0-2 2-4 0-8 — 2-14

Pct. 0% 0% 50% 0% — 14%

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 0 9 2-6-1 26-10-0 14-33-6 136 0 59-146 5-35.6 3-1 7-39 3-14 27:15

LSU 45 22 11-10-1 50-198-3 14-22-0 149 3 72-347 7-44.9 0-0 8-60 6-14 32:45

MState 38 27 14-10-3 54-266-3 20-31-1 223 1 85-489 3-37.3 2-1 8-85 10-16 39:04

at Tulane 17 8 1-6-1 17-44-1 16-29-1 199 1 46-243 7-40.9 3-2 7-60 4-12 20:56

MState 19 14 11-2-1 43-172-1 5-18-0 41 0 61-213 6-43.3 2-1 7-40 7-16 29:11

at Auburn 14 16 12-3-1 46-216-2 12-22-3 107 0 68-323 4-41.2 2-2 4-42 9-16 30:49

@ MState 31 19 11-7-1 39-215-2 12-19-1 166 1 58-381 4-37.2 4-1 9-102 3-10 28:07

Gardner-Webb 15 20 8-8-4 35-131-1 21-37-1 203 0 72-334 5-37.8 4-1 7-63 3-14 31:53

MState 21 18 10-6-2 42-140-2 12-27-1 180 1 69-258 7-39.1 1-0 9-87 3-13 30:21

@ South Carolina 38 21 10-9-2 35-123-3 19-37-1 279 2 72-402 4-33.5 1-0 11-94 9-18 29:39

@ MState 30 16 10-6-0 45-165-3 11-20-2 119 0 65-284 4-42.0 0-0 1-15 8-15 32:03

UAB 13 11 0-10-1 23-71-0 16-35-1 217 1 58-288 6-47.3 2-0 10-70 6-16 27:57

@ MState 21 18 7-9-2 36-135-1 18-33-0 203 2 69-338 7-41.0 0-0 2-14 6-16 28:21

Tennessee 33 23 12-10-1 42-211-1 22-36-1 259 2 78-470 4-42.8 1-0 7-72 5-15 31:39

MState 13 12 2-9-1 33-45-2 18-35-0 169 0 68-214 8-36.6 3-3 7-45 8-19 31:30

@ West Virginia 38 17 8-5-4 42-262-2 12-20-1 84 2 62-346 5-36.8 1-0 9-82 6-16 28:30

MState 31 22 14-8-0 51-200-2 17-28-0 152 2 79-352 6-41.3 5-1 2-20 7-15 34:09

@ Kentucky 14 19 8-10-1 27-89-0 24-42-3 230 2 69-319 2-37.0 4-3 5-21 6-15 25:51

@ MState 17 14 9-5-0 42-115-1 9-21-1 100 0 63-215 7-36.4 1-0 8-75 7-16 30:31

Alabama 12 23 12-7-4 37-153-0 16-35-2 121 0 72-274 4-44.8 1-0 1-5 4-14 29:29

MState 31 27 4-21-2 31-80-0 29-51-4 421 4 82-501 4-33.5 1-1 3-31 6-15 30:50

@ Arkansas 45 20 11-8-1 45-206-0 15-18-0 224 4 63-429 6-41.7 0-0 6-59 5-13 29:10

@ MState 17 10 4-6-0 25-81-0 15-36-1 192 1 61-273 8-41.2 1-1 9-80 2-12 23:43

Ole Miss 14 21 12-7-2 50-204-1 10-30-1 115 1 80-319 7-36.6 3-1 6-42 6-17 36:17

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

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Rec.-Yds.-TD #4 Burks #30 Stallworth #39 Hoskins #82 Husband #86 Long #87 Bell #88 Butler #89 Smith

LSU 1-45-0 3-33-0 DNP 1-26-0 2-16-0 0-0-0 1-(-1)-0 1-11-0

at Tulane 4-31-0 1-(-4)-0 DNP 2-27-0 2-13-0 1-33-0 2-13-0 4-53-0

at Auburn 1-15-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 1-6-0 1-16-0 0-0-0 0-0-0

GARDNER-WEBB 2-49-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 2-5-0 2-30-0 1-12-0 1-25-0

at South Carolina 2-44-0 1-5-0 DNP 1-0-0 0-0-0 1-28-1 1-11-0 1-9-0

UAB 1-5-0 1-6-0 1-15-0 0-0-0 2-21-0 1-19-0 1-15-0 4-38-0

TENNESSEE 5-79-1 2-16-0 2-7-0 1-7-0 0-0-0 1-4-0 0-0-0 5-70-1

at West Virginia 6-41-0 2-12-0 2-15-0 3-22-0 0-0-0 1-5-0 0-0-0 1-22-0

at Kentucky 2-21-0 0-0-0 2-18-0 2-33-1 1-9-0 2-25-0 1-15-0 0-0-0

Alabama 2-29-0 0-0-0 2-15-0 0-0-0 1-3-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-19-0

at Arkansas 4-59-1 0-0-0 0-0-0 6-78-1 2-25-0 2-10-0 0-0-0 10-208-2

OLE MISS 2-22-0 0-0-0 DNP 0-0-0 1-5-0 2-16-0 0-0-0 3-48-0

Att.-Yds.-TD #7 Henig #13 Carroll #17 Riddell #24 Dixon #29 Ducre #33 Williams

LSU 5-(-25)-0 3-(-6)-0 DNP 13-29-0 1-2-0 4-10-0

at Tulane 6-23-1 1-1-0 DNP 27-131-2 9-46-0 9-60-0

at Auburn 0-0-0 0-0-0 1-(-4)-0 29-103-0 10-63-1 0-0-0

GARDNER-WEBB DNP 2-33-0 2-10-0 15-88-2 10-51-0 6-27-0

at South Carolina DNP 2-(-4)-0 1-(-11)-0 22-83-2 15-68-0 0-0-0

UAB 1-(-6)-0 2-1-0 DNP 32-152-3 8-20-0 0-0-0

TENNESSEE 0-0-0 4-11-0 DNP 26-108-1 3-6-0 2-(-1)-0

at West Virginia DNP 4-(-28)-0 DNP 20-61-1 7-23-1 0-0-0

at Kentucky DNP 5-3-0 DNP 25-75-1 19-119-1 0-0-0

Alabama DNP 4-(-11)-0 DNP 26-84-1 12-42-0 0-0-0

at Arkansas DNP 7-20-0 DNP 17-40-0 7-20-0 0-0-0

OLE MISS 1-(-5)-0 7-26-0 DNP 11-26-0 5-7-0 0-0-0

TT-UT-AT-TFL-Sck. #1 Fitzhugh #3 Pegues #5 O’Neal #10 Douglas #22 Chaney #36 Hughes #51 Hannibal #54 Brown

LSU 3-2-1-1.0-0 3-2-1-0-0 5-4-1-0-0 9-5-4-1.5-1.0 5-4-1-0-0 3-0-3-0-0 4-0-4-0.5-0 4-3-1-1.0-1.0

at Tulane 5-4-1-1.0-1.0 1-1-0-0-0 4-2-2-0-0 3-3-0-0-0 6-4-2-0-0 1-1-0-0-0 1-0-1-0-0 2-2-0-1.0-0

at Auburn 3-1-2-0-0 5-3-2-0-0 7-6-1-1.0-0 9-3-6-0.5-0 8-3-5-1.0-0 4-3-1-0-0 1-1-0-0-0 1-1-0-1.0-1.0

GARDNER-WEBB 3-2-1-0.5-0 2-0-2-0-0 10-7-3-0-0 6-4-2-0-0 8-4-4-0-0 3-1-2-0-0 3-1-2-0-0 6-4-2-3.0-2.0

at South Carolina 1-1-0-0-0 5-4-1-0-0 7-7-0-1.0-0 3-2-1-1.0-0 4-4-0-0-0 6-5-1-0-0 1-1-0-0-0 3-3-0-2.0-2.0

UAB 1-0-1-0-0 2-1-1-0-0 3-0-3-0-0 10-5-5-1.5-0 11-2-9-1.0-0 2-0-2-0-0 2-0-2-0-0 0-0-0-0-0

TENNESSEE 0-0-0-0-0 10-4-6-0-0 9-4-5-1.5-0 5-2-3-0-0 8-5-3-0.5-0 8-3-5-0-0 5-0-5-1.5-0 6-5-1-1.5-0

at West Virginia 8-5-3-1.5-0 5-4-1-0-0 5-2-3-0-0 5-3-2-0.5-0 1-0-1-0-0 12-6-6-0.5-0 6-3-3-1.0-0 3-1-2-0.5-0

at Kentucky 6-3-3-0-0 4-1-3-0-0 4-3-1-0-0 7-4-3-0-0 3-0-3-0-0 9-4-5-0-0 5-4-1-3.0-2.0 2-1-1-1.0-1.0

ALABAMA 10-6-4-0-0 1-1-0-0-0 4-2-2-1.0-0 8-2-6-2.0-0 5-1-4-0-0 3-2-1-1.5-0 7-3-4-0.5-0 3-2-1-1.0-1.0

at Arkansas 3-3-0-1.0-0 5-5-0-0-0 4-2-2-1.0-0 4-2-2-1.0-0 14-9-5-1.0-0 6-6-0-1.0-0 3-3-0-0-0 2-2-0-0-0

OLE MISS 6-1-5-0.5-0 3-2-1-1.0-0 8-5-3-2.0-1.0 5-3-2-0-0 8-1-7-0-0 2-0-2-0.5-0 5-2-3-1.0-0 8-4-4-1.5-0

RUSHING

RECEIVING

GAME-BY-GAME TACKLES

PASSING FIELD GOALS PUNTING

Cmp-Att-Int-Yds-TD #7 Henig #13 Carroll

LSU 11-28-6-120-0 3-5-0-16-0

at Tulane 20-31-1-223-1 0-0-0-0-0

at Auburn 1-3-0-16-0 3-10-0-10-0

GARDNER-WEBB DNP 4-8-0-42-0

at South Carolina DNP 3-6-0-17-0

UAB 2-8-2-26-0 9-12-0-93-0

TENNESSEE 0-0-0-0-0 18-33-0-203-2

at West Virginia DNP 18-35-0-169-0

at Kentucky DNP 17-28-0-152-2

Alabama DNP 9-21-1-100-0

at Arkansas DNP 29-51-4-421-4

OLE MISS 2-6-0-62-0 13-28-1-130-1

Made, Missed #37 Carlson

LSU —

at Tulane 42, 23, 51

at Auburn 32, 30

GARDNER-WEBB 27, 33

at South Carolina —

UAB 39

TENNESSEE —

at West Virginia —

at Kentucky 31

Alabama 35

at Arkansas 25

OLE MISS 48

No.-Avg.-In 20 #43 McAdams

LSU 5-35.6-1

at Tulane 3-37.3-2

at Auburn 6-43.3-1

GARDNER-WEBB 4-37.2-3

at South Carolina 6-45.7-1

UAB 4-42.0-1

TENNESSEE 6-42.8-0

at West Virginia 8-36.6-2

at Kentucky 6-41.3-3

Alabama 6-39.5-1

at Arkansas 4-33.5-0

OLE MISS 8-41.2-2

GAME-BY-GAME STATISTICS

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20-YARD PLUS PLAYS Yards Type Player(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Opponent *100 INT Anthony Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alabama *80 Pass Jamayel Smith from Wesley Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas *75 PR Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss *60 INT De’Mon Glanton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardner-Webb 53 Pass Anthony Dixon from Michael Henig. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss 51 KR Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Virginia *47 INT Gabe O’Neal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulane 45 Pass Tony Burks from Michael Henig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU 40 INT Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alabama 39 KR Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas *38 Pass Tony Burks from Wesley Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tennessee 37 PR Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas *35 Pass Tony Burks from Wesley Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas 35 Pass Tony Burks from Josh Riddell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Carolina 35 KR Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas *34 Rush Christian Ducre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kentucky 33 Pass Brandon McRae from Michael Henig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulane 33 Pass Aubrey Bell from Michael Henig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulane 31 Pass Jamayel Smith from Wesley Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas 31 Pass Jamayel Smith from Wesley Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss 30 KR Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU 30 Pass Co-Eric Riley from Wesley Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Virginia *30 Pass Tony Burks from Josh Riddell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardner-Webb *30 INT Anthony Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UAB *30 Rush Anthony Dixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tennessee 29 KR Co-Eric Riley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardner-Webb 29 KR Co-Eric Riley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Carolina 29 Pass Jamayel Smith from Michael Henig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulane 29 KR Lance Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tennessee 28 KR Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas *28 Pass Aubrey Bell from Josh Riddell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Carolina 27 Rush Jamayel Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ole Miss *27 Rush Anthony Dixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulane 27 Rush Wesley Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardner-Webb 27 Pass Jamayel Smith from Wesley Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas 27 Pass Jason Husband from Michael Henig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulane 26 Pass Jason Husband from Michael Henig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU 26 KR Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulane 25 KR Christian Ducre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UAB 25 KR Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn 25 KR Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas 25 Pass Jamayel Smith from Josh Riddell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardner-Webb 24 Rush Justin Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulane 24 KR Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU 24 PR Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas 24 KR Justin Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Virginia 23 KR Co-Eric Riley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Carolina 23 KR Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Virginia 23 Rush Anthony Dixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardner-Webb 23 KR Christian Ducre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UAB 23 PR Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gardner-Webb 23 Pass Jamayel Smith from Michael Henig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UAB 22 Rush Anthony Dixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Carolina 22 Pass Jason Husband from Wesley Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kentucky 22 FGR Marcus Washington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . UAB 22 KR Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Arkansas 22 Pass Jamayel Smith from Wesley Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . West Virginia 22 Rush Christian Ducre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kentucky 21 KR Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tulane 21 KR Justin Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . South Carolina 20 Pass Arnil Stallworth from Michael Henig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LSU 20 Pass Jamayel Smith from Wesley Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tennessee 20 KR Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alabama *20 INT Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Auburn

* touchdown scored on play

LONG PLAYS BY THE NUMBERS Long Plays By Yards No. TD 100+ 1 1 90-99 0 0 80-89 1 1 70-79 1 1 60-69 1 1 50-59 2 0 40-49 3 1 30-39 16 6 20-29 39 3

Long Plays By Type No. TD Rushing 9 3 Passing 23 5 Punt returns 4 1 Kick returns 21 0 Interceptions 6 5 Fumble returns 0 0 Other 1 0 TOTAL 64 14

20-YARD PLUS BY PLAYER Player No. TD R P KR PR IR FRDerek Pegues 19 2 0 0 13 4 2 0Jamayel Smith 10 1 1 9 0 0 0 0Tony Burks 5 3 0 5 0 0 0 0Anthony Dixon 5 2 4 1 0 0 0 0Christian Ducre 4 1 2 0 2 0 0 0Co-Eric Riley 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 0Jason Husband 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0Justin Williams 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 0Anthony Johnson 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0Aubrey Bell 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0De’Mon Glanton 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0Gabe O’Neal 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0Arnil Stallworth 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0Marcus Washington 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1Wesley Carroll 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0Lance Long 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0Brandon McRae 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0TOTAL 64 14 9 23 21 4 6 1

LONGEST PLAYS OF THE YEARRUSHING 34 Christian Ducre vs Kentucky (10/27/2007)

RUSHING TOUCHDOWN 34 Christian Ducre vs Kentucky (10/27/2007)

PASSING 80 Jamayel Smith from Wesley Carroll vs Arkansas (11/17/2007)

PASSING TOUCHDOWN 80 Jamayel Smith from Wesley Carroll vs Arkansas (11/17/2007)

PUNT RETURN 75 Derek Pegues vs Ole Miss (11/23/2007)

KICK RETURN 51 Derek Pegues vs West Virginia (10/19/2007)

INTERCEPTION RETURN 100 Anthony Johnson vs Alabama (11/10/2007)

FIELD GOAL RETURN 22 Marcus Washington vs UAB (10/6/2007)

PUNT 73 Blake McAdams vs Auburn (9/15/2007)

FIELD GOAL 48 Adam Carlson vs Ole Miss (11/23/2007)

BIG PLAY BREAKDOWN

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NUMERICAL ROSTER

NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. EXP. HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL) 1 Keith Fitzhugh DB 5-11 206 Jr. 2L Hampton, Ga. (Lovejoy)

2 Robert Elliott RB 6-0 192 Fr. HS Okolona, Miss. (Okolona)

3 Derek Pegues DB 5-10 196 Jr. 2L Batesville, Miss. (South Panola)

4 Tony Burks WR 6-4 217 Sr. 1L Gulfport, Miss. (Mississippi Gulf Coast CC)

5 Gabe O’Neal LB 6-1 220 Sr. 3L Columbus, Miss. (Columbus)

6 Demario Bobo DB 6-0 180 Jr. 2L Courtland, Miss. (South Panola)

7 Michael Henig QB 6-1 195 Jr. 2L Montgomery, Ala. (Jefferson Davis)

8 De’Mon Glanton DB 6-1 190 Jr. 2L Atlanta, Ga. (Mays)

9 Keon Humphries DB 5-10 180 Jr. 2L Montgomery, Ala. (Lanier)

10 Dominic Douglas LB 6-2 227 Jr. TR Clinton, Miss. (Hinds CC)

11 Anthony Johnson DB 5-10 194 So. 1L Jackson, Miss. (Hargrave [VA] Military Acad.)

13 Wesley Carroll QB 6-1 190 Fr. HS Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas)

14 Chris Relf QB 6-3 211 Fr. HS Montgomery, Ala. (Carver)

15 Co-Eric Riley WR 6-1 200 Jr. TR Lucedale, Miss. (Mississippi Gulf Coast CC)

16 Zack Harrington QB 6-0 185 So. SQ Hattiesburg, Miss. (Southeastern La.)

17 Josh Riddell QB 6-1 195 Jr. TR Salem, Ore. (Foothill College)

18 Marcus Washington DB 5-10 180 So. 1L Missouri City, Texas (Fort Bend Marshall)

19 Anthony Summers DB 6-2 188 So. 1L Olive Branch, Miss. (Olive Branch)

20 Wade Bonner DB 5-10 180 Fr. HS Mason, Tenn. (Fayette Ware)

22 Jamar Chaney LB 6-1 236 Jr. 2L Fort Pierce, Fla. (St. Lucie West Centennial)

23 Jasper O’Quinn DB 5-10 185 Jr. TR Bude, Miss. (Copiah-Lincoln [Miss.] CC)

24 Anthony Dixon RB 6-1 240 So. 1L Jackson, Miss. (Terry)

25 Tyler Threadgill WR 5-10 195 Sr. 2L Philadelphia, Miss. (Philadelphia)

26 Jarvis Williams DB 5-11 170 So. SQ Jackson, Miss. (Provine)

26 Damein Anderson DB 5-11 175 Fr. HS Hazlehurst, Miss. (Hazlehurst)

27 Jarvis Kyles DB 6-0 185 So. SQ Milledgeville, Ga. (Baldwin)

28 Tay Bowser DB 6-3 185 So. 1L Gilmer, Texas (Gilmer)

29 Christian Ducré RB 6-0 222 So. SQ LaCombe, La. (Fontainebleau)

30 Arnil Stallworth RB 5-10 200 So. 1L Daphne, Ala. (Daphne)

31 Jamie Jones LB 6-0 215 Fr. HS Springdale, Ark. (Springdale)

32 Marcus Green RB 6-2 230 Fr. HS Scooba, Miss. (Kemper County)

33 Justin Williams RB 5-10 207 Sr. 1L Tallulah, La. (Grambling)

34 K.J. Wright LB 6-3 215 Fr. HS Olive Branch, Miss. (Olive Branch)

35 Brandon Hart RB 5-11 240 Jr. 2L LaGrange, Ga. (Troup County)

36 Jamon Hughes LB 6-0 230 So. 1L Rolling Fork, Miss. (Humphreys County)

37 Adam Carlson K/P 6-4 195 Jr. 2L Gulfport, Miss. (Gulfport)

38 Eric Hoskins FB 5-11 230 Jr. RS Weir, Miss. (Holmes CC)

39 Tim Bailey DL 6-3 241 Jr. 1L Glen Allan, Miss. (Mississippi Delta CC)

40 Chris Nance DB 5-10 182 Jr. TR Tuscumbia, Ala. (Northeast Mississippi CC)

41 Brad Moore K/P 6-1 190 RFr. RS Starkville, Miss. (Starkville Academy)

41 Eric Richards K/P 6-4 227 Fr. HS Vicksburg, Miss. (Warren Central)

42 Zach Smith DB 6-0 180 Fr. HS Altoona, Ala. (Susan Moore)

43 Blake McAdams P 5-10 190 Jr. 2L Ripley, Tenn. (Ripley)

44 Emmanuel Gatling DB 6-2 200 RFr. RS McAllen, Texas (Rowe)

44 Ethan Stockett FB 6-1 255 Fr. HS Fort Smith, Ark. (Southside)

45 Ben Shelton WR 5-11 196 Sr. 1L Vicksburg, Miss. (Hinds CC)

46 Aaron Feld SN 6-1 225 RFr. RS Homewood, Ala. (Homewood)

47 Ryan Mason WR 6-4 217 Jr. RS Mobile, Ala. (Mississippi Delta CC)

48 Dezmond Sherrod TE 6-3 245 Sr. 3L Columbus, Miss. (Caledonia)

49 Taurus Young RB 5-8 228 Jr. SQ Kilmichael, Miss. (Montgomery County)

49 Terrell Johnson LB 6-2 210 Fr. HS Cullomburg, Ala. (Southern Choctaw)

50 Devon Edwards LB 6-0 217 Fr. HS Coffeeville, Ala. (Hargrave Military Academy)

51 Avery Hannibal DL 6-1 240 Sr. 3L LaGrange, Ga. (Troup County)

52 Karlin Brown LB 5-9 195 Fr. RS Tallahassee, Fla. (Lincoln)

53 Anthony Strauder OL 6-3 290 Jr. 2L Natchez, Miss. (Natchez)

54 Titus Brown DL 6-3 250 Sr. 3L Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Hillcrest)

55 Quentin Saulsberry DL 6-3 286 Fr. HS Coldwater, Miss. (Independence)

56 Anthony Littlejohn LB 6-1 230 Jr. 2L Jacksonville, Fla. (Englewood)

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NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. EXP. HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL) 58 Johnny Carpenter OL 6-2 290 So. SQ Citronelle, Ala. (Citronelle)

59 Mark Brown LB 5-11 225 So. SQ Madison, Miss. (Madison Central)

60 J.D. Hamilton OL 6-4 300 Sr. 1L Natchez, Miss. (Copiah-Lincoln [Miss.] CC)

61 Mark Lynn LB 6-0 210 RFr. RS Madison, Miss. (Madison Central)

62 Addison Lawrence OL 6-4 265 Fr. HS Coldwater, Miss. (Magnolia Heights)

63 Chris Spencer OL 6-3 305 So. SQ Meridian, Miss. (Meridian)

65 Anthony Bowles SN 5-11 220 Jr. SQ Grenada, Miss. (Grenada)

66 D.J. Looney OL 6-1 290 Fr. HS Birmingham, Ala. (Oak Mountain)

67 Roland Terry OL 6-7 298 Jr. SQ Meridian, Miss. (Lamar School)

70 J.C. Brignone OL 6-1 290 RFr. RS Pass Christian, Miss. (St. Stanislaus)

72 John McMillan OL 6-2 285 RFr. RS Paragould, Ark. (Paragould)

73 Dakota Merritt OL 6-5 302 Fr. HS Cantonment, Fla. (West Florida Tech)

74 Mark Melichar OL 6-5 290 RFr. RS Birmingham, Ala. (Oak Mountain)

75 Craig Jenkins OL 6-4 315 So. 1L Pearl, Miss. (Pearl)

76 Royce Blackledge OL 6-4 293 Sr. 3L Sandersville, Miss. (Northeast Jones)

77 Michael Brown OL 6-5 300 Jr. 1L College Park, Ga. (Florida)

78 Michael Gates OL 6-4 305 Jr. 2L Fairburn, Ga. (Sandy Creek)

79 Derek Sherrod OL 6-5 298 Fr. HS Columbus, Miss. (Caledonia)

80 Alex Carpenter WR 6-0 182 RFr. RS Biggersville, Miss. (Biggersville)

81 Brandon McRae WR 6-4 200 So. RS Chester, Va. (Morehead State)

82 Jason Husband TE 6-3 230 Sr. 3L Jackson, Miss. (Jim Hill)

83 Austin Wilbanks TE 6-3 245 So. RS Forest, Miss. (Mississippi College)

84 Jeremy Jones RB 6-2 275 Jr. SQ Harvey, La. (West Jefferson)

85 Brandon Henderson TE 6-1 250 RFr. RS Fayetteville, Ga. (Fayette County)

86 Lance Long WR 5-11 186 Sr. 2L Macomb, Mich. (Western Michigan)

87 Aubrey Bell WR 6-3 217 Jr. 2L Prichard, Ala. (Blount)

88 Eric Butler TE 6-3 255 Sr. 3L Moss Point, Miss. (Moss Point)

89 Jamayel Smith WR 6-0 183 Jr. 1L East Point, Ga. (Hargrave [VA] Mil. Aca.)

90 Cortez McCraney DL 6-4 272 Jr. RS Southaven, Miss. (Memphis)

91 Rodney Prince DL 6-3 252 RFr. RS Irondale, Ala. (Shades Valley)

92 Charles Burns DL 6-3 265 Jr. 2L Hattiesburg, Miss. (Hattiesburg)

93 Brandon Cooper DL 6-3 240 RFr. RS Missouri City, Texas (Fort Bend Marshall)

94 Jessie Bowman DL 6-1 305 Jr. TR Brookhaven, Miss. (Copiah-Lincoln [Miss.] CC)

95 Kyle Love DL 6-1 312 So. 1L Fairburn, Ga. (North Clayton)

96 Reggie Odom DL 6-0 295 RFr. RS Deland, Fla. (Deland)

97 Jimmie Holmes DL 6-3 235 Jr. TR Aiken, S.C. (Mississippi Delta CC)

98 LaMarcus Williams DL 6-1 290 Fr. HS Bastrop, La. (Bastrop)

99 Quinton Wesley DL 6-4 315 So. 1L Atlanta, Ga. (Crim)

Robert Ambers QB 5-11 181 So. SQ Venice, Calif. (Venice HS)

Andrew Ellard WR 5-11 180 So. SQ Natchez, Miss. (Cathedral)

Robert Gurley DB 6-2 190 Fr. HS Dothan, Ala. (Houston Academy)

Josh Hines LB 5-11 215 Fr. HS Rome, Ga. (Rome)

Cole Richardson K/P 5-11 180 Fr. HS Hattiesburg, Miss. (Oak Grove)

Major Sosebee WR 6-2 185 So. SQ Warrior, Ala. (Sumiton Christian)

Kevin Valenti DB 5-10 188 Fr. HS Tampa, Fla. (Jesuit)

Davonne Wilson DE 6-3 220 RFr. RS Smyrna, Ga. (Campbell)

Spencer Yates OL 6-3 250 Fr. HS Brandon, Miss. (Northwest Rankin)

3 Derek Pegues ...............................................puh-GEESE

7 Michael Henig .................................................. HEN-igg

17 Josh Riddell ......................................................RIDD-uhl

29 Christian Ducre ...............................................doo-CREE

45 De’mon Glanton ...........................................duh-MAHN

47 Dominic Douglas ......................................... dom-in-EEK

48 Dezmond Sherrod ..........................................shuh-ROD

53 Anthony Strauder ........................................ STRAW-der

70 J.C. Brignone .............................................brig-NO-nee

74 Mark Melichar ............................................MELL-eh-car

79 Derek Sherrod ................................................shuh-ROD

89 JAMAYEL Smith ...............................................juh-MAIL

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NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. EXP. HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL) Robert Ambers QB 5-11 181 So. SQ Venice, Calif. (Venice HS)

26 Damein Anderson DB 5-11 175 Fr. HS Hazlehurst, Miss. (Hazlehurst)

39 Tim Bailey DL 6-3 241 Jr. 1L Glen Allan, Miss. (Mississippi Delta CC)

87 Aubrey Bell WR 6-3 217 Jr. 2L Prichard, Ala. (Blount)

76 Royce Blackledge OL 6-4 293 Sr. 3L Sandersville, Miss. (Northeast Jones)

6 Demario Bobo DB 6-0 180 Jr. 2L Courtland, Miss. (South Panola)

20 Wade Bonner DB 5-10 180 Fr. HS Mason, Tenn. (Fayette Ware)

65 Anthony Bowles SN 5-11 220 Jr. SQ Grenada, Miss. (Grenada)

94 Jessie Bowman DL 6-1 305 Jr. TR Brookhaven, Miss. (Copiah-Lincoln [Miss.] CC)

28 Tay Bowser DB 6-3 185 So. 1L Gilmer, Texas (Gilmer)

70 J.C. Brignone OL 6-1 290 RFr. RS Pass Christian, Miss. (St. Stanislaus)

52 Karlin Brown LB 5-9 195 Fr. RS Tallahassee, Fla. (Lincoln)

59 Mark Brown LB 5-11 225 So. SQ Madison, Miss. (Madison Central)

77 Michael Brown OL 6-5 300 Jr. 1L College Park, Ga. (Florida)

54 Titus Brown DL 6-3 250 Sr. 3L Tuscaloosa, Ala. (Hillcrest)

4 Tony Burks WR 6-4 217 Sr. 1L Gulfport, Miss. (Mississippi Gulf Coast CC)

92 Charles Burns DL 6-3 265 Jr. 2L Hattiesburg, Miss. (Hattiesburg)

88 Eric Butler TE 6-3 255 Sr. 3L Moss Point, Miss. (Moss Point)

37 Adam Carlson K/P 6-4 195 Jr. 2L Gulfport, Miss. (Gulfport)

80 Alex Carpenter WR 6-0 182 RFr. RS Biggersville, Miss. (Biggersville)

58 Johnny Carpenter OL 6-2 290 So. SQ Citronelle, Ala. (Citronelle)

13 Wesley Carroll QB 6-1 190 Fr. HS Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (St. Thomas Aquinas)

22 Jamar Chaney LB 6-1 236 Jr. 2L Fort Pierce, Fla. (St. Lucie West Centennial)

93 Brandon Cooper DL 6-3 240 RFr. RS Missouri City, Texas (Fort Bend Marshall)

24 Anthony Dixon RB 6-1 240 So. 1L Jackson, Miss. (Terry)

10 Dominic Douglas LB 6-2 227 Jr. TR Clinton, Miss. (Hinds CC)

29 Christian Ducré RB 6-0 222 So. SQ LaCombe, La. (Fontainebleau)

50 Devon Edwards LB 6-0 217 Fr. HS Coffeeville, Ala. (Hargrave Military Academy)

Andrew Ellard WR 5-11 180 So. SQ Natchez, Miss. (Cathedral)

2 Robert Elliott RB 6-0 192 Fr. HS Okolona, Miss. (Okolona)

46 Aaron Feld SN 6-1 225 RFr. RS Homewood, Ala. (Homewood)

1 Keith Fitzhugh DB 5-11 206 Jr. 2L Hampton, Ga. (Lovejoy)

78 Michael Gates OL 6-4 305 Jr. 2L Fairburn, Ga. (Sandy Creek)

44 Emmanuel Gatling DB 6-2 200 RFr. RS McAllen, Texas (Rowe)

8 De’Mon Glanton DB 6-1 190 Jr. 2L Atlanta, Ga. (Mays)

32 Marcus Green RB 6-2 230 Fr. HS Scooba, Miss. (Kemper County)

Robert Gurley DB 6-2 190 Fr. HS Dothan, Ala. (Houston Academy)

60 J.D. Hamilton OL 6-4 300 Sr. 1L Natchez, Miss. (Copiah-Lincoln [Miss.] CC)

51 Avery Hannibal DL 6-1 240 Sr. 3L LaGrange, Ga. (Troup County)

16 Zack Harrington QB 6-0 185 So. SQ Hattiesburg, Miss. (Southeastern La.)

35 Brandon Hart RB 5-11 240 Jr. 2L LaGrange, Ga. (Troup County)

85 Brandon Henderson TE 6-1 250 RFr. RS Fayetteville, Ga. (Fayette County)

7 Michael Henig QB 6-1 195 Jr. 2L Montgomery, Ala. (Jefferson Davis)

Josh Hines LB 5-11 215 Fr. HS Rome, Ga. (Rome)

97 Jimmie Holmes DL 6-3 235 Jr. TR Aiken, S.C. (Mississippi Delta CC)

38 Eric Hoskins FB 5-11 230 Jr. RS Weir, Miss. (Holmes CC)

36 Jamon Hughes LB 6-0 230 So. 1L Rolling Fork, Miss. (Humphreys County)

9 Keon Humphries DB 5-10 180 Jr. 2L Montgomery, Ala. (Lanier)

82 Jason Husband TE 6-3 230 Sr. 3L Jackson, Miss. (Jim Hill)

Russell Jackson DL 6-0 246 RFr. RS Athens, Ala. (Elkmont)

75 Craig Jenkins OL 6-4 315 So. 1L Pearl, Miss. (Pearl)

11 Anthony Johnson DB 5-10 194 So. 1L Jackson, Miss. (Hargrave [VA] Military Acad.)

49 Terrell Johnson LB 6-2 210 Fr. HS Cullomburg, Ala. (Southern Choctaw)

31 Jamie Jones LB 6-0 215 Fr. HS Springdale, Ark. (Springdale)

84 Jeremy Jones RB 6-2 275 Jr. SQ Harvey, La. (West Jefferson)

27 Jarvis Kyles DB 6-0 185 So. SQ Milledgeville, Ga. (Baldwin)

62 Addison Lawrence OL 6-4 265 Fr. HS Coldwater, Miss. (Magnolia Heights)

56 Anthony Littlejohn LB 6-1 230 Jr. 2L Jacksonville, Fla. (Englewood)

86 Lance Long WR 5-11 186 Sr. 2L Macomb, Mich. (Western Michigan)

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NO. NAME POS. HT. WT. YR. EXP. HOMETOWN (LAST SCHOOL) 66 D.J. Looney OL 6-1 290 Fr. HS Birmingham, Ala. (Oak Mountain)

95 Kyle Love DL 6-1 312 So. 1L Fairburn, Ga. (North Clayton)

61 Mark Lynn LB 6-0 210 RFr. RS Madison, Miss. (Madison Central)

47 Ryan Mason WR 6-4 217 Jr. RS Mobile, Ala. (Mississippi Delta CC)

43 Blake McAdams P 5-10 190 Jr. 2L Ripley, Tenn. (Ripley)

90 Cortez McCraney DL 6-4 272 Jr. RS Southaven, Miss. (Memphis)

72 John McMillan OL 6-2 285 RFr. RS Paragould, Ark. (Paragould)

81 Brandon McRae WR 6-4 200 So. RS Chester, Va. (Morehead State)

74 Mark Melichar OL 6-5 290 RFr. RS Birmingham, Ala. (Oak Mountain)

73 Dakota Merritt OL 6-5 302 Fr. HS Cantonment, Fla. (West Florida Tech)

41 Brad Moore K/P 6-1 190 RFr. RS Starkville, Miss. (Starkville Academy)

40 Chris Nance DB 5-10 182 Jr. TR Tuscumbia, Ala. (Northeast Mississippi CC)

96 Reggie Odom DL 6-0 295 RFr. RS Deland, Fla. (Deland)

5 Gabe O’Neal LB 6-1 220 Sr. 3L Columbus, Miss. (Columbus)

23 Jasper O’Quinn DB 5-10 185 Jr. TR Bude, Miss. (Copiah-Lincoln [Miss.] CC)

3 Derek Pegues DB 5-10 196 Jr. 2L Batesville, Miss. (South Panola)

91 Rodney Prince DL 6-3 252 RFr. RS Irondale, Ala. (Shades Valley)

14 Chris Relf QB 6-3 211 Fr. HS Montgomery, Ala. (Carver)

41 Eric Richards K/P 6-4 227 Fr. HS Vicksburg, Miss. (Warren Central)

Cole Richardson K/P 5-11 180 Fr. HS Hattiesburg, Miss. (Oak Grove)

17 Josh Riddell QB 6-1 195 Jr. TR Salem, Ore. (Foothill College)

15 Co-Eric Riley WR 6-1 200 Jr. TR Lucedale, Miss. (Mississippi Gulf Coast CC)

55 Quentin Saulsberry DL 6-3 286 Fr. HS Coldwater, Miss. (Independence)

45 Ben Shelton WR 5-11 196 Sr. 1L Vicksburg, Miss. (Hinds CC)

79 Derek Sherrod OL 6-5 298 Fr. HS Columbus, Miss. (Caledonia)

48 Dezmond Sherrod TE 6-3 245 Sr. 3L Columbus, Miss. (Caledonia)

Anthony Smith DL 5-9 278 So. RS Ridgeland, Miss. (Madison Central)

89 Jamayel Smith WR 6-0 183 Jr. 1L East Point, Ga. (Hargrave [VA] Mil. Aca.)

42 Zach Smith DB 6-0 180 Fr. HS Altoona, Ala. (Susan Moore)

63 Chris Spencer OL 6-3 305 So. SQ Meridian, Miss. (Meridian)

30 Arnil Stallworth RB 5-10 200 So. 1L Daphne, Ala. (Daphne)

44 Ethan Stockett FB 6-1 255 Fr. HS Fort Smith, Ark. (Southside)

Reed Storey LB 5-10 220 RFr. RS Marvell, Ark. (Barton)

53 Anthony Strauder OL 6-3 290 Jr. 2L Natchez, Miss. (Natchez)

19 Anthony Summers DB 6-2 188 So. 1L Olive Branch, Miss. (Olive Branch)

67 Roland Terry OL 6-7 298 Jr. SQ Meridian, Miss. (Lamar School)

25 Tyler Threadgill WR 5-10 195 Sr. 2L Philadelphia, Miss. (Philadelphia)

Kevin Valenti DB 5-10 188 Fr. HS Tampa, Fla. (Jesuit)

18 Marcus Washington DB 5-10 180 So. 1L Missouri City, Texas (Fort Bend Marshall)

99 Quinton Wesley DL 6-4 315 So. 1L Atlanta, Ga. (Crim)

83 Austin Wilbanks TE 6-3 245 So. RS Forest, Miss. (Mississippi College)

26 Jarvis Williams DB 5-11 170 So. SQ Jackson, Miss. (Provine)

33 Justin Williams RB 5-10 207 Sr. 1L Tallulah, La. (Grambling)

98 LaMarcus Williams DL 6-1 290 Fr. HS Bastrop, La. (Bastrop)

Davonne Wilson DE 6-3 220 RFr. RS Smyrna, Ga. (Campbell)

34 K.J. Wright LB 6-3 215 Fr. HS Olive Branch, Miss. (Olive Branch)

Spencer Yates OL 6-3 250 Fr. HS Brandon, Miss. (Northwest Rankin)

49 Taurus Young RB 5-8 228 Jr. SQ Kilmichael, Miss. (Montgomery County)

3 Derek Pegues ...............................................puh-GEESE

7 Michael Henig .................................................. HEN-igg

17 Josh Riddell ......................................................RIDD-uhl

29 Christian Ducre ...............................................doo-CREE

45 De’mon Glanton ...........................................duh-MAHN

47 Dominic Douglas ......................................... dom-in-EEK

48 Dezmond Sherrod ..........................................shuh-ROD

53 Anthony Strauder ........................................ STRAW-der

70 J.C. Brignone .............................................brig-NO-nee

74 Mark Melichar ............................................MELL-eh-car

79 Derek Sherrod ................................................shuh-ROD

89 JAMAYEL Smith ...............................................juh-MAIL

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ALABAMA (18)Altoona Zach SmithAthens Russell JacksonBirmingham D.J. Looney Mark MelicharCitronelle Johnny CarpenterCoffeeville Devon EdwardsCullomburg Terrell JohnsonDaphne Arnil StallworthDothan Robert GurleyHomewood Aaron FeldIrondale Rodney PrinceMobile Ryan MasonMontgomery Michael Henig Keon Humphries Chris RelfPrichard Aubrey BellTuscaloosa Titus BrownTuscumbia Chris Nance

ARKANSAS (4)Fort Smith Ethan StockettMarvell Reed StoreyParagould John McMillanSpringdale Jamie Jones

CALIFORNIA (1)Venice Robert Ambers

FLORIDA (7)Cantonment Dakota MerrittDeland Reggie OdomFort Pierce Jamar ChaneyFt. Lauderdale Wesley CarrollJacksonville Anthony LittlejohnTalahassee Karlin BrownTampa Kevin Valenti

GEORGIA (13)Atlanta De’Mon Glanton Quinton WesleyCollege Park Michael BrownEast Point Jamayel SmithFairburn Michael Gates Kyle LoveFayetteville Brandon HendersonHampton Keith FitzhughLaGrange Brandon Hart Avery HannibalMilledgeville Jarvis KylesRome Josh HinesSmyrna Davonne Wilson

LOUISIANA (4)Bastrop LaMarcus WilliamsHarvey Jeremy JonesLaCombe Christian DucréTallulah Justin Williams

MICHIGAN (1)Macomb Lance Long

MISSISSIPPI (50)Batesville Derek PeguesBiggersville Alex CarpenterBrandon Spencer YatesBrookhaven Jessie BowmanBude Jasper O’QuinnClinton Dominic DouglasColdwater Addison Lawrence Quentin SaulsberryColumbus Gabe O’Neal Derek Sherrod Dezmond SherrodCourtland Demario BoboForrest Austin WilbanksGlen Allen Timmy BaileyGrenada Anthony BowlesGulfport Tony Burks Adam CarlsonHattiesburg Charles Burns Zack Harrington Cole RichardsonHazlehurst Damien AndersonJackson Anthony Dixon Jason Husband Anthony Johnson Jarvis WilliamsKilmichael Taurus YoungLucedale Co-Eric RileyMadison Mark Brown Mark LynnMeridian Chris Spencer Roland TerryMoss Point Eric ButlerNatchez Anderson Ellard J.D Hamilton Anthony StrauderOkolona Robert ElliotOlive Branch Anthony SummersPass Christian J.C Brignone

MISSISSIPPI (CONT.)Pearl Craig JenkinsPhiladelphia Tyler ThreadgillRidgeland Gunner BoykinRolling Fork Jamon HughesSandersville Royce BlackledgeScooba Marcus GreenSouthaven Cortez McCraneyStarkville Brad MooreVicksburg Eric Richards Ben SheltonWeir Eric Hoskins

OREGON (1)Salem Josh Riddell

SOUTH CAROLINA (1)Aiken Jimmie Holmes

TENNESSEE (2)Mason Wade BonnerRipley Blake McAdams

TEXAS (4)Gilmer Tay BowserMcAllen Emmanuel GatlingMissouri City Brandon Cooper Marcus Washington

VIRGINIA (1)Chester Brandon McRae

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OFFENSE (50 PLAYERS) GP GS Seniors (10) Royce Blackledge . . . . . . . . . . . . OL . . . . . . . . . . . 37 . . . . . . . . . . 30 Tony Burks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WR . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . . 15 Eric Butler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TE. . . . . . . . . . . . 44 . . . . . . . . . . 28 J.D. Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OL . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . . 18 Jason Husband . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TE. . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Lance Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WR . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Ben Shelton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WR . . . . . . . . . . . 19 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Dezmond Sherrod. . . . . . . . . . . . TE. . . . . . . . . . . . 46 . . . . . . . . . . 17 Tyler Threadgill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WR . . . . . . . . . . . 30 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Justin Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RB . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Juniors (14) Aubrey Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WR . . . . . . . . . . . 29 . . . . . . . . . . 11 Michael Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OL . . . . . . . . . . . 18 . . . . . . . . . . 17 Michael Gates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OL . . . . . . . . . . . 27 . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Brandon Hart. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RB . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Michael Henig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QB . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . 12 Eric Hoskins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FB. . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Jeremy Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RB . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Ryan Mason. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WR . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Josh Riddell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QB . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Co-Eric Riley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WR . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Jamayel Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WR . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . 10 Anthony Strauder . . . . . . . . . . . . OL . . . . . . . . . . . 34 . . . . . . . . . . 29 Roland Terry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OL . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Taurus Young. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RB . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Sophomores (11) Robert Ambers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QB . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Johnny Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . OL . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Anthony Dixon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RB . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . . 16 Christian Ducré . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RB . . . . . . . . . . . 15 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Andrew Ellard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WR . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Zack Harrington . . . . . . . . . . . . . QB . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Craig Jenkins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OL . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . 23 Brandon McRae. . . . . . . . . . . . . . WR . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Chris Spencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OL . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Arnil Stallworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RB . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Austin Wilbanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . TE. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Redshirt Freshmen (5) J.C. Brignone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OL . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Alex Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WR . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Brandon Henderson . . . . . . . . . . TE. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 John McMillan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OL . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mark Melichar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OL . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 True Freshmen (10) Wesley Carroll . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QB . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Robert Elliott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RB . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Marcus Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RB . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Addison Lawrence. . . . . . . . . . . . OL . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 D.J. Looney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OL . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Dakota Merritt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OL . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Chris Relf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QB . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Derek Sherrod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OL . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Ethan Stockett. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FB. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Spencer Yates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OL . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0

SPECIALISTS (7 PLAYERS) Juniors (3) Anthony Bowles . . . . . . . . . . . . . SN . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Adam Carlson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K/P . . . . . . . . . . . 28 . . . . . . . . . . 27 Blake McAdams . . . . . . . . . . . . . P. . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . . 35 Redshirt Freshmen (2) Aaron Feld. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SN . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . 12 Brad Moore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K/P . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 True Freshmen (2) Eric Richards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . K/P . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Cole Richardson . . . . . . . . . . . . . K/P . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0

DEFENSE (50 PLAYERS) GP GS Seniors (3) Titus Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DL . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . . . . . . . 30 Avery Hannibal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DL . . . . . . . . . . . 46 . . . . . . . . . . 12 Gabe O’Neal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LB. . . . . . . . . . . . 45 . . . . . . . . . . 28 Juniors (15) Tim Bailey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DL . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Demario Bobo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . 33 . . . . . . . . . . 14 Jessie Bowman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DL . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Charles Burns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DL . . . . . . . . . . . 22 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Jamar Chaney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LB. . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . . 25 Dominic Douglas. . . . . . . . . . . . . LB. . . . . . . . . . . . 12 . . . . . . . . . . 10 Keith Fitzhugh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . . 15 De’Mon Glanton . . . . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . . 16 Jimmie Holmes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DL . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Keon Humphries . . . . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . 32 . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Anthony Littlejohn. . . . . . . . . . . . LB. . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . . 13 Cortez McCraney . . . . . . . . . . . . DL . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Chris Nance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Jasper O’Quinn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Derek Pegues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . 35 . . . . . . . . . . 24 Sophomores (11) Tay Bowser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Mark Brown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LB. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Jamon Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LB. . . . . . . . . . . . 21 . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Anthony Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . 24 . . . . . . . . . . 11 Jarvis Kyles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . 16 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Kyle Love. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DL . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Anthony Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DL . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Anthony Summers. . . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Marcus Washington. . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Quinton Wesley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . DL . . . . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Jarvis Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Redshirt Freshmen (8) Brandon Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . DL . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Emmanuel Gatling . . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Russell Jackson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DL . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Mark Lynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LB. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Reggie Odom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DL . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Rodney Prince . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DL . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Reed Storey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LB. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Davonne Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . DE . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 True Freshmen (13) Damein Anderson . . . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Wade Bonner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Karlin Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LB. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Devon Edwards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LB. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Robert Gurley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Josh Hines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LB. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Terrell Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LB. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Jamie Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LB. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Quentin Saulsberry . . . . . . . . . . . DL . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Zach Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 Kevin Valenti . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DB . . . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . 0 LaMarcus Williams. . . . . . . . . . . . DL . . . . . . . . . . . 10 . . . . . . . . . . . 1 K.J. Wright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LB. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . . . . . . . . 0

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OFFENSE X 89 JAMAYEL SMITH 6-0 183 JR. 87 Aubrey Bell 6-3 217 Jr.

LT 77 MIKE BROWN 6-3 300 JR. 74 Mark Melichar 6-5 284 RFr.

LG 53 ANTHONY STRAUDER 6-3 290 JR. 78 Michael Gates 6-4 305 Jr.

C 76 ROYCE BLACKLEDGE 6-4 293 SR. 59 Johnny Carpenter 6-2 290 So.

RG 78 MICHAEL GATES 6-4 305 JR. 75 Craig Jenkins 6-4 315 So.

RT 60 J.D. HAMILTON 6-4 295 SR. 79 Derek Sherrod 6-5 298 Fr.

TE 48 DEZMOND SHERROD 6-3 245 SR. 88 Eric Butler 6-3 255 Sr. 82 Jason Husband 6-3 230 Sr. Z 4 TONY BURKS 6-4 217 SR. 86 Lance Long 5-11 186 Sr. 81 Brandon McRae 6-4 200 So.

FB 38 ERIC HOSKINS 5-11 230 JR. 35 Brandon Hart 5-11 240 Jr.

HB 24 ANTHONY DIXON 6-1 240 SO. 29 Christian Ducre 6-0 215 So. 33 Justin Williams 5-10 207 Sr.

QB 13 WESLEY CARROLL 6-1 190 FR. 7 Michael Henig 6-1 195 Jr.

SPECIALISTS PK 37 ADAM CARLSON 6-4 195 JR. 41 Brad Moore 6-1 190 RFr.

P 43 BLAKE McADAMS 5-10 190 JR. 37 Adam Carlson 6-4 195 Jr.

SN 46 AARON FELD 6-1 225 RFR. 65 Anthony Bowles 5-11 220 Jr.

H 43 BLAKE McADAMS 5-10 190 JR. 45 Ben Shelton 5-11 196 Jr.

KR 3 DEREK PEGUES 5-10 196 JR. 29 Christian Ducre 6-0 215 So.

PR 3 DEREK PEGUES 5-10 196 JR. 86 Lance Long 5-11 186 Sr.

DEFENSE LE 54 TITUS BROWN 6-3 250 SR. 39 Tim Bailey 6-3 241 Jr.

LT 95 KYLE LOVE 6-1 320 SO. 90 Cortez McCraney 6-4 272 Jr.

RT 94 JESSIE BOWMAN 6-1 305 JR. 98 LaMarcus Williams 6-1 290 Fr.

RE 51 AVERY HANNIBAL 6-1 240 SR. 93 Brandon Cooper 6-3 240 RFr. 97 Jimmie Holmes 6-3 235 Jr.

SLB 5 GABE O’NEAL 6-1 220 SR. 34 K.J. Wright 6-3 215 Fr. MLB 22 JAMAR CHANEY 6-1 236 JR. 36 Jamon Hughes 6-0 230 So.

WLB 10 DOMINIC DOUGLAS 6-2 227 JR. 56 Anthony Littlejohn 6-2 225 Jr. LCB 11 ANTHONY JOHNSON 5-10 194 SO. 28 Tay Bowser 6-3 185 So.

SS 8 DE’MON GLANTON 6-1 190 JR. 1 Keith Fitzhugh 5-11 206 Jr. FS 3 DEREK PEGUES 5-10 196 JR. 6 Demario Bobo 6-0 180 Sr. 42 Zach Smith 6-0 180 Fr.

RCB 23 JASPER O’QUINN 5-10 185 JR. 18 Marcus Washington 5-10 180 So.

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PRONUNCIATION GUIDE

3 Derek PEGUES ................................................. puh-GEESE

7 Michael HENIG .....................................................HEN-igg

17 Josh RIDDELL ...................................................... RIDD-uhl

29 Christian DUCRE ................................................ doo-CREE

45 DE’MON Glanton ............................................ duh-MAHN

47 DOMINIC Douglas ...........................................dom-in-EEK

48 Dezmond SHERROD ......................................... shuh-ROD

53 Anthony STRAUDER ........................................ STRAW-der

70 J.C. BRIGNONE ............................................. brig-NO-nee

74 Mark MELICHAR .............................................MELL-eh-car

79 Derek SHERROD ............................................... shuh-ROD

89 JAMAYEL Smith ................................................... juh-MAIL

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POSTSEASON NOTES · Sherrill, and North Carolina State in the 1963 post-season game, the final Liberty Bowl played in Philadelphia, Pa. The MSU-Air Force game drew a crowd of 61,497,