Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
August 30 |
5:45 p.m. |
at Louisiana Tech* |
Joe Aillet Stadium • Ruston, LA |
ESPN2 |
L 14–22 |
25,224 |
September 6 |
6:00 p.m. |
SE Louisiana* |
Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS |
|
W 34–10 |
41,938 |
September 13 |
6:00 p.m. |
No. 9 Auburn |
Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS |
ESPN2 |
L 2–3 |
55,082 |
September 20 |
12:00 p.m. |
at Georgia Tech* |
Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA |
Raycom |
L 7–38 |
48,402 |
September 27 |
6:30 p.m. |
at No. 5 LSU |
Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry) |
ESPN2 |
L 24–34 |
92,710 |
October 11 |
1:30 p.m. |
No. 13 Vanderbilt |
Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS |
PPV |
W 17–14 |
43,619 |
October 18 |
6:00 p.m. |
at Tennessee |
Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN |
PPV |
L 3–34 |
98,239 |
October 25 |
6:00 p.m. |
Middle Tennessee* |
Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS |
ESPNU |
W 31–22 |
40,024 |
November 1 |
1:30 p.m. |
Kentucky |
Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS (Rivalry) |
PPV |
L 13–14 |
40,168 |
November 15 |
6:45 p.m. |
at No. 1 Alabama |
Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL (Rivalry) |
ESPN |
L 7–32 |
92,138 |
November 22 |
1:30 p.m. |
Arkansas |
Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS |
|
W 31–28 |
42,056 |
November 28 |
11:30 a.m. |
at No. 25 Ole Miss |
Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl) |
Raycom |
L 0–45 |
55,231 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. All times are in Central Time. |
- Rankings indicate opponent's position in AP Poll as released week prior to game. Schedule Source:[2]
Game summaries
Louisiana Tech
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
MSU Bulldogs |
7 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
14 |
• LT Bulldogs |
3 |
6 | 10 | 3 |
22 |
|
Last Meeting: September 21, 1996, L 23–38
Series Record: MSU leads 7–2
Southeastern Louisiana
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
Lions |
3 |
0 | 0 | 7 |
10 |
• Bulldogs |
7 |
13 | 14 | 0 |
34 |
|
Last Meeting: Never Met
Series Record: Never Met
Auburn
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
• Tigers |
0 |
3 | 0 | 0 |
3 |
Bulldogs |
0 |
0 | 0 | 2 |
2 |
|
Last Meeting: September 15, 2007, W 19–14
Series Record: MSU trails 23–56–2
Georgia Tech
Last Meeting: October 5, 1929, L 13–27
Series Record: MSU trails 0–2
LSU
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Bulldogs |
3 |
0 | 14 | 7 |
24 |
• Tigers |
10 |
7 | 7 | 10 |
34 |
|
Last Meeting: August 30, 2007, L 0–45
Series Record: MSU trails 33–65–3
Vanderbilt
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Commodores |
0 |
7 | 0 | 7 |
14 |
• Bulldogs |
3 |
0 | 7 | 7 |
17 |
|
Last Meeting: October 2, 2004, L 13–31
Series Record: MSU leads 10–7–2
Tennessee
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
Bulldogs |
0 |
3 | 0 | 0 |
3 |
• Volunteers |
0 |
6 | 7 | 21 |
34 |
|
Last Meeting: October 13, 2007, L 21–33
Series Record: MSU trails 15–27–1
Middle Tennessee
Last Meeting:October 28, 2000,W 61–35
Series Record: MSU leads 2–0
Kentucky
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
• Wildcats |
0 |
0 | 14 | 0 |
14 |
Bulldogs |
7 |
0 | 0 | 6 |
13 |
|
Last Meeting: October 27, 2007, W 31–14
Series Record: MSU trails 15–20
Alabama
Last Meeting: November 10, 2007, W 17–12
Series Record: MSU trails 18–71–3
Arkansas
|
1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|
Razorbacks |
14 |
0 | 7 | 7 |
28 |
• Bulldogs |
7 |
10 | 7 | 7 |
31 |
|
Last Meeting: November 17, 2007, L 31–45
Series Record: MSU trails 5–12–1
Ole Miss
Last Meeting: November 23, 2007, W 17–14
Series Record: MSU trails 39–59–6
Statistics
Mississippi State Overall Team Statistics (as of Oct 11, 2008)
Team
Statistics[3] | Mississippi State | Opponents |
Scoring | 183 | 296 |
Points per game |
15.2 | 24.7 |
First downs | 187 | 200 |
Rushing | 69 | 95 |
Passing | 108 | 89 |
Penalties | 10 | 16 |
Total offensive yards | 3,312 | 3,990 |
Avg per Game | 276.0 | 327.5 |
Rushing | 1,220 | 1,811 |
Passing | 2,092 | 2,119 |
Fumbles–Lost | 19-8 | 20-8 |
Penalties–Yards | 68-544 | 76-643 |
Average per game | 45.3 | 53.6 |
|
Statistics | Mississippi State | Opponents |
Punts–Yards | 82-3,099 | 66-2,671 |
Average per punt | 37.8 | 40.5 |
Average ToP/game | 30:15 | 29:45 |
3rd down conversions | 58-178 | 59-168 |
3rd down percentage | 33 | 35 |
4th down conversions | 8-18 | 10-11 |
4th down percentage | 44 | 91 |
Touchdowns scored | 23 | 35 |
Field goals–Att–Long | 7–13–42 | 17-25–20 |
PAT–Att | 22–23 | 33-34 |
Attendance | 260,716 | 411,944 |
Average | 43,453 | 68,657 |
|
Scores by quarter
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Mississippi State |
48 |
47 |
38 |
50 |
183 |
Opponents |
76 |
60 |
78 |
82 |
296 |
|
Offense
Rushing
Name | GP-GS | Att | Gain | Loss | Net | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
Anthony Dixon | 12-12 | 197 | 930 | 61 | 869 | 4.4 | 7 | 71 | 72.4 |
Christian Ducre | 12-1 | 56 | 234 | 12 | 222 | 4.0 | 2 | 20 | 18.5 |
Robert Elliott | 4-0 | 18 | 65 | 4 | 61 | 3.4 | 1 | 15 | 15.2 |
Tyson Lee | 11-8 | 62 | 228 | 191 | 37 | 0.6 | 1 | 18 | 3.4 |
Wesley Carroll | 7-4 | 18 | 54 | 72 | -18 | -1.0 | 0 | 20 | -2.6 |
Jamayel Smith | 12-4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1.5 | 0 | 9 | 0.2 |
Wade Bonner | 12-0 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1.4 | 0 | 3 | 0.8 |
Brandon Hart | 12-2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 2.2 | 1 | 4 | 0.8 |
Chris Relf | 2-0 | 7 | 20 | 33 | -13 | -1.9 | 0 | 10 | -6.5 |
Eric Hoskins | 11-4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | 0.3 |
Brandon McRae | 12-10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 |
Marcus Green | 2-1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 | -1.5 |
TEAM | 8-0 | 8 | 0 | 30 | -30 | -3.8 | 0 | 0 | -3.8 |
Total | 12 | 397 | 1645 | 425 | 1220 | 3.1 | 13 | 71 | 101.7 |
Opponents | 12 | 443 | 2055 | 244 | 1811 | 4.1 | 19 | 88 | 150.9 |
Passing
Name | GP-GS | Effic | Att-Cmp-Int | Pct | Yds | TD | Lng | Avg/G |
Tyson Lee | 11-8 | 112.96 | 153-260-5 | 58.8 | 1519 | 7 | 41 | 138.1 |
Wesley Carroll | 7-4 | 85.17 | 55-115-7 | 47.8 | 560 | 3 | 50 | 80.0 |
Chris Relf | 2-0 | 34.36 | 2-9-0 | 22.2 | 13 | 0 | 12 | 6.5 |
TEAM | 8-0 | 0.00 | 0-1-0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Total | 12 | 102.53 | 210-385-12 | 54.5 | 2,092 | 10 | 50 | 174.3 |
Opponents | 12 | 115.40 | 169-324-8 | 52.2 | 2119 | 13 | 87 | 176.6 |
Receiving
Name | GP-GS | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Avg/G |
Brandon McRae | 6-4 | 33 | 302 | 9.2 | 2 | 24 | 50.3 |
Aubrey Bell | 6-5 | 19 | 171 | 9.0 | 0 | 22 | 28.5 |
Christian Ducre | 6-1 | 11 | 91 | 8.3 | 1 | 24 | 15.2 |
Jamayel Smith | 6-2 | 8 | 120 | 15.0 | 0 | 41 | 20.0 |
Co-Eric Riley | 6-1 | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 0 | 26 | 12.5 |
Delmon Robinson | 4-0 | 7 | 84 | 12.0 | 0 | 25 | 21.0 |
Eric Hoskins | 5-1 | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | 14 | 7.2 |
Anthony Dixon | 6-6 | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 0 | 12 | 3.7 |
Robert Elliott | 4-0 | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 0 | 19 | 13.2 |
Arnil Stallworth | 6-0 | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 0 | 29 | 7.5 |
Brandon Henderson | 6-0 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 1 | 7 | 1.8 |
Marcus Green | 2-1 | 1 | 50 | 50.0 | 0 | 50 | 25.0 |
Brandon Hart | 6-2 | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | 1.3 |
Wade Bonner | 5-0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 1.2 |
Austin Wilbanks | 4-2 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0.2 |
Total | 6 | 110 | 1,075 | 9.8 | 5 | 50 | 179.2 |
Opponents | 6 | 65 | 829 | 12.8 | 4 | 70 | 138.2 |
Defense
Name |
GP |
Tackles |
Sacks |
Pass Defense |
Interceptions |
Fumbles |
Blkd Kick |
Solo | Ast | Total | TFL-Yds | No-Yds | BrUp | QBH | No.-Yds | Avg | TD | Long | Rcv-Yds | FF |
Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Special teams
Name |
Punting |
Kickoffs |
No. | Yds | Avg | Long | TB | FC | I20 | Blkd |
No. | Yds | Avg | TB | OB |
Blake McAdams | 35 | 1,261 | 36.0 | 53 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 0 | | | | | |
Adam Carlson | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1,016 | 56.4 | 0 | 1 |
Eric Richards | | | | | | | | | 3 | 190 | 63.3 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 37 | 1,311 | 35.4 | 53 | 0 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 21 | 1,206 | 57.4 | 0 | 1 |
Name |
Punt Returns |
Kick Returns |
No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long | No. | Yds | Avg | TD | Long |
| | | | | | | | | | |
Total | | | | | | | | | | |
References
- ↑ "Dan Mullen new Mississippi State football coach". Sports Illustrated. December 10, 2008. Retrieved June 7, 2009.
- ↑ Mississippi State Football - 2008 Schedule
- ↑ "Mississippi State Combined Team Statistics". Mississippi State University Athletics. October 11, 2008. Archived from the original on November 1, 2008. Retrieved October 11, 2008.
- ↑ "Sylvester Croom – Head Football Coach". Mississippi State University Bulldogs. Archived from the original on September 25, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
- ↑ "Woody McCorvey – Assistant Head Coach". Mississippi State University Bulldogs. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
- ↑ "Charlie Harbison – Assistant Coach". Mississippi State University Bulldogs. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
- ↑ "Reed Stringer – Assistant Coach". Mississippi State University Bulldogs. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
- ↑ "Rocky Felker – Assistant Coach". Mississippi State University Bulldogs. Archived from the original on September 11, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
- ↑ "J.B. Grimes – Assistant Coach". Mississippi State University Bulldogs. Archived from the original on September 9, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
- ↑ "David Turner – Assistant Coach". Mississippi State University Bulldogs. Archived from the original on September 7, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
- ↑ "Melvin Smith – Assistant Coach". Mississippi State University Bulldogs. Archived from the original on September 18, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
- ↑ "Pat Washington – Assistant Coach". Mississippi State University Bulldogs. Archived from the original on September 5, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
- ↑ "Louis Campbell – Assistant Coach". Mississippi State University Bulldogs. Archived from the original on September 4, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
- ↑ "Ben Pollard – Head Strength Coach". Mississippi State University Bulldogs. Archived from the original on October 8, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
- ↑ "Brad Pendergrass – Assistant AD". Mississippi State University Bulldogs. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
- ↑ "Ryan Hollern – Football Coordinator". Mississippi State University Bulldogs. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved September 3, 2008.
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