College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Mississippi State 55, Tennessee State 10
When: 12:00 PM   ET ,  Saturday, November 20, 2021
Where: Davis Wade Stadium at Scott Field, Starkville, Mississippi
Attendance: 46770
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Tennessee State 0 0 0 10 10
Mississippi State 21 14 14 6 55
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:28
Mississippi State   TD  Mississippi State 7 - Tennessee State 0
Austin Williams 21 yd. pass from Will Rogers (Nolan McCord kick)
1st Quarter - 6:54
Mississippi State   TD  Mississippi State 14 - Tennessee State 0
Jo'quavious Marks 7 yd. run (Nolan McCord kick)
1st Quarter - 1:49
Mississippi State   TD  Mississippi State 21 - Tennessee State 0
Austin Williams 5 yd. pass from Will Rogers (Nolan McCord kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:52
Mississippi State   TD  Mississippi State 28 - Tennessee State 0
Malik Heath 56 yd. pass from Will Rogers (Nolan McCord kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:21
Mississippi State   TD  Mississippi State 35 - Tennessee State 0
Austin Williams 30 yd. pass from Will Rogers (Nolan McCord kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:10
Mississippi State   TD  Mississippi State 42 - Tennessee State 0
Makai Polk 50 yd. pass from Will Rogers (Nolan McCord kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:04
Mississippi State   TD  Mississippi State 49 - Tennessee State 0
Dillon Johnson 32 yd. run (Nolan McCord kick)
4th Quarter - 11:19
Tennessee State   FG  Mississippi State 49 - Tennessee State 3
James Lowery 43 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 7:09
Mississippi State   FG  Mississippi State 52 - Tennessee State 3
Nolan McCord 33 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 3:03
Tennessee State   TD  Mississippi State 52 - Tennessee State 10
Micha Mitchell 5 yd. run (James Lowery kick)
4th Quarter - 0:27
Mississippi State   FG  Mississippi State 55 - Tennessee State 10
Nolan McCord 43 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Records
  Tennessee State Mississippi State
W‑L 5 - 6 - 0 7 - 4 - 0
Conference 4 - 3 - 0 4 - 3 - 0
Team Stats
  Tennessee State Mississippi State
Score 10 55
1st Downs 14 23
3rd Down Efficiency 5-for-14
36%		 5-for-10
50%
4th Down Efficiency 0-for-1
0%		 1-for-2
50%
Total Yards 205 600
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 34-35 15-107
Average/Rush 1.0 7.1
Passing
Comp-Att 19-27 36-46
Passing Yards 170 493
Average/Pass Play 5.5 10.7
Penalties-Yards 4-25 3-29
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-2
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Time of Possession 35:20 24:40
PLAYER STATS
Tennessee State (5 - 6)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Bryant 9/11 128 0 0
C. Garnett 10/16 42 0 0
Mississippi State (7 - 4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
W. Rogers 28/34 391 5 0
C. Lovertich 8/12 102 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
D. Starling 11 33 3.0 0
M. Mitchell 11 27 2.5 1
D. Bryant 5 7 1.4 0
J. Rouse 1 3 3.0 0
C. Garnett 5 -33 -6.6 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
D. Johnson 5 56 11.2 1
J. Marks 5 43 8.6 1
J. Jernighan 2 10 5.0 0
C. Lovertich 2 3 1.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
C. Wyche 4 88 22.0 0
Z. Thornton 3 32 10.7 0
D. Johnson 4 29 7.2 0
D. Starling 4 9 2.2 0
R. Rahmaan 3 7 2.3 0
M. Mitchell 1 5 5.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
M. Polk 9 110 12.2 1
M. Heath 2 87 43.5 1
A. Williams 4 75 18.8 3
J. Walley 3 46 15.3 0
O. Wells 1 40 40.0 0
C. Ducking 4 26 6.5 0
C. Banks 1 23 23.0 0
D. Johnson 2 21 10.5 0
J. Jernighan 2 19 9.5 0
R. Harvey 2 15 7.5 0
J. Marks 2 15 7.5 0
J. Calvin 2 11 5.5 0
B. King 2 5 2.5 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
T. Wheat 2.0 20.0
N. Pickering 2.0 13.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
T. Wheat 4 1
J. Johnson 4 4
D. Richardson 3 0
S. Preston Jr. 3 4
N. Pickering 2 1
D. Lawrence 2 2
J. Jimison 1 0
R. Charlton 1 1
A. Brule 1 1
C. Duncan 1 1
J. Lewis 1 1
J. Purvis 1 1
E. Forbes 1 2
D. Russell 1 4
D. Page 1 7
J. Crumedy 0 1
A. Martin 0 1
O. Wells 0 1
I. King Ani 0 1
C. Ellington 0 1
J. Green 0 1
M. Emerson 0 1
J. Banks 0 2
N. Watson 0 3
N. Mitchell 0 3
T. Cooper 0 3
A. Odom 0 6
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
T. Wheat 3.0 21.0
N. Pickering 2.0 13.0
D. Page 1.5 6.0
D. Lawrence 1.0 4.0
J. Johnson 1.0 2.0
J. Banks 1.0 2.0
D. Russell 0.5 1.0
A. Brule 0.5 1.0
A. Odom 0.5 0.0
C. Duncan 0.5 0.0
T. Cooper 0.5 0.0
Fumbles
  NO.
J. Jernighan 1
M. Polk 1
J. Walley 1