| TEAM | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | OT | FINAL |
| Mississippi State (8-5) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
Penn State (10-4) | 3 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 37
Team Statistics | MSST | PSU
First Downs | 16 | 19
Rushing | 9 | 8
Passing | 7 | 10
Penalty | 0 | 1
3rd-down Efficiency | 3-12 | 8-19
4th-down Efficiency | 0-0 | 1-1
Total Net Yards | 343 | 342
Total plays | 68 | 79
Average gain | 5 | 4.3
Net Yards Rushing | 95 | 115
Rushes | 27 | 44
Average per rush | 3.5 | 2.6
Net Yards Passing | 248 | 227
Completed-attempted | 23-37 | 14-30
Yards per pass | 6.7 | 7.6
Sacked-yards lost | 4-17 | 5-39
Had intercepted | 4 | 1
Punts-average | 6-41.3 | 4-42.8
Return Yardage | 149 | 128
Punts-returns | 1-4 | 3-39
Kickoffs-returns | 6-145 | 3-73
Interceptions-returns | 1-0 | 4-16
Penalties-yards | 7-47 | 7-60
Fumbles-lost | 1-0 | 1-1
Touchdowns | 1 | 4
Rushing | 0 | 2
Passing | 1 | 2
Extra Points | 1-1 | 4-4
Field Goals | 3-4 | 3-3
Red Zone Efficiency | 2-3-66.7% | 5-5-100%
Time Of Possession | 25:52 | 34:08
First Quarter
PSU | FG | 03:19 | 3-0 | Glynn MacPherson 25 YD
Second Quarter
PSU | TD | 13:50 | 10-0 | Philip Conner 15 YD Run (Glynn MacPherson Kick).
MSST | FG | 02:18 | 10-3 | Anthony Williams 26 YD
PSU | FG | 00:44 | 13-3 | Glynn MacPherson 46 YD
MSST | FG | 00:09 | 13-6 | Anthony Williams 39 YD
Third Quarter
PSU | FG | 07:05 | 16-6 | Glynn MacPherson 42 YD
PSU | TD | 02:57 | 23-6 | Terance Zubnik 8 YD Pass from Philip Conner (Glynn MacPherson Kick).
Fourth Quarter
MSST | FG | 12:55 | 23-9 | Anthony Williams 32 YD
PSU | TD | 06:25 | 30-9 | Brandon Secules 32 YD Pass from Philip Conner (Glynn MacPherson Kick).
PSU | TD | 00:30 | 37-9 | Donnie Cole 1 YD Run (Glynn MacPherson Kick).
MSST | TD | 00:11 | 37-16 | Pat Byrne 61 YD Pass from Ted Williams (Anthony Williams Kick).
MSST PASSING
| CP/AT | YDS | TD | INT | LG | SACK
QB T. Williams | 19/32 | 232 | 1 | 4 | 61 | 3-12
QB J. Stouffer | 4/5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1-5
PSU PASSING
| CP/AT | YDS | TD | INT | LG | SACK
QB P. Conner | 14/29 | 227 | 2 | 1 | 53 | 5-39
P R. Baniewicz | 0/1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0-0
MSST RUSHING
| ATT | YDS | YPC | TD | LG
RB M. Vaught | 20 | 80 | 4.00 | 0 | 15
QB J. Stouffer | 2 | 31 | 15.50 | 0 | 16
QB T. Williams | 1 | 1 | 1.00 | 0 | 1
PSU RUSHING
| ATT | YDS | YPC | TD | LG
RB D. Cole | 27 | 122 | 4.52 | 1 | 20
QB P. Conner | 4 | 20 | 5.00 | 1 | 15
RB T. Tongue | 4 | 8 | 2.00 | 0 | 11
WR A. Gary | 4 | 4 | 1.00 | 0 | 4
MSST RECEIVING
| ATT | REC | YDS | YPC | YAC | TD | LG | DRP
TE P. Byrne | 5 | 3 | 107 | 35.67 | 31 | 1 | 61 | 1
WR D. Miller | 9 | 5 | 77 | 15.40 | 19 | 0 | 49 | 0
RB M. Vaught | 11 | 10 | 35 | 3.50 | 24 | 0 | 14 | 0
FB J. Vines | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12.00 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0
WR J. Davis | 7 | 3 | 11 | 3.67 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0
WR T. McDaniel | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6.00 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1
PSU RECEIVING
| ATT | REC | YDS | YPC | YAC | TD | LG | DRP
WR B. Secules | 8 | 4 | 118 | 29.50 | 14 | 1 | 53 | 1
WR A. Gary | 6 | 4 | 75 | 18.75 | 19 | 0 | 35 | 0
WR T. Zubnik | 6 | 2 | 13 | 6.50 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0
RB D. Cole | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6.00 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0
TE A. Lepsis | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4.50 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0
WR G. Simmons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
WR C. Franco | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
MSST O-LINE
| KRB | PCK | SA | HLD | FS
OT A. Gauthier | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0
OT D. Harvey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
OG J. Dehart | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
C B. Gibbs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0
PSU O-LINE
| KRB | PCK | SA | HLD | FS
OT V. Kent | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0
OG J. Jones | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
OT B. Bullock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
OT J. Osborne | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
OG D. Armstead | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1
TE A. Lepsis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
MSST FUMBLES
| FUM | LOST | REC | YDS
FS J. Begley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
WR D. Liles | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
OLB J. Talbot | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
PSU FUMBLES
| FUM | LOST | REC | YDS
QB P. Conner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0
MSST KICKING
| FG | LONG | XP | PTS
K A. Williams | 3/4 | 39 | 1/1 | 10
PSU KICKING
| FG | LONG | XP | PTS
K G. MacPherson | 3/3 | 46 | 4/4 | 13
MSST PUNTING
| NO | AVG | NET | I-20 | TB | LG
P C. Fultz | 6 | 41.30 | 28.00 | 0 | 2 | 51
PSU PUNTING
| NO | AVG | NET | I-20 | TB | LG
P R. Baniewicz | 4 | 42.80 | 36.80 | 0 | 1 | 49
MSST KICK RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG
FS J. Rogers | 5 | 26.20 | 0 | 41
FS J. Begley | 1 | 14.00 | 0 | 14
PSU KICK RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG
CB C. Bergman | 2 | 30.00 | 0 | 45
OG K. Greene | 1 | 13.00 | 0 | 13
MSST PUNT RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG | FC
WR T. McDaniel | 1 | 4.00 | 0 | 4 | 1
PSU PUNT RETURNS
| NO | AVG | TD | LONG | FC
CB R. Lackey | 3 | 13.00 | 0 | 17 | 0
MSST DEFENSE
| T-A | SCK | STF | HUR | DP | INT | FF | PD
ILB J. Humphries | 8-1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
ILB R. Cleveland | 6-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
FS F. Bone | 6-1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
SS F. Allen | 5-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
SS J. Easterling | 4-0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
OLB J. Talbot | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DT S. Lambert | 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
DE Z. Delvalle | 2-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
CB V. Billingsley | 1-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1
OLB K. Cavanaugh | 1-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
CB D. Butler | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
SS K. Miller | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DE R. Grant | 1-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DT C. Fulcher | 1-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
PSU DEFENSE
| T-A | SCK | STF | HUR | DP | INT | FF | PD
OLB J. Weathersby | 5-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
FS E. Kreutz | 5-1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0
CB S. Baker | 4-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1
SS D. Tripp | 4-1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
OLB A. Reese | 4-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
ILB S. Barlow | 4-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
SS J. Cooper | 3-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0
ILB A. Trejo | 2-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DT C. Crutchfield | 2-0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
OLB D. Hogg | 1-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0
DE J. Bolton | 1-0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
DT D. Herndon | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0
CB R. Lackey | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
Player of the Game
| Donnie Cole, Running Back
AT | Yards | TD | LNG | REC
27 | 122 | 1 | 20 | 12
Game Information
Attendance: 65,601
Temperature: 66
Weather: Slightly overcast