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#52Mississippi State
34
SEC
AT
#128Southern Miss
16
Conference USA
2015 week 1 · Saturday, September 5, 2015 at 9:00 PM CT · M. M. Roberts Stadium · 📺 FS1 · 36,641 att · 74.8°F, wind 4.7

Drive chart

Mississippi State Southern Miss bar spans the drive · tick marks the start
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Q1
ON DOWNS
12 pl · 44 yd · 4:40
0–0
FUMBLE
4 pl · 67 yd · 1:01
0–0
PUNT
3 pl · 0 yd · 2:01
0–0
FG
4 pl · -3 yd · 1:52
0–3
TD
0 pl · 0 yd
7–3
TD
8 pl · 70 yd · 3:12
7–10
PUNT
3 pl · -7 yd · 1:43
7–10
PUNT
4 pl · 28 yd · 0:52
7–10
Q2
PUNT
6 pl · 36 yd · 2:14
7–10
TD
5 pl · 21 yd · 1:28
14–10
PUNT
3 pl · -3 yd · 2:35
14–10
PUNT
3 pl · 8 yd · 1:15
14–10
ON DOWNS
11 pl · 79 yd · 5:06
14–10
PUNT
5 pl · 4 yd · 1:50
14–10
INT
1 pl · 0 yd · 0:09
14–10
END OF HALF
1 pl · 0 yd · 0:02
14–10
Q3
TD
9 pl · 95 yd · 2:45
21–10
INT
1 pl · 0 yd · 0:17
21–10
FG
6 pl · 19 yd · 1:22
24–10
FG
5 pl · 64 yd · 1:59
24–13
FG
13 pl · 53 yd · 4:35
27–13
FG
13 pl · 68 yd · 6:01
27–16
Q4
PUNT
6 pl · 15 yd · 2:27
27–16
PUNT
7 pl · 39 yd · 2:59
27–16
TD
6 pl · 82 yd · 1:40
34–16
PUNT
6 pl · 16 yd · 3:10
34–16
END OF GAME
6 pl · 54 yd · 2:45
34–16
27 drives. Field position runs left to right for both teams: 0 is the offense's own goal line, 100 the one it is attacking.

Defense

2takeaways1
3three-and-outs forced1
4 of 14scoring drives allowed6 of 13
No individual defensive box score for this game — CollegeFootballData carries tackles from 2016 on, and nothing but interceptions before that. The team numbers above come from the play and drive rows, which reach back to 2016 and 2015 respectively.

Special teams

2 of 2field goals3 of 3
4punts5
42.0punt average41.6
0punts inside the 200
97return yards166
own 42average drive startown 35
Mississippi State
K Westin Graves 2/2 FG · long 38 · 4/4 XP
P Logan Cooke 2 punts · 46.5 avg
P Devon Bell 2 punts · 37.5 avg
KR Brandon Holloway 1 ret · 100 yds · long 100 · 1 TD
KR Gabe Myles 1 ret · 6 yds · long 6
KR Gerri Germaine Green 1 ret · -15 yds · long -15
PR Beniquez Brown 1 ret · 31 yds · long 31
PR Fred Ross 1 ret · -25 yds · long -25
Southern Miss
K Stephen Brauchle 3/3 FG · long 31 · 1/1 XP
P Tyler Sarrazin 3 punts · 45.0 avg
P Matthew Moseley 2 punts · 36.5 avg
KR Curtis Mikell 4 ret · 90 yds · long 27
KR Michael Thomas 2 ret · 39 yds · long 20
KR Ito Smith 1 ret · 37 yds · long 37
K kicking, P punting, KR kick returns, PR punt returns. Average drive start counts only drives that began after a punt or a kickoff — a drive handed over by a takeaway is the defense's doing.

Series recent meetings

2025 Mississippi State 34 – 17 Southern Miss
2023 Southern Miss 20 – 41 Mississippi State
2019 Southern Miss 15 – 38 Mississippi State
2014 Southern Miss 0 – 49 Mississippi State
1990 Southern Miss 10 – 13 Mississippi State
1989 Mississippi State 26 – 23 Southern Miss
1988 Mississippi State 21 – 38 Southern Miss
1987 Mississippi State 14 – 18 Southern Miss
Last 8 meetings shown. Full all-time series sits on each team page.
No play-by-play for this game — league-wide plays start in 2016.
Data: CollegeFootballData · terminal