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ACC
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#52Mississippi State
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SEC
2015 week 1 · postseason · Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 2:30 PM CT · Bank of America Stadium · 📺 ESPN · 46,423 att · 64.4°F, wind 4.7

Drive chart

NC State Mississippi State bar spans the drive · tick marks the start
OWN G255025END ZONE
Q1
INT
1 pl · 0 yd · 0:04
0–0
TD
5 pl · 26 yd · 1:23
0–7
PUNT
4 pl · 29 yd · 1:51
0–7
PUNT
5 pl · 45 yd · 2:28
0–7
INT
9 pl · 36 yd · 5:25
0–7
TD
2 pl · 67 yd · 0:18
0–14
ON DOWNS
11 pl · 47 yd · 4:28
0–14
Q2
TD
4 pl · 68 yd · 1:46
0–21
TD
2 pl · 76 yd · 1:01
7–21
INT
7 pl · 24 yd · 3:26
7–21
TD
4 pl · 57 yd · 1:07
14–21
TD
9 pl · 74 yd · 3:25
14–28
PUNT
3 pl · -1 yd · 1:39
14–28
FG
7 pl · 33 yd · 1:25
14–31
END OF HALF
1 pl · -1 yd · 0:14
14–31
Q3
PUNT
3 pl · 0 yd · 0:25
14–31
FUMBLE
7 pl · 31 yd · 4:31
14–31
PUNT
6 pl · 20 yd · 1:09
14–31
TD
7 pl · 65 yd · 1:35
21–31
TD
15 pl · 74 yd · 6:04
21–37
PUNT
3 pl · -2 yd · 1:29
21–37
Q4
PUNT
6 pl · 27 yd · 2:50
21–37
PUNT
3 pl · -3 yd · 1:34
21–37
TD
2 pl · 56 yd · 0:42
21–44
ON DOWNS
7 pl · 31 yd · 2:14
21–44
TD
5 pl · 51 yd · 1:49
21–51
TD
17 pl · 65 yd · 4:53
28–51
END OF GAME
2 pl · 9 yd · 0:45
28–51
28 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

1takeaways3
1three-and-outs forced3
8 of 14scoring drives allowed4 of 14
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

—field goals1 of 1
5punts4
36.8punt average38.5
0punts inside the 200
147return yards65
own 24average drive startown 34
NC State
K Kyle Bambard 4/4 XP
P A.J. Cole III 5 punts · 36.8 avg
KR Nyheim Hines 6 ret · 129 yds · long 35
KR Bra'Lon Cherry 1 ret · 18 yds · long 18
Mississippi State
K Westin Graves 1/1 FG · long 39 · 6/7 XP
P Logan Cooke 4 punts · 38.5 avg
KR Brandon Holloway 3 ret · 69 yds · long 26
PR Fred Brown 1 ret · -2 yds
PR Fred Ross 1 ret · -2 yds · long -2
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

2021 NC State 10 – 24 Mississippi State
1994 Mississippi State 24 – 28 NC State
1963 NC State 12 – 16 Mississippi State
1940 Mississippi State 26 – 10 NC State
1931 NC State 6 – 0 Mississippi State
1930 Mississippi State 0 – 14 NC State
Last 6 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