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Week 5: Penn State Nittany Lions at Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

October 05, 2031
73°
Davis Wade Stadium (Starkville, MS) Attendance: 47,202 (77%)
Nittany Lions 0 3 7 0 - 10
Bulldogs (MSU) 7 10 0 7 - 24

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Bulldogs (MSU): 1-10-MSU 5 (8:22) 18-David Varela pass complete to 82-Paul Rector for 95 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Christopher Mason. MSU 7 PSU 0
(Qtr 2) Bulldogs (MSU): 3-3-PSU 3 (5:16) 27-Carl Dillard ran for 3 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Christopher Mason. MSU 14 PSU 0
(Qtr 2) Bulldogs (MSU): 4-1-PSU 23 (2:08) 16-Christopher Mason 41 yard field goal is GOOD. MSU 17 PSU 0
(Qtr 2) Nittany Lions: 4-6-MSU 6 (0:43) 4-Martin Nishimura 23 yard field goal is GOOD. MSU 17 PSU 3
(Qtr 3) Nittany Lions: 1-6-MSU 6 (3:17) 5-Pedro Anderson pass complete to 16-Lee Reid for 6 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 4-Martin Nishimura. MSU 17 PSU 10
(Qtr 4) Bulldogs (MSU): 3-1-PSU 4 (7:45) 27-Carl Dillard ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 16-Christopher Mason. MSU 24 PSU 10

Team Statistics

Bulldogs (MSU) Nittany Lions
First Downs 9 21
- Rushing 6 6
- Passing 3 12
- Penalty 0 3
Total Net Yards 300 323
- Offensive Plays 57 70
- Yards Per Play 5.26 4.61
Net Rushing Yards 139 87
- Rushing Attempts 34 18
- Yards Per Rush 4.09 4.83
Net Passing Yards 161 236
- Att/Comp/Int 23 / 16 / 0 49 / 30 / 3
- Gross Passing Yards 161 261
- Sacks/Yards Lost 0 / 0 3 / 25
- Yards Per Pass Play 7.00 4.54
- Yards Per Completion 10.06 8.70
Fumbles/Lost 1 / 0 0 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 7 / 16 2 / 12
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 5.0 8.5
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 1 / 1
Penalties/Yards 4 / 48 3 / 12
Punt Returns/Yards 6 / 58 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 2 / 66 1 / 35
Int Returns/Yards 3 / 1 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 2 2
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 1 / 1
Avg Drive Start OWN 39 OWN 17
Time of Possession 30:54 29:06

Drive Charts

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 12:11 1:32 OWN 11 3 10 Punt
1 8:22 0:14 OWN 5 1 95 Touchdown
1 6:28 1:19 OWN 20 3 7 Punt
1 0:16 1:10 OWN 38 3 5 Punt
2 11:58 6:45 OWN 42 12 58 Touchdown
2 4:05 2:00 OPP 33 3 9 Field Goal
2 0:40 0:40 OWN 22 1 5 Half
3 15:00 4:02 OWN 25 8 33 Punt
3 9:24 1:24 OPP 45 3 6 Punt
3 3:14 2:51 OWN 29 5 19 Punt
4 14:04 4:14 OWN 32 6 15 Punt
4 9:00 1:17 OPP 12 3 12 Touchdown
4 4:49 3:12 OWN 33 6 12 Punt
4 0:14 0:14 OPP 27 1 0 Game

Penn State Nittany Lions

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 2:49 OWN 25 6 22 Punt
1 10:39 2:17 OWN 33 4 16 Punt
1 8:08 1:40 OWN 25 3 15 Punt
1 5:09 4:53 OWN 27 7 42 Missed FG
2 14:07 2:09 OWN 5 5 12 Punt
2 5:13 1:08 OWN 25 3 0 Punt
2 2:05 1:25 OWN 25 9 69 Field Goal
3 10:58 1:34 OWN 5 3 3 Punt
3 8:00 4:46 OWN 6 10 94 Touchdown
3 0:22 1:19 OWN 6 4 19 Punt
4 9:49 0:50 OWN 7 2 7 Interception
4 7:42 2:53 OWN 25 8 37 Interception
4 1:37 1:23 OWN 3 6 15 Interception

Rushing Stats

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Carl Dillard 17 59 3.47 8 0 2
Matthew Harvill 9 41 4.56 9 0 0
Paul Vinson 4 16 4.00 11 1 0
Stephen Britton 2 12 6.00 9 0 0
David Varela 2 11 5.50 11 1 0

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Dale Baxter 10 42 4.20 12 1 0
Pedro Anderson 3 28 9.33 12 1 0
Adrian Hose 5 17 3.40 6 0 0

Passing Stats

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Varela 23 16 161 0 / 0 1 95 0 103.71

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Pedro Anderson 49 30 261 3 / 25 1 41 3 56.59

Receiving Stats

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Paul Rector 2 100 50.00 95 1
Carl Dillard 4 24 6.00 14 0
Paul Murray 2 18 9.00 12 0
Gregory Stanley 2 10 5.00 7 0
Santos Matas 1 5 5.00 5 0
Stephen Britton 2 3 1.50 2 0
Ryan Drake 1 2 2.00 2 0
Paul Vinson 1 1 1.00 1 0
Matthew Harvill 1 -2 -2.00 -2 0

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Lee Reid 7 80 11.43 41 1
Matthew Fleming 4 62 15.50 28 0
Dale Baxter 6 40 6.67 15 0
Adrian Hose 3 26 8.67 15 0
Steven Reed 4 24 6.00 8 0
David Hughes 3 17 5.67 9 0
Jerry Thomas 3 12 4.00 5 0

Blocking Stats

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Daniel Henry 0 5 0 1
Paul Murray 0 7 0 0
Paul Rector 0 11 0 2
Mark Cochran 2 4 0 1
Jay Joyce 0 4 0 0
Donald Burke 0 4 0 0
Martin McCann 0 4 0 0
Vicente Holland 0 4 0 0
Santos Matas 0 6 0 0
Dave Baron 0 4 0 1
Will Chaves 0 3 0 0
Ricardo Padilla 0 4 0 0
Isaiah Jefferson 0 2 0 0
Lowell Chu 0 2 0 0
John Barden 0 2 0 1
Skip Dunn 0 1 0 0
James Jaeger 0 1 0 0
Matthew Harvill 2 7 0 0
Hank Webb 4 0 0 0
Jeff Smith 1 5 0 0
Alan Adams 25 36 0 2
Daniel Hartley 0 5 0 0
Stephen Britton 17 21 0 0
Christopher Williams 34 36 0 0
Joseph Charlie 36 36 0 3
Jaime Johnson 32 39 0 3
Carl Fields 33 32 0 1
Paul Vinson 6 12 0 1
Leonard Abell 3 5 0 0
Carl Dillard 9 5 0 0
Gregory Stanley 1 31 0 1
Ryan Carlin 0 10 0 1
Ryan Drake 0 8 0 0
Palmer Penn 12 3 0 0
Thomas Sim 11 1 0 0
Marcus McCulloch 2 3 0 0
Robert Taylor 0 1 0 1

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Robbie Cobb 64 25 2 2
John Bass 59 24 0 2
James Weitzman 3 2 0 1
Jeffrey Williams 10 3 0 0
Tracy McNeely 0 3 0 0
Theodore Galvan 3 3 0 0
Jack Stokes 0 1 0 0
Vincent Woodruff 0 1 0 0
Coy Harris 0 1 0 0
Alberto Graham 0 1 0 0
Wayne Batz 0 1 0 0
Robert Dick 5 0 0 0
Louis Jordan 0 1 0 0
Terrence Sierra 0 3 0 1
Lee Reid 0 8 0 1
Glen Stewart 65 19 0 3
Roy Scott 28 6 0 0
Jordan Adrian 3 1 0 0
Clinton Hunter 10 3 0 0
Dale Baxter 14 4 0 0
Adrian Hose 13 7 0 1
David Hughes 0 11 0 0
Matthew Fleming 0 9 0 0
Jerry Thomas 21 15 0 0
Keith Hamlett 38 17 0 1
Steven Reed 3 15 0 2
Irwin Patterson 58 26 0 0
Scott Banker 0 1 0 0

Interception Stats

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Will Chaves 1 1 1.00 0
Daniel Hartley 1 0 0.00 0
Leonard Abell 1 0 0.00 0

Penn State Nittany Lions

Fumble Stats

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
David Varela 1 0 0 0
Carl Fields 0 1 0 0

Penn State Nittany Lions

Punting

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Scott McElroy 8 358 44.75 44.75 52 6

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Paul Duke 7 315 45.00 37.57 48 3

Kicking

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Christopher Mason 1 / 1 1 / 1 0 / 0 41 3 / 3

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Martin Nishimura 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 23 1 / 1

Punt Return

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Ryan Carlin 6 58 9.7 37 0

Penn State Nittany Lions

Kick Return

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Stephen Britton 2 66 33.0 0

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Dale Baxter 1 35 35.0 0

Defensive Stats

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)