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Preseason Week 1: Penn State Nittany Lions at Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

August 16, 2025
82°
Davis Wade Stadium (Starkville, MS) Attendance: 45,437 (74%)
Nittany Lions 7 0 0 0 - 7
Bulldogs (MSU) 6 6 7 6 - 25

Scoring Summary

(Qtr 1) Bulldogs (MSU): 4-7-PSU 27 (7:52) 7-Keith Honore 44 yard field goal is GOOD. MSU 3 PSU 0
(Qtr 1) Nittany Lions: (7:48) 7-Keith Honore kicks 69 yards from MSU 35 to PSU -4. 19-Clint Simpson for 104yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 13-Arthur Mann. MSU 3 PSU 7
(Qtr 1) Bulldogs (MSU): 4-4-PSU 33 (3:23) 7-Keith Honore 50 yard field goal is GOOD. MSU 6 PSU 7
(Qtr 2) Bulldogs (MSU): 4-5-PSU 34 (12:50) 7-Keith Honore 52 yard field goal is GOOD. MSU 9 PSU 7
(Qtr 2) Bulldogs (MSU): 4-8-PSU 30 (3:49) 7-Keith Honore 48 yard field goal is GOOD. MSU 12 PSU 7
(Qtr 3) Bulldogs (MSU): 3-1-PSU 18 (5:47) 23-Kevin Holmes ran for 18 yards. TOUCHDOWN! Extra point GOOD by 7-Keith Honore. MSU 19 PSU 7
(Qtr 4) Bulldogs (MSU): 1-4-PSU 4 (10:52) 23-Kevin Holmes ran for 4 yards. TOUCHDOWN!

Team Statistics

Bulldogs (MSU) Nittany Lions
First Downs 24 6
- Rushing 8 1
- Passing 15 4
- Penalty 1 1
Total Net Yards 408 93
- Offensive Plays 81 48
- Yards Per Play 5.04 1.94
Net Rushing Yards 183 34
- Rushing Attempts 27 21
- Yards Per Rush 6.78 1.62
Net Passing Yards 225 59
- Att/Comp/Int 51 / 28 / 0 22 / 12 / 2
- Gross Passing Yards 243 98
- Sacks/Yards Lost 3 / 18 5 / 39
- Yards Per Pass Play 4.17 2.19
- Yards Per Completion 8.68 8.17
Fumbles/Lost 0 / 0 2 / 0
3rd Down Conversions 5 / 16 2 / 13
- Avg YTG on 3rd Down 6.2 9.6
4th Down Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Penalties/Yards 6 / 45 3 / 16
Punt Returns/Yards 2 / 24 0 / 0
Kick Returns/Yards 0 / 0 4 / 165
Int Returns/Yards 2 / 4 0 / 0
2pt Conversions 0 / 0 0 / 0
Red Zone Visits 3 0
- Red Zone TDs/FGs 2 / 0 0 / 0
Avg Drive Start OWN 33 OWN 25
Time of Possession 32:00 27:46

Drive Charts

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 13:33 2:09 OWN 44 4 10 Punt
1 9:58 2:10 OWN 48 5 25 Field Goal
1 1:06 3:20 OWN 22 7 44 Field Goal
2 10:45 0:53 OWN 28 3 5 Punt
2 7:54 4:09 OWN 26 8 43 Field Goal
2 1:46 1:46 OWN 31 8 51 Missed FG
3 15:00 1:35 OWN 25 3 4 Punt
3 11:53 0:55 OWN 48 3 -8 Punt
3 9:25 3:43 OWN 34 7 66 Touchdown
3 3:41 3:29 OWN 39 6 19 Punt
4 14:15 3:26 OWN 39 8 61 Touchdown
4 7:11 2:38 OWN 22 6 23 Punt
4 2:41 1:07 OWN 20 5 21 Punt
4 0:40 0:40 OWN 35 1 -5 Game

Penn State Nittany Lions

Qtr Start Poss From Plays Yards Result
1 15:00 1:27 OWN 25 4 31 Interception
1 11:24 1:26 OWN 5 3 0 Punt
1 7:34 4:15 OPP 25 7 -42 Field Goal
1 3:19 2:13 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
2 12:46 2:01 OWN 25 3 2 Punt
2 9:52 1:58 OWN 22 3 6 Punt
2 3:45 2:00 OWN 25 3 5 Punt
3 13:25 1:32 OWN 24 3 -3 Punt
3 10:58 1:32 OWN 28 3 5 Punt
3 5:42 2:01 OWN 17 3 0 Punt
3 0:13 0:57 OWN 6 3 5 Punt
4 10:49 3:38 OWN 31 9 40 Interception
4 4:33 1:52 OWN 20 5 24 Punt
4 1:34 0:54 OWN 20 3 -5 Punt

Rushing Stats

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Shawn Garnett 10 73 7.30 20 4 0
Kevin Holmes 10 60 6.00 18 2 2
Wilmer Bailey 4 48 12.00 16 3 0
Bradley Johnson 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Michael Shank 1 1 1.00 1 0 0
Russell Schaller 1 0 0.00 0 0 0

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Att Yds Avg Lng 10+ TDs
Pedro Wingo 5 14 2.80 12 1 0
Bryce Jarrett 11 13 1.18 5 0 0
Donte Watts 5 7 1.40 3 0 0

Passing Stats

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
David Varela 42 24 207 3 / 18 0 23 0 70.24
Russell Schaller 9 4 36 0 / 0 0 13 0 55.79

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Att Comp Yds Sk/Yd TDs Lng Int Rate
Michael Irvin 18 11 89 5 / 39 0 22 1 50.46
Jack Hallock 4 1 9 0 / 0 0 9 1 0.00

Receiving Stats

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Michael Weeks 5 37 7.40 13 0
Homer Koenig 4 33 8.25 11 0
Kelvin Grant 4 32 8.00 14 0
Shawn Garnett 3 27 9.00 21 0
Roger Lee 2 25 12.50 13 0
Frank Smith 1 23 23.00 23 0
Stanley Rotz 3 20 6.67 7 0
Patrick Peterson 1 17 17.00 17 0
Kevin Holmes 3 13 4.33 8 0
Richard Tabron 1 10 10.00 10 0
Walter Russell 1 6 6.00 6 0

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Rec Yds Avg Lng TDs
Brian Carpenter 5 43 8.60 17 0
Donte Watts 1 22 22.00 22 0
Bryce Jarrett 2 12 6.00 7 0
Pedro Stinson 1 9 9.00 9 0
Louis Gibbons 1 5 5.00 5 0
James Braden 1 4 4.00 4 0
Steve Quintero 1 3 3.00 3 0

Blocking Stats

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Michael Austin 56 22 2 3
John Bart 55 23 1 2
Joseph Bagley 1 1 0 0
Roy Chalmers 0 1 0 0
Timothy Killgore 17 15 0 0
Edward Hamilton 11 1 0 0
Robert Weis 9 14 0 0
Wilmer Bailey 4 5 0 0
Jay Joyce 0 2 0 0
Ronald Drew 0 2 0 0
Mark Parks 0 1 0 0
Eric Velazquez 0 1 0 0
Kelvin Grant 3 14 0 0
Roy Bentley 0 1 0 0
Walter Russell 0 3 0 0
Bradley Johnson 3 4 0 0
Joseph Mercer 0 1 0 0
Karl Bass 0 1 0 1
Christopher Jones 17 12 0 0
Eddie Lynch 14 11 0 0
Patrick Peterson 0 13 0 1
Geraldo Paro 27 16 0 1
Richard Miller 50 24 0 0
Richard Tabron 25 15 0 0
Michael Davey 45 24 0 0
Jerry Griffin 43 28 0 2
Stanley Rotz 0 9 0 0
Shawn Garnett 6 3 0 0
Robert Blackburn 23 12 0 0
Jeff Smith 0 4 0 2
Roger Lee 14 8 0 0
William Fletcher 5 2 0 0
Mark Cochran 0 3 0 0
Kevin Holmes 6 6 0 0
Homer Koenig 0 13 0 2
Michael Weeks 2 8 0 1
Frank Smith 0 10 0 0
Mark Wood 0 1 0 0

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name PassBlk RunBlk SkAlld TklAlld
Steven Joyner 19 14 3 4
Don Koval 23 17 1 1
Bruce McCabe 4 6 0 0
Louis Gibbons 0 8 0 1
Pedro Stinson 0 2 0 0
Brian Carpenter 0 8 0 0
Robert Puga 32 20 0 0
Donald Pelton 23 19 0 1
David Hutton 23 21 0 2
Nicholas Arevalo 0 2 0 0
Gary Small 3 8 0 0
Bradford Lapointe 0 2 0 0
James Phan 0 2 0 0
Gary McWhorter 0 3 0 0
Jerry Branton 2 1 0 0
Francisco Mendez 0 2 0 0
Steve Quintero 0 1 0 0
Geoffrey Vazquez 3 2 0 0
Calvin Flannigan 10 2 0 0
William Chandler 0 1 0 0
Donte Watts 17 14 0 0
Clint Simpson 0 4 0 0
Sam Graves 7 6 0 0
Pedro Wingo 3 1 0 0
Thomas Holmes 7 6 0 0
David Staley 5 6 0 1
Philip Edwards 7 6 0 0
Leo Oneill 14 18 0 1
Paul Rottman 3 6 0 0
Bryce Jarrett 19 7 0 0
Hector Gillard 0 1 0 0
Clark Doucet 13 6 0 0
Matthew Fleming 0 9 0 0
Daniel McCollum 0 1 0 0
Leslie Peachey 0 2 0 0
Raymond Hunt 0 1 0 0
Kevin Fischer 0 1 0 0
Edward Riner 0 1 0 0
Harold Munoz 1 4 0 0
James Braden 3 2 0 0

Interception Stats

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name Int Yds Avg TDs
Mark Parks 1 4 4.00 0
Dirk Ackerman 1 0 0.00 0

Penn State Nittany Lions

Fumble Stats

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
John Baltimore 0 0 1 0
Mark Cochran 0 0 1 0

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Fumb Recov Force TDs
Pedro Wingo 1 0 0 0
Bryce Jarrett 1 0 0 0
David Staley 0 1 0 0
Robert Puga 0 1 0 0

Punting

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Scott McElroy 7 324 46.29 39.14 63 2

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Punts Yds Avg Net Lng In 20
Benjamin Rivera 11 516 46.91 42.73 59 0

Kicking

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Keith Honore 4 / 5 4 / 4 2 / 2 52 1 / 1
Mark Wigfall 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 0 / 1

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name FG 40+ 50+ Lng XP
Arthur Mann 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 - 1 / 1

Punt Return

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name Ret Yds Avg Lng TDs
Kevin Holmes 2 24 12.0 12 0

Penn State Nittany Lions

Kick Return

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Ret Yds Avg TDs
Clint Simpson 1 104 104.0 1
Brian Carpenter 3 61 20.3 0

Defensive Stats

Mississippi State Bulldogs (MSU)

Name Tackles Sacks
John Smith 5 0
Ronald Drew 5 0
Karl Bass 4 0
John Baltimore 4 0
Daniel Papa 3 0
Jay Joyce 3 0
Michael Harris 3 0
Frank Alvarez 2 2
Joseph Bagley 2 0
Joseph Mercer 1 0
Donald Burke 1 1
William Fletcher 1 0
Mark Cochran 1 1
Dirk Ackerman 1 0
Jeff Smith 1 1
Keith Honore 1 0
Roy Chalmers 1 0
Mark Parks 1 0
Eric Velazquez 1 0

Penn State Nittany Lions

Name Tackles Sacks
Harold Munoz 6 0
Bradford Lapointe 6 0
William Carter 4 0
Robert Dorazio 4 0
Gary Small 3 0
Nicholas Arevalo 3 0
Leslie Peachey 3 0
Gary Cooper 3 0
James Phan 3 2
Daniel McCollum 3 0
Hector Gillard 2 0
Francisco Mendez 2 0
Gary McWhorter 2 0
Joshua Moore 2 0
Johnathan Roberts 1 1
Calvin Flannigan 1 0
Donte Watts 1 0
David Staley 1 0
Jerry Shaw 1 0
Raymond Hunt 1 0
Steven Lang 1 0
Walter Bromley 1 0
Edward Riner 1 0
Kevin Fischer 1 0
Steve Quintero 1 0