Postgame Notes: No. 1 Georgia at Mississippi State
November 12, 2022 | Football
GENERAL
- MSU won the coin toss and elected to receive the opening kickoff.
- MSU's game captain was WR Austin Williams.
- Tonight's attendance was 60,352.
- Tonight was MSU's 12th game against the AP No. 1 team in its history.
- The Bulldogs have played Alabama eight times, Tennessee twice, LSU once and now Georgia once.
OFFENSE
- Mississippi State is now 28-for-31 in the red zone this season (90.3 percent), with 23 touchdowns.
- The Bulldogs are averaging 4.94 points per red zone drive.
DEFENSE
- MSU now has a takeaway in 27 of its 34 games under defensive coordinator Zach Arnett.
- S Collin Duncan intercepted a pass in the first quarter and returned it 13 yards.
- LB Tyrus Wheat picked off a pass at the line of scrimmage in the third quarter.
- MSU has an interception in 19 games under Arnett with 33 total interceptions.
- The Bulldogs have multiple picks in 10 games under Arnett and are 9-1 in such games.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
WR Rufus Harvey
- Led MSU with five receptions.
- Caught a six-yard touchdown pass for his third score of the year.
- Finished with three returns for 63 yards.
- Now averaging (32.8 entering) yards per return in his career, which is 6.1 yards better than the school record (minimum 30 attempts).
- Current record: 26.7, Leon Berry (2009-10).
- Now seventh in school history with 141 career receptions.
- No. 6: 142, Austin Williams (2018-pr.).
- Has now caught a pass in 33 consecutive games, which includes every game of his career.
- Boasts the second-longest streak in the SEC and is one of just two players in the league with catches in 30 or more consecutive games.
- School record: 35, Fred Ross (2013-15).
- Now second in school history with 183 career receptions.
- School record: 199, Fred Ross (2013-16).
- Threw for 261 yards marking his 28th career 200-yard passing game, which is second in MSU history.
- School record: 29, Dak Prescott (2012-15).
- Holds the SEC career record with 1,073 completions.
- Holds MSU career records with 9,888 career passing yards and 74 career passing touchdowns.
- Has recorded 9,614 career total offense yards, which ranks third in MSU history.
- No. 2: 9,814, Nick Fitzgerald (2015-18).
- Returned a punt 63 yards for his first career touchdown.
- It was the first punt return touchdown by a Bulldog since Deddrick Thomas went 82 yards at UMass (2017).
- Hauled in a 47-yard catch, which is his longest since a career-long 51-yard reception also against Georgia (2020).
- Now 10th in school history with 131 career receptions.
- No. 9: 133, De'Runnya Wilson (2013-15).
- Now sixth in school history with 142 career receptions.
- No. 5: 146, Sammy Milner (1968-70).
- Has now played in a school-record 60 career games with 36 career starts.
- Split a tackle for loss and added a QB hurry.
- Split a tackle for a loss.
- Made his third career interception and returned it 13 yards in the first quarter.
- Totaled 1.0 tackles for loss on two separate stops.
- Added a QB hurry.
- Broke up a career-high two passes, including one in the end zone on third down.
- Split a tackle for loss on a snap from the MSU 1-yard line.
- Split a tackle for loss.
- Posted 10 tackles, which is one shy of his career high and marked his second career double-digit tackle game.
- Led MSU with 16 tackles, tying his career high.
- It marked his sixth time leading the team this season and eighth career double-digit tackle game.
- Now has three 16-plus-tackle games, which is tied for second-most by a Bulldog since 1988 with Mario Haggan (199-02) and Paul Lacoste (1993-96).
- Prior to Watson's 16 tackles at Alabama in 2021, the last Bulldog with 16 tackles in a game was Brandon Wilson (18) in 2011 against Louisiana Tech.
- It marked his sixth time leading the team this season and eighth career double-digit tackle game.
- Totaled 1.5 tackles for loss on back-to-back snaps inside the MSU 5-yard line.
- Recorded his first interception of the season and third of his career.
- Split a tackle for loss on a snap from the MSU 1-yard line.
- Made a season-high seven tackles.
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