Postgame Notes: Bowling Green at Mississippi State
September 24, 2022 | Football
GENERAL
- Bowling Green won the coin toss and deferred to the second half. MSU received the opening kickoff.
- MSU's game captain was WR Austin Williams.
- Four Bulldogs made their MSU debut: WR Jordan Mosley, OL JT Zakkak, DL Donterry Russell, and CB Alexander Shaw.
- MSU honored Frank Dowsing Jr. and Robert Bell, the first African-American varsity football players in school history, with throwback uniforms commemorating 50 years since they last played in the Maroon and White.
- Today's attendance was 48,376.
OFFENSE
- MSU passed for 417 yards, marking the 17th 400-yard passing game in program history and 10th under head coach Mike Leach.
- State scored within two minutes on both of MSU's first two drives of the game.
- RB Dillon Johnson turned in State's longest rush under head coach Mike Leach with a 40-yard carry in the third quarter.
- Marked the second week in a row that MSU has posted its longest run under Leach, surpassing a 37-yard run last week.
- Possessed the ball for 10:52 of the first quarter.
DEFENSE
- Held Bowling Green to just 79 rushing yards, marking the 12th time in 28 games under defensive coordinator Zach Arnett that State held the opponent below 100 yards on the ground.
- MSU has a takeaway in 48 of its last 57 games and an interception in 34 of its last 52 contests.
- State has 50 total interceptions in the last 52 games.
- S Shawn Preston Jr. picked off a pass and returned it 20 yards in the second quarter.
- Seven active players have recorded 19 total picks in their careers.
- Held Bowling Green to three-and-outs on all three drives in the first quarter while allowing just 19 total yards.
SPECIAL TEAMS
- K Ben Raybon made a 53-yard field goal that was one yard shy of the school record and State's first 50-plus-yarder since 2019.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
WR Jamire Calvin
- Scored his first touchdown of the season on a two-yard reception in the second quarter.
- Hauled in two touchdowns on the day, tying his career high, and now has five on the season.
- One of two SEC players with multiple games with multiple receiving touchdowns this season.
- Scored on a 22-yard reception on the opening drive.
- Also caught a 26-yard touchdown.
- Finished the day with a career-high 96 yards on a career-high-tying seven receptions.
- Turned in a career-high six receptions and finished with 57 receiving yards.
- Finished the day with 124 all-purpose yards, which is the most by a Bulldog this season.
- Caught a nine-yard touchdown in the third quarter, for his first touchdown of the season.
- Hauled in a season-long 21-yard reception on the opening drive.
- Broke a season-long 42-yard kickoff return.
- Broke a career-long 40-yard run in the third quarter.
- Run stands as MSU's longest under head coach Mike Leach.
- Caught a career-high three passes for a career-high 49 yards.
- Hauled in his first career touchdown on a career-long 32-yard reception.
- Hauled in a career-high two receptions.
- Threw for 409Â yards and a school-record tying six touchdowns while completing 39-of-50Â passes.
- It was his 16th career 300-yard game, which is the school record.
- Posted his 22nd career 200-yard passing game, which is second in MSU history.
- School record: 29, Dak Prescott (2012-15).
- Threw six touchdown passes, which ties his own school record set last fall at Auburn (Nov. 13, 2021).
- Since 2020, Rogers is tied for second nationally among active players with four games of five or more passing touchdowns.
- It was the third time this season that he threw four or more touchdown passes, which leads the nation.
- Marks the third year that a Bulldog has posted three or more four passing touchdown games.
- Rogers also threw at least four touchdowns in four games in 2021 and Dak Prescott did so in three games in 2015.
- Holds the MSU career record with 883 completions.
- Has now thrown 63 career touchdown passes which is second in MSU history.
- No. 1: 70, Dak Prescott (2012-15)
- Has totaled 7,900 career yards of total offense, which ranks third in school history.
- No. 2: 9,814, Nick Fitzgerald (2015-18).
- Responsible for 64 career touchdowns, which is third in school history.
- No. 2: 101, Nick Fitzgerald (2015-18).
- Hauled in a season-long 22-yard reception in the second quarter.
- Has caught a pass in 26 consecutive games.
- One of three SEC players with an active streak of 20-plus games with a catch.
- Caught an eight-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter
- His second touchdown of the season.
- Has now played in a school-record 54 career games.
- Recorded 0.5 tackles for loss.
- Turned in an 8-yard sack on third down to force a punt.
- It was his second sack of the year.
- Broke up a pass in the second quarter.
- Intercepted his first pass of the season in the second quarter and returned it a career-best 20 yards.
- Picked up 0.5 tackles for loss and now has 3.0 for his career.
- Led MSU with 10 tackles for his fourth career double-digit tackle game.
- Also posted a sack for a loss of five.
- Recorded 0.5 tackles for loss.
- Split his first career tackle for loss.
- Batted a pass at the line of scrimmage in the first quarter.
- Downed his first punt of the day at the 3-yard line.
- Punted for a season-high 136 yards.
- Kicked a season-long 53-yard field goal in the first quarter, which is tied for the second-longest field goal in MSU history.
- No. 1: 54 yards, Artie Cosby vs. Memphis (Oct. 5, 1985).
- No. 2: 53 yards, Four others, Last: Brent Smith vs. Tennessee (Nov. 16, 2002).
- Kick stands as MSU's first 50-plus-yard field goal since 2019 when Jace Christman made a 51-yarder at Tennessee (Oct. 12).
- Was also 6-for-6 on extra points.
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