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Postgame Notes: Mississippi State vs. #14 LSU
September 16, 2023 | Football
Postgame Notes
#14 LSU 41, Mississippi State 14
Starkville, Miss. (Davis Wade Stadium)
Sat., Sept. 16, 2023
Kick: 11:07 a.m. CT | End: 2:24 p.m. CT
Attendance: 60,084
GENERAL
- MSU's game captains were S Shawn Preston Jr., QB Will Rogers, TE Geor'quarius Spivey, and LB Nathaniel Watson.
- Mississippi State won the opening coin toss and elected to receive.
- Mississippi State is 0-1 in 2023 when wearing the White/Maroon/White uniform combo.
- The crowd of 60,084 is the largest crowd of the season at Davis Wade Stadium.
OFFENSE
- Jo'Quavious Marks caught his 200th career pass at State, making him State's All-Time leader in receptions and 12th on the SEC All-Time reception list.
- Lideatrick Griffin scored a 9 yard rushing touchdown late in the first half.
- Antonio Harmon hauled in his first career touchdown on a pass from Mike Wright. This was Wright's first touchdown pass as a Bulldog.
DEFENSE
- Totaled six tackles for loss as a unit.
- Three Bulldogs recorded double-digit tackles.
- First time since last season at Ole Miss (11/24/22). In that contest, Decamerion Richardson, Nathaniel Watson, and Jett Johnson all had ten.
SPECIAL TEAMS
- The kickoff return team had two returns of 30 or more yards on the day.
- Lideatrick Griffin returned a kickoff for 39 yards, the longest kick return this year.
PLAYERS
WR Lideatrick Griffin
- Scored the first rushing touchdown of his career in the second quarter on a 9 yard rush.
- Griffin tallied three carries in the contest for 24 rushing yards. The three carries are a career-high.
- In the fourth quarter, Harmon picked up his first collegiate touchdown on a 4 yard pass from Mike Wright.
- Marks caught his 200th career pass at State, making him State's all-time leader in receptions and 12th on the SEC All-Time reception list.
- The 200 career receptions moves him into 12th on the SEC All-Time reception list.
- He has a reception in 39 straight games. This is the fourth longest streak in the nation.
- Had a career-long 52 yard rush in the second quarter.
QB Mike Wright
- Threw his first touchdown as a Bulldog on a four-yard pass.
- Notched a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss.
- Tied his career-high with one sack.
- This was his first sack since the ReliaQuest Bowl and the sixth time he has had a sack in a game.
- Posted a career-high ten tackles, including one tackle for loss in his first career start.
LB Jett Johnson
- Led the team with a career-high with 14 tackles.
- Second straight game with double digit tackles.
- This is the first time since last season's final two games when he accomplished this feat against Ole Miss and Illinois.
- Finished with 13 tackles, the 11th time in his career he has eclipsed double-digit tackles in a game.
- Has had 10+ tackles two straight weeks.
- This is the first time since last season's final two games when Johnson accomplished this feat against Ole Miss and Illinois.
- Had six punts for an average of 44.0 yards.
- Pinned a pair of punts inside the 20-yard line.
- Had a career-long punt of 50 yards.
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