Referee Brad Rogers; umpire Rock Lowe; head linesman Jay Vines; line judge Will McDonald; side judge Chris Jamison; field judge Grant Jackson; back judge Jimmy Russell; center judge Kevin VicknairGame officials: stats.ncaa.org box scores, via SportsDataverse
Scoring by quarter
Team
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Final
Troy
0
0
14
3
17
Mississippi State
21
17
0
7
45
Standouts
PassingNick Fitzgerald6 of 7, 141 yards, 2 TDMississippi State
Q3 Mississippi StateTurnover on downs, 4 plays, 7 yards
Q3 TroyTouchdown, 15 plays, 77 yards
Q3 Mississippi StatePunt, 3 plays, 0 yards
Q3 TroyTouchdown, 2 plays, 82 yards
Q3 TroyTurnover on downs, 10 plays, 3 yards
Q4 Mississippi StateTouchdown, 1 play, 49 yards
Q4 TroyPunt, 4 plays, 19 yards
Q4 Mississippi StatePunt, 5 plays, 7 yards
Q4 TroyField goal, 12 plays, 65 yards
Q4 Mississippi StateEnd of game, 1 play, 23 yards
Play by play
1st quarter11 drives, then Mississippi State 21, Troy 0
Mississippi State Touchdown, 2 plays
15:00
1st & 10 at own 35
Jed Solomon kickoff for 45 yds , Kelan Chairs return for 15 yds to the MisSt 35
15:00
1st & 10 at own 35
Dak Prescott pass complete to De’Runnya Wilson for 6 yds to the MisSt 41
Troy Fumble return TD, 3 plays (Mississippi State scores)
14:25
1st & 10 at own 7
Brandon Silvers pass complete to Teddy Ruben for 9 yds to the Troy 16
14:25
2nd & 1 at own 16
Andre Flakes run for 1 yd to the Troy 17 for a 1ST down
Mississippi State Touchdown, 2 plays
14:24
2nd & 4 at own 41
Dak Prescott pass complete to Fred Ross for 59 yds for a TD, (Westin Graves KICK)Mississippi State 7, Troy 0
Troy Fumble return TD, 3 plays (Mississippi State scores)
14:24
1st & 0 at own 35
Devon Bell kickoff for 58 yds , Deondre Douglas return for no gain to the Troy 7
13:16
1st & 10 at own 17
Brandon Silvers sacked by Brandon Bryant for a loss of 13 yards Brandon Silvers fumbled, recovered by MisSt Nelson Adams , return for 0 yards for a TD, (Westin Graves KICK)Mississippi State 14, Troy 0
Troy Punt, 4 plays
13:16
1st & 0 at own 35
Devon Bell kickoff for 62 yds , Deondre Douglas return for 44 yds to the Troy 47
13:07
1st & 10 at own 47
Brandon Silvers run for no gain to the Troy 47 TROY Penalty, Offensive holding (-10 Yards) to the Troy 37
13:07
1st & 20 at own 37
Brandon Burks run for no gain to the Troy 37
13:07
2nd & 20 at own 37
Brandon Burks run for a loss of 5 yards to the Troy 32
13:07
3rd & 25 at own 32
Brandon Burks run for a loss of 1 yard to the Troy 31
13:07
4th & 26 at own 31
Ryan Kay punt for 44 yds , Fred Ross returns for 3 yds to the MisSt 28
Mississippi State Punt, 5 plays
10:46
1st & 10 at own 28
Dak Prescott pass complete to Donald Gray for 9 yds to the MisSt 37
10:46
2nd & 1 at own 37
Ashton Shumpert run for 3 yds to the MisSt 40 for a 1ST down
10:46
1st & 10 at own 40
Ashton Shumpert run for 2 yds to the MisSt 42
10:46
2nd & 8 at own 42
Ashton Shumpert run for 2 yds to the MisSt 44
10:46
3rd & 6 at own 44
Dak Prescott pass incomplete
10:46
4th & 6 at own 44
Logan Cooke punt for 33 yds, fair catch by Teddy Ruben at the MISSSTATE 23 TROY Penalty, delay of game (Teddy Ruben) to the Troy 18
Troy Punt, 8 plays
9:22
1st & 10 at own 18
Brandon Silvers pass complete to Deondre Douglas for 3 yds to the Troy 21
9:22
2nd & 7 at own 21
Brandon Burks run for 2 yds to the Troy 23
9:22
3rd & 5 at own 23
Brandon Silvers pass complete to Teddy Ruben for 16 yds to the Troy 39 for a 1ST down
9:22
1st & 10 at own 39
Brandon Silvers pass complete to Deondre Douglas for 5 yds to the Troy 44
9:22
2nd & 5 at own 44
Brandon Silvers pass complete to Deondre Douglas for 7 yds to the MisSt 49 for a 1ST down
9:22
1st & 10 at opp 49
Brandon Silvers pass incomplete
9:22
2nd & 10 at opp 49
Brandon Burks run for 1 yd to the MisSt 48
9:22
3rd & 9 at opp 48
Brandon Silvers sacked by Kivon Coman and A.J. Jefferson for a loss of 5 yards to the Troy 47
9:22
4th & 14 at own 47
Ryan Kay punt for 53 yds for a touchback
Mississippi State Punt, 3 plays
5:29
1st & 10 at own 20
Dak Prescott pass incomplete to Fred Ross
5:29
2nd & 10 at own 20
Dak Prescott run for 3 yds to the MisSt 23
5:29
3rd & 7 at own 23
Dak Prescott pass incomplete, broken up by Darrin Reddick
5:29
4th & 7 at own 23
Logan Cooke punt for 53 yds, fair catch by Teddy Ruben at the Troy 24
Troy Punt return TD, 6 plays (Mississippi State scores)
4:40
1st & 10 at own 24
Brandon Silvers pass incomplete to Brandon Burks
4:40
2nd & 10 at own 24
Dallas Tidwell pass complete to Brandon Burks for 8 yds to the Troy 32
4:40
3rd & 2 at own 32
Dallas Tidwell pass complete to Clark Quisenberry for 6 yds to the Troy 38 for a 1ST down
4:40
1st & 10 at own 38
Dallas Tidwell pass incomplete to Clark Quisenberry, broken up by Jamal Peters
4:40
2nd & 10 at own 38
Dallas Tidwell pass incomplete
4:40
3rd & 10 at own 38
Dallas Tidwell pass incomplete
3:04
4th & 10 at own 38
Ryan Kay punt for 39 yds , Fred Ross returns for 77 yds for a TD, (Westin Graves KICK)Mississippi State 21, Troy 0
Troy Punt, 3 plays
3:04
1st & 0 at own 35
Devon Bell kickoff for 59 yds , Teddy Ruben return for 18 yds to the Troy 24
2:58
1st & 10 at own 24
Dallas Tidwell pass incomplete
2:58
2nd & 10 at own 24
Andre Flakes run for 9 yds to the Troy 33
2:58
3rd & 1 at own 33
Andre Flakes run for a loss of 3 yards to the Troy 30
2:58
4th & 4 at own 30
Ryan Kay punt for 44 yds, downed at the MisSt 26
Mississippi State Field goal, 13 plays
1:37
1st & 10 at own 26
Nick Fitzgerald pass complete to Justin Johnson for 6 yds to the MisSt 32
1:37
2nd & 4 at own 32
Aeris Williams run for no gain to the MisSt 32
1:37
3rd & 4 at own 32
Nick Fitzgerald run for 2 yds to the MisSt 34
1:37
4th & 2 at own 34
Logan Cooke run for 11 yds to the MisSt 45 for a 1ST down
Q2 15:00
1st & 10 at own 45
Brandon Holloway run for 1 yd to the MisSt 46
Q2 15:00
2nd & 9 at own 46
Nick Fitzgerald pass incomplete to Brandon Holloway, broken up by Cedarius Rookard
Q2 15:00
3rd & 9 at own 46
Nick Fitzgerald run for 12 yds to the Troy 42 for a 1ST down
Q2 15:00
1st & 10 at opp 42
Nick Fitzgerald pass complete to Fred Ross for 5 yds to the Troy 37
Q2 15:00
2nd & 5 at opp 37
Ashton Shumpert run for 6 yds to the Troy 31 for a 1ST down
Q2 15:00
1st & 10 at opp 31
Brandon Holloway run for a loss of 3 yards to the Troy 34
Q2 15:00
2nd & 13 at opp 34
Nick Fitzgerald run for no gain to the Troy 34
Q2 15:00
3rd & 13 at opp 34
Nick Fitzgerald run for 10 yds to the Troy 24
Q2 11:39
4th & 3 at opp 24
Westin Graves 42 yd FG GOODMississippi State 24, Troy 0
2nd quarter7 drives, then Mississippi State 38, Troy 0
Troy Punt, 3 plays
11:39
1st & 0 at own 35
Devon Bell kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
11:39
1st & 10 at own 25
Brandon Burks run for a loss of 6 yards to the Troy 19
11:39
2nd & 16 at own 19
Dallas Tidwell pass complete to Bryan Holmes for a loss of 2 yards to the Troy 17
11:39
3rd & 18 at own 17
Dallas Tidwell pass incomplete to Bryan Holmes, broken up by Ryan Brown
11:39
4th & 18 at own 17
Ryan Kay punt for 35 yds, downed at the MisSt 48
Mississippi State Touchdown, 5 plays
10:12
1st & 10 at own 48
Malik Dear run for a loss of 1 yard to the MisSt 47
10:12
2nd & 11 at own 47
Dontavian Lee run for 7 yds to the Troy 46
10:12
3rd & 4 at opp 46
Dontavian Lee run for 5 yds to the Troy 41 for a 1ST down
10:12
1st & 10 at opp 41
Nick Fitzgerald run for 13 yds to the Troy 28 for a 1ST down
8:43
1st & 10 at opp 28
Nick Fitzgerald pass complete to De’Runnya Wilson for 28 yds for a TD, (Westin Graves KICK)Mississippi State 31, Troy 0
Troy Punt, 6 plays
8:43
1st & 0 at own 35
Devon Bell kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
8:43
1st & 10 at own 25
Brandon Burks run for 2 yds to the Troy 27
8:43
2nd & 8 at own 27
Brandon Burks run for 7 yds to the Troy 34
7:49
3rd & 1 at own 34
Timeout TROY, clock 07:49
7:49
3rd & 1 at own 34
Brandon Burks run for 2 yds to the Troy 36 for a 1ST down
7:49
1st & 10 at own 36
Andre Flakes run for no gain to the Troy 36
7:49
2nd & 10 at own 36
Andre Flakes run for a loss of 8 yards to the Troy 28 Andre Flakes fumbled, recovered by Troy Andre Flakes
7:49
3rd & 18 at own 28
Dontreal Pruitt run for 7 yds to the Troy 35
7:49
4th & 11 at own 35
Ryan Kay punt for 39 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the MisSt 26
Mississippi State Punt, 3 plays
5:20
1st & 10 at own 26
Brandon Holloway run for 9 yds to the MisSt 35
5:20
2nd & 1 at own 35
Brandon Holloway run for no gain to the MisSt 35
5:20
3rd & 1 at own 35
Brandon Holloway run for no gain to the MisSt 35
5:20
4th & 1 at own 35
Logan Cooke punt for 65 yds for a touchback
Troy Punt, 3 plays
3:39
1st & 10 at own 20
Dontreal Pruitt sacked by Ryan Brown for a loss of 13 yards to the Troy 7
3:39
2nd & 23 at own 7
Dontreal Pruitt run for 1 yd to the Troy 8
3:39
3rd & 22 at own 8
Brandon Burks run for 6 yds to the Troy 14
2:02
4th & 16 at own 14
Timeout MISSISSIPPI ST, clock 02:02
2:02
4th & 16 at own 14
Ryan Kay punt for 36 yds , Fred Ross returns for a loss of 5 yards to the MisSt 45
Mississippi State Touchdown, 4 plays
1:50
1st & 10 at own 45
Nick Fitzgerald pass complete to Fred Brown for 5 yds to the 50 yard line
1:50
2nd & 5 at the 50
Nick Fitzgerald pass complete to De’Runnya Wilson for 48 yds to the Troy 2 for a 1ST down
1:50
1st & goal at opp 2
Ashton Shumpert run for 1 yd to the Troy 1
0:47
2nd & goal at opp 1
Nick Fitzgerald run for 1 yd for a TD, (Westin Graves KICK)Mississippi State 38, Troy 0
Troy End of half, 1 play
0:47
1st & 0 at own 35
Devon Bell kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
0:47
1st & 10 at own 25
Dontreal Pruitt pass complete to Bryan Holmes for a loss of 1 yard to the Troy 24
3rd quarter6 drives, then Mississippi State 38, Troy 14
Troy Interception, 3 plays
15:00
2nd & 11 at own 35
Devon Bell kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
15:00
1st & 10 at own 25
Dallas Tidwell pass incomplete to Teddy Ruben, broken up by Kivon Coman
15:00
2nd & 10 at own 25
Dallas Tidwell pass incomplete to Teddy Ruben, broken up by Tolando Cleveland
15:00
3rd & 10 at own 25
Dallas Tidwell pass intercepted Beniquez Brown return for 2 yds to the Troy 30
Mississippi State Turnover on downs, 4 plays
14:36
1st & 10 at opp 30
Aeris Williams run for 5 yds to the Troy 25
14:36
2nd & 5 at opp 25
Aeris Williams run for 4 yds to the Troy 21
14:36
3rd & 1 at opp 21
Nick Fitzgerald run for no gain to the Troy 21
14:36
4th & 1 at opp 21
Malik Dear run for a loss of 2 yards to the Troy 23
Troy Touchdown, 15 plays
12:54
1st & 10 at own 23
Pruitt, D. pass complete to Burks, Brandon for loss of 3 yards to the TROY20 (Zach Jackson), PENALTY MS 12 men on the field 5 yards to the TROY28, NO PLAY.
12:54
1st & 5 at own 28
Dontreal Pruitt run for a loss of 4 yards to the Troy 24
12:54
2nd & 9 at own 24
Dontreal Pruitt pass complete to Teddy Ruben for 16 yds to the Troy 40 for a 1ST down
12:54
1st & 10 at own 40
Andre Flakes run for 4 yds to the Troy 44
12:54
2nd & 6 at own 44
Dontreal Pruitt pass complete to Bryan Holmes for 8 yds to the MisSt 48 for a 1ST down
12:54
1st & 10 at opp 48
Dontreal Pruitt run for 8 yds to the MisSt 40
12:54
2nd & 2 at opp 40
Brandon Burks run for 2 yds to the MisSt 38 for a 1ST down
12:54
1st & 10 at opp 38
Dontreal Pruitt run for a loss of 4 yards to the MisSt 42
12:54
2nd & 14 at opp 42
Dontreal Pruitt pass incomplete to Teddy Ruben, broken up by Nelson Adams
12:54
3rd & 14 at opp 42
TROY Penalty, false start (-5 Yards) to the MisSt 47
12:54
3rd & 19 at opp 47
Dontreal Pruitt run for 10 yds to the MisSt 37
12:54
4th & 9 at opp 37
Dontreal Pruitt pass complete to Bryan Holmes for 22 yds to the MisSt 15 for a 1ST down
12:54
1st & 10 at opp 15
Dontreal Pruitt pass complete to Emanuel Thompson for 4 yds to the MisSt 11
12:54
2nd & 6 at opp 11
Dontreal Pruitt run for 5 yds to the MisSt 6
12:54
3rd & 1 at opp 6
Brandon Burks run for no gain to the MisSt 6
12:54
4th & 1 at opp 6
Brandon Burks run for 1 yd to the MisSt 5 for a 1ST down
3:46
1st & goal at opp 5
Dontreal Pruitt run for 5 yds for a TD, (Jed Solomon KICK)Mississippi State 38, Troy 7
Mississippi State Punt, 3 plays
3:46
1st & 0 at own 35
Jed Solomon kickoff for 50 yds , Brandon Holloway return for 17 yds to the MisSt 32
3:37
1st & 10 at own 32
Dontavian Lee run for 6 yds to the MisSt 38
3:37
2nd & 4 at own 38
Dontavian Lee run for 3 yds to the MisSt 41
3:37
3rd & 1 at own 41
Nick Fitzgerald run for 1 yd to the MisSt 32 Nick Fitzgerald fumbled, forced by Cedarius Rookard, recovered by MisSt Justin Johnson
3:37
4th & 10 at own 32
Logan Cooke punt for 50 yds, fair catch by Teddy Ruben at the Troy 18
Troy Touchdown, 2 plays
1:42
1st & 10 at own 18
Dontreal Pruitt pass complete to Deondre Douglas for 8 yds to the Troy 26
0:49
2nd & 2 at own 26
Brandon Burks run for 74 yds for a TD, (Jed Solomon KICK)Mississippi State 38, Troy 14
Troy Turnover on downs, 10 plays
0:49
1st & 0 at own 35
Jed Solomon on-side kick recovered by TROY at the Troy 46
0:47
1st & 10 at own 46
Dontreal Pruitt pass incomplete to Bryan Holmes
0:47
2nd & 10 at own 46
Dontreal Pruitt pass complete to Teddy Ruben for 9 yds to the MisSt 45
Q4 15:00
3rd & 1 at opp 45
Dontreal Pruitt pass complete to Teddy Ruben for 3 yds to the MisSt 42 for a 1ST down
Q4 15:00
1st & 10 at opp 42
Dontreal Pruitt run for 6 yds to the MisSt 36
Q4 15:00
2nd & 4 at opp 36
Brandon Burks run for 1 yd to the MisSt 35
Q4 15:00
3rd & 3 at opp 35
Dontreal Pruitt run for 4 yds to the MisSt 31 for a 1ST down
Q4 15:00
1st & 10 at opp 31
Dontreal Pruitt pass incomplete
Q4 15:00
2nd & 10 at opp 31
Dontreal Pruitt pass complete to Andre Flakes for 2 yds to the MisSt 29
Q4 15:00
3rd & 8 at opp 29
Dontreal Pruitt sacked by Tolando Cleveland for a loss of 5 yards to the MisSt 34
Q4 11:33
4th & 13 at opp 34
Timeout TROY, clock 11:33
Q4 11:33
4th & 13 at opp 34
John Johnson run for a loss of 17 yards to the Troy 49
4th quarter5 drives, then Mississippi State 45, Troy 17
Mississippi State Touchdown, 1 play
11:11
1st & 10 at opp 49
Nick Fitzgerald pass complete to Donald Gray for 49 yds for a TD, (Westin Graves KICK)Mississippi State 45, Troy 14
Troy Punt, 4 plays
11:11
1st & 0 at own 35
Devon Bell kickoff for 65 yds for a touchback
11:11
1st & 10 at own 25
Dontreal Pruitt pass complete to Deondre Douglas for 14 yds to the Troy 39 for a 1ST down
11:11
1st & 10 at own 39
Andre Flakes run for 5 yds to the Troy 44
11:11
2nd & 5 at own 44
Dontreal Pruitt pass complete to Deondre Douglas for a loss of 2 yards to the Troy 42
11:11
3rd & 7 at own 42
Dontreal Pruitt run for 2 yds to the Troy 44
11:11
4th & 5 at own 44
Ryan Kay punt for 36 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the MisSt 20
Mississippi State Punt, 5 plays
8:17
1st & 10 at own 20
Ashton Shumpert run for no gain to the MisSt 20
8:17
2nd & 10 at own 20
Elijah Staley run for 11 yds to the MisSt 31 for a 1ST down
8:17
1st & 10 at own 31
Elijah Staley pass complete to Malik Dear for a loss of 4 yards to the MisSt 27
8:17
2nd & 14 at own 27
Elijah Staley run for no gain to the MisSt 27
8:17
3rd & 14 at own 27
Elijah Staley pass incomplete to Aeris Williams
8:17
4th & 14 at own 27
Logan Cooke punt for 42 yds, downed at the Troy 31
Troy Field goal, 12 plays
5:06
1st & 10 at own 31
Dontreal Pruitt run for no gain to the Troy 31
5:06
2nd & 10 at own 31
Dontreal Pruitt run for 11 yds to the Troy 42 for a 1ST down
5:06
1st & 10 at own 42
Pruitt, D. pass complete to Flakes, Andre for 3 yards to the TROY45 (Grant Harris), PENALTY MS holding (Jamoral Graham) 10 yards to the MS48, 1ST DOWN TROY, NO PLAY.
5:06
1st & 10 at opp 48
Dontreal Pruitt pass incomplete to Emanuel Thompson
5:06
2nd & 10 at opp 48
Dontreal Pruitt pass complete to Bryan Holmes for 7 yds to the MisSt 41
5:06
3rd & 3 at opp 41
Dontreal Pruitt run for 8 yds to the MisSt 33 for a 1ST down
5:06
1st & 10 at opp 33
Dontreal Pruitt run for 6 yds to the MisSt 27 for a 1ST down MISSISSIPPI ST Penalty, illegal use of hands (Grant Harris) to the MisSt 14 for a 1ST down
5:06
1st & 10 at opp 14
Dontreal Pruitt run for 9 yds to the MisSt 5
5:06
2nd & 1 at opp 5
Andre Flakes run for 2 yds to the MisSt 3 for a 1ST down
5:06
1st & goal at opp 3
Andre Flakes run for a loss of 1 yard to the MisSt 4
5:06
2nd & goal at opp 4
Dontreal Pruitt pass incomplete
5:06
3rd & goal at opp 4
Dallas Tidwell pass incomplete to Emanuel Thompson
0:27
4th & goal at opp 4
Jed Solomon 21 yd FG GOODMississippi State 45, Troy 17
Mississippi State End of game, 1 play
0:27
1st & 0 at own 35
Jed Solomon kickoff for 64 yds , Brandon Holloway return for 21 yds to the MisSt 22
0:19
1st & 10 at own 22
Dontavian Lee run for 23 yds to the MisSt 45 for a 1ST down
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