Game notes: Missouri State at Jacksonville State
Saturday, November 21, 2 p.m. ET, AmFirst Stadium.The game page.
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The matchup
- Missouri State (2–4, 1–1 in conference) at Jacksonville State (5–2, 3–0 in conference), Saturday, November 21, 2 p.m. ET, AmFirst Stadium.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).
The series
- It will be their first meeting on record.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
Missouri State
- Missouri State is 2–4 (1–1 in conference games), 0–2 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 0–50 at No. 8 Texas A&M; W 48–14 vs. Lindenwood; L 24–30 vs. Marshall; L 24–34 at No. 22 SMU; L 13–34 at Western Kentucky; W 24–21 vs. Kennesaw State.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Missouri State is No. 118 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Casey Woods is 2–4 in his first season at Missouri State.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Casey Woods faces Jacksonville State as a head coach for the first time.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Jared Lloyd (LB): 70 tackles, 1 sack, No. 4 in FBS in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Isaiah Myers (WR): 27 catches, 554 yards, 5 TD, the team leader in receiving yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- J.J. O’Neal (S): 36 tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Jmariyae Robinson holds Missouri State’s career record in receptions with 155 and counting, past Clay Harbor’s 150 (2006–09).Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- Jmariyae Robinson needs 2 touchdown catches to tie Steve Newbold (18, 1977–80) for Missouri State’s career record in touchdown catches, 3 to break it. He has 16 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- Jmariyae Robinson needs 2 touchdown catches to pass Jermaine Saffold (17, 2009–11) for fourth on Missouri State’s career touchdown catches list. He has 16 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- Jmariyae Robinson needs 8 yards to pass Julian Burton (1,942, 2010–14) for fifth on Missouri State’s career receiving yards list. He has 1,935 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- On this date in 2015, Missouri State lost to North Dakota State 55–0.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
Jacksonville State
- Jacksonville State is 5–2 (3–0 in conference games).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: L 7–33 at North Dakota State; W 49–7 vs. Eastern Kentucky; L 27–29 at Ohio; W 31–27 vs. Georgia Southern; W 23–13 vs. Middle Tennessee; W 27–26 at Kennesaw State; W 27–24 vs. Florida International.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Jacksonville State has won four straight, since losing 29–27 to Ohio (Sept. 12, 2026).resultsThe team’s current run of results, every finished game on file across seasons.
- Jacksonville State is No. 59 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Charles Kelly is 14–7 in his second season at Jacksonville State.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Charles Kelly faces Missouri State as a head coach for the first time.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Caden Creel (QB): 1,637 passing yards, 12 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Deondre Johnson (WR): 22 catches, 431 yards, 3 TD, the team leader in receiving yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Caleb Nix (S): 43 tackles, 2 INT, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Garrison Rippa needs 2 field goals to tie Gavin Hallford (49, 2004–08) for Jacksonville State’s career record in field goals, 3 to break it. He has 47 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- Garrison Rippa needs 2 field goals to pass Alen Karajic (48, 2020–23) for second on Jacksonville State’s career field goals list. He has 47 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- Caden Creel needs 359 yards to pass Marques Ivory (5,084, 2008–12) for 10th on Jacksonville State’s career total offense list. He has 4,726 so far.Wikipedia, resultsThe school’s record lists (its Wikipedia statistical leaders article, from the school’s media guide) against our totals from his season lines at the school, this season through the last game in our records.
- On this date in 2015, Jacksonville State beat Murray State 42–20.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
The coaches
- It is the first meeting of Casey Woods and Charles Kelly as head coaches.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
Sources
Every sentence here is ours, written from counts we make over the games on file. Where the facts come from:
- CollegeFootballData.com: Game results, rankings and player statistics; the sentence and every count in it are ours. Derived output (CollegeFootballData.com terms, section 4).
- CollegeFootballDigest: Our own ratings (Elo) and research notes. CC BY 4.0.
- Wikipedia: Facts from Wikipedia’s lists and articles (schools’ record books, trophies, College GameDay sites, coaching records), restated. CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts restated; credit Wikipedia).
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