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Mississippi State, after allowing an Ole Miss field goal on the opening drive, responded immediately. The Bulldogs went 61 yards on 10 plays — six passes and four runs — on their opening drive to take a 7-3 lead.MSU had negative-three yards in its ensuing four drives. Ole Miss brought pressure on quarter Will Rogers without designed blitzes. Often times, it only took a three-man rush as the coverage remained tight and forced Rogers to hold onto the ball.
Jo’quavious Marks dropped a touchdown pass on first-and-goal with 44 seconds left and MSU trailing 10-6. He dropped another touchdown pass on the next play. Then, receiverThe Bulldogs flipped the script in Oxford, with Griffin getting his revenge. After Ole Miss’ touchdown to go up 16-7, MSU had a 12-play, 75-yard drive to bring the game within two going into halftime.Rogers was 8-10 on the drive with 67 passing yards.
Mississippi State opened the second half with a turnover on downs with Rogers scrambling out of bounds well short of the line to gain on the final play. The next drive went negative-six yards. The third drive of the second half lasted one play with Rogers fumbling and giving the ball to Ole Miss in MSU territory.Ole Miss went 30 yards to get the ball inside the MSU five-yard line after the Rogers fumble.
Rogers scrambled on a third down and came up a yard short of the first down. Leach elected to attempt a 34-yard field goal, and it proved worthy. Biscardi split the uprights to give MSU a 17-16 lead — its first lead since early in the second quarter. A Rara Thomas touchdown midway through the fourth proved to be the winning score.
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