Mississippi State at Vanderbilt
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Mississippi State | 10 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 45 | |
| Vanderbilt | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 11:18 | Mississippi State touchdown. Makai Polk 9 Yd pass from Will Rogers (Brandon Ruiz Kick) |
| 1:48 | Mississippi State field goal. Brandon Ruiz 36 Yd Field Goal |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 14:55 | Vanderbilt field goal. Joseph Bulovas 27 Yd Field Goal |
| 9:01 | Mississippi State touchdown. Makai Polk 31 Yd pass from Will Rogers (Brandon Ruiz Kick) |
| 2:00 | Mississippi State touchdown. Rufus Harvey 6 Yd pass from Will Rogers (Brandon Ruiz Kick) |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 8:37 | Vanderbilt field goal. Joseph Bulovas 41 Yd Field Goal |
| 3:52 | Mississippi State touchdown. Malik Heath 9 Yd pass from Will Rogers (Brandon Ruiz Kick) |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 11:38 | Mississippi State touchdown. Jo'quavious Marks 5 Yd Run (Brandon Ruiz Kick) |
| 6:54 | Mississippi State touchdown. W. Rogers pass,to C. Ducking for 59 yds for a TD |
| 0:51 | Mississippi State touchdown. Rara Thomas 28 Yd pass from Chance Lovertich (Brandon Ruiz Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Mississippi State | Vanderbilt |
| Total first downs | 29 | 5 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Mississippi State | Vanderbilt |
| Third downs attempted | 15 | 11 |
| Third downs converted | 10 | 1 |
| Third down percentage | 67 % | 9 % |
| Fourth down | Mississippi State | Vanderbilt |
| Fourth downs attempted | 1 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 1 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 100 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Mississippi State | Vanderbilt |
| Total yards | 522 | 155 |
| Total rushing yards | 61 | 1 |
| Total passing yards | 461 | 146 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 39:02 | 20:58 |
| Rushing | Mississippi State | Vanderbilt |
| Total rushing plays | 22 | 9 |
| Total rushing yards | 61 | 1 |
| Average yards per rush | 2.8 | 0.5 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 0 |
| Passing | Mississippi State | Vanderbilt |
| Passes attempted | 64 | 25 |
| Passes completed | 46 | 17 |
| Average yards per completion | 7.2 | 5.8 |
| Passing touchdowns | 5 | 0 |
| Penalties | Mississippi State | Vanderbilt |
| Penalties committed | 9 | 5 |
| Penalty yards | 70 | 40 |
| Turnovers | Mississippi State | Vanderbilt |
| Passes intercepted | ||
| Interception returns | 2 | 1 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 0 | 0 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Mississippi State | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Dillon Johnson | 7 | 34 | 4.9 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Jo'quavious Marks | 8 | 33 | 4.1 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| Chance Lovertich | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Will Rogers | 6 | -13 | -2.2 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Vanderbilt | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Rocko Griffin | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Patrick Smith | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Mike Wright | 9 | -5 | -0.6 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Mississippi State | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Will Rogers | 57 | 41 | 72 % | 384 | 6.7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Chance Lovertich | 6 | 5 | 83 % | 77 | 12.8 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jaden Walley | 1 | 0 | 0 % | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Vanderbilt | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Mike Wright | 17 | 12 | 71 % | 122 | 7.2 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Jeremy Moussa | 8 | 5 | 63 % | 24 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Mississippi State | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Jaden Walley | 5 | 72 | 14.4 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Makai Polk | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 2 | 31 | ||||
| Christian Ford | 5 | 63 | 12.6 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Rara Thomas | 5 | 52 | 10.4 | 1 | 28 | ||||
| Jo'quavious Marks | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 0 | 21 | ||||
| Caleb Ducking | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Austin Williams | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Malik Heath | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| Lideatrick Griffin | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Dillon Johnson | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Rufus Harvey | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| J.J. Jernighan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Jamire Calvin | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Vanderbilt | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Devin Boddie Jr. | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 0 | 61 | ||||
| Chris Pierce Jr. | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 24 | ||||
| Ben Bresnahan | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Patrick Smith | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Gavin Schoenwald | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Cam Johnson | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Logan Kyle | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Amir Abdur-Rahman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Will Sheppard | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Rocko Griffin | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Mississippi State | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Vanderbilt | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Mississippi State | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Emmanuel Forbes | 1 | 22 | 0 | ||||||
| Vanderbilt | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Dashaun Jerkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Jaylen Mahoney | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Mississippi State | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Tyrus Wheat | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aaron Odom | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Randy Charlton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Vanderbilt | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Jaylen Mahoney | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gabe Jeudy-Lally | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ethan Barr | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Anfernee Orji | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Owusu | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Maxwell Worship | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyson Russell | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Daevion Davis | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brayden DeVault-Smith | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Allan George | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dashaun Jerkins | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Chase Lloyd | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Justin Harris | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nate Clifton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Elijah McAllister | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tyrell Alexander | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ben Bresnahan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brendon Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lorenza Surgers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jack Barton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| James Ziglor III | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Errington Truesdell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Christian James | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Mississippi State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Lideatrick Griffin | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 35 | 0 | ||||
| Vanderbilt | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| James Ziglor III | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | ||||
| Rocko Griffin | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Allan George | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Mississippi State | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| None | |||||||||
| Vanderbilt | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Cam Johnson | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Mississippi State | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Brandon Ruiz | 1/1 | 36 | 6/6 | 9 | |||||
| Vanderbilt | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Joseph Bulovas | 2/2 | 41 | 0/0 | 6 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Mississippi State | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Tucker Day | 2 | 103 | 51.5 | 0 | 0 | 56 | |||
| Vanderbilt | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Harrison Smith | 7 | 303 | 43.3 | 0 | 0 | 50 | |||
Last updated on Wednesday, October 27, 2021 5:57 AM.