Missouri Tigers at Mississippi State Bulldogs
· NCAA - FootballCarroll runs for 3 TDs, Missouri beats Mississippi State 39-20
Trailing 3-0 and giving up great field position to the Bulldog offense, the Tigers got a fumble recovery from Dylan Carnell returned 67 yards for a score. That shifted the game in Missouri’s favor and led to a 39-20 win for the Tigers.
“Really, really proud of our football team today,” Missouri coach Eli Drinkwitz said. “I think our defense flipped the script to the game with the fumble recovery for a touchdown and that allowed our offense to find ourselves because we were struggling early. We went into it early knowing that we had to control the line of scrimmage and we did that.”
The game turned into a blowout late after the Bulldogs had a chance to make it a one-possession game at the start of the fourth quarter. With momentum in hand and trailing 31-20 inside the red zone, Mississippi State coach Jeff Lebby decided to go for it on fourth-and-3 instead of attempting a field goal.
After the Bulldogs were stopped short of the yard marker, Missouri put together a 14-play, 83-yard drive that took 8:43 off the clock as Marcus Carroll scored from 1 yard away.
The Tigers (8-3, 4-3 SEC) held the ball for 37:23 while the Bulldogs had it for just 18:09. Mizzou was 11-of-17 on 3rd down and averaged 6.4 yards per play.
Cook was 15-of-20 passing for 268 yards and one touchdown and had seven catches from Luther Burden for 91 yards. Nate Noel led a running back group that had 205 yards on 56 carries and Noel had 25 carries for 95 yards. Carroll finished with 14 carries for 61 yards and three scores.
“Obviously the defense got us going with the fumble return for the touchdown but it gives you a chance to play from ahead and dictates the style of the game that’s going to be played,” Drinkwitz said. “I’m sure Nate’s pretty ticked off that he did all the work between the 5’s and then Marcus finished it off. We try to really play to those strengths and they understand that.”
For the Bulldogs (2-9, 0-7 SEC), the team had just 338 yards of offense. Michael Van Buren was 16-of-28 for 191 yards and one touchdown but saw the game turn early on a fumble.
With a 3-0 lead in the first quarter and with great field position, Van Buren fumbled, and it was scooped up for a 66-yard touchdown by Dylan Carnell.
“We didn’t respond the way we needed to,” Lebby said. “Especially offensively, we really struggled after that. When we’ve played well defensively, we’ve struggled offensively. When we’ve played well offensively, it’s just the opposite. That’s the most frustrating thing to me is we haven’t found ways to keep momentum when we’ve had it and when you don’t do that, it leaves it to chance when playing good football teams.”
Davon Booth had a big game on the ground for the Bulldogs with 12 carries for 124 yards and a touchdown notching his second-straight game of 100 yards.
State finished 2-of-10 on third downs and had three red zone trips that could have led to touchdowns finish with a total of six points.
“We did not do a good job offensively making the layups,” Lebby said. “I thought we had opportunities to pitch and catch and make things incredibly easy and we weren’t able to execute. This game will punish you with lack of execution.”
Mississippi State is on the verge of a winless SEC season for the first time since 2002.
Missouri will host Arkansas on November 30
How To Watch
How can I watch Missouri Tigers vs. Mississippi State Bulldogs?
- TV Channel: Tigers at Bulldogs 2021 College Football, week 13, is broadcasted on SEC Network.
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Scoring Summary
FG | 1st Period 11:42 | Kyle Ferrie 38 Yd Field Goal | |
TD | 1st Period 6:33 | Daylan Carnell 68 Yd Fumble Return (Blake Craig Kick) | |
TD | 1st Period 2:49 | Marcus Carroll 2 Yd Run (Blake Craig Kick) | |
TD | 1st Period 0:20 | Jordan Mosley 11 Yd pass from Michael Van Buren Jr. (Kyle Ferrie Kick) | |
TD | 2nd Period 9:58 | Luther Burden III 28 Yd pass from Brady Cook (Blake Craig Kick) | |
TD | 2nd Period 4:32 | Marcus Carroll 19 Yd Run (Blake Craig Kick) | |
FG | 2nd Period 0:30 | Kyle Ferrie 26 Yd Field Goal | |
FG | 3rd Period 6:14 | Blake Craig 35 Yd Field Goal | |
TD | 3rd Period 5:31 | Davon Booth 43 Yd Run (Kyle Ferrie Kick) | |
TD | 4th Period 5:40 | Marcus Carroll 1 Yd Run (Marcus Carroll Run for Two-Point Conversion) |
Statistics
MIZ | MSST | |
---|---|---|
24 | 1st Downs | 16 |
11-18 | 3rd down efficiency | 2-10 |
2-2 | 4th down efficiency | 1-3 |
472 | Total Yards | 338 |
268 | Passing | 191 |
15/20 | Comp/Att | 16/28 |
13.4 | Yards per pass | 6.8 |
204 | Rushing | 147 |
56 | Rushing Attempts | 22 |
3.6 | Yards per rush | 6.7 |
4-50 | Penalties | 6-40 |
0 | Turnovers | 1 |
0 | Fumbles lost | 1 |
0 | Interceptions thrown | 0 |
41:51 | Possession | 18:09 |
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