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College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Mississippi State 56, Samford 41
When: 3:30 PM   ET ,  Saturday, October 29, 2016
Where: Davis Wade Stadium, Starkville, Mississippi
Attendance: 58019
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Samford 13 7 13 8 41
Mississippi State 21 7 21 7 56
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 13:21
Mississippi State   TD  Mississippi State 7 - Samford 0
Malik Dear 25 yd. pass from Nick Fitzgerald (Westin Graves kick)
1st Quarter - 9:59
Samford   TD  Mississippi State 7 - Samford 7
Karel Hamilton 30 yd. pass from Devlin Hodges (Reece Everett kick)
1st Quarter - 9:19
Mississippi State   TD  Mississippi State 14 - Samford 7
Donald Gray 71 yd. pass from Nick Fitzgerald (Westin Graves kick)
1st Quarter - 5:21
Mississippi State   TD  Mississippi State 21 - Samford 7
Nick Fitzgerald 1 yd. run (Westin Graves kick)
1st Quarter - 4:08
Samford   FG  Mississippi State 21 - Samford 10
Reece Everett 32 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 2:00
Samford   FG  Mississippi State 21 - Samford 13
Reece Everett 33 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 4:59
Samford   TD  Mississippi State 21 - Samford 20
Andrew Harris 12 yd. pass from Devlin Hodges (Reece Everett kick)
2nd Quarter - 4:43
Mississippi State   TD  Mississippi State 28 - Samford 20
Donald Gray 74 yd. pass from Nick Fitzgerald (Westin Graves kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:03
Mississippi State   TD  Mississippi State 35 - Samford 20
Fred Ross 11 yd. pass from Nick Fitzgerald (Westin Graves kick)
3rd Quarter - 6:41
Samford   TD  Mississippi State 35 - Samford 26
Karel Hamilton 45 yd. pass from Devlin Hodges (kick failed)
3rd Quarter - 5:20
Mississippi State   TD  Mississippi State 42 - Samford 26
Donald Gray 51 yd. pass from Nick Fitzgerald (Westin Graves kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:48
Mississippi State   TD  Mississippi State 49 - Samford 26
DeAndre Ward 35 yd. interception return (Westin Graves kick)
3rd Quarter - 2:22
Samford   TD  Mississippi State 49 - Samford 33
Kelvin McKnight 7 yd. pass from Devlin Hodges (Reece Everett kick)
4th Quarter - 12:18
Samford   TD  Mississippi State 49 - Samford 41
Roland Adams 2 yd. run (TaDarryl Marshall run)
4th Quarter - 5:14
Mississippi State   TD  Mississippi State 56 - Samford 41
Nick Fitzgerald 1 yd. run (Westin Graves kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Samford Mississippi State
W‑L 6 - 2 - 0 3 - 5 - 0
Conference 4 - 1 - 0 1 - 3 - 0
Team Stats
  Samford Mississippi State
Score 41 56
1st Downs 27 29
3rd Down Efficiency 9-for-23
39%		 7-for-15
47%
4th Down Efficiency 4-for-5
80%		 1-for-3
33%
Total Yards 627 669
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 34-159 46-252
Average/Rush 4.7 5.5
Passing
Comp-Att 42-70 20-35
Passing Yards 468 417
Average/Pass Play 6.4 11.6
Penalties-Yards 9-77 4-35
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-1
Interceptions Thrown 3 2
Time of Possession 30:41 29:19
PLAYER STATS
Samford (6 - 2)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
D. Hodges 42/69 468 4 3
T. Marshall 0/1 0 0 0
Mississippi State (3 - 5)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
N. Fitzgerald 20/35 417 5 2
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
K. Larry 9 99 11.0 0
D. Hodges 17 45 2.6 0
R. Adams 8 15 1.9 1
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
N. Fitzgerald 19 119 6.3 2
A. Shumpert 7 39 5.6 0
K. Mixon 5 38 7.6 0
N. Gibson 4 33 8.2 0
A. Williams 8 21 2.6 0
D. Lee 1 3 3.0 0
M. Dear 1 1 1.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
K. Hamilton 14 213 15.2 2
K. McKnight 13 115 8.8 1
D. Schmitt 2 64 32.0 0
A. Harris 8 44 5.5 1
C. Shelling 1 11 11.0 0
T. Marshall 2 10 5.0 0
K. Larry 1 8 8.0 0
R. Adams 1 3 3.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
D. Gray 4 207 51.8 3
F. Ross 9 107 11.9 1
M. Dear 4 61 15.2 1
F. Green 3 42 14.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
D. Ward 1 35 1
M. Smitherman 1 29 0
B. Bryant 1 19 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
J. Calvin 1.5 12.0
W. Coleman 1.0 9.0
N. Adams 0.5 4.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
C. Rayford 5 2
R. Brown 5 8
T. Jung 3 0
M. McLaurin 3 1
L. Durr 3 2
D. Ward 3 2
C. Jiles 3 3
J. Gray 3 4
B. Bryant 2 5
F. Green 1 0
J. Graham 1 0
G. Harris 1 0
W. Coleman 1 0
M. Smitherman 1 0
B. Hoyett 1 1
T. Dale 1 1
N. Adams 1 1
J. Simmons 1 4
J. Calvin 1 6
L. Lewis 1 7
D. Lee 0 1
J. Jackson 0 1
M. Rankin 0 1
A. Murphy 0 1
A. Williams 0 1
A. Shumpert 0 1
M. Spencer 0 1
D. Harris 0 3
N. James 0 4
F. Adams 0 5
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
J. Calvin 2.0 13.0
W. Coleman 1.0 9.0
B. Hoyett 1.0 2.0
C. Jiles 1.0 1.0
N. Adams 0.5 4.0
N. James 0.5 3.0
F. Adams 0.5 2.0
L. Lewis 0.5 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
M. Smitherman 1