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Inside the numbers: Mississippi State-Ole Miss first half stats

Paul Jones Mississippi State Bulldogsby: Paul Jones11 hours agoPaulJonesOn3

Mississippi State and No. 6 Ole Miss have reached halftime at Davis Wade Stadium and the visiting Rebels lead, 21-10.

Ole Miss needed just five plays to dent the scoreboard on the game’s opening possession. Kewan Lacy capped the quick drive with a 31-yard touchdown scamper and the Rebels led 7-0 with 13:05 remaining in the first quarter.

However, the Bulldogs would answer with true freshman KaMario Taylor making his first career start. State marched 97 yards in 10 plays with Taylor rushing for a 22 yard touchdown, tying the game at 7-7 with 8:50 left in the opening quarter.

The Rebels stayed hot on their next possession and marched 75 yards again. This time Trinidad Chambliss hit Harrison Wallace for a 24-yard touchdown pass and Ole Miss regained the lead, 14-7, with 5:22 left in the first quarter.

After the early fireworks, both defenses started to settle in the rest of the half. Mississippi State did manage a 40-yard field goal by Kyle Ferrie to cut the Ole Miss lead to 14-10 with 1:45 remaining in the half.

Ole Miss would close out the scoring in the half, however. The Rebels went 75 yards in just 1:33 and took a 21-10 lead following a 10-yard touchdown pass from Chambliss to De’Zhaun Stribling with just 12 seconds remaining in the half.

In the first half, Mississippi State had 234 yards of offense with 151 on the ground. The Bulldogs were 2 of 6 on third down and had three penalties for 32 yards. State held the ball for 13:18 of the opening half.

Ole Miss had 310 yards of offense in the opening half with 212 coming through the air. The Rebels were 3 of 8 on third down and also 1 of 1 on fourth down. Ole Miss had one penalty for five yards and had the ball for 16:42 of the first half.

Individually, Taylor was 5 of 11 for 83 yards with one interception and led State’s ground game with eight carries for 85 yards. Fluff Bothwell had 11 carries for 63 yards for State while Brenen Thompson had three catches for 45 yards.

For Ole Miss, Chambliss was 17 of 25 for 212 yards with two touchdowns. Lacy had 14 carries for 74 yards and a touchdown while Wallace had four catches for 72 yards and a touchdown.

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