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ESPN » All Sports » College Football

Mississippi State 38, Tulane 17

Recap Box Score Play-by-Play Drives Conversation

		1	2	3	4	T
	MSST (1-1)	14	3	14	7	38
	TULN (0-1)	14	3	0	0	17

Final

7:07 PM ET, September 8, 2007

Superdome

NEW ORLEANS, LA

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				MSST	TULN
	TD	13:50	Gabe O'Neal 47 Yd Interception Return (Adam Carlson Kick)	7	0
	TD	12:16	Matt Forte 39 Yd Run (Ross Thevenot Kick)	7	7
	TD	05:10	Mike Henig 18 Yd Run (Adam Carlson Kick)	14	7
	TD	02:33	Jeremy Mckinney 8 Yd Pass From Scott Elliott (Ross Thevenot Kick)	14	14
SECOND QUARTER				MSST	TULN
	FG	06:25	Adam Carlson 23 Yd	17	14
	FG	03:21	Ross Thevenot 26 Yd	17	17
THIRD QUARTER				MSST	TULN
	TD	11:30	Jeremy Jones 8 Yd Pass From Mike Henig (Adam Carlson Kick)	24	17
	TD	05:45	Anthony Dixon 27 Yd Run (Adam Carlson Kick)	31	17
FOURTH QUARTER				MSST	TULN
	TD	09:33	Anthony Dixon 7 Yd Run (Adam Carlson Kick)	38	17

Team Stat Comparison

1st Downs	27	8
3rd down efficiency	10-16	4-12
4th down efficiency	0-0	0-0
Total Yards	489	243
Passing	223	199
Comp-Att	20-31	16-29
Yards per pass	7.2	6.9
Rushing	266	44
Rushing Attempts	54	17
Yards per rush	4.9	2.6
Penalties	8-85	7-60
Turnovers	2	3
Fumbles lost	1	2
Interceptions thrown	1	1
Possession	39:04	20:56

Mississippi State Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
M. Henig	20/31	223	7.2	1	1
Team	20/31	223	7.2	1	1

Tulane Passing
	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
S. Elliott	15/26	197	7.6	1	1
A. Scelfo	1/2	2	1.0	0	0
M. Forte	0/1	0	0.0	0	0
Team	16/29	199	6.9	1	1

Mississippi State Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
A. Dixon	27	131	4.9	2	27
J. Williams	9	60	6.7	0	24
C. Ducre	9	46	5.1	0	14
M. Henig	6	23	3.8	1	18
A. Stallworth	1	6	6.0	0	6
W. Carroll	1	1	1.0	0	1
-. Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Team	54	266	4.9	3	27

Tulane Rushing
	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
M. Forte	14	47	3.4	1	39
J. Williams	1	8	8.0	0	8
S. Elliott	2	-11	-5.5	0	0
Team	17	44	2.6	1	39

Mississippi State Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
J. Smith	4	53	13.3	0	29
B. McRae	1	33	33.0	0	33
A. Bell	1	33	33.0	0	33
T. Burks	4	31	7.8	0	10
J. Husband	2	27	13.5	0	27
C. Riley	2	16	8.0	0	8
L. Long	2	13	6.5	0	7
E. Butler	2	13	6.5	0	7
J. Jones	1	8	8.0	1	8
A. Stallworth	1	-4	-4.0	0	0
Team	20	223	11.2	1	33

Tulane Receiving
	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LG
J. Williams	4	85	21.3	0	67
M. Forte	6	49	8.2	0	28
B. King	3	48	16.0	0	42
J. McKinney	2	10	5.0	1	8
K. Guidroz	1	7	7.0	0	7
Team	16	199	12.4	1	67

Mississippi State Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
G. O'Neal	1	47	1
Team	1	47	1

Tulane Interceptions
	INT	YDS	TD
C. Jackson	1	6	0
Team	1	6	0

Mississippi State Kick Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
D. Pegues	4	80	20.0	26
Team	4	80	20.0	26

Tulane Kick Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
M. Harding	3	54	18.0	24
R. Boudreaux	3	43	14.3	16
A. Tuyo	1	31	31.0	31
Team	7	128	18.3	31

Mississippi State Punt Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
D. Pegues	4	16	4.0	14
Team	4	16	4.0	14

Tulane Punt Returns
	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
P. Davis	1	0	0.0	0
Team	1	0	0.0	0

Mississippi State Kicking
	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
A. Carlson	1/3	33.3	23	5/5	8
Team	1/3	33.3	23	5/5	8

Tulane Kicking
	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
R. Thevenot	1/1	100.0	26	2/2	5
Team	1/1	100.0	26	2/2	5

Mississippi State Punting
	TOT	YDS	AVG	TB	-20	LG
B. McAdams	3	112	37.3	0	2	42
Team	3	112	37.3	0	2	42

Tulane Punting
	TOT	YDS	AVG	TB	-20	LG
R. Thevenot	7	286	40.9	0	1	48
Team	7	286	40.9	0	1	48

ATTENDANCE: NA

College Football Scores

Other Scores:

Saturday, September 8th

West Virginia	48	Final
Marshall	23

UAB	24	Final
Florida State	34

North Carolina	31	Final
East Carolina	34

Rice	17	Final
Baylor	42

Memphis		Postponed
Arkansas State

Southern Miss	19	Final
Tennessee	39

UTEP	31	Final
Texas Tech	45

Mississippi State	38	Final
Tulane	17

North Texas	31	Final
Southern Methodist	45