First I-A game for Maine since '91

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	10	20
Total Yards	226	374
Passing	124	250
Rushing	102	124
Penalties	4-24	5-30
3rd Down Conversions	4-15	4-14
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	2	3
Possession	28:39	31:21

Individual Leaders

Maine Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Whitcomb 10/19 124 1 2	Mississippi State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Conner 21/34 250 1 1
Maine Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Williams 17 58 0 24 Owens 8 28 0 7 Whitcomb 10 16 0 5	Mississippi State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Reid 18 72 0 23 Norwood 10 44 0 16 Jones 2 22 0 11
Maine Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Pereira 3 49 0 41 Waller 3 49 0 25 McMahan 2 15 1 17 Gordon 2 11 0 9	Mississippi State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Wright 5 61 0 20 Prosser 4 117 0 63 Butler 3 32 1 18 Milons 2 12 0 9

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				ME	MSST
	TD	3:06	ERIC BUTLER 18 YD PASS FROM OMARR CONNER (KEITH ANDREWS KICK) Drive info: 7 plays, 67 yards.	0	7
THIRD QUARTER				ME	MSST
	FG	5:20	MIKE MELLOW 31 YD FG Drive info: 6 plays, 39 yards.	3	7
FOURTH QUARTER				ME	MSST
	TD	2:55	KEVIN MCMAHAN 17 YD PASS FROM RON WHITCOMB (BLOCKED XP) Drive info: 8 plays, 80 yards.	9	7

STARKVILLE, Miss. (AP) -- Ron Whitcomb threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Kevin McMahan with 2:55 left, and Division I-AA Maine stopped Mississippi State twice in the final minutes to beat the Bulldogs 9-7 on Saturday night.

Maine (2-1), playing a Division I-A opponent for the first time since 1991, handed Mississippi State its second loss in three games under new coach Sylvester Croom.

A play before the winning touchdown pass, Whitcomb completed a 25-yard pass across the middle to Ryan Walker on third-and-15.

Mississippi State, which committed three turnovers deep in Maine territory, blocked the extra point attempt, but the Bulldogs failed to reach field-goal range on their two last drives.

Whitcomb threw for 124 yards and the lone touchdown, and Marcus Williams ran for 58 yards on 17 carries for the Black Bears.

Mississippi State's Omarr Connor passed for 250 yards, including a 19-yard first-quarter scoring pass to Eric Butler. Fred Reid ran for 72 yards on 18 carries for the Bulldogs, and Will Prosser had four catches for 117 yards.

Maine is ranked 15th in NCAA Division I-AA, and the Black Bears were Mississippi State's first I-AA opponent since the Bulldogs beat Jacksonville State two years ago.