College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Mississippi State 59, Memphis 14
When: 8:00 PM ET, Thursday, September 1, 2011
Where: Liberty Bowl Memorial, Memphis, Tennessee
Attendance: 33990
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Mississippi State 17 14 14 14 59
Memphis 0 7 0 7 14
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:23
Mississippi State   TD  Memphis 0 - Mississippi State 7
Chad Bumphis 44 yd. pass from Chris Relf (Derek DePasquale kick)
1st Quarter - 4:29
Mississippi State   TD  Memphis 0 - Mississippi State 14
Vick Ballard 46 yd. run (Derek DePasquale kick)
1st Quarter - 1:18
Mississippi State   FG  Memphis 0 - Mississippi State 17
Derek DePasquale 28 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 13:59
Mississippi State   TD  Memphis 0 - Mississippi State 24
Arceto Clark 35 yd. pass from Chris Relf (Derek DePasquale kick)
2nd Quarter - 3:19
Memphis   TD  Memphis 7 - Mississippi State 24
Billy Foster 21 yd. run (Paulo Henriques kick)
2nd Quarter - 1:51
Mississippi State   TD  Memphis 7 - Mississippi State 31
Vick Ballard 66 yd. run (Derek DePasquale kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:35
Mississippi State   TD  Memphis 7 - Mississippi State 38
Vick Ballard 1 yd. run (Derek DePasquale kick)
3rd Quarter - 0:00
Mississippi State   TD  Memphis 7 - Mississippi State 45
Jameon Lewis 19 yd. run (Brian Egan kick)
4th Quarter - 11:40
Memphis   TD  Memphis 14 - Mississippi State 45
Marcus Rucker 11 yd. pass from Taylor Reed (Paulo Henriques kick)
4th Quarter - 11:20
Mississippi State   TD  Memphis 14 - Mississippi State 52
Jameon Lewis 80 yd. pass from Tyler Russell (Brian Egan kick)
4th Quarter - 2:41
Mississippi State   TD  Memphis 14 - Mississippi State 59
Tyler Russell 26 yd. run (Brian Egan kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Mississippi State Memphis
W/L 1 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
Conference 0 - 0 - 0 0 - 0 - 0
Team Stats
  Mississippi State Memphis
Score 59 14
1st Downs 24 19
3rd Down Efficiency 4-for-12
33% 		8-for-22
36%
4th Down Efficiency 1-for-2
50% 		1-for-2
50%
Total Yards 645 338
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 38-309 47-164
Average/Rush 8.1 3.5
Passing
Comp-Att 19-31 26-40
Passing Yards 336 174
Average/Pass Play 10.8 4.1
Penalties-Yards 6-30 8-55
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 2-2
Interceptions Thrown 0 1
Time of Possession 22:40 37:16
PLAYER STATS
Mississippi State (1 - 0)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
C. Relf 13/21 202 2 0
T. Russell 5/9 138 1 0
B. Swedenburg 1/1 -4 0 0
Memphis (0 - 1)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
T. Reed 23/35 149 1 1
A. Summerlin 3/5 25 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
V. Ballard 10 166 16.6 3
C. Relf 13 51 3.9 0
T. Russell 2 32 16.0 1
J. Lewis 2 29 14.5 1
R. Elliott 4 16 4.0 0
A. Marcus 1 6 6.0 0
L. Perkins 3 5 1.7 0
M. Carr 1 5 5.0 0
W. Shumpert 2 -1 -0.5 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
A. Gibson 17 85 5.0 0
B. Foster 13 63 4.8 1
J. Rhodes 6 28 4.7 0
T. Reed 5 4 0.8 0
A. Summerlin 4 -3 -0.8 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
J. Lewis 4 113 28.2 1
A. Clark 2 72 36.0 1
C. Bumphis 1 44 44.0 1
S. Williams 3 27 9.0 0
M. Carr 2 26 13.0 0
B. Heavens 1 25 25.0 0
R. Elliott 2 20 10.0 0
C. Smith 2 11 5.5 0
L. Perkins 2 -2 -1.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
M. Rucker 7 73 10.4 1
R. Travis 5 43 8.6 0
K. Wright 3 37 12.3 0
T. Rehrer 3 17 5.7 0
J. Rhodes 2 8 4.0 0
C. Baker 2 1 0.5 0
J. Price 1 0 0.0 0
A. Gibson 2 0 0.0 0
B. Foster 1 -5 -5.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
N. Whitley 1 0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  TK Ast
No tackles
Tackles
  TK Ast
A. Davis 6 1
M. Huelsing 5 0
T. Thomas 5 2
K. Johnson 3 2
C. Smith 3 2
T. Nixon 2 0
F. Trotter 2 1
C. Harris 2 2
Z. Gholson 2 3
D. Cathey 1 0
D. Clark 1 0
B. Veasley 1 0
L. Ballentine 1 0
B. Hollier 1 0
D. Thomas 1 1
D. Poe 1 2
C. Jones 0 1
T. Walker 0 1
J. Farms 0 2
C. Bertucci 0 2
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
No Tackles For Loss
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
T. Nixon 1.0 4.0
T. Thomas 1.0 2.0
D. Clark 1.0 1.0
J. Farms 0.5 2.0
Z. Gholson 0.5 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
N. Whitley 1
J. Lewis 1
Fumbles
  NO.
B. Foster 2