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Postgame Notes: Mississippi State at Arkansas
October 21, 2023 | Football
Postgame Notes
Mississippi State 7, Arkansas 3
Fayetteville, Ark. (Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium)
Sat., Oct. 21, 2023
Kick: 11:02 a.m. CT | End: 1:59 p.m. CT
Attendance: 71,505
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WR Lideatrick Griffin
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Mississippi State 7, Arkansas 3
Fayetteville, Ark. (Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium)
Sat., Oct. 21, 2023
Kick: 11:02 a.m. CT | End: 1:59 p.m. CT
Attendance: 71,505
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- MSU's game captains were QB Mike Wright, DT Jaden Crumedy, RB Jo'Quavious Marks, and LB Nathaniel Watson.
- Arkansas won the opening coin toss and elected to defer to the second half.
- MSU is 1-0 in 2023 when wearing the Maroon/White/White uniform combo.Â
- This is the seventh different uniform combination of the season.Â
- Mississippi State has scored in 39 consecutive games.
- Mississippi State is 9-3 against Arkansas in their last 12 matchups.
- MSU is 4-1 against Arkansas in the last five matchups in Fayetteville.
- Jo'Quavious Marks hauled in his first receiving touchdown of the season on a two-yard pass from Mike Wright.
- The Bulldogs finished with 120 rushing yards as a team.
- This was the fifth time this season the Bulldogs have had 100 or more yards on the ground.
- Justin Robinson hauled in a career-long 30-yard pass.
- Held Arkansas to 200 yards of offense, the lowest total any team has had against the Bulldogs this season.
- Dating back to the 2022 season, Mississippi State has recorded a takeaway in 10 of its last 12 games.
- Jett Johnson has recorded five or more tackles in 20 straight games.
- Has averaged 9.6 tackles per game in that span.
- MSU had seven tackles for loss as a unit.
- This was the first time since 2022 that the Dawgs held an opponent to under 100 yards passing. Against Arkansas, MSU limited the Razorbacks to 97 passing yards.Â
- For the first time since ETSU in 2022, the Bulldogs limited a team to 200 or fewer yards of total offense. Arkanas was limited to only 200 yards of total offense.Â
- The Mississippi State defense did not allow an offensive touchdown for the first time since ETSU in 2022.Â
- The Bulldogs had two players with 10+ tackles in the win over Arkansas.Â
- The last time the Dawgs had two players with 10+ tackles was earlier this season against Arizona.Â
- Mississippi State's defense limited Arkansas to 2.9 yards per play. It was the lowest output by the Razorbacks in their last 55 games dating back to 2018.
- Zavion Thomas had a season-long 31-yard punt return in the fourth quarter.
- Keelan Crimmins nailed three punts inside the 20-yard line.
WR Lideatrick Griffin
- Griffin has hauled in a reception in 22 straight games dating back to Sept. 25, 2021.Â
- Has at least one reception in every game of his collegiate career 43 straight games.Â
- His reception went for a two-yard touchdown, for his first receiving touchdown of the season.
- Hauled in a season-long 30-yard pass in the third quarter.
- Had a season-long 31-yard punt return.
- Eclipsed 100 career tackles.
- Had a strip sack in the second quarter.
- Finished with 11 tackles.
- This is the fifth time this season Johnson has recorded 10 or more tackles and he has 13th career games with 10 or more tackles.Â
- Had a tackle for loss to force a punt in the second quarter.
- Has recorded at least a split tackle for loss in every game this season.
- Has recorded five or more tackles in 20 straight games.
- Recovered the first fumble of his career in the third quarter.
- Broke up the first pass of his career in the fourth quarter.
- Recorded a tackle for loss in the first quarter.
- Picked off a pass for the second game in a row. He now has five career interceptions.
- Broke up a pass on the last play of the game.
- Tied his career-high with seven tackles.
- Recorded the first sack of his career in the fourth quarter.
- Had a tackle for loss in the third quarter.
- Led the team with 14 tackles, a season-high. This was his 14th career double-digit tackle game.Â
- Finished with a pair of sacks tying his career-high.
- Has recorded at least a split tackle for loss in every game this season.
- Has recorded at least a half sack in five consecutive games.
- Eclipsed 300 career tackles.
- Landed a trio of punts inside the 20-yard line.
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