Mississippi State team stats
2021 season totals across 13 games, beside what opponents did.
General
| Mississippi State | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time of possession | 7:17:23 | 33:39 | 5:42:37 | 26:21 |
| Offensive plays | 974 | 74.9 | 807 | 62.1 |
| Total yards | 5,739 | 441.5 | 4,487 | 345.2 |
| Penalties–yards | 99–760 | — | 90–727 | — |
| First downs | 330 | 25.4 | 218 | 16.8 |
| Third down | 79–17245.9% | — | 74–17941.3% | — |
| Fourth down | 10–1662.5% | — | 6–1540.0% | — |
Passing
| Mississippi State | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Completions–attempts | 518–70473.6% | — | 256–40163.8% | — |
| Passing yards | 4,918 | 378.3 | 3,013 | 231.8 |
| Yards per attempt | 7.0 | — | 7.5 | — |
| Passing TDs | 37 | — | 20 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 11 | — | 9 | — |
Rushing
| Mississippi State | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carries | 270 | 20.8 | 406 | 31.2 |
| Rushing yards | 821 | 63.2 | 1,474 | 113.4 |
| Yards per carry | 3.0 | — | 3.6 | — |
| Rushing TDs | 10 | — | 16 | — |
Turnovers
| Mississippi State | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giveaways | 17 | 1.3 | 16 | 1.2 |
| Fumbles lost | 8 | — | 5 | — |
| Interceptions thrown | 11 | — | 9 | — |
Defense and takeaways
| Mississippi State | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacks | 28.0 | — | 34.0 | — |
| Tackles for loss | 70.0 | — | 61.0 | — |
| Interceptions | 9 | — | 11 | — |
| Interception yards | 99 | — | 110 | — |
| Interception TDs | 0 | — | 2 | — |
| Fumbles recovered | 6 | — | 10 | — |
Returns
| Mississippi State | Per game | Opponents | Per game | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kick returns | 31 | — | 24 | — |
| Kick return yards | 766 | — | 460 | — |
| Yards per kick return | 24.7 | — | 19.2 | — |
| Kick return TDs | 1 | — | 0 | — |
| Punt returns | 22 | — | 15 | — |
| Punt return yards | 151 | — | 290 | — |
| Yards per punt return | 6.9 | — | 19.3 | — |
| Punt return TDs | 0 | — | 2 | — |
⚠ An em dash is not a zero. A measure a team has not recorded — a fumble recovery, a punt return — has no row at the source rather than a zero, and these are categories where not happening is ordinary. Where a season total exists, every rate beside it is computed from that season’s own denominator rather than averaged across games.