Mississippi State 21, BYU 28 (Final) · Game tracker

Final/2OTOct 14, 2016 · LaVell Edwards Stadium

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Final
Mississippi State	7	7	0	0	7	0	21
BYU	7	0	0	7	7	7	28

Game flow

BYU won by 7 · 7 scores

Lead changes

3 times tied

BYU biggest lead

2OT

MSST biggest lead

Q1 9:13

Time in front

BYU 4% · MSST 44%

tied 53% · 2:30 vs 30:44 of game clock

The lead after every score: above the line BYU is ahead, below it Mississippi State. Each dot is a score in the scoring team's colour; hover one. Overtime periods are untimed, so each is drawn the same width.

Scoring summary

1st quarter

9:13

TD Keith Mixon 44 Yd pass from Nick Fitzgerald (Westin Graves Kick)6 plays, 60 yds, 1:24 · from MSST 40

MSST 7–0 BYU

0:48

TD Hunter Marshall 1 Yd pass from Taysom Hill (Rhett Almond Kick)15 plays, 75 yds, 8:25 · from BYU 25

MSST 7–7 BYU

2nd quarter

3:54

TD Nick Fitzgerald 1 Yd Run (Westin Graves Kick)14 plays, 75 yds, 5:44 · from MSST 25

MSST 14–7 BYU

4th quarter

13:15

TD Moroni Laulu-Pututau 15 Yd pass from Taysom Hill (Andrew Mikkelsen Kick)12 plays, 48 yds, 5:01 · from MSST 48

MSST 14–14 BYU

TD Nick Fitzgerald 2 Yd Run (Westin Graves Kick)4 plays, 25 yds · from BYU 25

MSST 21–14 BYU

TD Taysom Hill 1 Yd Run (Andrew Mikkelsen Kick)7 plays, 25 yds · from BYU 3

MSST 21–21 BYU

2OT

TD Tanner Balderree 25 Yd pass from Taysom Hill (Rhett Almond Kick)1 play, 25 yds · from MSST 25

MSST 21–28 BYU

Drives

BYU 4/14 scoredMSST 3/13 scored

Q	Start	Team	From	Plays	Yds	Time	Result
Q1	15:00	MSST	MSST 25	10	50	3:22	Missed FG
Q1	11:38	BYU	BYU 25	3	6	1:01	Punt
Q1	10:37	MSST	MSST 40	6	60	1:24	Touchdown
Q1	9:13	BYU	BYU 25	15	75	8:25	Touchdown
Q1	0:48	MSST	MSST 25	5	23	1:42	Interception
Q2	14:06	BYU	BYU 32	10	44	4:28	Missed FG
Q2	9:38	MSST	MSST 25	14	75	5:44	Touchdown
Q2	3:54	BYU	BYU 25	3	7	1:34	Punt
Q2	2:20	MSST	MSST 14	3	9	0:59	Punt
Q2	1:21	BYU	MSST 46	4	17	0:49	Interception
Q2	0:32	MSST	MSST 49	3	0	0:31	Punt
Q2	0:01	BYU	BYU 28	1	-1	0:01	End of Half

Win probability

BYU 100% · pregame line BYU −4.0 (closing line)

The pregame line (TDC's for this week's games, the closing betting line for past ones), blended with the score, clock and field position (calibrated on every 2024–25 FBS play). Gold dots mark the biggest swings; hover one.

Box score

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT	QBR
Nick Fitzgerald	17/36	214	5.9	1	2	71.7
Fred Ross	1/1	9	9.0	0	0	92.3

Rushing	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Aeris Williams	21	82	3.9	0	12
Nick Fitzgerald	16	41	2.6	2	22
Malik Dear	3	17	5.7	0	8
Keith Mixon Jr.	3	13	4.3	0	6
Ashton Shumpert	6	10	1.7	0	5

Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Keith Mixon Jr.	4	69	17.3	1	44
Fred Ross	5	69	13.8	0	21
Malik Dear	3	36	12.0	0	17
Ashton Shumpert	1	17	17.0	0	17
Donald Gray	2	17	8.5	0	13
Nick Fitzgerald	1	9	9.0	0	9
Jordan Thomas	1	6	6.0	0	6
Dontavian Lee	1	0	0.0	0	0

Interceptions	INT	YDS	TD
Mark McLaurin	1	27	0

Kicking	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Westin Graves	0/1	0.0	0	3/3	3

Punting	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Logan Cooke	5	184	36.8	0	0	51

Biggest plays

BYU +92% Q5 0:00 Taysom Hill 1 Yd Run (Andrew Mikkelsen Kick)

BYU +56% Q4 0:04 Taysom Hill pass complete to Moroni Laulu-Pututau for 19 yds to the BYU 43 for a 1ST down

MSST +48% Q5 0:00 Fred Ross pass complete to Nick Fitzgerald for 9 yds to the BYU 16

MSST +47% Q4 13:15 BYU Penalty, Unsportsmanlike Conduct (Moroni Laulu-Pututau) to the BYU 20

BYU +45% Q4 2:55 Taysom Hill run for 5 yds to the BYU 36

Team stats

Stat	MSST	BYU
1st Downs	23	20
3rd down efficiency	8-19	9-17
4th down efficiency	1-3	1-1
Total Yards	386	311
Passing	223	165
Comp/Att	18/37	16/28
Yards per pass	6.0	5.9
Rushing	163	146
Rushing Attempts	49	47
Yards per rush	3.3	3.1
Penalties	7-63	9-84
Turnovers	2	2
Fumbles lost	0	1
Interceptions thrown	2	1
Possession	29:02	30:58

Play by play

Q6 0:00 End of Quarter

Q6 0:00 4th & 9 at BYU 12 Nick Fitzgerald pass incomplete to Justin Johnson, broken up by Fred Warner

Q6 0:00 Timeout BYU, clock 00:00

Q6 0:00 3rd & 15 at BYU 18 Keith Mixon run for 6 yds to the BYU 12

Q6 0:00 2nd & 15 at BYU 18 Nick Fitzgerald pass incomplete to Donald Gray, broken up by Micah Hannemann

Q6 0:00 1st & 10 at BYU 13 Nick Fitzgerald sacked by Sae Tautu and Logan Taele for a loss of 5 yards to the BYU 18

Q6 0:00 3rd & 1 at BYU 16 Nick Fitzgerald run for 3 yds to the BYU 13 for a 1ST down

Q6 0:00 2nd & 10 at BYU 25 Aeris Williams run for 9 yds to the BYU 16

Q6 0:00 1st & 10 at BYU 25 Nick Fitzgerald pass incomplete to Fred Ross

Q6 0:00 1st & 10 at MSST 25 Tanner Balderree 25 Yd pass from Taysom Hill (Rhett Almond Kick)

Q5 0:00 End of OT

Q5 0:00 3rd & Goal at MSST 1 Taysom Hill 1 Yd Run (Andrew Mikkelsen Kick)

Q5 0:00 2nd & Goal at MSST 3 Jamaal Williams run for 2 yds to the MisSt 1

Q5 0:00 1st & Goal at MSST 3 Taysom Hill pass incomplete to Nick Kurtz

Q5 0:00 2nd & 4 at MSST 8 Jamaal Williams run for 5 yds to the MisSt 3 for a 1ST down

Q5 0:00 1st & 10 at MSST 14 Taysom Hill run for no gain to the MisSt 8, fumbles, recovered by Tanner Balderree runs for 6 yds to the MisSt 8

Q5 0:00 2nd & 1 at MSST 16 Jamaal Williams run for 2 yds to the MisSt 14 for a 1ST down

Q5 0:00 1st & 10 at MSST 25 Jamaal Williams run for 9 yds to the MisSt 16

Q5 0:00 2nd & Goal at BYU 2 Nick Fitzgerald 2 Yd Run (Westin Graves Kick)

Q5 0:00 1st & Goal at BYU 2 Nick Fitzgerald pass incomplete to Donald Gray, broken up by Fred Warner

Q5 0:00 1st & 10 at BYU 15 Fitzgerald, Nick pass incomplete to Gray, Donald, PENALTY BYU pass interference (Davis, Michael) 13 yards to the BYU2, NO PLAY, 1ST DOWN MISSSTATE.

Q5 0:00 2nd & 1 at BYU 16 Nick Fitzgerald run for 1 yd to the BYU 15 for a 1ST down

Q5 0:00 1st & 10 at BYU 25 Fred Ross pass complete to Nick Fitzgerald for 9 yds to the BYU 16

Q4 0:00 End of 4th Quarter

Q4 0:00 1st & 10 at BYU 43 Taysom Hill sacked by Traver Jung for a loss of 3 yards to the BYU 40 Taysom Hill fumbled, forced by Traver Jung, recovered by MisSt A.J. Jefferson , return for 0 yards