FINAL SCORE
Mississippi State Bulldogs at Minnesota Golden Gophers game details
Saturday, September 12, 2026 at 3:30 PM ET
Huntington Bank Stadium · Attendance 48,048
Put the final score in perspective.
Mississippi State finished 25 points ahead. The teams combined for 51 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Mississippi State 28, Minnesota 6. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Minnesota outscored its opponent in 1 and Mississippi State in 3. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Mississippi State | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 38 |
 Minnesota | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 28 | 18 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 6-10 | 4-13 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-1 | 2-3 |
| Total Yards | 479 | 292 |
| Passing | 227 | 279 |
| Comp/Att | 16/22 | 31/48 |
| Yards per pass | 10.3 | 5.8 |
| Rushing | 252 | 13 |
| Rushing Attempts | 46 | 15 |
| Yards per rush | 5.5 | 0.9 |
| Penalties | 6-60 | 12-115 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 0 |
| Interceptions thrown | 0 | 0 |
| Possession | 30:15 | 29:45 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Mississippi State Bulldogs
passing
| Kamario Taylor | 16/22 | 227 | 10.3 | 3 | 0 | 88.9 |
rushing
| Fluff Bothwell | 18 | 113 | 6.3 | 2 | 30 |
| Kamario Taylor | 13 | 86 | 6.6 | 0 | 26 |
| Kolin Wilson | 11 | 34 | 3.1 | 0 | 9 |
| Xavier Gayten | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 11 |
| Anthony Evans III | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
receiving
| Anthony Evans III | 7 | 121 | 17.3 | 1 | 39 |
| Zion Ragins | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 1 | 25 |
| Sanfrisco Magee | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 1 | 30 |
| Marquis Johnson | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Fluff Bothwell | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
fumbles
defensive
| Tyler Lockhart | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Williams | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jett Jefferson | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jardin Gilbert | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaac Smith | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dre Riley | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Smith | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaray Bledsoe | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Whitson | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kelley Jones | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaylib Singleton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendel Dolby | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kalvin Dinkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayson Jenkins | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bralan Womack | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Reed | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Tanner Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brinston Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amaree Williams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LaKendrick James | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oisin Flynn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
kicking
| Kyle Ferrie | 1/2 | 50.0 | 52 | 5/5 | 8 |
punting
| Ethan Pulliam | 1 | 62 | 62.0 | 0 | 0 | 62 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Minnesota Golden Gophers
passing
| Drake Lindsey | 31/48 | 279 | 5.8 | 0 | 0 | 58.8 |
rushing
| Darius Taylor | 6 | 15 | 2.5 | 0 | 5 |
| Xavier Ford | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 0 | 4 |
| A.J. Turner | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 5 |
| TJ Thomas | 3 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | 3 |
| Drake Lindsey | 2 | -12 | -6.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Noah Jennings | 7 | 88 | 12.6 | 0 | 34 |
| Jalen Smith | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 0 | 20 |
| Javon Tracy | 7 | 51 | 7.3 | 0 | 13 |
| TJ Thomas | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 0 | 14 |
| Pierce Walsh | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 0 | 17 |
| Kaden Helms | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 7 |
| Hayden Moore | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Darius Taylor | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| A.J. Turner | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Julian Johnson | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
fumbles
| Javon Tracy | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aydan West | 0 | 0 | 1 |
defensive
| Kerry Brown | 10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maverick Baranowski | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mekhai Smith | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TJ Bush Jr. | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aydan West | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Matt Kingsbury | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joey Gerlach | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Harden | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Theorin Randle | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Smith | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Riley Sunram | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aidan Gousby | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Nestor | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Karter Menz | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Garrison Monroe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Kissayi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaxon Howard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Carrier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Naquan Crowder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Quayd Hendryx | 2 | 51 | 25.5 | 36 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Javon Tracy | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 10 | 0 |
kicking
| Luke Drzewiecki | 2/2 | 100.0 | 44 | 1/1 | 7 |
punting
| Tom Weston | 5 | 193 | 38.6 | 0 | 2 | 45 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 13:12 | Zion Ragins 22 Yd pass from Kamario Taylor (Kyle Ferrie Kick) | 7 – 0 |
| 1 | 2:58 | Luke Drzewiecki 44 Yd Field Goal | 7 – 3 |
| 1 | 0:22 | Fluff Bothwell 5 Yd Run (Kyle Ferrie Kick) | 14 – 3 |
| 2 | 11:27 | Sanfrisco Magee 30 Yd pass from Kamario Taylor (Kyle Ferrie Kick) | 21 – 3 |
| 2 | 4:32 | Anthony Evans III 15 Yd pass from Kamario Taylor (Kyle Ferrie Kick) | 28 – 3 |
| 2 | 0:00 | Luke Drzewiecki 41 Yd Field Goal | 28 – 6 |
| 3 | 11:01 | Aydan West 0 Yd Fumble Recovery (Luke Drzewiecki Kick) | 28 – 13 |
| 3 | 9:53 | Kyle Ferrie 52 Yd Field Goal | 31 – 13 |
| 4 | 12:32 | Fluff Bothwell 3 Yd Run (Kyle Ferrie Kick) | 38 – 13 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 11:32 AM UTCData methodology