College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Mississippi State 17, Miami (Ohio) 16
When: 11:00 AM   ET ,  Monday, December 26, 2016
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Attendance: 15717
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Miami (Ohio) 3 6 7 0 16
Mississippi State 0 7 7 3 17
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 10:07
Miami (Ohio)   FG  Mississippi State 0 - Miami (Ohio) 3
Nick Dowd 18 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 8:36
Miami (Ohio)   TD  Mississippi State 0 - Miami (Ohio) 9
James Gardner 6 yd. pass from Gus Ragland (kick failed)
2nd Quarter - 0:22
Mississippi State   TD  Mississippi State 7 - Miami (Ohio) 9
Nick Fitzgerald 2 yd. run (Westin Graves kick)
3rd Quarter - 8:11
Miami (Ohio)   TD  Mississippi State 7 - Miami (Ohio) 16
Ryan Smith 1 yd. pass from Gus Ragland (Nick Dowd kick)
3rd Quarter - 4:15
Mississippi State   TD  Mississippi State 14 - Miami (Ohio) 16
Nick Fitzgerald 44 yd. run (Westin Graves kick)
4th Quarter - 12:03
Mississippi State   FG  Mississippi State 17 - Miami (Ohio) 16
Westin Graves 36 yd. field goal
TEAMS
Team Records
  Miami (Ohio) Mississippi State
W‑L 6 - 7 - 0 6 - 7 - 0
Conference 6 - 2 - 0 3 - 5 - 0
Team Stats
  Miami (Ohio) Mississippi State
Score 16 17
1st Downs 24 17
3rd Down Efficiency 3-for-9
33%		 7-for-14
50%
4th Down Efficiency 1-for-3
33%		 0-for-2
0%
Total Yards 433 335
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 35-170 33-199
Average/Rush 4.9 6.0
Passing
Comp-Att 22-31 13-27
Passing Yards 263 136
Average/Pass Play 8.2 5.0
Penalties-Yards 3-30 2-25
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Interceptions Thrown 1 0
Time of Possession 35:08 24:52
PLAYER STATS
Miami (Ohio) (6 - 7)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
G. Ragland 22/30 263 2 1
R. Williams 0/1 0 0 0
Mississippi State (6 - 7)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
N. Fitzgerald 13/26 136 0 0
D. Williams 0/1 0 0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
K. Young 9 67 7.4 0
G. Ragland 17 51 3.0 0
M. Thomas 3 33 11.0 0
A. Smith 4 20 5.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
N. Fitzgerald 18 132 7.3 2
A. Williams 12 64 5.3 0
M. Dear 1 3 3.0 0
A. Shumpert 1 2 2.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
J. Gardner 5 92 18.4 1
R. Smith 7 72 10.3 1
R. Williams 4 38 9.5 0
K. Young 3 29 9.7 0
J. Murphy 1 20 20.0 0
M. Thomas 1 6 6.0 0
A. Zielinski 1 6 6.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
F. Ross 4 44 11.0 0
A. Williams 1 24 24.0 0
M. Dear 2 19 9.5 0
D. Gray 2 18 9.0 0
F. Green 1 13 13.0 0
K. Mixon 1 11 11.0 0
J. Johnson 1 8 8.0 0
B. Holloway 1 -1 -1.0 0
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
J. Graham 1 21 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
N. James 1.0 7.0
Tackles
  Tk Ast
T. Reid 5 9
J. Jones 4 3
B. Koenig 4 7
D. Montgomery 3 1
J. McMullen 3 5
B. Okafor 2 0
J. Allen 2 0
R. Williams 1 0
S. McInnis 1 0
S. Shisso 1 0
D. Thompson 1 0
H. Harding 1 1
B. Birdsall 1 1
N. Trawick 1 1
A. Burdine 0 1
S. Sloman 0 1
Q. Calcagno 0 1
D. Daniels 0 1
D. Costin 0 2
A. Gearing 0 3
Tackles
  Tk Ast
L. Lewis 6 1
C. Jiles 4 0
J. Graham 3 0
B. Hoyett 3 0
F. Adams 3 0
B. Bryant 3 3
R. Brown 3 6
G. Green 2 0
L. Durr 2 0
T. Jung 2 0
N. James 2 0
J. Peters 2 1
D. Ward 2 1
K. Coman 2 1
M. McLaurin 1 0
C. Rayford 1 0
J. Gray 1 0
J. Calvin 1 0
B. Wall 1 0
T. Dale 1 0
W. Coleman 1 0
C. Thomas 1 1
J. Simmons 1 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
J. Jones 1.0 1.0
B. Koenig 1.0 1.0
B. Okafor 1.0 1.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
N. James 2.0 9.0
B. Hoyett 1.0 2.0
Fumbles
  NO.
R. Williams 1
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles