College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Auburn 27, Mississippi State 13
When: 3:30 PM   ET ,  Saturday, October 28, 2023
Where: Jordan-Hare Stadium, Auburn, Alabama
Attendance: 88043
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final 1 2 3 4 T
Mississippi State 3 0 3 7 13
Auburn 14 10 3 0 27
SCORING
Scoring Summary
1st Quarter - 11:38
Auburn   TD  Auburn 7 - Mississippi State 0
Shane Hooks 27 yd. pass from Payton Thorne (Alex McPherson kick)
1st Quarter - 6:20
Mississippi State   FG  Auburn 7 - Mississippi State 3
Kyle Ferrie 29 yd. field goal
1st Quarter - 4:12
Auburn   TD  Auburn 14 - Mississippi State 3
Ja'Varrius Johnson 45 yd. pass from Payton Thorne (Alex McPherson kick)
2nd Quarter - 7:18
Auburn   FG  Auburn 17 - Mississippi State 3
Alex McPherson 39 yd. field goal
2nd Quarter - 0:09
Auburn   TD  Auburn 24 - Mississippi State 3
Jeremiah Cobb 7 yd. pass from Payton Thorne (Alex McPherson kick)
3rd Quarter - 9:10
Mississippi State   FG  Auburn 24 - Mississippi State 6
Kyle Ferrie 40 yd. field goal
3rd Quarter - 3:14
Auburn   FG  Auburn 27 - Mississippi State 6
Alex McPherson 49 yd. field goal
4th Quarter - 14:54
Mississippi State   TD  Auburn 27 - Mississippi State 13
Zavion Thomas 14 yd. pass from Mike Wright (Kyle Ferrie kick)
TEAMS
Team Records
  Mississippi State Auburn
W‑L 4 - 4 - 0 4 - 4 - 0
Conference 1 - 4 - 0 1 - 4 - 0
Team Stats
  Mississippi State Auburn
Score 13 27
1st Downs 19 21
3rd Down Efficiency 2-for-12
17%		 4-for-11
36%
4th Down Efficiency 2-for-4
50%		 0-for-0
0%
Total Yards 345 416
Rushing
Rushes-Net Yards 35-184 36-186
Average/Rush 5.3 5.2
Passing
Comp-Att 16-32 20-26
Passing Yards 161 230
Average/Pass Play 5.0 8.8
Penalties-Yards 8-70 7-52
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-0
Interceptions Thrown 1 0
Time of Possession 30:44 29:16
PLAYER STATS
Mississippi State (4 - 4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
M. Wright 16/32 161 1 1
Auburn (4 - 4)
Passing
  COMP/ATT YDS TD INT
P. Thorne 20/26 230 3 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
M. Wright 14 63 4.5 0
S. Davis 7 62 8.9 0
J. Pittman 10 51 5.1 0
L. Griffin 2 18 9.0 0
Z. Thomas 1 -9 -9.0 0
Rushing
  ATT YDS AVG TD
J. Hunter 17 144 8.5 0
P. Thorne 8 38 4.8 0
D. Alston 4 9 2.2 0
R. Ashford 2 8 4.0 0
B. Battie 2 0 0.0 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
Z. Thomas 9 112 12.4 1
A. Harmon 1 21 21.0 0
L. Griffin 3 18 6.0 0
C. Whittemore 1 7 7.0 0
J. Pittman 2 3 1.5 0
Receiving
  REC YDS AVG TD
J. Johnson 2 59 29.5 1
R. Fairweather 4 31 7.8 0
S. Hooks 1 27 27.0 1
J. Hunter 2 26 13.0 0
J. Fair 3 25 8.3 0
C. Burton III 1 15 15.0 0
C. Brown 2 12 6.0 0
B. Battie 1 11 11.0 0
M. Johnson Jr. 1 10 10.0 0
D. Alston 2 7 3.5 0
J. Cobb 1 7 7.0 1
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
No interceptions
Interceptions
  NO. YDS TD
Z. Puckett 1 0 0
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Sacks
  NO. YDS
No sacks
Tackles
  Tk Ast
J. Johnson 6 1
N. Watson 5 4
S. Preston Jr. 4 1
C. Ellington 4 2
M. Banks 4 2
D. Nicholson 3 0
N. Pickering 3 1
D. Anderson 3 2
J. Crumedy 2 0
J. Lewis 2 2
D. Richardson 2 2
J. Morant 1 0
J. Purvis 1 1
D. Russell 1 1
D. Russell 0 1
Tackles
  Tk Ast
E. Asante 8 2
K. Scott 7 0
J. McLeod 4 0
L. Nixon III 3 0
N. Pritchett 3 0
J. Simpson 2 0
W. Steiner 2 0
D. Kaufman 2 0
C. Riley 2 2
J. Hunter 1 0
D. James 1 0
E. McAllister 1 0
Z. Puckett 1 0
M. Harris 1 1
C. Anthony 1 1
A. Keys 1 1
J. Jones 0 1
Z. Walker 0 1
K. Faulk 0 1
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
C. Ellington 1.0 6.0
N. Watson 1.0 3.0
J. Johnson 1.0 2.0
D. Anderson 0.5 1.0
J. Lewis 0.5 0.0
Tackles For Loss
  NO. YDS
J. McLeod 2.0 3.0
D. Kaufman 1.0 9.0
K. Scott 1.0 1.0
E. Asante 1.0 1.0
Fumbles
  NO.
No fumbles
Fumbles
  NO.
B. Battie 1