Texas A&M Aggies vs Mississippi State Bulldogs Match Player Stats On Oct 04, 2014

SportsDirect Inc. staff
Oct 4, 2014

No. 14 Mississippi State 48, No 7 Texas A&M 31: Dak Prescott threw for 259 yards and accounted for five touchdowns as the host Bulldogs stayed unbeaten with an impressive win over the Aggies.

Josh Robinson rushed for 107 yards and had two first-half scores for Mississippi State (5-0, 2-0 SEC), which ran its winning streak to eight games dating to last season. Prescott, who ran for 77 yards and three scores, completed 19-of-25 passes with a pair of touchdowns while linebacker Richie Brown had three interceptions to help the Bulldogs stifle the second-ranked offense in FBS play until the waning moments.

Kenny Hill was 37-of-62 for 365 yards with four touchdowns and the three picks as Texas A&M (5-1, 2-1) fell shy of its first 6-0 start since 1994. Ricky Seals-Jones hauled in 10 catches for 72 yards and both Josh Reynolds and Speedy Noil had a pair of scoring receptions.

Hill found Reynolds for a 13-yard score on the game's opening possession before the hosts strung together 28 straight points, beginning with Robinson's two TDs to make it 14-7 late in the first quarter. Prescott finished an 87-yard drive with a 1-yard TD run early in the second and answered Hill's second pick of the quarter with a 9-yard scoring strike to De'Runnya Wilson to push the lead to 28-7.

Brandon Holloway's 51-yard run set up a short TD for Prescott midway through the third, pushing the margin to 34-10, and Prescott answered Hill's first scoring strike with a 51-yard connection to Fred Brown to make it 41-17 with 2:08 to go in the third. Richie Brown's third interception set up Prescott's third rushing score, an 11-yard run with 10:19 to go that gave the Bulldogs plenty of cushion to fend off a late Aggies push.

GAME NOTEBOOK: The Aggies had allowed an FBS-low three rushing scores before Robinson and Prescott combined for five. ... Hill had 11 TD passes and zero interceptions in the first three games of the season, but has thrown five picks over the last three. ... Mississippi State's winning streak is the longest in the SEC and matches Oklahoma's current run for the second-longest in FBS action.