Florida vs Mississippi State: Box score, stats and summary feat. Graham Mertz (Week 4) 

The Mississippi State Bulldogs hosted the Florida Gators this Saturday at Davis Wade Stadium. The Gators had Graham Mertz at the center, while the Bulldogs had Blake Shapen make plays behind the offensive line, which was humbled last week.

The Florida Gators, who had a poor start to the season, were favorites in this matchup. And they proved the oddsmakers right by halftime (28-14). With a handy lead, all Gators were required to do was take up as much time as possible and for every score of the Bulldogs, they added one of their own.

Finally, as expected, Florida won the game 45-28

Florida vs Mississippi State: Box score

Team	First Quarter	Second Quarter	Third Quarter	Fourth Quarter	Final Score
Florida	7	21	7	10	45
Mississippi State	7	7	7	7	28

Florida box score

Quarterback

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Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Pass Completions	Passing Yards	Passing TDs	Interceptions
Graham Mertz	3	24	1	19-21	201	3	0

Receiving and Rushing

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Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Montrell Johnson Jr.	15	68	0	3	22	0
Treyuan Webb	8	41	0	0	0	0
Ja'Kobi Jackson	3	18	1	2	27	0
Elijhah Badger	0	0	0	3	45	0

Kicking

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Player	Extra Points	Field Goals	Long
Trey Smack	6/6	1/1	47

Mississippi State box score

Quarterback

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Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Pass Completions	Passing Yards	Passing TDs	Interceptions
Blake Shapen	12	32	1	13-21	140	1	0
Michael Van Buren Jr.	5	-5	0	7-13	100	0	0

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Receiving and Rushing

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Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Keyvone Lee	8	52	0	0	0	0
Davon Booth	16	75	1	0	0	0
Mario Craver	0	0	0	3	62	0
Seydou Traore	0	0	0	4	48	0

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Kicking

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Player	Extra Points	Field Goals	Long
Kyle Ferrie	4/4	0	0

Florida vs Mississippi State Game Summary

The Gators struck first as Graham Mertz found Arlis Boardingham for a 3-yard touchdown pass. With 0:21 left in the first quarter, the Bulldogs tied the game after Davon Booth scored a five-yard rushing touchdown.

Mertz was in action from the get-go in the second quarter with two back-to-back passing touchdowns to Marcus Burke (20- yards) and Hayden Hansen (35- yards), followed by a 10-yard rushing touchdown for the Gators by Ja'Kobi Jackson. In the final minute, quarterback Blake Shapen cut the lead in half with a 3-yard rushing touchdown.

Shapen got in the act early after halftime as he connected a 13-yard TD pass to Jordan Mosley. Graham Mertz got in a rushing score with 3:37 left in the third quarter.

The start of the fourth quarter saw a costly mistake by the Bulldogs offense as a fumble resulted in Gators' defender Austin Barber returning it for touchdown. Reprimanding the mistake, Johnnie Daniels got back seven as he rushed 10 yards for a touchdown that cut the lead to 42-28. The Gators added one more field goal to take the lead and eventually the game 45-28.

Graham Mertz played his best game of the season finishing with 19-of-21 successful pass attempts for 201 yards and three touchdowns. Mertz also scored once while rushing, as he ran for 24 yards on three carries.

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