Mississippi State vs. Tennessee: Box score, stats, and summary feat. Nico Iamaleava (Week 11)

The Mississippi State Bulldogs were on the road and lost to the seventh-ranked Tennessee Volunteers in SEC action on Saturday night by 33-14. The Bulldogs were unable to do much offense and struggled to get going.

The Vols had a great game with quarterback Nico Iamaleava and running back Dylan Sampson. The Bulldogs (2-8, 0-6 SEC) are struggling and have two games remaining against some stiff competition. The Vols (8-1, 5-1) are sitting at the top of the SEC now and are getting prepared for next week’s game against the Georgia Bulldogs.

This game was very interesting so let’s take a closer look at the box scores for this game.

Mississippi State vs. Tennessee box score

Team	First Quarter	Second Quarter	Third Quarter	Fourth Quarter	Final Score
Mississippi State	0	7	7	0	14
Tennessee	7	13	10	3	33

Mississippi State Bulldogs box score

Quarterback:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Passing Completions	Passing Yards	Passing TDs	Interceptions
Michael Van Buren Jr.	8	-9	0	10-26	92	0	1

Rushing & Receiving:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Davon Booth	20	125	1	1	-1	0
Johnnie Daniels	10	63	1	1	5	0
Michael Van Buren Jr.	8	-9	0	0	0	0
Kevin Coleman Jr.	0	0	0	5	68	0
Mario Craver	0	0	0	1	13	0
Justin Ball	0	0	0	1	4	0
Seydou Traore	0	0	0	1	3	0

Defense:

Player	Interceptions	Fumble Recoveries
Hunter Washington	0	1

Kicking:

Player	Extra Points Made/Attempted	Field Goals Made/Attempted	Long
Kyle Ferrie	2-2	0-0	N/A

Tennessee Volunteers box score

Quarterback:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Passing Completions	Passing Yards	Passing TDs	Interceptions
Nico Iamaleava	4	22	0	8-13	174	2	0
Gaston Moore	2	3	0	6-9	43	0	0

Rushing & Receiving:

Player	Carries	Rushing Yards	Rushing TDs	Receptions	Receiving Yards	Receiving TDs
Dylan Sampson	30	149	1	1	-3	0
Peyton Lewis	14	44	0	0	0	0
Cameron Seldon	6	26	0	0	0	0
Nico Iamaleava	4	22	0	0	0	0
Gaston Moore	2	3	0	0	0	0
Dont’e Thornton Jr.	0	0	0	3	104	1
Squirrel White	0	0	0	3	63	1
Chris Brazzell II	0	0	0	2	17	0
Miles Kitselman	0	0	0	2	13	0
Bru McCoy	0	0	0	2	12	0
Ethan Davis	0	0	0	1	11	0

Defense:

Player	Interceptions	Fumble Recoveries
Boo Carter	1	0
Jeremiah Telander	0	1

Kicking:

Player	Extra Points Made/Attempted	Field Goals Made/Attempted	Long
Max Gilbert	3-3	4-4	51

Mississippi State vs. Tennessee Game Summary

The Mississippi State Bulldogs struggled to do much offensively as they had 15 total first downs and were 3-of-13 on third downs. However, they were 2-of-3 on fourth downs.

The team struggled to pass the ball as they were 10-of-26 with 92 yards with just 3.5 yards per pass attempt. Their team struggled as they had nine penalties for 85 yards and a pair of turnovers (one fumble recovery and one interception).

The Tennessee Volunteers did a great job as they were able to score 33 points on 452 total yards (212 passing, 240 rushing). The team threw for 10.1 yards per pass attempt while running for 4.2 yards per carry. They committed one turnover in the game and were able to possess the football for 34:18 in this game.

Below is the scoring breakdown for this game:

11:44 1Q: Nico Iamaleava 34 Yard Passing TD to Squirrel White | 7-0 Tennessee
13:35 2Q: Nico Iamaleava 73 Yard Passing TD to Donte Thornton Jr. | 14-0 Tennessee
5:47 2Q: Davon Booth 1 Yard Rushing TD | 14-7 Tennessee
0:46 2Q: Max Gilbert 24 Yard Field Goal | 17-7 Tennessee
0:00 2Q: Max Gilbert 38 Yard Field Goal | 20-7 Tennessee
7:59 3Q: Max Gilbert 51 Yard Field Goal | 23-7 Tennessee
6:22 3Q: Johnnie Daniels 18 Yard Rushing TD | 23-14 Tennessee
3:31 3Q: Dylan Sampson 33 Yard Rushing TD | 30-14 Tennessee
8:14 4Q: Max Gilbert 38 Yard Field Goal | 33-14 Tennessee