Dak, first QB in the Nation

[tcdog70]

To throw 8 td passes.

[Coach34]

has 9 total now on the season

[CadaverDawg]

Nice, has he rushed for 1 or 2?

[preachermatt83]

yea and that's while having to rotate with a back up

[ScoobaDawg]

Nice, has he rushed for 1 or 2?

only the 1 today.

[SDDawg]

Finebaum would like you to stop this thread. ****

[CadaverDawg]

What are his passing numbers on the season? Too lazy to look it up

[ScoobaDawg]

Postgame Stats
http://www.hailstate.com/fls/16800/pdf/fb/fb_postgame_090614.pdf

Mississippi State has scored 45-plus points in its first two games of the season for the first time since the 1914 squad won its first two contests
54-0 and 77-0.
• Head coach Dan Mullen improved to 3-0 all-time vs. UAB, 22-4 against non-conference opponents and has won 13-consecutive home games
against non-SEC foes.
• Mullen’s squad has won five-straight games for the first time since the 2012 team started with a 7-0 record.
• State’s offense registered two players with 100-plus yards of rushing (Dak Prescott, 111; Josh Robinson, 124) for the first time since Chris Relf and
Vick Ballard accomplished the feat at Auburn on Sept. 10, 2011.
• The Bulldogs scored 57 seconds into the game, the quickest opening touchdown by MSU since Derek Pegues returned an interception 26 yards
for a score 38 seconds into MSU’s 35-3 home victory against Jacksonville State on Oct. 14, 2006.
• It was the quickest opening-drive touchdown on offense for MSU since Wayne Madkin completed an 82-yard scoring completion to Terrell
Grindle at LSU on Oct. 21, 2000 (25 seconds in)
• The 68-yard pass completion by MSU on the opening drive was State’s longest since a 68-yard completion from Tyler Russell to Chad Bumphis in
the 2012 Egg Bowl on Nov. 24, 2012.
• Mississippi State’s streak of 10-straight quarters at home without allowing an offensive touchdown ended in the second quarter.
• Preston Smith’s 21-yard return for a score in the first half was MSU’s first interception returned for a touchdown since Jamerson Love returned a
pick 70 yards for a touchdown vs. Troy on Sept. 21, 2013.
• Kivon Coman’s blocked punt in the third quarter was MSU’s first since Darius Slay blocked a punt in the 2012 season opener against Jackson
State.
• Mississippi State’s school-record sellout streak of 31-straight games came to an end with an attendance of 57,704.
• The 47 points scored by MSU were the most by either team in the series dating back to its inception in 2004.
• State’s defense has forced 18 turnovers in its last seven games.
• The Bulldogs improved to 5-1 all-time vs. UAB.
• State went a perfect 5-for-5 in the red zone, the best offensive efficiency inside the 20 since going 7-for-7 against Alcorn State in September 2013.
POSTGAME NOTES
GAME TWO • UAB (1-1) AT MISSISSIPPI STATE (2-0) • SEPT. 6, 2014 • DAVIS WADE STADIUM
• Maxwell Award watch list QB Dak Prescott became the first player in school history to throw for at least four touchdowns and rush for at least
100 yards in the same game.
• Prescott became the first Dan Mullen-coached quarterback since Tim Tebow in 2008 and the first MSU signal caller since at least 1989 to account
for four-plus touchdowns in three-straight games (Box Scores not available prior to 1990).
• Prescott, also a Davey O’Brien Award candidate, is also the first MSU QB since at least 1989 to pass for three-plus touchdowns in three-straight
games.
• Prescott moved into a tie for sixth all-time with Derrick Taite (40, 1993-96) for touchdowns responsible for.
• Prescott’s four touchdown passes gives him 22 for his career, passing John Bond (18, 1980-83) for 10th all-time at Mississippi State.
• Bednarik Award candidate Benardrick McKinney tallied a career-high 3.5 tackles for loss.
• McKinney’s 3.5 tackles for loss were the most since All-American Fletcher Cox had 3.5 at Kentucky on Oct. 29, 2011.
• McKinney, also a candidate for the Butkus Award, registered 12 tackles, his most since tallying 14 vs. Texas A&M on Nov. 3, 2012.
• Doak Walker Award candidate Josh Robinson tallied his second-career 100-yard rushing game (2013 Arkansas) with a career-high 124 yards on
the ground.
• Sophomore tight end Gus Walley made his collegiate debut, finishing with two receptions for 35 yards and a touchdown.
• True freshman Jamoral Graham made his collegiate debut, finishing with two punt returns for 22 yards.
• The 68-yard touchdown pass from Prescott to senior wide receiver Robert Johnson on the opening drive marked a career-long pass for Prescott
and a career-long reception for Johnson.
• Senior running back Nick Griffin earned his second career start (Nov. 10, 2012 at LSU).
• Reigning SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week Preston Smith recorded his first career touchdown thanks to his second interception in as many
weeks.
• Junior defensive back Will Redmond had a career-high six tackles.
• Senior defensive lineman Curtis Virges tallied a career-best five tackles.
• Sophomore linebacker Beniquez Brown recorded a career-high 2.5 tackles for loss.
• Junior cornerback Taveze Calhoun registered a career-best 1.5 tackles for loss.
• Sophomore defensive lineman A.J. Jefferson collected a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss.

[TopDog58]

How dad is it that one of our more successful QBs didn't have 20 TD passes for a career?