Mississippi State vs. Arizona by the numbers

Mississippi State (1-0) at Arizona (1-0)

10 p.m. CDT Saturday (FOX Sports activities 1)

Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona

0 Earlier video games between Mississippi State and Arizona.

1 Victory for Arizona in seven video games towards SEC opponents. The Wildcats defeated visiting Auburn 31-19 on Sept. 11, 1976. Arizona’s first assembly with an SEC opponent got here within the Solar Bowl, when it misplaced to Auburn 34-10 on Dec. 28, 1968. The Wildcats additionally tied Georgia 13-13 within the Solar Bowl on Dec. 28, 1985. In Arizona’s different video games towards SEC opponents, it misplaced at Auburn 21-10 on Sept. 10, 1977, and towards LSU 27-26 on Sept. 22, 1984, and 45-3 on Sept. 9, 2006, in street video games and 59-13 on Sept. 6, 2003, in a house contest.

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3 Earlier video games for Mississippi State towards members of the Pac-12 and its predecessor conferences. The Bulldogs defeated Washington 27-18 on the street on Sept. 10, 1977. MSU misplaced at Oregon 36-13 on Aug. 31, 2002, then misplaced to the Geese once more at residence 42-34 on Aug. 30, 2003.

4 Victories and two losses towards Arizona for Mississippi State coach Mike Leach throughout his six seasons as coach at Washington State.

6 400-yard passing video games for Mississippi State QB Will Rogers after he accomplished 38-of-49 passes for 450 yards with 5 TDs and one interception in a 49-23 victory over Memphis final week. Rogers turned the third participant in SEC historical past with at the very least six 400-yard passing video games. Kentucky QB Tim Sofa had seven 400-yard passing video games within the 1997 and 1998 seasons, and Georgia QB Eric Zeier had six 400-yard passing video games within the 1993 and 1994 seasons.

25 Consecutive video games with a reception for Mississippi State RB Jo’quavious Marks, each one among his faculty profession. MSU WR Jaden Walley and WR Austin Williams have 23-game streaks. Marks wants 5 receptions to grow to be the fourth Mississippi State participant with 150.

33 Consecutive video games with a reception for Arizona WR Jacob Cowing. The primary 32 of these video games got here whereas Cowing performed for UTEP, the place he caught 69 passes for 1,354 yards and 7 TDs final season. In his first sport for Arizona, Cowing had eight receptions for 152 yards and three TDs in a 38-20 victory over San Diego State final week.

140 Completions are wanted by Mississippi State QB Will Rogers to grow to be the SEC profession chief. Georgia’s Aaron Murray established the convention file with 921 completions throughout 52 video games from 2010 by means of 2013. Rogers has 782 completions in 23 video games for the Bulldogs. Final season, Rogers accomplished 505 passes – 103 greater than every other participant in SEC historical past has in a single marketing campaign.

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Mark Inabinett is a sports activities reporter for Alabama Media Group. Comply with him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.