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All stats from garbage time (defined by one team losing by 25-plus in the second quarter, 22-plus in the third, or 17-plus in the fourth) have been removed.
The big picture
| Drives | Plays | Yards | Scoring Opps | Avg. Field Position | |
| Ole Miss | 10 | 72 | 448 | 7 | 24.5 |
| Mississippi State | 11 | 50 | 458 | 6 | 27.5 |
| National Average | 13.1 | 74.1 | 408.1 | 6.1 | 29.2 |
| Plays/Drive | Yards/Play | Yards/Drive | Opps/Drive | Points/Opp | |
| Ole Miss | 7.2 | 6.22 | 44.8 | 0.7 | 2.86 |
| Mississippi State | 4.5 | 9.16 | 41.6 | 0.54 | 7 |
| National Average | 5.6 | 5.5 | 31.1 | 0.47 | 4.33 |
Efficiency by quarter
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Overall | |
| Ole Miss | 54% | 52% | 26% | 46% |
| Mississippi State | 53% | 53% | 38% | 48% |
| National Average | 41% |
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Efficiency by play type and down
| Passing | Running | Standard Downs | Passing Downs | |
| Ole Miss | 39% | 53% | 45% | 48% |
| Mississippi State | 38% | 53% | 51% | 36% |
| National Average | 41% | 41% | 46% | 32% |
Explosiveness
| Explosive Plays | Running | Passing | Resulting Touchdowns | Yards per Successful Play | Yards per Explosive Play | |
| Ole Miss | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 13.4 | 22.3 |
| Mississippi State | 9 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 19.3 | 34.2 |
Passing
Ole Miss
| Completions | Attempts | Yards | Comp. Percentage | TD | Int | Yds/Attempt | |
| Shea Patterson | 18 | 33 | 241 | 55% | 2 | 1 | 7.30 |
| Standard Downs | 12 | 21 | 163 | 57% | 2 | 1 | 7.76 |
| Passing Downs | 6 | 12 | 78 | 50% | 0 | 0 | 6.50 |
Mississippi State
| Completions | Attempts | Yards | Comp. Percentage | TD | Int | Yds/Attempt | |
| Nick Fitzgerald | 8 | 16 | 109 | 50% | 3 | 0 | 6.81 |
| Standard Downs | 6 | 10 | 77 | 60% | 1 | 0 | 7.70 |
| Passing Downs | 2 | 6 | 32 | 33% | 2 | 0 | 5.33 |
Receiving
Ole Miss
| Targets | Catches | Yards | Catch Rate | Success Rate | Yards per Catch | Yards per Target | |
| Damore'ea Stringfellow | 8 | 5 | 87 | 63% | 63% | 17.40 | 10.88 |
| Van Jefferson | 6 | 5 | 47 | 83% | 50% | 9.40 | 7.83 |
| Quincy Adeboyejo | 5 | 3 | 40 | 60% | 40% | 13.33 | 8.00 |
| A.J. Brown | 4 | 2 | 33 | 50% | 50% | 16.50 | 8.25 |
| Octavious Cooley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Taz Zettergren | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Akeem Judd | 1 | 1 | 14 | 100% | 100% | 14.00 | 14.00 |
| Hunter Thurley | 1 | 1 | 12 | 100% | 100% | 12.00 | 12.00 |
| Derrick Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Dawson Knox | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Markell Pack | 1 | 1 | 8 | 100% | 0% | 8.00 | 8.00 |
Mississippi State
| Targets | Catches | Yards | Catch Rate | Success Rate | Yards per Catch | Yards per Target | |
| Fred Ross | 5 | 1 | 38 | 20% | 20% | 38.00 | 7.60 |
| Donald Gray | 3 | 2 | 12 | 67% | 33% | 6.00 | 4.00 |
| Jordan Thomas | 2 | 2 | 17 | 100% | 100% | 8.50 | 8.50 |
| Malik Dear | 2 | 1 | 24 | 50% | 50% | 24.00 | 12.00 |
| Justin Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Keith Mixon | 1 | 1 | 18 | 100% | 100% | 18.00 | 18.00 |
| Aeris Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | 0% | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Jamal Couch | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0% | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Running
Ole Miss
| Runs | Yards | Yards per Carry | Line YPC | Opportunity Rate | Stuff Rate | Highlight Yards per Opp | |
| Akeem Judd | 19 | 107 | 5.63 | 3.48 | 42% | 21% | 5.06 |
| Shea Patterson | 10 | 89 | 8.90 | 4.46 | 80% | 20% | 5.50 |
| Van Jefferson | 2 | 10 | 5.00 | 3.75 | 50% | 0% | 2.50 |
| Jason Pellerin | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0% | 100% | 0.00 |
| Eugene Brazley | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0% | 0% | 0.00 |
| Will Gleeson | 1 | 14 | 14.00 | 7.00 | 100% | 0% | 7.00 |
| National Avg. | 5.23 | 2.95 | 39% | 20% | 5.21 |
Mississippi State
| Runs | Yards | Yards per Carry | Line YPC | Opportunity Rate | Stuff Rate | Highlight Yards per Opp | |
| Aeris Williams | 19 | 171 | 9.00 | 4.79 | 58% | 0% | 7.27 |
| Nick Fitzgerald | 7 | 174 | 24.86 | 4.79 | 71% | 14% | 28.10 |
| Keith Mixon | 1 | 3 | 3.00 | 3.00 | 0% | 0% | 0.00 |
| Brandon Holloway | 1 | 5 | 5.00 | 4.50 | 100% | 0% | 0.50 |
Metric definitions
- A scoring opportunity is a drive that involved the offense getting a first down inside the opponent's 40-yard line. With this, you can measure how well teams finished drives using points per opportunity.
- Football Outsiders defines a successful play as one of the following: gaining 50 percent of the yards you need on first down, 70 percent on second down, or 100 percent on third/fourth down.
- Passing downs are defined as second down with at least eight yards to go or third/fourth with at least five to go. All other situations are standard downs.
- Measuring line yards is a way of giving proper credit to the offensive line for a run (click here for a more detailed explanation).
- Stuff rate is the percentage of runs that the running back is tackled at or behind the line of scrimmage.
- Opportunity rate is the percentage of carries that gain at least five yards (i.e., the percentage of carries in which the line does its job).
- Highlight yards are the yards of a run that are credited solely to a running back, measuring how far they go once they reach the second level and open field.