Oct. 28, 2009
Cat Scratches will continue its weekly football scouting preview this week
for the Kentucky-Mississippi State football game by bringing in Brett
Dawson of the Courier-Journal and Kyle
Veazey of the Clarion-Ledger.
| Mississippi
State Bulldogs at a Glance |
| Head
Coach |
Dan
Mullen |
| Record
at School |
3-5
(1st season) |
| 2009
Record |
3-5,
1-3 SEC |
| Ranking |
Not
ranked |
| Series
Record |
Kentucky
leads 21-15 |
| Last
Meeting |
Kentucky
beat Mississippi State 14-13 last year in Starkville |
| 2009
Team Stats |
UK |
MSU |
| Rushing
Offense |
186.29 |
203.13 |
| Passing
Offense |
151.00 |
168.00 |
| Total
Offense |
337.29 |
371.13 |
| Scoring
Offense |
26.14 |
26.38 |
| Rushing
Defense |
174.14 |
142.25 |
| Passing
Defense |
178.14 |
215.13 |
| Total
Defense |
352.29 |
357.38 |
| Scoring
Defense |
23.00 |
24.63 |
| Turnover
Margin |
-0.14 |
-0.63 |
| 2009
Stat Leaders |
| Rushing |
UK: Derrick
Locke (109 rushes, 495 yds, 3 TDs)
MSU: Anthony
Dixon (149 rushes, 749 yds, 7 TDs) |
| Passing |
UK: Mike
Hartline (77-127, 792 yds, 6 TDs, 6 INTs)
MSU: Tyson
Lee (102-172, 1,126 yds, 3 TDs, 9 INTs) |
| Receiving |
UK: Randall
Cobb (28 catches, 349 yds, 4 TDs)
MSU: Chad
Bumphis (24 catches, 270 yds, 3 TDs) |
| Tackles |
UK: Micah
Johnson (55)
MSU: Jamar
Chaney (58) |
| Sacks |
UK: Corey
Peters (4)
MSU: Pernell
McPhee (4) |
| Interceptions |
UK: Calvin
Harrison and Sam
Maxwell (2)
MSU: Johnthan
Banks (4) |
On Thursday at 3:00 p.m. Dawson and Veazey will join us for a live chat to
give their thoughts on the matchup, what the keys are to the game, who fans
should look out for and more. The 30 to 40 minute chat with the reporters will
offer fans an inside look at the game from the people who are closest to the
teams.
Fans are encouraged to join the interactive blog and send in questions. The
last 15 minutes of the chat will be dedicated to fans' questions. If you can't
join us and would like to have a question submitted, please send your question
to catscratches@email.uky.edu and
we'll try to fit it in.
