The 2015 season's largest margin: Mississippi State 62, Northwestern State 13. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2015 — The Winning Chapter
Mississippi State's 2015 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Dak PrescottQB3,793 passing yards
- Brandon HollowayRB413 rushing yards
- Ashton ShumpertRB228 rushing yards
- Aeris WilliamsRB206 rushing yards
- Fred RossWR1,007 receiving yards
- De'Runnya WilsonWR918 receiving yards
- Fred BrownWR412 receiving yards
Season leaders, 2015.
The season's deepest loss: Mississippi State 6, Alabama 31. A 25-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Mississippi State beat NC State 51-28 in the postseason.
"Hail State"
2015 is a middle chapter for Mississippi State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.