The 2017 season's largest margin: Mississippi State 49, Charleston Southern 0. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Winning Chapter
Mississippi State's 2017 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
- Nick FitzgeraldQB1,782 passing yards
- Keytaon ThompsonWR388 passing yards
- Aeris WilliamsRB1,107 rushing yards
- Kylin HillRB393 rushing yards
- Nick GibsonRB239 rushing yards
- Jesse JacksonWR276 receiving yards
- Keith Mixon Jr.WR275 receiving yards
- Jordan ThomasTE263 receiving yards
- Mark McLaurinS79 tackles
- Johnathan AbramS71 tackles
- J.T. GrayDB64 tackles
- Montez SweatDE10.5 sacks
- Jeffery SimmonsDT5 sacks
- Gerri GreenDE5 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Mississippi State 10, Auburn 49. A 39-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Mississippi State beat Louisville 31-27 in the postseason.
"Hail State"
2017 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.