The 2018 season's largest margin: Mississippi State 63, Stephen F. Austin 6. A 57-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2018 — The Winning Chapter
Mississippi State's 2018 season (8-5) 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 FitzgeraldQB1,772 passing yards
- Keytaon ThompsonWR458 passing yards
- Kylin HillRB734 rushing yards
- Aeris WilliamsRB523 rushing yards
- Nick GibsonRB205 rushing yards
- Stephen GuidryWR440 receiving yards
- Osirus MitchellWR427 receiving yards
- Deddrick ThomasWR256 receiving yards
- Johnathan AbramS95 tackles
- Erroll ThompsonLB87 tackles
- Mark McLaurinS64 tackles
- Montez SweatDE8.5 sacks
- Willie Gay Jr.LB4.5 sacks
- Gerri GreenDE3.5 sacks
Season leaders, 2018.
The season's deepest loss: Mississippi State 0, Alabama 24. A 24-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Mississippi State fell to Iowa 22-27 in the postseason.
"Hail State"
2018 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.