The 2021 season's largest margin: Mississippi State 55, Tennessee State 10. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2021 — The 2021 Season
Mississippi State's 2021 season (7-5) 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
- Will RogersQB4,739 passing yards
- Dillon JohnsonRB485 rushing yards
- Jo'quavious MarksRB416 rushing yards
- Makai PolkWR1,046 receiving yards
- Jaden WalleyWR628 receiving yards
- Austin WilliamsWR617 receiving yards
- Jett JohnsonLB86 tackles
- Nathaniel WatsonLB83 tackles
- Fred PetersS79 tackles
- Tyrus WheatLB7 sacks
- Nathan PickeringDT4 sacks
- Randy CharltonDE4 sacks
Season leaders, 2021.
The season's deepest loss: Mississippi State 9, Alabama 49. A 40-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Mississippi State fell to Texas Tech 7-34 in the postseason.
"Hail State"
2021 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.