The 2022 season's largest margin: Mississippi State 56, East Tennessee State 7. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2022 — The Winning Chapter
Mississippi State's 2022 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
- Will RogersQB3,963 passing yards
- Jo'quavious MarksRB582 rushing yards
- Dillon JohnsonRB499 rushing yards
- Rara ThomasWR626 receiving yards
- Rufus HarveyWR505 receiving yards
- Lideatrick GriffinWR502 receiving yards
- Nathaniel WatsonLB109 tackles
- Jett JohnsonLB104 tackles
- Decamerion RichardsonCB78 tackles
- Tyrus WheatLB6 sacks
- Randy CharltonDE4 sacks
- Nathan PickeringDT2 sacks
Season leaders, 2022.
The season's deepest loss: Mississippi State 19, Georgia 45. A 26-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Mississippi State beat Illinois 19-10 in the postseason.
"Hail State"
2022 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.