No. 17 Texas A&M (3-1, 1-0) at Mississippi State (3-1, 0-1)
3 p.m. CDT Saturday (SEC Network)
Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi
1 Player in the nation has scored touchdowns on a rushing attempt, reception and kickoff return this season – Texas A&M RB Devon Achane. Achane has reached the end zone in every Texas A&M game this season. The most recent Texas A&M player to score a touchdown in five consecutive games is Trayveon Williams in 2018.
5 Games with at least 100 rushing yards and 18 games with at least 300 passing yards for Mississippi State in the 28 contests that Mike Leach has been the Bulldogs’ coach. Under Leach, Mississippi State has a 4-1 record when it reaches 100 rushing yards and a 10-8 mark when it reaches 300 passing yards.
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7 400-yard passing games for Mississippi State QB Will Rogers, tied for the most in SEC history. Kentucky QB Tim Couch had seven 400-yard passing games in the 1997 and 1998 seasons. Rogers equaled Couch’s feat in MSU’s 45-14 victory over Bowling Green last week, when he completed 38-of-49 passes for 406 yards with six TDs and no interceptions. Rogers’ six TD tosses tied the school record as he became the eighth SEC player with at least two games with six or more TD passes. Couch is the only player with three. The other SEC players with two games with six or more TD passes are Arkansas’ Brandon Allen, Florida’s Terry Dean, Danny Wuerffel and Kyle Trask, LSU’s Joe Burrow and Missouri’s Drew Lock.
7 Victories for Texas A&M and eight victories for Mississippi State in the Aggies-Bulldogs series. The series is tied 5-5 since Texas A&M joined the SEC.
8 Victories in 12 games against Texas A&M for Mississippi State coach Mike Leach. He is 1-1 against the Aggies as the coach of the Bulldogs after going 7-3 against Texas A&M as Texas Tech’s coach.
26 Victories without a loss for Texas A&M under coach Jimbo Fisher when the Aggies held the lead at the end of the first quarter. When Texas A&M wasn’t in front after one period, its record under Fisher is 11-15.
27 Consecutive games with a reception for Mississippi State WR Jaden Walley and RB Jo’quavious Marks, who have caught a pass in every game in their college careers. Walley has 117 receptions for 1,443 yards and 10 TDs at MSU. Marks has 151 receptions for 810 yards and three TDs.
39 Completions are needed by Mississippi State QB Will Rogers to become the SEC career leader. Georgia’s Aaron Murray established the conference record with 921 completions across 52 games from 2010 through 2013. Rogers has 883 completions in 25 games for the Bulldogs. Last season, Rogers completed 505 passes – 103 more than any other player in SEC history has in one campaign.
54 Games at Mississippi State for WR Austin Williams, the school record for games played.
599 Losses for Mississippi State in its football history. Three current SEC programs have reached 600 losses – Vanderbilt with 648, Kentucky with 635 and South Carolina with 602. Mississippi State has an all-time record of 575-599-39.
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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.
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