Troy University Athletics
Troy University
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Mississippi State
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Troy Falls at Mississippi State
9/21/2013 10:38:00 PM | Football
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Mississippi State scored 52 unanswered points en route to a 62-7 win over Troy at Davis Wade Stadium on Saturday.
The Trojans turned the ball over on their first two possessions and Mississippi State capitalized with 10 points. On 3rd-and-10, Corey Robinson was intercepted by Jamerson Love who returned it 70 yards for the Bulldogs first score.
After MSU recovered a fumble on the ensuing drive, the Bulldogs drove 56 yards before settling for a field goal to take a 10-0 lead.
"In SEC towns you find SEC team, coaches and players, that's what we found today. We've got to find out who we are. We knew it would be tough to match up against them and we certainly struggled with that today," Troy head coach Larry Blakeney said. "We've got to get back to work and fix the things that got us beat and hope they don't beat us again."
The Trojans responded with a 9-play, 65-yard drive capped by a 5-yard touchdown pass from Robinson to Eric Thomas. With his 23rd score, Thomas is one shy of tying the Sun Belt Conference record for career touchdown receptions held by Florida International's T.Y. Hilton (24).
The Bulldogs racked up 551 total yards of offense including 235 on the ground. Troy was held to just 186 of total offense. Robinson finished 15-for-25 passing for 105 yards. Brandon Burks led Troy in rushing with 43 yards on eight carries.
Troy's seven points were the fewest produced by the Trojans since scoring just six against Florida in 2009. Hampered by penalties throughout the contest, the Trojans were flagged seven times for 80 yards.
"We've got to put this one behind us and look ahead. We've certainly got a tough game coming up in Duke and we've got a lot of work to do before then," Blakeney said. "I think we can get to where we want to be but it's not going to be without hard work."
The Trojans will travel to Durham, N.C., to face Atlantic Coast Conference foe Duke on Saturday, September 28. The game is set to kickoff at 2p.m. (CDT) and will be televised on ESPN3 and can be heard on the Troy IMG Sports Network
SCORING SUMMARY
MSU – Love 70-yard INT return (Bell kick), 13:00, 1st 7-0
MSU – Bell 25-yard FG, 3:08, 1st 10-0
TROY – Thomas 5-yard pass from Robinson (Solomon kick), 0:06, 1st 10-7
MSU – Prescott 36-yard pass from Lewis (Bell kick), 13:44, 2nd 17-7
MSU – Prescott 22-yard run (Bell kick), 11:55, 2nd 24-7
MSU – Prescott 11-yard run (Bell kick), 8:08, 2nd 31-7
MSU – Robinson 19-yard run (Bell kick), 3:03, 2nd 38-7
MSU – Lewis 50-yard pass from Prescott (Bell kick), 1:00, 2nd 45-7
MSU – Lewis 8-yard run (Bell kick), 10:28, 3rd 52-7
MSU – Sobiesk 24-yard FG, 11:29, 4th 55-7
MSU – Milton 10-yard run (Sobiesk kick), 4:47, 4th 62-7
Team Stats
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TROY 0, MS 7
MS - Jamerson Love 70 yd interception (Devon Bell kick)
TROY 0, MS 10
MS - Devon Bell 25 yd field goal 13 plays, 82 yards, TOP 6:01
TROY 7, MS 10
TROY - Thomas, Eric 5 yd pass from Robinson, Corey (Solomon, Jed kick) 9 plays, 65 yards, TOP 3:02
TROY 7, MS 17
MS - Dak Prescott 36 yd pass from Jameon Lewis (Devon Bell kick) 4 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:16
TROY 7, MS 24
MS - Dak Prescott 22 yd run (Devon Bell kick), 1 plays, 22 yards, TOP 0:09
TROY 7, MS 31
MS - Dak Prescott 11 yd run (Devon Bell kick), 4 plays, 76 yards, TOP 1:36
TROY 7, MS 38
MS - Josh Robinson 19 yd run (Devon Bell kick), 7 plays, 64 yards, TOP 3:12
TROY 7, MS 45
MS - Jameon Lewis 50 yd pass from Dak Prescott (Devon Bell kick) 3 plays, 61 yards, TOP 0:24
TROY 7, MS 52
MS - Jameon Lewis 8 yd run (Devon Bell kick), 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 4:32
TROY 7, MS 55
MS - Evan Sobiesk 24 yd field goal 8 plays, 52 yards, TOP 3:55
TROY 7, MS 62
MS - Derrick Milton 10 yd run (Evan Sobiesk kick), 8 plays, 56 yards, TOP 5:01
