We’re just days from Tennessee football and Mississippi State meeting on the gridiron for the Vols’ first true road game of the year. Ahead of the real-life meeting, I fired up the College Football 26 video game to simulate the matchup in Starkville.
The result was a blowout behind a strong defensive showing for Tennessee. We’ll see how accurate the video game version is when UT meets the Bulldogs on Saturday at 4:15 p.m. ET in Davis Wade Stadium. The game will air on SEC Network.
Here are the full results and stats of the simulation:
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Score:
Tennessee – 43
Mississippi State – 7
Scoring Summary:
1Q:
(Tenn) Star Thomas 16-yd run, 1:31, 7-0
2Q:
(Tenn) Peyton Lewis 4-yd run, 11:25, 14-0
(Tenn) Max Gilbert 25-yd FG, 6:15, 17-0
(Tenn) Max Gilbert 50-yd FG, 1:31, 20-0
3Q:
(Tenn) Star Thomas 16-yd run, 14:22, 27-0
(Tenn) Peyton Lewis 1-yd run, 3:01, 34-0
4Q:
(MSU) Jordan Mosley 6-yd pass from Blake Shapen, 13:38, 34-7
(Tenn) Max Gilbert 48-yd FG, 9:47, 37-7
(Tenn) Max Gilbert 51-yd FG, 6:55, 40-7
(Tenn) Max Gilbert 19-yd FG, 0:38, 43-7
Team Stats:
Total Offense…
Tennessee – 459
Mississippi State – 211
Rushes | Yards | TD…
Tennessee – 46 | 211 | 4
Mississippi State – 26 | 46 | 0
Comp | Att | TD…
Tennessee – 20 | 33 | 0
Mississippi State – 14 | 39 | 1
Passing Yards…
Tennessee – 248
Mississippi State – 165
Player Stats:
Passing…
(Tenn) J. Aguilar – 20-for-33, 248 yards, 0 TD, 0 INT
(MSU) B. Shapen – 14-for-39, 165 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing…
(Tenn) S. Thomas – 21 attempts, 143 yards, 2 TD
(Tenn) J. Aguilar – 13 attempts, 6 yards
(Tenn) P. Lewis – 7 attempts, 20 yards, 2 TD
(Tenn) D. Bishop – 5 attempts, 42 yards
(MSU) B. Shapen – 13 attempts, 5 yards
(MSU) F. Bothwell – 8 attempts, 42 yards
(MSU) D. Booth – 3 attempts, 4 yards
(MSU) J. Mosley – 2 attempts, -5 yards
Receiving…
(Tenn) M. Matthews – 6 receptions, 93 yards
(Tenn) C. Brazzell – 6 receptions, 63 yards
(Tenn) B. Staley – 3 receptions, 57 yards
(Tenn) M. Kitselman – 2 receptions, 23 yards
(Tenn) A. Jefferson – 1 reception, 8 yards
(Tenn) S. Thomas – 1 reception, 3 yards
(Tenn) D. Bishop – 1 reception, 1 yard
(MSU) J. Mosley – 5 receptions, 76 yards, 1 TD
(MSU) A. Williams – 3 receptions, 33 yards
(MSU) B. Thompson – 2 receptions, 20 yards
(MSU) D. Booth – 2 receptions, 4 yards
(MSU) S. Traore – 1 reception, 18 yards
(MSU) M. Allen – 1 reception, 14 yards
Defense…
(Tenn) A. Turrentine – 6 tackles, 5 solo
(Tenn) J. Moi – 4 tackles, 3 solo, 3 TFL, 1 sack
(Tenn) B. Eason – 4 tackles, 2 solo, 3 TFL, 1 sack
(Tenn) J. Josephs – 4 tackles, 3 solo, 2 TFL, 1 sack
(Tenn) A. Carter – 3 tackles, 3 solo, 1 INT
(Tenn) C. Hood – 0 tackles, 1 INT
(MSU) J. Smith – 9 tackles, 6 solo, 1 TFL
(MSU) T. Williams – 6 tackles, 6 solo, 1 TFL, 1 sack
(MSU) K. Dinkins – 5 tackles, 4 solo, 3 TFL, 1.5 sacks
(MSU) K. Bingley-Jones – 3 tackles, 3 solo, 2 TFL
