Mississippi State pulls off upset win with incredible touchdown in final seconds
The Mississippi State Bulldogs pulled off a remarkable upset over the No Arizona State Sun Devils in the closing moments of their matchup on Saturday night Mississippi State quarterback Blake Shapen was leading the Bulldogs down the field with about seconds left in the match He ascertained Brenen Thompson streaking down the field Thompson got the inside of a Sun Devils defensive back caught the pass and sped toward the end zone CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMThompson beat the defender to the goal line and Mississippi State went up - They won by the same count Bulldogs fans in Starkville Mississippi stormed the field to celebrate the win What an atmosphere what an evening That is Davis Wade Stadium at its finest Mississippi State head coach Jeff Lebby mentioned The funnest thing about it for our guys everything we ve been through in the venture to see our university show up the way that we manifested up is special It s the first time Mississippi State defeated a top nonconference opponent since We emphasized going out and playing the next play Shapen commented These are moments that I live for This shows a lot about our unit The emotions are very high right now and I m very privileged to be in this position OREGON STATE COACH RIPS SPECIAL TEAMS UNIT AFTER CALAMITOUS PUNTShapen was -of- with passing yards and three touchdown passes Thompson had six catches for yards and two scores Anthony Evans III had nine catches for yards and a touchdown Arizona State head coach Kenny Dillingham lamented the squad s failure to stop the Bulldogs explosiveness The big plays were the story of the match Dillingham stated That s a good football band and they re explosive They made an explosive play We had to take away their explosives in the second half and we did it until the end there Arizona State running backs Raleek Brown and Kanye Udoh had great games on the ground Brown rushed for yards on carries Udoh had yards on carries with a result The Associated Press contributed to this account Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
