Sam Leavitt leads ASU to a convincing win in his first career start
Leavitt and the Sun Devils defeated the guests from Wyoming on Saturday evening at Mountain America Stadium with a score of 48:7.
The Arizona State football team continues its 2024 schedule with a game against Mississippi State on Saturday, September 7.
Follow our live game updates from Mountain America Stadium in Tempe, Arizona, for the latest scores, news, notes and analysis from Week 2 of non-conference college football action between the Big 12’s Sun Devils and the SEC’s Bulldogs.
Both teams are 1-0. ASU leads Mississippi State 13-3 in the second quarter.
This is the first meeting between the two college football programs, with ASU seeking its first win over an SEC program.
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ASU’s third drive of the game stalled, but Ian Hershey salvaged some points for the Sun Devils by kicking a 47-yard field goal.
It’s the length of his career.
Sam Leavitt failed to complete a long pass to Jake Smith on the previous play. He completed 5 of 11 passes for 54 yards in the game but didn’t have to use his arm much.
Leavitt rushed for 54 yards on five carries and Arizona State rushed for 140 yards on 18 carries as a team, led by Cam Skattebo with nine runs of 80 yards.
Score: ASU Sun Devils 13, Mississippi State Bulldogs 3 (9:33 remaining in second quarter)
The Bulldogs would have preferred a touchdown, but Mississippi State was able to score just in time with a 32-yard field goal by Kyle Ferrie to cap a 12-play, 71-yard drive.
After two 3-and-outs, Mississippi State’s offense desperately needed to get something going, and it did so, even though its drive stalled deep in ASU territory.
Blake Shapen has now completed 5 of 9 passes for 68 yards in the game for the Bulldogs. Mississippi State still hasn’t been able to accomplish much on the ground and has only rushed for five yards.
But it came on the scoreboard.
Score: Arizona State Football 10, Mississippi State 3 (13:16 remaining in second quarter)
The Sun Devils have extended their lead against Mississippi State to 10-0.
Ian Hershey kicked a 27-yard field goal to cap a 12-play, 60-yard drive by the ASU football team.
After the first two possessions of the game for both teams, ASU has 10 first downs, compared to zero for Mississippi State.
The Sun Devils have 149 yards. The Bulldogs have two.
Arizona State has 107 rushing yards while Mississippi State has -4.
Mississippi State time of possession? 2:32. ASU? 10:28.
Score: ASU Football 10, Mississippi State 0 (2:00 remaining in first quarter)
The Sun Devils defense shone in Week 1 against Wyoming, allowing only one late touchdown in a 48-7 victory.
It didn’t let up at the start of the week two game against Mississippi State on Saturday night.
Arizona State just forced Mississippi State into its second 3-and-out early in the game at Mountain America Stadium.
The Bulldogs gained just two yards on their first two possessions.
Not a bad start for ASU.
The ASU football team got off to a great start with their win over Wyoming last week.
The same thing happened on Saturday night at Mountain America Stadium in Tempe.
The Sun Devils forced a 3-and-out from Mississippi State on the Bulldogs’ opening drive, then marched 79 yards down the field in 10 plays and 4:11 minutes to take a 7-0 lead on a 17-yard run by QB Sam Leavitt.
That’s enough.
Leavitt had two runs for 32 yards on the drive, including the touchdown run. Cam Skattebo had three runs for 24 yards.
Score: Arizona State 7, Mississippi State 0 (9:31 remaining in the first quarter)
The Arizona State vs. Mississippi State game is currently scheduled to begin at 7:40 p.m.
ESPN will show Alabama-South Florida with seven minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. The ASU game will begin on ESPNEWS and then move to ESPN after South Florida-Alabama concludes.
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The game can be seen on ESPN at 7:30 p.m. MST time.
It can be streamed on FUBO (free trial) and other streaming services that offer ESPN.
Mark Jones will commentate live on the game, with Roddy Jones serving as analyst.
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According to BetMGM Sportsbook, the ASU football team is the favorite in this game by 6.5 points over Mississippi State.
The Sun Devils are at -250 on the moneyline. The Bulldogs are at +200.
The over/under limit for the game is 56.5 points.
ESPN gives the Sun Devils a 56.5 percent chance of defeating the Bulldogs in their Week 2 college football game, but not all writers are expecting ASU to win in their picks and predictions for Saturday’s Week 2 college football game at Mountain America Stadium.
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