Live Updates, Score, Game Notes: No. 22 Kentucky-No. 16 Mississippi State

No. 22 Kentucky (4-2, 1-2 SEC) looks to end a two-game skid, hosting No. 16 Mississippi State (5-1, 2-1 SEC) under the lights in Lexington. We've got all your score, game note and injury updates live from Kroger Field.

FINAL SCORE: 27-17 Kentucky

FOURTH QUARTER

Kentucky Drive 10 (4:01): Rodriguez goes back to the well, two personal fouls offset the play, gain of 1. Smoke takes the next carry, another flag flies after the play...personal foul on Miss State.

Rodriguez bobs and weaves for four yards. 2nd and 6 at the MST 12, C-Rod gets five more. UK is stuffed on 3rd down. Rodriguez converts on 4th down with a 6-yard rush.

1st and goal at the MST 1, Kentucky kneels it to win.

Miss State Drive Nine (5:30): Rogers completes for three on the first play of the drive to Marks. 2nd down, pass to Walley is complete for just two. 3rd and 5, INTERCEPTION: DeAndre Square picks off Will Rogers.

Kentucky Drive Nine (8:33): Rodriguez takes the first snap to the left for 12 yards. Smoke takes the next play for six, setting up 2nd and 4. Back to Smoke on 2nd, no gain.

Levis finds Dekel Crowdus WIDE OPEN down field, play goes for 50 yards. 1st and goal for UK.

Chris Rodriguez bullies his way into the endzone for his second score of the night. Play is under review...ruling stands for a TOUCHDOWN, PAT is GOOD.

Kentucky Drive Eight (10:14): McClain opens the drive with a two-yard carry. Lewis drops the next pass from Levis, setting up 3rd and 8. Levis completes to Brown for six, making it 4th and 2.

PICK SIX: Kentucky goes for it on 4th down, Emmanuel Forbes jumps the screen pass from Levis for a 59-yard score. PAT is GOOD

Miss State Drive Eight (11:43): Unnecessary roughness on Kentucky on the ensuing kickoff. Miss State starts its drive at the MST 40.

Rogers completes a pair of passes, combining for six yards. 3rd and 4, false start on the Bulldogs. Pass is incomplete, 4th and 9, Bulldogs to punt.

Miss State's punter absolutely shanks his attempt, it goes out at the MST 45. That'll be a 4-yard punt from George Georgopoulous.

Kentucky Drive Seven Con't: McClain opens with a 4-yard rush on 1st down. Right back to McClain on 2nd down for three yards. Another penalty on Mississippi State gives UK another 1st down.

Rodriguez runs for two yards on 1st down. 2nd and 8 at the UK 47, screen play to C-Rod, it's shut down for no gain.

Levis is hit as he throws, another holding call on Miss State. Levis was on a knee for a second after the play, still moving as good as he can. Great play from Levis to get the pass off to McClain for a gain of 31 yards, 1st and 10 at the MST 16.

TOUCHDOWN: Chris Rodriguez barrels past the Bulldogs for a 16-yard rushing score. PAT is GOOD

Rodriguez now with 174 yards on the ground.

THIRD QUARTER

Kentucky Drive Seven: McClain rushes for 15 on the first play of the drive, ending the quarter. END OF Q3

Miss State Drive Seven: Big return for Mississippi State on the ensuing kickoff, but a holding penalty negates it. First down pass by Rogers is incomplete.

Just like that, Miss State is down the field. Rogers completes to Jaden Walley for 30 yards.

Kentucky gets it to 3rd and 8, and a second false start on Miss State this drive pushes it back five more yards. 3rd and 13, Rogers completes to Price, but the Bulldogs are well short. They'll punt at midfield.

Kentucky Drive Six (8:28): Will Levis is back in at QB. First play, Rodriguez gets 10 yards. He goes right back up the middle on the next play, getting eight. Another rush moves the chains for No. 24.

Chris Rodriguez became the fourth player in UK history to rush for 3,000 yards.

1st and 10 at the UK 45, HUGE run for Rodriguez, he gets down to the MST 8, 47-yard run. 1st and goal for UK.

Right back to C-Rod, he gets two yards. And again, he fights for three more. 3rd and goal at the 2, Miss State stuffs C-Rod.

TOUCHDOWN: Levis completes a slant to Lewis for a 3-yard score. PAT is GOOD Kentucky 13, Mississippi State 10, 4:10 Q3

Miss State Drive Six: Rogers opens the drive with a pass to Ducking for 12 yards, then another completion for 11 more.

24 more for the Bulldogs on the next pass from Rogers, MST is driving quick.

Rogers completes a checkdown to Marks, who gets 19 yards, 1st and goal for Miss State.

Bad throw on 1st down. 2nd and goal at the UK 9, Rogers finds Marks, who gets the ball down to the UK 1. Square gets a stop on 3rd down, but Rogers finds Williams for a one-yard passing score. TOUCHDOWN, PAT IS GOOD.

Kentucky Drive Five: Rodriguez opens with a hard 11-yard rush.

Left guard Jager Burton went down with an injury and exited the game, Quintin Wilson entered for him.

Two plays later, Levis was hit after completing a big pass to Brown. He left the game, immediately going to the locker room. Kaiya Sheron in at QB.

Sheron completes his first pass to Dingle for a one-yard gain. Sheron completes on 3rd down, Brown catches and runs for seven yards.

4th and 2 at the MST 19, Ruffolo drills a 37-yarder.

SECOND QUARTER

Miss State Drive Five (0:04): Kneel to halftime. HALF

Kentucky Drive Four (0:47): Levis' pass is incomplete to Key, but a holding penalty is called on Miss State.

Levis completes to Lewis for a gain of nine across midfield. False start on UK, Stoops calls TO to avoid run-off.

Unnecessary roughness penalty on Miss State makes it 1st and 10 at the 26 for Kentucky. 24 seconds left.

Another holding penalty on the Bulldogs. Designed run up the gut for Levis, he gets six yards. No more timeouts for the Cats.

FIELD GOAL: Matt Ruffolo makes a chip shot from 28 yards. Kentucky had 9 seconds left, but on 3rd down Stoops decided not to risk running another play. Kentucky 3, Mississippi State 3, 0:04 Q2

Miss State Drive Four (1:58): Rogers completes to Rara Thomas for 15 yards, then to Marks for six. Now across the 50.

2nd and 4, tipped pass falls incomplete. 3rd down, Rogers completes to Austin Williams in the middle of the field for a 1st down.

Next pass is incomplete. 1:13 on the clock, at the UK 37. Square almost gets an interception on another batted ball.

False start makes it 3rd and 10 for Miss State, Marks catches a pass and makes it 4th and 8.

Bulldogs go for it, Rogers' pass is overthrown.

Kentucky Drive Three: Levis completes to Brown on 1st down for a gain of nine. Rodriguez runs for a hard six yards on the next play. Right back to C-Rod, he gets five this time. Right back to the well for four more yards. 3rd and 1, Levis sneaks for the 1st down. Kentucky at midfield.

McClain gets one on 1st down, Rodriguez breaks a big 1st down run on the next play, trucking a Miss State defender along the way.

1st and 10 at the MST 35, no gain for C-Rod. Levis in shotgun, fires left to Brown, who dashes for just two. 3rd and 9, Levis goes back to Brown, who runs to the right but gets just a yard.

4th and 8 at the MST 33, Kentucky sends the offense out, but calls a timeout.

Matt Ruffolo out to attempt the 51-yard field goal...FIELD GOAL NO GOOD: Good snap, good hold, Ruffolo misses left. 6:28 drive goes to waste for UK.

Miss State Drive Three: Bulldogs start at their own 13. Rogers completes for eight yards on 1st down to Caleb Ducking. Moves the chains on the next pass to Lideatrick Griffin.

Marks rushes for seven on the next 1st down. Offsides on UK moves the chains for the Bulldogs. Rogers scrambles for two on the next play, Marks then runs up the middle for a gain of five.

Rogers with all day in the pocket, he completes on 3rd down to Ducking to move the chains into UK territory.

No gain on 1st down, Rogers checks down to Johnson on the next play, getting six. 3rd and 4, Rogers completes to Rufus Harvey, getting the 1st down.

1st and 10 at the UK 31, completion to Ducking, two yards. Marks runs on 2nd down, but DeAndre Square and Deone Walker stuff it for a loss of one. 3rd and 9,Wildcats get pressure, Jordan Lovett hurries Rogers, who throws it away.

Miss State attempts a 48-yard field goal, Massimo Biscardi nails it. 13 plays, 57 yards, 6:31. Miss State leads 3-0.

FIRST QUARTER

Kentucky Drive Two: UK starts at its own 17. Pitch to Rodriguez goes for no gain.

3rd down, Dane Key makes a fantastic 31-yard catch to get UK to midfield. Not a great throw from Levis, nice snag by the freshman.

McClain rushes for four yards on the ensuing 1st down, Rodriguez gets five on the next play. 3rd and 1, no gain on a rush.

Levis keeps it on 4th down, gets the 1st. Next play, Kentucky called for holding...again!

1st and 20, McClain gets no gain. Next play Levis completes to McClain, gets just three yards. 3rd and long, ANOTHER penalty on Kentucky. Substitution violation. Levis is sacked on the next play. END OF Q1. Kentucky punts to open Q2

Eight penalties on the Wildcats. Seven yards of offense for the Bulldogs. Feels like the Big Ten here in Lexington.

Miss State Drive Two: Will Rogers completes a pass, but wouldn't you know it, there's a holding call on the Bulldogs.

1st and 20, Rogers completes to Jo'Quavious Marks for six yards. Next pass from Rogers is incomplete.

3rd down, CB Carrington Valentine sacks Rogers. Miss State punts. Kentucky WR Brown takes the punt back to the endzone for a score...but there's a penalty flag thrown. Block in the back on UK, no score.

Kentucky Drive One: RB Chris Rodriguez takes the first offensive snap of the game for two yards. Rodriguez takes the next play for seven more, taking a big hit on the way. 3rd down, right back to C-Rod, who moves the chains.

False start makes it 1st and 15. JuTahn McClain takes his first rush of the game for no gain. Next play, Levis' first pass is incomplete to Barion Brown. Levis is hit as he throws on 3rd down, completes to McClain, who makes it 4th and 1.

Kentucky goes for it in their own territory, Rodriguez bursts through the Miss State defense for a gain of eight. Cats at midfield.

Rodriguez goes again on 1st down, gets nine yards. Levis checks down to Chauncey Magwood on the next play, but UK is called for holding. Kavosiey Smoke takes the next snap, runs out right, but again, UK is called for holding.

2nd and 17, Levis overthrows Jordan Dingle on a slant route.

FUMBLE: Levis completes to Rashaan Lewis, who loses the ball trying to get to the first down marker. Miss State takes over. Brutally long, penalty filled drive ends with zero points for Kentucky.

Miss State Drive One: Back-to-back offsides penalties give Miss State a 1st down before it runs a play.

RB Dillon Johnson takes his first rush to the left for a gain of 16. Johnson drops a pass on the next play. QB Will Rogers goes right back to Johnson, but LB Jordan Wright stops the play for a loss of five.

3rd and 15, Good pressure on 3rd down, Rogers' pass is incomplete. Kentucky's defense holds on the first drive of the night. Bulldogs to punt from their own 41.

PRE-GAME INFORMATION

Mississippi State wins the toss, elects to receive.

Kentucky is without its top wide receiver Tayvion Robinson and its top linebacker Jacquez Jones against the Bulldogs. Quarterback Will Levis and right tackle Jeremy Flax are back, however.

For a full injury report, click here.

The Wildcats have won three straight over Miss State at home. Mark Stoops and Mike Leach are 1-1 against one-another as head coaches at their respective schools. The Bulldogs enter tonight on a three-game winning streak, while the Cats have dropped two in a row.