The LSU Tigers (3-1) did not get off to a great start—they were forced three-and-out on their first offensive series—and a deficient performance is what highlighted the Tigers’ play for much of the night. The Bulldogs beat the Tigers 34-29 on Saturday night.

Dak Prescott led the Mississippi State Bulldogs (4-0) to a quick 7-0 lead on a 6-play, 51-yard drive that constituted as the Bulldogs’ first possession.

The sides traded punts during their respective possessions and LSU failed to convert on a fourth-and-goal during their ensuing drive.

The fact that the Bulldogs’ drive started at their own two yard line did not stop the visitors from Starkville, Mississippi. Fueled by several long passes from Prescott to De’Runnya Wilson, the 5-play, 98-yard trip was capped off by a Josh Robinson touchdown run from three yards out that gave Mississippi State a 14-0 advantage over the Tigers going into the second quarter.

LSU began the second quarter with a 20-yard drive that was stopped around midfield. Following Jamie Keehn’s punt, the Bulldogs, mainly led by the rushing power of Josh Robinson, traversed 73 yards of the field to set up a 27-yard Evan Sobiesk field goal that extended the Bulldogs lead to 17-0.

After the squads again traded punts, Anthony Jennings led the Tigers on an 8-play, 45-yard drive in which they converted for three first downs. The end result was Colby Delahoussaye’s 30-yard field goal, which put LSU on the scoreboard. The score at halftime would be 17-3.

The Tigers started off the second half completely opposite to what was displayed in the first – with only 0:12 elapsed off of the clock, Danielle Hunter recovered a fumbled kickoff return and punched it in to cut the deficit to 17-10.

That margin would be short-lived, however, as Dak Prescott capped off a 6-play, 75-yard drive with a 56-yard rushing touchdown that made it 24-10 in favor of the Bulldogs.

LSU would be forced to punt on their next offensive series, while Dak Prescott threw a  74-yard touchdown strike to Jameon Lewis that gave Mississippi State a two-touchdown lead. The Bulldogs added a 28-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter to make it 34-10.

Then, LSU happened to emerge.

Using the field position earned after a 49-yard connection from Jennings to Travin Dural, Kenny Hilliard ran it in it to ease the Tigers’ burden. The two-point conversion, however, failed.

The teams exchanged punts, and Mississippi State gave up the ball on loss of downs before Brandon Harris came into the game for LSU, at a time where he led the Tigers on a 6-play, 95-yard drive that climaxed in a 31-yard touchdown pass to Malachi Dupre. Again, the Tigers failed to convert for two points.

After recovering a Mississippi State fumble, LSU cut the deficit to 34-29 on a 30-yard pass from Harris to Dupre, but the Tigers felt the repercussions of failing to convert for two points several times. Mississippi State would hang on to win 34-29, upsetting the eighth-ranked Tigers.

The Bulldogs outgained the Tigers, 570 yards to 430 yards of total offense. Of those, 341 were passing yards and 89 were rushing yards, for LSU. Mississippi State, on the other hand, gained 302 yards rushing and 268 yards through the air.

For the Tigers, Anthony Jennings finished his night 13-for-26, with 157 yards (an average of 6 per pass), while Brandon Harris was 6-for-9 with 140 yards (an average of 15.6 per pass), two touchdowns and an interception thrown.

Leonard Fournette had 7 carries for 38 yards, and Kenny Hilliard rushed for 30 yards and a touchdown on 9 carries.

Travin Dural was the favorite target tonight, receiving 6 passes for 124 yards, along with Malachi Dupre, who made 4 receptions for 120 yards and a pair of touchdowns.

Dak Prescott was the story for Mississippi State, as he was 15-for-24 with 268 passing yards (an average of 11.2 per pass) and two passing touchdowns.

Additionally, Prescott rushed for 105 yards, which was second only to Josh Robinson, who had 16 carries for 197 yards.

Jameon Lewis caught 5 passes for the Bulldogs tonight, gaining 116 yards and scoring a touchdown. Two other Bulldogs, De’Runnya Wilson and Gabe Myles made four receptions.

Mississippi State is idle next week, while the Tigers have a home date with the New Mexico State Aggies (2-2).