STARKVILLE, Miss., Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Shyrone Carey and Devery Henderson combined Saturday night to lead No. 7 LSU to a 41-6 rout of Mississippi State.
In the rout, Carey rushed for two touchdowns and Henderson caught seven passes for 114 yards and a score as the Tigers improved to 5-0 for the first time in 30 years.
Matt Mauck completed 12-of-19 passes for 171 yards with one touchdown and one interception for LSU (5-0, 2-0 SEC West), which has won its first five games for the first time since going 9-0 at the start of the 1973 campaign.
Mississippi State (0-4, 0-1) was held to just 31 rushing yards on 30 carries as it lost its ninth straight game. The Bulldogs are enduring their longest losing streak since dropping the final ten games of the 1988 campaign.
The last time the Bulldogs began a season 0-4 was 1968, when they dropped their first four games on the way to an 0-8-2 record.
