BATON ROUGE, La., Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Josh Jasper went 5-for-5 on field goal kicks and No. 12 Louisiana State picked off five passes Saturday in a 29-7 win over Mississippi State.
Jasper hit from 44, 32, 51 and 37 yards in the first half to give the Tigers (3-0, 2-0 SEC) a 12-0 halftime lead and Jordan Jefferson ran for 16-yard touchdown in third quarter to boost LSU to the victory.
Stevan Ridley ran 19 times for 75 yards and a score and Jordan Jefferson went 10-of-16 passing for 95 yards for the victors.
Tyler Russell was picked off three times for the Bulldogs (1-2, 0-2), going 5-of-10 for 80 yards passing before being yanked in favor Chris Reif (5-of-8, 35 yards), who was intercepted twice.
Vick Ballard got MSU's only touchdown and ran for 28 yards on 11 carries.
