MISSISSIPPI STATE STUFFS AUBURN

From: The Columbian (Vancouver, WA) | Date: October 8, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

RALPH D. RUSSO, Associated Press
The Columbian
10-08-2000
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- All week Mississippi State had heard about Auburn's bruising running game and big, bad Rudi Johnson.
Frankly, the Bulldogs had had enough.
No. 20 Mississippi State held Johnson, the Southeastern Conference's leading rusher, to just 26 yards, and Dicenzo Miller ran for 136 as the Bulldogs beat the No. 15 Tigers 17-10 on Saturday.
Fred Smoot said that the Mississippi State coaches had told the Bulldogs (4-1, 2-1 SEC) that Auburn (5-1, 3-1) was a more physical team than they were.
"We think we're the ...

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