Saturday night in front of an electrified crowd of 56,032 at Scott Field, the fourth largest in school history, the Bulldogs ushered in the 2010 campaign in grand fashion by blowing past Memphis, 49-7, and spoiling the debut of Tigers coach Larry Porter.
It was MSU’s largest margin of victory since routing East Tennessee State 53-6 in October of 1998.
And as lopsided as the scoreboard was, so too were the statistics.
MSU (1-0), which returns to action here at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday against Auburn, racked up 569 yards of total offense with 372 coming through the air behind the arms of both Chris Relf and Tyler Russell. The Tigers (0-1), on the other hand, manufactured just 237 yards and were stymied throughout the night by the Bulldogs’ tenacious defense.
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