Senior linebacker Kendell Beckwith remembers Sept. 20, 2014.
“They ran up and down the field on us,” Beckwith said. “We gave up a ton of yards.”
Two years ago, then-No. 8 LSU (1-1) played an unranked Mississippi State team that entered Tiger Stadium as a seven-point underdog and wasn’t expected to compete with the Tigers.
But quarterback Dak Prescott and running back Josh Robinson had other plans.
The two Louisiana natives led Mississippi State to a 34-29 win, dominating the Tigers on the ground and rushing for 302 yards.
“I’ve been dreaming about this since I was 10,” Robinson said, moments after the game ended.
Mississippi State (1-1) silenced 102,321 fans inside Tiger Stadium, which was the third-largest crowd in LSU history, after going up 34-10 in the third quarter. 
Beckwith didn’t start against the Bulldogs, but he rotated with former linebacker D.J. Welter. The 6-foot-2, 247-pound linebacker said Mississippi State’s record-setting game was a “rough night.” 
The last two matchups between the two teams have been decided by a total of seven points.
Sophomore offensive guard Will Clapp’s first-ever Southeastern Conference game was the Tigers’ nail-biting 21-19 win in 2015. He expects a similar bout on Saturday.
“When it’s an SEC team, it’s always going to be a battle,” Clapp said. 
The Bulldogs’ win marked their first victory against the Tigers since 1999 and their first win inside Tiger Stadium since 1991. Before the upset loss, LSU coach Les Miles had only been defeated twice in night games at home.
“You kind of go back, review this and say, ‘What exactly happened here?’” Miles said after the loss in 2014.
Before the loss to Mississippi State, LSU was 42-2
under Miles in night games in Tiger Stadium, with those two defeats coming from then top-ranked Alabama in 2012 and first-ranked Florida in 2009.
The Bulldogs, though, continued to shatter more records that evening.
Mississippi State racked up 570 yards of total offense, which, at the time, was
the most yards allowed in Miles’ tenure. To senior cornerback Tre’Davious White, the 2014 loss doesn’t continue to weigh on the Tigers, but the defeat will still be on his mind when the Bulldogs revisit Tiger Stadium Saturday.
“We don’t like to lose at home,” White said. “It’s not going to be on our minds, but we always remember what happened. We just want to try and get that game back and get a win.”
While saying the past is behind him, White’s future includes two goals against Mississippi State: an interception and a fumble recovery.
“I got a pick-six in the future, I will say for myself,” White said “I already told the guys, I can see myself having a pick-six and a fumble this game. That’s my goal for this week.”