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State pulls away with Dixon, Henig on offense, and a stifling defense State settles debt with Green Wave, improves to 1-1

By Kyle Veazey


Ann Heisenfelt/The Associated Press

Tulane's Evan Lee tackles Mississippi State's Anthony Dixon, something the Wave didn't do well enough. Dixon gained 131 yards Saturday.

NEW ORLEANS — This weekend's excursion to the Big Easy ended about the way Mississippi State had hoped it would: Backups running out the clock, the band playing, smiles all around.
This time, Tulane didn't trip up Mississippi State.

A year after the Green Wave shocked MSU at Scott Field and sent the '06 season into a tizzy, the Bulldogs used a renewed offensive punch in the second half to pull away from and beat Tulane 38-17 here Saturday night.

They did it by making savvy use of Tulane turnovers and playing stifling defense, but mainly by recovering the offensive form that their fans wanted a week ago when LSU shut out MSU in the season opener.

A third quarter filled with that oh-so-elusive offense sealed the win in front of an announced 31,076 at the Louisiana Superdome.

MSU Football: Dogs get even