AUBURN, Ala. -- Kerryon Johnson sprinted 59 yards on the game's third play, and Auburn kept dropping an avalanche of big gains on Mississippi State.
Jarrett Stidham passed for 264 yards and two touchdowns, and Johnson ran for three scores to lead the 13th-ranked Tigers to a 49-10 victory over 24th-ranked Mississippi State on Saturday night.
Tack on plays of 67, 57, 52, 49 and 47 yards, and Johnson's early run was just a table setter.
"That's what we've been working on, those big plays down the field," he said. "That's hard on defenses.