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LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels runs with the football Saturday against Mississippi State. Daniels completed 30 of 34 passes for 361 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for 64 yards and two more scores as the Tigers won 41-14. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)

Mississippi State running back Jo'quavious Marks is tackled by LSU's Javien Toviano (25) in the fourth quarter of Saturday's game in Starkville. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)

Mississippi State quarterback Mike Wright (14) runs with the football while LSU linebacker Whit Weeks (40) gives chase. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)

Mississippi State linebacker Jett Johnson tackles LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels (5) during Saturday's game in Starkville. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)

LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels zips a pass down the field Saturday against Mississippi State. Daniels completed 30 of 34 passes for 361 yards and two touchdowns, and ran for 64 yards and two more scores as the Tigers won 41-14. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)

Mississippi State quarterback Will Rogers (2) throws the football during Saturday's game against LSU. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)

Mississippi State's Davis Wade Stadium is seen before the start of Saturday's game against LSU. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)

Mississippi State head coach Zach Arnett, left, chats with LSU's Brian Kelly before Saturday's game in Starkville. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)

SEC Nation hosts Tim Tebow, left, and Jordan Rodgers talk on the field at Davis Wade Stadium before Saturday's LSU vs. Mississippi State football game. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)

LSU and Mississippi State football players shake hands before the coin toss prior to Saturday's game. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)

Mississippi Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann, a Vicksburg native, watches Saturday's LSU vs. Mississippi State football game in Starkville. (Walter Frazier/For The Vicksburg Post)

STARKVILLE (AP) — A lopsided loss to start the season had No. 14 LSU looking to re-establish itself as a championship contender out of the Southeastern Conference against Mississippi State.

The Tigers looked every bit the part Saturday.

Malik Nabers set career highs with 13 catches for 239 yards and scored two touchdowns, Jayden Daniels ran for two scores and set a school record for passing accuracy, and No. 14 LSU beat Mississippi State 41-14.

The Tigers (2-1) outgained the Bulldogs 310-79 in the first half on the way to a 24-7 lead.

LSU started the season with a three-touchdown loss against Florida State before getting a chance to work out some kinks against Grambling State in last week’s win. The Tigers’ first SEC game made it two straight routs.

“Daniels and Nabers hooking up to the level that we’ve always wanted to see, we saw that (Saturday) and that’s certainly fun,” head coach Brian Kelly said. “If that continues to show itself, we’re a pretty good football team. Defensively, there were many questions. It’s just a matter of getting a lot of young players and new players together. It’s just a matter of time.”

Daniels threw for 361 yards on 30-of-34 passing, the best completion percentage (88.2 percent) ever for an LSU quarterback in a game with at least 25 attempts. He also rushed 15 times for 64 yards before he came out midway through the fourth quarter with the lead at 41-7.

Daniels threw touchdown passes of 26 and 33 yards to Nabers in the first half, and had scoring runs of 5 and 1 yards in the second.

‘There won’t be a better performance in the country and if there is, that would be amazing,” Kelly said. “He really worked hard the past week getting on top of his throws. It was great to see that come to fruition.”

Will Rogers had his worst game as a starting quarterback at Mississippi State (2-1) as the senior was 11-of-28 for 103 yards, no touchdowns and no interceptions. It was the fewest completions and yardage Rogers has had as a starter.

“(It was) not very good, obviously,” Rogers said of the game. “It’s kind of back to the drawing board for us. We’ve got to stick together and get better. We can’t dwell on this too long, we’ve got a big game next week on the road.”

The Bulldogs, who are transitioning away from late coach Mike Leach’s Air Raid offense in Year 1 under coach Zach Arnett, managed just 201 yards. Their two touchdowns came on a 9-yard run by Lideatrick Griffin with 50 seconds left in the first half, and a 4-yard pass from backup quarterback Mike Wright to Antonio Harmon with 2:46 left in the fourth quarter.

“It was as bad a defeat as you can have,” Arnett said. “Credit to Coach Kelly, his staff, their players. They came out better prepared. They played faster from the jump. And they dominated the football game. I’ve done a poor job in the evaluation of our football team. We have to decide how we want to respond to this.”

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