Despite the best efforts of mascot Bully and a majority of more than 51,000 fans attending Saturday's home football game with the Auburn Tigers, the Mississippi State Bulldogs lost their first Southeastern Conference contest of the young 2004 season by a score of 43-14. The final home game in September takes place at 6 p.m. Saturday, the 18th, as the Bullies face a very non-conference foe in the University of Maine Black Bears.