2013 REBEL FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 2013 REBEL FOOTBALL GAME NOTES Ole Miss Athletics Media Relations | 908 All-American Drive | University, MS 38677 | 662-915-7522 Web: OleMissSports.com, OleMissFB.com | Facebook: Facebook.com/OleMissSports, Facebook.com/OleMissFootball Twitter: @OleMissNow, @OleMissFB, @RebelGameday, @CoachHughFreeze RANKINGS Ole Miss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BCS-NR/AP-RV/Coaches-NR Mississippi State . . . . . . . . . BCS-NR/AP-NR/Coaches-NR TV (ESPN) Rece Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Play-by-Play David Pollack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Analyst Jesse Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Analyst Samantha Ponder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sideline RADIO (OLE MISS NETWORK) David Kellum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Play-by-Play Harry Harrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Analyst Stan Sandroni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sideline/Locker Room Brett Norsworthy . . . . . . . . . . . Pre- & Post-Game Host Richard Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pre- & Post-Game Host Web: OleMissSports.com RebelVision (subscription) OLE MISS COACHING STAFF On the field: Hugh Freeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Head Coach Tom Allen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Linebackers, Special Teams Grant Heard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wide Receivers Jason Jones. . . . . . . . .Cornerbacks/Co-Defensive Coord. Chris Kiffin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive Line Matt Luke . . . . . . . . . Offensive Line/Co-Offensive Coord. Derrick Nix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Running Backs Ben Aigamaua. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offensive GA Ryan Trevathan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Offensive GA DeMarcus Covington . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive GA Kane Wommack. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Defensive GA In the press box: Maurice Harris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tight Ends Dan Werner . . . . . . . . Quarterbacks/Co-Offensive Coord. Dave Wommack . . . . . . . . . . . . Safeties/Defensive Coord. 54 FIRST-TEAM ALL AMERICANS | 19 NFL FIRST ROUND PICKS | 279 PRO DRAFT SELECTIONS | 227 TELEVISION APPEARANCES Date: Nov. 28, 2013 Time: 6:30 p.m. CT Location: Starkville, Miss. Venue: Davis Wade Stadium Capacity: 55,082 Surface: Grass Series: Ole Miss leads 61-42-6 In Starkville: Ole Miss leads 20-13-3 In Egg Bowl: Ole Miss leads 55-25-5 Satellite Radio: Sirius 119, XM 200 Live Stats: OleMissSports.com Twitter Updates: @OleMissFB WHAT TO WATCH FOR... • This game is the 110th meeting of one of the nation’s most-played rivalries ... Ole Miss holds a 61-42-6 advantage in the series dating back to 1901 ... The Ole Miss-Mississippi State series is tied with the Michigan-Ohio State series for the 15th-longest in NCAA Division I history ... Saturday’s game will be the 86th “Battle of the Golden Egg,” as the two schools started playing for the trophy in 1927 ... Ole Miss holds a 55-25-5 advantage in the “Egg Bowl.” • The Egg Bowl returns to Thanksgiving night for the first time since 2003. • The Rebels are bowl eligible for the second straight year under Hugh Freeze ... The last back-to-back bowl seasons were 2008 and 2009 (went to Cotton Bowl both years). • Ole Miss is 7-4 for the first time since 2009, when the team started 8-3 before finishing with a 9-4 record. • All four of the Rebels’ losses this year were to teams currently ramked in the top 25 (three are ranked in the top 5). • This is the Rebels’ first road game after a school-record six straight at home. • Ole Miss is on pace to break several school records, including total yards and passing yards in a season. • Ole Miss has played 12 true freshmen this season, which is tied for 11th-most among Division I FBS teams. • Junior QB Bo Wallace ranks 24th nationally in total offense (286.0 ypg) and passing (264.4 ypg). • Junior FS Cody Prewitt is a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award (nation’s top defensive back). 3 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS | 6 SEC CHAMPIONSHIPS | 22 BOWL WINS | 34 BOWL APPEARANCES | 635 ALL-TIME VICTORIES 2013 OLE MISS SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT SITE RESULT/TIME NOTES/SERIES INFORMATION Aug. 29 at Vanderbilt* (ESPN/WatchESPN) Nashville W, 39-35 Rebels survive after three 4th-quarter lead changes; Scott has winning 75-yard TD run Sept. 7 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (PPV/ESPN3) OXFORD W, 31-13 Ole Miss led 31-0 at the half; Brunetti runs for career-high 111 yards Sept. 14 at Texas (Longhorn Network) Austin W, 44-23 Rebels finish game with 30 unanswered points; Scott runs for career-high 164 yards Sept. 28 at #1/1 Alabama* (ESPN/WatchESPN) Tuscaloosa L, 0-25 First time shut out since 1998; snapped the Rebels’ five-game win streak Oct. 5 at Auburn* (ESPNU/WatchESPN) Auburn L, 22-30 Wallace: 336 passing yards; Moncrief: 6 catches, 122 yards, 2 TDs Oct. 12 #9/9 TEXAS A&M* (ESPN/WatchESPN) OXFORD L, 38-41 Rebels led in the 4th quarter; A&M kicked game-winning FG as time expired Oct. 19 #6/8 LSU* (ESPN2/WatchESPN) OXFORD W, 27-24 Ritter kicks game-winning 41-yard FG as time expires; first win over top-10 team since ‘09 Oct. 26 IDAHO (HC) (CSS/ESPN3) OXFORD W, 59-14 Most points and yards in a game in Hugh Freeze era; highest point total since 2008 vs. ULM Nov. 9 ARKANSAS* (SEC TV/ESPN3) OXFORD W, 34-24 Wallace throws for career-high 416 yards with 3 TDs as Rebels become bowl eligible Nov. 16 TROY (ESPNU/WatchESPN) OXFORD W, 51-21 Rebels set school record with 751 total yards, 5th-most in SEC history Nov. 23 #8/8 MISSOURI* (ESPN/WatchESPN) OXFORD L, 10-24 Moncrief leads Rebels with 6 catches and 115 receiving yards Nov. 28 at Mississippi State* (ESPN/WatchESPN) Starkville 6:30 PM Ole Miss leads 61-42-6 * - SEC game (HC) - Homecoming Rankings - AP/Coaches All Times Central Mississippi State BULLDOGS (5-6, 2-5 SEC) Head Coach: Dan Mullen Career: 34-28/5th At MSU: 34-28/5th Ole Miss REBELS (7-4, 3-4 SEC) Head Coach: Hugh Freeze Career: 44-17/5th At UM: 14-10/2nd
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2013 REBEL FOOTBALL GAME NOTES2013 REBEL FOOTBALL GAME NOTESOle Miss Athletics Media Relations | 908 All-American Drive | University, MS 38677 | 662-915-7522Web: OleMissSports.com, OleMissFB.com | Facebook: Facebook.com/OleMissSports, Facebook.com/OleMissFootballTwitter: @OleMissNow, @OleMissFB, @RebelGameday, @CoachHughFreeze
54 FIRST-TEAM ALL AMERICANS | 19 NFL FIRST ROUND PICKS | 279 PRO DRAFT SELECTIONS | 227 TELEVISION APPEARANCES
Date: Nov. 28, 2013Time: 6:30 p.m. CTLocation: Starkville, Miss.Venue: Davis Wade StadiumCapacity: 55,082Surface: GrassSeries: Ole Miss leads 61-42-6 In Starkville: Ole Miss leads 20-13-3 In Egg Bowl: Ole Miss leads 55-25-5Satellite Radio: Sirius 119, XM 200Live Stats: OleMissSpo rts.comTwitter Updates: @OleMissFB
WHAT TO WATCH FOR...• This game is the 110th meeting of one of the nation’s most-played rivalries ... Ole Miss holds a 61-42-6 advantage in the series dating back to 1901 ... The Ole Miss-Mississippi State series is tied with the Michigan-Ohio State series for the 15th-longest in NCAA Division I history ... Saturday’s game will be the 86th “Battle of the Golden Egg,” as the two schools started playing for the trophy in 1927 ... Ole Miss holds a 55-25-5 advantage in the “Egg Bowl.”• The Egg Bowl returns to Thanksgiving night for the first time since 2003.• The Rebels are bowl eligible for the second straight year under Hugh Freeze ... The last back-to-back bowl seasons were 2008 and 2009 (went to Cotton Bowl both years).• Ole Miss is 7-4 for the first time since 2009, when the team started 8-3 before finishing with a 9-4 record.• All four of the Rebels’ losses this year were to teams currently ramked in the top 25 (three are ranked in the top 5).• This is the Rebels’ first road game after a school-record six straight at home.• Ole Miss is on pace to break several school records, including total yards and passing yards in a season.• Ole Miss has played 12 true freshmen this season, which is tied for 11th-most among Division I FBS teams.• Junior QB Bo Wallace ranks 24th nationally in total offense (286.0 ypg) and passing (264.4 ypg).• Junior FS Cody Prewitt is a semifinalist for the Jim Thorpe Award (nation’s top defensive back).
DATE OPPONENT SITE RESULT/TIME NOTES/SERIES INFORMATIONAug. 29 at Vanderbilt* (ESPN/WatchESPN) Nashville W, 39-35 Rebels survive after three 4th-quarter lead changes; Scott has winning 75-yard TD runSept. 7 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI (PPV/ESPN3) OXFORD W, 31-13 Ole Miss led 31-0 at the half; Brunetti runs for career-high 111 yardsSept. 14 at Texas (Longhorn Network) Austin W, 44-23 Rebels finish game with 30 unanswered points; Scott runs for career-high 164 yardsSept. 28 at #1/1 Alabama* (ESPN/WatchESPN) Tuscaloosa L, 0-25 First time shut out since 1998; snapped the Rebels’ five-game win streakOct. 5 at Auburn* (ESPNU/WatchESPN) Auburn L, 22-30 Wallace: 336 passing yards; Moncrief: 6 catches, 122 yards, 2 TDsOct. 12 #9/9 TEXAS A&M* (ESPN/WatchESPN) OXFORD L, 38-41 Rebels led in the 4th quarter; A&M kicked game-winning FG as time expiredOct. 19 #6/8 LSU* (ESPN2/WatchESPN) OXFORD W, 27-24 Ritter kicks game-winning 41-yard FG as time expires; first win over top-10 team since ‘09Oct. 26 IDAHO (HC) (CSS/ESPN3) OXFORD W, 59-14 Most points and yards in a game in Hugh Freeze era; highest point total since 2008 vs. ULMNov. 9 ARKANSAS* (SEC TV/ESPN3) OXFORD W, 34-24 Wallace throws for career-high 416 yards with 3 TDs as Rebels become bowl eligibleNov. 16 TROY (ESPNU/WatchESPN) OXFORD W, 51-21 Rebels set school record with 751 total yards, 5th-most in SEC historyNov. 23 #8/8 MISSOURI* (ESPN/WatchESPN) OXFORD L, 10-24 Moncrief leads Rebels with 6 catches and 115 receiving yardsNov. 28 at Mississippi State* (ESPN/WatchESPN) Starkville 6:30 PM Ole Miss leads 61-42-6* - SEC game (HC) - Homecoming Rankings - AP/Coaches All Times Central
Mississippi State
BULLDOGS(5-6, 2-5 SEC)
Head Coach: Dan Mullen Career: 34-28/5th At MSU: 34-28/5th
Ole Miss
REBELS(7-4, 3-4 SEC)
Head Coach: Hugh Freeze Career: 44-17/5th At UM: 14-10/2nd
REBEL ALL-STARS | 2 OLEMISSSPORTS.COM
OLE MISS ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATES
CODY PREWITTALL-AMERICA, ALL-SEC CANDIDATETHORPE AWARD CANDIDATE#25 | FS | Jr. | 6-2 | 220 | Bay Springs, Miss.
2013 HONORS:• Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist• Midseason All-America (Phil Steele)• Midseason All-SEC (Phil Steele)• Preseason All-SEC (Athlon)
NOTES:• Tied for the SEC lead and T-8th nationally with five interceptions
• Leads team in tackles (66), interceptions (5) and passes defended (11)• Ranks T-1st in SEC and T-11nd nationally with 0.45 interceptions per game• Ranks T-5th in SEC with 1.0 passes defended per game• Ranks T-5th in SEC with two forced fumbles• His interception late in the Vanderbilt game sealed an SEC road victory• Also intercepted passes against No. 1 Alabama (A.J. McCarron), No. 6 LSU (Zach Mettenberger), No. 8 Missouri (James Franklin) and Southeast Missouri
LAREMY TUNSILALL-AMERICA, ALL-SEC CANDIDATEFRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATE#78 | OT | Fr. | 6-5 | 315 | Lake City, Fla.
2013 HONORS:• Week 11 SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week• Preseason Freshman All-America (ESPN.com)• Preseason Freshman All-America (Athlon)
NOTES:• One of two true freshman full-time starting left tack-les in the nation (Virginia Tech’s Jonathan McLaughlin is the other)
• Has only allowed one sack all year while protecting Bo Wallace’s blind side• Has helped the Ole Miss offense eclipse 500 total yards five times, including a school-record 751 against Troy• Earned SEC OL of the Week after the Arkansas game in which Ole Miss passed for a near school-record 428 yards• The nation’s No. 1 OT recruit in 2013 and a top-five overall prospect
“Laremy Tunsil is the best pure talent offensive lineman I have seen since Anthony Munoz. His combination of athleticism and power is rare and is matched only by his maturity. He is already one of the top linemen in the country and is playing like an All-American as a fresh-man. I think he is playing as well as any lineman, not only tackles, in the country.”
Matt Millen, ESPN analyst and two-time NFL All-Pro linebacker
REBEL ALL-STARS | 3 OLEMISSSPORTS.COM
OLE MISS ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATES
BO WALLACEALL-AMERICA CANDIDATEALL-SEC CANDIDATE#14 | QB | Jr. | 6-4 | 209 | Pulaski, Tenn.
2013 HONORS:• Week 11 Manning Award Stars of the Week• Maxwell, O’Brien, Manning Award Watch Lists
NOTES:• Ranks top 25 nationally in passing and total offense• Ranks 3rd in SEC in total offense (286.0 ypg) and 4th in passing (264.4 ypg)• In SEC play, ranks 2nd in total offense and passing
• On pace to challenge for Eli Manning’s school records for completions and attempts in a season• After throwing 17 interceptions last year, has only thrown six picks in 2013• In less than two years as QB, he ranks top four in school history in career passing yards, total offense, passing touchdowns and 300-yard games• Set career highs with 416 passing yards and 428 total yards in a win over Arkansas ... Both totals rank second-best in school history• Threw for 346 yards (30-of-39) in an upset win over No. 6 LSU• Directed a Rebel offense that set a school record with 751 total yards vs. Troy
2013 HONORS:• Midseason All-SEC (Phil Steele)• Biletnikoff Award Watch List• Preseason All-SEC (Coaches, Media, Phil Steele, Athlon, Lindy’s)
NOTES:• Ranks 5th in SEC in receiving (72.8 ypg), 7th in re-ceptions (4.5/game) and T-10th in receiving TDs (5)
• In league play, ranks 4th in receiving yards (87.4 ypg)• Currently up to 4th-best in school history in career receiving yards (2,234), 4th in receptions (147), 3rd in receiving touchdowns (19) and 2nd in 100-yard receiving games (8)• Four 100-yard games this year: Auburn, LSU, Arkansas, Missouri• Had two TD catches at Auburn and one vs. SEMO, Texas and Arkansas
REBEL ALL-STARS | 4 OLEMISSSPORTS.COM
OLE MISS ALL-SEC CANDIDATES
TYLER CAMPBELL#97 | P | Sr. | 6-2 | 230 | Little Rock, Ark.
• Ray Guy Award Candidate• Ranks 3rd in the SEC with 45.2 yards per punt• Would rank top 10 nationally with enough attempts• Has 12 punts of 50+ yards and 14 that have landed inside the 20
• Career-long 75-yard punt at Texas• A four-year starting punter for Ole Miss, he has 63 career punts inside the 20 and was the 2010 NCAA punting champion and a two-time All-SEC selection
• Rimington Trophy Watch List• Rebels’ starting center for each of the last 31 games and 33 overall• Has helped the Ole Miss offense eclipse 500 total yards five times, including a school-record 751 vs. Troy
• Ole Miss ranks in the top half of the SEC and top 40 nationally in total offense, rushing and passing• Ole Miss is on pace to break school records for total yards and passing yards
TONY CONNER#12 | DB | Fr. | 6-1 | 210 | Batesville, Miss.
• Ranks 2nd among SEC freshmen with 55 tackles• 4th on the team with 55 tackles• T-2nd on team with five passes defended• Intercepted a pass on his first career defensive play in the season opener at Vanderbilt and has been in the
starting lineup every game since• Had seven tackles vs. Texas, No. 1 Alabama and No. 6 LSU and six vs. No. 8 Missouri• Sacked Johnny Manziel among his four tackles vs. Texas A&M
ANDREW RITTER#96 | K | Sr. | 6-3 | 216 | Jackson, Miss.
• Midseason All-SEC (Phil Steele)• Ranks T-2nd in SEC and T-33rd nationally with 1.27 field goals per game• Leads all SEC kickers in FGs made (7) and attempted (10) of 40+ yards
• Has made 2 of 4 from 50+ ... His 4 attempts are T-1st in SEC• Has converted 14 of his last 17 field-goal attempts• Ranks 8th among SEC kickers and 12th among all players with 7.4 ppg
• Hornung Award Watch List• Midseason All-SEC (Phil Steele)• Ranks 13th in SEC in rushing (61.6 ypg)• Would rank 3rd in SEC in punt returns (12.7 ypr) with enough attempts.
• SEC Special Teams Player of the Week after the win over Texas (164 rush yards, 243 AP yards, 73-yard punt return TD)• His 7.4 ypr is best among the SEC’s top 15 rushers• Ranks 4th in Ole Miss history in career all-purpose yards (3,668) and 6th in career rushing yards (2,297)• 10th in school history in career touchdowns (20)
• Ranks 4th in SEC in receptions (5.3/game) and T-10th in touchdown catches (5)• Leads all SEC freshmen in catches per game and ranks fourth among freshmen nationally• Leads all SEC freshmen in receiving yards (45.5 ypg)
and TD catches (5) • Has broken the Ole Miss freshman records for catches (58), receiving yards (500) and touchdown catches (5)• SEC Freshman of the Week after a school freshman record nine catches for 82 yards in his college debut at Vanderbilt• Has had three games with 8+ receptions and two games with 2+ touchdowns
“Laquon Treadwell is one of the most dynamic wide receivers in college football.”John Congemi, ESPN analyst & former Pitt QB
• Bednarik Award Watch List• Midseason All-America (Phil Steele)• Midseason All-SEC (Phil Steele)• 2nd on team with 63 tackles• Ranks 7th in SEC with 1.0 TFLs/game
• Ranks T-5th in SEC with two forced fumbles• Had a career-high 15 tackles in a win over Southeast Missouri• Had 11 tackles, 3.0 TFLs and a sack in a win at Texas
REBEL ALL-STARS | 5 OLEMISSSPORTS.COM
OLE MISS FRESHMAN ALL-STAR CANDIDATES
AUSTIN GOLSON#73 | OL | Fr. | 6-5 | 300 | Prattville, Ala.
• Has seen extensive action along the offensive line (mostly at guard) in each of the Rebels’ 11 games• Has helped the Ole Miss offense eclipse 500 total yards five times, including a school-record 751 vs. Troy• Ole Miss ranks in the top half of the SEC and top 40
nationally in total offense, rushing and passing• Ole Miss is on pace to break school records for total yards and passing yards in a season
• Made his college debut at No. 1 Alabama and has started four games at cornerback since then• Helps the Rebel defense match up against oppo-nents’ tall receivers with his 6-foot-3 frame• Came up with a big PBU on a potential Missouri scor-
ing play between James Franklin and Dorial Green-Beckham• Has made 25 tackles (19 solo), a TFL and two PBUs• Started games against No. 9 Texas A&M, No. 6 LSU, No. 8 Missouri and Idaho
• Leads all SEC freshmen with 0.78 tackles for loss per outing• Ranks 2nd on team with his 7.0 TFLs• SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week after his four-tackle, 2.0-TFL, 1.0-sack performance vs. Troy
• Had three tackles, a TFL and a pass breakup at Texas• Missed the LSU and Idaho games with a strained hamstring• Nation’s No. 1 overall high school recruit in 2013
EVAN ENGRAM#17 | TE | Fr. | 6-3 | 217 | Powder Springs, Ga.
• Midseason All-SEC (Phil Steele)• Broke the Ole Miss freshman tight end record with three touchdown catches before season-ending ankle surgery after the Rebels’ seventh game• In just seven games, turned in one of the best sea-
sons ever by an Ole Miss freshman receiver with 20 catches for 265 yards and three TDs• Had four catches for 44 yards and a TD at Texas• Had three catches for 26 yards and a TD vs. No. 9 Texas A&M
LAREMY TUNSIL | ALL-AMERICA CANDIDATE
LAQUON TREADWELL | ALL-SEC CANDIDATE
TONY CONNER | ALL-SEC CANDIDATE
MEDIA INFORMATION | 6 OLEMISSSPORTS.COM
OLE MISS MEDIA RELATIONSKyle Campbell* ............ Assistant A.D./Media & PR Email: [email protected] Duties: Primary Contact, Credentials, InterviewsKim Ling .................................. Associate Director Email: [email protected] Duties: Game ProgramBill Bunting ............................. Associate Director Email: [email protected] Jones* ............................. Associate Director Email: [email protected] Duties: Game Notes, Stats, PhotosDaniel Snowden ........................Assistant Director Email: [email protected] Poole ............................Assistant Director Email: [email protected] Camfield ...........................Assistant Director Email: [email protected]* Football Contacts
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SEC TELECONFERENCE Coach Hugh Freeze will be available on the weekly SEC Teleconference every Wednesday from Aug. 29-Nov. 21, from 11:20-11:30 a.m. (CT). The number is avail-able through the SEC office at (205) 348-3000. Below is the order of participants: 10:00 a.m. - Les Miles, LSU10:10 a.m. - Steve Spurrier, South Carolina10:20 a.m. - Will Muschamp, Florida10:30 a.m. - James Franklin, Vanderbilt10:40 a.m. - Nick Saban, Alabama10:50 a.m. - Butch Jones, Tennessee11:00 a.m. - Bret Bielema, Arkansas11:10 a.m. - Gary Pinkel, Missouri11:20 a.m. - Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss11:30 a.m. - Kevin Sumlin, Texas A&M11:40 a.m. - Mark Stoops, Kentucky11:50 a.m. - Dan Mullen, Mississippi State12:00 p.m. - Mark Richt, Georgia12:10 p.m. - Gus Malzahn, Auburn
OLEMISSSPORTS.COMFor updated statistics, rosters, game notes and all Rebel news on the internet, go to the official Ole Miss athletics website at OleMissSports.com. For those out of range of the Mississippi Network’s radio broadcast, live audio of the game is available through OleMissSports.com’s RebelVision, which also offers subscribers live webcasts of Coach Freeze’s weekly press conferences.
VIDEO HIGHLIGHTSOle Miss offers free FTP downloads of game highlights and interviews with coaches and players for television stations to use during regularly scheduled news/sportscasts. To access the Ole Miss FTP site, please contact Shane Sanford at [email protected].
WEEKLY PRESS CONFERENCE: Ole Miss holds a weekly press conference with Coach Freeze each Monday during the season, beginning at 12:15 p.m. (CT), in the team meeting room of the Manning Center, which is adjacent to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium/Hollingsworth Field. Members of the media un-able to attend the Monday press conference may participate via the telephone. The number for the two-way teleconference may be obtained by contact-ing the Athletics Media Relations office at (662) 915-7522. Requested players and assistant coaches, will be available following the press conference. Media who wish to interview players or assistant coaches on Monday must email their request to [email protected] by 3 p.m. Sunday.
PRACTICES: On a regular game week, Ole Miss football practices are open to media Tuesday and Wednesday for periods 1 through 4. Media are forbidden from reporting (e.g. tweeting, blogging, etc.) on anything related to practice until after the post-practice interview with the head coach. This includes media who leave practice early. Video is permitted for any drill during the pre-determined open periods (first 4) that does not include offense vs. defense (i.e. 7-on-7, 11-on-11) or involves formations. Media may be alerted of other portions that are not available for video during practice. Videographers and photographers should use tight shots and avoid formations. Use of footage from practices must be limited to 3 minutes per day.
AUDIO/VIDEO RESTRICTIONS: Press conferences, media opportunities, practices and any form of competition may not be broadcast live without prior consent of the athletics department. Audio/video use of content from press conferences and media opportunities is limited to five minutes per individual (coach or student-athlete) per day unless expressly stated otherwise, and use of footage from practices is limited to three minutes per day. This includes content attained via FTP, which should be credited to Ole Miss Athletics. Ole Miss offers free FTP downloads of game highlights and inter-views with coaches and players for television stations to use during regularly scheduled news/sportscasts. To access the Ole Miss FTP site, please contact Jeremy Havens with Ole Miss Sports Productions at 662-915-7557 or [email protected].
WEEKDAY PARKING: Parking permits are required for everyone on campus Monday through Friday between 7:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Media that plan to regularly attend practices, press conferences and other on-campus events may purchase a Vendor Permit from Campus Parking (www.olemiss.edu/parking), which is good for the entire year. Those that chose not to buy a permit should contact Danny Blanton at [email protected] prior to each visit to secure a free day pass. Day passes are also available for $1 online to print at http://www.olemiss.edu/parking/visitors.html or at a welcome booth on University Avenue in front of the Thad Cochran Research Center, which accepts cash, checks and credit cards. Please note that vendor and day passes are not applicable for gameday parking.
WORKING CREDENTIALS: To request credentials, go to Ole Miss’ online credentialing site: sportssystems.com/OleMiss. All requests should be made as early as possible by the sports director of each media outlet and are limited to those media who will be attending the game in a working capacity. Working space in the Vaught-Hemingway Stadium press box will be allotted on the following basis: (1) daily newspapers, (2) network affiliate television stations; (3) websites whose primary purpose is to gather and disseminate news and who have a corresponding publication and/or affilia-tion with a nationally recognized media entity/network; (4) magazines, weekly newspapers and non-broadcast radio stations.
MEDIA WILL-CALL: If not received by mail, credentials may be picked up at the media “Will Call” table, located next to the press box elevators at Gate 6 on the west side of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, beginning three hours prior to kickoff. Please be mindful that parking passes cannot be picked up at will-call and must be received prior to gameday.
GAMEDAY PARKING: The lot just to the west of the Turner Center is reserved for media parking. Entry is available from Hill Drive, and the satellite truck lot entrance is across the street. A golf cart is available to help members of the media transport heavy equipment from the press parking area to the press box. Please be mindful that parking passes cannot be picked up at will-call and must be received prior to gameday.
PHOTOGRAPHERS: Credentials for photographers will be issued on the basis of circulation, with priority granted to agencies covering the participat-ing schools on a regular basis. Per NCAA rule, images or likeness of current student-athletes may not be sold, distributed or used for commercial purposes. All photographers must exchange their photo pass for a vest in order to be admitted to the sidelines. This may be done at the media “Will Call” table next to the press box elevators. Gameday flip cards will be available at that location.
SIDELINE ACCESS: Excluding select portions of the game, media sideline access is reserved for photographers/ videographers. Credentialed photographers/videographers who arrive at media “Will Call” without proper equipment will not be granted a vest for sideline access. When on the sideline, media must remain outside the bench area. This includes during pre-game activities. RECRUITS: Per NCAA rule, media are not permitted to have contact with a prospect or family members of a prospect during their visit (official or unofficial) to campus, including prospects in attendance at practice or games. Contact includes in-person conversations, phone calls, text messages, e-mails, etc. In addition, media are forbidden from videoing or photographing prospects during their visit. Media are also asked to make every effort to keep distance from prospects on campus, including at practice, during pre-game activities on the sidelines and in the stands.
TELEPHONES: The Vaught-Hemingway Stadium/ Hollingsworth Field Press Box contains an adequate number of telephones for general use by visit-ing media. The telephones are available to all media outlets and are not reserved for any single outlet. Personal phones may be ordered at individual seats by contacting AT&T at 1-800-945-6500. Please alert the Athletics Media Relations office if you are ordering a phone so your press box seat location will correspond with the work order.
POSTGAME INTERVIEWS: For home games, Coach Hugh Freeze will hold a postgame news conference with the media in the team meeting room of the Manning Center. Athletics Media Relations office representatives will be available to assist in postgame interviews. Complete postgame plans will be announced on gameday in the press box by the Athletics Media Relations Director (MRD). The MRD will accompany members of the press wishing to go to the sidelines, beginning with five minutes remaining in the final quarter.
SUNDAY
• Practice closed No interviews
• Interview requests for Monday press conference due to [email protected] by 3 p.m.
MONDAY
• Ole Miss press conf. with Coach Freeze at 12:15p.m. in Manning Center Team Meeting Room
• Selected players, assistant coaches available following 3 p.m. practice
TUESDAY
• Coach Freeze, assistant coaches and players avail- able after 11:45 a.m. practice
WEDNESDAY
• SEC teleconference 11:20 a.m.
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TEAM STATISTICS
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
OLE MISS OPPONENT CATEGORY MISSISSIPPI STATE OPPONENT 355 274 Total Points 299 282 272 225 First Downs 255 208 117 103 By Rushing 123 83 138 110 By Passing 120 112 17 12 By Penalty 12 13 2132 1764 Rushing Yards 2131 1696 445 422 Rushing Attempts 448 378 4.8 4.2 Yards Per Rush 4.9 4.5 193.8 160.4 Rushing Yards Per Game 193.7 154.2 3226 2458 Passing Yards 2687 2382 259-411 221-347 Pass Completions-Attempts 216-360 204-329 293.3 223.5 Passing Yards Per Game 244.3 216.5 5358 4222 Total Offense 4818 4078 856 769 Total Offensive Plays 798 707 487.1 383.8 Total Offense Per Game 438.0 370.7 15-7 15-7 Fumbles-Lost 12-4 14-9 62-476 61-485 Penalties-Yards 57-446 55-491
Nov. 24, 2012 • Oxford, Miss. • Ole Miss 41, # 24 Mississippi State 24: Paced by a three-touchdown performance from Donte Moncrief, Ole Miss defeated its intrastate rival, No. 24 Mississippi State, 41-24 on a beautiful Saturday night in front of 61,005 fans at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. The Rebels snapped the Bulldogs’ three-game winning streak in the series.
Nov. 26, 2011 • Starkville, Miss • Mississippi State 31, Ole Miss 3: Barry Brunetti went 12-for-22 for 110 yards in Starkville as the Rebels fell to the Bulldogs 31-3 in the 2011 Egg Bowl to finish Houston Nutt’s career at Ole Miss. Ole Miss started nine freshmen in the game and finished the season with 10 losses for the first time in program history.
Nov. 27, 2010 • Oxford, Miss • Mississippi State 31, Ole Miss 23: Jeremiah Masoli threw for 261 yards and set the school record for rushing yards by a quarterback in a season, but Ole Miss dropped the Egg Bowl 31-23 to Mississippi State. Ole Miss nearly rallied from a 31-9 fourth-quarter deficit, scoring twice to pull within 31-23 with 4:21 left.
Nov. 28, 2009 • Starkville, Miss. • Mississippi State 41, #20 Ole Miss 27: Mississippi State upset No. 20 Ole Miss 41-27 in the Egg Bowl. Ole Miss couldn’t stop the one-two combination of Chris Relf and Anthony Dixon, who finished with 133 yards and a touchdown. It was the sixth straight win for the home team in the series. The Rebels’ most success came on long pass plays for touchdowns - 27 yards to Shay Hodge, 48 yards to Marketih Summers and 52 to Dexter McCluster.
Nov. 28, 2008 • Oxford, Miss. • #25 Ole Miss 45, Mississippi State 0: Jevan Snead threw for 213 yards and four touchdowns, Greg Hardy had three of Ole Miss’ school-record 11 sacks and the 25th-ranked Rebels beat Mississippi State 45-0 on Friday in the most lopsided Egg Bowl in 37 years. It was the fifth straight win at home for Ole Miss, which has won five of the last seven Egg Bowls.
Year Site.................Score1960 Oxford ..................W, 35-91961 Starkville ..............W, 37-71962 Oxford ..................W, 13-61963 Oxford ................ T, 10-101964 Oxford ................L, 17-201965 Starkville ..............W, 21-01966 Oxford ..................W, 24-01967 Starkville ..............W, 10-31968 Oxford ................ T, 17-171969 Starkville ........... W, 48-221970 Oxford ................L, 14-191971 Starkville ..............W, 48-01972 Oxford ............... W, 51-141973 Jackson ............. W, 38-101974 Jackson ..............L, 13-311975 Jackson ................W, 13-71976 Jackson ............L, 11-28*1977 Jackson ............L, 14-18*1978 Jackson ................W, 27-71979 Jackson ................W, 14-91980 Jackson ..............L, 14-191981 Jackson ............. W, 21-171982 Jackson ..............L, 10-271983 Jackson ............. W, 24-231984 Jackson ................W, 24-31985 Jackson ............. W, 45-271986 Jackson ................W, 24-31987 Jackson ..............L, 20-301988 Jackson ................W, 33-61989 Jackson ............. W, 21-111990 Jackson ................W, 21-91991 Starkville ..............L, 9-241992 Oxford ............... W, 17-101993 Starkville ............L, 13-201994 Oxford ................L, 17-211995 Starkville ........... W, 13-101996 Oxford ..................L, 0-171997 Starkville ........... W, 15-141998 Oxford ..................L, 6-281999 Starkville ............L, 20-332000 Oxford ............... W, 45-302001 Starkville ............L, 28-362002 Oxford ............... W, 24-122003 Starkville ..............W, 31-02004 Oxford ..................W, 20-32005 Starkville ............L, 14-352006 Oxford ............... W, 20-172007 Starkville ............L, 14-172008 Oxford ..................W, 45-02009 Starkville ............L, 27-412010 Oxford ................L, 23-312011 Starkville...............L, 3-312012 Oxford ............... W, 41-24* - Ole Miss won by forfeit
NOTABLE PLAYERS | 8 OLEMISSSPORTS.COM
74RG
JARED DUKE6-7 | 377 | Sr. | Cleveland, Tenn.
6RB
JAYLEN WALTON5-8 | 166 | So. | Memphis, Tenn.
12WR
DONTE MONCRIEF6-3 | 226 | Jr. | Raleigh, Miss.
85WR
JA-MES LOGAN6-3 | 183 | Sr. | Houston, Texas
1WR
LAQUON TREADWELL6-3 | 215 | Fr. | Crete, Ill.
78LT
LAREMY TUNSIL6-5 | 315 | Fr. | Lake City, Fla.
68LG
JUSTIN BELL6-3 | 345 | So. | Jackson, Miss.
56C
EVAN SWINDALL6-4 | 301 | Sr. | LaFayette, Ga.
3RB
JEFF SCOTT5-7 | 162 | Sr. | Miami, Fla.
ATT YDS AVG TD
67 493 7.4 2
LAST GAME: Rushed three times for 5 yards and caught a 6-yard pass.NOTES: Ranks 4th in school history with 3,668 all-purpose yards and 6th with 2,297 rushing yards ... Nine career 100-yard rushing games ... Missed 3 games with thigh bruise ... SEC Special Teams Player of the Week after Texas game (164 rush yds, 243 AP yds, 73-yd PR TD) ... Midseason All-SEC (PR).
LAST GAME: Recorded 128 all-purpose yards (42 rush, 42 receiving, 44 kick return) in start.NOTES: Has played in every game with five starts at RB ... 13th in SEC with 104.1 AP ypg ... 3rd on team with 433 rushing yards ... Leads team with 8 total TDs and 6 rushing TDs ... 4th on team with 21 catches and 304 receiving yards ... 19 kick returns for a 21.9-yard average.
LAST GAME: Led the Rebels with six catches for 115 yards in start.NOTES: Ranks 5th in SEC with 72.8 receiving ypg, 7th with 4.5 catches/game and T-10th with five TD catches ... 4th in SEC play with 87.4 receiving ypg ... 3rd in school history with 19 career receiving TDs, 4th with 2,234 career receiving yards, 4th with 147 career catches ... Biletnikoff Award Watch List.
LAST GAME: Had four catches for 35 yards in start.NOTES: Most career games played among current Rebels (48) ... 9th in school history with 132 career receptions and 13th with 1,683 career receiving yards ... Back-to-back 100-yard outings (Idaho: 122 yards, 2 TDs, Arkansas: 110 yards, TD) ... Preseason All-SEC.
LAST GAME: Caught five passes for 23 yards in start.NOTES: 4th in SEC, T-56th nationally with 5.3 catches/game, tops among SEC frosh and 4th among freshmen nationally ... 1st among SEC frosh with 45.5 receiving ypg with 5 TD catches ... Owns Ole Miss freshman records for catches (58), receiving yards (500) and TD catches (5).
LAST GAME: Part of an OL that allowed only one sack to a Mizzou team that leads SEC in sacks.NOTES: Has played in every game and started eight at LT .... SEC OL of the Week after the Arkansas game ... Has only allowed one sack this year from his left tackle position ... One of two true freshmen in the nation to be his team’s full-time starting LT (VT’s Jonathan McLaughlin) ... Preseason Freshman All-America.
LAST GAME: Part of an OL that allowed only one sack to a Mizzou team that leads SEC in sacks.NOTES: Has started every game (5 RG, 6 LG) this year ... Played six games as a backup guard last year ... Helped Ole Miss score the 3rd-most points in school history (409) and average the 2nd-most yards per game in school history (423.8).
LAST GAME: Part of an OL that allowed only one sack to a Mizzou team that leads SEC in sacks.NOTES: Has started every game this year ... Rimington Trophy Watch List (nation’s top center) ... Has started each of the Rebels’ last 31 games at center, 33 total ... Helped Ole Miss score the 3rd-most points in school history (409) and average the 2nd-most yards per game in school history (423.8).
LAST GAME: Part of an OL that allowed only one sack to a Mizzou team that leads SEC in sacks.NOTES: Has played in every game with 10 starts (6 RG, 4 LG) ... Has played in 45 career games with 15 starts (11 at RG, 4 at LG) ... Played in every game last year, mostly on special teams.
71RT
PIERCE BURTON6-6 | 290 | Sr. | Sacramento, Calif.
LAST GAME: Part of an OL that allowed only one sack to a Mizzou team that leads SEC in sacks.NOTES: Has started every game at RT this year .... Started all 13 games last season ... Named to ESPN.com’s SEC All-Bowl Team after the BBVA Compass Bowl ... Helped Ole Miss score the 3rd-most points in school history (409) and average the 2nd-most yards per game in school history (423.8).
96K
ANDREW RITTER6-3 | 216 | Sr. | Jackson, Miss.
LAST GAME: Was 1 of 3 on FGs with a make from 30 and misses from 23 and 61.NOTES: Has made 14 of his last 17 FG attempts ... Midseason All-SEC ... T-2nd in SEC and T-33rd nation-ally with 1.27 FGs/game ... Leads all SEC kickers in FGs made (7) and attempted (10) of 40+ yards ... 8th among SEC kickers with a 7.4 scoring average.
14QB
BO WALLACE6-4 | 209 | Jr. | Pulaski, Tenn.
LAST GAME: Battling flu-like symptoms, was 26 of 42 for 244 yards and an INT ... Added 6 rush yards.NOTES: Ranks 3rd in SEC and 24th nationally in total offense (286.0 ypg) and 4th in SEC and 24th nationally in passing (264.4 ypg) ... Ranks top 4 in Ole Miss history in career total offense and passing ... Has 6 INTs this year after tossing 17 last year ... Maxwell, Davey O’Brien and Manning Award watch lists.
LAST GAME: Rushed seven times for a team-high 66 yards, including a 45-yard TD, and had 2 catches for 14 yards.NOTES: Leads team with 495 rushing yards ... 4th on team with three rushing TDs ... Career-high 138 rushing yards vs. Idaho ... Has rushed for 50+ yards five times this season.
ATT YDS AVG TD
75 495 6.6 3
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55DE
CAMERON WHIGHAM6-3 | 255 | Sr. | Snellville, Ga.
TACKLES TFL SACK QBH
30 4.5 2.5 3
5DT
ROBERT NKEMDICHE6-5 | 294 | Fr. | Loganville, Ga.
94NT
ISSAC GROSS6-1 | 250 | So. | Batesville, Miss.
95DE
BRYON BENNETT6-2 | 270 | Jr. | Madison, Miss.
38MLB
MIKE MARRY6-3 | 250 | Sr. | Clearwater, Fla.
24OLB
SERDERIUS BRYANT5-9 | 215 | Jr. | Sanford, Fla.
12NICKEL
TONY CONNER6-1 | 210 | Fr. | Batesville, Miss.
21FCB
SENQUEZ GOLSON5-9 | 193 | Jr. | Pascagoula, Miss.
LAST GAME: Assisted on a TFL in start.NOTES: Has played in every game with six starts ... T-2nd on team with 2.5 sacks ... T-5th on team with 4.5 TFLs ... SEC DL of the Week after game vs. No. 6 LSU (2 tackles, sack, QB hurry, PBU) ... Had four tackles and a forced fumble at Vanderbilt ... Posted four tackles with a TFL in a start at No. 1 Alabama.
LAST GAME: Tallied three tackles (two solo) and a QB hurry in start.NOTES: Has played in and started nine games (6 at DE, 3 at DT) ... Earned SEC DL of the Week after Troy ... Ranks 1st among league freshmen with 0.78 TFLs/game ... Career-high 2.0 TFLs, 1.0 sack vs. Troy ... Preseason SEC Newcomer of the Year ... Preseason Freshman All-America.
LAST GAME: Made five tackles (one solo).NOTES: Has played in every game with three starts at nose tackle ... T-2nd on team with 2.5 sacks ... T-3rd on team with 5.0 TFLs ... Career-high 1.5 sacks at Vanderbilt ... One sack vs. No. 6 LSU ... Preseason All-SEC ... SEC All-Freshman and Freshman All-America last year.
LAST GAME: Had one solo stop.NOTES: Has played in every game with seven starts (two at DT, five at DE) ... Moved from DT to DE prior to the Texas A&M game ... Recorded a sack at No. 1 Alabama.
LAST GAME: Made a season-high 10 tackles (eight solo) with a sack and a forced fumble in start.NOTES: Has played in every game with 10 starts at mike LB ... 5th on the team with 43 tackles ... T-3rd in SEC and T-25th in nation with 0.27 forced fumbles/game ... Fumble recovery at Texas ... Preseason All-SEC ... 24th recipient of the Chucky Mullins Courage Award and honors Mullins by wearing No. 38.
LAST GAME: Recorded a solo stop and a QB hurry.NOTES: Bednarik Award Watch List ... Has played in nine games with five starts at stinger LB ... 7th in SEC with 1.0 TFLs/game, T-5th with two forced fumbles ... 2nd on team with 63 tackles ... Midseason All-American ... Midseason All-SEC ... Suffered concussion against Texas A&M and missed LSU game.
LAST GAME: Posted six stops (three solo) in start.NOTES: Has played in every game with 10 starts at huskie ... 4th on team with 55 tackles ... 2nd among SEC frosh in tackles ... T-2nd on team with five passes defended ... Snagged an interception on his first college defensive play at Vanderbilt ... Preseason Freshman All-America.
LAST GAME: Made four tackles (three solo) with a TFL in start.NOTES: Has played in 10 games with eight starts at cornerback ... Grabbed his 4th career interception vs. Arkansas ... Played in 12 games with six starts last year ... Was 9th on the team with 36 tackles and tied for the team lead with 3 interceptions ... Also played on the Ole Miss baseball team in 2012.
TACKLES TFL SACK QBH
26 7.0 1.0 3
TACKLES TFL SACK FR
22 5.0 2.5 2
TACKLES TFL SACK FF
10 2.0 1.0 1
TACKLES TFL FF FR
43 3.5 3 1
TACKLES TFL SACK FF
63 9.0 3.0 2
TACKLES TFL INT PD
55 3.0 1 5
TACKLES TFL INT PD
32 2.0 1 3
25FS
CODY PREWITT6-2 | 220 | Jr. | Bay Springs, Miss.
LAST GAME: Led team with a season-high 12 tackles, posting a TFL and an interception in start.NOTES: Thorpe Award semifinalist ... T-1st in SEC, T-8th nationally with 5 interceptions ... Ranks top 5 in SEC in INTs, passes defended and fumbles forced ... Leads team with 66 tackles ... Game-saving INT at Vanderbilt ... Also had picks vs. Alabama, LSU, Missouri and SEMO ... Midseason All-American.
TACKLES TFL INT PD
66 4.0 5 11
28BCB
MIKE HILTON5-8 | 182 | So. | Fayetteville, Ga.
LAST GAME: Posted seven tackles (six solo) and a pass breakup in start.NOTES: Has played in and started nine games (1 at huskie, 8 at corner) ... Missed LSU and Idaho games with hamstring injury ... 6th on team with 41 tackles ... T-3rd on team with 5.0 TFLs ... Registered 2.0 TFLs at Vanderbilt and at Texas ... Collected first career INT vs. Troy.
TACKLES TFL INT PD
41 5.0 1 4
97P
TYLER CAMPBELL6-2 | 230 | Sr. | Little Rock, Ark.
LAST GAME: Landed three of his four punts inside the 20, with a long of 52.NOTES: Ray Guy Award candidate ... Ranks 3rd in SEC with 45.2 yards per punt ... Has 66 career punts inside the 20 ... Career-long 75-yard punt at Texas ... Preseason All-SEC ... Two-time AP All-SEC honoree who elected to redshirt in 2012 ... 2010 NCAA punting champion (46.4 ypp).
PUNTS AVG LONG IN 20
38 45.2 75 14
7ROVER
TRAE ELSTON6-0 | 190 | So. | Oxford, Ala.
LAST GAME: Posted seven tackles (four solo) in start.NOTES: Has played in every game with nine starts at rover ... 3rd on team with 56 tackles ... T-2nd on team with five passes defended ... 10 tackles and a fumble recovery vs. Texas A&M ... SEC All-Freshman pick by ESPN.com last year ... Played in 12 games with nine starts at rover.
LAST GAME: Had one tackle in start.NOTES: Has played in eight games with six starts ... Missed the SEMO, Texas and Idaho games with a knee injury ... T-9th on team with 31 tackles ... Recoverd a fumble and returned it 24 yards at Auburn ... Preseason All-America and preseason All-SEC ... All-SEC and Freshman All-America pick last year.
TACKLES TFL FF FR
31 1.0 1 1
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OLE MISS HEAD COACH HUGH FREEZEHugh Freeze (Southern Miss, 1992) is in his second season at the Ole Miss helm. After leading the Rebels to their first 7-4 start since 2009, he now owns a 14-10 mark in Oxford and a career record of 44-17. His first year as head coach in Oxford saw him reverse the team’s fortunes with a 7-6 record and a bowl win over Pittsburgh in the BBVA Compass Bowl. He followed that up with a signing class that rated top five in the nation. Expectations are soaring for Rebel Na-tion thanks to Freeze, who was named the University’s 37th head football coach on Dec. 5, 2011. He came to Oxford after serving one year as head coach at Arkansas State, leading the Red Wolves to a 10-2 season and the 2011 Sun Belt Conference title, while Freeze was tabbed Sun Belt Coach of the Year. It is his second stint at Ole Miss, as he was a member of the Rebel coaching staff from 2005-07, including the final two seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator with two of the top classes in UM history.
MISSISSIPPI STATE HEAD COACH DAN MULLENDan Mullen (Ursinus College, 1996) is in his fifth year as the Mississippi State head coach. He has guided the Bulldogs to a 34-28 record and three bowl games in his tenure. Last year, the Bulldogs went 8-5 with a loss to Northwestern in the Gator Bowl. Previous coaching stops for Mullen include serving as the quarterbacks coach under Urban Meyer at Bowling Green (2001-02), Utah (2003-04) and Florida (2005-08). He was also the Gators’ offensive coordinator and helped lead them to the 2006 national title.
MISSISSIPPI STATE SCOUTING REPORTThe Mississippi State Bulldogs are 5-6 overall and 2-5 in SEC play entering the regular-season finale. They will seek to become bowl eligible with a win over the Rebels. Mullen’s team is coming off a 24-17 overtime win at Arkansas in which freshman QB Damian Williams scored the winning touchdown with a 25-yard scamper. MSU also has a conference win over Kentucky and SEC losses to Auburn, LSU, South Carolina, Texas A&M and Alabama, all of whom are currently ranked top 25 in the nation. Sophomore QB Dak Prescott leads the team in passing and rushing, but missed the last two games due to injury.
HOMEGROWN TALENTThe Ole Miss roster features 46 players from the Magnolia state. Those Mississippi natives in the Red and Blue include DB Anthony Alford (Petal), OL Darone Bailey (Cleveland), OL Justin Bell (Jackson), DL Bryon Bennett (Madison), DB Ontario Berry (Mendenhall), WR Trey Bledsoe (Grenada), OL Daronte Bouldin (Canton), DB Chief Brown (Winona), QB Ryan Buchanan (Jackson), DB Quintavius Burdette (Senatobia), DB Dehendret Collins (Meadville), DB Tony Conner (Batesville), LS Will Denny (Jackson), TE Dylan Dyer (Flora), DB Senquez Golson (Pascagoula), WR Terrell Grant (Cleveland), DL Tyler Gray (Pelahatchie), DT Issac Gross (Batesville), DT Woodrow Hamilton (Raleigh), WR Jordan Holder (Bay Springs), DE C.J. Johnson (Philadelphia), OL Davion Johnson (Byhalia), WR Josh Johnson (Belden), CB Derrick Jones (Eupora), QB Cale Luke (Clinton), TE Elliot Markuson (Oxford), DT Carlton
2013 Mississippi State Schedule Result/Time (CT)Aug. 31 vs. Oklahoma State L, 3-21Sept. 7 ALCORN STATE W, 51-7Sept. 14 at Auburn* L, 20-24Sept. 21 TROY W, 62-7Oct. 5 LSU* L, 26-59Oct. 12 BOWLING GREEN W, 21-20Oct. 24 KENTUCKY* W, 28-22
Nov. 2 at South Carolina* L, 16-34Nov. 9 at Texas A&M* L, 41-51Nov. 16 ALABAMA* L, 7-20Nov. 23 at Arkansas* 11:21 a.m.Nov. 28 OLE MISS* 6:30 p.m.* SEC gameHOME GAMES IN CAPS
OLE MISS BY THE NUMBERS
103 million - Dollars Raised by Forward Together Campaign415,750 - Season Attendance in 2013 (School Record)60,580 - Vaught-Hemingway Stadium Capacity50,386 - Season Tickets Sold in 2013 (School Record)635 - All-Time Victories279 - Pro Draft Picks247 - Weeks Ranked in the AP Poll227 - Television Appearances208 - Shutouts in Ole Miss History54 - First Team All-Americans34 - Bowl Appearances (T-19th All-Time)24 - Academic All-Americans22 - Bowl Wins (T-10th All-Time)19 - NFL First Round Picks12 - Overtime Games10 - College Football Hall of Fame Inductees8 - Sugar Bowl Appearances (4th All-Time)6 - Heisman Trophy Finalists6 - SEC Championships4 - Rhodes Scholars3 - National Championships1 - Highest Ranking in AP Poll
QUICK FACTS
School: Ole Miss (University of Mississippi)Location: Oxford, Miss.Founded: November 6, 1848Enrollment: 22,286Chancellor: Dr. Daniel W. Jones (Miss. College, 1971)Athletics Director: Ross Bjork (Emporia State, 1995)Game Operations Director: Brian RussellAthletics Department Phone: (662) 915-7241University Website: www.OleMiss.eduAthletics Website: www.OleMissSports.comGameday/Ticketing Website: www.OleMissFB.comConference: Southeastern (Western Division)Nickname: RebelsColors: Cardinal Red (PMS 186) and Navy Blue (PMS 2767)Stadium: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium/Hollingsworth FieldCapacity: 60,580Playing Surface: FieldTurfFirst Year of Football: 1893Number of Years Playing Football: 119All-Time Overall Record: 635-496-35All-Time Bowl Record : 22-12
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LANDSHARK
At Ole Miss, “Landshark” is a term adopted by the Rebel football team’s defensive unit. As part of that iden-tity, defensive players will celebrate big plays by putting a hand to their forehead in the shape of a shark fin. A battle cry of “fins up” also contributes to the players’ persona. With the popularity of both the players and the “Land-shark” celebration, Ole Miss student-athletes from other sports have even performed the hand gesture as a tribute to their fellow Rebels on the football team. Roots of the “Landshark” at Ole Miss date back to 2008. After four straight losing seasons, the Rebel foot-ball team returned to national prominence with a 9-4 record and a victory over 7th-ranked Texas Tech in the Cotton Bowl. Leading the charge was a defensive squad that ranked fourth in the nation in rushing defense and included All-Americans Peria Jerry and Greg Hardy and eventual All-SEC standout Jerrell Powe. The term “Landshark” originated that season from senior linebacker Tony Fein, an Army veteran who served a one-year tour in the Iraq War before arriving in Oxford. A two-year letterman after transferring from Scottsdale (Ariz.) Community College, Fein was the 2008 recipient of the Pat Tillman Award by the Military Order of the Purple Heart. Fein passed away in October 2009, but his legacy at Ole Miss continues through the “Landshark.”
HOTTY TODDY
The popular Ole Miss cheer goes like this:
Are You Ready?Hell Yeah! Damn Right!Hotty Toddy, Gosh Almighty,Who The Hell Are We? Hey!Flim Flam, Bim BamOle Miss By Damn!
Martin (Madison), LB Will Martin (Madison), OL Emmanuel McCray (Jackson), WR Donte Moncrief (Raleigh), RB Kailo Moore (Rosedale), OG Aaron Morris (Jackson), K Nathan Noble (Greenville), TE Nicholas Parker (Bates-ville), LB Tayler Polk (Brandon), DB Cody Prewitt (Bay Springs), OL Ty Quick (Terry), K Andrew Ritter (Jackson), WR Vince Sanders (Macon), TE Charlie Scott (Jackson), LS Chad Smith (Madison), LB Temario Strong (Bates-ville), DE Walker Sturgeon (Horn Lake), DE Carlos Thompson (Hollandale), DE Channing Ward (Aberdeen) and TE Taz Zettergren (Senatobia).
REBEL-BULLDOG CONNECTIONS• MSU safeties coach and recruiting coordinator Tony Hughes served as a running back and defensive backs coach for the Rebels from 2005-07. • MSU running backs coach Greg Knox was the Ole Miss wide receivers coach from 1995-98.• Ole Miss video coordinator Andy Commer served in the same capacity at MSU from 1989-95.
THE START OF THE GOLDEN EGGThe Golden Egg was first proposed by members of Sigma Iota, an Ole Miss honorary society in 1927. Sigma Iota proposed that a trophy be awarded in a dignified ceremony designed to calm excited fans, after Ole Miss fans stormed the field at Starkville’s Scott Field following the Rebels’ 7-6 win in the 1926 contest. The 1926 win snapped a 13-game losing streak to then Mississippi A&M, and was just Ole Miss’ fifth win in 23 tries. Following the game, Ole Miss fans made a dash for the goal posts, while Aggie fans took after them with cane bottom chairs and fights broke out. The mayhem continued until most of the chairs were splintered. After Sigma Iota made its proposal, Mississippi A&M approved the suggestion, and Ole Miss, two weeks before the game, officially added its approval. The trophy, to be called “The Golden Egg,” would be a regulation-size gold-plated football mounted on a pedestal. Cost approximately $250 would be shared by both schools. On Thanksgiving Day, 1927, the first “Battle of the Golden Egg” was waged before a crowd of 14,000 in Oxford. The Rebels won 20-12 and the symbol of supremacy in the series was born.
ORIGINS OF THE NAMEThe term “Egg Bowl” can be traced back to 1978, when Executive Sports Editor of The Clarion-Ledger Tom Patterson decided to spice up the 1978 meeting. A year earlier, The Clarion-Ledger headline on game day had been “Egg Bowl Is Up For Scramble,” and the following day it was “Egg Bowl ‘77: State 18, Ole Miss 14.” With the Rebels 4-6 and the Bull-dogs 6-4 and apparently out of the bowl picture heading into the 1978 game, Patterson instructed his staff to follow the “Egg Bowl” theme throughout the week. The result was an award-winning special section on Sunday, which recounted in great detail the Rebels’ stunning 27-7 victory over the heavily favored Bulldogs. While the game is still officially the “Battle of the Golden Egg,” most members of the media now refer to the annual game simply as the “Egg Bowl.”
SERDERIUS BRYANT | LB• Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List• Phil Steele Midseason All-America third team• Phil Steele Midseason All-SEC first team• Week 3 National LB of the Week - HM (CFPA)
TYLER CAMPBELL | P• Ray Guy Award candidate• Capital One Academic All-District VI• Week 2 National Punter of the Week - HM (CFPA)• Week 3 National Punter of the Week - HM (CFPA)
DEHENDRET COLLINS | DB• Week 9 National DB of the Week - HM (CFPA)
EVAN ENGRAM | TE• Phil Steele Midseason All-SEC third team• Week 2 National TE of the Week - HM (CFPA)
JORDAN HOLDER | WR• Burlsworth Trophy nominee
C.J. JOHNSON | DE• Week 3 National DL of the Week - HM (CFPA)
DONTE MONCRIEF | WR• Phil Steele Midseason All-SEC third team• Week 6 National WR of the Week - HM (CFPA)
ROBERT NKEMDICHE | DL• Week 12 SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week
CODY PREWITT | FS• Jim Thorpe Award semifinalist• Phil Steele Midseason All-America third team• Phil Steele Midseason All-SEC first team
ANDREW RITTER | K• Phil Steele Midseason All-SEC third team• Week 1 National Specialist of the Week - HM (CFPA)• Week 3 National Specialist of the Week - HM (CFPA)• Week 6 National PK of the Week - HM (CFPA)• Week 8 National Specialist of the Week - HM (CFPA)• Week 9 National Specialist of the Week - HM (CFPA)
JEFF SCOTT | RB• Paul Hornung Award Watch List• Phil Steele Midseason All-SEC second team - PR• Week 1 National RB of the Week - HM (CFPA)
• Week 3 SEC Special Teams Player of the Week• Week 3 National Punt Returner of the Week (CFPA)• Week 3 Paul Hornung Award Honor Roll
D.T. SHACKELFORD | LB/DE• NFF Scholar-Athlete Award Semifinalist• SEC Community Service Team
LAQUON TREADWELL | WR• Week 1 SEC Freshman of the Week• CFPA Freshman Performer of the Year Watch List
LAREMY TUNSIL | OT• Week 11 SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week
BO WALLACE | QB• Week 11 Manning Award Stars of the Week
JAYLEN WALTON | RB• Week 8 National All-Purpose Performer of the Week - HM (CFPA)• Week 11 National All-Purpose Performer of the Week - HM (CFPA)
CAMERON WHIGHAM | DE• Week 8 SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week
2013 IN-SEASON HONORS
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“EGG BOWL” FACTS• This year’s Egg Bowl returns to Thanksgiving night for the first time since 2003.• From 1998 through 2003, the game was played on Thanksgiving night and was televised nationally by ESPN. The two teams split those six meetings on Thanksgiving, with the Rebels winning the last two, 24-12 in 2002 in Oxford and 31-0 in 2003 in Starkville.• Ole Miss snapped a three-game MSU win streak with last year’s 41-24 decision in Oxford ... Neither team has won more than three in a row since the Rebels reeled off four straight from 1983-86.• The Rebels’ last win in Starkville was in 2003 (31-0).• Including a pair of forfeit victories, Ole Miss posted a 38-7-2 record versus MSU from 1944-1990.• The Rebels own the four longest separate winning streaks in the series (9, 6, 6 and 5 games).• From 1947 through 1963, the Rebels posted a 15-0-2 mark against MSU. That means a child born in December 1946 was a senior in high school before they saw Ole Miss lose to the Bulldogs.• The first “Battle for the Golden Egg” in 1927 marked the beginning of nine straight wins for the Rebels over MSU.
REBELS IN THE POLLS• Ole Miss has received votes in one or both national polls every week since the preseason.• The Rebels have been ranked in the top 25 five weeks this year ... They were ranked four straight weeks before drop-ping out after the Auburn loss ... That was the longest streak of being nationally ranked since six straight weeks to start the 2009 season.
STRONG OPPONENTSOle Miss has played against a challenging slate of opponents this season.• Ole Miss has played the No. 13 toughest schedule in the country according to Jeff Sagarin’s ratings.• The win over No. 6 LSU capped a four-game stretch that featured three top-10 opponents.• The Rebels’ four losses this season have come to teams currently ranked No. 1 (Alabama), No. 4 (Auburn), No. 5 (Missouri) and No. 19 (Texas A&M).• Ole Miss has quality wins over LSU (currently ranked No. 15), Texas (currently RV) and Vanderbilt (currently RV).
REBEL OFFENSE PUTTING UP BIG NUMBERSThe Ole Miss offense has put together some impressive performances this season.• Ole Miss has eclipsed 500 total yards in four of its last five outings - 525 vs. No. 6 LSU, 572 vs. Idaho, 531 vs. Arkan-sas, 751 vs. Troy.• The Rebels’ 751 yards against Troy set a school record and are the most in the SEC this year and fifth-most in league history ... It’s also tied for the sixth-highest yardage output in the NCAA this year.• The Rebels’ 525 yards against LSU are the most allowed by the Tigers this season, which includes games against such stalwart offenses as Auburn, Georgia, Alabama and Texas A&M.• The 572 total yards against Idaho is the 13th-most in a single game in Ole Miss history.• The team’s 428 passing yards vs. Arkansas is the second-highest total in program history.• Ole Miss now ranks fifth in the SEC and 20th nationally in total offense (487.1 ypg), third in the SEC and 23rd nationally in passing offense (293.3 ypg) and seventh in the SEC and 38th nationally in rushing offense (193.8 ypg).
HEALING UPLike several other teams around college football, Ole Miss has seen the injury bug hit hard this year. Three Rebel starters have been deemed out for the year - OL Aaron Morris (ACL), DE C.J. Johnson (ankle) and TE Evan Engram (ankle). Several others have missed significant game action, including CB Charles Sawyer (various injuries) and DE Carlos Thompson (neck/shoulder strain). The Rebels are getting healthier, though, as evidenced by the return of CB Mike Hilton (hamstring) and DL Robert Nkemdiche (hamstring) vs. Arkansas and RB Jeff Scott (thigh bruise/bone spur) vs. Troy.
OLE MISS SETS RECORD FOR SEASON TICKET SALESOle Miss has achieved its goal of selling out of football season tickets with a school-record 50,386, which tops the previ-ous highs of 50,009 in 2009 and 48,180 in 2004.
OLE MISS SETS VAUGHT-HEMINGWAY SEASON ATTENDANCE RECORD• With a season attendance of 415,750, Ole Miss has broken the school record of 400,520 set in 2002.• Six of Ole Miss’ seven home games this year were sellouts.• The 61,168 fans at the Missouri game were the ninth-most ever to attend a game at Vaught-Hemingway.• The 61,160 fans at the LSU game were the 10th-most ever to attend a game at Vaught-Hemingway.
OLE MISS IN THE POLLS
ASSOCIATED PRESS1 Alabama (56) 14962 Florida State (4) 14443 Ohio State 13754 Auburn 12945 Missouri 12026 Clemson 11967 Oklahoma State 11778 Stanford 10029 Baylor 97610 South Carolina 96011 Michigan State 92912 Oregon 73113 Arizona State 69014 Wisconsin 68415 LSU 64216 Fresno State 61917 UCF 58818 Northern Illinois 47019 Texas A&M 42920 Oklahoma 38621 Louisville 38322 UCLA 30023 USC 26224 Duke 13525 Notre Dame 68 RV: Georgia 15, Cincinnati 10, Texas 10, Ole Miss 7, Arizona 6, Nebraska 6, Minnesota 5, East Carolina 1, North Dakota State 1, Vanderbilt 1
USA TODAY COACHES1 Alabama (56) 15442 Florida State (6) 14883 Ohio State 14284 Clemson 12895 Auburn 12686 Missouri 12437 Oklahoma State 12258 Baylor 10099 South Carolina 100310 Stanford 98111 Michigan State 96212 Oregon 77713 Fresno State 68714 Wisconsin 66115 LSU 64616 Louisville 60317 Oklahoma 58118 Arizona State 57419 UCF 51220 Northern Illinois 45921 Texas A&M 41022 UCLA 25723 USC 21024 Duke 20325 Cincinnati 47 RV: Notre Dame 17, Texas 12, Minnesota 12, East Carolina 11, Georgia 8, Nebraska 7, Louisiana-Lafayette 6, Miami (FL) 6, Vanderbilt 2, Arizona 2
REBELS IN THE SEC & NCAAOle Miss ranks highly among its SEC and NCAA counter-parts in several stat categories:
2013 COIN TOSSES Coin Toss Game ResultVU: Won W, 39-34SEMO: Lost W, 31-13TEX: Won W, 44-23ALA: Won L, 0-25AUB: Won L, 22-30TAMU: Won L, 38-41LSU: Lost W, 27-24IDAHO: Lost W, 59-14ARK: Won W, 34-24TROY: Won W, 51-21MIZZ: Won L, 10-24MSU:
SCHOOL-RECORD HOMESTAND• This is the Rebels’ first road game since Oct. 5 at Auburn.• Ole Miss played a school-record six straight games at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium from Oct. 12-Nov. 23.• Including the regular-season finale in Starkville, Ole Miss has not left the state of Mississippi since the Auburn game.• Ole Miss opened the season with four of its first five games on the road, going 2-2 in those away contests.
WALLACE MAKES HIS MARK ON OLE MISS PASSING CHARTSJunior QB Bo Wallace has taken a big leap in his second season as the Ole Miss signal-caller and is churning out some of the best performances in school history and among SEC quarterbacks this year.• Wallace has moved into third place in school history in career total offense yards (6,530), fourth in career passing yards (5,902), fourth in passing TDs (39) and second in 300-yard passing games (7).• His season total of 3,146 total yards already ranks fourth in school history, while his 2,908 passing yards already ranks fifth ... He is on pace to break Eli Manning’s school record for total offense in season and come close to Manning’s passing record, as well.• His season total of 17 passing TDs already is ninth in school history.• He is on pace to challenge for Eli Manning’s school records for completions and attempts in a season.• Wallace’s 416 passing yards and 428 total yards vs. Arkansas are both the 2nd-best single-game totals in school history.• He has eclipsed 300 passing yards four times this year and thrown 2+ touchdowns in seven games.• Wallace currently ranks third in the SEC and 24th nationally in total offense (286.0 ypg) and fourth in the SEC and 24th nationally in passing (264.4 ypg).
BIG-PLAY CODYJunior free safety Cody Prewitt has been making big plays all season long for the Rebels and was named one of 15 semifinalists for the Jim Thorpe Award (nation’s top defensive back) on Oct. 28.• T-1st in SEC and T-8th nationally with five interceptions this year.• Ranks T-1st in SEC and T-11th nationally with 0.45 interceptions per game.• Ranks T-5th in SEC with 1.0 passes defended per game.• Ranks T-5th in SEC with two forced fumbles.• His interception late in the Vanderbilt game sealed an SEC road victory for the Rebels.• Also has interceptions in SEC games against Alabama (McCarron), LSU (Mettenberger) and Missouri (Franklin).• Leads Ole Miss with 66 total tackles, five interceptions and 11 passes defended and is 2nd with two forced fumbles.
BRYANT TACKLES HIS BUSINESSAfter piling up huge tackle numbers game after game, junior LB Serderius Bryant was added to the Chuck Bednarik Award Watch List on Oct. 9. Despite missing two games this year, Bryant is second on the team with 63 tackles and leads the Rebels with 9.0 tackles for loss and 3.0 sacks. He is T-13th among SEC players with 7.0 tackles per game, while he ranks 7th in the SEC with 1.0 TFLs per outing. The Sanford, Fla., native has led the Rebels in tackles in four games, including a 15-tackle effort against Southeast Missouri. He is one of nine players that were added to the watch list for the 19th Chuck Bednarik Award, which is awarded annually to the college defensive player of the year.
SS/ROVERElston (18)Prewitt (4)Sawyer (3)C. Brown (3)
CBSawyer (18)Golson (18)Hilton (9)D. Jones (4)D. Collins (2)Coleman (2)Burdette (1)
CAREER STARTS BY POSITION
OLE MISS IN THE NFL
Ole Miss has a huge presence in the league again this year with 22 players on NFL rosters. Among them are 2008 and 2012 Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning and six-time Pro Bowl LB Patrick Willis.
SUNDAY HIGHLIGHT (11/24): Mike Wallace had five catch-es for 127 yards and a touchdown in a 20-16 loss to Carolina.
BRANDON BOLDEN | RB | New England PatriotsBENJARVUS GREEN-ELLIS | RB | Cincinnati BengalsGREG HARDY | DE | Carolina PanthersJOHN JERRY | OG | Miami DolphinsPERIA JERRY | DT | Atlanta FalconsRISHAW JOHNSON | OG | Kansas City ChiefsKENDRICK LEWIS | S | Kansas City ChiefsELI MANNING | QB | New York GiantsBOBBY MASSIE | OT | Arizona CardinalsTRUMAINE McBRIDE | CB | New York GiantsDEXTER McCLUSTER | WR | Kansas City ChiefsMICHAEL OHER | OT | Baltimore RavensASHLEE PALMER | LB | Detroit LionsJERMEY PARNELL | OT | Dallas CowboysGERALD RIVERS | DE | St. Louis RamsJAMARCA SANFORD | S | Minnesota VikingsBRADLEY SOWELL | OL | Arizona CardinalsCHRIS SPENCER | OL | Tennessee TitansMICHEAL SPURLOCK | WR | Detroit LionsCASSIUS VAUGHN | CB | Indianapolis ColtsMIKE WALLACE | WR| Miami DolphinsPATRICK WILLIS | LB | San Francisco 49ers
OLE MISS RANKINGS
The University of MississippiNo. 1 Most Beautiful Campus (Newsweek)Top 20 Best Buy Colleges (Forbes)Top 10 Safest Campuses in the Nation (CollegeSafe.com)Top 3 Honors College (Reader’s Digest)Top 10 Accountancy School (Public Accounting Report)Top 5 Law School for value & job placement (National Jurist)
Tailgating in The GroveNation’s No. 1 Tailgating School (Sports Illustrated)“Top Tailgating Spot” (Tailgater Monthly)“The Holy Grail of tailgating sites” (The Sporting News)“The mother and mistress of outdoor ritual mayhem” (New York Times)“The mecca of tailgating in American sports” (Columbia Missourian)“In Oxford lies the most magical place on all of God’s green,
football-playing Earth: the Grove.” (SI on Campus)
OXFORD, MS RANKINGS
No. 2 College Town in America (Livability.com)Top 6 College Towns in America (USA Today)Top 10 Coolest College Towns in America (Travel & Leisure)No. 15 Fastest-Growing Small Town (Forbes)Top 20 Best Small Towns in America (Smithsonian)100 Best Small Towns (USA Today)Top 100 Places to Live (Money Magazine)
CLIMBING THE RECORD BOOKSCurrent Rebels are moving up the school record books in the following categories:
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IMPACT FRESHMEN• Ole Miss has played 12 true freshmen this season, which is tied for 11th-most among Division I FBS teams.• Six true freshmen have started at least one game so far (DB Tony Conner, TE Evan Engram, DE/DT Robert Nkemdiche, WR Laquon Treadwell, OT Laremy Tunsil, DB Derrick Jones).• Treadwell’s 58 receptions have surpassed Donte Moncrief’s previous Ole Miss freshman record of 31 in 2011 and are fourth-most in a season by any player in school history ... He has also set the school freshman records for receiving yards (500), touchdowns (5) and catches in a game (9 vs. Vanderbilt).
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• Treadwell leads all SEC freshmen and ranks fourth among freshmen nationally with 5.3 catches/game.
Name, School Receptions (avg.) NCAA rank
Corey Davis, Western Michigan 64 (6.4) 28
Tyler Boyd, Pittsburgh 68 (6.2) t31
Tyler Winston, San Jose State 48 (5.3) 55
Laquon Treadwell, Ole Miss 58 (5.3) t56• Treadwell also leads all SEC freshmen in receiving yards (45.5 ypg) and TD catches (5).• Engram set the Ole Miss freshman tight end record for touchdown catches with three.• Tunsil is one of two true freshmen in the country serving as his team’s full-time starting left tackle.• Tunsil, who has allowed only one sack all year, was named SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week after Arkansas.• Nkemdiche leads all SEC freshmen with 0.78 tackles for loss per game ... He was named SEC Defensive Lineman of the Week after notching 2.0 TFLs and a sack while helping hold Troy to -13 rushing yards.• Conner is second among SEC frosh with 55 total tackles.• Treadwell debuted with a nine-catch, 82-yard performance as a starter at Vanderbilt and was named SEC Freshman of the Week ... He set an Ole Miss freshman record with those nine catches, which was the most in a game by any Rebel since Mike Espy against Auburn in 2005 ... He has had three games with 8+ catches.• Conner snagged an interception on his very first career defensive snap at Vanderbilt and has started the next seven games at huskie. He is 4th on the team with 55 tackles.
TOP FRESHMAN RECEIVING MARKS IN SCHOOL HISTORYThrough 11 games, Laquon Treadwell has broken virtually all of the freshman receiving records in Ole Miss history with an impressive display of athleticism and toughness. Tight end Evan Engram was also putting up record-pace numbers through seven games before undergoing season-ending surgery on his ankle.Name, Year Catches Yards TDsLaquon Treadwell, 2013 58 500 5Donte Moncrief, 2011 31 454 4Mike Espy, 2002 30 465 3Bill Flowers, 2001 28 315 4Nick Brassell, 2011 24 336 2Grant Heard, 1996 21 291 2Evan Engram, 2013 20 265 3*School freshman record in bold
REBELS AMONG BEST IN SCHOOL HISTORYSeveral current Rebels are moving up the career statistical charts and rank among the best in school history:• Bo Wallace ranks 3rd in school history in career total offense yards (6,530), 4th in passing yards (5,902) and 4th in passing TDs (39) ... He needs 184 total offense yards to pass John Fourcade and move into 2nd place, 283 passing yards to jump Kent Austin into 3rd place and five TDs to pass Romaro Miller into 3rd place.• Donte Moncrief ranks 4th in school history in career receiving yards (2,234), 4th in receptions (147), 3rd in receiving TDs (19) and 2nd in 100-yard receiving games (8) ... He needs 41 yards to pass Willie Green and jump into 3rd place all-time and three receptions to pass Bill Flowers and move into 3rd place.• Ja-Mes Logan ranks 9th in school history in career receptions (132) and 13th in receiving yards (1,683) ... He needs four receptions to tie Mike Espy for 7th place and 25 yards to pass Floyd Franks into 12th place.• Jeff Scott ranks 4th in school history in career all-purpose yards (3,668), T-4th in 100-yard rushing games (9), 6th in rushing yards (2,297), 9th in rushing touchdowns (17) and T-10th in total touchdowns (20) ... He needs 26 rushing yards to pass Dou Innocent for 5th place all-time and 14 all-purpose yards to pass Brandon Bolden for 3rd place.
ODDS AND ENDS• Ole Miss is playing its second Thursday game of the year after winning the season opener at Vanderbilt (39-35).• Ole Miss has a 7-4 record for the first time since 2009 ... That ‘09 squad went on to an 8-4 mark before finishing 9-4.• The Rebels have already matched last year’s win total and surpassed last year’s total of six regular-season wins.• The Rebels are bowl eligible for the second straight year under Hugh Freeze ... Their last back-to-back bowl seasons were 2008 and 2009 (Cotton Bowl both years).• The Rebels are 6-0 when they score first and 1-4 when the opponent scores first.• Ole Miss is 9-2 under head coach Hugh Freeze when leading at the half, including a 5-0 mark this year.• Ole Miss has fumbled 15 times and lost seven, while Rebel opponents have also fumbled 15 times and lost seven.• Ole Miss had never faced Southeast Missouri, Idaho or Troy before this season.
TEAM SEASON RECORDSCategory 2013 Total/Avg. School Record (Year)Total Points 355 442 (2003)Touchdowns Scored 45 55 (2001)Passing Touchdowns 23 31 (2001)First Downs 272 295 (2003)Total Offensive Plays 856 962 (2012)Total Offensive Yards 5,358 5,631 (2003)Total Yards Per Game 487.1 433.2 (2003)Pass Attempts 411 486 (2002)Pass Completions 259 283 (2002)Passing Yards 3,226 3,718 (2003)Passing Yards Per Game 293.3 286.0 (2003)
INDIVIDUAL SEASON RECORDSName Category 2013 School Record (Name, Year)Bo Wallace Passing Yards 2,908 3,600 (Eli Manning, 2003)Bo Wallace Pass Attempts 365 481 (Eli Manning, 2002)Bo Wallace Pass Completions 235 279 (Eli Manning, 2002)Bo Wallace Pass Efficiency 143.4 148.1 (Eli Manning, 2003)Bo Wallace Total Offense 3,146 3,572 (Eli Manning, 2003)Laquon Treadwell Receptions 58 77 (Chris Collins, 2003)Donte Moncrief 100-yard rec. games 4 5 (Shay Hodge, 2009)
APPROACHING SCHOOL SEASON RECORDSThe Rebels are quickly approaching the following school season records:
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OFFENSIVE NOTES• Ole Miss ranks in the top half of the SEC and top 40 nationally in total offense (487.1), rushing offense (193.8) and passing offense (293.3).• Ole Miss’ 272 first downs are third-most in the SEC and 21st-most in the nation this year.• The Rebels have eclipsed 500 total yards five times this year (SEMO, LSU, Idaho, Arkansas, Troy) and more than 450 eight times.• Junior QB Bo Wallace ranks 4th in the league and 24th nationally in passing (264.4 ypg) and 3rd in the SEC and 24th nationally in total offense (286.0 ypg).• Wallace, who threw 17 interceptions last year, has only been picked off six times this season.• Several Rebels have stepped up their game against SEC foes ... Bo Wallace is 2nd in passing (297.9 ypg) and total offense (313.3 ypg) in league games ... Laquon Treadwell is T-2nd in receptions (6.4/game), Donte Moncrief is 4th in receiving yards (87.4 ypg), and Jaylen Walton is 9th in all-purpose yards (112.4 ypg).• Freshman WR Laquon Treadwell ranks 4th in the SEC and 56th nationally with 5.3 catches per outing, which tops all SEC freshmen and ranks fourth among freshmen nationally ... He leads all SEC freshmen with 45.5 receiving yards per game and five TD catches.• Junior WR Donte Moncrief ranks 5th in the league in receiving (72.8 ypg), 7th in receptions (4.5/game) and T-10th in receiving TDs (5).• Sophomore RB Jaylen Walton ranks 13th in the SEC in all-purpose yards (104.1 ypg).• Senior RB Jeff Scott ranks 13th in the SEC in rushing (61.6 ypg).• Scott’s 7.4 yards per carry is 2nd-best among the SEC’s top 15 rushers ... The school record is 7.4 by Charlie Flowers in 1957.• In Scott’s three-game absence (thigh bruise/bone spur), sophomores Jaylen Walton and I’Tavius Mathers carried the load remarkably well ... Walton set career highs with 106 rushing yards, two TDs and 192 all-purpose yards vs. No. 6 LSU, while Mathers had a career-high 138 rushing yards and a TD against Idaho.• Four different Rebels have rushed for 100+ yards in a game at least once this year (Scott, Brunetti, Walton, Mathers).
DEFENSIVE NOTES• Ole Miss ranks top eight in the SEC and top 50 nationally in scoring defense (24.9) and total defense (383.8).• Ole Miss ranks sixth in the SEC and 45th nationally with 6.3 tackles for loss per outing.• The Rebels’ nine interceptions in league games are T-2nd among SEC teams.• Junior FS Cody Prewitt is tied for the SEC lead and T-8th in the nation with five interceptions ... He is T-1st in the SEC and T-11th nationally with 0.45 interceptions/game and T-5th in the SEC with 1.0 passes defended/game.• Junior LB Serderius Bryant ranks 7th in the SEC with 1.0 TFLs/game.
VANDERBILT NOTESGENERAL: This was the 88th meeting all-time between Ole Miss and Vanderbilt dating back to 1894 ... The Rebels now lead the series 48-38-2 and snapped Vanderbilt’s three-game win streak in the series ... Ole Miss improved to 88-26-5 all-time in season openers and have won 15 of the last 18 ... The Rebels won their sixth straight season opener on the road ... The Rebels are now 31-46-3 all-time in SEC openers and snapped a nine-game losing skid in SEC openers.
OFFENSE: Senior QB Barry Brunetti scored the Rebels’ first two TDs of the year on a pair of goalline QB runs ... Junior QB Bo Wallace tied a career high with 31 completions on 47 attempts for 283 yards ... Senior RB Jeff Scott posted his eighth career 100-yard game with a career high-tying 138 yards on 12 carries, including a sensational 75-yard sprint for the winning touchdown with 1:07 left in the game ... Freshman WR Laquon Treadwell showed why he was the nation’s top-rated high school receiver last year with an Ole Miss freshman record of nine catches for 82 yards, the most catches by a Rebel since Mike Espy had nine against Auburn in 2005 ... Freshman TE Evan Engram had a strong college debut with five catches for 61 yards.
DEFENSE: Freshman DB Tony Conner intercepted a pass on his first career defensive play ... Senior DE/LB D.T. Shackelford made his return from a two-year absence (knee injuries) and had three total tackles (two solo) ... Junior FS Cody Prewitt led Ole Miss with eight tackles (seven solo) and sealed the win with an interception on Vanderbilt’s drive in the final seconds of the game, his fourth career INT.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Senior K Andrew Ritter converted his first career FG attempt with a 30-yarder ... Ole Miss gained a first down off a fake punt when Robert Nkemdiche took a direct snap for an 11-yard gain ... It was the first Ole Miss fake punt for a first down since 2009 (vs. Mississippi State).
TEXAS NOTESGENERAL: This was the eighth meeting all-time between Ole Miss and Texas ... The Rebels won for the first time since the 1958 Sugar Bowl and cut the Longhorns’ series lead to 6-2 ... The Rebels’ 44 points were their most ever against the Longhorns ... Ole Miss now has a 13-11 all-time record against current members of the Big 12 Conference ... At-tendance at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium was 101,474, the third-largest in stadium history ... Ole Miss improved to 3-0 for the first time since the 1989 season ... Jeff Scott set a career high with 243 all-purpose yards, which is tied for the 10th-most in a game in school history.
OFFENSE: The Ole Miss offense eclipsed 250 rushing yards for the second straight game and has posted 200+ rushing yards in all three games ... Senior RB Jeff Scott rushed for a career-high 164 yards on 19 carries ... It was his ninth career 100-yard rushing game and second this year ... Scott moved into a tie for ninth place on the Rebels’ all-time rush-ing TDs list with his 17th career rushing score ... Junior WR Donte Moncrief recorded his 16th career touchdown catch, tying him for third in Ole Miss history with his current position coach, Grant Heard.
DEFENSE: The Rebel “D” allowed UT to convert only 4-of-15 3rd-down attempts and 1-of-3 4th-down tries ... The defense produced a season-high nine tackles for loss ... Junior LB Serderius Bryant led the Rebels with 11 tackles (six solo), his second straight double-digit performance ... He also had a career-high 3.0 TFLs ... Sophomore S Trae Elston posted a season-high eight tackles (five solo) ... Junior DE C.J. John-son had a career-high 3.0 TFLs and five total tackles.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Senior K Andrew Ritter made a career-long 52-yard field goal as time expired in the first half ... Jeff Scott returned a punt 73 yards for a TD, his second career punt return TD and the longest of his career ... It was the Reb-els’ first punt return TD since Nick Brassell vs. Georgia in 2011.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NOTESGENERAL: This was the first meeting between Ole Miss and Southeast Missouri ... Attendance at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium was a sellout of 60,815 ... Ole Miss is now 96-17-5 in home openers and 73-10-4 in home openers played in Oxford ... Dating back to last season, this was Ole Miss’ fourth straight win, their longest streak since eight straight from 2008-09 ... The Rebels’ 31-point halftime lead was their largest since holding a 31-0 halftime lead over Mississippi State in 2008.
OFFENSE: Ole Miss scored on each of its first five posses-sions (1 FG, 4 TDs) of the game ... Senior RB Jeff Scott had four carries for 28 yards, pushing him past Dexter McCluster on the Ole Miss career rushing list with 1,970 yards ... Senior QB Barry Brunetti’s four-yard rushing TD in the first quar-ter was his third of the season, matching his season total from a year ago ... Brunetti led the Rebels with a career-high 111 rushing yards ... Senior QB Robert Ratliff saw his first playing time in an Ole Miss uniform, going 3-5 for 24 yards ... Freshman TE Evan Engram had two catches for 70 yards, including a 64-yard TD, the first score of his career ... Sopho-more RB I’Tavius Mathers scored on a 10-yard rush in the second quarter on his second carry of the season.
DEFENSE: Junior LB Serderius Bryant led all player with a career-high 15 tackles, including a career-high eight solo tackles, while starting in place of injured Denzel Nkem-diche ... Sophomore DB Chief Brown had a fumble recov-ery, the second of his career ... Junior FS Cody Prewitt, who sealed the win at Vanderbilt last week with an interception in the final seconds of the game, made his second INT of the season and fifth of his career.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Senior P Tyler Campbell landed both of his punts inside the 20 and averaged 52.0 yards per punt with a long of 56.
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• Senior LB Mike Marry is T-3rd in the SEC and T-25th nationally with 0.27 forced fumbles per game.• Sophomore DT Issac Gross is T-4th in the SEC with two fumble recoveries.• Freshman DL Robert Nkemdiche leads all SEC freshmen with 0.78 TFLs per game.• Senior DB Dehendret Collins’ fumble return for a touchdown vs. Idaho was the Rebels’ first such score since the 2005 Citadel game.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES• Ole Miss ranks seventh in the SEC and 35th nationally in net punting (38.1) and fifth in the SEC with a punt return average of 8.7 ypr.• Senior P Tyler Campbell ranks 3rd in the SEC in punting (45.2 ypp).• Senior K Andrew Ritter ranks T-2nd in the SEC and T-33rd nationally with 1.27 field goals/game ... His 7.4 scoring average is 8th among SEC kickers and 12th among all players.• Ritter has connected on 14 of his last 17 field-goal attempts and 14 of 19 overall.• Ritter has made field goals of 41, 42, 42, 42, 44, 50 and 52 yards among his 14 made this year ... Leads all SEC kickers in FGs made (7) and attempted (10) of 40+ yards ... He hit the game-winning 41-yard FG with 2 seconds left to beat No. 6 LSU.• Ole Miss gained a first down off a fake punt when freshman DL Robert Nkemdiche took a direct snap for an 11-yard gain in the second quarter at Vandy ... It was the first Ole Miss fake punt for a first down since 2009 vs. Mississippi State, and it was Nkemdiche’s first career rush attempt.
SHACKELFORD HONORED FOR GOOD WORKSSenior LB/DE D.T. Shackelford has been named to the 2013 SEC Football Community Service Team. His service includes being a group leader for a 2013 spring mission trip to Panama, spending his 2011 summer as a pre-college program counselor for Ole Miss’ Division of Outreach and Continuing Education, and volunteering with Relay for Life, Reading with the Rebels, the Oxford Food Pantry and a dunking booth that raised funds for cancer patients. A native of Decatur, Ala., he was a 2010 and 2013 nominee for the Wuerffel Trophy, which honors exemplary community service with outstanding academic and athletic achievement, as well as a 2013 nominee for the AFCA Good Works Team.
HONORING PARK STEVENSOle Miss players are wearing PS stickers on their helmets this season in honor of former teammate Park Stevens, who died in a car accident on July 3. Redshirt-freshman OL Robert Conyers changed his uniform number from 78 to Stevens’ 75 to honor his friend and former roommate, and Stevens’ memory will also be honored in a “Fallen Rebels” display in the Manning Center soon.
ALABAMA NOTESGENERAL: This was the 61st meeting all-time between Ole Miss and Alabama ... Alabama now leads the series 47-9-2 and has won 10 straight meetings ... This was the first time that the Rebels and Crimson Tide met when they were both nationally ranked since 2009 ... Attendance at Bryant-Denny Stadium was 101,821 ... The Rebels were shut out for the first time since the 1998 Arkansas game, snapping a streak of 151 straight games with a score ... Ole Miss dropped to 0-10 all-time versus the nation’s top-ranked team.
OFFENSE: Junior WR Donte Moncrief led the Rebels with six catches for 60 yards, and freshman WR Laquon Treadwell followed with four catches for 51 yards ... Junior QB Bo Wal-lace was 17-of-31 passing for 159 yards and no touchdowns or interceptions ... He has still not thrown a pick this season ... The Rebels surrendered their first safety since last year’s Georgia game.
DEFENSE: The Rebel defense racked up seven TFLs against the Tide ... Ole Miss forced Alabama into three fumbles, but the Rebels were unable to recover any of them ... Junior S Cody Prewitt picked off his third pass of the year, which ranks him among the nation’s leaders in interceptions ... For the third straight game, junior LB Serderius Bryant led the team in tackles, this time with nine total (seven solo) ... Fresh-man Derrick Jones made his collegiate debut at cornerback and made four tackles (one solo) ... Sophomore DE Chan-ning Ward forced his second fumble of the season.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Senior P Tyler Campbell punted six times for a 44.0-yard average, including three that landed inside the 20.
TEXAS A&M NOTESGENERAL: This was the sixth meeting all-time between Ole Miss and Texas A&M ... The Aggies have won all six meetings ... This was the third straight game between these two teams decided by three points ... Attendance at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium was 60,950, the highest of the year and the sec-ond sellout in as many games ... This was the Rebels’ second game of the year against a ranked opponent.
OFFENSE: Ole Miss had five passing touchdowns for the first time since last year’s Mississippi State game ... Quarterbacks Bo Wallace and Barry Brunetti completed passes to nine different receivers ... Three of the Rebels’ five touchdowns were scored by true freshmen (two by Laquon Treadwell, one by Evan Engram) ... Junior QB Bo Wallace completed 22 of 36 passes for 301 yards with three TDs and an in-terception, his second-straight 300-yard passing game ... Senior QB Barry Brunetti completed 3 of 4 passes for 28 yards and a career-high two TDs ... They were his first touchdown passes of the year and the second and third of his Rebel career ... Junior WR Vince Sanders’ first-quarter touchdown reception of 70 yards was a career-long catch ... Freshman WR Laquon Treadwell caught a team-high eight passes for 77 yards and his first two career TDs.
DEFENSE: Ole Miss held Texas A&M to its lowest first-half point total of the season with 14 points (Alabama also held A&M to 14) ... The Rebel D posted seven tackles for loss, the second-highest total of the season ... Junior LB Serderius Bryant led all tacklers with 12, including a tackle for loss and a forced fumble ... Sophomore rover Trae Elston tied a career high with 10 tackles and also recovered a fumble ... Junior LB Keith Lewis snagged his first career interception..
SPECIAL TEAMS: Senior K Andrew Ritter was 1-for-1 on his field goal tries with a 42-yarder in the second quarter ... Sophomore Jaylen Walton had his longest kick return of the season with a 49-yarder in the fourth quarter.
AUBURN NOTESGENERAL: This was the 38th meeting all-time between Ole Miss and Auburn ... Auburn now leads the series 28-10 over-all and 14-2 in Auburn ... Attendance at Jordan-Hare Stadium was 86,504 ... This was the Rebels’ fourth road game in the first five games of the year.
OFFENSE: Junior WR Donte Moncrief posted season highs with six catches for 122 yards ... It was Moncrief’s fifth career 100-yard receiving game, which ranks him fourth in school history ... Moncrief made his 17th and 18th career touch-down receptions, which moves him into sole possession of third place all-time at Ole Miss behind Chris Collins (24) and Moncrief’s cousin, Shay Hodge (22) ... Junior QB Bo Wallace posted a season high with 336 passing yards ... That gives Wallace his fourth career 300-yard passing game, which is second-most in school history behind Eli Manning (10) ... Wallace threw his first two interceptions of the season after going 16 quarters without one ... Senior WR Ja-Mes Logan posted season highs with five catches for 92 yards ... Junior WR Vince Sanders made his first receptions of the year, finishing with two catches for 22 yards.
DEFENSE: Ole Miss forced two Auburn fumbles and now has seven forced fumbles on the year ... Sophomore LB Denzel Nkemdiche posted a season-high nine tackles to lead all players ... He also had his second career fumble recovery, which he returned 24 yards ... Junior LB Serderius Bryant kept up his strong season with eight tackles, including a TFL ... Sophomore DB Mike Hilton posted a career-high eight tackles ... Senior LB Mike Marry forced a fumble for the third time in his career, and junior S Cody Prewitt did it for the fourth time in his career and the second time this year.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Senior K Andrew Ritter was 3-for-3 on field goals of 42, 44 and 22 yards ... It was his first career multiple-FG game ... Senior P Tyler Campbell punted five times for a 44.2-yard average, including a long of 66.
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GRADUATED REBELSThirteen Ole Miss football student-athletes have already received their undergraduate degrees, which is tied for second-most among Division I FBS schools. They are TE Justin Bigham (B.S. in Exercise Science), P Tyler Campbell (B.B.A. in Managerial Finance), P Chris Conley (B.B.A. in Management), WR Terrell Grant (B.S. in Integrated Marketing Communications), WR Ja-Mes Logan (B.S. in Criminal Justice), OL Emmanuel McCray (B.S. in Exercise Science), WR Korvic Neat (B.S. in General Studies), TE Jack Nuismer (B.A. in Economics), QB Robert Ratliff (B.B.A. in Managerial Finance), K Andrew Ritter (B.B.A. in Managerial Finance), DB Charles Sawyer (B.B.A. in Management), LB D.T. Shackelford (B.A. in History) and C Evan Swindall (B.B.A. in Management).
JEFF HERROD IS OLE MISS’ SEC LEGENDJeff Herrod, the Rebels’ leading linebacker from 1984-87, has been selected as Ole Miss’ representative for the 2013 SEC Football Legends Class. During his four-year career at Ole Miss, Herrod became the school’s all-time leader in tackles with 528, while also leading the Rebels in tackles all three years as a full-time starter. Herrod was named Defensive MVP in the 1987 Senior Bowl. He went on to play 11 years in the NFL and tally more than 1,300 tackles, playing 10 years with the Indianapolis Colts and one year with the Philadelphia Eagles.
FIRST-TIME STARTERS• Six Rebels made their first career start at Vanderbilt: (Offense) Jordan Holder (WR), Laquon Treadwell (WR), Justin Bell (OG); (Defense) Woodrow Hamilton (NT), Robert Nkemdiche (DE), Quintavius Burdette (CB) ... Two Rebels made their first career start vs. SEMO: (Offense) Quincy Adeboyejo (WR); (Defense) Tony Conner (DB) ... One Rebel made his first career start at Texas: (Offense) Laremy Tunsil (LT) ... One Rebel made his first career start at Alabama: (Offense) Jaylen Walton (RB) ... One Rebel made his first career start vs. Texas A&M: (Defense) Derrick Jones (CB) ... Two Rebels made their first career start vs. Idaho: (Defense) John Youngblood (DE), Lavon Hooks (DT) ... One Rebel made his first career start vs. Arkansas: (Offense) I’Tavius Mathers (RB) ... One Rebel made his first career start vs. Troy: (Offense) Nicholas Parker (TE).
DEBUTSTwenty-eight Rebels have made their debut this year: Quincy Adeboyejo (WR), Darone Bailey (OL), Ontario Berry (DB), Matt Brown (TE), Billy Busch (LB), Tony Conner (DB), Robert Conyers (OL), Mark Dodson (RB), Dylan Dyer (TE), Evan Engram (TE), Andrew Fletcher (K), Tyler Gray (DL), Austin Golson (OL), Bobby Hill (CB), Lavon Hooks (DT), Derrick Jones (DB), David Kamara (DB), Kailo Moore (RB), Robert Nkemdiche (DE), Jimmy Potepa (RB), John Ratliff (WR), Robert Ratliff (QB), Temario Strong (LB), Walker Sturgeon (DE), Laquon Treadwell (WR), Laremy Tunsil (OL), John Youngblood (DE), Taz Zettergren (TE).
LSU NOTESGENERAL: This was the 102nd all-time between Ole Miss and LSU dating back to 1894 ... The Rebels evened the series at 3-3 since they started playing for the Magnolia Bowl trophy in 2008 ... This was Ole Miss’ first win over a ranked opponent since beating No. 24 Mississippi State last year and the first win over a top-10 foe since beating No. 8 LSU in 2009 ... The 6th-ranked Tigers were the highest ranked team to lose to Ole Miss since No. 4 Florida in 2008 ... Attendance at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium was 61,160, the ninth-largest in stadium history and the third straight sellout.
OFFENSE: Ole Miss eclipsed 500 total yards for the second time this season ... Ole Miss QBs Bo Wallace and Barry Brunetti completed passes to 10 different receivers for the first time since last year’s Tulane game ... Wallace completed 30 of 39 passes for 346 yards ... It was his third straight 300-yard game ... He passed Archie Manning on the Ole Miss career passing yards list and is now in seventh place with 4,784 yards ... Junior WR Donte Moncrief caught five passes for 107 yards to eclipse 100 yards for the second time this year ... He is now tied for second in school history with six career 100-yard receiving games ... Sophomore RB Jaylen Walton set career highs in rushing yards (106), TDs (2) and all-purpose yards (192) ... Brunetti has thrown three TDs in his last six pass attempts.
DEFENSE: The Rebels recorded their most interceptions (3) and sacks (3) in a game this season ... The Rebels are the first team to not allow a first-half point to LSU this year ... Junior FS Cody Prewitt recorded his SEC-leading fourth pick of the year ... Senior CB Charles Sawyer recorded his eighth career interception and is the SEC’s active leader in career picks ... Sophomore DB Chief Brown led the team with eight tackles and snagged his second career interception.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Senior K Andrew Ritter hit 2 of 3 FGs, including the game-winning 41-yarder with 2 seconds left.
ARKANSAS NOTESGENERAL: This was the 60th meeting all-time between Ole Miss and Arkansas ... Ole Miss is now 28-31-1 all-time versus the Razorbacks and has won each of the past two meetings ... The win gives the Rebels bowl eligibility for the second straight season ... Attendance at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium was 60,856 ... Hugh Freeze is now 4-0 in his career against schools from Arkansas.
OFFENSE: With his 416 yards passing and 12 yards rushing, junior QB Bo Wallace passed both Jevan Snead and Archie Manning to move into the top five on the Ole Miss career total offense list (5,942 yards) ... Ole Miss finished with a season high in passing yards (428), the second-most in a game in school history ... The Rebels surpassed 500 total yards for the third straight game and the fourth time this year ... Ole Miss had two receivers (Ja-Mes Logan and Donte Mon-crief) with more than 100 yards receiving for the first time since 2003 (ULM) ... Wallace completed 27 of 34 passes for a career-high 416 yards, three TDs and two picks ... It was the second-highest passing total in school history and Wal-lace’s second time over 400 yards in his career ... Moncrief had a season-high seven receptions for a season-high 149 yards and a TD ... Logan had five catches for 110 yards and a TD ... Logan’s 75-yard TD catch was a career long ... Senior QB Barry Brunetti rushed for his fourth TD of the season, which is the most he has ever rushed for in a season.
DEFENSE: Sophomore S Trae Elston, junior S Cody Pre-witt and sophomore DE Channing Ward led Ole Miss with six tackles each ... Serderius Bryant, Robert Nkemdiche and D.T. Shackelford led Ole Miss with 1.0 TFL each ... Senquez Golson recorded his first INT of the season and the fifth of his career.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Senior K Andrew Ritter is now 7-for-9 this season on FG attempts of 40+ yards after hitting a 42-yarder ... He finished 2-for-2 on the day overall.
IDAHO NOTESGENERAL: This was the first ever meeting between Ole Miss and Idaho ... This was the 86th Homecoming game at Ole Miss, and the Rebels are now 69-15-2 (.814 win pct) ... At-tendance at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium was 57,870 ... The Rebels’ 59 points were the most in a game this year and the most since beating ULM 59-0 on Nov. 15, 2008.
OFFENSE: Ole Miss finished with season highs in total yards (572) and rushing yards (292) ... The Rebels surpassed 500 total yards for the second straight game and the third time this year ... It was the most total yards by an Ole Miss team in the Hugh Freeze era ... Sophomore RB I’Tavius Mathers notched his first career 100-yard rushing effort with 138 yards on 14 carries, including a career-long 64-yarder for a score ... Sophomore RB Jaylen Walton rushed 11 times for 86 rushing yards ... He scored two rushing TDs for the second straight game ... Senior WR Ja-Mes Logan led the team with six catches for 122 yards and caught TD passes of 37 yards and career-long 65 yards ... It was his first career multi-TD game ... Senior QB Barry Brunetti completed 7 of 7 passes for 94 yards and two TDs ... He now has 5 TDs in his last 13 pass attempts ... Freshman RB Mark Dodson had career highs with seven carries, 57 rushing yards, 30 receiv-ing yards and 87 total yards ... He recorded his first career touchdown with a 30-yard reception from Brunetti ... Junior WR Collins Moore caught his first career touchdown with a 35-yard grab from Brunetti.
DEFENSE: Ole Miss had a season-high 10 tackles for loss, led by Cody Prewitt’s 2.0 TFLs ... Senior DB Dehendret Collins recorded his first career TD with a 12-yard fumble return, which was the Rebels’ first fumble return for a score since 2005 (vs. The Citadel).
SPECIAL TEAMS: Senior Jordan Holder returned the first punt of his career with a 4-yarder ... Junior K Andrew Fletcher saw his first career action and converted a PAT.
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TYLER CAMPBELL | P• All-SEC second team (coaches, Birmingham News)• All-SEC third team (Athlon)• CFPA Special Teams Trophy Watch List
TONY CONNER | DB• Freshman All-America third team (Athlon)
ISSAC GROSS | DT• All-SEC fourth team (Athlon)
C.J. JOHNSON | DE• All-SEC second team (Birmingham News, Athlon)• All-SEC third team (coaches, media, Lindy’s)• All-SEC fourth team (Phil Steele)• CFPA Defensive Lineman Trophy Watch List
JA-MES LOGAN | WR• All-SEC fourth team (Phil Steele)
MIKE MARRY | LB• All-SEC fourth team (Phil Steele)
DONTE MONCRIEF | WR• BILETNIKOFF AWARD WATCH LIST• All-SEC second team (coaches, media, Phil Steele, Birmingham News, Athlon, Lindy’s)• All-SEC third team (College Sports Madness)• CFPA Wide Receiver Trophy Watch List
AARON MORRIS | OG• All-SEC second team (Athlon)• All-SEC third team (coaches, Phil Steele)
DENZEL NKEMDICHE | LB• LOMBARDI AWARD WATCH LIST• NAGURSKI TROPHY WATCH LIST• All-America fourth team (Phil Steele)• All-SEC first team (coaches, media, Phil Steele, Birmingham News, Lindy’s)• All-SEC second team (Athlon, College Sports Madness)• CFPA Linebacker Trophy Watch List
ROBERT NKEMDICHE | DE• SEC Newcomer of the Year (Lindy’s)• SEC’s Top Impact Frosh (Sporting News)• SEC Freshman of the Year (College Sports Madness)• Freshman All-America (ESPN.com)• Freshman All-America first team (Athlon)• All-SEC third team (Phil Steele, College Sports Madness)
CODY PREWITT | DB• All-SEC third team (Athlon)
ANDREW RITTER | K• CFPA Special Teams Trophy Watch List
CHARLES SAWYER | CB• All-SEC second team (Birmingham News, Lindy’s)• All-SEC third team (coaches, media, College Sports Madness)
• All-SEC fourth team (Phil Steele, Athlon)
JEFF SCOTT | RB• All-SEC third team (media, Lindy’s, College Sports Madness)• All-SEC fourth team (Phil Steele, Athlon)
D.T. SHACKELFORD | DE/LB• BUTKUS AWARD WATCH LIST• LOTT IMPACT TROPHY WATCH LIST
EVAN SWINDALL | C• RIMINGTON TROPHY WATCH LIST
LAQUON TREADWELL | WR• Freshman All-America third team (Athlon)
LAREMY TUNSIL | OL• Freshman All-America (ESPN.com)• Freshman All-America second team (Athlon)
BO WALLACE | QB• MAXWELL AWARD WATCH LIST• DAVEY O’BRIEN AWARD WATCH LIST• MANNING AWARD WATCH LIST
JAYLEN WALTON | RB/KR• All-SEC fourth team - KR (Phil Steele)• CFPA Kickoff Returner Trophy Watch List
2013 PRESEASON HONORS
TROY NOTESGENERAL: This was the first ever meeting between Ole Miss and Troy ... Ole Miss won its fourth straight game ... Atten-dance at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium was 52,931.
OFFENSE: Ole Miss established a school record with 751 total yards, eclipsing the previous record of 623 vs. Auburn in 1951 ... The Rebels’ total of 751 offensive yards is the highest in the SEC this year and the fifth-most in league his-tory ... It’s also tied for sixth-most in the NCAA this year ... The Rebels surpassed 500 total yards for the third straight game and the fifth time this year ... Ole Miss rushed for a season-high 382 yards and passed for 369 ... Freshman WR Laquon Treadwell had four catches for 53 yards with two TDs and set Ole Miss freshman records for receiving yards (477) and TD catches (5) in a season ... Junior QB Bo Wal-lace completed 17 of 26 passes for 272 yards with three TDs and no picks to move to 17 TDs and 3 INTs on the year ... He also rushed for a team-high 66 rushing yards and a TD ... Sophomore RB Jaylen Walton (6 rushes, 62 yards, TD; 3 catches, 81 yards, TD) now leads the team with six rushing TDs and eight overall TDs ... Freshman WR Quincy Adeboyejo caught his first career TD ... Freshman RB Mark Dodson notched his first career rushing TD.
DEFENSE: The Rebel defense held Troy to -13 rushing yards, the first time an opponent has failed to break even rushing since the Mississippi State game in 2008 (-64) ... Freshman DL Robert Nkemdiche posted four tackles, including 2.0 TFLs and his first career sack ... Sophomore DB Carlos Da-vis led the Rebels with a career-high six tackles ... Junior LB Serderius Bryant forced a fumble for the third time in his career ... Sophomore DT Issac Gross recovered a fumble for the second time this year ... Sophomore DB Mike Hilton snagged his first career interception.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Senior K Andrew Ritter made his only FG attempt and has now made 13 of his last 14.
MISSOURI NOTESGENERAL: This was the seventh all-time meeting between Ole Miss and Missouri ... The Tigers now hold a 6-1 series lead and have won five straight dating back to 1978 ... Atten-dance at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium was 61,168, the ninth-largest crowd in stadium history ... The season attendance of 415,750 sets a new school record ... Missouri snapped the Rebels’ four-game winning streak ... The Rebels are now 1-3 against top-25 teams this year and 60-144-2 all-time.
OFFENSE: Ole Miss failed to reach 500 total yards for the first time since the Texas A&M game (had four straight with 500+) ... Junior WR Donte Moncrief led the team with six catches for 115 yards ... He moved into fourth place in school history in career receptions with 147 ... Moncrief recorded his fourth 100-yard receiving game of the year and the eighth of his career, which is second-most in school history ... Freshman WR Laquon Treadwell had five catches for 23 yards to increase his Ole Miss freshman season records to 58 catches and 500 yards ... Junior QB Bo Wallace com-pleted 26 of 42 passes for 244 yards and added 6 yards on the ground ... He moved into third place in school history in career total offense with 6,530 yards.
DEFENSE: The Rebel defense held Missouri to 24 points, which tied their lowest output of the season ... Junior DB Cody Prewitt posted a season-high 12 tackles and made his SEC-leading fifth interception of the year ... Senior LB Mike Marry posted a season-high 10 tackles and recorded his third forced fumble of the year and his first sack of the season ... Senior DE/LB D.T. Shackelford posted a season-high eight tackles and got his first sack of the year and the sixth of his Rebel career.
SPECIAL TEAMS: Senior K Andrew Ritter was 1 of 3 on field-goal attempts, making from 30 yards and missing from 23 (blocked) and 61 ... Senior P Tyler Campbell landed three of his four punts inside the 20, with a long of 52.
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HEAD COACH HUGH FREEZE A Mississippi native, inspirational leader and one of the nation's top rising coaches, Hugh Freeze was the first choice to return cham-pionships to Ole Miss Football and was introduced as the Rebels' 37th head coach on December 5, 2011. He certainly is off to a good start. Inheriting a team that won just two games in 2011 and had lost 14 straight Southeastern Conference games, Freeze led Ole Miss to seven wins in 2012, including three SEC victories, and the team's first bowl berth since 2009. A month after the Rebels capped the season with a 38-17 win over Pittsburgh in the BBVA Compass Bowl, Ole Miss was the talk of National Signing Day when Freeze and Co. landed a consensus top-10 class that was ranked as high as No. 2 by 247Sports and No. 5 by ESPN - the highest recorded signing class rankings in school history. Freeze is the sixth head coach in program history to direct his team to a bowl appearance in his first season. The Rebels' seven wins could have been even more had they not lost three tight SEC games (Texas A&M, Vanderbilt, at LSU) by a combined 10 points. The Rebel offense saw a dramatic turnaround under Freeze in 2012. With many of the same players, he took a team that had ranked at or near the bottom of the SEC in every statistical category in 2011 to rank top five in the league and top 50 in the nation in scoring, total offense and passing. The 2012 Rebels soared up the school record books and cracked the top four single-season totals in scoring, total offense and passing. Under Freeze's watch, sophomore quarterback Bo Wallace and sophomore receiver Donte Moncrief posted some of the best numbers in school history. Wallace became the only Ole Miss quarterback not named Eli Manning to eclipse 3,000 total yards in a season, while Moncrief's 10 receiving touchdowns tied for the school's single-season record and his 979 receiving yards were the second-most in a season in school history. Freeze has led a resurgence in team attitude and effort that extends to the defensive side of the ball, as well. An undersized, but feisty Rebel D finished first among SEC teams and fourth nationally in tackles for loss (7.9/game) and second in the SEC and 11th nationally in sacks (2.9/game). Freeze, a noted speaker and recruiter throughout his career, has enjoyed success at nearly every coaching level over the past 18 years, from high school to NAIA to FBS, and each stop has featured a high-scoring offense and the ability to motivate young people. Before returning to Oxford, the former Ole Miss assistant experienced a record-setting run at Arkansas State. With Freeze as head coach in 2011, the Red Wolves captured the Sun Belt Conference championship and became just the third school in Sun Belt history to finish undefeated in league play with a perfect 8-0 mark. The 10-2 overall record marked the program’s first 10-win season since 1986, when ASU was a member of the I-AA Southland Conference. In the best debut season ever by an A-State head coach, Freeze became just the 14th FBS first-year head coach to win 10 regular season games. He also returned ASU to a bowl game for the first time since 2005. He was named Sun Belt Coach of the Year, while 13 of his pupils earned all-conference honors, including both the Offensive Player of the Year in junior quarterback Ryan Aplin and the Defensive Player of the Year in senior lineman Brandon Joiner. Freeze's first season in Jonesboro saw him serve as Arkansas State's offensive coordinator, guiding the Red Wolves' offense to a record-breaking year in 2010. Prior to his arrival at Arkansas State, Freeze compiled a 20-5 record over the 2008 and 2009 seasons at the helm of the Lambuth University football program. Prior to taking over as head coach at Lambuth, Freeze served on the Ole Miss staff from 2005-07, including the final two seasons as an assistant coach. He originally arrived in Oxford as Assistant Athletics Director for External Affairs before being named the Rebels' recruiting coordinator and tight ends coach before the 2006 season.
FREEZE BREAKDOWN
PERSONAL INFORMATIONBORN: Sept. 27, 1969HOMETOWN: Independence, Miss. FAMILY: Wife Jill (Vaughn); daughters Ragan (8/27/98), Jordan (9/27/99); Madison (12/27/02)EDUCATION:Senatobia High School (1988)Northwest Mississippi C.C. (1990)Southern Miss (1992) – B.S. in Mathematics
COACHING EXPERIENCEBriarcrest Christian High School (Head Coach, 1995-2004; Assistant Coach, 1992-94)Ole Miss (Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator, 2006-07; Assistant Athletics Director for Football External Affairs, 2005; Head Coach 2012-Present)Lambuth (Head Coach, 2008-09)San Jose State (Assistant Coach/Offensive Coordinator, Dec. 2009 - Feb. 2010)Arkansas State (Head Coach, 2011; Off. Coordinator, 2010)
YEAR-BY-YEAR COLLEGIATE COACHINGYear School Record Finish2008 Lambuth 8-4 2nd MWC West2009 Lambuth 12-1 1st MWC West2011 Arkansas State 10-2 1st Sun Belt2012 Ole Miss 7-6 5th SEC West2013 Ole Miss 7-4Totals (5 seasons) 44-17 (.721)
COACHING HONORS 2011 Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year2009 AFCA Southeast Region Coach of the Year2009 Mid-South Conference Coach of the Year5-Time Region 8-AA Coach of the Year4-Time Associated Press HS Coach of the Year
MAURICE HARRISTight Ends/Recruiting Coord.
for Offense
GRANT HEARDWide Receivers
JASON JONESCo-Defensive Coord./
Cornerbacks
TOM ALLENLinebackers/Special
Teams Coord.
Offensive GA: Ben AigamauaOffensive GA: Ryan TrevathanDefensive GA: DeMarcus CovingtonDefensive GA: Kane WommackHead Strength Coach: Paul JacksonAsst. AD/Recruiting Operations: Corey BatoonAsst. AD/HS & JC Relations: Barney FarrarAsst. AD/Player Development: Tom LukeHead Athletic Trainer: Pat JerniganRecruiting Development: Bruce JohnsonAsst. AD/Football Operations: John MillerAsst. Recruiting Director: Branden WenzelRecruiting Development: Lee WilbanksAdministrative Intern: Ryan Aplin
DERRICK NIXRunning Backs
DAVE WOMMACKDefensive Coord./ Safeties
CHRIS KIFFINDefensive Line/Recruiting
Coord. for Defense
MATT LUKECo-Offensive Coord./
Offensive Line
DAN WERNERCo-Offensive Coord./
Quarterbacks
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UPDATED DEPTH CHART
SPECIALISTSPK 96 Andrew Ritter (6-3, 216, SR-3L) 19 Andy Pappanastos (5-11, 193, FR-HS)P 97 Tyler Campbell (6-2, 230, SR-3L) 94 Chris Conley (5-8, 202, SR-2L)KO 96 Andrew Ritter (6-3, 216, SR-3L) 19 Andy Pappanastos (5-11, 193, FR-HS)Holder 94 Chris Conley (5-8, 202, SR-2L) 13 Robert Ratliff (6-2, 209, SR-Sq.)LS 59 Will Denny (5-11, 235, JR-2L) 52 Will Few (6-3, 250, FR-RS)KR 6 Jaylen Walton (5-8, 166, SO-1L) 7 Mark Dodson (5-10, 192, FR-HS)PR 3 Jeff Scott (5-7, 162, SR-3L) 21 Jordan Holder (5-11, 179, SR-2L) 85 Ja-Mes Logan (6-3, 183, SR-3L)
OFFENSEWR 12 Donte Moncrief (6-3, 226, JR-2L) 10 Vince Sanders (6-1, 180, JR-2L)LT 78 Laremy Tunsil (6-5, 315, FR-HS) 70 Emmanuel McCray (6-5, 320, SR-2L)LG 74 Jared Duke (6-7, 377, SR-3L) 73 Austin Golson (6-5, 300, FR-HS)C 56 Evan Swindall (6-4, 301, SR-3L) 64 Ben Still (6-2, 285, SO-1L)RG 68 Justin Bell (6-3, 345, SO-1L) 77 Patrick Junen (6-7, 349, SR-3L)RT 71 Pierce Burton (6-6, 290, SR-1L) 75 Robert Conyers (6-3, 286, FR-RS)TE 34 Nicholas Parker (6-0, 239, JR-1L) 84 Jack Nuismer (6-3, 236, SR-1L) 48 Justin Bigham (6-1, 232, SR-2L)SLOT 1 Laquon Treadwell (6-3, 215, FR-HS) 21 Jordan Holder (5-11, 179, SR-2L) 28 Korvic Neat (5-9, 166, SR-3L)WR 85 Ja-Mes Logan (6-3, 183, SR-3L) 8 Quincy Adeboyejo (6-3, 191, FR-HS)QB 14 Bo Wallace (6-4, 209, JR-1L) 11 Barry Brunetti (6-0, 223, SR-2L)RB 3 Jeff Scott (5-7, 162, SR-3L) OR 6 Jaylen Walton (5-8, 166, SO-1L) OR 5 I’Tavius Mathers (5-11, 189, SO-1L)
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous School(s) 1 Dehendret Collins DB 5-10 185 SR-1L Meadville, Miss./Franklin County/Copiah-Lincoln CC1 Laquon Treadwell WR 6-3 215 FR-HS Crete, Ill./Crete-Monee2 Quintavius Burdette DB 5-11 186 SO-1L Senatobia, Miss./Senatobia2 DeVante Kincade QB 6-0 200 FR-HS Dallas, Texas/Skyline3 Eugene Brazley RB 5-10 180 FR-HS New Orleans, La./G.W. Carver3 Charles Sawyer DB 5-11 178 SR-3L Miami, Fla./Coral Reef3 Jeff Scott RB 5-7 162 SR-3L Miami, Fla./Archbishop Carroll4 Kailo Moore RB 6-0 187 FR-HS Rosedale, Miss./West Bolivar4 Denzel Nkemdiche LB 5-11 207 SO-1L Loganville, Ga./Grayson5 I’Tavius Mathers RB 5-11 189 SO-1L Murfreesboro, Tenn./Blackman5 Robert Nkemdiche DL 6-5 294 FR-HS Loganville, Ga./Grayson6 Cliff Coleman DB 5-10 186 JR-2L Lauderale Lakes, Fla./Boyd H. Anderson6 Jaylen Walton RB 5-8 166 SO-1L Memphis, Tenn./Ridgeway7 Mark Dodson RB 5-10 192 FR-HS Memphis, Tenn./Whitehaven7 Trae Elston DB 6-0 190 SO-1L Oxford, Ala./Oxford8 Quincy Adeboyejo WR 6-3 180 FR-HS Cedar Hill, Texas/Cedar Hill8 Chief Brown DB 6-1 200 SO-1L Winona, Miss./Winona9 Ryan Buchanan QB 6-3 205 FR-HS Jackson, Miss./Jackson Prep9 D.T. Shackelford LB/DE 6-1 246 SR-2L Decatur, Ala./Austin10 C.J. Johnson DE 6-3 230 JR-2L Philadelphia, Miss./Philadelphia10 Vince Sanders WR 6-1 180 JR-2L Macon, Miss./Noxubee County11 Barry Brunetti QB 6-0 223 SR-2L Memphis, Tenn./Memphis University School/West Virginia11 Channing Ward DE 6-4 260 SO-1L Aberdeen, Miss./Aberdeen12 Tony Conner DB 6-1 210 FR-HS Batesville, Miss./South Panola12 Donte Moncrief WR 6-3 226 JR-2L Raleigh, Miss./Raleigh13 Brishen Mathews DB 6-0 197 SR-2L Monticello, Ark./Monticello13 Robert Ratliff QB 6-2 209 SR-Sq. Fort Worth, Texas/Nolan Catholic/Sewanee14 Serderius Bryant LB 5-9 215 JR-2L Sanford, Fla./Seminole14 Bo Wallace QB 6-4 209 JR-1L Pulaski, Tenn./Giles County/Arkansas State/East Mississippi CC15 Bobby Hill DB 6-0 170 FR-HS Moultrie, Ga./Colquitt County15 Christian Morgan TE 6-4 255 FR-HS Plano, Texas/Prestonwood Christian Academy16 Anthony Alford DB 6-0 215 SO-TR Petal, Miss./Petal/Southern Miss16 Collins Moore WR 6-1 198 JR-2L Madison, Ala./Bob Jones17 Evan Engram TE 6-3 217 FR-HS Powder Springs, Ga./Hillgrove17 Quadarias Mireles DB 5-11 185 JR-JC Delray Beach, Fla./Atlantic/Hinds CC19 Derrick Jones DB 6-3 185 FR-HS Eupora, Miss./Eupora19 Andy Pappanastos K 5-11 193 FR-HS Montgomery, Ala./Trinity Presbyterian20 Carlos Davis DB 5-9 169 SO-1L Birmingham, Ala./Huffman21 Senquez Golson DB 5-9 193 JR-2L Pascagoula, Miss./Pascagoula21 Darrius Henderson WR 5-10 180 FR-HS Memphis, Tenn./Southwind21 Jordan Holder WR 5-11 179 SR-2L Bay Springs, Miss./Sylva Bay Academy22 Tyriek Gracia DB 6-2 201 JR-Sq. Hialeah, Fla./American22 Ray Ray Smith LB 6-1 208 FR-HS Florence, Ala./Florence22 Jordan Wilkins RB 6-1 201 FR-HS Cordova, Tenn./St. Benedict at Auburndale23 Terrell Grant WR 6-3 215 SR-3L Cleveland, Miss./Cleveland24 Keith Lewis LB 6-1 220 JR-2L Tampa, Fla./Freedom25 Cody Prewitt DB 6-2 220 JR-2L Bay Springs, Miss./Sylva Bay Academy26 Andrew Fletcher K 5-9 178 JR-TR Nashville, Tenn./Montgomery Bell/Louisville26 Will Martin LB 6-1 204 SR-1L Madison, Miss./Madison Central/Southern Miss26 Jimmy Potepa RB 5-8 200 SO-Sq. Monrovia, Liberia/Campus Magnet27 Cale Luke QB 6-2 195 FR-HS Clinton, Miss./Clinton28 Mike Hilton DB 5-8 182 SO-1L Fayetteville, Ga./Sandy Creek28 LaKedrick King DB 5-8 167 JR-Sq. Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville28 Korvic Neat WR 5-9 166 SR-3L Hallandale, Fla./Hallandale29 David Kamara DB 5-10 192 FR-HS Loganville, Ga./Grayson31 Justin Anderson DB 5-10 190 FR-HS Houston, Texas/Houston Christian32 Temario Strong LB 6-0 235 FR-RS Batesville, Miss./South Panola33 John-Patrick Sherling LB 6-0 220 FR-HS Fairhope, Ala./Fairhope33 Nathan Vanderburg RB 5-7 162 FR-HS Olive Branch, Miss./Desoto Central34 Nicholas Parker TE 6-0 239 JR-1L Batesville, Miss./South Panola34 Tayler Polk LB 5-10 200 FR-HS Brandon, Miss./Brandon35 Ontario Berry DB 5-10 196 SR-1L Mendenhall, Miss./Mendenhall/Southwest Mississippi CC
ALPHABETICAL
No. Name Pos. 8 Quincy Adeboyejo WR16 Anthony Alford DB31 Justin Anderson DB53 Darone Bailey OL68 Justin Bell OL95 Bryon Bennett DT35 Ontario Berry DB83 Jameel Best TE48 Justin Bigham TE81 Trey Bledsoe WR76 Daronte Bouldin OL3 Eugene Brazley RB8 Chief Brown DB90 Fadol Brown DT87 Matt Brown TE11 Barry Brunetti QB14 Serderius Bryant LB9 Ryan Buchanan QB2 Quintavius Burdette DB71 Pierce Burton OL41 Billy Busch LB97 Tyler Campbell P42 Amon’Ta Coffee OL6 Cliff Coleman DB1 Dehendret Collins DB94 Chris Conley P12 Tony Conner DB75 Robert Conyers OL88 Cody Core DB/WR20 Carlos Davis DB37 Luke Davis LB59 Will Denny LS7 Mark Dodson RB74 Jared Duke OL82 Dylan Dyer TE7 Trae Elston DB17 Evan Engram TE52 Will Few LS26 Andrew Fletcher K39 Kyle Fowler K86 Jordan Gallegos WR83 Will Gleeson P73 Austin Golson OL21 Senquez Golson DB22 Tyriek Gracia DB23 Terrell Grant WR53 Tyler Gray DL40 Josh Gregory LB94 Issac Gross DT56 Woodrow Hamilton DT21 Darrius Henderson WR15 Bobby Hill DB28 Mike Hilton DB21 Jordan Holder WR45 Lavon Hooks TE/DT65 Chase Hughes OL50 Ethan Hutson OL10 C.J. Johnson DE52 Davion Johnson OL36 Josh Johnson WR19 Derrick Jones DB77 Patrick Junen OL
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NUMERICAL ROSTER
No. Name Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Previous School(s)36 Josh Johnson WR 5-9 168 FR-HS Belden, Miss./Mooreville37 Luke Davis LB 6-2 205 FR-HS Trussville, Ala./Hewitt-Trussville38 Mike Marry LB 6-3 250 SR-3L Clearwater, Fla./Largo39 Kyle Fowler K 5-8 175 FR-HS Johns Creek, Ga./Johns Creek40 Josh Gregory LB 6-2 208 SO-TR Alpharetta, Ga./Chattahoochee/South Alabama/Alabama41 Billy Busch LB 5-11 220 JR-Sq. St. Louis, Mo./Priory School/Butler42 Amon’Ta Coffee OL 6-1 275 FR-HS Sallis, Miss./Durant42 Grant Warren K 6-2 210 FR-HS Pascagoula, Miss./Pascagoula43 Ty Quick OL 6-4 240 FR-HS Terry, Miss./Copiah Academy44 Charlie Scott TE 5-11 231 SO-1L Jackson, Miss./St. Andrew’s Episcopal45 Lavon Hooks TE/DT 6-4 302 JR-JC Atlanta, Ga./Meadowcreek/Northeast Mississippi CC46 Colton Walls LB 5-11 207 SO-TR Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Latin/Clemson47 John Youngblood DE 6-3 244 FR-RS Trussville, Ala./Hewitt-Trussville48 Justin Bigham TE 6-1 232 SR-2L West Helena, Ark./DeWitt50 Ethan Hutson OL 6-4 315 SO-1L Destrehan, La./Destrehan51 Walker Sturgeon DE 6-2 235 JR-Sq. Horn Lake, Miss./DeSoto Central52 Will Few LS 6-3 250 FR-RS Augusta, Ga./Aquinas52 Davion Johnson OL 6-4 332 FR-HS Byhalia, Miss./Byhalia53 Darone Bailey OL 6-5 345 JR-RS Cleveland, Miss./East Side/Coahoma CC53 Tyler Gray DL 6-3 253 FR-RS Pelahatchie, Miss./East Rankin Academy54 Carlos Thompson DE 6-4 240 JR-2L Hollandale, Miss./Simmons55 Cameron Whigham DE 6-3 255 SR-3L Snellville, Ga./Shiloh56 Woodrow Hamilton DT 6-3 300 SO-1L Raleigh, Miss./Raleigh56 Evan Swindall C 6-4 301 SR-3L LaFayette, Ga./LaFayette59 Will Denny LS 5-11 235 JR-2L Jackson, Miss./Jackson Academy60 Chad Smith LS 6-1 220 SO-HS Madison, Miss./St. Andrew’s Episcopal62 Garrett Kalem LS 6-3 225 SO-HS Milan, Tenn./Milan64 Tyler Mt. Joy OL 6-1 264 SO-TR The Woodlands, Texas/The Woodlands/Allan Hancock CC64 Ben Still OL 6-2 285 SO-1L Memphis, Tenn./Memphis University School65 Chase Hughes OL 6-3 316 JR-2L Springville, Ala./Springville68 Justin Bell OL 6-3 345 SO-1L Jackson, Miss./Callaway70 Emmanuel McCray OL 6-5 320 SR-2L Jackson, Miss./Forest Hill71 Pierce Burton OL 6-6 290 SR-1L Sacramento, Calif./Rio Americano/San Jose State/City College of San Francisco72 Aaron Morris OL 6-5 360 JR-2L Jackson, Miss./Callaway73 Austin Golson OL 6-5 300 FR-HS Prattville, Ala./Prattville74 Jared Duke OL 6-7 377 SR-3L Cleveland, Tenn./Walker Valley75 Robert Conyers OL 6-3 286 FR-RS Miami, Fla./Braddock76 Daronte Bouldin OL 6-6 330 FR-HS Canton, Miss./Canton77 Patrick Junen OL 6-7 349 SR-3L Huntsville, Ala./Huntsville78 Laremy Tunsil OL 6-5 315 FR-HS Lake City, Fla./Columbia80 Elliot Markuson TE 6-1 225 FR-HS Oxford, Miss./Lafayette81 Trey Bledsoe WR 6-2 200 FR-HS Grenada, Miss./Grenada82 Dylan Dyer TE 6-6 251 SO-Sq. Flora, Miss./Madison Central/Holmes CC83 Jameel Best TE 6-8 228 FR-TR Memphis, Tenn./Soulsville Charter School/Tuskegee83 Will Gleeson P 6-3 200 FR-HS Melbourne, Australia/Viewbank College84 Jack Nuismer TE 6-3 236 SR-1L Nashville, Tenn./Ensworth85 Ja-Mes Logan WR 6-3 183 SR-3L Houston, Texas/Westfield86 Jordan Gallegos WR 5-7 167 FR-RS New Albany, Ohio/New Albany/Bridgton Academy87 Matt Brown TE 6-1 239 FR-RS Cordova, Tenn./Harding Academy88 Cody Core DB/WR 6-3 193 SO-1L Auburn, Ala./Auburn88 John Ratliff WR 6-0 184 SO-Sq. Fort Worth, Texas/Nolan Catholic89 Taz Zettergren TE 6-4 230 FR-RS Senatobia, Miss./Magnolia Heights School90 Fadol Brown DT 6-4 275 SO-TR Charleston, S.C./Burke/FIU91 Nathan Noble K 6-4 215 SO-1L Greenville, Miss./Washington School92 Carlton Martin DT 6-2 290 JR-2L Madison, Miss./Madison Central94 Chris Conley P 5-8 202 SR-2L Bradenton, Fla./Manatee94 Issac Gross DT 6-1 250 SO-1L Batesville, Miss./South Panola95 Bryon Bennett DT 6-2 270 JR-2L Madison, Miss./Madison Central96 Andrew Ritter K 6-3 216 SR-3L Jackson, Miss./Jackson Academy97 Tyler Campbell P 6-2 230 SR-3L Little Rock, Ark./Catholic99 Herbert Moore DT 6-1 327 FR-HS Memphis, Tenn./Memphis East
ALPHABETICAL
No. Name Pos.62 Garrett Kalem LS29 David Kamara DB2 DeVante Kincade QB28 LaKedrick King DB24 Keith Lewis LB85 Ja-Mes Logan WR27 Cale Luke QB80 Elliot Markuson TE38 Mike Marry LB92 Carlton Martin DT26 Will Martin LB5 I’Tavius Mathers RB13 Brishen Mathews DB70 Emmanuel McCray OL17 Quadarias Mireles DB12 Donte Moncrief WR16 Collins Moore WR99 Herbert Moore DT4 Kailo Moore RB15 Christian Morgan TE72 Aaron Morris OL64 Tyler Mt. Joy OL28 Korvic Neat WR4 Denzel Nkemdiche LB5 Robert Nkemdiche DL91 Nathan Noble K84 Jack Nuismer TE19 Andy Pappanastos K34 Nicholas Parker TE34 Tayler Polk LB26 Jimmy Potepa RB25 Cody Prewitt DB43 Ty Quick OL88 John Ratliff WR13 Robert Ratliff QB96 Andrew Ritter K10 Vince Sanders WR3 Charles Sawyer DB44 Charlie Scott TE3 Jeff Scott RB9 D.T. Shackelford LB/DE33 John-Patrick Sherling LB60 Chad Smith LS22 Ray Ray Smith LB64 Ben Still OL32 Temario Strong LB51 Walker Sturgeon DE56 Evan Swindall C54 Carlos Thompson DE1 Laquon Treadwell WR78 Laremy Tunsil OL33 Nathan Vanderburg RB14 Bo Wallace QB46 Colton Walls LB6 Jaylen Walton RB11 Channing Ward DE42 Grant Warren K55 Cameron Whigham DE22 Jordan Wilkins RB47 John Youngblood DE89 Taz Zettergren TE
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OXFORD, Miss. - For the first time since 2009, the Ole Miss Rebels will go bowling.Paced by a three-touchdown performance from sophomore wide receiver Donte Moncrief, Ole
Miss (6-6, 3-5 Southeastern Conference) defeated its intrastate rival, No. 24 Mississippi State, 41-24 on a beautiful Saturday night in front of 61,005 fans at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
For Ole Miss, Saturday’s win is extra special. Over the last two seasons, the Rebels had won just six games combined. Saturday’s win over Mississippi State (8-4, 4-4 SEC) gave the Rebels their sixth win this season, and propels the young team to a bowl game to be determined in the coming weeks. The win also gives the Rebels the Egg Bowl trophy for the first time since 2008.
“We didn’t play out of hatred for anyone,” Freeze said. “It was more about playing out of love for one another and this University, and our kids proved that they thought about one another and that they care for one another tonight.”
Perhaps most importantly, Saturday gave the Rebels a sense of validation for their hard work this season. After losing its last two games by a combined seven points, some had to wonder if it simply wasn’t meant to be for the Rebels.
Moncrief finished the day with seven catches for a career-high 173 yards to go along with his three touchdown receptions. Moncrief’s 173 yards receiving are the fourth-most in a single game in Ole Miss history, and the Raleigh, Miss., native is now tied for the most touchdown receptions in a single season with 10.
Sophomore quarterback Bo Wallace finished 15-of-22 for 294 yards, five touchdowns and two interceptions. Junior running back Jeff Scott led Ole Miss on the ground with 28 carries for 111 yards.
Junior cornerback Charles Sawyer led Ole Miss with nine total tackles, including eight solo tackles and three pass breakups. Sophomore defensive end C.J. Johnson had a pair of sacks for the Rebels, and Nkemdiche had three total tackles and an interception, his third of the season.
LAST MEETING:OLE MISS 41, #24 MISSISSIPPI STATE 24
Mississippi State 14 3 0 7 — 24Ole Miss 7 10 17 7 — 41
1st Quarter V-H 13:17 UM J. Mosley 25-yard pass from B. Wallace (B. Rose kick) 0-7 13:04 MS J. Lewis 100-yard kickoff return (D. Bell kick) 7-7 2:46 MS C. Bumphis 42-yard pass from T. Russell (D. Bell kick) 14-7
2nd Quarter 13:36 UM B. Rose 43-yard field goal 14-10 5:19 UM D. Moncrief 77-yard pass from B. Wallace (B. Rose kick) 14-17 3:21 MS D. Bell 23-yard field goal 17-17
3rd Quarter 10:08 UM B. Rose 41-yard field goal 17-20 6:47 UM D. Moncrief 21-yard pass from B. Wallace (B. Rose kick) 17-27 3:40 UM D. Moncrief 16-yard pass from B. Wallace (B. Rose kick) 17-34
4th Quarter 11:44 UM V. Sanders 16-yard pass from B. Wallace (B. Rose kick) 17-41 0:07 MS C. Bumphis 8-yard pass from D. Prescott (D. Bell kick) 24-41
Rushing MS: L. Perkins, 16-45UM: J. Scott, 28-111 B. Brunetti, 7-62
PassingMS: T. Russell, 18-33-2-268 (TD) D. Pescott, 3-6-0-35 (TD)UM: B. Wallace, 15-22-2-294 (5 TDs)
ReceivingMS: C. Bumphis, 6-146 (2 TDs) C. Smith, 4-52UM: D. Moncrief, 7-173 (3 TDs) V. Sanders, 3-86 (TD) J. Mosley, 1-25 (TD)
OXFORD, Miss. - The No. 24 Ole Miss football team converted on just one of its three red zone trips Saturday night while No. 8 Missouri went 4-for-4, and the difference ultimately proved to be too great for the upset-minded Rebels as they fell 24-10 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
“It’s impossible to beat a top-10 team when you get in the red zone and don’t score touch-downs or points,” Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze said. “We had the blocked field goal, then a drop and a bad call on the reverse. If you don’t score some points in the red zone against that team you aren’t going to win.”
Playing in front of a sellout crowd of 61,168 on a chilly night in Oxford, Ole Miss (7-4, 3-4 Southeastern Conference) accumulated 378 yards of offense and 21 first downs, but stalled inside the Tigers’ 20 and finished with its second lowest point total of the year.
“We’re obviously disappointed that we didn’t have a chance to win at the end,” Freeze said. “They are a very good football team; they take you out of a lot of things. They are excellent up front on both sides. We needed to play a good game and we didn’t play well enough. We have to put it past us and move forward with the short week.”
Junior quarterback Bo Wallace, who battled flu-like symptoms throughout the game, finished with 244 yards passing. Junior wide receiver Donte Moncrief had his fourth 100-yard receiving game of the season, finishing with six catches for a team-high 115 yards. Junior safety Cody Prewitt had a team-high 12 tackles and made his fifth interception of the season to lead the Ole Miss defense.
As a unit, the Ole Miss defense played well enough to hold Missouri’s offense to 24 points, which tied the Tigers’ lowest scoring output of the year.
Trailing 17-3 at halftime, Ole Miss came out of the locker room with a bang, doubling its entire running production from the opening 30 minutes with 78 yards on four plays on its first drive of the second half, capped off by a 45-yard run by sophomore running back I’Tavius Mathers.
The Rebels couldn’t find the end zone again for the remainder of the game though, and Missouri (10-1, 6-1 SEC) capped off the game’s scoring two drives later with a 10-yard run by Henry Josey, his second touchdown rush of the game.
Rushing MU: H. Josey, 15-95 (2 TDs) M. Murphy, 16-67 (TD)UM: I. Mathers, 7-66 (TD) J. Walton, 11-42
PassingMU: J. Franklin, 12-19-1-142 M. Mauk, 3-7-0-83UM: B. Wallace, 26-42-1-244
ReceivingMU: M. Lucas, 3-59 B. Sasser, 2-72UM: D. Moncrief, 6-115 J. Walton, 5-42
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Date Opponent (OM/Opp) OM Opp11-9-1936 at Marquette (NR/8) 0 3312-5-1936 Tennessee -1 (NR/17) 0 011-13-1937 Arkansas -1 (NR/20) 6 3212-3-1938 Tennessee -1 (NR/4) 0 4710-21-1939 St. Louis (17/NR) 42 010-28-1939 at Tulane (14/9) 6 1411-11-1939 at Miss. Teachers (19/NR) 27 710-19-1940 Duquesne (13/NR) 14 610-26-1940 Arkansas -1 (14/NR) 20 2111-16-1940 W. Tenn. Teachers (17/NR) 38 711-23-1940 at Mississippi State (11/16) 0 1910-25-1941 at Tulane (NR/10) 20 1311-1-1941 at Marquette (17/NR) 12 611-8-1941 at LSU(16/NR) 13 1211-22-1941 Arkansas -1 (15/NR) 18 011-29-1941 Mississippi State (14/NR) 0 611-14-1942 Tennessee -1 (NR/11) 0 1410-21-1944 Tulsa -1 (NR/13) 0 4711-3-1945 at LSU(NR/17) 13 3211-24-1945 at Mississippi St. (NR/20) 7 611-9-1946 Tennessee -1 (NR/7) 14 1811-23-1946 Mississippi State (NR/18) 0 2010-11-1947 at Vanderbilt (18/NR) 6 1011-1-1947 at LSU (NR/17) 20 1811-29-1947 at Mississippi St. (15/NR) 33 141-1-1948 TCU -2 (15/NR) 13 911-13-1948 Tennessee -1 (NR/18) 16 1310-29-1949 at LSU (NR/17) 7 349-30-1950 at Kentucky (NR/13) 0 2710-14-1950 at Vanderbilt (NR/19) 14 2011-18-1950 at Tennessee (NR/9) 0 359-29-1951 Kentucky (NR/6) 21 1711-17-1951 Tennessee (NR/2) 21 4610-4-1952 Auburn -1 (18/NR) 20 711-8-1952 at Houston (14/NR) 6 011-15-1952 Maryland (11/3) 21 1411-29-1952 Miississippi State (6/NR) 20 141-1-1953 Georgia Tech -3 (7/2) 7 2410-3-1953 at Auburn (15/NR) 0 1310-31-1953 at LSU(18/NR) 27 1611-7-1953 North Texas (12/NR) 40 711-14-1953 at Maryland (11/2) 0 389-17-1954 North Texas -1 (10/NR) 35 129-25-1954 Kentucky -1 (9/NR) 28 910-2-1954 at Villanova (8/NR) 52 010-9-1954 at Vanderbilt (7/NR) 22 710-16-1954 Tulane (7/NR) 34 710-23-1954 Arkansas -4 (5/7) 0 610-30-1954 at LSU (12/NR) 21 611-6-1954 at Memphis State (9/NR) 51 011-13-1954 at Houston (7/NR) 26 09-17-1955 Georgia -5 (15/NR) 26 139-24-1955 at Kentucky (8/NR) 14 2110-29-1955 at LSU(20/NR) 29 2611-5-1955 at Memphis St. (15/NR) 39 611-12-1955 Houston -6 (14/NR) 27 1111-26-1955 at Mississippi St. (15/NR) 26 01-2-1956 Texas Christian -7 (10/5) 14 139-22-1956 North Texas State (13/NR) 45 09-29-1956 Kentucky -1 (9/NR) 37 710-6-1956 Houston -6 (6/NR) 14 010-13-1956 Vanderbilt (7/13) 16 010-20-1956 Tulane -6 (6/19) 3 1010-27-1956 Arkansas -4 (10/NR) 0 1411-17-1956 at Tennessee (19/1) 7 279-28-1957 at Kentucky (19/NR) 15 010-5-1957 Hardin-Simmons (15/NR) 34 710-12-1957 at Vanderbilt (14/NR) 28 010-18-1957 at Tulane (11/NR) 50 010-26-1957 Arkansas -1 (6/NR) 6 1211-2-1957 Houston -6 (14/NR) 20 711-9-1957 LSU (14/NR) 14 1211-16-1957 Tennessee -1 (8/7) 14 711-30-1957 Mississippi State (7/13) 7 71-1-1958 Texas -3 (7/11) 39 79-20-1958 at Memphis State (6/NR) 17 09-27-1958 Kentucky -1 (9/14) 27 610-4-1958 at Trinity (6/NR) 21 010-11-1958 at Tulane (7/NR) 19 810-18-1958 Hardin-Simmons (8/NR) 24 010-25-1958 Arkansas -4 (6/NR) 14 1211-1-1958 at LSU(6/1) 0 1411-8-1958 Houston (9/NR) 56 711-15-1958 at Tennessee (7/NR) 16 1811-29-1958 Mississippi St. (13/NR) 21 012-27-1958 Florida -8 (11/14) 7 39-19-1959 at Houston (8/NR) 16 09-26-1959 at Kentucky (4/NR) 16 010-3-1959 Memphis State (3/NR) 43 010-10-1959 at Vanderbilt (5/NR) 33 0
Date Opponent (OM/Opp) OM Opp10-17-1959 Tulane (5/NR) 53 710-24-1959 Arkansas -1 (4/10) 28 010-31-1959 at LSU(3/1) 3 711-7-1959 Chattanooga (5/NR) 58 011-14-1959 Tennessee -1 (5/9) 37 711-26-1959 at Mississippi St. (2/NR) 42 01-1-1960 LSU-3 (2/3) 21 09-17-1960 at Houston (2/NR) 42 09-24-1960 Kentucky -1 (1/NR) 21 610-1-1960 at Memphis St. (1/NR) 31 2010-8-1960 at Vanderbilt (2/NR) 26 010-15-1960 at Tulane (1/NR) 26 1310-22-1960 Arkansas -4 (2/11) 10 710-29-1960 LSU(2/NR) 6 611-5-1960 Chattanooga (6/NR) 45 011-12-1960 at Tennessee (4/14) 24 311-26-1960 Mississippi State (3/NR) 35 91-2-1961 Rice -3 (2/NR) 14 69-23-1961 Arkansas -6 (9/NR) 16 09-30-1961 at Kentucky (2/NR) 20 610-7-1961 Florida State (2/NR) 33 010-14-1961 Houston -1 (1/NR) 47 710-21-1961 Tulane -6 (2/NR) 41 010-28-1961 Vanderbilt (2/NR) 47 011-4-1961 at LSU (2/10) 7 1011-11-1961 Chattanooga (7/NR) 54 011-18-1961 Tennessee -1 (6/NR) 24 1012-2-1961 at Mississippi State (5/NR) 37 71-1-1962 Texas (5/3) -7 7 129-22-1962 Memphis State (6/NR) 21 79-29-1962 Kentucky (7/NR) 14 010-6-1962 at Houston (7/NR) 40 710-20-1962 Tulane (5/NR) 21 010-27-1962 Vanderbilt (7/NR) 35 011-3-1962 at LSU (6/4) 15 711-10-1962 Chattanooga (4/NR) 52 711-17-1962 at Tennessee (3/NR) 19 612-1-1962 Mississippi State (3/NR) 13 61-1-1963 Arkansas -3 (3/6) 17 139-21-1963 at Memphis State (2/NR) 0 010-5-1963 at Houston (10/NR) 20 610-19-1963 at Tulane (5/NR) 21 010-26-1963 Vanderbilt (5/NR) 27 711-2-1963 at LSU (3/NR) 37 311-9-1963 Tampa (3/NR) 41 011-16-1963 Tennessee -1 (3/NR) 20 011-30-1963 at Mississippi St. (3/NR) 10 101-1-1964 Alabama -3 (7/8) 7 129-19-1964 Memphis State (1/NR) 30 09-26-1964 Kentucky -6 (1/NR) 21 2710-31-1964 at LSU(NR/9) 10 119-25-1965 at Kentucky (NR/10) 7 1610-9-1965 Florida (NR/10) 0 1710-30-1965 LSU -6 (NR/5) 23 011-13-1965 Tennessee -1 (NR/8) 14 1310-1-1966 Alabama -6 (NR/3) 7 1711-12-1966 at Tennessee (NR/10) 14 710-7-1967 Alabama -9 (NR/9) 7 2110-14-1967 Georgia -6 (NR/3) 29 2010-28-1967 Houston (NR/9) 14 1310-5-1968 Alabama -6 (NR/11) 10 810-12-1968 at Georgia (13/17) 7 2110-19-1968 Southern Miss (16/NR) 21 1310-26-1968 Houston -6 (17/NR) 7 2011-2-1968 at LSU (NR/12) 27 2411-16-1968 at Tennessee (NR/11) 0 319-20-1969 Memphis State (9/NR) 28 39-27-1969 at Kentucky (8/NR) 9 1010-4-1969 Alabama -9 (20/15) 32 3310-11-1969 Georgia -6 (NR/6) 25 1710-18-1969 Southern Miss (19/NR) 69 710-25-1969 at Houston (17/NR) 11 2511-1-1969 LSU -6 (NR/6) 26 2311-8-1969 Chattanooga (17/NR) 21 011-15-1969 Tennessee -6 (18/3) 38 011-27-1969 at Mississippi St. (14/NR) 48 221-1-1970 Arkansas -3 (13/3) 27 229-19-1970 at Memphis State (5/NR) 47 139-26-1970 Kentucky -6 (5/NR) 20 1710-3-1970 Alabama -6 (7/17) 48 2310-10-1970 at Georgia (5/NR) 31 2110-17-1970 Southern Miss (4/NR) 14 3010-24-1970 at Vanderbilt (13/NR) 26 1611-7-1970 Houston (13/17) 24 1311-14-1970 Chattanooga (12/NR) 21 011-26-1970 Mississippi State (10/NR) 14 1912-5-1970 at LSU(16/8) 17 611-2-1971 Auburn -8 (NR/10) 28 3510-2-1971 Alabama -9 (NR/7) 6 4010-9-1971 Georgia -6 (NR/10) 7 38
Date Opponent (OM/Opp) OM Opp10-30-1971 LSU -6(NR/11) 24 2211-25-1971 at Mississippi St. (15/NR) 48 012-30-1971 Georgia Tech -10 (17/NR) 41 189-16-1972 at Memphis St. (19/NR) 34 299-23-1972 at South Carolina (20/NR) 21 09-30-1972 Southern Miss (17/NR) 13 910-7-1972 Auburn -6 (18/17) 13 1911-4-1972 at LSU (NR/6) 16 1711-18-1972 at Tennessee (NR/13) 0 1711-3-1973 LSU -6(NR/7) 14 5111-17-1973 Tennessee -6 (NR/16) 28 189-14-1974 Missouri -6 (NR/18) 10 010-5-1974 Alabama -6 (NR/3) 21 359-13-1975 at Texas A&M (NR/8) 0 710-4-1975 Alabama -9 (NR/9) 6 329-11-1976 Alabama -6 (NR/6) 10 79-18-1976 Tulane (20/NR) 34 79-25-1976 at Southern Miss (17/NR) 28 010-2-1976 Auburn -6 (16/NR) 0 1010-9-1976 Georgia (NR/4) 21 1710-16-1976 at South Carolina (16/NR) 7 109-10-1977 Alabama -9 (NR/6) 13 349-17-1977 Notre Dame -6 (NR/3) 20 139-23-1978 at Missouri (NR/17) 14 4511-4-1978 at LSU (NR/12) 8 309-17-1979 Missouri -6 (NR/9) 7 3311-17-1979 Tennessee -6 (NR/18) 44 209-20-1980 Alabama -6 (NR/1) 35 5910-11-1980 at Georgia (NR/6) 21 2811-22-1980 Mississippi St. -6 (NR/17) 14 1910-3-1981 at Alabama (NR/11) 13 2710-10-1981 Georgia (NR/11) 7 379-18-1982 Alabama -6 (NR/4) 14 429-25-1982 Arkansas -4 (NR/9) 11 1410-9-1982 at Georgia (NR/5) 10 3310-30-1982 at LSU(NR/13) 8 459-17-1983 at Alabama (NR/12) 0 409-24-1983 Arkansas -6(NR/18) 13 1010-8-1983 Georgia (NR/11) 11 3611-12-1983 at Tennessee (NR/19) 13 1012-10-1983 Air Force -11 (NR/16) 3 910-6-1984 Auburn (NR/18) 13 1710-13-1984 at Georgia (NR/15) 12 1811-3-1984 at LSU(NR/15) 20 329-14-1985 Arkansas -6 (NR/14) 19 2410-5-1985 at Auburn (NR/14) 0 4110-12-1985 Georgia -6 (NR/18) 21 4911-2-1985 LSU -6(NR/16) 0 1411-16-1985 at Tennessee (NR/18) 14 349-13-1986 Arkansas -4 (NR/18) 0 2111-1-1986 at LSU (NR/11) 21 1911-15-1986 Tennessee -6 (20/NR) 10 229-12-1987 Arkansas -6 (NR/13) 10 3110-3-1987 Georgia (NR/20) 14 3110-31-1987 LSU -6(NR/5) 13 4211-14-1987 at Tennessee (NR/15) 13 5510-1-1988 at Georgia (NR/15) 12 3610-8-1988 at Alabama (NR/12) 22 1210-29-1988 at LSU(NR/13) 20 319-23-1989 Arkansas -6 (NR/8) 17 2410-7-1989 Alabama -6 (NR/13) 27 6211-18-1989 at Tennessee (NR/9) 21 339-22-1990 Arkansas -4 (NR/13) 21 1710-13-1990 at Georgia (24/NR) 28 1210-20-1990 Arkansas State (18/NR) 42 1310-27-1990 at Vanderbilt (17/NR) 14 1311-3-1990 at LSU (17/NR) 19 1011-17-1990 Tennessee -1 (15/14) 13 2211-24-1990 Mississippi St. -6 (21/NR) 21 91-1-1991 Michigan -8 (15/12) 3 359-14-1991 at Auburn (NR/15) 13 2310-12-1991 Georgia (23/22) 17 3711-16-1991 at Tennessee (NR/10) 25 369-19-1992 at Vanderbilt (24/NR) 9 319-26-1992 at Georgia (NR/18) 11 3710-24-1992 at Alabama (NR/4) 10 3111-28-1992 Mississippi State (24/16) 17 1012-31-1992 Air Force -12 (19/NR) 13 010-2-1993 at Kentucky (25/NR) 0 2110-23-1993 Alabama (NR/4) 14 1910-1-1994 Florida (NR/1) 14 3810-22-1994 at Alabama (NR/5) 10 2111-26-1994 Mississippi State (NR/18) 17 219-23-1995 Georgia (NR/18) 18 109-14-1996 Auburn (NR/15) 28 4510-3-1996 Tennessee -1 (NR/9) 3 4110-19-1996 at Alabama (NR/7) 0 3711-16-1996 LSU (NR/17) 7 399-13-1997 at Auburn (NR/16) 9 1910-4-1997 at Tennessee (NR/9) 17 31
Date Opponent (OM/Opp) OM Opp10-18-1997 at LSU(NR/8) 36 2110-25-1997 Alabama (25/NR) 20 2911-22-1997 Georgia (NR/14) 14 2111-29-1997 Mississippi State (NR/22) 15 1411-7-1998 at Arkansas (NR/10) 0 3411-21-1998 at Georgia (NR/14) 14 2411-26-1998 Mississippi State (NR/24) 6 2810-9-1999 Tulane (25/NR) 20 1310-16-1999 Alabama (22/11) 24 3010-30-1999 at LSU(25/NR) 42 2311-6-1999 Arkansas (23/24) 38 1611-20-1999 Georgia (16/21) 17 2011-25-1999 at Mississippi St. (23/18) 20 239-2-2000 Tulane (18/NR) 49 209-9-2000 Auburn (17/NR) 27 3510-14-2000 at Alabama (25/NR) 7 4511-18-2000 at Georgia (NR/21) 14 3211-23-2000 Mississippi State (NR/23) 45 3011-17-2001 Georgia (NR/23) 15 3510-5-2002 Florida (NR/6) 17 1410-12-2002 Arkansas State (25/NR) 52 1710-19-2002 at Alabama (21/24) 7 4211-9-2002 at Georgia (NR/7) 17 3111-23-2002 at LSU(NR/21) 13 1410-4-2003 at Florida (NR/24) 20 1710-25-2003 Arkansas (NR/20) 19 711-1-2003 South Carolina (20/NR) 43 4011-8-2003 at Auburn (20/NR) 24 2011-22-2003 LSU (15/3) 14 1711-27-2003 at Mississippi St. (17/NR) 31 01-2-2004 Oklahoma St. -7 (16/21) 31 2810-9-2004 at So. Carolina (NR/25) 31 2810-30-2004 Auburn (NR/3) 14 3511-20-2004 at LSU(NR/14) 24 2710-1-2005 at Tennessee (NR/9) 10 2710-15-2005 Alabama (NR/6) 10 1310-29-2005 at Auburn (NR/19) 3 2711-19-2005 LSU (NR/4) 7 409-30-2006 Georgia (NR/10) 9 1410-21-2006 at Arkansas (NR/15) 3 3810-28-2006 Auburn (NR/7) 17 2311-18-2006 at LSU (NR/9) (ot) 20 239-22-2007 Florida (NR/3) 24 309-29-2007 at Georgia (NR/15) 17 4510-27-2007 at Auburn (NR/23) 3 1711-17-2007 LSU (NR/1) 24 419-6-2008 at Wake Forest (NR/20) 28 309-27-2008 at Florida (NR/4) 31 3010-18-2008 at Alabama (NR/2) 20 2411-22-2008 at LSU (NR/18) 31 1311-28-2008 Mississippi State (25/NR) 45 01-2-2009 Texas Tech -7 (20/8) 47 349-6-2009 at Memphis (8/NR) 45 149-19-2009 SE Louisianna (5/NR) 52 69-24-2009 at South Carolina (4/NR) 10 1610-3-2009 at Vanderbilt (18/NR) 23 710-10-2009 Alabama (16/3) 3 2210-24-2009 Arkansas (25/NR) 30 1710-30-2009 at Auburn (22/NR) 20 3311-21-2009 LSU (NR/8) 27 2511-28-2009 Mississippi State (20/NR) 27 411-2-2010 Oklahoma State-13 (NR/18) 21 710-16-2010 at Alabama (NR/8) 10 2310-23-2010 at Arkansas (NR/21) 24 3810-30-2010 Auburn (NR/1) 31 5111-20-2010 at LSU (NR/5) 36 4311-27-2010 Mississippi State (NR/25) 23 3110-15-2011 Alabama (NR/2) 7 5210-22-2011 Arkansas (NR/10) 24 2910-29-2011 at Auburn (NR/23) 23 4111-19-2011 LSU (NR/1) 3 529-15-2012 Texas (NR/12) 31 669-29-2012 Alabama (NR/1) 14 3311-3-2012 at Georgia (NR/6) 10 3711-17-2012 at LSU (NR/7) 35 4111-24-2012 Mississippi State (NR/24) 41 249-14-2013 at Texas (25/NR) 44 239-28-2013 at Alabama (21/1) 0 2510-5-2013 at Auburn (24/NR) 22 3010-12-2013 Texas A&M (NR/9) 38 4110-19-2013 LSU (NR/6) 27 2411-23-2013 Missouri (24/8) 10 24
REBELS IN NATIONALLY RANKED GAMES
1 - at Memphis, Tenn.2 - Delta Bowl; Memphis, Tenn.3 - Sugar Bowl; New Orleans, La.4 - at Little Rock, Ark.5 - at Atlanta, Ga.6 - at Jackson, Miss.7 - Cotton Bowl; Dallas, Texas
Total Offense VU SEMO TEXAS ALA AUB A&M LSU IDAHO ARK TROY MIZZOU MSUYards UM 489 532 449 205 464 462 525 572 531 751 378 Opp 426 252 320 434 375 587 388 253 389 313 485 Total Plays UM 84 82 72 57 89 73 84 74 76 93 72 Opp 69 65 73 72 65 83 68 66 66 64 77 Avg/Play UM 5.8 6.5 6.2 3.6 5.2 6.3 6.2 9.7 7.0 8.1 5.2 Opp 6.2 3.9 4.4 6.0 5.8 7.1 5.7 5.5 5.9 4.9 6.3 Rushing Yards UM 206 272 272 46 124 133 176 292 103 382 126 Opp 126 93 124 254 282 241 114 87 196 -13 260 Carries UM 37 50 45 25 39 33 43 45 38 61 29 Opp 33 41 37 40 48 44 35 36 34 22 51 TDs UM 5 2 3 0 0 0 2 3 1 3 1 Opp 3 0 1 2 3 5 2 1 1 3 3 Passing Yards UM 283 260 177 159 340 329 349 280 428 369 252 Opp 300 159 196 180 93 346 274 166 193 326 225 Attempts UM 47 32 27 32 50 40 41 29 38 32 43 Opp 36 24 36 32 17 39 33 30 32 42 26 Completions UM 31 14 17 17 26 25 31 22 29 20 27 Opp 21 16 24 25 11 31 19 12 18 29 15 Comp. % UM 66 43.75 63 53 52 62.5 75.6 75.8 76.3 62.5 62.7 Opp 58.3 66.7 66.6 78 64.7 79.4 57.5 40 56.3 69 57.6 TDs UM 0 2 2 0 2 5 1 4 3 4 0 Opp 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 Intercepted UM 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 1 Opp 2 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 1 1 1 First Downs Total UM 28 25 28 11 24 23 28 28 25 31 21 Opp 19 17 20 21 19 33 22 12 22 15 25 Rushing UM 10 15 16 3 9 9 10 15 8 17 5 Opp 7 8 8 10 15 11 8 6 13 2 15 Passing UM 17 10 11 7 14 12 17 8 16 12 14 Opp 11 9 10 9 2 19 14 4 9 13 10 Penalty UM 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 5 1 2 2 Opp 1 0 2 2 2 3 0 2 0 0 0 Time of UM 29:14 26:40 28:11 21:31 32:05 27:08 32:58 33:44 33:01 35:05 26:57 Possession Opp 30:46 33:20 31:49 38:29 27:55 32:52 27:02 26:16 26:59 24:55 33:03 Third Down UM 6 of 14 10 of 17 5 of 10 4 of14 5 of 19 6 of 14 11 of 18 3 of 10 6 of 13 11 of 17 8 of 15 Opp 8 of 16 6 of 14 4 of 15 8 of 17 5 of 13 8 of 13 5 of 11 4 of 16 3 of 12 4 of 13 8 of 14 Fourth Down UM 2 of 2 3 of 4 0 of 2 1 of 4 3 of 5 1 of 2 0 of 0 2 of 2 0 of 1 1 of 3 0 of 1 Opp 1 of 1 0 of 1 1 of 3 0 of 1 0 of 0 1 of 2 1 of 1 1 of 3 2 of 2 0 of 0 1 of 2 Punting UM 4-179 2-104 3-165 6-264 5-221 4-163 3-135 3-128 3-140 1-47 4-170 Opp 5-200 7-257 5-216 5-231 5-207 1-37 4-131 7-351 5-240 9-398 3-115 Fumbles-Lost UM 0-0 3-2 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 3-2 3-0 2-0 2-1 0-0 Opp 2-0 2-1 1-1 3-0 2-2 1-1 1-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-0 Penalties UM 4-49 3-15 8-74 5-29 4-34 8-65 5-30 8-60 5-35 7-50 5-35 Opp 5-40 4-25 7-50 7-50 2-23 8-65 2-20 7-75 6-47 6-47 7-43 Punt Returns UM 1-11 1-5 1-73 1-4 1-5 0-0 1-3 1-4 1-3 3- -12 0-0 Opp 1-2 2-8 1-5 3-4 0-0 2-18 1-21 1-18 1-31 0-0 0-0 Kickoff Returns UM 1-14 2-13 2-42 4-72 2-45 4-97 3-62 3-56 2-79 2-18 3-64 Opp 3-57 0-0 3-92 0-0 2-53 3-82 5-124 2-32 2-38 2-21 3-48 Sacks By-Yards UM 2-12 1-6 1-1 1-5 0-0 1-7 3-30 2-7 0-0 3-32 2-8 Opp 4-22 3-25 0-0 2-16 6-36 1-5 3-14 1-14 2-17 0-0 1-3
GAME-BY-GAME STARTING LINEUPSOffense WR LT LG C RG RT TE (OTHER) WR WR QB RB at Vanderbilt Moncrief McCray Morris Swindall Bell Burton Holder (WR) Logan Treadwell Wallace J. ScottSoutheast Missouri Moncrief McCray Bell Swindall Duke Burton Engram Adeboyejo Treadwell Wallace J. Scottat Texas Moncrief Tunsil Bell Swindall Duke Burton Engram Logan Treadwell Wallace J. Scottat Alabama Moncrief McCray Bell Swindall Duke Burton Walton (RB) Logan Treadwell Wallace J. Scottat Auburn Moncrief Tunsil Bell Swindall Duke Burton Engram Logan Treadwell Wallace J. ScottTexas A&M Moncrief Tunsil Bell Swindall Duke Burton Engram Logan Treadwell Wallace J. ScottLSU Moncrief Tunsil Bell Swindall Duke Burton Engram Logan Treadwell Wallace WaltonIdaho Moncrief Tunsil Duke Swindall Bell Burton Holder (WR) Logan Sanders Wallace WaltonArkansas Moncrief Tunsil Duke Swindall Bell Burton Sanders (WR) Logan Treadwell Wallace MathersTroy Moncrief Tunsil Duke Swindall Bell Burton Parker Logan Treadwell Wallace WaltonMissouri Moncrief Tunsil Duke Swindall Bell Burton Parker Logan Treadwell Wallace Waltonat Mississippi State
Defense DE NT DT DE MLB OLB NICKEL (OTHER) FCB ROVER FS BCB at Vanderbilt Johnson Hamilton C. Martin R. Nkemdiche Marry D. Nkemdiche Hilton Burdette Elston Prewitt CollinsSoutheast Missouri Johnson Hamilton Bennett R. Nkemdiche Marry Bryant Conner S. Golson C. Brown Prewitt Hiltonat Texas Johnson Hamilton C. Martin R. Nkemdiche Marry Bryant Conner S. Golson Elston Prewitt Hiltonat Alabama Johnson Gross R. Nkemdiche Whigham Marry Bryant Conner S. Golson Elston Prewitt Hiltonat Auburn Whigham Gross Bennett R. Nkemdiche Marry Bryant Conner S. Golson Elston Prewitt HiltonTexas A&M Bennett Gross Hilton (CB) R. Nkemdiche D. Nkemdiche (OLB) Bryant Conner S. Golson Elston Prewitt JonesLSU Bennett Hamilton C. Martin Whigham Marry D. Nkemdiche Conner Sawyer C. Brown Prewitt JonesIdaho Bennett Hamilton Hooks Youngblood Marry Lewis Conner Sawyer Elston Prewitt JonesArkansas Bennett Hamilton R. Nkemdiche Whigham Marry D. Nkemdiche Conner S. Golson Elston Prewitt HiltonTroy Bennett Hamilton R. Nkemdiche Whigham Marry D. Nkemdiche Conner S. Golson Elston C. Brown HiltonMissouri R. Nkemdiche Hamilton Jones (CB) Whigham Marry D. Nkemdiche Conner S. Golson Elston Prewitt Hiltonat Mississippi State
IN THE RED ZONE When the offense moves the ball inside the opponent’s 20-yard line, the offense is considered to be in the “red zone,” and in prime scoring position. The following chart shows how the Rebel offense performs inside the “red zone” during the 2013 season:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jeff Scott scored on a 75-yard touchdown run with 1:07 left, and Ole Miss rallied twice to beat Vanderbilt 39-35 in a wild season opener for both teams.
Vanderbilt went up 35-32 on a 34-yard TD pass from Austyn Carta-Samuels to Stephen Scheu with 1:30 left. But Scott beat the Commodores for a TD and the fourth lead change.
Vanderbilt had a final chance to extend the Southeastern Conference’s longest winning streak, but Cody Prewitt intercepted a pass off Jordan Matthews’ hands with 26 seconds left. That allowed the Rebels to snap a three-game skid to Vanderbilt.
Bo Wallace keyed the Rebels’ rally from 11 points down running for two touchdowns and con-necting with highly touted freshman Laquon Treadwell for the 2-point conversion. Wallace tied a career high with 31 completions on 47 attempts for 283 yards.
Treadwell showed why he was the nation’s top-rated high school receiver last year with a col-lege debut of nine catches for 82 yards, the most catches by an Ole Miss Rebel since Mike Espy had nine against Auburn in 2005. Freshman tight end Evan Engram had a strong college debut with five catches for 61 yards.
The Commodores gave up 29 points in the second half, their most since allowing 20 to Florida in their last loss Oct. 13.
Scott posted his eighth career 100-yard game with 138 yards on 12 carries, including the sensational 75-yard sprint for the winning touchdown.
Game #1 • Aug. 29, 2013Attendance: 40,350 • Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, Tenn.
OLE MISS 39, VANDERBILT 35
Ole Miss 10 0 15 14 — 39 Vanderbilt 0 21 7 7 — 35
1st Quarter V-H10:22 UM A. Ritter 30-yard field goal 3-006:04 UM B. Brunetti 1-yard run (A. Ritter kick) 10-0
2nd Quarter11:47 VU W. Tate 3-yard run (C. Speak kick) 10-710:18 VU J. Matthews 55-yd pass from A. Carta-Samuels (C. Spear kick) 10-1403:27 VU J. Seymour 3-yard run (C. Spear kick) 10-21
3rd Quarter10:25 UM B. Brunetti 3-yard run (A. Ritter kick) 17-2104:51 VU W. Tate 3-yard run (C. Spear kick) 17-2800:27 UM B. Wallace 3-yard run (L. Treadwell pass from B. Wallace) 25-28
4th Quarter09:05 UM B. Wallace 1-yard run (A. Ritter kick) 32-2801:30 VU S. Scheu 34-yard pass from A. Carta-Samuels (C. Spear kick) 32-3501:07 UM J. Scott 75-yard run (A. Ritter kick) 39-35
Rushing UM: J. Scott, 12-138 (TD) B. Wallace, 18-48 (2 TD)VU: J. Seymour, 5-43 (TD) W. Tate, 18-43 (2 TD) Passing UM : B. Wallace, 31-47-0-283VU: A. Carta-S, 21-36-2-279 (2 TD)
Receiving UM: L. Treadwell, 9-82 E. Engram, 5-61 D. Moncrief, 5-56VU: J. Matthews, 10-178 (TD)
OXFORD, Miss. - Playing in front of a sellout crowd of 60,815 in its home opener, the Ole Miss football team (2-0) raced out to a 31-0 lead by halftime, and cruised to a 31-13 victory over Southeast Missouri (0-2) at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
Junior quarterback Bo Wallace passed for 188 yards and two touchdowns in the first half and rested in the second half as senior quarterback Barry Brunetti took over. In his place, Brunetti rushed for a career-high 111 yards, including a four-yard scamper up the middle with 3:06 to play in the first quarter, giving the Rebels a 10-0 lead. Brunetti’s touchdown rush was his third of the season, matching his season total from a year ago.
While Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze was pleased with his team’s victory, he also wished the Rebels had finished a bit stronger in the second half.
Starting in place of injured preseason All-SEC linebacker Denzel Nkemdiche, junior linebacker Serderius Bryant had a fantastic game, recording a career- and team-high 15 tackles, including a career- and team-high eight solo tackles. Junior free safety Cody Prewitt grabbed his second interception of the season, and sophomore defensive back Chief Brown had his second career fumble recovery.
Following a 37-yard field goal by senior kicker Andrew Ritter and Brunetti’s aforementioned touchdown run, the Rebels used the long ball to put points on the board in a hurry.
Wallace connected with freshman tight end Evan Engram down the left sideline for a 64-yard touchdown with 1:06 to play in the first quarter, and then hit junior wide receiver Donte Moncrief for a 67-yard touchdown pass with 13:03 to play in the second quarter, giving the Rebels a 24-0 lead.
Sophomore running back I’Tavius Mathers closed out the Ole Miss scoring with a nifty 10-yard rush on his second carry of the season. Mathers finished the game with 56 yards on four carries after missing the Rebels’ season opener at Vanderbilt with an ankle injury.
Ole Miss’ 31-point lead at halftime was its largest since holding a 31-0 halftime lead over Mississippi State on Nov. 28, 2008.
Southeast Missouri 0 0 13 0 — 13 Ole Miss 17 14 0 0 — 31
1st Quarter V-H9:02 UM A. Ritter 37-yard field goal 0-33:06 UM B. Brunetti 4-yard run (A. Ritter kick) 0-101:06 UM E. Engram 64-yard pass from B. Wallace (A. Ritter kick) 0-17
2nd Quarter13:03 UM D. Moncrief 67-yard pass from B. Wallace (A. Ritter kick) 0-246:36 UM I. Mathers 10-yard run (A. Ritter kick) 0-31
3rd Quarter7:30 SEMO D.J. Foster 14-yard pass from S. Lathrop (A. Knight kick) 7-312:46 SEMO S. Davis 16-yard pass from S. Lathrop (A. Knight kick failed) 13-31
Rushing UM: B. Brunetti, 18-111 (TD) I. Mathers, 4-56 (TD)SEMO: R. Coleman, 13-45 S. Lathrop, 14-38 PassingUM: B. Wallace, 8-15-0-188 (2 TD)SEMO: S. Lathrop, 16-24-1-159 (2 TD)
Receiving UM: D. Moncrief, 2-74 (TD) E. Engram, 2-70 (TD) J. Logan, 3-30SEMO: D.J. Foster, 6-53 (TD) S. Davis, 4-43 (TD) P. McRoberts, 3-44
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AUSTIN, Texas - Senior running back Jeff Scott ran for a career-high 164 yards and had a 73-yard punt return for a touchdown as Ole Miss scored 30 unanswered points to run past Texas 44-23 in front of the third-largest crowd (101, 474) at DKR Stadium.
With the win, the Rebels improved to 3-0 for the first time since 1989.Bo Wallace passed for two touchdowns and ran another for the Rebels, who led 14-0 midway
through the first quarter before Texas scored 23 straight points.The Rebels rallied when Andrew Ritter kicked a 52-yard field goal on the last play of the first
half and Wallace directed consecutive touchdown drives in the third quarter. Scott eluded six tacklers on a weaving, cross-field touchdown return that put the Rebels ahead 37-23 late in the third.
Scott recorded his ninth 100-yard rushing game, second of the year, and moved into a tie for ninth on the Rebels’ all-time rushing TDs list with his 17th career rushing score (5-yarder in the first quarter). Scott also set a career high with 243 all-purpose yards, which is tied for the 10th-most in a game in school history.
Texas, which gave up 550 yards rushing a week earlier in a loss to BYU, surrendered 272 on the ground to Ole Miss. The Rebels eclipsed 250 rushing yards for the second straight game (272 vs. SEMO) and have posted 200-plus rushing yards in all three games.
The Rebel defense shut out the Longhorns in the second half and allowed UT to convert only 4-of-15 3rd-down attempts and 1-of-3 4th-down tries in the game. Junior linebacker Serderius Bryant led the Rebels with 11 tackles (six solo), his second straight double-digit performance. He also had a career-high 3.0 TFLs as the Landshark defense produced a season-high nine tackles for loss against the Longhorns.
Dating back to last season, this was Ole Miss’ fifth consecutive victory. The Rebels’ five-game winning streak is their longest since an eight-game streak between the 2008 and 2009 seasons.
Game #3 • Sept. 14, 2013Attendance: 101,474 • Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium • Austin, Texas
#25 OLE MISS 44, TEXAS 23
Ole Miss 14 3 20 7 — 44 Texas 7 16 0 0 — 23
1st Quarter V-H12:22 UM J. Scott 5-yard run (A. Ritter kick) 7-08:26 UM D. Moncrief 18-yard pass from B. Wallace (A. Ritter kick) 14-03:50 UT M. Davis 13-yard pass from C. McCoy (A. Fera kick) 14-72nd Quarter13:12 UT A. Fera 28-yard field goal 14-108:27 UT J. Gray 8-yard run (A. Fera kick) 14-176:08 UT A. Fera 30-yard field goal 14-200:39 UT A. Fera 47-yard field goal 14-230:00 UM A. Ritter 52-yard field goal 17-233rd Quarter7:49 UM B. Wallace 15-yard run (A. Ritter kick) 24-231:45 UM E. Engram 17-yard pass from B. Wallace (A. Ritter kick) 31-230:09 UM J. Scott 73-yard punt return (A. Ritter kick blocked) 37-234th Quarter8:42 UM J. Walton 8-yard run (A. Ritter kick) 44-23
Rushing UM: J. Scott, 19-164 (TD) B. Wallace, 12-57 (TD)UT: J. Gray, 19-91 (TD) PassingUM: B. Wallace, 17-25-0-177 (2 TD)UT: C. McCoy, 24-36-0-196 (TD)
Receiving UM: L. Treadwell, 5-45 E. Engram, 4-44 (TD) D. Moncrief, 4-43 (TD)UT: K. Sanders, 7-55 M. Davis, 7-46 (TD) J. Shipley, 6-83
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - For most of the game, No. 21 ranked Ole Miss’ defense held their own against No. 1 Alabama, but the offense could not get anything going, as the Crimson Tide won 25-0 at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
T.J. Yeldon rushed for 121 yards, Kenyan Drake gained 99 and a dominating defense powered No. 1 Alabama.
Yeldon scored on a 68-yard run and Drake added a 50-yard scamper to revive a struggling running game for the Crimson Tide (4-0, 2-0 Southeastern Conference), which outgained the Rebels 434-205.
Ole Miss (3-1, 1-1) was seeking its first 4-0 start in 43 years but instead was shut out for the first time since Arkansas did it in November 1998.
AJ McCarron completed 25 of 32 passes for 180 yards with an interception for Alabama, which came in ranked last in the league in rushing. Alabama was held to 36 rushing yards in building a 9-0 halftime lead but gained another 218 on the ground in the second half.
Bo Wallace was 17-of-30 passing for 159 yards for the Rebels.The Rebels’ fast-paced offense came in averaging 38 points and 490 yards, but never got
going and managed just 46 yards on 25 rushes. Alabama’s C.J. Mosley made a tackle in the end zone in the fourth quarter for a safety, and Drake’s 50-yarder came on the next play.
Jeff Scott, who was averaging 110 yards a game and 9.4 per carry, was held to 28 yards on eight attempts.
Seeking more respect nationally, Ole Miss trailed just 9-0 at halftime. Alabama’s offense repeatedly stalled but Cade Foster hit field goals of 28, 42 and a career-long 53 yards.
The Rebels had several gambles fail, converting just 1 of 4 fourth-down tries.They had a chance to close the gap early in the fourth quarter when Cody Prewitt intercepted
McCarron’s pass at the Alabama 31. It was Prewitt’s third interception of the season, placing him among the national leaders.
The Rebels made it to the 13 and got another shot thanks to a false start before Wallace’s fourth-and-5 pass fell incomplete. Coach Hugh Freeze went for it again, but Deion Belue broke up the throw headed toward the goal line.
Game #4 • Sept. 28, 2013Attendance: 101,821 • Bryant-Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Ala.
#1 ALABAMA 25, #21 OLE MISS 0
Ole Miss 0 0 0 0 — 0 Alabama 3 6 7 9 — 25
1st Quarter V-H6:23 UA C. Foster 28-yard field goal 0-3
2nd Quarter5:44 UA C. Foster 53-yard field goal 0-60:00 UA C. Foster 42-yard field goal 0-9
3rd Quarter14:08 UA T.J. Yeldon 68-yard run (C. Foster kick) 0-16
4th Quarter5:43 UA TEAM safety 0-185:32 UA K. Drake 50-yard run (C. Foster kick) 0-25
Rushing UM: J. Scott, 8-28 B. Wallace, 12-5UA: T.J. Yeldon, 17-121 (TD) K. Drake, 12-99 (TD) PassingUM: B. Wallace, 17-31-0-159UA: AJ McCarron, 25-32-1-180
Receiving UM: D. Moncrief, 6-60 L. Treadwell, 4-51UA: C. Jones, 5-61 K. Norwood, 5-40 K. Bell, 4-23
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AUBURN, Ala. - The No. 24 ranked Ole Miss Rebels had a chance late in the fourth quarter down one possession against Auburn, but the comeback fell short, as the Tigers held on for a 30-22 win at Jordan-Hare Stadium Saturday night.
Nick Marshall ran for 140 yards and two touchdowns, and Robenson Therezie scored on a 78-yard interception return to lead Auburn to its first win over a top 25 team in two years.
Marshall’s second scoring run gave Auburn a 27-9 lead in the third quarter. The Tigers lost two turnovers in the fourth quarter to help the Ole Miss comeback attempt.
Ole Miss was held to only three field goals before Bo Wallace threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to Donte Moncrief in the third quarter and added a 12-yard scoring pass to Moncrief midway through the fourth quarter.
The Rebels fell to 3-2 overall and 1-2 in the SEC as they get set to return home to the friendly confines of Vaught-Hemingway Stadium for their next six games.
Ole Miss will face Texas A&M and last year’s Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Manziel, next Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN.
Game #5 • Oct. 5, 2013Attendance: 86,504 • Jordan-Hare Stadium • Auburn, Ala.
AUBURN 30, #24 OLE MISS 22
Ole Miss 3 3 10 6 — 22 Auburn 13 7 7 3 — 30
1st Quarter V-H10:16 AU T. Mason 1-yard run (R. White pass failed) 0-66:42 UM A. Ritter 42-yard field goal 3-61:39 AU R. Therezie 78-yard interception return (C. Parkey kick) 3-13
2nd Quarter5:17 AU N. Marshall 5-yard run (C. Parkey kick) 3-200:41 UM A. Ritter 44-yard field goal 6-20
3rd Quarter9:45 UM A. Ritter 22-yard field goal 9-206:35 AU N. Marshall 5-yard run (C. Parkey kick) 9-275:55 UM D. Moncrief 49-yard pass from B. Wallace (A. Ritter kick) 16-27
4th Quarter8:29 UM D. Moncrief 13-yard pass from B. Wallace (B. Wallace pass failed) 22-273:02 AU C. Parkey 23-yard field goal 22-30
Rushing UM: J. Scott, 6-66 I. Mathers, 4-28AU: N. Marshall, 14-140 (2 TDs) T. Mason, 21-77 (TD) C. Artis-Payne, 5-49
PassingUM: B. Wallace, 25-48-2-336 (2 TDs)AU: N. Marshall, 11-17-0-93
Receiving UM: D. Moncrief, 6-122 (2 TDs) J. Logan, 5-92 L. Treadwell, 4-45AU: T. Mason, 3-62
OXFORD, Miss. - In an unfortunate case of déjà vu, Ole Miss lost a fourth quarter lead to visiting Texas A&M for the second consecutive season, and the No. 9 Aggies hit a 33-yard field goal as time expired to escape with a 41-38 victory over the Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
With 60,950 fans in attendance, Ole Miss junior quarterback Bo Wallace passed for 301 yards, freshman wide receiver Laquon Treadwell had eight catches for 77 yards and two touchdowns and the Rebel defense created two turnovers.
Ole Miss (3-3, 1-3 Southeastern Conference) led 38-31 with 6:05 remaining in the fourth quarter, but a 75-yard touchdown drive by Texas A&M (5-1, 2-1 SEC) tied the score at 38, and a 56-yard drive just over three minutes later was capped off by a 33-yard field goal by the Aggies to win 41-38 as the clock hit zero.
Ole Miss took its first lead of the game with just over 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter. Sophomore safety Trae Elston recovered a Texas A&M fumble forced by junior linebacker Serderius Bryant at the Aggies’ 41-yard line, and Ole Miss scored three plays later on a 19-yard touchdown pass from Wallace to Treadwell.
Following a Texas A&M touchdown that tied the game again, Ole Miss went back to work with its offense in a groove. Standing at his own 49-yard line, Wallace found sophomore running back Jaylen Walton in the flat and Walton did the rest, sprinting 51 yards down the right sideline and into the endzone to give Ole Miss a 38-31 lead.
This was the third straight game between these two programs that has been decided by three points, and the second straight year in which Texas A&M won in Oxford after trailing in the fourth quarter.
Texas A&M’s 14 first-half points tied its lowest output in the opening half this season.
1st Quarter V-H11:25 TAMU B. Malena 7-yard run (J. Lambo kick) 7-02:49 UM V. Sanders 70-yard pass from B. Wallace (A. Ritter kick) 7-70:55 TAMU T. Williams 18-yard run (J. Lambo kick) 14-7
2nd Quarter4:12 UM A. Ritter 42-yard field goal 14-10
3rd Quarter10:11 TAMU J. Manziel 5-yard run (J. Lambo kick) 21-105:02 UM L. Treadwell 16-yard pass from B. Brunetti (A. Ritter kick) 21-17
4th Quarter14:54 TAMU J. Lambo 37-yard field goal 24-1712:10 UM E. Engram 9-yard pass from B. Brunetti (A. Ritter kick) 24-2410:36 UM L. Treadwell 19-yard pass from B. Wallace (A. Ritter kick) 24-318:13 TAMU T. Williams 9-yard run (J. Lambo kick) 31-316:05 UM J. Walton 50-yard pass from B. Wallace 31-383:07 TAMU J. Manziel 6-yard run (J. Lambo kick) 38-380:00 TAMU J. Lambo 33-yard field goal 41-38
Rushing TAMU: J. Manziel, 18-113 (2 TDs) B. Malena, 16-72 (TD) T. Williams, 7-50 (2 TDs)UM: J. Walton, 7-41
PassingTAMU: J. Manziel, 31-39-1-346UM: B. Wallace, 22-36-1-301 (3 TDs) B. Brunetti, 3-4-0-28 (2 TDs)
Receiving TAMU: T. Labhart, 8-97 M. Kennedy, 7-89UM: L. Treadwell, 8-77 (2 TDs) V. Sanders, 3-90 (TD)
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OXFORD, Miss. - The last time the Ole Miss football team defeated a top-10 ranked opponent its highly touted freshman class was in the midst of its freshman year in high school, and head coach Hugh Freeze was leading the now defunct Lambuth University football program.
Four years later, facing the same school it did Nov. 21, 2009, Ole Miss (4-3, 2-3 SEC) defeated No. 6 LSU 27-24 on a 41-yard field goal by senior kicker Andrew Ritter with two seconds left on the clock.
Playing in front of 61,160 fans, the ninth-largest crowd in program history, the Ole Miss defense logged three interceptions, and sophomore running back Jaylen Walton, who was playing for injured running back Jeff Scott, rushed for 106 yards and two touchdowns, both career highs. Ole Miss junior quarterback Bo Wallace went 30-39 for 346 yards, and junior wide receiver Donte Moncrief had five catches for 107 yards.
The Ole Miss defense, decimated by injuries to four starters, tallied its most interceptions in a game (three) since picking off three passes against Tulane last season. The Rebels’ 10-0 lead at the half marked the first time LSU (6-2, 3-2 SEC) had been shut out in the opening half of a game since the 2011-12 national championship game against Alabama.
The win over No. 6 LSU was the highest ranked opponent Ole Miss has defeated since 2008, when the Rebels topped No. 4 Florida.
After blocking a 29-yard field goal attempt by Ole Miss with 6:29 remaining in the game, LSU used 11 plays to drive 80 yards and tie the game at 24 after Tigers quarterback Zach Mettenberger found junior wide receiver Jarvis Landry from 4 yards out.
Ritter, who redshirted last season despite being healthy in hopes of helping his team in 2013, kept his head after the blocked kick and responded on the Rebels’ final drive of the game with a 41-yard field goal with two seconds remaining on the clock to give Ole Miss the victory.
1st Quarter V-H1:23 UM A. Ritter 28-yard field goal 0-3
2nd Quarter12:14 UM N. Parker 3-yard pass from B. Brunetti (A. Ritter kick) 0-10
3rd Quarter9:29 UM J. Walton 2-yard run (A. Ritter kick) 0-176:16 LS K. Hilliard 1-yard run (C. Delahoussaye kick) 7-173:09 LS J. Hill 3-yard run (C. Delahoussaye kick) 14-170:03 UM J. Walton 26-yard run (A. Ritter kick) 14-24
4th Quarter11:22 LS C. Delahoussaye 41-yard field goal 17-243:19 LS J. Landry 4-yard pass from Z. Mettenberger (C. Delahoussaye kick) 24-240:02 UM A. Ritter 41-yard field goal 24-27
Rushing LS: J. Hill, 16-64 (TD) K. Hilliard, 11-58 (TD)UM: J. Walton, 19-106 (2 TDs) I. Mathers, 12-51
PassingLS: Z. Mettenberger, 19-33-3-274 (TD)UM: B. Wallace, 30-39-0-346
Receiving LS: J. Landry, 7-121 (TD) O. Beckham, 5-72UM: D. Moncrief, 5-107 J. Logan, 7-65 L. Treadwell, 7-43
OXFORD, Miss. - The Ole Miss football team scored 14 points on its opening six plays and cruised to a 59-14 victory over the visiting Idaho Vandals on a beautiful Saturday evening in which the Rebels celebrated Homecoming at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
Coming off back-to-back games decided within the final two seconds, Ole Miss (5-3, 2-3 Southeastern Conference) scored 17 unanswered points in the game’s opening quarter and led 24-7 at halftime. The Rebels’ 59 points scored was its highest point total since scoring 59 against ULM on Nov. 15, 2008. Ole Miss has now won 15 of its past 17 homecoming games.
The big play was friendly to the Rebels’ offense, as six of Ole Miss’ seven offensive touchdowns went for 30 yards or longer, including two touchdown strikes over 60 yards. Ole Miss finished the game with a season-high 572 total yards, including a season-high 292 yards rushing.
Sophomore running back I’Tavius Mathers finished with a career-high 138 yards rushing on a career-high 14 carries and one touchdown, while fellow sophomore running back Jaylen Walton had 86 yards on 11 carries and two touchdowns.
Senior wide receiver Ja-Mes Logan had the first multi-touchdown performance of his career, highlighted by a career-long 65-yard touchdown reception in the third quarter. Junior quarter-back Bo Wallace finished the game going 15-22 for 186 yards and two touchdowns.
The Ole Miss defense did its part as well, scoring a defensive touchdown in the third quarter, creating a pair of turnovers on downs and recording a season-high 10 tackles for loss. The Rebels’ 14 points allowed marks the second lowest points allowed total of the season.
Junior safety Cody Prewitt led Ole Miss with a team-high six tackles, while senior cornerback Dehendret Collins had his first career fumble recovery and touchdown.
1st Quarter V-H12:02 UM J. Logan 37-yard pass from B. Wallace (A. Ritter kick) 0-78:32 UM J. Walton 40-yard run (A. Ritter kick) 0-141:39 UM A. Ritter 50-yard field goal 0-17
2nd Quarter13:09 UI T. Davis 2-yard run (A. Rehkow kick) 7-172:54 UM J. Walton 1-yard run (A. Ritter kick) 7-24
3rd Quarter9:26 UM J. Logan 65-yard pass from B. Wallace (A. Ritter kick) 7-318:53 UM D. Collins 12-yard fumble recovery (A. Ritter kick) 7-386:04 UI D. Epps 62-yard pass from T. Davis (A. Rehkow kick) 14-384:53 UM I. Mathers 64-yard touchdown run (A. Ritter kick) 14-45
4th Quarter12:52 UM M. Dodson 30-yard pass from B. Brunetti (A. Ritter kick) 14-527:36 UM C. Moore 35-yard pass from B. Brunetti (A. Fletcher kick) 14-59
Rushing UI: K. Olugbode, 10-33UM: I. Mathers, 14-138 (TD) J. Walton, 11-86 (2 TDs) M. Dodson, 7-57
PassingUI: T. Davis, 12-30-0-166 (TD)UM: B. Wallace, 15-22-0-186 (2 TDs) B. Brunetti, 7-7-0-94 (2 TDs)
ReceivingUI: D. Epps, 5-89 (TD)UM: J. Logan, 6-122 (2 TDs) D. Moncrief, 5-33 C. Moore, 3-42 (TD)
OXFORD, Miss. - The Ole Miss offense threw for a season-high 428 yards, including a career-high 416 yards from junior quarterback Bo Wallace, and the Rebels (6-3, 3-3 Southeastern Conference) defeated Arkansas 34-24 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
Wallace, who recorded the second-highest single-game passing total in school history, led Ole Miss to its sixth victory of the season, allowing Ole Miss to gain bowl eligibility for the second straight year under head coach Hugh Freeze.
Junior wide receiver Donte Moncrief hauled in a season-high seven receptions for a season-high 149 yards and one touchdown. Joining Moncrief in the century club was senior wide receiver Ja-Mes Logan, who had five catches for 110 yards and a touchdown, highlighted by a career-long 75-yard reception in the third quarter that helped break the game open for the Rebels. It was the first time Ole Miss had two receivers with more than 100 yards receiving in a game since 2003.
Taking over with 2:43 left in the first half and leading 13-10, Ole Miss marched down the field quickly to regain a 10-point advantage at 20-10 thanks to a beautiful 14-yard pass from Wallace to freshman wide receiver Laquon Treadwell in the end zone.
The Razorbacks (3-7, 0-6 SEC) gained momentum early in the third quarter. Following an interception of Wallace on the Rebels’ opening drive, Arkansas drove 46 yards in 2:35 to pull within three at 17-20.
Perhaps the defensive play of the game came on the Razorbacks’ next offensive drive. With Arkansas already down to the Ole Miss 39-yard line, the Rebels’ Landshark defense sniffed out a potential halfback pass by Arkansas and tackled the Razorbacks for a 9-yard loss, eventually forcing Arkansas to punt.
Ole Miss regained whatever momentum it had previously lost in a 3:06 stretch in which Wallace found Logan for a 75-yard touchdown, and then Moncrief for a 52-yard touchdown, giving the Rebels a 34-17 lead.
1st Quarter V-H12:14 AR Z. Hocker 51-yard field goal 3-0 8:24 UM A. Ritter 42-yard field goal 3-3 1:28 UM B. Brunetti 1-yard run (A. Ritter kick) 3-10
2nd Quarter10:18 UM A. Ritter 19-yard field goal 3-13 2:43 AR H. Henry 17-yard pass from B. Allen (Z. Hocker kick) 10-13 0:42 UM L. Treadwell 14-yard pass from B. Wallace (A. Ritter kick) 10-20
3rd Quarter11:29 AR K. Small 1-yard run (Z. Hocker kick) 17-20 4:11 UM J. Logan 75-yard pass from B. Wallace (A. Ritter kick) 17-27 1:05 UM D. Moncrief 52-yard pass from B. Wallace (A. Ritter kick) 17-34
4th Quarter 4:57 AR J. Horton 20-yard pass from B. Allen (Z. Hocker kick) 24-34
Rushing AR: J. Williams, 14-67 A. Collins, 10-57UM: I. Mathers, 12-44 B. Brunetti, 7-31 (TD)
PassingAR: B. Allen, 18-32-1-193 (2 TDs)UM: B. Wallace, 27-34-2-416 (3 TDs)
ReceivingAR: J. Horton, 4-66 (TD)UM: D. Moncrief, 7-149 (TD) J. Logan, 5-110 (TD) L. Treadwell, 8-39 (TD) J. Walton, 5-86
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OXFORD, Miss. - The Ole Miss offense accumulated a program-record 751 yards of total offense in a 51-21 victory over Troy at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
The balanced Rebels offense was on point throughout the game as it accumulated 31 first downs via 382 yards rushing and 369 yards passing. The Rebels’ 751 yards of total offense is the fifth-highest total in Southeastern Conference history. The Ole Miss defense did its part as well, allowing the Trojans to convert on just 4-of-13 third-down attempts and -13 yards rushing.
“That’s always good and means you’re doing something right,” said Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze of breaking the school total yardage record. “We broke it in the third quarter, so it was a good day. We finished today, as far as our 1’s and 2’s, and now it’s time to move on to the next one.”
Junior quarterback Bo Wallace finished the game with 272 yards passing and three touch-downs, and a team-high 66 yards rushing, including one rushing touchdown. Freshman wide receiver Laquon Treadwell had four receptions for 53 yards and two touchdowns. Treadwell is now the Ole Miss freshman record holder for catches (53), receiving yards (477) and receiving touchdowns (5) in a season.
Junior linebacker Serderius Bryant and freshman defensive lineman Robert Nkemdiche each recorded one sack and two tackles for loss. In addition, Bryant had a forced fumble while Nkemdiche’s sack was the first of his collegiate career, and his four solo tackles tied his season high. Sophomore defensive back Carlos Davis led the Rebels with a career-high six total tackles, including five solo stops.
1st Quarter V-H 10:09 UM L. Treadwell 25-yard pass from B. Wallace (A. Ritter kick) 0-7 9:12 TROY B. Burks 5-yard run (W. Scott kick) 7-7 4:52 UM J. Walton 4-yard run (A. Ritter kick blocked) 7-13 0:39 UM L. Treadwell 23-yard pass from B. Wallace (A. Ritter kick) 7-20
2nd Quarter 3:01 UM B. Wallace 29-yard run (A. Ritter kick) 7-27
3rd Quarter11:37 UM A. Ritter 19-yard field goal 7-30 8:15 UM J. Walton 43-yard pass from B. Brunetti (A. Ritter kick) 7-37 4:39 UM Q. Adeboyejo 24-yard pass from B. Wallace (A. Ritter kick) 7-44
4th Quarter 9:53 TROY J. Chunn 2-yard run (W. Scott kick) 14-44 4:50 UM M. Dodson 1-yard run (A. Fletcher kick) 14-51 0:36 TROY D. White 1-yard run (W. Scott kick) 21-51
Rushing TROY: B. Burks, 5-8 (TD)UM: B. Wallace, 9-66 (TD) J. Walton, 6-62 (TD) I. Mathers, 8-59
PassingTROY: C. Robinson, 24-36-1-258UM: B. Wallace, 17-26-0-272 (3 TDs)
ReceivingTROY: C. Worthy, 7-133 E. Thomas, 7-76UM: L. Treadwell, 4-53 (2 TDs) J. Walton, 3-81 (TD) V. Sanders, 3-71
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OXFORD, Miss. - The No. 24 Ole Miss football team converted on just one of its three red zone trips Saturday night while No. 8 Missouri went 4-for-4, and the difference ultimately proved to be too great for the upset-minded Rebels as they fell 24-10 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
“It’s impossible to beat a top-10 team when you get in the red zone and don’t score touch-downs or points,” Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze said. “We had the blocked field goal, then a drop and a bad call on the reverse. If you don’t score some points in the red zone against that team you aren’t going to win.”
Playing in front of a sellout crowd of 61,168 on a chilly night in Oxford, Ole Miss (7-4, 3-4 Southeastern Conference) accumulated 378 yards of offense and 21 first downs, but stalled inside the Tigers’ 20 and finished with its second lowest point total of the year.
“We’re obviously disappointed that we didn’t have a chance to win at the end,” Freeze said. “They are a very good football team; they take you out of a lot of things. They are excellent up front on both sides. We needed to play a good game and we didn’t play well enough. We have to put it past us and move forward with the short week.”
Junior quarterback Bo Wallace, who battled flu-like symptoms throughout the game, finished with 244 yards passing. Junior wide receiver Donte Moncrief had his fourth 100-yard receiving game of the season, finishing with six catches for a team-high 115 yards. Junior safety Cody Prewitt had a team-high 12 tackles and made his fifth interception of the season to lead the Ole Miss defense.
As a unit, the Ole Miss defense played well enough to hold Missouri’s offense to 24 points, which tied the Tigers’ lowest scoring output of the year.
Trailing 17-3 at halftime, Ole Miss came out of the locker room with a bang, doubling its entire running production from the opening 30 minutes with 78 yards on four plays on its first drive of the second half, capped off by a 45-yard run by sophomore running back I’Tavius Mathers.
The Rebels couldn’t find the end zone again for the remainder of the game though, and Missouri (10-1, 6-1 SEC) capped off the game’s scoring two drives later with a 10-yard run by Henry Josey, his second touchdown rush of the game.
