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Oct. 26, 2002

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OLE MISS POSTGAME NOTES
NOTING ELI
42-of-56 passing, 414 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs
* With 84 yards passing in the first quarter, Manning passed Mark Young (1985-88) for fourth place on the school's career list for passing yards. Young passed for 4,971 yards during his career. Manning now has 5,321 career passing yards, 91 yards shy of John Fourcade (1978-81) in third place with 5,412. Romaro Miller (19997-2000) holds the Ole Miss career record with 6,311 yards.
* Went over the 5,000-yard mark in career passing yards on a 12-yard completion to Ronald McClendon in the second quarter. He is the fourth quarterback in Ole Miss history to reach 5,000 career passing yards, joining Romaro Miller (1997-2000), Kent Austin (1981-85) and John Fourcade (1978-81).
* The 12-yard TD pass to Justin Sawyer with 7:14 left in the second quarter was the 44th of his career to become the Ole Miss career leader in TD passes. Manning entered today's contest tied with Romaro Miller (1997-2000) for the career record with 43.
* The 414-yard performance was the second-highest single-game total in Ole Miss history, behind only Archie Manning's 436-yard game versus Alabama in 1969.
* The 414-yard passing game was Manning's first career 400-yard passing game and his fifth career 300-yard passing game. He broke the Ole Miss career mark for 300-yard passing games with a 386-yard performance against Vanderbilt on Sept. 21.
* Manning totaled 413 yards of total offense to become the sixth player in school history to reach the 5,000-yard mark in career total offense. He also passed Mark Young (1985-88), who had 5,031 yards of career total offense, for fifth on the Ole Miss career list with 5,276 yards.
* Set an Ole Miss single-game record for completions with 42, which is also the third-highest single-game total in SEC history.
* Moved past John Fourcade (1978-81) for third place on the school's career list for completions with 456. Fourcade had 445 career completions.
* The 1-yard TD run in the fourth quarter marked Manning's first career TD run.
* Was responsible for three TDs today (2 pass, 1 rush) to move him into a third-place tie with Romaro Miller (1997-2000) for TDs responsible for at Ole Miss with 46.

SERIES INFO
* This afternoon's meeting was the 49th all-time between the two schools dating back to 1908.
* With today's loss, according to Ole Miss records, the Rebels now trail in the series 23-25-1, while Arkansas records indicate a 26-22-1 advantage for the Razorbacks.
* Ole Miss is now 1-6 all-time in Fayetteville, and 8-12-1 all-time in the state of Arkansas against the Razorbacks.
* Ole Miss is 5-6 versus Arkansas since the Razorbacks entered the SEC in 1992.

REBEL RAMBLINGS
* Arkansas scored 24 points off Ole Miss turnovers today, including 17 in the first half.
* Today's loss marked Ole Miss' fourth straight road loss since the Rebels' defeated LSU, 35-24, last year in Baton Rouge.
* Ole Miss is now 10-5 following a loss under head coach David Cutcliffe.

OFFENSIVE NOTES
* The 12-yard TD reception by Justin Sawyer from Eli Manning in the second quarter marked his first career reception and touchdown.
* Chris Collins' 20-yard TD reception from Eli Manning in the fourth quarter was the 12th of his career to move him within four of the Ole Miss career mark of 16, held by Grant Heard (1996-2000).
* With a career-high 138 yards receiving, Collins recorded his fifth career 100-yard receiving game to break Floyd Franks' (1968-70) Ole Miss career record of four ... Collins' 10 receptions marked his career high.
* Sophomore WR Bill Flowers' 11 receptions is the third-highest single game total in Ole Miss history and was two shy of the school single-game record of 13 held by Floyd Franks (1969 vs. Alabama) and Barney Poole (1947 vs. Chattanooga).
* With 11 receptions today, Flowers now has 68 for his career, which is the most by an Ole Miss receiver through their sophomore season.

STREAKING REBELS: All three of Ole Miss' receivers that had active streaks of at least 10 games with one reception continued their streaks this afternoon against Arkansas:

Receiver           Streak   Today vs. ArkansasChris Collins          17   10 receptions, 138 yards, 1 TDBill Flowers           14   11 receptions, 88 yardsJason Armstead         12   4 reception, 39 yards

DEFENSIVE NOTES
* Junior Wes Scott made his first career start on defense in today's game, starting at weak safety in place of Von Hutchins. The start was the second of his career as he started at wide receiver in the 1999 contest versus Arkansas in Oxford.
* Senior Matt Grier's interception in the fourth quarter was his team-leading fourth of the year and the sixth of his career.
* Fred Talley's 63-yard run in the third quarter was the longest rushing play of the season allowed by Ole Miss. The previous long was 48 by Vanderbilt's Norval McKenzie on Sept. 21.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
* Sophomore PK Jonathan Nichols' 47-yard field goal in the second quarter puts him 5-of-5 on field goals 40 yards and longer this season.
* Nichols was 2-of-2 on field goal attempts this afternoon and has made six straight field goals since missing a 36-yarder against Memphis back on Sept. 7.
* Nichols was 2-of-2 on PAT attempts today and has now made 37 consecutive PAT attempts, which is the fifth-longest streak in Ole Miss history.
* Arkansas scored 14 points off two fumbled Ole Miss kickoff returns. Lerinezo Robinson returned a fumble eight yards for a score on the ensuing kickoff after an Arkansas field goal to put the Razorbacks up 10-2. Tom Crowder later recovered a fumble in the end zone in the third quarter to put Arkansas up 41-14.

ARKANSAS POSTGAME NOTES
Fred Talley earned the Crip Hall Award for Arkansas. The Crip Hall Award is annually awarded to a senior for his Homecoming performance each season. The award is voted on by members of media attending the game. Talley is the ninth tailback to win the award and the first since Oscar Malone in 1996.

With the win, Arkansas improved to 48-29-4 at Homecoming. UA has won six of its last seven Homecoming games. Arkansas also improved to 4-0 against Ole Miss at Homecoming.

DeCori Birmingham went over 100 yards in all-purpose running for the third time this year. He had 222 yards against Alabama earlier this year with 197 yards coming on six kickoff returns, 22 on two punt returns and three on one pass reception. Against Kentucky, he had 159 yards with 62 coming on four kickoff returns, 37 on three punt returns and 60 on five receptions.

The safety Arkansas allowed in the first quarter was the first given up by the Razorbacks since allowing a team safety to Tennessee in 1998.

Elliott Harris' first fumble recovery of his career set up David Carlton's 29-yard field goal in the first quarter.

Lerinezo Robinson's eight-yard fumble return for a touchdown following a hit during an Ole Miss kickoff return was the first fumble return for a TD by the Hogs since Jamel Harris returned a fumble for a score 36 yards against South Carolina in 1999.

Jimmy Beasley's second-quarter interception of Eli Manning was the first of his career.

Matt Jones' 34-yard run for a touchdown in the second quarter was his fifth 20-plus yard rush of the season.

After making one field goal in each of the last three games, David Carlton recorded the first multi-field goal game of his career.

DeCori Birmingham's 55-yard punt return, which set up the 22-yard touchdown pass from Matt Jones to George Wilson, was the longest punt return of the season for Arkansas, the longest of Birmingham's career and the longest since Marvin Jackson took back a punt 74 yards for a touchdown last year at Georgia.

Matt Jones' 22-yard touchdown pass to George Wilson was his first scoring toss in three weeks and Wilson's first TD since the second game of the season against South Florida when he scored twice.

In the first half, Arkansas scored 27 points. One score came off a fumble return, another on Matt Jones' 34-yard run and another on Jones' 22-yard pass to George Wilson, giving Arkansas 21 of its 27 points in a total of 19 seconds of possession time.

Tom Crowder's fumble recovery for a touchdown in the third quarter was the first score of his career.

Fred Talley recorded the third straight 100-yard rushing game of his career. He entered the game with 423 yards combined against Auburn and Kentucky.

De'Arrius Howard recorded the second multi-touchdown game of his career. He also had two scores at Tennessee.

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