Ole Miss Falls To Top Ranked Tigers

Oct. 30, 2010

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Freshman Jeff Scott rushed for 134 yards and a touchdown and junior Brandon Bolden added two more rushing scores, but Ole Miss fell to the top-ranked Auburn Tigers 51-31 on Saturday night.

Cam Newton caught a touchdown pass, to go with the two TD passes he threw, and Mike Dyer ran for 180 yards for Auburn. The Rebels (3-5, 1-4) ended Newton's string of four straight 170-yard rushing efforts against SEC defenses, but the Heisman Trophy contender passed for 199. He also caught a 20-yard touchdown pass from receiver Kodi Burns.

Newton was 18-of-24 passing, and ran 11 times for 45 yards after running wild in recent weeks. He missed a couple of open receivers for possible touchdowns but got more than ample help from his supporting cast against the Rebels.

McCalebb had 99 yards on nine runs, and Darvin Adams gained 75 yards on six catches.

Newton became the third Auburn player to have touchdowns passing, rushing and receiving in the same season, joining Carnell Williams (2004) and Kodi Burns (2009), the former quarterback who hooked up with Newton. The 6-foot-6 Newton outfought 5-10 cornerback Jeremy McGee in the end zone for a 20-yard touchdown catch from the receiver in the role reversal.

He has now been responsible for 30 touchdowns in nine games.

The Tigers racked up 572 total yards and punted for the first time with less than three minutes left in the third quarter.

True to form, they won in a shootout with an offense that was potent enough to overcome whatever the defense allowed, though it didn't rival the 65-43 win earlier over Arkansas.

Jeremiah Masoli, a transfer and double-threat like Newton, completed 20 of 33 passes for 189 yards with a touchdown and an interception for Ole Miss He ran for 29 yards.

Jeff Scott raced 83 yards for a touchdown on the second play from scrimmage for the Rebels. He finished with 134 yards on nine carries. Brandon Bolden rushed for touchdowns of 20 and 5 yards in the fourth quarter.

The Rebels briefly made some noise in the fourth after Auburn had gone on a 30-3 spurt. Ole Miss recovered the onside kick after Bolden's 20-yarder.

The Rebels went three and out and then the teams traded touchdowns to end the rout.

It was just punctuation for a dominant offensive performance. The Tigers had a 98-yard drive after Demond Washington's interception near the goal line in the second quarter when Auburn's lead was only three points.

Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt's fourth-and-1 gamble from his own 40 backfired late in the half. It failed, and Auburn added a field goal at the end to make it 34-17 at the half.

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