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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Postgame Notes: Ole Miss vs. Mississippi State
11/29/2014 | Football
#18 OLE MISS 31, MISSISSIPPI STATE 17 - 11/29/14
SERIES INFORMATION
• This was the 111th meeting between Ole Miss and Mississippi State and the 87th edition of the "Battle for the Golden Egg" ... Ole Miss increases its series lead to 62-43-6 overall and 56-26-5 in the "Egg Bowl" ... The Rebels now lead 23-11-3 in Oxford.
CAPTAINS
(All Seniors): Will Denny (LS), C.J. Johnson (DE), Cody Prewitt (FS), Bo Wallace (QB)
GENERAL NOTES
• Today's attendance at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium was 62,058, fifth-largest in stadium history and the largest ever against Mississippi State in Oxford.
• Ole Miss has a school-record season attendance of 430,829, which surpasses last year's record by more than 15,000.
• Four of the top 10 crowds in school history have occurred this year.
• The Rebels now own an all-time record of 645-500-35 (.561 winning percentage).
• Ole Miss has won nine regular-season games for the first time since 2003.
• Ole Miss improves to 3-2 against ranked teams this year (all against SEC West teams) ... The Rebels are 5-9 against ranked teams under Hugh Freeze and 63-146-2 all-time.
• This is the first time Ole Miss has beaten two top-5 ranked teams in a season since 1969.
• Ole Miss is 18-4 under Freeze when leading at the half.
• Ole Miss is 20-2 under Freeze when it rushes for 150+ yards.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
• Ole Miss accumulated 532 yards of total offense, its fourth game with 500+ this year and the second-most against an SEC foe this season.
• The Rebels' 205 rushing yards were the most against an SEC foe this season.
• Senior QB Bo Wallace finished 13 of 30 for 296 yards and an interception ... He passed Kentucky's Andre' Woodson into 10th place in SEC history with 9,425 career passing yards.
• Wallace's 83-yard pass to Evan Engram was the longest of both of their careers and tied for the third-longest passing play in school history.
• With his first-quarter 1-yard rushing touchdown, Wallace moved into a tie for eighth place in school history with 19 career touchdown runs.
• Sophomore TE Evan Engram caught five passes for a career-high 176 receiving yards (fourth-most in a game in Ole Miss history) ... Engram's 919 career receiving yards now rank second-most in school history by an Ole Miss tight end, passing Rufus French.
• Junior RB Jaylen Walton rushed for a career-high 148 yards on 14 carries ... His 91-yard touchdown run was the third-longest touchdown run in school history and the longest this year ... Walton finished with a career-high 203 all-purpose yards.
• Redshirt-freshman RB Jordan Wilkins had a 31-yard touchdown pass to Cody Core on a halfback sweep, his first completion and second attempt of the season.
• Junior WR Cody Core had three catches for 50 yards and his sixth score of the year.
• Sophomore TE/QB Jeremy Liggins ran for a 1-yard touchdown, his second score of the year.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
• Ole Miss held Mississippi State to a season-low tying 17 points, the same number of points it allowed to the Bulldogs in last year's Egg Bowl in Starkville.
• The Rebels held the Bulldogs to only 8 of 21 on third-down conversions ... MSU entered the game ranked 13 in the nation in third-down conversions.
• Ole Miss racked up nine TFLs and three sacks.
• The Rebels' streak of games with at least one turnover ended at 34 ... It was the longest active streak among FBS schools.
• Mississippi State failed to score a first-half touchdown for just the second time this year (other was vs. Alabama).
• Mississippi State's 128 first-half total yards were the Bulldogs' lowest first-half total since last year's Egg Bowl.
• Sophomore DB Tony Conner had a big game with seven tackles, a career-high 3.0 TFLs and a career-high 1.0 sack ... He also had a PBU and a QB hurry.
• Freshman DE Marquis Haynes had a sack to increase his team-leading season total to 7.5.
• Junior DE C.J. Johnson posted six tackles, 1.5 TFLs and a sack.
• Junior LB Keith Lewis led the Rebels with a career-high eight tackles.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
• Freshmen Gary Wunderlich made a 39-yard field goal and had a 46-yard punt that landed inside the 20.
