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Postgame Notes - TexasA&M
10/24/2015 | Football
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Ole Miss Postgame Notes 
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POSTGAME NOTES
#23 OLE MISS 23, #15 TEXAS A&M 3
10/24/15
SERIES INFORMATION
• This was the eighth meeting between Ole Miss and Texas A&M ... The Aggies hold a 6-2 lead in the series, but the Rebels have now won two straight.
CAPTAINS
(All): Justin Bell (Sr., OL), Evan Engram (Jr., TE), Mike Hilton (Sr., DB), C.J. Johnson (Sr., LB)
FIRST-TIME STARTERS (1)
Defense: Breeland Speaks (DT)
GENERAL NOTES
• Attendance at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium was a sellout crowd of 60,674.
• With its sixth win, Ole Miss is bowl eligible for the fourth straight year under Hugh Freeze.
• Ole Miss improves to 2-2 versus ranked teams this year and 7-12 under Freeze.
• The Rebels now own an all-time record of 651-503-35 (.562 winning percentage) and a 30-17 record under Hugh Freeze (.638 winning percentage).
• Ole Miss improves to 24-4 under Freeze when leading at the half.
• Ole Miss improves to 25-2 under Freeze when it rushes for 150 or more yards.
• With a 16-3 lead at the half, this was the second straight year Ole Miss held Texas A&M without a first-half touchdown.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
• Ole Miss rushed for 230 yards, its highest total against an SEC opponent this year ... It was the first time rushing for 200 yards against an SEC foe since amassing 205 against Mississippi State last year.
• Junior TE Evan Engram had his best game of the year with four catches for 35 yards and his first touchdown of the season.
• Engram broke the school record for career recieving yards by a tight end with 1,126 yards, topping Jim Poole's previous mark of 1,113 yards from 1969-71.
• Engram also moved up to third in career receptions by a tight end (77) and second in career touchdown catches by a tight end (6).
• Junior WR Laquon Treadwell caught five passes for 102 yards and a TD ... He passed Shay Hodge for second place on the career receptions list with 174 and Mike Wallace for seventh place on the career receiving yards list with 1,996 yards.
• Treadwell posted his fourth 100-yard receiving game of the season (T-3rd in school history) and his seventh career (3rd in school history).
• Junior QB Chad Kelly completed 26 of 41 passes for 241 yards with two TDs and three INTs ... He added 23 rushing yards.
• Kelly started the game by completing his first 12 passes, which is the fourth-most consecutive completions in a game in school history.
• Senior RB Jaylen Walton rushed for 97 yards on 22 carries, making it his second-highest total of the season.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
• Ole Miss held Texas A&M to 192 total yards, fewest by an opponent this year and fewest since limiting Presbyterian to 156 last year ... It was the fewest against an SEC foe since limiting Tennessee to 191 last year ... It was A&M's lowest yardage total of the season.
• The Rebel defense had three takeaways in the game and now has 16 on the year ... They entered the game third in the SEC and top 30 nationally in takeaways.
• Ole Miss recorded one more interception ... The Rebels entered the game with the second-most picks among SEC teams and now have 11 on the year.
• Senior LB C.J. Johnson returned from a knee injury and recovered a fumble ... It was his fourth career fumble recovery and first of the year.
• Sophomore DE Marquis Haynes had a huge game with three TFLs, two sacks, a forced fumble and a pass breakup ... He leads the team with 5.5 sacks on the season.
• Sophomore CB Kendarius Webster snagged his first career interception and also had a breakup.
• Senior DB Trae Elston logged a career-high five pass breakups.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
• Sophomore K Gary Wunderlich tied a career high with three FGs made on four attempts ... He also logged his first three punts of the year, all landing inside the 20 and with a long of 73.
• Sophomore P Will Gleeson punted three times with an average of 44.3.
• Junior LS Will Few recovered a fumble on a Texas A&M muffed punt return to set up good field position for the Rebels.
