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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss Notes - Fresno State
9/12/2015 | Football
SERIES INFORMATION
• Today's meeting was the third all-time between Ole Miss and Fresno State ... Ole Miss now leads the series 3-0.
• Ole Miss moves to 7-3 all-time against current members of the Mountain West Conference.
CAPTAINS
(All): Justin Bell (Sr., OL), Evan Engram (Jr., TE), Mike Hilton (Sr., DB), C.J. Johnson (Sr., LB)
GENERAL NOTES
• Today's attendance at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium was 60,302.
• The Rebels now own an all-time record of 647-501-35 (.562 winning percentage).
• The Rebels' 149 points over the last two games are the most in a two-game span in school history ... The previous record was 131 from Oct. 22-29, 1904.
• Ole Miss is the first SEC team to score 70 points in back-to-back games since Florida beat New Mexico State 70-21 and Kentucky 73-7 in 1994.
• Ole Miss has scored 49 or more points in back-to-back games for the first time ever in the same season.
• The Rebels' 28 first-quarter points were their most in the opening frame in modern history (since at least 1962), surpassing last week's total of 27 vs. UT Martin ... It was the most points in any quarter since scoring 28 in the fourth against Boise State in last season's opener.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
• Ole Miss gained 607 yards of total offense, the second straight game with more than 600 and the seventh-most in a game in program history.
• Junior QB Chad Kelly was 20 of 25 for 346 yards with four touchdowns, the most passing TDs since Bo Wallace threw for four against Louisiana-Lafayette last year ... Kelly also punched in a 4-yard rushing score, his second rushing score of the season.
• Junior WR Quincy Adeboyejo caught five passes for a career-high 120 yards and a career-high three touchdowns ... He's the first Rebel with three TD catches since Donte Moncrief vs. Mississippi State in 2012.
• Senior WR Cody Core led the team with six catches for 96 yards and a touchdown.
• Junior DT Robert Nkemdiche scored an offensive touchdown in his second straight game, this time with a 1-yard rush in the third quarter.
• Junior RB Akeem Judd scored his first TD as a Rebel with a 27-yard run up the middle ... He finished with four carries for 36 yards.
• Sophomore RB Eugene Brazley scored a TD for the second straight week ... He finished with four carries for 14 yards.
• Graduate transfer TE Dillon Barrett caught his first pass as a Rebel, a 15-yarder from Ryan Buchanan in the second quarter.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
• Senior FS Trae Elston returned an interception 38 yards for a touchdown, his second straight game with a pick-six.
• Senior DB Chief Brown returned an interception 22 yards for a touchdown, his third career INT and first career score.
• This was the first time Ole Miss returned two interceptions for touchdowns in a game since 1993 vs. Northern Illinois ... It was the Rebels' first game with multiple defensive touchdowns since Texas A&M last year.
• Senior LB C.J. Johnson picked off a pass for the second time in his career and returned it 70 yards to set up a Rebel score.
• The Ole Miss defense racked up three interceptions, two forced fumbles, 10 tackles for loss and a sack.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
• Sophomore K Gary Wunderlich converted all nine PATs and connected on his first FG attempt of the year, a 37-yarder in the fourth quarter.
