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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Postgame Notes - Vanderbilt
9/26/2015 | Football
Ole Miss Postgame Notes 
| Vanderbilt Postgame Notes
POSTGAME NOTES
#3 OLE MISS 27, VANDERBILT 16
9/26/15
SERIES INFORMATION
• This was the 90th meeting all-time between Ole Miss and Vanderbilt ... The Rebels now lead the series 50-38-2, including 50-20-2 in SEC games.
• Ole Miss defeats Vanderbilt for the third straight year.
CAPTAINS
(All): Justin Bell (Sr., OL), Evan Engram (Jr., TE), Mike Hilton (Sr., DB), C.J. Johnson (Sr., LB)
GENERAL NOTES
• Attendance at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium was a sell-out crowd of 60,654.
• The Rebels now own an all-time record of 649-501-35 (.562 winning percentage) and a 28-15 record under Hugh Freeze (.651 winning percentage).
• Ole Miss starts the season 4-0 for the second straight year.
• With Vanderbilt's first-quarter field goal, Ole Miss trailed for the first time all year and gave up its first points in the first quarter this season.
• Ole Miss is now 22-4 under Freeze when it leads at halftime, including a 4-0 mark this year.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
• Ole Miss piled up 472 total yards of offense and has eclipsed 400 yards in every game this year.
• The Rebels capitalized on five of six red-zone chances and have converted 20 of 21 chances inside the 20 this year.
• Junior QB Chad Kelly completed 24 of 42 passes for 321 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions ... It was his third-straight 300-yard game.
• Junior WR Laquon Treadwell caught eight passes for a career-high 135 yards ... He's now tied for fifth in school history with four career 100-yard receiving games.
• With eight catches, Treadwell moves into a tie for fifth in school history with his position coach Grant Heard with 142 career receptions.
• Sophomore WR Damore'ea Stringfellow caught four passes for 71 yards, including his first touchdown catch as a Rebel.
• Junior DT Robert Nkemdiche punched in a 1-yard run for his third touchdown of the season ... He has scored an offensive TD in three of four games.
• Senior RB Jaylen Walton rushed 21 times for 133 yards and a touchdown ... It was his third career 100-yard game.
• Walton moves up to 15th place in school history with 1,496 career rushing yards and tied for ninth in school history with 21 career touchdowns.
• Walton amassed a career-high 215 all-purpose yards in the game and leapfrogged Brandon Bolden and Jeff Scott into third place in the Ole Miss record book with 3,828 career all-purpose yards.
• Sophomore WR Markell Pack caught a career-high six balls for 52 yards.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
• Ole Miss held Vandy to one touchdown and 16 points.
• Although the Rebels did not sack Vanderbilt, they racked up seven TFLs and eight QB hurries.
• Senior LB Denzel Nkemdiche led the team with a career-high 14 tackles (career-high 12 solo), his second straight double-digit effort.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
• Sophomore K Gary Wunderlich converted two of three field goals, making from 19 and 39 yards.
• Sophomore P Will Gleeson punted four times for a 50.8-yard average and made a first down on a fake punt when he tucked the ball and ran for a 3-yard gain.
• Playing in his third career game, sophomore Cale Luke blocked a Vanderbilt punt to set up a go-ahead third-quarter touchdown.
