Postgame Notes vs. Mississippi State

SERIES INFORMATION

• This game marked the 119th meeting of one of the nation's most-played rivalries.
• Ole Miss still holds a 64-47-6 advantage in the series dating back to 1901, including a 22-14-3 mark in Oxford.
• The original record is now 64-49-6 in favor of Ole Miss ... The Rebels had wins in 2012 & 2014 vacated due to NCAA ruling, while Mississippi State forfeited wins in 1976 & 1977.
• Today was the 95th "Battle of the Golden Egg," as the two schools started playing for the trophy in 1927 ... Ole Miss still holds a 58-30-5 advantage in the "Egg Bowl".
• According to Ole Miss records, this was the 31st time the series has been played on Thanksgiving Day ... Ole Miss holds a 16-14-1 advantage in Thanksgiving games, including a 4-4-1 mark in games played in Oxford.
• The Rebels own the four longest separate winning streaks in the series (nine, six, six and five games).
• Including a pair of forfeited victories, Ole Miss posted a 38-7-2 record versus MSU from 1944-1990.
• From 1947-1963, the Rebels posted a 15-0-2 mark against MSU ... That means a child born in December 1946 was a senior in high school before they saw Ole Miss lose to the Bulldogs.
• From 2004-2014, the home team won all but two games ... Since then, the road team has won five of the last eight.

CAPTAINS

• Nick Broeker (OL), Jonathan Mingo (WR) and Tavius Robinson (DE).
• OL Nick Broeker and OL Jeremy James tallied their team-leading 35th consecutive starts for Ole Miss on the offensive line.
• Other notable starting streaks include S AJ Finley (21st) ... Other Rebels in double-digit start streaks include WR Jonathan Mingo (15) and CB Deantre Prince (14).
• Mingo leads all Rebels with 38 career starts.
• Freshman RB Quinshon Judkins made his fifth career start and fifth in a row.
• CB Miles Battle earned his fourth career start as a Rebel, the third this season and third in a row.
• S Trey Washington made his second start of the season and second of his career.

GENERAL NOTES

• Attendance for tonight's game was 62,487.

OFFENSIVE NOTES

• Ole Miss tallied a season-low 335 yards of total offense ... It was only the second time this season the Rebels were held to less than 400 yards.
• The 78 rushing yards were the fewest by the Rebel offense this season.
• QB Jaxson Dart finished with a career high in both attempts (38) and completions (30) .... Dart threw for 250 yards and two touchdowns.
• RB Quinshon Judkins rushed 22 times for 91 yards ... It was the first time since Week 2 that Judkins has not found the end zone.
• Judkins is now third all-time among SEC freshmen in rushing yards at 1,476 ... Above him on that list are only Georgia's Herschel Walker (1980, 1,616 yards) and Georgia's Nick Chubb (2014, 1,547 yards).
• JJ Pegues tallied his first career touchdown reception ... Pegues caught seven passes as a true freshman tight end at Auburn in 2020 before switching to the defensive line prior to the 2021 season.
• WR Dayton Wade tallied career highs in both receptions (8) and receiving yards (88) ... Wade also hauled in a TD reception ... Wade also caught eight passes at Western Kentucky in 2020 vs. Marshall.
• WR Jordan Watkins also registered career bests in receptions (8).

DEFENSIVE NOTES

• Three different Rebels tallied 10 or more tackles in a single game for the first time this season.
• Ole Miss tallied four sacks vs. the Bulldogs ... It marked the fourth time this season the Rebels have tallied four or more sacks.
• The Rebels forced a season-high three turnovers.
• LB Troy Brown record 14 total tackles, the most ever for Brown in a Rebel uniform ... Brown also had one breakup and one forced fumble
• DB Otis Reese registered his first interception of the season, the second of his career ... Reese tied his career high with 11 tackles.
• DE Tavius Robison tallied his fifth and sixth sacks of the season ... Robinson finished with five total tackles, two tackles for loss and a forced fumble.
• DB Tysheem Johnson finished with 10 total tackles, his third double-digit tackling performance of the season.
• DT KD Hill and LB Khari Coleman each tallied a sack apiece ... Coleman also forced a fumble

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

• K Jonathan Cruz improved to 15-for-17 on the season on field goal attempts ... He's 7-of-8 from 40 yards or further ... Cruz entered second in the SEC in field goal percentage.
• This was the fifth multi-field goal game of the season for Cruz.
• The three field goals tied Jonathan Cruz's career high ... Cruz made three vs. App State in 2018 when he was at Charlotte.
• At 92 points this season, Cruz ranks ninth on the Ole Miss single-season scoring list ... He ranks No. seventh among all Rebel kickers.
• P Fraser Masin punted six times for an average of 45.0 yards per punt, including a long of 50 yards.

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Players Mentioned

Miles Battle

Nick Broeker

Troy Brown

Khari Coleman

Jonathan Cruz

Jaxson Dart

AJ Finley

KD Hill

Jeremy James

Tysheem Johnson

Quinshon Judkins

Fraser Masin

Jonathan Mingo

JJ Pegues

Deantre Prince

Otis Reese

Tavius Robinson

Dayton Wade

Trey Washington

Jordan Watkins

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