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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Postgame Notes: Chick-Fil-A Peach Bowl
12/30/2023 | Football
| SERIES INFORMATION |
• Ole Miss is now 4-4 all-time against current Big Ten schools, including 3-1 in bowl games.
| BOWL HISTORY |
• Ole Miss' all-time bowl record now stands at 25-15, excluding a vacated victory in the 2013 BBVA Compass Bowl.
• Today marked Ole Miss' fourth New Year's Six bowl appearance, which ranks third in the SEC behind Alabama (9) and Georgia (7), as well as tied for eighth nationally.
• At a .625 bowl winning percentage, Ole Miss is now tied for fifth with Alabama and USC in FBS history.
• At 41 bowl appearances, Ole Miss ranks tied for 20th in FBS history, and now at 25 wins, the Rebels rank tied for 13th all-time.
| CAPTAINS |
| STARTERS |
• With his 49th start today, James tied former DL Marcus Tillman (2006-09) for the all-time Ole Miss career record in games started.
• True freshman WR Cayden Lee made the first career start of his career.
• Rebels with 30 or more career starts who also started today include James (49), Warren (44) and Prince (36).
| GENERAL NOTES |
• At 11-2, this marks the first 11-win campaign in the 129-season history of Ole Miss football.
• Ole Miss is now 2-2 in bowl games under head coach Lane Kiffin, who is now 3-5 all-time in bowl games.
• Today's win marks the second New Year's Six victory in Ole Miss history alongside a 48-20 win in the 2016 Sugar Bowl over Oklahoma State.
• Ole Miss is now 65-17 (.793) versus non-conference opponents dating back to a 38-0 win over Tulane on Nov. 12, 1994.
• Under head coach Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss is now 15-2 / 14-3 against non-conference opponents.
• Ole Miss finished the season 9-1 when leading at half.
| OFFENSIVE NOTES |
• QB Jaxson Dart completed 25-of-40 passes for an Ole Miss bowl record 379 yards, two passing touchdowns and a rushing touchdown … Dart is tied for fourth on the Ole Miss single-season list in 300-yard passing games with five (Shea Patterson, 2017) … Dart is one of just five Ole Miss QBs to throw for 20+ touchdowns in multiple seasons (Matt Corral, Eli Manning, Jevan Snead, Bo Wallace).
• Dart finished the season with 3,364 passing yards and 22 passing touchdowns on 233-of-358 attempts with only five interceptions … In yards, Dart's 2023 season ranks fifth in Ole Miss history.
• Dart ties the school record in fewest interceptions in a season, becoming the third Rebel QB ever to throw just five interceptions with at least 200 pass attempts (Matt Corral, 2021; John Fourcade, 1981).
• Dart caught his first career reception on a fourth down draw up for a gain of 15 yards. WR Jordan Watkins also earned his second career pass and completion on the play.
• TE Caden Prieskorn had a career day, hauling in a career-high of 136 yards on an Ole Miss bowl record 10 receptions on 11 targets with two receiving touchdowns … This is Prieskorn's second career multi-touchdown game, first as a Rebel … Prieskorn's performance earned him offensive MVP of the 2023 Peach Bowl.
• His 37-yard touchdown reception marks his longest reception in an Ole Miss uniform.
• WR Tre Harris finished with 134 yards on seven receptions … Harris now has 2,502 receiving yards in his overall career.
• Prieskorn and Harris became the third and fourth players to top 100 receiving yards against Penn State this season, joining Ohio State's Marvin Harrison Jr. and Indiana's Dequece Carter.
• RB Quinshon Judkins ran for 106 yards on 34 attempts and a receiving touchdown … Judkins ties Deuce McAllister for the Ole Miss all-time record in career 100-yard games and moves to third all-time in Ole Miss history with 2,725 career rushing yards … Judkins tied his own all-purpose single-season TD record (17) and moved into sole possession of second all-time at 34 career all-purpose TDs.
• Judkins is one of two players to rush more than 100 yards against Penn State this season alongside Michigan's Blake Corum (145).
• WR Dayton Wade recorded his 10th reception of at least 30+ yards this year, tying him for 16th in FBS.
• WR Cayden Lee brought down a career-high of three receptions for 29 yards.
| DEFENSIVE NOTES |
• S Trey Washington brought down eight solo tackles, leading the Ole Miss defense.
• S Daijahn Anthony intercepted his third pass of the season, his career season-best. Anthony has eight interceptions for his career.
• DT Akelo Stone recorded Ole Miss' lone sack of the day, a sack fumble for a loss of two yards. This was Stone's third sack of the season, the fifth sack of his career.
| SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES |
• P Fraser Masin punted five times for 216 yards and an average of 43.2 yards with a long punt of 51 yards and two punts inside the 20.
• The Rebels recorded their second successful two-point conversion in Ole Miss bowl history, the first since the 2000 Music City Bowl.
• DT Zxavian Harris recorded his third field goal block of the season and the fourth of his career.
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