NOTES/PHOTOS: Quinshon Judkins rolls on, but Ole Miss wilts away in Red Stick

No. 7 Ole Miss suffered its first loss of the season with a 45-20 drubbing at LSU on Saturday.

The Rebels fell to 7-1 (3-1 SEC), while the Tigers improved to 6-2 (4-1). Game notes by Ole Miss Athletics Media Relations. Photos by Bruce Newman.

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OFFENSIVE NOTES

• Ole Miss has scored first in every game this season … Third time this year the Rebels have scored a touchdown within the opening two minutes of play.
• RB Quinshon Judkins ended the day with 111 yards and two touchdowns on 25 carries, his fifth 100-yard game of the year.
• Judkins, who came into the contest leading all FBS freshmen in rushing yards and touchdowns, now has 831 yards and 12 TDs on the season.
• He now ranks tied for sixth at Ole Miss in single-season rushing touchdowns (12) and 19th in single-season rushing yards (831).

ADDITIONAL OFFENSIVE NOTES

• Judkins has 10 rushing scores in his last six games, and his 12 rushing TDs ties for the Ole Miss freshman record set by John Rhys Plumlee in 2019.
• His 12 rushing TDs are the most by an any SEC freshman since Plumlee scored 12 times in 2019.
• Judkins is the third Rebel to have five games with multiple rushing TDs, tying the single-season record set by Brandon Bolden in 2010 and Deuce McAllister in both 1999 and 2000.
• He’s scored multiple rushing touchdowns in three straight games, the first Rebel to do so since Brandon Bolden did in four straight in 2010.
• WR Malik Heath ended with a career-high 145 yards on eight receptions (18.1 average) … Six of his eight catches went for at least 16 yards, three beyond 25 yards.
• WR Jonathan Mingo ended the day with 69 yards on four receptions … Mingo’s 37-yard catch in the first quarter is his eighth reception of at least 30 yards this season.
• First career pass attempt for WR Jordan Watkins, a four-yard completion to RB Ulysses Bentley IV … Watkins also had 57 yards receiving on five catches.
• QB Jaxson Dart finished 19-of-34 for 284 yards … Dart had nine completions of at least 15 yards, four of at least 25 and two 30 yards or further.

DEFENSIVE NOTES

• S Tysheem Johnson led Ole Miss with 10 total tackles (five solo), his second double-digit effort of the year after a career-high 12 tackle performance vs. Troy on Sept. 3.
• Ole Miss ended with 4.0 sacks on the day, tied for the second-most by the Rebel defense this season … They’ve notched at least two sacks in six of eight games played.
• Three different Rebels recorded at least one sack: DE Cedric Johnson (2.0), LB Khari Coleman (1.0) and DE Jared Ivey (1.0).
• DE Cedric Johnson notched two solo sacks on the day, tying his career-high set against Liberty in 2021 … Johnson now has 3.5 sacks this season and 14.5 in his career.
• LB Khari Coleman notched his first sack and tackle for loss since Sept. 10 vs. UCA, pushing him to 3.5 sacks and 7.5 TFL this year … In the season opener vs. Troy, Coleman became the first Rebel to record 5.0 TFL in a single game since 1999.
• S Otis Reese ended with nine total tackles (five solo), his second straight game with at least nine after a season-high 10 stops vs. Auburn.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

• K Jonathan Cruz connected on a both a 32 and 48-yard field goal, pushing him to 8-of-9 on the season … Cruz is also now 4-of-5 from 40 yards or further.
• Today marked the third game this season that Cruz has made multiple field goals.
• P Fraser Masin punted three for an average of 45.3 yards per punt.