Game Notes: No. 12 Ole Miss picks up first win over LSU since 2015

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SERIES INFORMATION

• This game marked the 110th all-time meeting between the Ole Miss Rebels and LSU Tigers dating back to 1894.
• The original record is now 64-42-4 in favor of LSU with Ole Miss’ 2013 victory vacated due to NCAA ruling.
• LSU now holds a 64-41-4 advantage in the series, including an 11-8-1 mark in Oxford.
• It’s Ole Miss’ first win over LSU since 2015.
• LSU is Ole Miss’ second-most played opponent behind Mississippi State, whom the Rebels will play for the 118th time on Nov. 25.
• Since the rivals started playing for the Magnolia Bowl trophy in 2008, LSU holds a 9-4 edge … Ole Miss’ win in 2013 was vacated due to NCAA ruling.
• The home team has won eight of the last 10 meetings on the field.
• The 17 points are the fewest an Ole Miss squad has allowed against LSU since 2014 (L, 7-10).

CAPTAINS

• Nick Broeker (OL), Mark Robinson (LB) and Jake Springer (DB)

STARTERS

• First start of the season, second of his career, for TE Casey Kelly.
• OL Ben Brown had started 40 consecutive games prior to that streak being snapped today due to injury.
• Nick Broeker, Matt Corral and Jeremy James are now the active Ole Miss leaders with 17 consecutive starts.
• Other notable career starts include CB Jaylon Jones (26th), WR Dontario Drummond (26th), QB Matt Corral (21st), DE Sam Williams (21st), OL Nick Broeker (17th) and OL Jeremy James (17th).

GENERAL NOTES

• Attendance for tonight’s game was 64,523.
• It is the sixth largest crowd ever at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
• Ole Miss has now forced at least one turnover in 16 of the 17 games in the Kiffin era.

OFFENSIVE NOTES

• The Rebels tallied 250 or more yards on the ground for the third straight game.
• Nine different Rebels caught a pass for the second straight game.
• QB Matt Corral finished the contest 18-of-23 for 185 yards and one passing touchdowns.
• Corral also tallied a TD on the ground … He’s tied with Snoop Conner for the team lead with nine rushing TDs on the season.
• Corral has thrown a touchdown pass in 19 straight games, the second-longest streak in school history … He trails only Chad Kelly (22).
• Corral moved to No. 4 in career passing yards with 6,851 yards … Corral is only the sixth Ole Miss QB to surpass 6,000 yards.
• Corral remains No. 3 in career passing touchdowns with 52.
• Corral is No. 3 in career total offense with 8,049 total yards.|• Corral has 492 career completions and ranks No. 6 all-time on that list.
• RB Snoop Conner tallied his fourth career 100-yard game with 14 carries for 117 yards.
• RB Jerrion Ealy added 97 rushing yards on 12 carries.
• Conner and Ealy averaged 8.4 and 8.1 yards per carry, respectively.
• WR Dontario Drummond led the Ole Miss receiving corps with eight catches for 93 yards.
• Drummond also completed a pass attempt … Drummond is now 2-for-2 on pass attempts in his career.
• TE Casey Kelly hauled in just his fourth and fifth catches of the season and his first TD in 2021 … It was his second career touchdown reception.

DEFENSIVE NOTES

• Ole Miss registered five or more sacks in back-to-back games for the first time since 1999 (Auburn & South Carolina).
• Ole Miss has tallied two or more sacks in six of the seven games this season.
• For the third time this season, the Rebels held its opponent to seven or less points in the first half (Louisville [0], Austin Peay [7].
• The three turnovers are the most this season by the Rebel defense.
• For the second straight game, LB Mark Robinson tallied double-digit tackles, finishing with 12 total stops vs. LSU.
• LB Chance Campbell finished the game with 10 tackles, 1.0 sack and a forced fumble.
• OLB Cedric Johnson registered his first career forced fumble via a sack in the third quarter … Johnson also recorded his first fumble recovery later in that same quarter.
• Johnson tallied a career-high 1.5 TFLs.
• DB Jake Springer tallied his first fumble recover as a Rebel.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

• K Caden Costa connected on a 43-yard field goal in the second quarter … He is 3-for-5 from 40 or more yards this season.
• P Mac Brown punted four times for an average of 44.5 yards per punt, including a long of 53 yards.
• Two of Brown’s punts were downed inside the 20-yard line.