Ole Miss vs. Alabama Postgame Notes

ALABAMA POSTGAME FOOTBALL NOTES
*Alabama tailback SHAUN ALEXANDER became just the second player in school history to rush for 3,000 career yards as he surpassed the 3,000-yard career rushing mark this afternoon against Ole Miss. He eclipsed the 3,00-yard mark with a six-yard run at the 12:24 mark of the third quarter. The only other player in school history to rush for more than 3,000 yards is the school's all-time rushing leader Bobby Humphrey (1985-88), who ran for 3,420 career yards.

*Alexander is also the 17th player in SEC history to rush for 3,000 career yards.

*Against Ole Miss, Alexander ran the ball a 36 times for 214 yards and two touchdowns. The 36 rushing attempts tie his career high set last year against Southern Miss in Tuscaloosa. The 214 yards are the most by Alexander this season and also marks his third career 200-yard game at Alabama. Alexander has a school-record 291 rushing yards against LSU in 1996 and added 206 yards on the ground last year against Vanderbilt.

*The 214-yard game is the 8th highest single-game total in school history. Alexander has three career 200-yard games, one short of the school career record of four held by Humphrey.

*For his career, Alexander has 606 career rushing attempts for 3,116 yards and 35 TDs.

*Alexander is nine rushing attempts shy of the all-time record at Alabama of 615 career-rushing attempts held by Bobby Humphrey. He trails Humphrey by 304 yards for the all-time rushing yardage record at the Capstone.

*Alexander has rushed for 100 yards in all six games this season, tying the school record for most consecutive 100-yard games. Ricky Moore also had six straight 100 yard games during the 1983, which included a 100-yard effort against SMU in the Sun Bowl. Alexander is the first player in school history to rush for 100 yards in six consecutive regular-season games.

*In addition it was Alexander's 14th career 100-yard rushing game, leaving him one shy of the career school record of 15 career 100-yard games held by Humphrey.

*Alexander has scored at least three touchdowns in every game this season for the Crimson Tide with the exception of Arkansas. In his last two games against Florida and Ole Miss, Alexander had seven touchdowns.

*With a one-yard touchdown run with 2:11 left in the first quarter, Shaun Alexander became the school's all-time touchdown leader with his 41st career touchdown for the Tide. The previous record was 40 career touchdowns held by Bobby Humphrey (1985-88).

*Alexander now has 43 career TDs at Alabama, including 35 rushing, seven receiving and one return.

*Alexander is fifth in SEC history with 43 career TDs, moving ahead of LSU's Charles Alexander (1975-78) on the all-time list. Alexander is also two TDs shy of tying Auburn's Bo Jackson (1982-85) for fourth place all-time with 45 career TDs.

*Alexander became the school's all-time rushing touchdown leader as he scored his 35th career rushing TD in the third quarter of today's game against Ole Miss. Alexander's two-yard run off left tackle gave him the career rushing TD record. Alexander entered the game with 32 career rushing TDs and scored three in the win over Ole Miss to become the all-time record holder at UA. He tied the record with a one-yard run at the 1:23 mark of the second quarter.

*In addition, Alexander is also the school's all-time scoring leader among non-kickers. Alexander now has 260 career points, breaking the previous record of 242 points set by Bobby Humphrey. Place kicker Phillip Doyle (1987-90), who tallied 345 career points holds the all-time scoring record. Michael Proctor (1992-95) is second all-time with 326 career points and Van Tiffin (1983-86) is third with 312 career points.

*Sophomore REGGIE MYLES (Pascagoula, Miss.) started at free safety today for Alabama, the first time his has started at that position in his career. Free Safety TONY DIXON started at strong safety as Marcus Spencer was replaced in the starting lineup. Junior KECALF BAILEY started for Myles at right corner back.

*Senior place kicker RYAN PFLUGNER returned to action for the first time since the Louisiana Tech game today against Ole Miss. Pflugner missed the Arkansas and Florida games with a pulled right quad muscle. He scored the Tide's first points of the game with a 44-yard FG with 11:16 left in the first quarter.

*ALABAMA took a 17-7 lead in the second quarter as Shaun Alexander scored on a one-yard run to cap an impressive 17-play, 99-yard drive by the Tide offense. The 99-yard drive is the longest of the season by Alabama. The previous long was a 92-yard scoring drive in a 35-28 win over Arkansas on Sept. 23. The 17-play drive fell one short of the longest this season by Alabama. The Crimson Tide had an 18-play drive that resulted in a 22-yard Chris Kemp field goal at Florida on Oct. 2. The 18-play drive at Florida consumed 8:58 off the clock, while todays 7:23 drive is the second longest of the season.

*Sophomore flanker FREDDIE MILONS is the first player in Alabama history to record three consecutive 100-yard receiving games. Milons had nine catches today against Ole Miss for 133 yards, giving him his third straight 100-yard game. Milons had seven catches for 109 yards and one TD against Arkansas (Sept. 25) and added career-high 10 catches for 119 yards in the Tide's win at Florida (Oct. 2). The 133 yards today represent a career high for Milons.

*ALABAMA now leads the all-time series with Ole Miss, 37-7-2. The Crimson Tide has posted nine straight on-the-field wins over the Rebels. The 1993 Alabama win here in Oxford was later forfeited by NCAA sanctions. The Tide is a perfect 4-0 at Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium and has not lost to the Rebels in the state of Mississippi since 1976, when Ole Miss prevailed 10-7 in Jackson,

*ALABAMA has won three straight games for the first time under head coach Mike DuBose. The last time Alabama won three in a row was 1996 when the Tide opened the season with a 6-0 record under Gene Stallings.

OLE MISS POSTGAME NOTES
* Today's attendance of 52,122 is a new stadium record and also the largest on-campus crowd ever in the state of Mississippi. It breaks the previous record of 50,577 set in the LSU game in 1998.

* The last time Ole Miss wore blue jerseys was against LSU on Nov. 11, 1995. The Tigers won the game, 39-8 in Baton Rouge.

* Today's game with Alabama, which was televised by CBS, marks Ole Miss' 100th TV appearance. The Rebels first appeared on network TV in the 1953 Sugar Bowl against Georgia Tech. Ole Miss is 45-53-2 all-time in TV games, including 1-2 this season. The Rebels lost to Vanderbilt, 37-34 and defeated Auburn, 24-17.

* Ryan Hamilton recovered the first onside kick this season for the Rebels, late in the third quarter.

* Les Binkley's 46 yard field goal with 2:45 left in the third quarter was his career long. His previous best was a 45 yarder against Auburn.

* Les Binkley missed his first field goal of the year, a 31-yard attempt with 12:56 to go in the fourth quarter.

* Les Binkley is now tied for 11th on the Ole Miss singles-season kick scoring chart with 51 points.

* With 217 yards passing, Romaro Miller set the record for most 200-yard passing games in a career with 12. Miller passed Kent Austin (1981-85), who had 11 career 200-yard passing games. He also became the first Ole Miss quarterback to record at least five 200-yard games in back-to-back seasons.

* Romaro Miller passed Stewart Patridge (1994-97) for seventh on the all-time career passing chart with 3,700 yards. He needs only three yards to pass Josh Nelson (1994-95) for sixth on the list.

* Deuce McAllister's 63 yards rushing moves him to a total of 1,790 rushing for his career, passing Charlie Flowers (1957-59) for fourth on the all-time career rushing list.

* Cory Peterson's 137 yards receiving gives him a total of 1,706 career receiving yards, moving up to fifth on the all-time receiving list. He needs one yard to tie for fourth on the list. Also his eight receptions places him fourth on the career receptions list with 122.

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