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Ole Miss Football Game Notes
10/1/2000 | Football
Oct. 1, 2000
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GAMEDAY INFORMATION
DATE: Saturday, October 7, 2000
TIME: 1:00 p.m. (CDT)
SITE: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium/Hollingsworth Field (50,577)
TV: None
RADIO: Ole Miss Radio Network (David Kellum, play-by-play, Pete Cordelli, color analyst, Stan Sandroni, sideline reporter, Gary Darby, pre-game host.).
RECORDS: Ole Miss is 3-1, 2-1 in the SEC, after downing Kentucky, 35-17, this past Saturday in Oxford. Arkansas State fell to 0-5 on the season after falling 30-27 to Richmond in Jonesboro last Saturday.
RANKINGS: Ole Miss is unranked in the latest ESPN/USA Today Coaches Top 25 poll, but did receive 31 votes. The Rebels were unranked in last week's Associated Press Top 25, however, they did garner 15 votes. Arkansas State is unranked.
COACHES: David Cutcliffe is in his second full season as head coach of the Ole Miss Rebels. He is 12-5 at Ole Miss and has guided the Rebels to victories in the 1998 and 1999 Sanford Independence Bowls. He made his Ole Miss debut and recorded his first career win in the Rebels' 35-18 win over Texas Tech in the 1998 Sanford Independence Bowl. Ole Miss is Cutcliffe's first career head coaching assignment. He is 1-0 against Arkansas State and Indian head coach Joe Hollis ... Hollis is in his fourth year as the head coach of Arkansas State. He is 10-29 with the Indians, and 14-34-1 in his career. Hollis was also the head coach at Jacksonville State University in 1984, going 4-5-1. Hollis came to ASU in 1997 after spending six years as an assistant at Ohio State, including five as the Buckeyes' offensive coordinator. He is 0-1 as a head coach versus Cutcliffe, and 0-2 against Ole Miss.
DEUCE WATCH:
Deuce McAllister needs 10 yards rushing against Arkansas State to tie Kayo Dottley's (1947-50) school career rushing record of 2,654.
McAllister is also 15 points shy of tying Brian Lee's (1989-92) school career record for scoring with 207 points.
With 253 all-purpose yards, McAllister can become the first Ole Miss player to record three straight seasons with at least 1,000 all-purpose yards.
In the latest NCAA Division I-A statistics, McAllister is tied for third in scoring (12.0 ppg), ranks fourth in all-purpose yards (186.8 ypg) and is eighth in punt returns (19.1 ypr).
SERIES INFO
Ole Miss leads 15-1-2
Last meeting: 1999, Ole Miss 38-14 in Oxford.
In Oxford: Ole Miss leads 15-1-2
In Jonesboro: 0-0
Largest UM win: 53-0 in 1925 (Oxford)
Largest ASU win: 10-0 in 1915 (Oxford)
Longest UM win streak: 7, 1987-present
Longest ASU win streak: 1, 1915
NOTES: This is the third straight year that Ole Miss and Arkansas State will play each other . The Rebels won 30-17 in 1998 and 38-14 last year ... Since a scoreless tie in 1917, Ole Miss has won 13 of the last 14 meetings, with the two teams also playing to a 10-10 tie in 1986 ... The two schools played a total of four times in the 1990s, with Ole Miss winning all four meetings (1990, 1996, 1998, 1999) ... The Rebels have won the last four meetings by an average of 20.1 points, having outscored ASU 148-65.
GAME NOTES
DEUCE VS. FORMER HEISMAN TROPHY RUNNING BACKS: Six former Heisman Trophy-winning running backs, and seven total former Heisman winners rank among the NCAA career leaders in all-purpose yards (2000 NCAA Record Book, page 47). While Ole Miss senior RB Deuce McAllister doesn't rank on that list (he needs 1,438 more all-purpose yards to do so), he does have more than the 375 minimum all-purpose touches to qualify for the record of yards per play.
When comparing McAllister's average yards per play to the six Heisman Trophy-winning RBs on that list, Deuce's average of 6.712 would rank first on the list, slightly better than Ohio State's Archie Griffin's average of 6.679. It is also noteworthy that like McAllister, Griffin also returned some kickoffs for the Buckeyes.
The six former Heisman Trophy-winning RBs on that list include the last two winners: Texas's Ricky Williams (1998) and Wisconsin's Ron Dayne (1999). The others: Pittsburgh's Tony Dorsett, Southern California's Charles White, Georgia's Herschel Walker and South Carolina's George Rogers.
The other Heisman Trophy winner that ranks among the NCAA's career all-purpose yards leader is Nebraska's Johnny Rodgers (1970-72), who is listed as a WR by the NCAA in its award section.
The following chart shows how Deuce's average yards per play (or touch) ranks against the six former Heisman Trophy-winning RBs on the NCAA's career list for all-purpose yards:
Player, School YPPDeuce McAllister, Ole Miss* 6.712Archie Griffin, Ohio State* 6.679Ricky Williams, Texas 6.635Charles White, Southern California* 6.0Tony Dorsett, Pittsburgh* 5.9George Rogers, South Carolina* 5.9Ron Dayne, Wisconsin 5.8Herschel Walker, Georgia* 5.6*- Includes kickoff and punt return yardage.
DEUCE CLOSING IN ON CAREER RUSHING MARK: Senior RB Deuce McAllister will enter Saturday's game with Arkansas State 10 rushing yards shy of tying Kayo Dottley's (1947-50) school career rushing record of 2,654 yards. McAllister currently has 2,644 career rushing yards after gaining 75 yards on 19 carries against Kentucky.
Dottley and McAllister are the only two players in school history to rush for at least 1,000 yards in a season. Dottley rushed for 1,312 yards in 1949, and 1,007 in 1950. McAllister recorded 1,082 yards in 1999.
McALLISTER ALSO NEARING CAREER SCORING MARK: Deuce McAllister is also zeroing in on another career record at Ole Miss. With 15 more points, McAllister can tie former placekicker Brian Lee's (1989-92) school career record of 207 points. With his one-yard rushing TD against Kentucky this past Saturday, McAllister now has 192 career points to rank third all-time in scoring at Ole Miss (see the Ole Miss Record Book on page 24).
DEUCE AMONG SEC, NATIONAL LEADERS: Through this past weekend's games, senior RB Deuce McAllister ranks first in the SEC in all-purpose yards (186.8 ypg) and scoring (12.0 ppg), and is second in punt returns (19.1 ypr). Nationally, McAllister is tied for third in scoring, ranks fourth in all-purpose yards and is eighth in punt returns.
ALL-PURPOSE DEUCE: Despite playing with a sprained right shoulder, Deuce McAllister totaled 140 all-purpose yards (75 rushing, 5 receiving, 9 punt returns, 51 KO returns) on 23 touches with one TD against Kentucky -- 6.1 yards per play.
In four games this season, McAllister ranks fourth in NCAA Division I-A in all-purpose yards, averaging 186.8 yards per game. He has totaled 747 all-purpose yards on 88 touches for an average of 8.5 yards per play.
The following chart shows McAllister's game-by-game all-purpose yardage for the 2000 season:
Opponent Rush Rec. KR PR TotalTulane 29 52 48 6 135Auburn 104 1 56 96 257Vanderbilt 143 47 2 23 215Kentucky 75 5 51 9 140Total 351 105 157 134 747
Number of touches: 88
Average per touch: 8.5
Touchdowns: 8
MR. TOUCHDOWN: Deuce McAllister's one-yard TD run against Kentucky was his 19th TD in Ole Miss' last 10 games -- including last December's Sanford Independence Bowl -- dating back to Oct. 16, 1999. He has also scored at least one TD in Ole Miss' last five games including the Independence Bowl. In the Rebels' last nine regular-season games dating back to last Oct. 16, McAllister has scored 17 of his 32 career TDs. The chart on the following page shows Deuce's TD production in the past nine games dating back to Oct. 16, 1999 against Alabama:
Date Opponent Rush Rec. KR PR Total10-16-99 Alabama 2 0 0 0 210-30-99 LSU 2 0 0 0 211-6-99 Arkansas 2 0 1 0 311-20-99 Georgia 2 0 0 0 211-25-99 Miss. State 0 0 0 0 012-31-99 Oklahoma -1 1 1 0 0 29-2-00 Tulane 2 1 0 0 39-9-00 Auburn 2 0 0 1 39-16-00 Vanderbilt 1 0 0 0 19-30-00 Kentucky 1 0 0 0 1 Total 15 2 1 1 19
1- Sanford Independence Bowl.NOTE: Bowl games do not count towards career totals.
DEUCE NEARING 1,000 ALL-PURPOSE YARDS FOR THIRD STRAIGHT SEASON: With 747 all-purpose yards in four games this season, senior Deuce McAllister needs 253 all-purpose yards to crack the 1,000-yard mark for the third straight season. McAllister recorded 1,236 all-purpose yards in 1998 and set a school single-season markwith 1,692 last season. He is one of five Ole Miss players in school history to record back-to-back seasons with at least 1,000 all-purpose yards and would be the first to record three straight seasons. The others to record consecutive seasons with 1,000 all-purpose yards are: Kayo Dottley (1949-50), J.R. Ambrose (1985-86) Pat Coleman (1988-89) and John Avery (1996-97).
For his career, McAllister has totaled 4,148 all-purpose yards on 618 touches -- an average of 6.7 yards per play. The chart on the following page shows McAllister's year-by-year all-purpose yard totals:
Year Rush Rec. PR KR Total1997 402 71 0 0 4731998 1,082 154 0 0 1,2361999 809 201 30 652 1,6922000 351 105 134 157 747Total 2,644 531 164 809 4,148
Number of touches: 618Average per touch: 6.7Touchdowns: 32
THE DEUCE IS LOOSE (RUSHING): Deuce McAllister has rushed for at least 100 yards in seven of the Rebels' last nine games dating back to Oct. 30, 1999, including last December's Sanford Independence Bowl. This past Saturday against Kentucky, McAllister rushed for 75 yards on 19 carries. McAllister is averaging 108.3 yards rushing over the last nine games, gaining 975 yards on 173 carries and has scored 13 rushing TDs. McAllister finished the 1999 campaign with five straight 100-yard rushing games, including a 121-yard effort against Oklahoma in the Sanford Independence Bowl (bowl games do not count in career totals). The following chart shows McAllister's rushing totals over the past nine games:
Date Opponent Att. Yards TD LP Avg.10-30-99 LSU 25 140 2 26 5.611-6-99 Arkansas 21 125 2 40 6.011-20-99 Georgia 9 104 2 84 11.611-25-99 Miss. State 36 134 0 15 3.712-31-99 Oklahoma -1 17 121 1 80 7.19-2-00 Tulane 9 29 2 11 3.29-9-00 Auburn 19 104 2 26 5.59-16-00 Vanderbilt 17 143 1 50 8.49-30-00 Kentucky 19 75 1 14 3.9 TOTAL 173 975 13 84 5.6
Average per game: 108.3
1- Sanford Independence Bowl
DEUCE TOPS AMONG SEC ACTIVE LEADERS: Heading into this past weekend, senior RB Deuce McAllister was the SEC's active career leader in rushing yards, all-purpose yards and total touchdowns scored, and ranks second in scoring among active SEC players. McAllister had rushed for a career total of 2,569 yards, 495 yards ahead of Tennessee's Travis Henry. In all-purpose yards, McAllister's total of 4,008 was 1,421 yards ahead of the SEC's second-active career leader, Florida's Bo Carroll., and was 16 TDs ahead of Tennessee's Henry in total TDs scored. On the SEC's active career scoring charts, McAllister trailed the Gators' Jeff Chandler by seven points, 193-186 (Please see page 12 of this release -- the second page of McAllister's Award Candidate flyer -- for the SEC Active Career Performers Chart).
DEUCE ON DOAK WALKER AWARD "WATCH LIST": Deuce McAllister is one of 35 pre-season candidates for the 2000 Doak Walker Award Presented by Vectrix, which is award annually to the nation's top college running back. The Southwestern Bell-SMU Athletic Forum Board of Directors will select eight semifinalists on Nov. 8, and the Doak Walker Award National Selection Committee will ultimately vote on the winner in late November. The National Selection Committee consists of former All-Pro and All-America running backs, print and electronic media members and selected special representatives.
The winner of the 2000 Doak Walker Award Presented by Vectrix will be announced live on ESPN's Home Depot College Football Awards Show on Dec. 7. The Doak Walker Award Presentation Banquet will be held at the Fairmont Hotel in Dallas on Jan. 30, 2001.
DEUCE RATED AS TOP SENIOR FOR THE 2001 NFL DRAFT: In addition to all of his numerous pre-season accolades, Deuce McAllister has been rated by National Football Scouting, Inc., as the No. 1 rated college senior for next April's NFL Draft. National Football Scouting, Inc., is one of two combine services that provide analysis to 27 NFL teams. The other, Blesto, rated Deuce as the No. 2 college senior. Deuce has also been named as the top collegiate prospect by Lonestar Football.
McALLISTER A HIT IN CYBERSPACE: Through Sept. 22, Ole Miss' official Deuce McAllister for Heisman website, www.thedeuceisloose.com, has received 82,893 hits since going live on June 13 -- an average of 911 visitors per day. The site received 43,640 hits during the month of August. Thedeuceisloose.com was ranked by Sports Illustrated in its 2000 college football preview as the top website by a school promoting a player for the annual award. The Associated Press also named the site as one of its top five Heisman websites to bookmark for the 2000 college football season.
During the season, the site will contain Deuce's updated career statistics, 2000 game-by-game stats and updated bio information.
REBELS LOOK TO GO 4-1: Off to its fifth straight 3-1 start, and its sixth in the last eight years, Ole Miss will look to move to 4-1 on the season when the Rebels host Arkansas State Saturday. Ole Miss has also started 4-1 through five games in each of the last two seasons en route to a 7-5 campaign in 1998, and an 8-4 finish last year.
REBELS FINISH WITH FIFTH STRAIGHT WINNING SEPTEMBER: Ole Miss' 3-1 record marks the fifth straight year the Rebels have posted a winning record in the month of September. The Rebels have gone 3-1 in September each of the past five seasons. The last time Ole Miss failed to finish the first month of the season at at least .500, was in 1988 (1-2). All-time, the Rebels are 129-56-7 (.690 winning percentage) during the month of September.
OLE MISS IN OCTOBER: Ole Miss enters Saturday's game with Arkansas State with an all-time record of 207-186-5 (.526 winning pecentage) during the month of October. The Rebels have gone 3-1 in October the last two seasons, with their last losing October coming 1997 when they went 1-2. Last year in October, Ole Miss defeated South Carolina (36-10) on Oct. 2, Tulane (20-13) on Oct. 9 and LSU (42-23) on Oct. 16. Alabama defeated the Rebels 30-24 on Oct. 16.
FORMER CHUCKY MULLINS COURAGE AWARD WINNER MAKES RETURN: Jeff Carter, the 1991 Chucky Mullins Courage Award winner, will return to Oxford Saturday as the defensive backs coach for the Arkansas State Indians. Carter was a three-year starter and a four-year letterwinner for the Rebels from 1988-1991. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the 1989 Liberty Bowl, helping the Rebels to a 42-23 victory over Air Force. Carter was also a member of Ole Miss' 1991 Gator Bowl team.
Carter spent the 1993 season as a graduate assistant for the Rebels before moving on the next season to Northwestern (La.) State, where he coached the defensive line and linebackers. He later served as the defensive coordinator and strength coach at Tupelo High School before moving on to Northwest (Miss.) Community College. He remained at NWCC before joining the ASU staff in March of 1999.
20 AND COUNTING: Ole Miss carries a 20-game win streak against non-conference opponents into Saturday's contest with Arkansas State. The last time the Rebels lost a non-conference game was against Memphis, 17-16, in Oxford back on Nov. 5, 1994. Head coach David Cutcliffe is 6-0 against non-conference opponents at Ole Miss. During the 20-game streak, Ole Miss' average margin of victory has been 16.7 points, outscoring its non-conference foes 657-323. The Rebels beated Arkansas State three times during the streak, defeating the Indians, 38-21 in 1996, 30-17 in 1998 and 38-14 in 1999. The following chart shows Ole Miss' 20-game win streak against non-conference opponents:
Date Opponent Result9-2-00 Tulane W, 49-2012-31-99 vs. Oklahoma@ W, 27-2510-9-99 Tulane W, 20-139-11-99 Arkansas State W, 38-149-4-99 at Memphis W, 3-012-31-98 vs. Texas Tech@ W, 35-1810-24-98 Arkansas State W, 30-179-26-98 at SMU W, 48-41 (OT)9-5-98 Memphis W, 30-1012-26-97 vs. Marshall# W, 34-3111-15-97 at Tulane W, 41-249-6-97 SMU W, 23-158-30-97 Central Florida W, 24-23 (OT)10-26-96 Arkansas State W, 38-219-7-96 VMI W, 31-78-31-96 Idaho State W, 38-1411-4-95 at Memphis W, 34-310-7-95 Tulane W, 20-179-9-95 Indiana State W, 56-1011-12-94 at Tulane W, 38-0
@ - Sanford Independence Bowl (Shreveport, La.)#- Ford Motor City Bowl (Pontiac, Mich.)
REBELS VS. THE BIG WEST: Ole Miss has faced two schools -- Arkansas State and North Texas -- that curerntly make-up the Big West Conference and one former Big West school that no longer plays football -- Long Beach State. The Rebels are 22-1-2 all-time against those three schools, including 15-1-2 against the Indians. The lone loss against Arkansas State was 10-0 back in 1915. The following chart shows how the Rebels have fared against current Big West schools and its former football playing school, Long Beach State:
School W-L-T Pct.Arkansas State 15-1-2 .889Long Beach State* 1-0-0 1.000North Texas 4-0-0 1.000*- No longer plays football.
MILLER NEARING CAREER TD PASSING MARK: Senior QB Romaro Miller threw TD passes to true freshman Chris Collins and senior Grant Heard to record his 30th and 31st career TD passes and tie the Ole Miss career record held by Archie Manning (1968-70), Kent Austin (1981-85), and Mark Young (1985-88). In 25 career regular-season starts, Miller has thrown at least one TD pass in 18 games. Last season, he tied Archie Manning's school record by throwing at least one TD pass in eight straight games.
STRETCHING THE DEFENSE: Heading into last Saturday's game with Kentucky, senior QB Romaro Miller had completed seven passes for 20 yards or more through the first three games. Against the Wildcats, Miller nearly doubled that with six completions for 20 or more yards. He completed passes of 20 or more yards to five different receivers against Kentucky, including two each to senior WRs Grant Heard and L.J. Taylor.
VETERAN LEADER: Coaches will often tell you that you can't put a value on the price of a veteran quarterback. Well, did you know that Ole Miss QB Romaro Miller is one of 14 NCAA Division I-A QBs to have recorded 24 or more career starts. He made his 25th career regular-season start against Kentucky on Sept. 30. Including bowl games, Miller has started 27 games. The following chart shows the 14 NCAA Division I-A signal-caller with 24 or more starts through games of Sept. 30:
Quarterback, School Starts1. Jason McKinley (Sr.), Houston 35*2. Jay Stoner (Sr.), Wyoming 34T3. Ryan Kealy (Sr.), Arizona St. 32 Cleo Lemon (Sr.), Arkansas St. 32 Butchie Washington (Sr.), Akron 32*6. Drew Brees (Sr.), Purdue 30*T7. Pete Shepherd (Jr.), C. Michigan 28 Quincy Carter (Jr.), Georgia 28*9. Mike Bath (Sr.), Miami (OH) 27*T10. Mike McMahon (Sr.), Rutgers 25 Romaro Miller (Sr.), Ole Miss 25 Chris Weinke (Sr.), Florida State 25T13. Major Applewhite (Jr.), Texas 24 Wes Counts (Jr.), Middle Tenn. St. 24*
*- Consecutive starts.-- compiled by the University of Houston SID Office.
MILLER NAMED TO AFCA GOOD WORKS TEAM: Senior QB Romaro Miller was named to the 11-player, NCAA Division I-A 2000 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Good Works Team on Sept. 20. The Good Works team honors those who show exceptional dedication to community service and to the betterment of the communities in which they live. This is the second straight year an Ole Miss player has been selected to the team as senior RB Deuce McAllister made the 1999 AFCA Good Works Team.
Miller often speaks to various church youth groups with a primary message of dealing with drugs, alcohol and not giving up. He participated in the University of Mississippi Journalism Department workshop for minority high school students, volunteered in the Read-Across-America program at Oxford Elementary School, and has worked with kids at Mother Goose Day Care. Miller also visits local senior citizens and participated in a project which built a community playground and Bramlett Elementary School.
Miller was also named to the 2000 SEC Good Works team and was featured at halftime of Jefferson Pilot's telecast of the Ole Miss-Tulane game on Sept. 2.
MILLER ON JOHNNY UNITAS GOLDEN ARM AWARD "WATCH LIST": Senior QB Romaro Miller is one of 23 senior quarterbacks on the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award "watch list," presented annually to the nation's top senior signal-caller by the Frank Camp Chapter of the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Educational Foundation.
The watch list is compiled from a select committee of football experts from across the country. The committee will choose five finalists on Oct. 25. The winner will be announced Nov. 21 with the award presentation to be made in Louisville, Ky., Dec. 8. NFL Hall of Fame QB Johnny Unitas will attend the ceremony to make the official presentation at the Grand Ballroom of the Galt House East Hotel in Louisville.
REBEL "D" SACKS THE BIG CAT: The Ole Miss defense recorded five sacks of Kentucky's big 6-foot-4, 275-pound redshirt freshman QB Jared Lorenzen this past Saturday. Lorenzen was sacked on Kentucky's first two plays of the game. Senior DE Derrick Burgess hit Lorenzen for a six-yard loss to open the game, and then teamed with senior DE Shane Elam for a 12-yard loss on the next play.
Lorenzen entered the game with an SEC-best 351.5 yards passing per game. Ole Miss held him to 192 yards on 17-of-42 passing with three interceptions, marking the first time in Kentucky's five games that Lorenzen failed to throw for at least 300 yards.
MORE ON THE REBEL DEFENSE: Kentucky totaled 231 yards of offense on 66 plays against Ole Miss, 235 yards less than the Wildcats' SEC-best average of 466.5 yards of offense entering the contest. The 466.5 yards of total offense also ranked ninth nationally heading into the contest.
The 231 yards of total offense was the fewest allowed by Ole Miss this season, and the least since holding South Carolina to 163 yards last season.
The Wildcats managed just 39 yards rushing on 24 attempts -- an average of 1.63 yards per carry -- the fewest allowed by the Rebels since holding LSU to 15 yards net rushing last year in Baton Rouge.
LINEBACKER SHUFFLE: For the second consecutive game, the Rebels started junior Kevin Thomas at WLB, sophomore Lanier Goethie at MLB and senior Chad Cook at SLB. In the two games since being forced to shuffle the linebacking corps due to injuries, Ole Miss has allowed an average of 299.5 yards per game, down from the average of 372.5 yards allowed per game during the first two games of the season.
STRONG, CLAXTON OUT INDEFINITELY: Junior LB Eddie Strong and sophomore C Ben Claxton are both sidelined indefinitely with injuries. Strong has missed all four Ole Miss games this season with a stress fracture in his left foot. He underwent surgery on Sept. 14 to repair the stress fracture to the fifth metatarsal in his left foot. Claxton suffered a fracture in his lower left leg (fibula) in the third quarter season-opener against Tulane, and has missed the last three games.
TAYLOR ON THORPE AWARD "WATCH LIST": Junior FS Syniker Taylor is one of five SEC defensive backs to be listed on the 2000 pre-season Jim Thorpe Award "Watch List." The award has been presented annually since 1986 to the best defensive back in college football by the Jim Thorpe Association. Finalists for the award will be invited to ESPN's College Football Awards Show at Disney World in Orlando, Fla., where the winner will be announced Dec. 7. A formal presentation of the award will be at a banquet held in February in Oklahoma City.
Taylor was unofficially credited with seven tackles (five solo) against Kentucky, including one TFL and had three pass break-ups. Through four games, Taylor leads the team in tackles with 29 (19 solo), passes defensed (7) and fumble recoveries (2).
KING ON RAY GUY AWARD "WATCH LIST": Senior P Reagan King is one of 32 punters and one of three from SEC to be named to the first Ray Guy Award "watch list" for the nation's top punter.
King is averaging 39.0 yards per punt on 20 attempts this season. He has placed six kicks inside the opponents' 20-yard line with just two touchbacks ... His biggest punt of the year was a 32-yard kick against Vanderbilt on Sept. 16 that went out-of-bounds at the Commodores' one-yard line with 1:05 left and the Rebels leading 12-7.
MAGEE WEARING CHUCKY MULLINS' NO. 38 IN 2000: Senior SS Anthony Magee is wearing No. 38 this season as he is the recipient of this year's Chucky Mullins' Courage Award. The award was started in the spring of 1990 by the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity at Ole Miss and is awarded annually to the Rebels' most outstanding defensive player. Prior to this season, Magee was No. 27.
ARKANSAS REBELS: Ole Miss has one player on its roster that hails from the state of Arkansas -- junior FB Charles Stackhouse from West Memphis.
MISSISSIPPI INDIANS: Arkansas State has 10 players on its 2000 roster that hail from the Magnolia State: junior WR Tony Britt (Gulfport), junior WR Jody Jennings (Calhoun City), senior QB Cleo Lemon (Greenwood), junior TE Jerry Pegues (Oxford), sophomore LB John Shivers (Corinth), junior RB Danny Smith (Cleveland), sophomore LB L.P. Spence (Corinth), freshman WR Vincent Strickland (Hattiesburg), senior FB Jacquis Walker (Holly Springs), senior C Jack Wright (Batesville, Miss.).
EXTRA POINTS
The 35-17 win over Kentucky improved the Rebels' record to 19-2 in home night games since lights were installed at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium/Hollingsworth Field in 1990.
Ole Miss scored its first safety of the season against Kentucky when the Wildcats were called for a holding penalty in their own endzone in the first quarter. It was the Rebels' first safety since last year's game at South Carolina.
Ole Miss is now 14-12 against the SEC Eastern Division since the SEC began divisional play in 1992, including 2-1 against Kentucky. Head coach David Cutcliffe is 3-2 versus the SEC East.
The 238-yard passing performance by QB Romaro Miller was the 15th 200-yard passing game of his career, adding to his school record.
