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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss-Kentucky Postgame Notes
9/29/2001 | Football
Sept. 29, 2001
,OLE MISS POSTGAME NOTES
∙, ,Senior WR Omar Rayford caught 4 passes for 28 yards to extend his streak to 13 consecutive games with a reception.
∙, Sophomore QB Eli Manning was 5-of-5 for 56 yards on Ole Miss' 11-play, 67-yard TD drive on the Rebels' opening possession.
∙, Including last December's Music City Bowl, Eli Manning has thrown a TD pass in four consecutive games. He has thrown a total of 11 during that span.
∙, With two TD passes today, sophomore QB Eli Manning has 8 TD passes through three games this season, tying the school record for TD passes in a three-game span during the same season, with Charlie Conerly and Archie Manning. Eli entered today's game holding the school record for TD passes in a three-game span over consecutive seasons, at nine. Manning threw for three scores against West Virginia in last December's Music City Bowl, and entered today's game having thrown six TD passes in games against Murray State and Auburn this season.
∙, Sophomore WR Chris Collins caught 7 passes for 119 yards - both career highs -- to give Ole Miss a 100-yard receiver in three straight games for the first time in school history. It is Collins' second career 100-yard receiving game as he had 100 yards receiving during the Sept. 1 season opener against Murray State. Senior WR Jamie Armstrong had a career-high 108 receiving yards on Sept. 8 at Auburn.
∙, Sophomore Chris Collins scored his first career rushing TD on a 38-yard end around in the third quarter. He is the first Rebel receiver to score a TD rushing and receiving in the same game since 1970.
∙, Sophomore Marcus Woodson intercepted his first career pass in the second quarter.
∙, Senior RB Joe Gunn rushed for 113 yards on 13 carries to become the fifth player in school history to rush for over 2,000 yards in a career. Gunn is in fifth place on the Ole Miss career rushing list with 2,075 yards, 60 yards shy of Leon Perry (1976-79) in fourth place with 2,135.
∙, Joe Gunn's 113-yard rushing effort and Chris Collins' 108 yards receiving is believed to be just the third time in school history that Ole Miss has had both a 100-yard rusher and receiving in the same game. The two other 100-yard tandems on record are Archie Manning (104 rushing) and Floyd Franks (169 receiving) at Alabama on Oct. 4, 1969, and Dou Innocent (138 rushing) and Ta'Boris Fisher (101 receiving) on Sept. 2, 1995 at Auburn.
∙, Joe Gunn's 113-yard rushing performance marked the ninth of his career, tying him for third place on the Ole Miss career list with John Avery and Kayo Dottley. Deuce McAlllister holds the school record with 14 career 100-yard rushing games.
∙, Today's game was Ole Miss' first since Sept. 8 at Auburn, ending a 20-day layoff for the Rebels. The 20-day layoff is tied for the school's longest in the modern era (since 1947). Ole Miss' also had a 20-day break between games in 1964, when the Rebels played at Tennessee on Nov. 14 and didn't play again until hosting Mississippi State on Dec. 5.
∙, Today's game was Ole Miss' first in Lexington since 1993, when Kentucky blanked the Rebels 21-0. Ole Miss s now 9-9-1 all-time in Lexington against Kentucky. The Rebels now lead the series 25-12-1 and have won five of the last six meetings with the Wildcats since 1990.
∙, Today's victory secured the Rebels' 13th straight non-losing September, and the sixth straight year Ole Miss has ended September with a winning record.
KENTUCKY POSTGAME NOTES
∙, Shane Boyd finished the day with 109 total yards rushing and receiving ∙, Through the air, Boyd was seven of 21 for 72 yards.
∙, Rushing the ball he had 43 yards on seven carries with two touchdowns.
∙, The last time a Wildcat rushed for two TDs in the same game (Chad Scott) was Sept. 16, 2000 vs. Indiana.
∙, Boyd's one-yard TD plunge in the first half was his first rushing TD of his collegiate career.
∙, Artose Pinner finished with 17 carries for a career-high 130 yards and two TDs. He scored his first TD on a career-long 66-yard run.
∙, Pinner topped 100 rushing yards for the second time in his career. He had 125 yards at Florida last season. Also, it's the second 100-yard rushing effort by a Wildcat this season. Chad Scott rushed for 119 yards against Ball State.
∙, Otis Grigsby's second quarter sack of Eli Manning was the first sack allowed by Ole Miss this season.
∙, Kicker Seth Hanson reached 200 points in his career when he converted UK's first extra point. He now has 206 career points, just the second Wildcat to top 200 points. Joey Worley (1984-87) is UK's all-time leader with 246.
∙, This marks the fifth season that UK has recorded two runs of at least 66 yards in the same season. Previous seasons were 1948, 1974, 1984, and 1989. Earlier this season, Chad Scott had a 67-yard TD run against Ball State. Today, Artose Pinner had a 66-yard TD run.
∙, The Wildcats wore blue helmets for what is believed to be the first time in school history.
∙, For the first time since 1996, Kentucky gained more yards rushing than passing. The Cats' 225 yards on the ground are a season high, while their 104 yards in the air are a season low.
∙, UK's 225 rushing yards was the most in a game since the 1998 opener vs. Louisville, when the Cats ran for 230 yards.
∙, UK had four rushing touchdowns today, the most in one game since 1995.
∙, WR Derek Abney returned five kickoffs for 144 yards and three punts for 52 yards while catching three passes for 41 yards. His all-purpose yardage of 210 yards is a career high. For the season, Abney is averaging 22.5 yards on punt returns and 23.8 yards on kickoff returns.
∙, Punter Glenn Pakulak kicked a 60-yard punt for the second consecutive game. He had a career-long 65-yard punt last week against Florida. His 47.0-yard average is the highest single-game average of his career.