Postgame Notes

Aug. 31, 2002

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LOUISIANA-MONROE POSTGAME NOTES
* ULM is one of three Sun Belt Conference members meeting SEC opponents on the road today. Middle Tennessee dropped a 39-34 decision to Alabama in Birmingham, Ala., earlier today and New Mexico State plays at South Carolina tonight. The Sun Belt is also busy against the Big 12 Conference today, with North Texas at Texas and Louisiana-Lafayette at Texas A&M.
* Two seniors from Mississippi, guard Zack Sims from Hernando and linebacker Carlos Hughes, from Rosedale served as ULM captains for tonight's game.
* Daniel DaPrato starts at quarterback for the Indians, the first time Andy Chance or Andre Vige had not started at quarterback for ULM since the Middle Tennessee game in 2000. Chance or Vige had started the last 15 games and 41 of the last 44 at QB for ULM.
* DaPrato completes his first pass attempt at ULM to H.J. Adams for 11 yards.
* Bryant Jacobs' 23-yard run on the Indians' first drive tied his career-high for longest rush. He had a 23-yard run at Arkansas State last year and a 23-yard run at Tennessee in 2000.
* Tyler Kuecker's 37-yard field goal gives ULM a 3-0 lead. The only time the Indians scored first last year was at Florida, scoring a first-quarter touchdown for a 6-0 lead over the No. 1 Gators.
* Chris Harris comes up with a first-quarter interception for the Indians, his third career-pick. Later in the game, he recovers a fumble, his second career-recovery.
* ULM does not gain a first down on its last three possessions of the first half.
* Ole Miss holds the Indians to five yards of total offense in the second quarter.
* Tonight's crowd of 58,151 is the eighth-largest all-time to see ULM play football.
* Schule's carry for a first down on the Indians' initial possession of the third quarter is their first first down since the opening quarter.
* In the third quarter, Bryant Jacobs surpasses his career-high for rushing yards in a game. Jacobs' previous high was 80 yards on 19 carries at Arkansas State last year. In the fourth quarter, Jacobs becomes the first ULM player to top 100 yards rushing since Andy Chance did it at Tulsa in the final game of the 1999 season.
* Daniel DaPrato throws two interceptions tonight and Ole Miss scores touchdowns on the subsequent possessions both times.
* The Indians have a couple of negative streaks extended tonight - this is their third straight loss in an opener, ninth consecutive loss in a road opener and 14th straight to a SEC opponent.
* ULM's 118 yards on the ground are its most since the Louisiana-Lafayette game last season, five games ago. The Indians had only two games last year (ULL and North Texas) where they topped tonight's total on the ground.

OLE MISS POSTGAME NOTES
NOTING ELI
31-17-1 192 YARDS, 1 TD
* Extended his streak to 13 straight games - a school record - with at least one TD when he connected with Bill Flowers for a 26-yard score in the second quarter to put the Rebels up 7-3.
* The TD strike to Flowers moved Manning into sole possession of second place on the school's career list for TD passes with 32. He entered the night tied for second with Kent Austin, Mark Young and his father, Archie Manning.
* With 17 completions tonight, Manning passed Russ Shows for eighth place on the school's career list for completions with 292. Shows had 279 career completions from 1989-1992. Manning is 18 completions shy of tying Stewart Patridge for seventh place at 310.
* Manning also moved past John Darnell for ninth place on the school's career list for passing yards. Manning now has 3,310 career passing yards, 254 yards shy of tying Stewart Patridge for eighth place with 3,564.
* The 192 yards passing ended his school record streak of consecutive 200-yard passing games at 1

TEAM NOTES
* Tonight's attendance of 58,151 set a new Vaught-Hemingway Stadium/Hollingsworth Field record, breaking the previous mark of 52,476 set on Nov. 11, 2000 against LSU. The 58,151 also marks the largest on-campus crowd to watch a college football game in the state of Mississippi.
* Tonight's win extended Ole Miss' regular-season win streak over non-conference opponents to 23 games. The last time the Rebels lost a regular-season non-conference game was against Memphis, 17-16, on Nov. 5, 1994 in Oxford.
* Head Coach David Cutcliffe is now 10-0 in his career at Ole Miss versus non-SEC teams in the regular season and 12-1 including bowl games.
* Tonight's win improved the Rebels to 80-23-5 (.764 winning percentage) all-time in season openers, and they have now won seven straight season openers. Ole Miss' last loss to begin a season was at Auburn, 46-13, on Sept. 2, 1995.
* The Rebels are now 90-12-5 (.864 winning percentage) in home openers and have won 15 consecutive home openers since losing 31-10 to Arkansas in Jackson in the 1987 home opener (Ole Miss used to play home games in both Memphis and Jackson, in addition to Oxford).
* Ole Miss is 56-3-3 (.927 winning percentage) in games that are both its season and home opener, and the Rebels have won 12 such openers. The last time the Rebels lost a season/home opener was on Sept. 6, 1980, 23-20 to Texas A&M in a game played in Jackson.
* Ole Miss is now 22-4 in home night games since lights were installed at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium/Hollingsworth in 1990. The Rebels are 13-0 versus non-conference foes in home night games.

OFFENSIVE NOTES
* Senior RB Robert Williams recorded his first career 100-yard rushing game, gaining 100 yards on 18 carries, and also rushed for two scores.
* Junior RB Ronald McClendon scored on his first career carry as a Rebel, a 13-yard run with 10:42 in the fourth quarter to put Ole Miss up 31-3.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
* Sophomore Jonathan Nichols kicked a career-long 47-yard field goal with 12:31 left in the third quarter, breaking his previous long of 39 set in last year's finale against Vanderbilt.
* Nichols also recorded his first career punt, when he took a direct snap after the Rebels' lined-up for a field goal in the third quarter and punted the ball 32 yards to pin the Indians at their own three-yard line.

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