Ole Miss vs. Memphis Postgame Notes

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GAME #1 * VS. MEMPHIS * SEPTEMBER 4, 2004 * 6:00 P.M.

SERIES INFORMATION

Tonight's meeting was the 54th all-time between Ole Miss and Memphis.

Ole Miss leads the all-time series 42-10-2, including 16-2 in Oxford.

Memphis' 20-13 win marked just the Tigers' second-ever win over Ole Miss in Oxford ... The Tigers only other win over theRebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium came in 1994, 17-16.

FIRST-TIME STARTERS
OFFENSE: #75- Bobby Harris (Jr., LT); #16- Micheal Spurlock (Jr., QB)
DEFENSE: #72- Michael Bozeman (Jr., NT); #20- Charles Clark (So., WS); #3- Trumaine McBride (So., RCB)

DEBUTS Ole Miss had five players make their Rebel debuts this evening: Alan Abrams (RSFr., RB), Garry Pack (Fr., LB), Nate Banks (RSFr., DB), Corey Mills (Fr., DE), and OL Darryl Harris (RSFr., OL) ... Junior DL Chris Herring saw his first action in an Ole Miss uniform since 2002. He appeared in nine games as a true freshman at Ole Miss in 2002, before transferring to Northwest C.C. for the 2003 season.

OPENERS

Tonight's game marked the start of the 110th football season for Ole Miss.

Tonight's 20-13 loss snapped Ole Miss' streak of eight consecutive season-opening wins. Prior to tonight, the last time the Rebels dropped a season opener was in 1995, 46-13 at Auburn.

Ole Miss is now 81-24-5 (.759 winning pct.) in season openers.

Tonight's loss also ended a streak of 16 wins in home openers for Ole Miss. Prior to tonight, the last time the Rebels dropped a home opener was in 1987, 31-10 to Arkansas in Jackson (Ole Miss used to play some home games in both Jackson and Memphis).

The Rebels are now 91-13-5 (.858 winning pct.) in home openers, including home openers played in Jackson or Memphis ... The Rebels are 68-6-4 (.897 winning pct.) in home openers played in Oxford.

When Ole Miss' season and home opener are one in the same, Ole Miss is now 56-4-3 (.913 winning pct.).

OFFENSIVE NOTES

Ole Miss' 24:57 time of possession this evening was its lowest since controlling the ball for only 24:11 in last year's 17-14 loss against LSU in Oxford.

The Rebels had no turnovers tonight for the first time since last year's game at Auburn on November 8.

The 43-yard pass from Micheal Spurlock to Taye Biddle in the fourth quarter was a career-long for Spurlock ... His previous long was a 28-yard completion last year against Arkansas State.

DEFENSIVE NOTES

Junior SS Kelvin Robinson recorded a career-high 10 tackles (seven solo) this evening, including 2.0 TFLs (-3 yards).

Sophomore DB Trumaine McBride recorded his first career interception in the first quarter ... McBride also recorded a career-high five stops (three solo) and two pass deflections.

Ole Miss did not record a sack tonight to snap a streak of 29 consecutive games in which the Rebel defense recorded at least one QB sack.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

Senior PK Jonathan Nichols made his lone PAT attempt of the evening to extend his school-record streak to 99 consecutive PATs made. The 99 consecutive PATs made is also the longest active streak in the nation.

Senior P Cody Ridgeway's 10 punts was one shy of his career high of 11 set against Florida in 2002. His 457 punting yards was also 46 yards shy of his career high of 503 set against the Gators in 2002.

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