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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss
3-6 , 1-5
Arkansas
3-6 , 1-5
Ole Miss Falls To Arkansas 28-17 In SEC Play
11/12/2005 | Football
Nov. 12, 2005
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) - Freshman Casey Dick threw two of his three second-half touchdown passes to Marcus Monk in Arkansas' 28-17 victory over Mississippi on Saturday.
Dick was 17 of 24 for 175 yards in his second career start for the Razorbacks (3-6, 1-5 Southeastern Conference), who held Ole Miss to 10 yards rushing and snapped a four-game losing streak.
Arkansas trailed 17-7 points midway through the third quarter before the offense found a groove.
Dick had a 23-yard touchdown pass to Monk, then gave the Razorbacks took the lead for good when his 4-yard TD pass to Peyton Hillis made it 21-17 with about 12 minutes remaining.
Dick sealed the victory by capping Arkansas' next possession with a 24-yard touchdown pass to Monk with 5:06 to play.
Ethan Flatt was 20-of-37 passing for 309 yards in his first start of the season for Ole Miss (3-6, 1-5), which saw its faint bowl hopes dashed by Arkansas for the second straight year. Flatt started the final nine games of last season but failed to impress first-year coach Ed Orgeron until he was inserted two weeks ago in a loss at Auburn.
An anticipated battle of star freshman running backs never developed.
Arkansas' Darren McFadden, who entered as the SEC's leading rusher, carried 13 times for 22 yards - nearly 87 below his average. Fellow freshman Felix Jones led the Razorbacks with 50 yards rushing on 13 carries.
Ole Miss' Mico McSwain, the most productive freshman rusher in school history, sprained his right ankle on a 2-yard gain during the Rebels' second series, he said.
He spent the second half on crutches on the sideline, and finished with minus-1 yard.
His replacement, Larry Kendrick, ran 1 yard for a touchdown and caught an 8-yard scoring pass for the Rebels, who led 14-7 at halftime.
Kendrick led Ole Miss with 48 yards rushing. Flatt, a slow-running pocket passer, was sacked four times and was intercepted twice.
Randy Kelly returned Flatt's first intercepted pass 42 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the first quarter.
Team Stats
AR 0, UM 7
UM - Larry Kendrick 8 yd pass from Ethan Flatt (Matt Hinkle kick) 10 plays, 71 yards, TOP 5:21
AR 7, UM 7
AR - Randy Kelly 42 yd interception (Chris Balseiro kick)
AR 7, UM 14
UM - Larry Kendrick 1 yd run (Matt Hinkle kick), 6 plays, 38 yards, TOP 2:27
AR 7, UM 17
UM - Matt Hinkle 28 yd field goal 9 plays, 56 yards, TOP 4:47
AR 14, UM 17
AR - Marcus Monk 23 yd pass from Casey Dick (Chris Balseiro kick) 11 plays, 73 yards, TOP 4:43
AR 21, UM 17
AR - Peyton Hillis 4 yd pass from Casey Dick (Chris Balseiro kick) 11 plays, 63 yards, TOP 4:36
AR 28, UM 17
AR - Marcus Monk 24 yd pass from Casey Dick (Chris Balseiro kick) 9 plays, 61 yards, TOP 5:09