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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Postgame Notes
10/25/2008 | Football
SERIES INFORMATION
This game marked the 55th meeting all-time between Ole Miss and Arkansas dating back to 1908 ... Ole Miss records show the Rebels trailing the series 25-29-1, while Arkansas' records indicate a 30-24-1 advantage for the Razorbacks ... Arkansas claims a forfeit victory in a 1914 game that Ole Miss won 13-7.
Ole Miss ended a four-game skid to Arkansas and is 7-10 against the Hogs since they joined the SEC in 1992.
Despite the loss, the Razorbacks are 8-2 all-time in Fayetteville matchups and had prevailed in the last three at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium prior to today.
GENERAL NOTES
Ole Miss is off to its best start and equaled its most wins since 2003.
Eleven Ole Miss staff members were on staff, played or did both at Arkansas, including head coach Houston Nutt.
Ole Miss closed out a two-game SEC Western Division road swing.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
Sophomore QB Jevan Snead threw multiple TD passes for the fourth time this year and topped 200 yards passing for the fourth time ... Snead completed 14-of-27 passes for 209 yards, two TDs and one interception.
Senior Mike Wallace posted the fourth 100-yard receiving game of his career and second of the year with a career-high 120 yards on five catches, including a season-long 42-yard grab ... Wallace also picked up his first TD of the year on an 11-yard toss from Snead early in the fourth quarter.
Junior WR Shay Hodge extended his team lead in TD catches with his sixth of the year on a nine-yard pass from Snead ... Hodge collected four receptions for 47 yards.
Junior RB Cordera Eason had a career-high 19 carries, totaling a team-high 81 yards.
Junior Dexter McCluster equaled his career-high of 11 carries, posting 52 yards... McCluster also hauled in two passes for 19 yards
Ole Miss, who had just one turnover, improved to 4-0 when turning the ball over two times or fewer.
The Rebels scored first for the seventh time in eight games this season.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
Ole Miss notched three sacks and boasts 11 in the last four games.
Sophomore S Fon Ingram notched his first career interception and returned it 38 yards in the final seconds of the first half.
Senior DT Peria Jerry posted five total tackles and a career-high two sacks ... Jerry has 4.5 TFLs in his last two games.
Junior S Kendrick Lewis topped the team with eight tackles, including a career high tying six solos.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
Junior K Joshua Shene was perfect on the day, converting both PATs and connecting on a career-high three field goals from 28, 34 and 39 yards ... His 11 points matched his career best ... Shene has made eight straight FGs and is 12-of-13 this year.
