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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss vs. Fresno State Postgame Notes
10/2/2011 | Football
Oct. 2, 2011
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SERIES INFORMATION
•This game marked the second meeting between Ole Miss and Fresno State. The Rebels won last year's first matchup 55-38 in Oxford.
CAPTAINS
(All Seniors): Brandon Bolden (RB), Kentrell Lockett (DL), Marcus Temple (WR) and Marcus Temple (CB)
FIRST TIME STARTERS:
Offense: Randall Mackey(QB).
GENERAL NOTES
•The Rebels have only faced one other team from the state of California (Long Beach State, 1971) and the Bulldogs are the western-most opponent Ole Miss has ever played. This was Ole Miss' first-ever game in the state of Califorina and the western-most game the Rebels have ever played. The previous western-most road game was at Wyoming in 2004.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
• Senior Brandon Bolden rushed for 43 yards and two touchdowns and ranks second in Ole Miss history with 25 rushing TDs and 30 total touchdowns. He also moved into sixth place in school history with 3,206 all-purpose yards. In two career games versus Fresno State, Bolden has 271 yards rushing and five TDs.
• Running back Jeff Scott tore off a 69-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, which was the longest TD run by a Rebel since Scott's 83-yard score against Auburn last season. Scott posted his third career 100-yard rushing game and his second of the season. He finished with a career-high 138 yards rushing on 24 attempts and scored two touchdowns. He also caught one pass for 24 yards and added 44 yards on kickoff returns. The 206 all-purpose yards mark the second 200-yard all-purpose game of his season and the third of his career.
• In his first career start, junior quarterback Randall Mackey threw for 214 yards and one touchdown on 8-of-18 passing. He He also rushed five times for 35 yards.
• Freshman Donte Moncrief hauled in a career long 57-yard reception, while fellow freshman Nickolas Brassell caught a career-long 40-yard pass. Junior Ja-Mas Logan added a game-high three catches for 65 yards. Junior Melvin Harris posted his first touchdown catch of the season on a 22-yard pass from Randall Mackey. It was Harris' first TD reception since Alabama last season.
• The Rebels' 15-play, 85-yard touchdown drive in the fourth quarter was Ole Miss' longest scoring drive this season both in terms of plays and yards.
• Ole Miss total 430 yards of total offensive and 216 yards rushing, both of which were season highs.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
• Charles Sawyer intercepted his fourth pass of the season and now has six in his career. Sawyer is currently tied for the lead in the SEC in interceptions and entered the game tied for eighth nationally. Sawyer added five tackles (two solo) in the game.
• Ole Miss now has eight interceptions on the year after recording just six picks all of last year. The Rebels entered the game tied for second in the SEC and fourth in the nation in interceptions.
• Freshman Ralph Williams posted a career-high with six tackles (four solo) and his first career QB sack in his second career start.
• Sophomore Mike Marry total a game-high nine tackles (five solo). He entered the game second in the SEC in tackles averaging 10.5 per game.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
• Junior Bryson Rose connected on a 24-yard field goal attempt in the fourth quarter and has now made 13 consecutive field goal attempts dating back to last season. Rose was also 3-for-4 on PATs and had his first attempt blocked.