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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Ole Miss vs. Vanderbilt Postgame Notes
9/17/2011 | Football
Sept. 17, 2011
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SERIES INFORMATION
• Today's meeting was the 86th meeting between Ole Miss and Vanderbilt dating back to 1894 ... The Rebels lead the series 47-37-2 and have won 13 of the last 19 meetings since 1992 ... Ole Miss leads 47-19-2 in SEC games versus VU ... Vanderbilt won the first 19 games in the series, with Ole Miss having won 47 of the last 67 games played between the two teams ... The Rebels trails the Commodores 27-21-2 in games played in Nashville, but have won nine of the last 13 in the Music City including a 23-7 win in 2009 ... Ole Miss dropped the first 17 in a row to Vanderbilt in Nashville from 1894-1938.
CAPTAINS
(All Seniors): Wayne Dorsey (DL), Derrick Herman (WR), Bradley Sowell (OL) and Marcus Temple (CB)
DEBUTS:
Chase Hughes (OL) and Collins Moore (WR)
GENERAL NOTES
• The Rebels boast an all-time record of 620-478-35 (.563 winning percentage).
• Ole Miss opened league play with Vanderbilt for the seventh time in the last nine seasons ... The Rebels also opened SEC play on the road for the seventh time since 2003 ... Ole Miss has lost eight-straight SEC openers and is 30-45-3 in SEC openers ... The last league-opening win came in 2003 in Nashville, a 24-21 victory over the Commodores ... The Rebels are just 2-17 in their last 19 conference openers.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
• Ole Miss had six different receivers catch a pass in the game.
• Junior Ja-Mes Logan led the squad with three catches for 48 yards.
• Senior Brandon Bolden carried the ball eight times for 39 yards and a long rush of 11 yards in his first action since being injured in the BYU game. He also caught two passes for 20 yards.
• True freshman Donte Moncrief caught his first career touchdown on a 47-yard pass from QB Zach Stoudt in the fourth quarter.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
• Wayne Dorsey sacked Commodore quarterback Larry Smith in the first quarter and force a fumble which was recovered by Vincent Moss. Dorsey finished the game with a career-high five tackles and 1.0 TFL.
• Marcus Temple picked off a pass for the second-straight game and notched his third-career interception.
• The Rebels have six interceptions after three games this year after picking off a total of six passes last season. Ole Miss picked off its sixth pass in the final game last season.
• Sophomore Mike Marry led the team with 11 tackles, 2.0 TFLs and a QB sack.
• In his first action on defense, freshman wide receiver Nickolas Brassell posted one solo tackle, forced and recovered a fumble and had two pass breakups.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
• Junior Tyler Campbell punted six times for a 44.5-yard average and downed three punts inside the 20-yard line. He booted a long punt of 62 yards and kicked three punt 50-plus yards.