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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Postgame Notes - Ole Miss vs. Auburn
10/31/2015 | Football
POSTGAME NOTES
#19 OLE MISS 27, AUBURN 19
OCTOBER 31, 2015
SERIES INFORMATION
• This was the 40th meeting between Ole Miss and Auburn ... Ole Miss snapped Auburn's two-game winning streak ... The Tigers now lead the all-time series 29-11 and 14-3 on the Plains.
CAPTAINS
(All): Justin Bell (Sr., OL), Evan Engram (Jr., TE), Mike Hilton (Sr., DB), Trae Elston (Sr., DB)
FIRST-TIME STARTERs (4)
Offense: Jordan Sims (OG)
Defense: D.J. Jones (NT), DeMarquis Gates (OLB), Zedrick Woods (DB)
GENERAL NOTES
• Ole Miss has defeated Alabama and Auburn in the same season for the first time since 2003 and has beaten both on the road for the first time ever.
• Ole Miss is 7-2 overall for the second straight year and the fourth time in the last 25 years.
• The Rebels are 4-1 in SEC play for the second straight year and the third time in the last 25 years.
• The Rebels now own an all-time record of 652-503-35 (.563 winning percentage) and a 31-17 record under Hugh Freeze (.646 winning percentage).
• This was the 15th Ole Miss game played on Halloween ... Ole Miss evened its record to 7-7-1.
• Ole Miss improves to 26-2 under Freeze when it rushes for 150 or more yards.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
• Ole Miss piled up 558 total yards of offense, its fourth game with 500+ yards this season and first against an SEC opponent.
• The Rebels eclipsed 400 passing yards (402) for the third time this season and the ninth time in program history.
• Junior QB Chad Kelly completed 33 of 51 passes for 381 yards with two TDs and two INTs ... He also rushed eight times for 21 yards.
• Kelly extended his single-season school record with his sixth 300-yard passing game ... He's third on the career chart behind Bo Wallace (11) and Eli Manning (10).
• Junior WR Laquon Treadwell caught seven passes for 114 yards and a TD ... It was his fourth straight game with 100 yards and a TD.
• Treadwell posted his fifth 100-yard receiving game of the season, tying Donte Moncrief (2013) and Shay Hodge (2009) for the single-season school record.
• Treadwell passed his position coach Grant Heard for fifth on the Ole Miss career receiving yards chart with 2,110 ... Treadwell becomes the seventh Rebel to crack 2,000 career receiving yards and the fastest of those seven to do it.
• Senior RB Jaylen Walton recorded 125 all-purpose yards and 78 rushing yards ... He passed Dexter McCluster for second on the all-time Ole Miss chart with 4,211 career all-purpose yards and passed Charlie Flowers for 10th on the rushing list with 1,733.
• Junior RB Akeem Judd rushed eight times for 54 yards, including a highlight-reel 25-yard touchdown.
• Junior WR Derrick Jones caught a career-long 45-yard pass for his second career touchdown.
• Sophomore WR Damore'ea Stringfellow hauled in a career-high eight catches for 71 yards.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
• The Rebel defense had one takeaway in the game and now has 17 on the year ... They entered the game second in the SEC and top 15 nationally in takeaways.
• Ole Miss recorded one more interception ... The Rebels entered the game with the second-most picks among SEC teams and now have 12 on the year.
• Reigning SEC D-Lineman of the week, sophomore DE Marquis Haynes, had another big outing with 3.0 TFLs and 2.0 sacks ... He leads the team with 7.5 sacks on the year and has moved up to a tie for sixth on the Ole Miss career chart with 15.0 in just under two seasons.
• Junior CB Tony Bridges snagged his second interception of the season ... Both have come in the state of Alabama.
• Senior S Trae Elston led the team with seven tackles and had two more pass breakups ... He entered the game with an SEC-leading 11 passes defended.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
• Sophomore K Gary Wunderlich hit both of his field-goal attempts (from 27 and 37) ... He cracks the Ole Miss single-season list with 14 field goals made this year.
