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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Postgame Notes - #11 Ole Miss 43, #2 Alabama 37
9/20/2015 | Football
POSTGAME NOTES
#11 OLE MISS 43, #2 ALABAMA 37 - 9/19/15
SERIES INFORMATION
• This was the 63rd meeting all-time between Ole Miss and Alabama ... The Crimson Tide now hold a 47-11-2 series lead.
• Ole Miss has defeated Alabama in back-to-back years for the first time in history and won in Tuscaloosa for the first time since 1988.
CAPTAINS
(All): Justin Bell (Sr., OL), Evan Engram (Jr., TE), Mike Hilton (Sr., DB), C.J. Johnson (Sr., LB)
GENERAL NOTES
• Attendance at Bryant-Denny Stadium was a capacity crowd of 101,821.
• The Rebels now own an all-time record of 648-501-35 (.562 winning percentage) and a 27-15 record under Hugh Freeze (.643 winning percentage).
• Ole Miss now has an all-time record of 33-46-3 (.421 winning percentage) in SEC openers.
• Ole Miss starts the season 3-0 for the third straight year.
• The Rebels' 43 points were their most ever scored in a game in Tuscaloosa and tied for the second-most points against Alabama in the all-time series.
• This is the first time in school history Ole Miss has scored 43 or more points in three straight games.
• Ole Miss handed Alabama its first loss in Tuscaloosa since Texas A&M in 2012.
• The Rebels forced five Alabama turnovers (scoring 24 points off of them) and did not commit a single turnover in the game.
• Ole Miss improved to 64-147-2 all-time against ranked teams and 6-10 under Freeze ... The Rebels are now 4-8 against top-10 teams and 3-3 against top-five foes in the Freeze era ... This was the Rebels' second straight win over a top-five team (31-17 win over No. 4 Mississippi State last year).
• Ole Miss is now 21-4 under Freeze when it leads at halftime, including a 3-0 mark this year.
• Ole Miss won the toss and deferred to the second half ... The Rebels have won the toss in two of three games this year.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
• Ole Miss was a perfect 4-for-4 in red zone tries (2 TD, 2 FG) and is a perfect 15-for-15 this season (12 TD, 3 FG).
• Junior QB Chad Kelly completed 18 of 33 passes for 341 yards, three TDs and no interceptions, while rushing eight times for 21 yards and another score ... He's now accounted for 12 total touchdowns this year (four per game).
• Sophomore RB Jordan Wilkins punched in a 1-yard touchdown in the second quarter for his second career TD (first of the season) ... He's the seventh different Rebel to rush for a touchdown this season.
• Junior WR Quincy Adeboyejo caught his fifth touchdown of the season with a crazy 66-yard reception on a desperation heave by Kelly that was tipped up.
• Senior WR Cody Core caught four passes for a career-high 123 yards, including a 73-yard TD in the fourth quarter that put the Rebels up by two scores ... It was Core's second career 100-yard receiving game.
• With five catches, Laquon Treadwell passed Rebel great Dexter McCluster and moved into 10th place in school history with 134 career receptions ... Treadwell also moved into a tie for ninth in school history with 11 career TD catches ... He finished the game with five catches for 80 yards and his first TD of the season.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
• Ole Miss forced five Alabama turnovers and has forced 10 turnovers on the season ... The Rebels led the SEC and ranked eighth nationally with 32 turnovers last year.
• The Ole Miss defense held Alabama scoreless in the first quarter at Bryant-Denny Stadium for the first time since 2012.
• Senior FS Trae Elston had an interception for the third straight game, but it was the first time he didn't return it to the house this season.
• Senior LB C.J. Johnson picked off a pass for the second straight game and third time in his career.
• Junior CB Tony Bridges snagged his first interception as a Rebel late in the fourth quarter.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
• Sophomore K Gary Wunderlich made a career-high three field goals on three attempts, converting from 32, 34 and 45 yards.
• Sophomore DB A.J. Moore recovered an Alabama fumble (his first career recovery) on the opening kickoff that set up a Rebel field goal for the game's first score ... He then forced a fumble on a second-quarter Alabama kick return (recovered by Carlos Davis) that set up a Chad Kelly touchdown run.
