Postgame Notes vs. Arkansas

SERIES INFORMATION

• Tonight's meeting marked the 65th all-time meeting between Ole Miss and Arkansas in a series that dates back to 1908.
• Ole Miss now trails the series 29-35-1, while Arkansas' records indicate a 36-28-1 advantage for the Razorbacks ... Arkansas claims a forfeit victory in a 1914 game that Ole Miss won 13-7.
• Arkansas still holds a 16-11 edge since it joined the SEC in 1992.
• Ole Miss leads 9-6-1 in games played in Little Rock, including four straight in the state capital.
• Tonight was just the first meeting in Little Rock since 2012 and just the second at War Memorial Stadium since 1993.

CAPTAINS

• Alex Givens(OL), Scottie Phillips (RB), Austrian Robinson (DE), Zedrick Woods (DB)

FIRST-TIME STARTERS

• Defense: Armani Linton (DB)

GENERAL NOTES

• Attendance for tonight's game was 51,438.

OFFENSIVE NOTES

• Ole Miss finished the game will 387 yards passing and 226 on the ground for 613 total yards of offense ... It was the fourth time this season the Rebels surpassed the 600-yard mark in a game.
• The Rebels were 5-of-6 in red zone opportunities ... The Rebels came into the game second in the SEC and 11th in the country with a red zone scoring percentage of 95.7.
• With Luke Logan's 36-yard field goal to open the game, Ole Miss has now scored on its opening drive in four of its six games.
• QB Jordan Ta'amu finished the game 26-of-35 for 387 yards and two touchdowns.
• Ta'amu rushed for a career-high 141 yards and one TD ... Ta'amu has tallied at least one rushing TD in three of the last four games ... The 141 rushing yards were just 37 yards shy of the single-game rushing record by an Ole Miss QB.
• It's the most fourth-most rushing yards by an Ole Miss quarterback and the most since 1979 (John Fourcade, 169).
• Ta'amu became just the first Ole Miss quarterback to rush for more than 100 yards since 2015 when Chad Kelly rushed for 110 yards against Arkansas.
• Ta'amu's 528 total yards is the second-most in school history, only behind Archie Manning 540 total yards against Alabama in 1969.
• RB Scottie Phillips rushed for 86 yards and one touchdown on 18 carries ... Phillips has recorded at least one rushing TD in six of the seven games this season.
• TE Octavious Cooley hauled in two catches for a career and team-high 85 yards and one receiving TD, the first of his career.
• Cooley's touchdown was the first by an Ole Miss tight end since 2016.
• The 66-yard TD strike to Cooley in the third quarter was Ole Miss' eighth pass of more than 50 yards this season ... Five of those eight have resulted in touchdowns.
• WR DaMarkus Lodge finished with a career-high 10 catches for 80 yards and one touchdown.

DEFENSIVE NOTES

• Ole Miss has now forced at least one turnover in six of the seven games this season.
• DB Zedrick Woods finished with a team-high eight total tackles and one interception.
• DB Ken Webster tallied six total tackles including a career-high five solo stops.
• DB Armani Linton earned his first career start and finished with ? tackles.
• DE Tariqious Tisdale recorded his first career sack ... He ended the game with ? tackles.

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Players Mentioned

Octavius Cooley

Alex Givens

Armani Linton

DaMarkus Lodge

Luke Logan

Scottie Phillips

Austrian Robinson

Jordan Ta'amu

Tariqious Tisdale

Ken Webster

Zedrick Woods

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