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Postgame Notes vs. Texas A&M

11/10/2018 | Football

Texas A&M 38, Ole Miss 24

 SERIES INFORMATION
• Today marked the 11th all-time meeting between Ole Miss and Texas A&M in a series that started in 1911.
• Texas A&M now leads the all-time series vs. Ole Miss 8-3 ... The Aggies lead 3-2 in games played in College Station, Texas.
 
 CAPTAINS
Josiah Coatney (DL), Dawson Knox (TE), DaMarkus Lodge (WR), Ken Webster (DB)
 
 GENERAL NOTES
• Attendance for today's game was 102,618.
 
 OFFENSIVE NOTES
• With 127 yards vs. the Aggies, WR A.J. Brown became Ole Miss' all-time leading receiver with 2,711  yards, passing Shay Hodge's (2006-09) mark of 2,646.
• Brown now has 1,047 yards receiving on the season, marking just the fourth time in program history a receiver has surpassed the 1,000-yard receiving mark in a single season.
• Brown is the only receiver in Ole Miss history to go over 1,000 yards receiving in multiple seasons ... He set the school record with 1,252 yards receiving last season. 
• It was the third straight 100-yard game and fifth overall for Brown this season ... Brown is now tied for the Ole Miss school record with 11 100-yard receiving games in his career.
• Brown is now third on Ole Miss' career leaderboard in receptions with 176.
• Brown's 72 receptions in 2018 is tied for fourth in total receptions in Ole Miss' single-season record book.
• QB Jordan Ta'mu was 22-of-35 for 373 passing yards and one touchdown through the air.
• Ta'amu also tallied one TD on the ground ... He has six rushing TDs on the season, second-most amongst SEC quarterbacks.
• Ta'amu ranks eighth in program history with 5,056 career passing yards.
• Ta'amu sits at 3,375 yards passing on the season, fourth in single-season passing yardage in program history.
• Ta'amu is tied with Chad Kelly's 2015 record of eight 300-yard passing games in a single season ... Ta'amu has 10 such games in his career, ranked third in school history.
• Playing in place of an injured Scottie Phillips, RB Isaiah Woullard finished with a career-high in both carries (16) and yards (64).
• Phillips, who came into the game leading the SEC in rushing TDs and third in rushing yardage, finished the game with four yards on three carries after being injured during the first quarter.
• WR DaMarkus Lodge hauled in six catches for 122 yards and one touchdown ... It was Lodge's third 100-yard receiving game of the season.
• With 12 career receiving touchdowns, Lodge is just one TD shy of breaking into the top-10 in career receiving TDs.
• TE Octavious Cooley finished the contest with a career-high three catches for 66 yards.
 
 DEFENSIVE NOTES
Zedrick Woods' 96-yard scoop and score in the third quarter was the second-longest fumble return in program history ... B.L. "Pinky" Roberts recorded a 99-yard fumble return against LSU back in 1914.
• It was the second-career touchdown for Woods ... He recorded a 31-yard interception return for a TD against Memphis in 2016.
• Ole Miss now has three defensive touchdowns on the season.
• DT Mohamed Sanogo led the Rebels with 16 total tackles, tying his career-high.
• Sanogo also had 16 tackles earlier this season vs. Auburn ... Sanogo is the only Rebel since 2001 to record two 16-plus tackle games in the same season.
It was the fifth time this season that Sanogo has led the Rebels in tackles and also the fifth time in tally double digit tackles.
• DT Josiah Coatney tied a career-high with nine total tackles.
• LB Willie Hibbler set a career-high with seven total tackles, including two tackles for loss.
 
 SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
• P Mac Brown punted six times for 46.5 yards per punt, including three punts over 50 yards.
• K Luke Logan was 1-of-2 on field goal attempts with a make from 24 yards out.
• Logan is now 16-of-21 in field goals on the year.
Elijah Moore had a career-long 15-yard punt return.
 
 
 

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