Postgame Notes vs. Mississippi State

SERIES INFORMATION

• Today was the 115th meeting of one of the nation's most-played rivalries ... Ole Miss holds a 64-45-6 advantage in the series dating back to 1901.
• The Ole Miss-Mississippi State series is tied with the Michigan-Ohio State series for the 15th-longest in NCAA Division I history.
• This will be the 30th time the series has been played on Thanksgiving Day ... Ole Miss holds a 17-13 advantage in Thanksgiving games ... Mississippi State leads 9-8 in games played in Oxford.
• Today was the first time since 2002 for the game to be played in Oxford on Thanksgiving Day.
• It was the 91st "Battle of the Golden Egg," as the two schools started playing for the trophy in 1927 ... Ole Miss holds a 58-28-5 advantage in the "Egg Bowl."

CAPTAINS

• Benito Jones (DL), C.J. Moore (DB), Javon Patterson (OL) Sean Rawlings (OL), .

GENERAL NOTES

• Attendance for tonight's game was 56,561.
• Thursday's game served as Senior Day and was the final home game at for 19 Ole Miss student-athlete. WR Floyd Allen, LB Detric Bing-Dukes, DT Ross Donelly, DE Victor Evans, DB Javien Hamilton, DT Jordan Hebert, OL Sam Johnson, WR DaMarkus Lodge, DB C.J. Moore, OL Javon Patterson, OL Sean Rawlings, OL Jordan Sims, QB Jordan Ta'amu, LS Mike Taylor, WR Alex Weber, DB Ken Webster, DE Markel Winters, DB Zedrick Woods.

FIRST-TIME STARTER (SEASON)

• Offense: Jordan Sims (OL)

OFFENSIVE NOTES

• QB Jordan Ta'amu, who was limited due to an injury, finished the game 8-of-17 for 87 yards.
• Ta'amu passed for 3,918 yards in 2018, finishing second on the single-season charts in passing yardage.
• Ta'amu finished his career ranked sixth in program history with 5,600 career passing yards.
• Matt Corral was 5-of-8 for 65 yards filling in for Ta'amu.
• WR A.J. Brown caught four passes for 61 yards.
• Brown passed Laquon Treadwell's single-season receptions record with 85 catches on the year.
• Brown finishes the season with an Ole Miss single-season record of 1,320 receiving yards.
• Brown is No. 1 on Ole Miss' career receiving charts with 2,984 yards.
• WR DaMarkus Lodge hauled in three catches for 54 yards.
• Lodge finished in ninth place in Ole Miss' record books in single-season receving yards (877).
• Lodge finishes his career with 1,790 receiving yards.
• Lodge tied for eighth in single-season receptions (65).
• RB Isaiah Woullard carried 11 times for 63 yards.

DEFENSIVE NOTES

• DT Josiah Coatney had a team-high and career-high 12 tackles.
• DB Zedrick Woods tallied nine total tackles in his final game as a Rebel.
• DE Ryder Anderson set a career high in both tackles (nine) and tackles for loss (1.5).
• LB Mohamed Sanogo registered eight total tackles ... The sophomore finished the season with 112 tackles
• Sanogo is just the second Rebel in the last 12 years to tally 100-plus tackles in a season.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

• K Luke Logan was 1-of-1 on field goal attempts and finished the season tied for second in school history with 22 field goals on the season.
• Logan finished the season with 111 total points scored, the third-most in a single-season by a Rebel.
• P Mac Brown punted six times for an average of 43.7 including a career-long of 65 yards.

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Players Mentioned

Floyd Allen

Ryder Anderson

Detric Bing-Dukes

A.J. Brown

Mac Brown

Josiah Coatney

Matt Corral

Ross Donelly

Victor Evans

Javien Hamilton

Jordan Hebert

Sam Johnson

Benito Jones

DaMarkus Lodge

Luke Logan

C.J. Moore

Javon Patterson

Sean Rawlings

MoMo Sanogo

Jordan Sims

Jordan Ta'amu

Mike Taylor

Alex Weber

Ken Webster

Markel Winters

Zedrick Woods

Isaiah Woullard

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