The University of Mississippi Athletics
Postgame Notes vs. South Carolina
11/3/2018 | Football
| SERIES INFORMATION |
• The all-time series between the Rebels and Gamecocks in now tied at 8-8 ... Ole Miss falls to 3-3 in games played in Oxford vs. the Gamecocks.
| CAPTAINS |
| GENERAL NOTES |
| FIRST-CAREER START |
• Defense: Keidron Smith (DB)
| OFFENSIVE NOTES |
• WR A.J. Brown hauled in six catches for 115 yards.
• It was the fourth 100-yard game for Brown this season ... Brown is now in sole possession for second place in program history with 10 100-yard receiving games in his career.
• Brown is fourth on Ole Miss' career leaderboard in receptions with 170.
• Brown's 2,584 career receiving yards is third in program history ... He's just 63 yards of becoming the Rebels' all-time leading receiver.
• Brown's 66 receptions in 2018 is tied for sixth in total receptions in Ole Miss' single-season record book.
• QB Jordan Ta'amu was 31-of-46 for 379 passing yards and one touchdown through the air.
• The 46 passing attempts tied a career-high for Ta'amu, which Ta'amu set in Ole Miss' last contest vs. Auburn
• Ta'amu ranks 10th in program history with 4,683 career passing yards.
• Ta'amu sits at 3,001 yards passing on the season, just the sixth time an Ole Miss QB has thrown for more than 3,000 yards in a season ...
• Ta'amu becomes the fourth Rebels quarterback to throw for more than 3,000 yards in a season ... Eli Manning and Bo Wallace both did it twice during their Ole Miss careers.
• Ta'amu carried a career-high 21 times for 66 yards and one score.
• Ta'amu's 445 total yards of offense ranks eighth in program history in a single game ... It was his third straight game surpassing the 400-yard total offense mark ... Ta'amu has five of the top 10 total offense single-game performances in program history.
• Coming into this season, there had only been 17 performances in school history that tallied 400 or more yards total offense. Ta'amu has recorded five this season.
• RB Scottie Phillips led Ole Miss on the ground with a career-high 21 carries for 141 yards and a career-best three touchdowns.
• Phillips is tied for fifth in program history in single-season rushing TDs with 12.
• Phillips' 14 total TDs is tied with Kayo Dottley and Archie Manning for third all-time in a single season.
• The 237 rushing yards were the second-most by Ole Miss this season.
• The 98 plays were just two plays short of a school record for most plays run of 100 which was set vs. Wyoming in 2004.
• The 34 first downs were just two plays short of a school record for most first downs in a game (36) which was set vs. Chattanooga in 1971 and vs. Memphis in 1980.
| DEFENSIVE NOTES |
• DT Mohamed Sanogo led the Rebels with 11 total tackles ... It was the fourth time this season that Sanogo has led the Rebels in tackles.
• Sanogo tallied a season and career-best two quarterback hurries.
• DE Qaadir Sheppard tied a career-high with six total tackles.
• Playing in just his third game on the defensive side of the ball, DB Tylan Knight set his career high with five tackles.
| SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES |
• K Luke Logan was 3-of-3 on field goal attempts with makes from 25, 26 and 31 yards.
• Logan is now 15-of-19 in field goals on the year.
• Elijah Moore had two kickoff returns for a total of 43 yards.
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