Postgame Notes vs. Texas Tech

SERIES INFORMATION

• Saturday's meeting was just the sixth all-time between Ole Miss and Texas Tech.
• Ole Miss now leads the all-time series against Texas Tech 4-2 and is 4-0 in games played at a neutral site.
• Ole Miss improves to 15-12 against members of the Big 12 Conference.

CAPTAINS

• C.J. Moore (DB), Sean Rawlings (C), Jordan Ta'amu (QB), Zedrick Woods (DB)

FIRST-TIME STARTERS

• Offense: Ben Brown (OL), Scottie Phillips (RB)
• Defense: Montrell Custis (DB), Austrian Robinson (DE), Kevontae' Ruggs (LB), Mohamed Sanogo (LB)

DEBUTS

• Zikerrion Baker, Quentin Bivens, Ben Brown, Josh Clarke, Montrell Custis, Vernon Dasher, Jacquez Jones, Tylan Knight, Elijah Moore, Scottie Phillips, Kevontae' Ruggs, Austrian Robinson, Ty Rocconi, Keidron Smith, Tariqious Tisdale, Isaiah Woullard

GENERAL NOTES

• Attendance for tonight's game was 40,33.
• This is the third time in the last five years that Ole Miss has opened the season in a neutral site contest ... The Rebels are 1-1 in those contests.
• The Rebels are 92-27-5 (.762 winning percentage) in season openers and have taken 19 of the last 22.
• Ole Miss is 163-87-7 (.648 winning pct.) all-time during the month of September.
• Ole Miss is 116-40-6 (.735 winning pct.) all-time versus non-conference opponents during the month.

OFFENSIVE NOTES

• RB Scottie Phillips recorded 204 yards, on 16 carries with two touchdowns in his first career start for Ole Miss.
• Phillips became just the 8th running back to run for over 200 yards in a game ... It was the 10th overall time in program history.
• His 204 yards are the most by an Ole Miss running back making his debut.
• Ole Miss opened the game with a two play, 69-yard drive that only took 33 seconds ... It was the third time in the last six games that Ole Miss has scored a TD within the opening 39 seconds (39 seconds at Mississippi State (11/23/18), 31 seconds vs. Arkansas (10/28/17).
• Ole Miss tallied two scoring plays of 50 yards or greater. The Rebels had 12 last season.
• Ole Miss had three scoring drives that resulted in TDs that took less than 50 seconds.
• The 24 first quarter points were the most in an opening 12 minutes since Sept. 12, 2015 vs. Fresno State, when the Rebels tallied 28 to open the game.
• QB Jordan Ta'amu complete 22-of-32 passes for 336 yards and two touchdowns.
• WR A.J. Brown led all Ole Miss receivers with seven catches for 93 yards and one touchdown.
• WR Braylon Sanders tallied a career-high in both catches (four) and yards (60).

DEFENSIVE NOTES

• DE Qaadir Sheppard recorded a career-high 1.5 tackles-for-loss.
• DB Zedrick Woods tallied a team-high nine tackles.
• DB Jaylon Jones recorded a career-high in total tackles (7) and solo tackles (7) before leaving the game due to injury.
• DB Montrell Custis had a career-high seven tackles, all of which were solo tackles ... He also had four pass breakups.
• DB Vernon Dasher tallied a career-high five tackles.
• The Ole Miss defense stopped Texas Tech on all three of the Red Raiders' fourth down attempts.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

• Junior Jaylon Jones recorded his second career kickoff return TD with a 97 yard score in the first quarter.
• It was the second straight years Jones' tallied a kick return TD ... Prior to last season, Ole Miss hadn't returned a kick for a touchdown since 2012.
• Luke Logan kicked a career-high four field goals, including a career-long 39 yarder.

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Players Mentioned

Zikerrion Baker

Quentin Bivens

A.J. Brown

Ben Brown

Josh Clarke

Montrell Custis

Vernon Dasher

Jacquez Jones

Jaylon Jones

Tylan Knight

Luke Logan

C.J. Moore

Elijah Moore

Scottie Phillips

Sean Rawlings

Austrian Robinson

Ty Rocconi

Kevontae' Ruggs

Braylon Sanders

MoMo Sanogo

Qaadir Sheppard

Keidron Smith

Jordan Ta'amu

Tariqious Tisdale

Zedrick Woods

Isaiah Woullard

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