The University of Mississippi Athletics

Postgame Notes vs. LSU

11/16/2019 | Football

LSU 58, Ole Miss 37

 SERIES INFORMATION
• Tonight marked the 108th all-time meeting between the Ole Miss Rebels and LSU Tigers dating back to 1894.
• LSU is Ole Miss' second-most played opponent behind Mississippi State, whom the Rebels will play for the 116th time on Nov. 28.
• LSU now holds a 63-40-4 advantage in the series, 10-7-1 in Oxford ... The original record is 63-41-4 in favor of LSU with Ole Miss' 2013 win vacated due to NCAA ruling.

 CAPTAINS
• Josiah Coatney (DL), Octavius Cooley (TE), Alex Givens (OL), Myles Hartsfield (DB) 

 STARTER NOTES
• Eleven different Rebels have started all 11 games of the season. OFFENSE: Ben Brown (RG),  Alex Givens (RT), Michael Howard (LT), Eli Johnson (C), Jonathan Mingo (WR), Elijah Moore (WR), Royce Newman (LG), DEFENSE: Josiah Coatney (DL), Lakia Henry (ILB), Jalen Julius (FS), Qaadir Sheppard (OLB).
• Ben Brown and Alex Givens both tallied their team-leading 23rd consecutive start for Ole Miss on the offensive line.

 GENERAL NOTES
• Attendance for tonight game was 53,797, the most at Vaught-Hemingway this season.
• Today marked the 15th time that Ole Miss took on the No. 1 team in the country.
• The Rebels are now 0-14 against top-ranked teams, with it's lone win over No. 1 Alabama in vacated due to NCAA ruling.
• It was the ninth time in the last 10 seasons that Ole Miss faced the nation's top-ranked team.
• This was the fifth time the Rebels squared off against a No. 1 LSU squad ... Ole Miss is now 0-5 in those contests.
• The 1,328 yards of total offense were the third-most between two SEC opponents in conference history (1,349 yards - Missouri vs. Tennessee, 2016; 1,329 yards - Tennessee vs. Kentucky, 1997).

 OFFENSIVE NOTES
• Ole Miss tallied a season-high 614 yards of total offense, including 402 yards on the ground.
• It was the second straight game with over 600 yards of total offense and 400 yards rushing for the Rebels.
• The 402 rushing yards tied for the 16th most in school history.
• LSU came into the contest as No. 2 in the SEC and No. 13 nationally in rushing defense, only allowing only 100.7 yards rushing per game.
• It was the most rushing yards against an LSU defense since at least 1960.
• Ole Miss allowed zero sacks to an LSU defense that had at least 1.0 in each game this season.
• Ole Miss tallied three touchdown drives on the ground that took two plays or less ... The Rebels now have seven such drives on the season.
• QB John Rhys Plumlee led the Ole Miss rushing attack, carrying the ball 21 times for 212 yards and four TDs.
• It was the most rushing yards by an Ole Miss quarterback in a single game, passing Norris Weese's 178 rushing yards set in 1972.
• The 212 yards were also the most rushing yards ever in a single game by an Ole Miss freshman.
• Plumlee is just the fifth SEC quarterback over the last 20 season with four rushing TDs (Nick Fitzgerald [2x], Cam Newton, Tim Tebow and Jesse Palmer).
• The freshman signal-caller became the first QB to rush for at least 200 yards against the AP No. 1 team since Vince Young did it in the 2006 Rose Bowl vs. USC.
• Plumlee is the first quarterback to rush for 200+ yards on LSU since Cam Newton in 2010.
• Plumlee extended his freshman rushing touchdown record (11), as well as his freshman overall TD record (15).
• The last time an Ole Miss player rushed for four or more touchdowns was Dexter McCluster vs. Tennessee in 2009.
• RB Jerrion Ealy rushed for a career-high 141 yards.
• It marked back-to-back games that two Ole Miss players rushed for 100 yards in the same contest.
• WR Elijah Moore hauled in nine catches for a career-high 143 yards ... Moore also hauled in his fifth TD reception.

 DEFENSIVE NOTES
• Ole Miss forced two interceptions from Joe Burrow ... It was only the second multi-interception game of Burrow's career.
• ILB Willie Hibbler had a career-high nine tackles to lead the Ole Miss defense.
• DB Jalen Julius tallied nine tackles and two pass breakups.
• DB Keidron Smith set a career high in total tackles (eight).
• Smith tallied his first interception of the season and second of his career.
• The seven tackles for DB Deantre Prince were a career high.
• Prince registered his second interception of the season and his career.

 SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
• P Mac Brown punted three times for an average of 44.0 yards, with a long of 50.

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Players Mentioned

55

Ben Brown

OL
/ Football
96

Mac Brown

P
/ Football
40

Josiah Coatney

DT
/ Football
15

Octavius Cooley

TE
/ Football
9

Jerrion Ealy

RB
/ Football
67

Alex Givens

OL
/ Football
1

Lakia Henry

ILB
/ Football
17

Willie Hibbler

ILB
/ Football
52

Michael Howard

OL
/ Football
61

Eli Johnson

C
/ Football
26

Jalen Julius

DB
/ Football
1

Jonathan Mingo

WR
/ Football
8

Elijah Moore

WR
/ Football
72

Royce Newman

OL
/ Football
24

Deantre Prince

DB
/ Football
97

Qaadir Sheppard

OLB
/ Football
20

Keidron Smith

DB
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