Postgame Notes vs. Cal

SERIES INFORMATION

• Today was just the second all-time meeting between Ole Miss and Cal.
• Ole Miss is now 0-2 against the Golden Bears after today's loss ... Cal won the other meeting between the two teams 27-16 in 2017 (Berkeley, Calif.).
• Cal is the only current member of the Pac-12 conference that Ole Miss has faced (2019, 2017).

CAPTAINS

• Josiah Coatney (DL), Octavious Cooley (TE), Alex Givens (OL), Benito Jones (DL)

SEASON DEBUTS

• Nick Haynes (TE), John Rhys Plumlee (QB), Ty Rocconi (DB)

GENERAL NOTES

• Attendance for today's game was 46,850.
• Ole Miss is 154-90-7 (.627 winning pct.) all-time during the month of September after vacated wins.
• Ole Miss is 98-34-3 (.737 winning pct.) in September home games (including home contests played in Memphis and Jackson), including a 73-21-2 (.771 winning percentage) mark in September games played in Oxford after vacated wins.
• Ole Miss is 108-41-6 (.716 winning pct.) all-time versus non-conference opponents during the month.
• Today was the Rebels' first home non-conference lost since 2012 (Sept. 15 vs. Texas, 31-66).

OFFENSIVE NOTES

• Ole Miss set season highs in total yards (525), passing yards (348) and plays (86).
• The 525 yards were the most given up by a Cal defense all season.
• QB Matt Corral finished the game 22-of-31 for 266 yards.
• Corral rushed a career-high 16 times for 56 yards and one touchdown ... It was Corral's first rushing TD of the season and the third of his career.
• QB John Rhys Plumlee helped engineer Ole Miss' touchdown drive in the fourth quarter, thanks in large part to a 47-yard rush in his first collegiate snap ... It was the second longest rush of the season by an Ole Miss player.
• Plumlee finished the game 7-for-7 for 82 yards through the air and rushed three times for 53 yards.
• Plumlee helped lead the Ole Miss offense to 177 yards of total offense in the final 4:38 of the game.
• RB Scottie Phillips rushed 14 times for 54 yards.
• RB Jerrion Ealy tallied four carries for 25 yards and one TD ... It was the second straight contest for a rushing touchdown for Ealy.
• WR Elijah Moore tied a career-high with 11 receptions ... He finished the game with 102 yards, his second such effort of the season.
• WR Braylon Sanders set a career-high in receptions (5) ... He tallied 73 yards receiving.
• WR Demarcus Gregory recroded a career-high in receptions (2) and yards (63).

DEFENSIVE NOTES

• The Rebels allowed a season-low 60 yards rushing today vs. Cal ... It marks the first time an Ole Miss defense has allowed less than 100 yards rushing in three straight games since 2008 (Auburn [75], ULM [72] and LSU [37]).
• Ole Miss has forced at least one turnover in every game this season.
• Ole Miss registered a season-high four sacks, all by different Rebels (Myles Hartsfield, Austrian Robinson, Tariqious Tisdale, Sam Williams).
• DB Deantre Prince recorded his first caeer interception.
• LB Lakia Henry registered the first double-digit tack game of his career with 11 total tackles.
• OLB Sam Williams had a career-high seven total tackles.
• For the second straight game, DB Jalen Julius had a career-high seven total tackles.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

• K Luke Logan was 2-for-4 in field goal attempts with long of 33 yards ... Dating back to last season, it is the ninth straight game Logan has made at least one field goal.
• P Mac Brown punted four times for an average of 44.0 yards per punt, including a long of 57 yards.

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Players Mentioned

Mac Brown

Josiah Coatney

Octavius Cooley

Matt Corral

Jerrion Ealy

Alex Givens

Myles Hartsfield

Nick Haynes

Lakia Henry

Benito Jones

Jalen Julius

Luke Logan

Elijah Moore

Scottie Phillips

John Rhys Plumlee

Deantre Prince

Austrian Robinson

Ty Rocconi

Braylon Sanders

Tariqious Tisdale

Sam Williams

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