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Ole Miss, Alabama Postgame Notes

10/10/2020 | Football

Alabama 63, Alabama 48

 SERIES INFORMATION
•  Tonight was the 68th meeting all-time between Ole Miss and Alabama.
•  The original series record is 56-10-2 in favor of Alabama.
•  After vacated wins, the Crimson Tide holds a 55-10-2 series lead, including a 10-4 advantage in games played in Oxford.
•  Alabama's records show the Crimson Tide with a 53-11-2 record, but they count the Alabama win in 1993 that was later ruled a forfeit, as well as Ole Miss' win in 2014 that was vacated by the Rebels, but still applies to the Tide's record.
•  Alabama's wins in 2005 (13-10), 2006 (26-23) and 2007 (27-24) were vacated due to NCAA ruling.
•  Ole Miss' win in 2014 (23-17) was vacated due to NCAA ruling.
•  Alabama has been ranked No. 1 or 2 when playing Ole Miss for 10 straight years.
 
 CAPTAINS
•  Jonathan Mingo (WR), Tariqious Tisdale (DL), Kenny Yeboah (TE)
 
 STARTER NOTES
•  OL Caleb Warren registered his first career start in a Rebel uniform.
•  LB MoMo Sanogo tallied his first start of the season. It was the 14th start of his career.
•  OL Ben Brown tallied his team-leading 27th consecutive start for Ole Miss on the offensive line.
•  WR Elijah Moore registered his 19th consecutive start for the Rebels.
 
 GENERAL NOTES
•  Attendance for tonight's game was 14,419.
•  The two teams set  records for combined points (111), total yards (1,370) and touchdowns (15).
 
 OFFENSIVE NOTES
•  The 647 yards were the most an Alabama defense has ever given up, beating the previous mark of 630, set by Auburn on Nov. 29, 2014.
•  With 48 points scored tonight, unranked Ole Miss scored the most amount of points against Alabama as an unranked opponent in the AP Poll era (since 1936).
•  The 48 points tie the most scored by Ole Miss against Alabama. The Rebels tallied 48 points in 1970 when No. 7 Ole Miss beat No. 17 Alabama, 48-23.
•  The 647 total yards are sixth-most in school history and the most ever by an Ole Miss team in an SEC game.
•  Ole Miss has now scored a TD on its opening drive in two of its three games this season.
•  RB Snoop Conner tallied career highs in both rushing yards (128) and attempts (21) ... The two rushing TDs tied his career high.
•  RB Jerrion Ealy rushed for 120 yards on a career-high 19 carries with two TDs.
•. Coming into today's game, a Nick Saban-led team had only given up 100-plus yards and two TDs four times (Darren McFadden, Ezekiel Elliott, Todd Gurley and Dante Smith). Both Conner and Ealy accomplished that feat.
•  The two 100-yard rushers has never happened to a Saban-coached Alabama team.
•  Conner and Ealy are tied for the team lead with four rushing touchdowns on the season.
•  Ole Miss was 4-for-4 on fourth down conversions ... The Rebels were 0-for-2 entering the game tonight.
•  Yeboah's 181 receiving yards are the most ever by an Ole Miss tight end.
•  Yeboah's 68-yard reception was the longest play of the season for the Rebels.
•  Yeboah has a receiving TD in every game this season.
•  QB Matt Corral completed 21-of-28 passes for 365 yards and two touchdowns.
•  Corral tallied multiple TDs passing in three straight games for the first time in his career; it was his fifth career game with multiple passing touchdowns.
•  WR Elijah Moore hauled in 11 catches for 143 yards.
•  It marked the first time since 2018 that Ole Miss had two receivers surpass the 100-yard mark in the same game (A.J. Brown 212, DaMarkus Lodge 117 vs. Vanderbilt).
 
 DEFENSIVE NOTES
•  On Alabama's second drive of the game, DB Jakorey Hawkins forced and recovered a fumble at the goal line, creating a turnover; it was Hawkins' first forced fumble and fumble recovery of his career.
•  Hawkins also registered a career-high eight tackles.
•  It was the second straight game that the Rebel defense forced and recovered a fumble on the goal line.
•  The Rebels have forced at least one turnover in all three games this season.
•  LB MoMo Sanogo led the Rebels in tackles with nine.
•  DB Ashani Cistrunk recorded a career-high seven tackles.
 
 SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
•  K Luke Logan was a perfect 2-for-2 on field goal attempts with a long of 39 yards.
•  P Mac Brown punted twice for an average of 40.5 yards with a long of 51 yards.
 
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