Ole Miss, Vanderbilt Postgame Notes

SERIES INFORMATION

• Today marked the 95th meeting all-time between Ole Miss and Vanderbilt.
• It is the third-most played series of all-time between Ole Miss and its 2020 opponents (Mississippi State, LSU).
• The Rebels now lead the series 51-40-2 overall.
• The original record vs. the Commodores is 53-40-2, with wins in 2013 and 2014 by Ole Miss vacated due to NCAA ruling.
• Ole Miss has won six of the last eight contests on the field vs. Vanderbilt.

CAPTAINS

• Royce Newman (OL), Braylon Sanders (WR), Sam Williams (OLB)

GENERAL NOTES

• The 33-point win was Ole Miss' largest margin of victory in an SEC game since a 41-3 win over Vanderbilt (Sept. 6, 2014).
• Attendance for today's game was 840.

OFFENSIVE NOTES

• Ole Miss quarterbacks threw for a school-record seven touchdown passes (six by Matt Corral and one by John Rhys Plumlee) ... The previous record was six (Sept. 17, 1960 vs. Houston; Nov. 3, 2001 vs. Arkansas).
• The Rebels produced 35 first downs and 641 yards of total offense … The first downs fell one shy of the school record, while the yards were the second-most ever in an SEC game (647 vs. Alabama earlier this year).
• Ole Miss scored touchdowns on eight of its first nine drives … The only one that did not result in a touchdown was a bad snap on the final play of the first half.
• Ole Miss scored a season-high 54 points, the most in an SEC game since a 57-35 victory over Vanderbilt (Oct. 14, 2017).
• Corral completed 31-of-34 passes for 412 yards and six touchdowns … Corral's 91.2 completion percentage was an SEC record with a minimum of 30 attempts, tying Tennessee's Joshua Dobbs.
• Corral completed 19 consecutive pass attempts to begin the game, breaking Eli Manning's school record (2001 vs. Murray State).
• Corral's six touchdown passes tied Eli Manning's single-game record (Nov. 3, 2001 vs. Arkansas) .... It is the most TDs in regulation as five of Manning's six touchdowns in 2001 came in OT.
• Corral threw for a career-high 412 yards, his first 400-yard game and fourth 300-yard game of the season as well as his career.
• Elijah Moore hauled in 14 receptions for 238 yards and three touchdowns, all school records … The receptions tied a school record alongside A.J. Brown (Nov. 11, 2017 vs. Louisiana) and Laquon Treadwell (Oct. 17, 2015 vs. Memphis) … The previous record for yards was 233 by A.J. Brown (Sept. 2, 2017 vs. South Alabama) … A Rebel has had a game with 3 receiving TDs 10 times throughout history.
• Moore's game was the sixth time a Rebel WR had at least 200 yards receiving … Moore has two of those games, the only Rebel to accomplish that in school history ... He joined A.J. Brown as the only Ole Miss WRs with multiple 200-yard receiving games over a career.
• It was Moore's 8th 100-yard receiving game of his career (fourth this season), passing Evan Engram for fifth most by an Ole Miss Rebel.
• Moore moved to fifth on all-time receptions list (164), passing Evan Engram (162) and Donte Moncrief (156).
• Moore also cracked the Ole Miss' top 10 in career receiving yards (2,077), jumping to eighth by passing Grant Heard (2,029), J.R. Ambrose (2,012) and Mike Wallace (1,910).
• Moore's three touchdowns gave him 14 for his career, tied with DaMarkus Lodge and D.K. Metcalf for ninth in program history.
• RB Snoop Conner recorded his 10th career touchdown, the fifth this season to match his total from last season.
• TE Kenny Yaboah caught three passes for 32 yards and two touchdowns.
• Yaboah recorded his 6th career touchdown reception (all this season) to tie Curtis Weathers and Wes Sullivan for seventh all-time in career TDs by an Ole Miss tight end.
• Freshman RB Henry Parrish Jr. carried the ball seven times for a career-high 51 yards, second on the team.
• The Rebels scored a touchdown on their opening drive for the third time this season, going 71 yards on 10 plays (1-yard touchdown run by Conner).
• Plumlee's 37-touchdown pass to Braylon Sanders was the first TD of the season for both Rebels.
• OL Ben Brown recorded his team-leading 30th consecutive start for the Rebels on the offensive line.

DEFENSIVE NOTES

• The Ole Miss defense forced a season-high three turnovers (two fumbles, one interception) and allowed a season-low 21 points.
• A.J. Finley recorded the second interception of the season to go along with a career-high 12 tackles.
• Finley also recovered a fumble, his third of his career … Ashanti Cistrunk forced the fumble, his second of the season.
• With a sack in the first quarter, Lakia Henry forced the second fumble of the season and over his career.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

• On a second half kickoff, Tylan Knight forced his first career fumble to allow Zikerron Baker to record his first career fumble recovery.
• Mac Brown only had to punt once and it went for 51 yards.
• K Luke Logan and LS Jack Propst played in their team-leading 42nd game as a Rebel.

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Players Mentioned

A.J. Brown

Ben Brown

Mac Brown

Ashanti Cistrunk

Snoop Conner

Matt Corral

AJ Finley

Lakia Henry

Tylan Knight

DaMarkus Lodge

Luke Logan

D.K. Metcalf

Elijah Moore

Royce Newman

Henry Parrish Jr.

John Rhys Plumlee

Jack Propst

Braylon Sanders

Sam Williams

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