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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Postgame Notes vs. Tennessee
10/16/2021 | Football
Ole Miss 31, Tennessee 26
| SERIES INFORMATION |
• Tennessee holds a 44-20-1 advantage in the series, with the original record at 44-21-1.
• Ole Miss's 2014 win was vacated due to NCAA ruling.
• Ole Miss is now 6-25 all-time in Knoxville against the Vols.
• It was the Rebels' first win in Knoxville since 1983 ... The Vols had won the last seven.
| CAPTAINS |
| STARTERS |
• OL Ben Brown tallied his team-leading 40th consecutive start for Ole Miss on the offensive line (also the 39th of his career).
• Other notable starting streaks include CB Jaylon Jones (25th), WR Dontario Drummond (26th), QB Matt Corral (20th), DE Sam Williams (20th), OL Nick Broeker (16th) and OL Jeremy James (16th).
| GENERAL NOTES |
• Ole Miss has now forced at least one turnover in 15 of the 16 games in the Kiffin era.
| OFFENSIVE NOTES |
• Ole Miss ran a school record 101 plays on offense ... The previous mark was 100 plays in 2004 against Wyoming.
• The 101 plays run were tied for the ninth-most in SEC history and are the most since 2018 when Texas A&M ran 107 in a seven overtime loss to LSU.
• Nine different Rebels caught a pass.
• QB Matt Corral finished the game 21-of-38 for 231 yards and two passing touchdowns.
• Corral tallied a career high in both rushing yards (195) and attempts (30).
• Corral becomes the first Rebel to run 30 times in a game since 2007 (BenJarvus Green-Ellis, Missouri).
• Corral has thrown a touchdown pass in 18 straight games, the second-longest streak in school history ... He trails only Chad Kelly (22).
• Corral moved to No. 3 in career total offense with 7,840 total yards.
• Corral moved to No. 3 in career passing touchdowns with 51, passing Chad Kelly's mark of 50.
• Corral remains No. 4 in career passing yards with 6,666 yards ... Corral is only the sixth Ole Miss QB to surpass 6,000 yards.
• Corral owns 474 career completions and ranks No. 6 all-time on that list.
• Corral threw his first interception of the season ... Dating back to 2020, he had 233 pass attempts without a pick, a new school record and 5th longest streak ever in the SEC.
• RB Snoop Conner added to his team leading rushing total touchdown with two TDs vs. the Vols.
• Conner moved into in a tie for fourth in Ole Miss' career record books with 22 rushing TDs (John Fourcade, 1978-81; Joe Gunn, 1998-2001).
• WR Donatrio Drummond hauled in two catches for 66 yards and one touchdown..
• Drummond has tallied a receiving TD in 10 of his last 11 games.
• WR Dannis Jackson tallied his first career receiving touchdown.
• RB Henry Parrish Jr. registered a career high five receptions.
| DEFENSIVE NOTES |
• Ole Miss has tallied two or more sacks in five of the six games this season.
• LB Mark Robinson set career highs in total tackles (14), solo stops (12), tackles for loss (5) and sacks (2).
• Robinson's 5.0 tackles for loss were the most by a Rebel since Kendrick Clancy had 6.0 against Auburn in 1999.
• DB Jake Springer tallied his first sack as a Rebel after missing the last four games with an injury.
• Springer finished the game with a career-best 11 tackles.
• Sam Williams tallied 1.5 sacks vs. the Vols
• Williams has had at least one sack in all but one game this season.
| SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES |
• P Mac Brown punted four times for an average of 44.8 yards per punt, including a long of 53 yards.
• Three of Brown's punts were downed inside the 20-yard line.
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