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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Saturday, September 11
Oxford, Miss.
6:30 PM
Ole Miss
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No. 20 Football Cruises to 54-17 Win Over Austin Peay
9/11/2021 | Football
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Rebels Take Care of Business in Military Appreciation Game
OXFORD, Miss. – In Saturday's Military Appreciation game, the No. 20 Ole Miss football team took care of business early and cruised to a 54-17 victory over Austin Peay at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
Matt Corral completed 21-of-33 passes for 281 yards and threw five touchdown passes. Dontario Drummond and Jonathan Mingo each caught a career-high two touchdowns each, with Drummond recording a third-straight 100-plus yard receiving game at 107 yards and two touchdowns – his seventh straight game with a score. Braylon Sanders and Snoop Conner each added a score through the air and ground, respectively.
"I kind of remembered too afterwards it was coming on a short week," head coach Lane Kiffin said. "We really only practiced one day. If you take that into consideration, I'd say the starters played pretty good. You know really don't like the fumbled once there late and gave the ball up. We gave up too many yards on defense, we did okay point wise just gave up a lot of yards. We weren't very good on third down."
Defensively, Ashanti Cistrunk led the Rebels with six tackles, while Sam Williams had two sacks and a 33-yard scoop-and-score in the first half. Across the board, numerous players made their Rebel debut at the end of a dominant home opener.
Austin Peay started things off with a 20-yard pass play from Draylen Ellis to D.J Render, but left the field three plays later, going three-and-out. For the second consecutive week, the Rebels scored on their opening possession. Matt Corral capped off a 10-play, 80-yard drive by rolling out and finding Dontario Drummond for the goal line score. The Rebels had an early 7-0 lead with 11:26 left in the opening quarter.
The Governors proceeded to use a fourth down conversion and pass interference penalty to get into Rebel territory, but Chance Campbell denied a second fourth down attempt on his team's 36-yard line. The Ole Miss offense was not able to capitalize, but the defense picked up the slack and found the endzone instead. Sam Williams sacked Ellis coming off the edge, jarred the ball loose, and took it 33 yards the other way for six. With 4:59 left in the first quarter, Ole Miss led 14-0.
Going into the second quarter, the Governors took five minutes off the clock, ending a 14-play, 46-yard drive with another turnover on downs. Corral and company responded by going 66 yards down the field in two minutes, connecting with Jonathan Mingo for a 15-yard touchdown strike. Following the PAT, the Rebels had a 21-0 lead with 8:28 left in the first half. Shortly after, the Rebels added two more points after a punting gaff resulted in a safety.
Four plays after the ensuing kickoff, Drummond scored his second touchdown catch of the night on a 49-yard toss from Corral and some dazzling footwork along the left sideline. Just like that, Ole Miss had a commanding 30-0 lead with 4:51 remaining in the half. It wouldn't take long for Sam Williams to get his second strip sack of the game, and it eventually resulted in Corral's fourth touchdown pass to Braylon Sanders. The 11-yard score with 3:03 left in the half gave Ole Miss a 37-0 lead. Austin Peay finally broke through late in the half with Ellis finding Baniko Harley for a 30-yard touchdown pass, but Ole Miss held a 37-7 lead going into the locker room.
The Rebels began the second half just like the first, by finding the end zone. Corral threw his fifth touchdown pass of the game to Mingo from 40 yards, the fourth play of the drive. Mingo's second score of the night gave Ole Miss a 44-7 lead just over a minute into the third quarter.
Ole Miss did it all over again after surrendering a field goal. Snoop Conner capped off an eight play, 56-yard drive with a three-yard touchdown plunge. Conner's third TD of the season gave Ole Miss a 51-10 lead with 7:13 left in the third quarter. With 6:14 left in the game, Caden Costa connected on a 26-yard field goal to remain perfect on the year. The Governors added a late score by CJ Evans Jr., but the Rebels had things well in their hands, advancing to 2-0 on the year at the final score of 54-17.
The Rebels will remain at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium next Saturday, September 18 when they host Tulane. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. CT and can be seen on ESPN2 or listened to on the Ole Miss Radio Network.
"We're going to have to play really well next week," Kiffin said. "Sounds like they played really well offensively again today. They took Oklahoma down to the last play of the game."
Get all the latest information on the team by following @olemissfb on Twitter and Instagram and OleMissFootball on Facebook. General athletic news can also be found at OleMissSports on Twitter and Facebook and OleMissAthletics on Instagram. To purchase 2021 Ole Miss football season tickets, visit OleMissTix.com.
Matt Corral completed 21-of-33 passes for 281 yards and threw five touchdown passes. Dontario Drummond and Jonathan Mingo each caught a career-high two touchdowns each, with Drummond recording a third-straight 100-plus yard receiving game at 107 yards and two touchdowns – his seventh straight game with a score. Braylon Sanders and Snoop Conner each added a score through the air and ground, respectively.
"I kind of remembered too afterwards it was coming on a short week," head coach Lane Kiffin said. "We really only practiced one day. If you take that into consideration, I'd say the starters played pretty good. You know really don't like the fumbled once there late and gave the ball up. We gave up too many yards on defense, we did okay point wise just gave up a lot of yards. We weren't very good on third down."
Defensively, Ashanti Cistrunk led the Rebels with six tackles, while Sam Williams had two sacks and a 33-yard scoop-and-score in the first half. Across the board, numerous players made their Rebel debut at the end of a dominant home opener.
Austin Peay started things off with a 20-yard pass play from Draylen Ellis to D.J Render, but left the field three plays later, going three-and-out. For the second consecutive week, the Rebels scored on their opening possession. Matt Corral capped off a 10-play, 80-yard drive by rolling out and finding Dontario Drummond for the goal line score. The Rebels had an early 7-0 lead with 11:26 left in the opening quarter.
The Governors proceeded to use a fourth down conversion and pass interference penalty to get into Rebel territory, but Chance Campbell denied a second fourth down attempt on his team's 36-yard line. The Ole Miss offense was not able to capitalize, but the defense picked up the slack and found the endzone instead. Sam Williams sacked Ellis coming off the edge, jarred the ball loose, and took it 33 yards the other way for six. With 4:59 left in the first quarter, Ole Miss led 14-0.
Going into the second quarter, the Governors took five minutes off the clock, ending a 14-play, 46-yard drive with another turnover on downs. Corral and company responded by going 66 yards down the field in two minutes, connecting with Jonathan Mingo for a 15-yard touchdown strike. Following the PAT, the Rebels had a 21-0 lead with 8:28 left in the first half. Shortly after, the Rebels added two more points after a punting gaff resulted in a safety.
Four plays after the ensuing kickoff, Drummond scored his second touchdown catch of the night on a 49-yard toss from Corral and some dazzling footwork along the left sideline. Just like that, Ole Miss had a commanding 30-0 lead with 4:51 remaining in the half. It wouldn't take long for Sam Williams to get his second strip sack of the game, and it eventually resulted in Corral's fourth touchdown pass to Braylon Sanders. The 11-yard score with 3:03 left in the half gave Ole Miss a 37-0 lead. Austin Peay finally broke through late in the half with Ellis finding Baniko Harley for a 30-yard touchdown pass, but Ole Miss held a 37-7 lead going into the locker room.
The Rebels began the second half just like the first, by finding the end zone. Corral threw his fifth touchdown pass of the game to Mingo from 40 yards, the fourth play of the drive. Mingo's second score of the night gave Ole Miss a 44-7 lead just over a minute into the third quarter.
Ole Miss did it all over again after surrendering a field goal. Snoop Conner capped off an eight play, 56-yard drive with a three-yard touchdown plunge. Conner's third TD of the season gave Ole Miss a 51-10 lead with 7:13 left in the third quarter. With 6:14 left in the game, Caden Costa connected on a 26-yard field goal to remain perfect on the year. The Governors added a late score by CJ Evans Jr., but the Rebels had things well in their hands, advancing to 2-0 on the year at the final score of 54-17.
The Rebels will remain at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium next Saturday, September 18 when they host Tulane. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. CT and can be seen on ESPN2 or listened to on the Ole Miss Radio Network.
"We're going to have to play really well next week," Kiffin said. "Sounds like they played really well offensively again today. They took Oklahoma down to the last play of the game."
Get all the latest information on the team by following @olemissfb on Twitter and Instagram and OleMissFootball on Facebook. General athletic news can also be found at OleMissSports on Twitter and Facebook and OleMissAthletics on Instagram. To purchase 2021 Ole Miss football season tickets, visit OleMissTix.com.
Team Stats
APSU
OM
Total Yards
374
630
Pass Yards
260
294
Rushing Yards
114
336
Penalty Yards
15
130
1st Downs
26
30
3rd Downs
7
5
4th Downs
1
4
TOP
30:21
28:27
1st Quarter
APSU 0, OM 7
OM - D. Drummond 1 yd pass from Matt Corral (Caden Costa kick) 10 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:38
APSU 0, OM 14
OM - Sam Williams 33 yd fumble recovery (Caden Costa kick)
2nd Quarter
APSU 0, OM 21
OM - Jonathan Mingo 15 yd pass from Matt Corral (Caden Costa kick) 7 plays, 66 yards, TOP 2:01
APSU 0, OM 23
OM - TEAM 30 yd safety
APSU 0, OM 30
OM - D. Drummond 49 yd pass from Matt Corral (Caden Costa kick) 4 plays, 57 yards, TOP 1:03
APSU 0, OM 37
OM - Braylon Sanders 11 yd pass from Matt Corral (Caden Costa kick) 6 plays, 28 yards, TOP 1:39
APSU 7, OM 37
APSU - Harley,Baniko 30 yd pass from Ellis,Draylen (Trujillo,Maddux kick) 3 plays, 75 yards, TOP 0:59
3rd Quarter
APSU 7, OM 44
OM - Jonathan Mingo 40 yd pass from Matt Corral (Caden Costa kick) 4 plays, 75 yards, TOP 1:14
APSU 10, OM 44
APSU - Trujillo,Maddux 30 yd field goal 8 plays, 62 yards, TOP 2:25
APSU 10, OM 51
OM - Snoop Conner 3 yd run (Caden Costa kick), 8 plays, 46 yards, TOP 4:06
4th Quarter
APSU 10, OM 54
OM - Caden Costa 26 yd field goal 12 plays, 72 yards, TOP 5:42
APSU 17, OM 54
APSU - Evans,CJ 40 yd run (Trujillo,Maddux kick), 6 plays, 81 yards, TOP 2:49
Game Leaders
Passing Leaders
CMP
21
TD
5
YDS
281
INT
0
CMP
2
TD
0
YDS
7
INT
0
CMP
1
TD
0
YDS
6
INT
0
CMP
0
TD
0
YDS
0
INT
0
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