Postgame Notes vs. LSU

SERIES INFORMATION

• This was the 113th all-time meeting between the Ole Miss Rebels and LSU Tigers dating back to 1894.
• After tonight, LSU's series lead stands at 66-42-4 overall and 44-24-1 in Baton Rouge … The original record is now 66-43-4 in favor of LSU, with Ole Miss' 2013 victory in Oxford vacated due to NCAA ruling.
• Ole Miss is 15-24-1 all-time in Baton Rouge at night, with its last win coming in 2001 (35-24).
• This was the third all-time OT game against LSU, the second in Baton Rouge … Ole Miss won 37-31 in Oxford in 1998, and lost 23-20 in Baton Rouge in 2006.
• Since the rivals started playing for the Magnolia Bowl trophy in 2008, LSU holds a 11-5 edge ... Ole Miss' win in 2013 was vacated due to NCAA ruling.
• The home team has won 11 of the last 13 meetings on the field.
• This was the 12th all-time meeting with both the Rebels and Tigers simultaneously ranked, the second in a row and only the second since 2016 ... LSU leads 8-4 in such games.

CAPTAINS

• Tre Harris (WR), JJ Pegues (DT), Caden Prieskorn (TE)

STARTERS

• QB Jaxson Dart made his team-leading 31st-straight start against LSU.
• Other notable starting streaks include S Trey Washington (22nd), S John Saunders Jr. (20th) and TE Caden Prieskorn (17th).
• S Yam Banks made his 40th overall career start.

GENERAL NOTES

• Attendance for today's game was 102,212.
• Ole Miss played in an overtime game for the first time since defeating Kentucky, 42-41, in 2020 … The Rebels are now 7-10 all-time in OT.

OFFENSIVE NOTES

• QB Jaxson Dart ended the night with 311 yards of total offense (284 passing, 27 rushing), pushing his season total to 2,567 … Dart's 2024 campaign currently ranks 17th on the single-season list, and he joins Eli Manning and Bo Wallace as the only players in Ole Miss history to appear three times in the top-20.
• Dart eclipsed 11,000 yards of total offense in his overall career … At 11,304, he is now one of five active FBS players to reach that mark.
• Dart passed Matt Corral (9,625) for the third-best mark in total offense in school history … In his Ole Miss career, Dart now has 9,908 yards of total offense.
• With one touchdown pass, Dart tied Matt Corral for the third-most in Ole Miss history at 57.
• RB Ulysses Bentley IV's 50-yard touchdown run was the longest by any Rebel this season and was also an Ole Miss career-long for Bentley.
• Bentley finished the game with 107 rushing yards, an Ole Miss career-high.
• WR Tre Harris picked up seven receptions, tying Donte Moncrief for the 14th-most by a Rebel in single-season history … Seven games in, Harris has already set a personal Ole Miss single-season high for receptions (59) and yards (987).
• Harris (102) and WR Cayden Lee (132) became the first receiver duo to pick up 100-plus yards receiving since Harris and TE Caden Prieskorn in 2023's Peach Bowl against Penn State.
• It's Harris' 10th game of triple-digit receiving yards, the fourth-most by any Rebel … It's also his fifth of the season, which ties himself and three others for fourth-most on the single-season list.
• Lee had a standout performance, hauling in career-highs in catches (9) and yards (132).
• WR Jordan Watkins reached 2,000 receiving yards in his overall career, ending the day at 2,012.

DEFENSIVE NOTES

• The Ole Miss defense limited LSU 84 rushing yards in the game … The Rebels have now held opposing offenses to under 100 yards in six of the first seven games of the season.
• The Rebel defense picked off QB Garrett Nussmeier twice, marking the sixth and seventh of the year.
• DT Jamarious Brown recorded his first career interception … Brown is the first defensive lineman to record an interception since Austrian Robinson against Texas A&M in 2019, and the first DT/NT since Benito Jones did so in 2019 at Memphis … Brown's 10-yard return stands as the longest by any Rebel defensive lineman since DE Marquis Haynes took an INT back 17 yards at Arkansas in 2016.
• CB Trey Amos made his third interception of the season and his fourth overall … Amos also recorded three pass breakups for the second time this season.
• S Trey Washington led the Rebels with five solo tackles and six total … Washington tacked on 1.5 tackles for loss
• S Jadon Canady paced the team with four pass breakups, an Ole Miss career high … Canady also picked up two tackles.
• Ole Miss didn't record a sack for the first time this season … The Rebels entered the game with 24 sacks on the season, three more than the next highest team in the FBS.
• Ole Miss' three-game streak of 10 or more tackles for loss was snapped after registering only three against LSU … The Rebels led the nation with 63 TFL's at the start of the game.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

• K Caden Davis kicked a career-long and Tiger Stadium record 57-yard field goal in overtime … It's the longest by an Ole Miss kicker since 1988, tying Bryan Owen for the third-longest in program history … Davis stands alongside Cloyce Hinton as the lone Rebel kickers to make multiple field goals from 55 yards or further.
• P Fraser Masin had a season-long 55-yard punt … He averaged 46.0 yards in three punts.

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Players Mentioned

Trey Amos

Yam Banks

Ulysses Bentley IV

Jamarious Brown

Jadon Canady

Jaxson Dart

Caden Davis

Tre Harris

Cayden Lee

Fraser Masin

JJ Pegues

Caden Prieskorn

John Saunders Jr.

Trey Washington

Jordan Watkins

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