Postgame Notes vs. Oklahoma

SERIES INFORMATION

• This was the second all-time meeting between the Rebels and Sooners, and their first during the regular season.
• After today, the Rebels improved to 2-0 all-time against the Sooners.
• Ole Miss and Oklahoma previously met in the 1999 Independence Bowl ... The Rebels won 27-25 on Les Binkley's 39-yard field goal as time expired in the final college football game of the 20th century.
• The Rebels are now 3-2 against new SEC members in their conference debuts … Today's contest joins wins against Arkansas in 1992 (17-3) and South Carolina in 1998 (30-28), and losses against Texas A&M in 2012 (30-27) and Missouri in 2013 (24-10).

CAPTAINS

• TJ Dottery (LB), Reece McIntyre (OL), Trey Washington (S)

STARTERS

• QB Jaxson Dart made his team-leading 32nd-straight start against Oklahoma.
• Other notable starting streaks include S Trey Washington (23rd), S John Saunders Jr. (21st) and TE Caden Prieskorn (18th).
• TE Dae'Quan Wright made his first start as a Rebel and the ninth overall of his career alongside eight prior starts at Virginia Tech.

GENERAL NOTES

• Attendance for today's game was 67,926, the largest crowd in Vaught-Hemingway history. It's the third consecutive week the Ole Miss attendance record has been reset.
• With the victory, fifth-year head coach Lane Kiffin is now the fastest coach to 40 wins in Ole Miss football history … Kiffin is 40-17 at Ole Miss, reaching 40 wins in 57 games – three ahead of John Vaught's 60 games (40-16-3).
• Kiffin is also now only the fourth coach in Ole Miss history to reach the 40-win plateau, joining Vaught (190-61-12), Billy Brewer (67-56-3) and David Cutcliffe (44-29).
• Ole Miss is now 25-6 at home under Kiffin, which includes an 11-1 streak since the beginning of the 2023 campaign.

OFFENSIVE NOTES

• With the win, senior QB Jaxson Dart (24-9) ties Eli Manning (24-13) and Bo Wallace (24-15) for the most wins as a starting quarterback at Ole Miss in the modern era (since 1968).
• Dart ended the day 22-of-30 for 311 yards and one touchdown passing, along with 24 yards rushing on eight carries.
• Dart (10,243) eclipsed 10,000 yards of total offense in his Ole Miss career, passing Eli Manning (9,984) for second and becoming just the second Rebel alongside Bo Wallace (10,478) with at least 10,000 yards of total offense.
• Dart (9,033) became the third Ole Miss quarterback to tally over 9,000 passing yards in their career, joining Manning & Wallace.
• Today marked Dart's 12th career 300-yard passing game as a Rebel, tying Jordan Ta'amu and Chad Kelly for the all-time Ole Miss record.
• Dart (58), also moved into sole possession of third on the Rebels all-time passing touchdowns list, with one on the day.
• RB Henry Parrish Jr. tallied the 25th rushing touchdown of his career at 12:36 in the first quarter.
• Parrish also moved into the top-20 all-time in total rushing yards at Ole Miss, tallying 44 on the day.
• TE Caden Prieskorn (102) passed the 100 career reception mark on Saturday, hauling in five receptions.
• With his third quarter touchdown, Prieskorn (six) moved into a tie for seventh on the all-time list at Ole Miss amongst tight ends.
• DE JJ Pegues scored his fifth rushing touchdown of the season and sixth overall touchdown of his career.

DEFENSIVE NOTES

• The Rebel defense finished with a season-high 10 sacks, including seven in the second half ... 10 sacks ranks tied for the second most in Ole Miss single-game history, ranking only behind 11 in a win over Mississippi State on Nov. 28, 2008.
• Ole Miss ended with 15 tackles for loss, its most in an SEC game since charting 17 against Mississippi State on Nov. 23, 2000.
• The 79 yards lost forced by the Rebel defense stand as the most by any Ole Miss squad since bruising Mississippi State for 120 on Nov. 28, 2008.
• The 61 yards lost on sacks also ranks as the most by Ole Miss since that very same game, when the Rebels sacked State for a loss of 110 yards total.
• DE Suntarine Perkins recorded 11 tackles and a career-high 5.0 tackles for loss and 4.0 sacks … Those 5.0 TFL are the most since Khari Coleman notched 5.0 against Troy to open the 2022 season ... The 4.0 sacks are the most by a Rebel since Cassius Ware against Georgia in 1993.
• LB Chris Paul Jr. led all Rebels with 12 tackles, which ties his overall career-high set at Arkansas (vs. Mississippi State, 2023) and sets an Ole Miss career-high … Paul also had 2.0 TFL.
• DE Princely Umanmielen has now tallied at least one sack in his last three games played ... Up to 5.5 on the season.
• DE Jared Ivey now has 6.0 sacks on the season and at least one in two of his last three games ... Ivey forced and recovered his first fumble of the season.
• Ivey has tied Dewayne Dotson for ninth all-time at Ole Miss with 15.0 career sacks.
• S John Saunders Jr. finished with a season-high nine tackles.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

• K Caden Davis has now tallied at least one made field in his last eight games, dating back to 2023.
• P Fraser Masin had a season-long 64-yard punt, his longest since his career-high 65-yarder at LSU in 2022 … He averaged 53 yards in four punts.

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Players Mentioned

Khari Coleman

Jaxson Dart

Caden Davis

TJ Dottery

Jared Ivey

Fraser Masin

Reece McIntyre

Henry Parrish Jr.

Chris Paul Jr.

JJ Pegues

Suntarine Perkins

Caden Prieskorn

John Saunders Jr.

Princely Umanmielen

Trey Washington

Dae'Quan Wright

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