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The University of Mississippi Athletics
Postgame Notes vs. The Citadel
11/8/2025 | Football
SERIES INFORMATION
• This was only the second meeting all-time between the Rebels and Bulldogs … Ole Miss leads 2-0, the other matchup a 27-7 victory in Oxford during the 2005 season.
CAPTAINS
• Tyler Banks (LB), Oscar Bird (P), Trace Bruckler (TE)
STARTERS
• OL Jayden Williams is Ole Miss' active career leader in starts, making his 29th today at right tackle.
• LB TJ Dottery and LT Diego Pounds made their 19th consecutive starts at Ole Miss, which leads all active Rebels.
• CB Cedric Beavers made his first career start.
• LB Andrew Jones made his first start as a Rebel, the 16th total of his career.
GENERAL NOTES
• Today's attendance was 67,326.
• Ole Miss is now 313-116-8 (.725) all-time in Oxford (290-113-8 after vacated wins) … Under Lane Kiffin, the Rebels are 34-6 at Vaught-Hemingway, including a 34-3 mark since the start of the 2021 season and a 20-1 record since 2023.
• Ole Miss is 74-17 (.813) vs. non-conference opponents dating back to 1994 … Under Kiffin, the Rebels are 23-2 in non-con action (20-0 in the regular season).
• Ole Miss is 9-1 for the first time in the Kiffin era and only the eighth time in program history, the first since the perfect 10-0 national championship season in 1962.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
• Ole Miss tallied 603 yards of total offense, giving head coach Lane Kiffin 29 games with at least 600 yards at Ole Miss (the second this season behind a 695 yard performance vs. Georgia State) … Prior to his arrival, Ole Miss had only 19 games with 600 or more yards.
• Ole Miss threw for a season-high 452 passing yards, the most by a Rebel team since throwing for a school-record 562 at Arkansas in 2024 … Kiffin now owns 10 of the 28 total 400-yard passing games in school history.
• QB Trinidad Chambliss threw for 333 yards and three TD on a 29-of-33 passing line … Chambliss is now 18th in Ole Miss single-season passing history (2,356), and his 332 yards of total offense moved him into 16th in total offense (2,790).
• RB Kewan Lacy rushed 11 times for 49 yards and three touchdowns, giving him 16 on the season to tie the Ole Miss single-season record set by Quinshon Judkins in 2022.
• Lacy's 11 carries moved him into eighth in Ole Miss single-season history (200), and his 49 yards pushed him to 17th (912) … Lacy also broke 1,000 career rushing yards, currently with 1,016.
• A total of 12 different Rebels caught at least one pass, including four with at least five receptions (the first game with at least four since the 2022 Egg Bowl).
• WR Harrison Wallace III led the Rebels with a career-high eight catches for 87 yards.
• TE Caleb Odom recorded a career-high six receptions and a career-high 64 yards receiving.
• QB Austin Simmons reached 1,000 yards of total offense in his career, ending the day 7-of-12 passing for 100 yards and rushing four times for seven yards.
• QB AJ Maddox completed the first pass of his collegiate career in the win.
• WR Winston Watkins had a career-high five catches for 80 yards and his first career touchdown, an 11-yard score.
• WR's Dillon Alfred and Caleb Cunningham each recorded their first collegiate catches in the victory, Alfred for 26 yards and Cunningham 19.
• TE Dae'Quan Wright had one catch for 13 yards, moving him into fourth all-time among Ole Miss tight ends in career yards (843).
• TE Luke Hasz caught his first two passes as a Rebel, hauling in 25 total yards.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
• With a shutout today, Ole Miss has now shut out an opponent for the second consecutive season for the first time since 2007 and 2008 … The Rebels beat Furman 76-0 to open the 2024 season.
• Ole Miss held The Citadel to 106 yards of total offense, the fewest by any Rebel defense since stuffing Memphis to 104 in 2014.
• The Rebels charted a season-high 13 tackles for loss, the most by Ole Miss since notching 13 at Arkansas in 2024.
• Ole Miss yielded just 23 passing yards, the fewest in the Kiffin era and the fewest allowed since allowing 21 against The Citadel on Oct. 8, 2005.
• DL Andrew Maddox recorded a career-high seven tackles, leading the Rebels in total tackles alongside LB TJ Dottery … Maddox also had 1.5 TFL, the first of his career, while Dottery tied a career-high with 2.0.
• DE Talib Graham recorded the first sack of his collegiate career in only his second career game … Graham had two total tackles, both for a loss.
• LB Suntarine Perkins' half sack moved him into a tie for ninth on the all-time career sacks list at Ole Miss, tying Jared Ivey (16.0).
• LB Tyler Banks recorded career-highs in both tackles (6) and TFL (1.5).
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
• K Lucas Carneiro recorded seven points, moving into ninth place in Ole Miss single season history in points kicking and 13th place in points scored with 96 points.
• P Oscar Bird sent both of his punts beyond 50 yards, averaging 56.5 per attempt with a long of 57.
• This was only the second meeting all-time between the Rebels and Bulldogs … Ole Miss leads 2-0, the other matchup a 27-7 victory in Oxford during the 2005 season.
CAPTAINS
• Tyler Banks (LB), Oscar Bird (P), Trace Bruckler (TE)
STARTERS
• OL Jayden Williams is Ole Miss' active career leader in starts, making his 29th today at right tackle.
• LB TJ Dottery and LT Diego Pounds made their 19th consecutive starts at Ole Miss, which leads all active Rebels.
• CB Cedric Beavers made his first career start.
• LB Andrew Jones made his first start as a Rebel, the 16th total of his career.
GENERAL NOTES
• Today's attendance was 67,326.
• Ole Miss is now 313-116-8 (.725) all-time in Oxford (290-113-8 after vacated wins) … Under Lane Kiffin, the Rebels are 34-6 at Vaught-Hemingway, including a 34-3 mark since the start of the 2021 season and a 20-1 record since 2023.
• Ole Miss is 74-17 (.813) vs. non-conference opponents dating back to 1994 … Under Kiffin, the Rebels are 23-2 in non-con action (20-0 in the regular season).
• Ole Miss is 9-1 for the first time in the Kiffin era and only the eighth time in program history, the first since the perfect 10-0 national championship season in 1962.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
• Ole Miss tallied 603 yards of total offense, giving head coach Lane Kiffin 29 games with at least 600 yards at Ole Miss (the second this season behind a 695 yard performance vs. Georgia State) … Prior to his arrival, Ole Miss had only 19 games with 600 or more yards.
• Ole Miss threw for a season-high 452 passing yards, the most by a Rebel team since throwing for a school-record 562 at Arkansas in 2024 … Kiffin now owns 10 of the 28 total 400-yard passing games in school history.
• QB Trinidad Chambliss threw for 333 yards and three TD on a 29-of-33 passing line … Chambliss is now 18th in Ole Miss single-season passing history (2,356), and his 332 yards of total offense moved him into 16th in total offense (2,790).
• RB Kewan Lacy rushed 11 times for 49 yards and three touchdowns, giving him 16 on the season to tie the Ole Miss single-season record set by Quinshon Judkins in 2022.
• Lacy's 11 carries moved him into eighth in Ole Miss single-season history (200), and his 49 yards pushed him to 17th (912) … Lacy also broke 1,000 career rushing yards, currently with 1,016.
• A total of 12 different Rebels caught at least one pass, including four with at least five receptions (the first game with at least four since the 2022 Egg Bowl).
• WR Harrison Wallace III led the Rebels with a career-high eight catches for 87 yards.
• TE Caleb Odom recorded a career-high six receptions and a career-high 64 yards receiving.
• QB Austin Simmons reached 1,000 yards of total offense in his career, ending the day 7-of-12 passing for 100 yards and rushing four times for seven yards.
• QB AJ Maddox completed the first pass of his collegiate career in the win.
• WR Winston Watkins had a career-high five catches for 80 yards and his first career touchdown, an 11-yard score.
• WR's Dillon Alfred and Caleb Cunningham each recorded their first collegiate catches in the victory, Alfred for 26 yards and Cunningham 19.
• TE Dae'Quan Wright had one catch for 13 yards, moving him into fourth all-time among Ole Miss tight ends in career yards (843).
• TE Luke Hasz caught his first two passes as a Rebel, hauling in 25 total yards.
DEFENSIVE NOTES
• With a shutout today, Ole Miss has now shut out an opponent for the second consecutive season for the first time since 2007 and 2008 … The Rebels beat Furman 76-0 to open the 2024 season.
• Ole Miss held The Citadel to 106 yards of total offense, the fewest by any Rebel defense since stuffing Memphis to 104 in 2014.
• The Rebels charted a season-high 13 tackles for loss, the most by Ole Miss since notching 13 at Arkansas in 2024.
• Ole Miss yielded just 23 passing yards, the fewest in the Kiffin era and the fewest allowed since allowing 21 against The Citadel on Oct. 8, 2005.
• DL Andrew Maddox recorded a career-high seven tackles, leading the Rebels in total tackles alongside LB TJ Dottery … Maddox also had 1.5 TFL, the first of his career, while Dottery tied a career-high with 2.0.
• DE Talib Graham recorded the first sack of his collegiate career in only his second career game … Graham had two total tackles, both for a loss.
• LB Suntarine Perkins' half sack moved him into a tie for ninth on the all-time career sacks list at Ole Miss, tying Jared Ivey (16.0).
• LB Tyler Banks recorded career-highs in both tackles (6) and TFL (1.5).
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
• K Lucas Carneiro recorded seven points, moving into ninth place in Ole Miss single season history in points kicking and 13th place in points scored with 96 points.
• P Oscar Bird sent both of his punts beyond 50 yards, averaging 56.5 per attempt with a long of 57.
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