#16 Ole Miss holds #3 Georgia to ten points as the Rebels upset the Bulldogs in Oxford
The Rebels outgained the Bulldogs 397 to 244 on offense.
OXFORD, Miss. (WLBT) - #16 Ole Miss football came into Saturday’s game hosting #3 Georgia needing a win to keep its College Football Playoff hopes alive.
Things didn’t start well for the Rebels. On their first drive of the game, Jaxson Dart was hurt on a play where he threw an interception. The Bulldogs scored off a short field as Dart went to the locker room.
The next drive, redshirt freshman Austin Simmons came in for the injured Dart, and led a drive down field, completing five of six passes for 64 yards. Ulysses Bentley IV capped off the drive with a nine-yard rushing touchdown to tie the game.
Dart would only sit out one series, but even with Dart back under center, the Rebels had to settle for three field goals the rest of the first half, but the defense kept Georgia off the board for the rest of the half, and Ole Miss led 16-7 at the break.
The second half was quiet. Georgia kicked a field goal on the opening drive, and Ole Miss responded on the next drive with a touchdown from Dart to Juice Wells, but there wasn’t another score until Caden Davis kicked a field goal with 3:22 left in the game to extend the Rebel lead to 25-10.
The Bulldogs' drive to respond was ended early when Princely Umanmielen strip-sacked Carson Beck and Suntarine Perkins recovered the ball to regain possession with 3:08 left and with only the two minute timeout to stop the clock.
Ole Miss would add another field goal before the end of the game, and defeated Georgia 28-10.
The Rebels outgained the Bulldogs 397 to 244 on offense. Defensively, the Rebels sacked Carson Beck five times (Umanmielen x2, Jared Ivey x2, Perkins) and John Saunders Jr. had the lone interception of Beck.
The win vaults the Rebels back into playoff contention, and ties them with Georgia with two losses in SEC play (along with Alabama and Vanderbilt).
The Rebels are off next week, and will head to Florida on Nov. 23, before returning to Oxford to face Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl on Nov. 29.
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