No. 12 Ole Miss Pulls Away From Auburn for 45-15 Win

No. 12 Ole Miss defeated Auburn 45-15 on Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, improving to 6-2 overall and 4-2 in the conference. The Rebels scored 28 points in the second half after leading 14-9 at halftime.

Trinidad Chambliss completed 22 of 34 passes for 263 yards and three total touchdowns, adding 65 yards on the ground. His touchdown pass to Caleb Cunningham in the fourth quarter marked his 21st consecutive game with a scoring pass, one short of Chad Kelly’s Ole Miss record. Chambliss also passed 6,000 career passing yards at Ole Miss.

Ole Miss broke open a 17-15 game late in the third quarter when Chambliss ran for a 26-yard touchdown. The Rebels added two touchdown passes in the fourth, including a 28-yard connection to Horatio Fields, before Deuce Knight scored on a 17-yard run to make it 45-15 with 3:27 remaining.

Fields caught six passes for 73 yards and a touchdown. Cunningham also had six receptions, gaining 55 yards and scoring once. Shekai Mills-Knight rushed for 71 yards on 16 touches and scored on a 1-yard run in the second quarter. Makhi Frazier added 56 yards on 17 carries.

The Rebels recorded a season-high 10 tackles for loss. Suntarine Perkins had two sacks and five tackles, moving to fourth on Ole Miss’ career sacks list with 22. Keaton Thomas led the team with eight tackles. Ole Miss also forced two fumbles; Jamarious Brown recovered one in the second quarter, and Dante Core recovered a fumble forced by Anthony Robinson III late in the game.

The win extended Ole Miss’ home winning streak to 16 games, which the team said was tied for the second-longest active streak in the FBS and the longest among Power Four teams. The Rebels also won their third straight game against Auburn, matching the longest winning streak in the series, set from 1949-52.

Ole Miss is scheduled to host No. 3 Georgia on Saturday, Nov. 7, at 6:30 p.m. Central time. The game is listed for broadcast on ABC.

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