University of Mississippi – Ole Miss Athletics

OXFORD, Miss. – No. 3 Georgia had no reply for the elite move rush of No. 16 Ole Miss soccer because the Rebels dominated the Bulldogs 28-10 in entrance of a file crowd of 68,126 at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
 
The large win for Lane Kiffin and his squad places the Rebels (8-2, 4-2) squarely in a chaotic race for the School Soccer Playoff. Jaxson Dart led an Ole Miss offense that scored on seven of its 10 drives, together with a key landing strike within the third quarter to Antwane Wells Jr. to place the house group forward by two scores.

From there, the Ole Miss move rush snuffed out all hopes of a Georgia comeback. The Rebels completed with 5 sacks, 5 move breakups, 4 pressured fumbles and 4 QB hurries as they disrupted Carson Beck and the Bulldogs offense all evening.

 
Offensive Leaders
Jaxson Dart completed 13-for-22 with 249 complete yards (199 passing, 50 dashing) and one key landing strike late to Antwane Wells Jr. Cayden Lee and Jordan Watkins led the receiving efforts with 4 catches apiece for 81 and 68 yards, respectively. Ulysses Bentley IV notched 66 all-purpose yards on 13 carries and 4 catches with one dashing TD.
 
Defensive Leaders
TJ Dottery led the tackling efforts with 10, trailed intently by Chris Paul Jr., who had 9 and a QB hurry. Jared Ivey led all D-linemen with seven tackles, together with two sacks, including a pressured fumble and breaking apart two passes. Princely Umanmielen was a key power within the win with two sacks, a QB hurry and a pressured fumble. Suntarine Perkins had a fumble restoration, a sack and three QB hurries.
 
First Quarter
The sport received off to an inauspicious begin for the Rebels when Jaxson Dart hit a defender on his follow-through and Georgia’s Dan Jackson intercepted the move to ship it to the Bulldogs on the Ole Miss 21-yard line. The Insurgent protection appeared to carry in response, however Georgia gambled and cashed in on 4th-and-goal with a 2-yard landing run by Nate Frazier to make it 7-0 early.
 
Dart checked out with an obvious ankle harm, sending Austin Simmons into motion. The Insurgent offense did not miss a beat, as Simmons went 5-for-6 for 64 yards, changing 4th-and-1 and Third-and-7 by the air earlier than Ulysses Bentley IV punctuated the spectacular drive with a powerful 9-yard landing run to tie it at seven.

 
UGA was flagged for unlawful formation to start out the following drive, and a Zxavian Harris tackle-for-loss set the Bulldogs additional behind the sticks, resulting in a punt. Dart returned to motion and hit lengthy passes to Dae’Quan Wright and Caden Prieskorn earlier than the Rebels settled for a go-ahead 33-yard area purpose by Caden Davis, the primary of an ideal 5-for-5 day for the Insurgent kicker.
 
Georgia confronted Third-and-4 on its subsequent drive and almost transformed, however a tough hit by John Saunders Jr. dislodged a Carson Beck-to-Landon Humphreys connection and compelled one other punt to seal a 10-7 Ole Miss lead by one.
 
Second Quarter
JJ Pegues burst forward for 9 yards to transform on Third-and-1 simply out of the quarter break, however a Insurgent dump-off move on the following play was dropped for a 7-yard loss, forcing them to accept one other area purpose, and Davis hit from 43 yards out to make it 13-7.
 
A Jared Ivey sack appeared to halt the next Georgia drive shy of midfield, however a holding name towards Saunders prolonged the motion. Saunders made up for it with a third-down tackle-for-loss later within the drive, thought the following Georgia punt went out of bounds contained in the 1-yard line.
 
Ole Miss escaped the damaging area place when Dart delivered a dart to Jordan Watkins for 16 yards to transform on Third-and-10. Then the duo linked for 33 yards on the next play right down to midfield. That arrange one other Davis area purpose, this one a 53-yard bomb with room to spare regardless of the rain to make it a two-score lead, 16-7.
 
Georgia moved the chains on back-to-back performs to start out its subsequent drive, trying to reduce into the lead, however Princely Umanmielen dropped Beck for an 8-yard loss on third right down to power a fourth consecutive punt.
 
Ole Miss outgained Georgia 229-69 within the first half, the Rebels with at 195 by the air and 34 on the bottom, limiting the Bulldogs to 49 yards passing, 20 dashing, six first downs and simply 2.5 yards per play. The Insurgent protection had two sacks and 5 tackles-for-loss within the first half.
 

Gallery: (11-9-2024) FB vs UGA: First Half

 
Third Quarter
Georgia got here out of halftime firing on all cylinders, hitting performs of 14, 16, 12 and 29 yards right down to the 10-yard line, the place the Rebels held to power a 23-yard Peyton Woodring area purpose, chopping the lead again to 6.
 
Likewise, the Insurgent offense got here out of the break on hearth with Dart hitting Watkins for 9, then Cayden Lee for 23 and 26 right down to the UGA 14-yard line. Ole Miss capitalized the place Georgia did not, although. Dart hit Antwane Wells Jr. in the long run zone on Third-and-6, and the Rebels led 22-10 after a failed two-point attempt.

 
Georgia made its approach into Ole Miss territory in response, however Harris ripped the ball unfastened from Frazier’s grasp and Walter Nolen recovered for the turnover. Dart had a powerful 21-yard scramble, however Ole Miss was halted at midfield, and Masin pinned Georgia at its 9-yard line.

 
Fourth Quarter
Ole Miss almost had one other turnover on the primary play of the fourth quarter when Trey Amos ripped the ball away from Frazier, however the Bulldogs recovered to retain possession. The Rebels had one other turnover slip out of their grasp after an Umanmielen strip-sack. Georgia recovered, and Trey Washington drew a facemask flag on the sort out to negate the sack, however the turnover got here nonetheless. Georgia rolled the cube on 4th-and-10 later within the drive, and Jared Ivey deflected a Beck move into the palms of Sunders for the interception.

 
The Rebels drove down into the purple zone and added yet one more Davis area purpose to make it a 15-point sport, then they put the sport within the palms of their vaunted move rush, and so they delivered. Umanmielen hit Beck, knocking the ball unfastened and Suntarine Perkins recovered on the Georgia 19-yard line to all however seal the victory.

 
Davis knocked house his fifth area purpose from 32 yards out to make it a three-score sport, 28-10.
 
Subsequent Up
Ole Miss may have per week off earlier than ending its common season with two video games in a six-day span, starting Saturday, Nov. 23, with an 11 a.m. CT kickoff at Florida earlier than returning to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium for a Black Friday (Nov. 29) matchup with Mississippi State.
 
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Gallery: (11-9-2024) FB vs UGA: Second Half