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Dart's 515 yards, six touchdowns lead No. 19 Ole Miss in 63-31 win over Arkansas

Nov. 02, 2024 16:48 PM EDT

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Jaxson Dart set Ole Miss records for yards passing and touchdown throws in a single game, leapfrogging Matt Corral and Eli Manning, in the 19th-ranked Rebels’ dominating 63-31 win over Arkansas on Saturday. Dart threw four scores and 321 yards in just...

No. 19 Ole Miss tries not to overlook game at Arkansas with No. 2 Georgia on the horizon

Oct. 31, 2024 13:51 PM EDT

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Lane Kiffin’s approach with his Ole Miss football team is to keep his team's eyes on the prize. According to the Rebels’ coach, some outside the program were suggesting Ole Miss (6-2, 2-2 Southeastern Conference) didn’t beat a down Oklahoma team...

No. 18 Mississippi uses big third quarter, 9 sacks to beat Oklahoma 26-14

Oct. 26, 2024 17:59 PM EDT

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Jaxson Dart threw for 311 yards, No. 18 Mississippi's defense produced nine sacks and the Rebels used a big third quarter to beat Oklahoma 26-14 on Saturday. The Sooners were up 14-10 at the half before the Rebels (6-2, 2-2 Southeastern Conference) scored two...

Nussmeier throws late TD passes, No. 13 LSU rallies to beat No. 9 Ole Miss 29-26 in overtime

Oct. 13, 2024 01:47 AM EDT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Garrett Nussmeier was in the midst of what the LSU quarterback considered one of the worst games of his career. His last two snaps changed everything. Nussmeier threw a tying touchdown pass to Aaron Anderson in the final seconds of regulation and hit Kyren...

Wake Forest's fee for canceling football game vs. Ole Miss is covered by new Oregon State deal

Oct. 11, 2024 20:02 PM EDT

Wake Forest canceled next year's trip to No. 9 Mississippi to make room for a home-and-home football series against Oregon State. It turns out the Beavers are essentially covering what the Demon Deacons owe for the Ole Miss cancellation, according to scheduling contracts. Ole Miss...

No. 9 Ole Miss and No. 13 LSU matchup headlined by accomplished coaches and prolific QBs

Oct. 10, 2024 13:40 PM EDT

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU coach Brian Kelly seems more amused than anything by Mississippi counterpart Lane Kiffin's penchant for mocking and trolling opponents. At least, Kelly didn't sound offended while offering his impressions of Kiffin as a communicator in advance of...

No. 9 Mississippi and No. 13 LSU resume their rivalry with CFP stakes in play

Oct. 10, 2024 11:29 AM EDT

No. 9 Mississippi (5-1, 1-1 SEC) at No. 13 LSU (4-1, 1-0), Saturday 7:30 p.m. ET (ABC) BetMGM College Football Odds: Mississippi by 3. Series record: LSU leads 65-43-4. WHAT’S AT STAKE? The loser of this year's “Magnolia Bowl”...

SEC means more ... upsets? Three top 10 teams fall, led by Vanderbilt's vanquishing of Alabama

Oct. 09, 2024 14:47 PM EDT

Lane Kiffin wasn’t ready to talk about his own game yet. The Mississippi coach fixated instead on the final moments of Vanderbilt’s stunning upset of then-No. 1 Alabama. “Sorry, I mean this is a once-in-a-lifetime thing going on,” Kiffin told reporters after the Rebels’ win...

325-pound JJ Pegues runs for 2 TDs as No. 12 Ole Miss posts 27-3 win over South Carolina

Oct. 05, 2024 20:37 PM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Jaxson Dart loves talking about Mississippi wins. He loves it even more when 325-pound nose tackle JJ Pegues helps make it happen. Pegues had a pair of short touchdown runs as the 12th-ranked Rebels bounced back from their first loss of the season to beat...

Kiffin lets No. 12 Mississippi know that one loss does not end its championship hopes

Oct. 03, 2024 06:20 AM EDT

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — One loss won't end the championship hopes of No. 12 Mississippi, no matter how bad the Rebels' offense looked in falling to Kentucky. Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin told his team just that this week as it prepared to face South Carolina (3-1, 1-1 Southeastern...