Notes and Notables from the Rebels’ 31-17 win over LSU

OXFORD, Miss. — There were a number of notables stemming from the Rebels’ 31-17 win over LSU Saturday in Oxford. Courtesy of Ole Miss Media Relations, here you go! 

General Notes

•  Attendance for tonight’s game was 64,523, the sixth largest crowd ever at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
• Ole Miss has now forced at least one turnover in 16 of the 17 games in the Kiffin era.

Offensive Notables

• The Rebels tallied 250 or more yards on the ground for the third straight game.
• Nine different Rebels caught a pass for the second straight game.
• QB Matt Corral finished the contest 18-of-23 for 185 yards and one passing touchdowns.
• Corral also tallied a TD on the ground … He’s tied with Snoop Conner for the team lead with nine rushing TDs on the season.
• Corral has thrown a touchdown pass in 19 straight games, the second-longest streak in school history … He trails only Chad Kelly (22).
• Corral moved to No. 4 in career passing yards with 6,851 yards … Corral is only the sixth Ole Miss QB to surpass 6,000 yards.
• Corral remains No. 3 in career passing touchdowns with 52.
• Corral is No. 3 in career total offense with 8,049 total yards.
• Corral has 492 career completions and ranks No. 6 all-time on that list.
• RB Snoop Conner tallied his fourth career 100-yard game with 14 carries for 117 yards.
• RB Jerrion Ealy added 97 rushing yards on 12 carries.
• Conner and Ealy averaged 8.4 and 8.1 yards per carry, respectively.
• WR Dontario Drummond led the Ole Miss receiving corps with eight catches for 93 yards.
• Drummond also completed a pass attempt … Drummond is now 2-for-2 on pass attempts in his career.
• TE Casey Kelly hauled in just his fourth and fifth catches of the season and his first TD in 2021 … It was his second career touchdown reception.

 Defensive Notables

• Ole Miss registered five or more sacks in back-to-back games for the first time since 1999 (Auburn & South Carolina).
• Ole Miss has tallied two or more sacks in six of the seven games this season.
• For the third time this season, the Rebels held its opponent to seven or less points in the first half (Louisville [0], Austin Peay [7].
• The three turnovers are the most this season by the Rebel defense.
• For the second straight game, LB Mark Robinson tallied double-digit tackles, finishing with 12 total stops vs. LSU.
• LB Chance Campbell finished the game with 10 tackles, 1.0 sack and a forced fumble.
• OLB Cedric Johnson registered his first career forced fumble via a sack in the third quarter … Johnson also recorded his first fumble recovery later in that same quarter.
• Johnson tallied a career-high 1.5 TFLs.
• DB Jake Springer tallied his first fumble recover as a Rebel.

Special Teams Notables

• K Caden Costa connected on a 43-yard field goal in the second quarter … He is 3-for-5 from 40 or more yards this season.
• P Mac Brown punted four times for an average of 44.5 yards per punt, including a long of 53 yards.
• Two of Brown’s punts were downed inside the 20-yard line.

Photo credit: Dan Anderson, The Rebel Walk