Notables from the Rebels’ 27-20 win over Arkansas
OXFORD, Miss. — Here are the notables from the Rebels’ 27-20 win over Arkansas Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway. Ole Miss moves to 5-1, 2-1 SEC with the win.
Starters
• RG Jeremy James made his 42nd consecutive start, also the 42nd start of his career. … Other double-digit streaks included CB Deantre Prince (21), QB Jaxson Dart (17), OL Micah Pettus (15), OL Caleb Warren (15), WR Jordan Watkins (14) and RB Quinshon Judkins (12).
• Rebels with 20 or more career starts who also started Saturday vs. Arkansas include James (42), Warren (37) and Prince (29).
General Notes
• Attendance for Saturday’s game was 65,748 … It is the eighth largest crowd ever at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
• Ole Miss is now 1-1 when opponents score first.
• The Rebels are 4-1 when leading at the half.
Offensive Notes
• RB Quinshon Judkins tallied his sixth rushing touchdown of the year and 22nd of his career off a 1-yard rush up the middle … Judkins is now tied for fifth all-time at Ole Miss in rushing touchdowns.
• Judkins finished with 65 rushing yards and 11 receiving yards … Judkins has now entered the top-10 all-time at Ole Miss in career rushing yards, currently ninth with 2,010.
• RB Ulysses Bentley IV led the Rebels in rushing yards for an Ole Miss career-high of 94 yards on 13 attempts … His 7-yard rush into the endzone marked his third rushing touchdown of the season, the 22nd of his career.
• QB Jaxson Dart ended the night 16-for-25 (64.0%) for 153 yards and one touchdown.
• WR Dayton Wade brought in his second receiving touchdown of the season off a 6-yard pass from Dart … This marks Wade’s fifth receiving touchdown in his career.
• WR Jordan Watkins led Ole Miss in receptions for the fourth time this season, ending tonight with seven catches for 86 yards.
Defensive Notes
• Ole Miss held Arkansas to only 288 total yards, the fewest allowed against an SEC opponent since Oct. 5, 2019 against Vanderbilt (264).
• The Rebels yielded just 36 rushing yards, their fewest against an SEC opponent since holding Tennessee to zero on Oct. 18, 2014.
• The Landshark Defense ended the night with a season-high five sacks for a loss of 33 yards … Ole Miss has had at least four sacks in four out of six games this season.
• The Rebels picked off two passes on the night courtesy of LB Ashanti Cistrunk and S John Saunders Jr. … The last time the Rebel defense had multiple interceptions was versus Auburn in 2022.
• Saunders Jr. recorded his second sack of the season, his third in his career.
• Saunders Jr. picked off Arkansas QB with 1:42 left of the game for his first interception in an Ole Miss uniform and the sixth of his career.
• S Trey Washington led the defense in tackles for the third game of the season with 10 total tackles (three solo).
• LB Ashanti Cistrunk tallied a season-high nine tackles and his first interception of the season (second of his career) … Cistrunk also combined for a sack for a loss of eight yards.
• DE Jared Ivey eclipsed a career-high in tackles, finishing the night with a total of eight … Ivey also notched a career-high in TFL with 1.5 for a loss of five yards.
• DT JJ Pegues assisted on a sack tonight, bringing him to double-digits at 10.0 sacks in his career.
• DT Jamond Gordon teamed up with Pegues in the first quarter, pushing Gordon to 3.0 total this season and 4.5 overall in his career.
• DT Akelo Stone and LB Suntarine Perkins brought down a sack, pushing both to 4.0 in their careers … Stone is at 2.0 this year, while Perkins is at 4.0.
• CB Deantre Prince forced his first fumble since 2021, the second of his career.
• DE Isaac Ukwu tallied his third sack of the season and 19.5 in his career.
Special Teams Notes
• K Caden Davis nailed a 27-yard field goal in the first quarter and a 22-yard field goal in the fourth quarter … He is now 11-of-14 this season and 12-of-18 in his career.
• P Fraser Masin punted four times on the night, landing two inside the 20-yard line with a long of 51.
Evelyn Van Pelt
Evelyn has covered sports for over two decades, beginning her journalism career as a sports writer for a newspaper in Austin, Texas. She attended Texas A&M and majored in English. Evelyn’s love for Ole Miss began when her daughter Katie attended the university on a volleyball scholarship. Evelyn created the Rebel Walk in 2013 and has served as publisher and managing editor since its inception.
