No. 10 Ole Miss Welcomes Texas A&M into the Vaught
Oxford, Miss – No. 10 Ole Miss returns to the gridiron on Saturday morning as the Rebels play host to the Texas A&M Aggies. Kickoff is set for 11 a.m. and the game can be seen on ESPN.
Ole Miss (7-1, 4-1 SEC) is coming off a 33-7 homecoming win over the Vanderbilt Commodores last Saturday. Against the Commodores, Ole Miss passed for 254 yards and ran for 177 yards.
Junior quarterback Jaxson Dart has passed for 2,080 yards and 14 touchdowns on the season.
This season, the Rebels have averaged 38.88 points per game, while the defense has only allowed an average of 21.38 points to their opponents over eight games. The Rebels’ defense has recorded 30 sacks as senior defensive end Jared Ivey leads the team with 5.5 for a loss of 36 yards.
Texas A&M comes to Oxford at 5-3 overall and 3-2 in the SEC this season. The Aggies are fresh off a 30-17 home win over South Carolina in which they limited the Gamecocks to just 209 total yards. This weekend will mark the third time in the last four games that the Aggies have taken on a top-20 opponent.
Texas A&M dropped two one-score games to both #11 Alabama and #19 Tennessee to open the month of October. Offensively, the Aggies average 394.2 yards per game, with 266 yards of that coming through the air. LSU transfer Max Johnson has taken over the reins at quarterback after Conner Weigman suffered a season-ending injury during the fourth game. Johnson has completed 59 percent of his passes for 1,147 yards and eight touchdowns.
Receivers Ainias Smith and Evan Stewart have led the charge for the A&M receiving corps with 5069 and 506 receiver yards respectively.
The A&M defense has been the backbone of the Aggie team, ranking first in the SEC and No. 7 nationally allowing just 269.2 yards per game The Aggies lead the country in sacks and tackles for loss. Linebacker Edgerrin Cooper leads the Aggies with 52 total tackles and ranks No. 1 in FBS with 15.5 tackles for loss on the season.
Saturday will be the 15th all-time meeting between the two programs which dates back to 1911. Texas A&M leads the series 9-3 over Ole Miss.
Adam Brown
Adam Brown joins The Rebel Walk as the Managing Editor after being on the Ole Miss beat as a Sports Editor for over 11 years. He is a lifelong Oxford resident. Brown graduated from the University of Mississippi with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.
Prior to The Rebel Walk, Brown was the sports editor of HottyToddy.com covering every Ole Miss sport and local high school sports in the community.
