Notes and Notables from No. 10 Ole Miss’ 38-35 win over Texas A&M

OXFORD, Miss. — Here are notes and notables from the No. 10 Ole Miss Rebels’ 38-35 win over Texas A&M. The Rebs move to 8-1 on the season, 5-1 in SEC play and have a big road game against Georgia next Saturday in Athens.

Captains

• Jared Ivey (DE), Cedric Johnson (DE), and Caden Prieskorn (TE).

Starters

• RG Jeremy James made his 45th consecutive start, also the 45th start of his career … Other double-digit streaks included CB Deantre Prince (24), QB Jaxson Dart (20), OL Micah Pettus (18), OL Caleb Warren (18) and RB Quinshon Judkins (15).

• Rebels with 30 or more career starts who also started today include James (45), Warren (40) and Prince (32).

General Notes

• Attendance for today’s game was 65,680, the ninth largest crowd ever at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

• Ole Miss is now 298-115-8 (.708) all-time at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

• Ole Miss is now 8-1 for the second straight season, the first time doing so in back-to-back years since 1961 (8-1) and 1962 (9-0) … Including ties, Ole Miss also had at least eight wins through nine games in four consecutive seasons from 1959-62.

• Ole Miss is now 26-5 under Kiffin when scoring first.

• This is the third time this season the Rebels have rallied for a win after trailing in the fourth quarter.

Offensive Notes

• WR Tre Harris hauled career-high 11 receptions for 213 yards, and one touchdown … The 213 receiving yards rank sixth in the program, while the 11 receptions tied for ninth.

• Harris joins Watkins as the only Rebels with nine or more receptions in a game this season.

• Harris  now has four games this season with over 100 yards.

• This was Harris’ first game in his career with 200+ yards … Harris is one of nine Rebels with a 200-yard game in program history.

• RB Quinshon Judkins rushed the ball 23 times for 102 yards and three touchdowns … It was his first career three-rushing TD game.

• Judkins now has sole possession of second in program history in rushing touchdowns (28) … His 12 100-plus yard rushing games has him tied for second in program history.

• QB Jaxson Dart connected for two touchdowns in the air to finish with 387 yards on 24-of-33 passing.

• This marks Dart’s fifth 300-yard passing game of his Ole Miss career, good for No. 7 in school history … Dart is now eighth all-time at Ole Miss with 5,441 career passing yards.

• WR Jordan Watkins was wide open for a 29-yard reception from Dart for his third touchdown of the season, ninth of his career … Watkins finished with 47 yards on five catches along with his touchdown.

Defensive Notes

• S Trey Washington led the Rebels for the fourth time this season with 10 tackles, five being solo … Washington has had double-digit tackle numbers in three games this season, tying his career-high all three times.

• S John Saunders Jr. snagged his third interception of the year, picking off Texas A&M in the endzone … Saunders now has eight interceptions in his career.

• Saunders ended with eight tackles, four being solo, tying his season-high.

• S Ladarius Tennison registered a season-high seven tackles, six being solo.

• DT Zxavian Harris secured a career-high seven tackles along with a block on the potential game-tying field goal … It was the third blocked kick of his career.

• DE Cedric Johnson brought down a sack for a loss of five yards, his 18th sack of his career … Johnson now is tied for fifth all-time at Ole Miss.

Special Teams Notes

• A 34-yard kickoff return for RB Ulysses Bentley IV was a season-long return.

• Dart connected with Harris for a successful two-point conversion, the first Ole Miss two-point conversion since at Arkansas in 2022.

• K Caden Davis put in a 21-yard field goal to extend to 14-of-17 on the year and 15-of-21 for his career.

• P Fraser Masin punted four times for 172 yards with a long of 47 yards and one punt inside the 20.