Gamer: No. 16 Ole Miss defeats No. 2 Georgia, 28-10

OXFORD, Miss. — No. 16 Ole Miss defeated the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs by the score of 28-10 on Saturday afternoon at Vaught-Hemingway. Ole Miss moves to 8-2 and 4-2 in the SEC.

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Georgia jumped out to an early advantage as the Bulldogs intercepted a pass by Jaxson Dart in a short field. They got on the board on a two-yard carry by Nate Frazier.

Dart got injured on the opening drive, and Austin Simmons came in and looked like a veteran. He was calm and poised and was there when the Rebels needed him. Simmons drove the Rebels down the field, and capped off the series with a nine-yard run by Ulysses Bentley.

Bentley finished the day with 13 touches for 28 yards and a touchdown.

Simmons went 5-for-6 for 64 yards on the drive.

The Rebels’ defense forced Georgia to punt after a three-and-out. Ole Miss then drove down the field with Dart and finished things off with a field goal by Caden Davis. Ole Miss went up 10-7 to close out the quarter.

The Rebels added a field goal by Davis to go up 13-7 over Georgia.

The Ole Miss defense made it difficult for Georgia to move the ball. At that point in the game, the Bulldogs had gained 47 yards total.

Ole Miss got the ball back deep in its own territory as Dart found Jordan Watkins to get down to the Georgia side of the field. Davis ended the drive with a 53-yard field goal to go up 16-7.

Davis finished the game with four field goals.

In the first half, Ole Miss out-gained Georgia 229 total yards to 69 yards.

Georgia kicked a field goal to open the third quarter and cut the game to 16-10.

Ole Miss quickly responded with a touchdown as Dart drove the Rebels down the field and found Juice Wells in the end zone to go up 22-10 over the No. 2 Georgia Bulldogs.

Two more Rebel field goals after the defense forced two Georgia turnovers, an interception and a fumble, made it 28-10 and that’s how it ends in Oxford.

Dart finished the game going 13-22 with 199 yards a touchdown and an interception. Beck finished the game going 20-for-36 for 186 yards and 1 interception.

Defense wins championships

The Ole Miss defense came to play today, finishing with 5 sacks and 9 tackles for loss, four quarterback hurries and four forced fumbles. The Rebels held Georgia to just 59 yards rushing.

TJ Dottery led the team with 10 tackles, while Pooh Paul finished with 9. Jared Ivey notched two sacks, two tackles for loss and one forced fumble. Suntarine Perkins tallied 3 quarterback hurries. Princely Umanmielen finished with two sacks, two tackles for loss, a quarterback hurry and a forced fumble.

Notables for the Rebels in the win

– 15th top-five win all-time

– First top-five win since 2015 (at #2 Alabama, 43-37)

– First top-five win at home since 2014 Egg Bowl vs. #4 Mississippi State (31-17)

– Fifth top-five win at home: 2014: #1 Alabama (23-17); 2014: #4 Mississippi State (31-17); 1976: #4 Georgia (21-17); 1952: #3 Maryland (21-14)

– Highest ranked win for the Rebels in Oxford since beating #1 Alabama in 2014 (23-17).

– Largest top-five victory since beating No. 3 Tennessee 38-0 in 1969.

– Ole Miss joined Alabama as the only teams to defeat Georgia since 2021 … The last non-Alabama team to beat Georgia in the regular season was Florida in 2020.

– Ole Miss has now accounted for two of Georgia head coach Kirby Smart’s 18 career losses … Smart and the Bulldogs fell 45-14 to the Rebels in Oxford in 2015, the first loss of Smart’s career and still the largest margin of defeat in his career.

– Largest margin of defeat for Georgia since the 2019 SEC Championship vs. LSU (37-10) … Largest in the regular season since 2018 vs. LSU (36-16).

– This is Ole Miss’ highest ranked win ever against Georgia, the previous best being Ole Miss’ last victory in the series over the 11th-ranked Bulldogs in Oxford in 2016.

Next Up

After a bye week, Ole Miss travels down to Gainesville to take on the Florida Gators on November 23. Stay tuned for more on this huge win over Georgia!

(Feature image credit: Karis Chambliss, Rebel Walk)