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OXFORD, Miss. – For the second time this season, No. 6 Ole Miss football dominated No. 11 Tulane, 41-10, this time in the first round of the College Football Playoff at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi.
This was the first career victory for head coach Pete Golding, making him the 10th Ole Miss (12-1) head coach in the modern era to win their first contest as head coach. The timing couldn’t have been better for Golding and the Rebels, who were competing in their first appearance in the College Football Playoff, as well as the first postseason game hosted at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
Here are all the news and notables from the HUGE win.
SERIES INFORMATION
• This was the 75th meeting all-time between Ole Miss and Tulane, which was a charter member of the SEC until leaving in 1966.
• Ole Miss leads the all-time series 47-28 on the field, 45-28 after two vacated wins at Tulane in 2010 and 2012, and in Oxford the Rebels lead 15-2.
• This was Ole Miss’ 15th consecutive victory against Tulane dating back to 1989, the second-longest win streak against any Rebel opponent behind a 17-game run vs. Memphis from 1921-62.
CAPTAINS
• Tyler Banks (LB), Patrick Kutas (OL), De’Zhaun Stribling (WR), Wydett Williams Jr. (S)
STARTERS
• OL Jayden Williams is Ole Miss’ active career leader in starts, making his 32nd today at right tackle.
• LB TJ Dottery and LT Diego Pounds made their 22nd consecutive starts at Ole Miss, which leads all active Rebels.
GENERAL NOTES
• Today’s attendance was a record-setting 68,251, breaking the previous top crowd of 68,138 vs. Florida back on Nov. 15 … Five of Ole Miss’ 10 best crowds all-time have come in 2025.
• This was Ole Miss’ first appearance in the College Football Playoff, as well as the first postseason game hosted at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
• This marks the first 12-win season in Ole Miss football history … The previous best was an 11-2 campaign by the 2023 Rebels.
• This was the first career victory for head coach Pete Golding … Other Ole Miss head coaches to win their first contest as head coach (not the interim) in the modern era (since John Vaught) include Matt Luke (2018, vs. Texas Tech), Hugh Freeze (2012, vs. Central Arkansas), Houston Nutt (2008, vs. Memphis), Ed Orgeron (2005, at Memphis), David Cutcliffe (1998 Independence Bowl, vs. Texas Tech), Steve Sloan (1978, vs. Memphis), Ken Cooper (1974, vs. Missouri), Billy Kinard (1971, vs. Long Beach State) and John Vaught (1947, vs. Kentucky).
• Ole Miss has now won 12 consecutive home games since Oct. 26, 2024 vs. Oklahoma, the third-longest active streak in the FBS and the longest by the Rebels since a 14-game stretch from 2020-22.
• Ole Miss is now 75-17 (.815) in non-conference action since a 38-0 win over Tulane in 1994.
OFFENSIVE NOTES
• Ole Miss scored four rushing touchdowns to hit 36 on the season, breaking the single-season team record of 33 set three times prior in 1959, 2021 and 2022.
• QB Trinidad Chambliss was responsible for 318 yards of offense and three total touchdowns, moving him into sixth in Ole Miss single-season history (3,804).
• Chambliss went 23-of-29 passing for 282 yards and one TD, which lands him 16th in school single-season history (3,298) … Chambliss also rushed six times for 36 yards and two touchdowns.
• Chambliss’ passing score, a 13-yard connection with WR De’Zhaun Stribling, was the 50th of his career across both Ole Miss and Ferris State … It also is his 13th straight game with a TD pass, tying him with Jevan Snead for the fourth-longest streak in Ole Miss history.
• RB Kewan Lacy rushed for 87 yards and one touchdown on 15 carries … Lacy is now tied for seventh in SEC single-season history in rushing TD (21) and 10th in all-purpose TD (21).
• Lacy’s six points moved him to second all time in Ole Miss single season history, trailing only Caden Davis’ 2024 record 129 points … Lacy owns the most points ever scored at Ole Miss by a non-kicker.
• Lacy’s 87 rushing yards against Tulane moved him to second all-time on Ole Miss’s single-season rushing yards list (1,366), surpassing Kayo Dottley’s 1949 season at 1,312.
• Lacy’s 94 all-purpose yards moved him to sixth in Ole Miss single-season history, surpassing Deuce McAllister who had 1,488 yards in 2000.
• WR De’zhaun Stribling hauled in five receptions for 79 yards and one touchdown, his sixth of the season … Stribling also surpassed 200 career receptions (204).
• TE Dae’Quan Wright had four catches for 64 yards, passing 1,500 career receiving yards (1,521) and moving into sixth at Ole Miss in career catches by a tight end (61).
DEFENSIVE NOTES
• The Rebels defense recovered two fumbles and had one interception for three turnovers forced against Tulane, the second three takeaway game this year for Ole Miss alongside Nov. 1 vs. South Carolina.
• Ole Miss recovered two fumbles in the same game for the first time since doing so vs. Georgia in 2024.
• Tulane went 0-for-4 on fourth down against Ole Miss’s defense, the best such performance by a Rebel defense on four attempts in available records since at least 1994 … In September, Tulane also went 0-for-3 on fourth down.
• LB Suntarine Perkins tallied 2.5 tackles for loss alongside four tackles, two QB hurries, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery … Perkins now ranks 14th in Ole Miss history with 28.5 career TFL.
• LB Princewill Umanmielen had 1.5 sacks, giving him a team-leading 8.0 sacks and 11.5 TFL on the year … Umanmielen also had four of Ole Miss’ seven total QB hurries on the night.
• CB Jaylon Braxton picked off Tulane’s Jake Retzlaff, the first of his Rebel career and second overall.
• LB TJ Dottery tallied his second forced fumble of the season in the final minutes of the third quarter … Dottery finished tied for the team lead with six tackles.
SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES
• K Lucas Carneiro was 2-of-2 on field goals, both from beyond 40 yards with makes of 42 and 48 … Carneiro is now tied for second in Ole Miss single-season history with 23 made field goals, and he also surpassed 50 in his collegiate career.
• Carneiro was also 4-of-4 on PATs, moving into third in Ole Miss single-season history with 52 made this year.
• At 124 points this season, Carneiro ranks third in Ole Miss single-season history in overall scoring, trailing only Caden Davis’ record 129 from 2024 and Kewan Lacy’s 126 from this season.
• Among kickers, Carneiro’s 124 points ranks only behind Davis’ 129 from last season.
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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. Email Evie at: Evie@TheRebelWalk.com
