No. 9 Ole Miss Rebels dominated No. 13 Missouri Tigers 31-3 on Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. Trinidad Chambliss threw three touchdown passes and ran for another score as Ole Miss improved to 5-1 and handed Missouri its second loss of the season.
The Rebels broke the game open with a 14-point second quarter and never let Missouri back in. Kewan Lacy led a ground attack that produced 257 rushing yards, while Missouri’s Austin Simmons threw for 339 yards but could not find the end zone. Jamal Roberts paced the Tigers’ run game with just 39 yards on 20 carries, a number that defined Missouri’s offensive day.
Key Moments: How Ole Miss Pulled Away
Missouri struck first when Blake Craig connected on a 27-yard field goal with 8:16 left in the first quarter, giving the Tigers an early 3-0 lead. Ole Miss answered before the quarter ended, as Chambliss found Caleb Odom for a 10-yard touchdown with 5:42 remaining to make it 7-3.
The second quarter belonged entirely to the Rebels. Chambliss hit Horatio Fields for a 21-yard score at the 10:13 mark, then found Caleb Cunningham for 17 yards with 2:13 left before halftime, pushing the lead to 21-3. Both teams were held scoreless in the third quarter before Ole Miss closed out the win in the fourth. Chambliss capped his day with a 5-yard touchdown run at the 12:44 mark, and Lucas Carneiro added a 38-yard field goal with 3:45 remaining for the final 31-3 margin.
Top Performers
Chambliss finished 20-of-36 passing for 241 yards with three touchdowns and no interceptions, adding a rushing score on the ground. Lacy carried 16 times for 122 yards, and Makhi Frazier added 101 yards on 15 attempts as Ole Miss piled up 257 rushing yards on 38 carries, a 6.8-yard average.
Cunningham caught three passes for 61 yards and a touchdown to lead Ole Miss receivers. On defense, Sharif Denson recorded a team-high nine tackles, and Landon Barnes picked off Simmons for the Rebels’ lone takeaway.
For Missouri, Simmons completed 25 of 44 passes for 339 yards but threw an interception and was sacked once. Donovan Olugbode caught nine passes for 127 yards, and Nicholas Rodriguez led all tacklers with 13 stops. Roberts managed only 39 yards on 20 carries as Missouri’s rushing attack totaled just 39 yards on 26 attempts, a 1.5-yard average that left the offense one-dimensional for most of the afternoon.
What It Means
Ole Miss outgained Missouri 498-378 in total yards and controlled the ball for 31:06 compared to the Tigers’ 28:54. The Rebels converted 9 of 14 third-down attempts, while Missouri went just 6-for-17 and 0-for-2 on fourth down, a disparity that kept Ole Miss’s offense on the field and Missouri’s defense on its heels.
The win moves Ole Miss to 5-1 on the season, while Missouri falls to 5-2. Both teams entered the day ranked, with Ole Miss at No. 9 and Missouri at No. 13, and the lopsided result figures to factor into next week’s poll movement. For more on where other SEC programs stand, see AP Top 25 poll movers.
What’s Next
Missouri will look to regroup after managing just 39 rushing yards against the Rebels’ defense. Ole Miss, meanwhile, will carry its 5-1 record and a three-touchdown performance from Chambliss into its next matchup as it looks to climb further in the rankings.
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