Ole Miss didn’t just bounce back from the Florida loss. It flattened Vanderbilt in Nashville, rolling to a 52-17 win Saturday behind a first-half avalanche that buried the game before halftime.
Pete Golding’s No. 9 Rebels moved to 4-1 overall and 2-1 in SEC play, and they did it with a little bit of everything: explosive offense, points from the defense, and even a rare touchdown from a defensive lineman. By the break, Ole Miss had stacked three touchdowns in the final four minutes of the first half and walked into halftime with a 42-3 lead.
A pair of Vanderbilt turnovers helped turn the game into a rout. Suntarine Perkins added a scoop-and-score touchdown, and then the Rebels capitalized again when they recovered a fumble on a kickoff inside the 10-yard line. From there, the margin kept ballooning.
One of the night’s signature moments belonged to Jamarious Brown, the defensive lineman who hauled in a goal-line touchdown and celebrated with the sexy Dexy alongside fellow DL Will Echoles. Brown’s score stood out not just because of who caught it, but because of how he moved to get there - the kind of athleticism you don’t usually expect from a player his size. It also fit the moment, considering Brown and Echoles have spent previous seasons clearing the way in goal-line packages for touchdowns of their own.
Trinidad Chambliss kept the offense humming, accounting for four total touchdowns - three through the air and one on the ground. He finished 20 of 30 for 213 yards and spread the ball around to nine different Rebels. Deuce Alexander led the receiving group with 74 yards and a touchdown.
There was also a welcome sight for Ole Miss with Kewan Lacy back in action after a shoulder injury kept him out against LSU. After two weeks away, he shook off the rust in the first half and rushed seven times for 39 yards and a touchdown. Makhi Frazier picked up plenty of the workload after that, going for 73 yards on 13 carries.
And in the fourth quarter, the Rebels added one more highlight when Shekai Mills-Knight broke loose for a 35-yard touchdown run to finish off the scoring.
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