AUSTIN, Texas \u2013 No. 7 Ole Miss fought all the way back Saturday night, but No. 19 Texas held on for a 34-27 win in front of 104,306 fans at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. The Rebels trailed 24-3 at halftime before scoring 21 straight points to tie the game early in the fourth quarter, then recovered an onside kick in the final minute and had one last shot at the end zone before a game-ending interception.<\/p>\n
Even in the loss, the night was full of milestones. Trinidad Chambliss<\/a> extended his streak of games with a touchdown pass to 20, Jalyn Crawford<\/a> became the first Rebel with two interceptions in a game since 2023, and Lucas Carneiro<\/a> kept climbing the Ole Miss record books.<\/p>\n Here are the notes, numbers and milestones from the game.<\/p>\n Series Information<\/p>\n \u2022 This marked the ninth meeting between Ole Miss and Texas, with the Longhorns now holding a 7-2 lead in the series, 7-1 after the vacated 2013 matchup. Captains and Participation<\/p>\n \u2022 Will Echoles<\/a> (DL), Patrick Kutas<\/a> (OL) and Delano Townsend (OL) served as captains. General Notes<\/p>\n \u2022 Attendance was 104,306, the fourth-largest crowd ever at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium. Offensive Notes<\/p>\n \u2022 With a touchdown pass to Horatio Fields<\/a> in the third quarter, Chambliss has now thrown a touchdown pass in 20 consecutive games, breaking his tie with Matt Corral for the second-longest streak in school history. Only Chad Kelly, with 22, has a longer streak. Defensive Notes<\/p>\n \u2022 Crawford intercepted a Texas pass in the first quarter for his first pick of the season and first as a Rebel. It was the third interception of his college career. He added a second pick in the fourth quarter, his second of the season and fourth of his career. Special Teams Notes<\/p>\n \u2022 With a field goal midway through the first quarter, Carneiro has now made a field goal in 12 straight games. The bottom line<\/p>\n The comeback came up just short, but the Rebels left Austin with plenty of individual milestones and a defense that forced three turnovers and scored a touchdown. Ole Miss falls to 5-2 overall and 3-2 in SEC play and returns home to host Auburn on Halloween, Saturday, Oct. 31, at 11:45 a.m. CT on SEC Network.<\/p>\n More from Saturday: Ole Miss rallies from 21 down, but Texas holds on 34-27<\/a> | Ole Miss vs. Auburn kickoff time<\/a> | SEC standings<\/a> | Ole Miss football roster<\/a><\/p>\n Notes are courtesy of Ole Miss Athletics<\/p>\n \n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n Evelyn Van Pelt <\/p>\n 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<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2013 No. 7 Ole Miss fought all the way back Saturday night, but No. 19 Texas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":476159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3230,132,134,133,161182,29070,29487,158110,64056,537,12567],"class_list":["post-476158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-arch-manning","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-blake-purchase","tag-kewan-lacy","tag-ole-miss-football","tag-pete-golding","tag-rebels","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-trinidad-chambliss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476158\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2022 Texas holds a 4-1 lead in games played in Austin, 4-0 after the vacated 2013 game.
\u2022 This was the first matchup between Ole Miss and Texas as SEC foes.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Brycen Sanders<\/a>, Patrick Kutas, Will Echoles and Kam Franklin<\/a> each made their 22nd consecutive start at Ole Miss.
\u2022 Suntarine Perkins<\/a> played in his 48th consecutive game for Ole Miss.
\u2022 Running back Kewan Lacy<\/a> made his 21st career start in an Ole Miss uniform.
\u2022 Brycen Sanders and Jamarious Brown<\/a> each played in their 35th consecutive game.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Pete Golding now has a career record of 7-3 overall and 3-2 in the SEC.
\u2022 Golding has played a ranked opponent in eight of his first 10 career games as a head coach and holds a 5-3 record in those games.<\/p>\n
\u2022 The score was Fields\u2019 third receiving touchdown of the season. He later caught his fourth of the year to tie the game in the fourth quarter, and his two touchdown catches are a new career high for a game.
\u2022 Chambliss finished the night with 25 completions for 250 yards and two touchdowns.
\u2022 With 25 completions, Chambliss now has 461 in his Ole Miss career, passing John Fourcade for the eighth-most in school history.
\u2022 Chambliss has now recorded 20 or more completions in 13 consecutive games.
\u2022 Chambliss attempted 52 passes against Texas, the first time an Ole Miss quarterback has attempted at least 50 passes in a game since Jordan Ta\u2019amu threw 52 against Vanderbilt in 2017.
\u2022 Chambliss threw his 37th and 38th touchdown passes at Ole Miss, passing Matt Corral for the eighth-most in a Rebel career.
\u2022 It was the sixth game this season with multiple touchdown passes for Chambliss, and the 11th of his career.
\u2022 With 36 rushing yards, Lacy is now tied with Dexter McCluster for the 11th-most career rushing yards in school history, with 1,955 each.
\u2022 Deuce Alexander<\/a> led Ole Miss in receptions (eight) and receiving yards (87), tying his career best for catches in a game.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Crawford became the first Rebel with two interceptions in a game since Trey Washington against Vanderbilt in 2023.
\u2022 The Ole Miss defense now has five interceptions in its last three games.
\u2022 On the first drive of the third quarter, Blake Purchase<\/a> recorded his second strip-sack of the season. Both have come in the last three games, and both resulted in a touchdown on the recovery.
\u2022 Purchase now has 4.5 sacks on the season.
\u2022 Franklin recovered the loose ball in the end zone for his first career fumble recovery and touchdown.
\u2022 Franklin added a sack of his own later in the third quarter, giving him 2.0 on the year.
\u2022 Franklin led the defense with 2.0 tackles for loss.
\u2022 Purchase finished with 1.5 tackles for loss, giving him a team-leading 8.0 on the season.
\u2022 Seven Rebels recorded a tackle for loss: Franklin (2.0), Purchase (1.5), Jaylon Braxton<\/a> (1.5), Antonio Kite<\/a> (1.0), Perkins (1.0), Luke Ferrelli<\/a> (0.5) and Keaton Thomas<\/a> (0.5).
\u2022 Kite recorded the first tackle for loss of his career.
\u2022 Thomas finished with a career-high three quarterback hurries.
\u2022 Purchase recorded a pass breakup for the second straight game.
\u2022 Perkins recorded his second pass breakup of the season and now has nine in his career.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Carneiro\u2019s first-quarter make was the 41st of his Ole Miss career, tying him for the sixth-most in program history.
\u2022 With two field goals, Carneiro\u2019s 42 career makes move him into a tie with Caden Davis for the fifth-most at Ole Miss.
\u2022 With nine points, Carneiro now has 211 career points, moving him up to eighth in career points and seventh in career points by a kicker.
\u2022 Carneiro went 3-for-3 on extra points, moving him into eighth in school history with 85 career PATs.
\u2022 Oscar Bird<\/a> made his second career rushing attempt on a fake punt late in the second quarter, a 17-yard run for a first down. He now has two career carries for 35 yards (17.5 per carry).
\u2022 Bird punted a career-high seven times for 303 yards, a 43.3-yard average, with one inside the 20 and a long of 54.
\u2022 Ole Miss recovered an onside kick late in the fourth quarter, its first onside kick recovery since Auburn in 2023.<\/p>\n