Ole Miss football picked up a signature, ranked win on Saturday, Sept. 27 — and it came at the cost of one of the Rebels’ longest-standing rivals: LSU.
The 11th-ranked Rebels knocked off the fourth-ranked Tigers 24-19 Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi on Saturday, Sept. 27 behind another rallying performance from backup quarterback Trinidad Chambliss.
With the win, Ole Miss has won just its sixth game against LSU since both teams began playing for the Magnolia Bowl trophy in 2008.
The win for Ole Miss was also its 16th win against a top-five ranked opponent in program history and the second in the last two years, according to the Rebels’ game notes entering Saturday’s game.
LSU got out to a quick start in the first quarter with a 7-yard touchdown pass from Garrett Nussmeier to Nic Anderson. The game momentum would then shift towards the Rebels’ way, as Ole Miss scored two touchdowns in the second quarter while holding LSU scoreless in the frame to take a 14-7 lead into the locker room.
The Rebels’ highly regarded defense under defensive coordinator Pete Golding, held the Tigers to 2-for-11 on third downs on the afternoon and just 254 total yards of offense. LSU brought the game within a one-score game late in the fourth quarter with a 6-yard rushing touchdown from Harlem Berry and attempted a 2-point conversion, but Ole Miss came up with a stop to keep it at a five-point game.
Chambliss, who has now started three games for Ole Miss as starting quarterback Austin Simmons is still recovering from an injury, completed 23 of 39 passes for 313 yards and a touchdown, which came on a 2-yard pass in the second quarter to Cayden Lee.
The loss for LSU puts a damper not only on the Tigers’ hopes of an undefeated season, but cuts the margin of error to make the College Football Playoff a bit since they now have a loss on their resume going into next week’s game vs. South Carolina at home.
The Rebels will resume their non-conference slate in Week 6 against Washington State.
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