No. 12 Ole Miss pulls away from Auburn 45–15 with 28 straight points
Auburn was within 17–15 late in the third quarter before Trinidad Chambliss and the Rebels scored the game's last four touchdowns in Oxford.
OXFORD, Miss. — No. 12 Ole Miss scored the final 28 points to beat Auburn 45–15 on Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, turning a two-point game late in the third quarter into a rout.
Auburn (4–4) pulled within 17–15 when Byrum Brown ran 7 yards for a touchdown with 6:20 left in the third quarter, though the two-point try failed. Ole Miss (6–2) answered three minutes later on Trinidad Chambliss's 26-yard touchdown run and never looked back.
Chambliss then threw touchdown passes to Caleb Cunningham (6 yards) and Horatio Fields (28 yards) in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter, and Deuce Knight added a 17-yard scoring run with 3:27 to play.
How the first half went
After a scoreless first quarter, Will Echoles scored on a 1-yard run for Ole Miss. Brown answered with a 21-yard touchdown pass to Chas Nimrod, but the extra point was blocked. Shekai Mills-Knight's 1-yard run put the Rebels up 14–6, and Alex McPherson's 29-yard field goal with five seconds left sent Auburn to the locker room down 14–9. Lucas Carneiro's 20-yard field goal opened the second-half scoring for Ole Miss.
By the numbers
- Ole Miss outgained Auburn 487–312 and ran for 224 yards to Auburn's 63.
- Chambliss completed 22 of 34 passes for 263 yards with two touchdowns and an interception, and ran for a third score.
- Mills-Knight carried 16 times for 71 yards; Fields caught six passes for 73 yards and Cunningham six for 55.
- Brown was 25 of 38 for 195 yards with a touchdown pass and a rushing touchdown. Nimrod caught four passes for 62 yards.
- Auburn turned it over twice, Ole Miss once. The Rebels had 31 first downs to Auburn's 24.
Earlier today: our halftime report.