Ole Miss defeated Texas A&M 23-3 in college football’s only top 25 match up on Saturday night.
The Rebels offensive scoring started in the first quarter when Chad Kelly connectedwith Evan Engram on a seven yard touchdown pass. Gary Wunderlich connected on the extra point and the Rebels took a 7-0 lead.
The Rebels continued the scoring early in the second quarter when Wunderlich was able to connect on a 41 yard field goal which gave the Rebels a 10-0 lead. After a Texas A&M punt the Rebels connected on a 30 yard field goal that gave the Rebels a 13-0 lead.
After a Chad Kelly interception in Rebel territory the Aggies were able to hit a 44 yard field goal to cut the Rebels lead to ten.
After the Aggie field goal the Rebels were able to drive down the field and get themselves into field goal range, but a Jordan Wilkins negated the possible scoring opportunity, for the time being.
After the turnover, Kyle Allen threw an interception to the Rebels. The Rebels were tack on yet another field goal taking a 16-3 lead to the locker room.
After a stagnant start to the beginning of the second half, Chad Kelly was able to find Laquon Treadwell on a 58 yard touchdown pass to give the Rebels a 23-3 lead.
That would prove to be the final score of the night as the Rebels nor Aggies would not score again, resulting in a 23-3 Rebel victory.
Chad Kelly was able to tthrow for 241 yards and two touchdowns against the Aggie secondary.
The Rebels were able to find their rushing game Saturday, resulting in 230 yards on the ground. That is the highest amount of rushing yards this year by the Rebels in an SEC game.
Akeem Judd had a solid game rushing for 68 yards on 13 carries resulting in a 5.2 yard per carry average, however the Rebels star on the ground was Jaylen Walton rushing for 98 yards on 22 carries.
The Rebel receiving core had a big night from multiple contributors. Laquon Treadwell led the team in receiving yards with 102 including a touchdown that put the game out of reach.
The Rebels were able to field every punt cleanly for the second week in a row with Collins Moore as the punt returner.
A week after having a difficult time dealing with Paxton Lynch, the Rebels’ secondary was able to rebound with a solid performance against Kyle Allen and the Aggie offense.
Texas A&M had only 192 yards of offense including only 58 yards on the ground. Kyle Allen was only able to complete 12 of 34 passes. Allen went 0-12 in the passing game in the third quarter, putting the Aggies behind the eight ball in their attempt to overcome a 20 point defecit.
With Ole Miss’s win the Rebels are still In control of their own destiny in garnering the SEC West championship. The Rebels will play next Saturday at Auburn at 11 a.m.
