Football Falls to No. 7 Ole Miss Saturday Night

OXFORD, Miss — Mississippi sacked LaNorris Sellers six times and the No. 7 Rebels held off South Carolina 30-14 on Saturday night.

Ole Miss, third in the SEC and ninth nationally in total offense, looked rather pedestrian as Trinidad Chambliss completed just 12 of 21 passes with a touchdown and an interception.

He threw an 8-yard TD pass to Dae’Quan Wright and scored on a 15-yard run, but the Rebels (8-1, 5-1 SEC) were forced to settle for short field goals on other possessions.

Suntarine Perkins and Da’Shawn Womack sacked Sellers twice in three plays after the Gamecocks (3-6, 1-6), trailing by nine, reached the Ole Miss 33 with a little more than seven minutes left.

On the first play after the turnover on downs, Kewan Lacy scored on a 54-yard run to put the game out of reach for Ole Miss.

The Rebels also intercepted Sellers twice in the last 5:27. Perkins had 1½ sacks and an interception with 5:21 remaining.

While Chambliss was erratic, the long touchdown run was an exclamation point for Lacy, who finished with 167 yards including 101 yards in the first half.

Sellers passed for 180 yards and had a 47-yard strike to Nyck Harbor for a touchdown with 11:30 left in the third quarter. Sellers opened the scoring in the game with a 1-yard rush with 9:13 left in the first after Maurice Brown recovered a muffed punt.

Up next

South Carolina: Has off next week and plays at Texas A&M on Nov. 15.

Ole Miss: At home against The Citadel next Saturday.