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10/10 18:18 CDT No. 9 Ole Miss routs Vanderbilt 52-17 behind 4 combined TDs
from Trinidad Chambliss
No. 9 Ole Miss routs Vanderbilt 52-17 behind 4 combined TDs from Trinidad
Chambliss
By TERESA M. WALKER
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) --- Trinidad Chambliss threw for 213 yards and three
touchdowns and ran for another score as ninth-ranked Mississippi routed
Vanderbilt 52-17 on Saturday.
The Rebels (4-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) notched their sixth straight win
and 10th in 12 over Vanderbilt (3-3, 0-3). Chambliss put them ahead to stay
with a 10-yard touchdown run as Ole Miss scored on four straight drives in the
first half for a 42-3 halftime lead.
The Rebels scored 24 points off four turnovers. Suntarine Perkins had one of
three sacks for Ole Miss, and he returned a fumble 4 yards for a TD.
Kewan Lacy started in his first game back after leaving Ole Miss' win over LSU
and missed the loss to Florida. Lacy ran for a 2-yard TD and finished with 39
yards on seven carries.
For Vanderbilt, this was the program's worst loss since a 47-6 thumping Nov.
11, 2023, at South Carolina.
Freshman quarterback Jared Curtis started after an undisclosed injury kept him
out of last week's loss at No. 2 Georgia. Curtis threw for 222 yards and made
throws showing off the arm that made him the No. 2 overall recruit for 2026. He
also was intercepted twice and fumbled when sacked by Blake Perkins near his
own goal line.
Chambliss started with back-to-back incompletions on a wet day. He completed
his next 11 passes for 105 yards, and Chambliss threw a 2-yard TD pass to
starting nose tackle Jamarious Brown and then connected with Deuce Alexander
for a 39-yard catch-and-run for a TD with 4:41 left and a 28-3 lead.
His 4-yard TD pass to Michael Smith after a lost fumble on a kickoff return put
Ole Miss up 42-3 at halftime.
The takeaway
Mississippi: Coach Pete Golding planned to rotate Lacy and ease him back in
from the injury. The Rebels made that easy with how Chambliss moved them up and
down the field. Seven different Rebels carried the ball, and nine different
Rebels caught at least one pass.
Vanderbilt: The Commodores aren't good enough not to cost themselves with
untimely penalties and mistakes. A personal foul on lineman Clinton Azubuike
after a run set up second-and-goal at the Ole Miss 2 into a 45-yard field goal
by Brock Taylor. Curtis wasn't ready for a shotgun snap that hit his face mask
on second-and-1, a fumble the Commodores recovered. They had five penalties for
59 yards in the first quarter alone only to finish with 11 for 92.
Up next
Ole Miss: Hosts Missouri on Oct. 17.
Vanderbilt: Hosts Arkansas on Oct. 17. -__
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