Rapid Reaction: Trinidad Chambliss shines as Ole Miss blanks The Citadel
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Trinidad Chambliss was nearly perfect and the Ole Miss defense was practically impenetrable on Saturday as the sixth-ranked Rebels blanked The Citadel for a 49-0 win.
Ole Miss moved to 9-1 on the season with the win.
The record through 10 games is the best by any Ole Miss team since 1962, when the program went 10-0 under John Vaught. The defensive shutout was also the second in as many seasons for Ole Miss, marking the first time since 2007-08 the Rebels have pitched shutouts in consecutive seasons.
The Citadel gained just 106 yards of total offense. Ole Miss held the Bulldogs to 83 rushing yards on 42 attempts and finished with 13 tackles for loss. The Citadel threw the ball just 8 times all game, managing only 23 yards on those 8 pass attempts.
Six of the Bulldogs’ 12 offensive possessions ended with a 3-and-out. They missed 2 field goals and turned it over on downs at the Ole Miss 15. So, the Rebels got some help keeping their opponent off the scoreboard, but the Bulldogs felt the pinch because Ole Miss wouldn’t stop scoring.
Chambliss led touchdown drives on 6 of the Rebels’ first 7 possessions before handing control of the offense off to Austin Simmons. In less than 2.5 quarters, Chambliss threw for 333 yards and 3 scores while completing 29 of his 33 passes.
Simmons threw 12 times for 100 yards. He didn’t have a touchdown and was picked off in the third. Ole Miss was also able to get freshman AJ Maddox some snaps in the fourth quarter.
Ole Miss piled up 603 yards of offense as a team, averaging 7.4 per play.
The Rebels host Florida next weekend.
No. 6 Ole Miss 49, The Citadel 0
Here’s the Ole Miss-Citadel box score (use the dropdown menu to select team or player stats), followed by the complete play-by-play:
Trinidad Chambliss vs Cobey Thompkins
Did Trinidad Chambliss help his Heisman odds on Saturday? Here’s a statistical breakdown of how the Ole Miss passer performed against The Citadel’s Cobey Thompkins:
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