UNIVERSITY RELEASE — Originally published by Ole Miss Athletics, Oct. 31, 2026.
Nobody scored in the first quarter, and by the end Ole Miss had scored 45. The Rebels beat Auburn 45-15 on Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, leading 14-9 at the half, 24-15 after three, and then shutting Auburn out in the fourth quarter while putting up 21 of their own. Ole Miss moves to 6-2.
Final Score
Ole Miss 45, Auburn 15 — by quarter, Auburn 0-9-6-0, Ole Miss 0-14-10-21.
Who Did It
- Trinidad Chambliss — 263 passing yards, the leading passer in the game
- Shekai Mills-Knight — 71 rushing yards, the leading rusher in the game
- Horatio Fields — 73 receiving yards, the leading receiver in the game
- Byrum Brown (Auburn) — 195 passing yards
- Jeremiah Cobb (Auburn) — 35 rushing yards
- Chas Nimrod (Auburn) — 62 receiving yards
How It Went
The first quarter ended 0-0. Ole Miss outscored Auburn 14-9 in the second to take a five-point lead into halftime, then 10-6 in the third to stretch it to 24-15. Every point Auburn scored came inside those two quarters.
The fourth was the whole margin. Ole Miss scored 21 in the final quarter and Auburn scored none, turning a nine-point game into a 30-point one.
The Numbers
Ole Miss ran 84 plays for 487 yards to Auburn’s 70 for 312. The split is where the game is: 224 rushing yards to 63, with the passing numbers nearly level at 263 to 249. First downs went 31 to 24.
Third down is the line to keep — Ole Miss converted 13 of 16, 81.3 percent, against Auburn’s 7 of 14. That is how the Rebels held the ball for 32:38 to Auburn’s 27:22. Neither team was efficient on fourth down: Auburn 1 of 2, Ole Miss 0 of 1. Penalties were even in number and not in yardage, eight for 95 against Ole Miss and eight for 67 against Auburn.
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