Ole Miss outgained Oklahoma, committed no turnovers and still lost in Norman. The Sooners beat the Rebels 24-17 on Sunday afternoon at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, and the difference was a 75-yard punt return touchdown by Isaiah Sategna III late in the first quarter. Ole Miss (6-4, 4-4 SEC) has now lost two straight. Oklahoma improved to 6-4 and 4-3 in the SEC.
Ole Miss finished with 306 yards to Oklahoma’s 299, and neither team turned the ball over. But Oklahoma controlled the clock for 36:31 to Ole Miss’s 23:29, converted 9 of 16 third downs to the Rebels’ 4 of 12, and ran the ball 49 times.
How it happened
Oklahoma opened with a 13-play, 74-yard drive that John Mateer finished with an 8-yard touchdown run. After an Ole Miss punt, Sategna went 75 yards the other way, and it was 14-0 with 3:29 left in the first quarter.
Ole Miss answered with an 11-play, 75-yard drive capped by Joshua Dye’s 19-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter, and the defense held from there to keep it 14-7 at halftime. Oklahoma took the second-half kickoff 70 yards in 12 plays, and Jonathan Hatton Jr. scored from 5 yards out to make it 21-7.
The Rebels got back in it quickly in the fourth quarter. They went 79 yards in seven plays and 1:37, and Trinidad Chambliss hit Caleb Odom for a 26-yard touchdown to make it 21-14 with 11:45 left. Oklahoma answered with a 12-play drive that ate 6:53 and ended in a 41-yard Tate Sandell field goal for a 24-14 lead.
Ole Miss turned it over on downs on its next possession, but Sandell missed his second field goal of the day, and the Rebels drove 43 yards for a 41-yard Lucas Carneiro field goal with 42 seconds left. Ole Miss recovered the onside kick and moved to the Oklahoma 29, but Chambliss’s final pass for Odom in the end zone fell incomplete as time expired.
Standouts
Chambliss completed 14 of 27 passes for 127 yards and a touchdown, and led Ole Miss in rushing with 84 yards on 11 carries. Dye ran 11 times for 58 yards and a touchdown and caught four passes for 29 yards. Odom caught four passes for 56 yards and the touchdown. Shekai Mills-Knight added 40 yards on eight carries.
On defense, Tah’j Butler made 15 tackles with 1.5 sacks, and Jaylon Braxton had 10 tackles. Ole Miss sacked Mateer three times. Mateer completed 10 of 19 passes for 111 yards and ran 16 times for 70 yards and a touchdown.
What’s next
Ole Miss returns home to face Wofford on Saturday, Nov. 21, at 11 a.m. CT at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
Stats via ESPN; official box score at olemisssports.com.
Photo: Pete Golding, Nov. 7, 2026, at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images.
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