Ole Miss Beats Louisville 41-38 on a Last-second Field Goal
Louisville scored 14 points in the last 4:42 to erase a 14-point deficit, and it still lost. Lucas Carneiro kicked a 48-yard field goal with the clock at 0:00 and Ole Miss won 41-38.
The lead changed hands three times and the game was tied three times, at 3-3, at 24-24 and at 38-38. Louisville opened with a 3-0 lead on a Carson Hilbert field goal, Ole Miss went up 10-3 in the second quarter, and it was 10-6 at the break. Tre Richardson then ran 30 yards for a touchdown and Louisville led 13-10 in the third. Then came Deuce Alexander. He caught a 62-yard touchdown from Trinidad Chambliss at 8:53 of the third quarter, then caught another, also for 62 yards, at 1:01. In between, Hilbert kicked a third field goal to make it 17-16, but Alexander's second score put Ole Miss up 24-16 and Louisville needed something quick. Lincoln Kienholz found Richardson from 62 yards out with 16 seconds left in the third, and a two-point conversion to Lawayne McCoy tied it at 24.
Ole Miss pushed it to 38-24 with 6:43 left on a Caleb Odom touchdown and a 5-yard Chambliss run. Louisville answered with a 54-yard Kienholz pass to McCoy at 4:42 and a 7-yard Kienholz run at 1:28 to tie it at 38. Then Ole Miss had the last word.
The yardage was almost identical: Ole Miss 509, Louisville 498. The Rebels turned it over twice (an interception and a lost fumble) to none for the Cardinals, which is the kind of gap you would think costs a game. It did not.
Ole Miss opens 1-0 and Louisville is 0-1. For fantasy, there were two quarterbacks above 37 points and a receiver with 32.9. Everyone on the field got paid.