Ole Miss Holds Charlotte to Three Field Goals
Charlotte moved the ball. That is the odd part. The 49ers piled up 322 yards, 143 of them on the ground at 33 carries, and still left with 9 points, all of them from Ian Kelly's right leg. Ole Miss won 41-9.
The damage was done before halftime. Kewan Lacy ran it in from 9 yards out in the first quarter, Trinidad Chambliss hit Johntay Cook II from 14, Lacy added a 2-yard score, and Lucas Carneiro kicked field goals of 57 and 41 yards (the second one as the clock hit zero). That is 27-0 at the break, and Charlotte had not scored.
The 49ers did get on the board in the third, with Kelly kicking from 28 and then 24 yards. He added another 28-yarder in the fourth. Three drives that got close enough to kick, none that got to the end zone. In between, Chambliss found Horatio Fields from 9 yards to make it 34-6, and Deuce Knight closed the scoring with a 7-yard run with 7:10 left.
The yardage was closer than the score. Ole Miss finished with 420 total yards to Charlotte's 322, and each side threw one interception. Chambliss was 23 of 26 for 225 yards and two touchdowns, which is the kind of efficiency that gets a game decided early. The Rebels are 2-0, and Charlotte is 0-2.
For fantasy, the box score was friendly to the Ole Miss skill players. Lacy led everyone with 21.6 Promethium points, Chambliss was right behind at 21.2, and Fields had his best day of the year. Deuce Alexander caught 8 passes for 76 yards, which is a quiet 15.6 points if you had him.