Ole Miss Beats Vanderbilt 52-17 After Four Giveaways
Vanderbilt gave the ball away four times: two interceptions from Jared Curtis and two lost fumbles. Ole Miss had one turnover. That is a lot of the reason this ended 52-17, even though the Commodores outgained the Rebels through the air, 240 yards to 213.
Ole Miss never trailed. Trinidad Chambliss ran in from 10 yards out for the first score of the game, Brock Taylor answered with a 45-yard field goal, and Kewan Lacy scored from 2 yards to make it 14-3. A 2-yard Chambliss pass to Jamarious Brown and a 39-yard throw to Deuce Alexander followed, and it was 28-3 with 4:41 left in the second quarter.
Vanderbilt's only touchdown before the final minute was a 13-yard pass from Curtis to Ja'Cory Thomas in the third, by which point the Rebels were up 42-10. Ole Miss then added a 42-yard Lucas Carneiro field goal and a 35-yard run from Shekai Mills-Knight. Jamezell Lassiter scored from the 1 with 42 seconds left to make the final margin a little less rude. Ole Miss also had three sacks to Vanderbilt's one, which tracks with an afternoon where Curtis finished with minus two rushing yards on six carries.
The Rebels' 409 total yards were 62 more than Vanderbilt's 347, but the rushing numbers (196 to 107) and the turnovers (1 to 4) were the real gap. Ole Miss moves to 4-1. Vanderbilt is 3-3.
For fantasy, Chambliss and Alexander were the top two scorers. The surprise third name is Thomas, a Vanderbilt receiver who had not done much before this one.