Nearly as if powered by the sun that beamed down on Vaught-Hemmingway Stadium, Ole Miss’ offense wasted little time warming up as the Rebels sliced through Alabama’s secondary behind quarterback Chad Kelly’s 47 passing yards during the drive to set up running back Akeem Judd’s 23-yard touchdown run with 13:07 left in the opening quarter. MS will have a chance to get back on track the next two weeks with home games against Georgia and Memphis, and they will need need those wins if they want 2016 to be a successful season.
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OXFORD, Miss. (AP) – After a touchdown-filled, humidity-drenched Southeastern Conference showdown, No. 1 Alabama and coach Nick Saban are still undefeated. “When you get behind, you play with fire”. “But the old fella doesn’t need an IV. We’ve got Damien and Bo (Scarbrough) and all those guys running, and it makes it a lot of fun for us opening up those holes, and it’s good seeing them running”.
Kelly ran for a team-high 48 yards as the Rebels mustered just 106.
The 21-point deficit Alabama erased en route to their comeback victory was tied for the biggest deficit the program had ever overcome. Three weeks into the season, the hype appears justified. 20 Southern California. The other was Saturday’s hard-fought road win over the Rebels. Alabama (Last week 1) 2.
In the most recent game against No. 1 Alabama, which the Rebels dropped by a 48-43 margin, a school-record and state of MS record crowd of 66,176 enjoyed all the other areas of improvement to the stadium, such as three new videoboard displays, a bowled-in north end zone, a south end zone field club, new sound system and new concessions and restrooms.
The Huntingdon Hawks picked up its third straight win of the season on Saturday, defeating the Belhaven Blazers 65-21 in Montgomery. “It’s one thing to get beat physically”. We’re 3-0 going into the Big Ten, ” Riley said.
“It was a tough game”, Harris said.
Jackson is the third punt returner the Tide has used in as many games. The next two weeks should present a great opportunity to work on some of the timing issues with the offense and rotate in the many young defensive backs on the roster. “It’ll be good for our staff and our players”.
The Rebels then went three-and-out on the next series and Eddie Jackson returned Will Gleeson’s punt 85 yards a touchdown to pull the Tide to within 24-17 to close the half.
“It was an unbelievable game for fans to watch”, the 64-year-old Saban said with a wry smile. “We needed about every guy we had out there to contribute in some way”. Engram’s broken out in a big way through the first three games of the 2016 campaign with two nine-catch performances this season including one on Saturday afternoon.
Getting Stewart back on the field will be a priority for the Tide. The two point conversion failed, but they essentially scored 13 points in 8-seconds. Still recovering from the grueling, four-quarter battle 48 hours later, Tide players were thankful for the extra day of rest.
The Rebels completed two touchdown passes and recovered an onside kick in those eight seconds before Alabama was able to restore order and come out with the win.
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Jalen Hurts, even as a freshman understood the importance of this game as went and played the best one his short collegiate career so far.
