By the numbers: Ole Miss 63 – Arkansas 31

By Jerry Meadows

FAYETTEVILLE — Ole Miss once again came to Fayetteville on Saturday to erase years of frustration caused by the Arkansas Razorbacks. Since 2004, Ole Miss has only won three times in Arkansas. Lane Kiffin had yet to win a game in Arkansas. Ole Miss in the SEC averages (5) sacks & 9.5 TFL per game. Arkansas’ defense has been half as effective in putting pressure on the QB. On paper, this contest looked like a total mismatch. It turned out that it was. Arkansas’ defense was the kind you play against in a video game.

  1 – Taylen Green fumbles in the endzone for a one-yard loss Ole Miss TD in the first quarter.

  2 – Arkansas lost two fumbles while Ole Miss lost none.

  3 – Arkansas has (3) TFL for 10 yards.

  4 – Arkansas was 4-4 in red zone opportunities.

  5 – Ole Miss was 5-6 in red zone opportunities.

  6 – Rashod Dubinion rushes 6 yards for Arkansas’s first TD.

  8 – Ole Miss had 8 sacks for 41 yards.

  9 – Ole Miss averaged 9.1 yards per play.

10 – Ole Miss had 10 offensive plays for over 20 yards.

13 – Ole Miss had 13 TFL for 54 yards.

24 – Arkansas had 24 first downs.

29 – Ole Miss had 29 first downs.

35 – The Arkansas defense allows 35 points in the first half against Ole Miss. The most given up in the first half of the year.

42– Malachi Singleton rushes 42 yards in the 4th QT.

43 – Andrew Armstrong catches pass for 43 yards to Ole Miss 20 in 2nd QT.

45 – Shipley missed a 45-yard field goal.

55 – Matthew Shipley kicks a 55-yard field goal at 3:19 in 1st QT.

62 – Jackson Dart threw [TWO] 62-yard TDs to Jordan Watkins.

65 – Arkansas had 65 total plays of offense.

66 – Dart throws a 66-yard TD pass to Watkins.

71 – Ole Miss drives 71 and dies on the one-yard line.

73 – Ole Miss drives 71 in 1:13 for their 5th TD with five seconds left in the half.

75 – Arkansas drove 75 yards on their first drive in the 2nd half in 5 plays in 2:11 led by Malachi Singleton.

76 – Ole Miss had 76 total plays of offense.

90 – Ole Miss had 9 penalties for 90 yards.

95 – Arkansas had 10 penalties for 95 yards.

99 – TE Dae’Quan Wright caught 9 passes for 99 yards and 2 TDs for Ole Miss.

127 – Arkansas rushed for 127 yards on 37 attempts.

132 – Ole Miss rushed for 132 yards on 42 attempts.

135 – Andre Armstrong caught 6 passes for 135 yards.

202 – Total offense for Arkansas in the first half was 202 total yards.

207 – Malachi Singleton completed 11 of 14 attempts for 207 yards and 1 TD.

254 – WR Jordan Watkins had 8 receptions for 254 passing yards and caught 5 TDs for Ole Miss.

362 – Total offense for Ole Miss in the first half was 362 yards.

365 – Arkansas had 365 total passing yards.

492 – Arkansas had 492 total yards of offense.

562 – Ole Miss had 562 total yards passing.

694 – Ole Miss had 694 total yards of offense.

1186 – Total offensive yards for the game.

72,894 – was the total attendance for the game.

Arkansas goes into their second by week before their next contest against the Texas Longhorns. On November 16th in another big home game.