No. 12 Ole Miss Pulls Away From Auburn 45-15 as Trinidad Chambliss Accounts for 3 TDs

For two and a half quarters, Auburn hung around. Then No. 12 Ole Miss ran away with it.

The Rebels beat Auburn 45-15 on Saturday, Oct. 31, at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi, scoring the game’s last 28 points over the final 18 and a half minutes. Trinidad Chambliss threw for 263 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another, according to the Associated Press.

Ole Miss improved to 6-2 overall and 4-2 in the SEC. Auburn fell to 4-4 and 2-4.

Auburn vs. Ole Miss: final score by quarter

Source: Ole Miss Athletics box score.

How did the Auburn vs. Ole Miss game unfold?

Neither team scored in the first quarter, even though both opened with long, slow drives. Ole Miss finally broke through on the first play of the second quarter, when 315-pound defensive tackle Will Echoles scored on a 1-yard run, Auburn Athletics reported.

Auburn answered with a 75-yard drive capped by Byrum Brown’s 21-yard touchdown pass to Chas Nimrod. Ole Miss blocked the extra point, and Jaylon Braxton returned it 92 yards before Auburn’s Xavier Newsom tackled him at the 5, saving two points.

Auburn then wasted a chance to take the lead. AnQuon Fegans intercepted a deflected pass at the Ole Miss 31, but the Tigers fumbled on the next play after reaching the 16. Ole Miss responded with Shekai Mills-Knight’s 1-yard touchdown run, and an Alex McPherson field goal made it 14-9 at the half.

After an Ole Miss field goal, Brown’s 7-yard touchdown run cut the lead to 17-15 with 6:20 left in the third quarter. Auburn’s two-point try came up short.

When did Ole Miss pull away?

Late in the third quarter. Chambliss scored on a 26-yard quarterback draw to make it 24-15, and a special teams penalty on the ensuing kickoff pinned Auburn at its own 1-yard line.

From there, Ole Miss scored touchdowns on four straight drives. Chambliss threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Caleb Cunningham and a 28-yarder to Horatio Fields in the fourth quarter.

“It’s really disappointing the lack of finish from that point on,” Auburn coach Alex Golesh said, according to Auburn Athletics. “That certainly was the turning point.”

What did Deuce Knight do against Auburn?

Backup quarterback Deuce Knight replaced Chambliss late in the game and scored on a 17-yard run with 3:27 remaining, which put Ole Miss ahead by 30 points and closed the scoring.

Key stats from Auburn vs. Ole Miss

• Trinidad Chambliss (Ole Miss): 22 of 34 passing, 263 yards, 2 TDs; 7 carries, 65 yards, 1 TD
• Byrum Brown (Auburn): 25 of 38 passing, 195 yards, 1 TD; one rushing TD
• Chas Nimrod (Auburn): 4 catches, 62 yards, 1 TD
• Christian Neptune (Auburn): 5 catches, 53 yards

Brown completed 19 of 23 passes in the first half, per Auburn Athletics, but the Tigers went three-and-out on consecutive fourth-quarter drives, and Ole Miss turned both into touchdowns.

Where to watch Auburn vs. Ole Miss and what’s next?

The game is over. Auburn returns to Jordan-Hare Stadium next Saturday to host Arkansas at 11:45 a.m. CT (12:45 p.m. ET) on Military Appreciation Day, Auburn Athletics said.

“It doesn’t get any easier in November,” Golesh said. “Our challenge is to go right back to work.”

For Ole Miss, it was a bounce-back win heading into November.

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