No. 22 Ole Miss Cruises To Blowout Win Over Central Arkansas

OXFORD, Miss. — The Ole Miss Rebels as soon as once more performed two quarterbacks on Saturday night time, and so they as soon as once more made simple work of an opponent in a 59-3 win over the Central Arkansas Bears.

Luke Altmyer had his vibrant moments within the first half for Ole Miss, however he exited after throwing an interception late within the second quarter. The Insurgent quarterback seemed to be favoring his throwing arm late within the half, and Jaxson Dart entered the sport for the ultimate drive and labored into the fourth quarter earlier than giving approach to Kinkead Dent within the blowout. 

Official phrase from Ole Miss is that Altmyer suffered an “higher physique” damage within the first half. Dart completed with 182 yards and two touchdowns via the air in comparison with Altmyer’s 90 yards, two touchdowns and one interception. Quinshon Judkins led the Rebels in speeding with over 100 yards, and Zach Evans, Altmyer and Ulysses Bentley discovered the top zone on the bottom. 

The Rebels opened the sport with the soccer, and Altmyer discovered tight finish Michael Trigg for a landing on the primary possession, their first of two scoring connections within the recreation. The Rebels led 28-0 on the finish of the primary quarter, however the offense stalled within the second, settling for the three factors from kicker Jonathan Cruz as time expired.

The opposite first half landing for Ole Miss got here on a scoop-and-score on a Central Arkansas punt the place the snap went over the punter’s head. Ladarius Tennison was liable for the 25-yard scamper to the home.

Dart responded with two passing touchdowns of his personal within the third quarter, one to the aforementioned Trigg and one to Malik Heath. Trigg’s three landing receptions tied a faculty file for essentially the most in a single recreation. 

With the win, Ole Miss improves to 2-0 on the season and can hit the street to Atlanta subsequent week to face Georgia Tech. Kickoff is scheduled for two:30 p.m. CT on ABC. 

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