Trinidad Chambliss threw for 213 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another score as ninth-ranked Mississippi routed Vanderbilt 52-17 on Saturday.
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Mississippi → throw → Saturday
The Rebels (4-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference) notched their sixth straight win and 10th in 12 over Vanderbilt (3-3, 0-3).
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Rebels → notch → Vanderbilt
Chambliss put them ahead to stay with a 10-yard touchdown run as Ole Miss scored on four straight drives in the first half for a 42-3 halftime lead.
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Miss → put → lead
The Rebels scored 24 points off four turnovers.
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Rebels → score → turnovers
Suntarine Perkins had one of three sacks for Ole Miss, and he returned a fumble 4 yards for a TD.
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he → have → TD
“It’s hard to go on the road in the SEC and win, especially you know in this environment with the weather,” Ole Miss coach Pete Golding said of a wet day.
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Golding → ’ → day
Kewan Lacy started in his first game back after leaving Ole Miss’ win over LSU and missed the loss to Florida.
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Lacy → start → Florida
Lacy ran for a 2-yard TD and finished with 39 yards on seven carries.
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Lacy → run → carries
This also snapped a 10-game home winning streak with the Commodores’ first loss here since the 2024 season finale.
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This → snap → finale
Coach Clark Lea said he was disappointed in how they played.
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they → say → ?
“We haven’t felt this way in a long time here, and yet we have to recognize we’re not above it,” Lea said.
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Lea → feel → it
“When you have undisciplined penalties and when you turn the ball over against a good team, you get beat, you pay the price and that’s what happened.”
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what → have → price
Freshman quarterback Jared Curtis started after an undisclosed injury kept him out of last week’s loss at No. 2 Georgia.
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injury → start → Georgia
Curtis threw for 222 yards and made throws showing off the arm that made him the No. 2 overall recruit for 2026.
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him → throw → 2026
He also was intercepted twice and fumbled when sacked by Blake Perkins near his own goal line.
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He → intercept → line
Chambliss started with back-to-back incompletions on a wet day.
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Chambliss → start → day
He completed his next 11 passes for 105 yards, and Chambliss threw a 2-yard TD pass to starting nose tackle Jamarious Brown and then connected with Deuce Alexander for a 39-yard catch-and-run for a TD with 4:41 left and a 28-3 lead.
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4:41 → complete → TD
His 4-yard TD pass to Michael Smith after a lost fumble on a kickoff return put Ole Miss up 42-3 at halftime.
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pass → lose → halftime
Room for improvement
The Rebels outgained Vanderbilt 409-343 in total offense.
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Rebels → outgaine → offense
Asked if the Rebels came their closest yet to playing a full game, Chambliss said he thought they were far from that.
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they → ask → that
“I feel like this team has a lot more potential, a lot more that they could do in that whole game,” Chambliss said.
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Chambliss → feel → game
“We probably could play a better complete game honestly, and it’s still kind of early in the season so we’re just still hoping for that.”
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we → play → that
Coach Pete Golding planned to rotate Lacy and ease him back in from the injury.
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Golding → plan → injury
The Rebels made that easy with how Chambliss moved them up and down the field.
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Chambliss → make → field
Seven different Rebels carried the ball, and nine different Rebels caught at least one pass.
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Rebels → carry → pass
The Commodores aren’t good enough not to cost themselves with untimely penalties and mistakes.
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Commodores → cost → penalties
A personal foul on lineman Clinton Azubuike after a run set up second-and-goal at the Ole Miss 2 into a 45-yard field goal by Brock Taylor.
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foul → set → Taylor
Curtis wasn’t ready for a shotgun snap that hit his face mask on second-and-1, a fumble the Commodores recovered.
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Commodores → hit → fumble
They had five penalties for 59 yards in the first quarter alone only to finish with 11 for 92.
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They → have → 92
Up next
Ole Miss: Hosts Missouri on Oct. 17.
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Miss → host → Oct.
Vanderbilt: Hosts Arkansas on Oct. 17. ___
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Vanderbilt → host → Oct.
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