Field Level Media
Sep 24, 2022
Quinshon Judkins and Jaxson Dart both eclipsed 100 yards rushing, and No. 16 Ole Miss knocked out the nation's top passer in the Rebels' 35-27 victory over visiting Tulsa on Saturday afternoon in Oxford, Miss.
Judkins went for a game-high 140 yards on 27 carries and found the end zone twice as the Rebels (4-0) totaled 308 yards on the ground on 51 attempts.
Quarterback Dart added 116 yards on 13 rushes and was 13-of-24 passing for 154 yards and two scores for Ole Miss. Zach Evans added a rushing touchdown while Malik Heath and Jonathan Mingo had TD receptions.
Davis Brin -- the nation's leading passer at 402 yards per game -- went 7-for-13 for 112 yards and a touchdown, adding another one rushing, before leaving the game with an injury in the first half.
Replacement Braylon Braxton was 9 of 22 for 83 yards with a touchdown and interception for the Golden Hurricane (2-2). Isaiah Epps caught four passes for 62 yards, including a pair of scores.
Ole Miss barely edged Tulsa in total yards, 462-457, and was held scoreless in the second half.
It took the Rebels 1:39 of game time to put up points, as Evans ended a six-play, 75-yard drive with a 20-yard dash for a 7-0 lead.
But Brin capped an 87-yard drive that ate up 5:21 as Tulsa matched the score. The American Athletic Conference team took its first lead when Brin found Epps from 20 yards for a 14-7 lead.
However, Ole Miss ripped off four unanswered touchdowns to give itself some breathing room, which it would need in a competitive second half.
Judkins ran in on a pair of short runs, and Heath and Mingo each caught 31-yard strikes from Dart to rebuild the lead.
Tulsa's Zack Long kicked a 28-yard field to leave the Golden Hurricane's deficit at 35-17.
Long connected from 20 yards early in the third to make it 35-20. Later, Braxton scrambled past rushers on fourth-and-7 and hit Epps for 17 yards to make it a one-score game with 14:38 left.
Ole Miss regained possession, with Dart running for a key first down and sealing the victory.
--Field Level Media