Trinidad Chambliss threw two landing passes and ran for a landing, and No. 4 Ole Miss held off an upset try by Washington State in a 24-21 victory Saturday in Oxford, Miss.
Chambliss accomplished 20 of 29 for 253 yards, and the Rebels (6-0) bought 142 dashing yards from Kewan Lacy and prevailed regardless of a sequence of early missed scoring alternatives.
Zevi Eckhaus handed for 218 yards and two touchdowns to steer the Cougars (3-3), who had been greater than 30-point underdogs.
The Cougars acquired the second-half kickoff and Kirby Vorhees accomplished a 75-yard drive with a 46-yard landing run that gave them a 14-10 lead.
Chambliss ran 17 yards for a landing to present the Rebels a 17-14 lead on the finish of the third quarter. His 35-yard landing go to Cayden Lee with 6:51 left within the recreation lastly gave Ole Miss some respiration room.
However Eckhaus threw a 19-yard landing go to Tony Freeman, trimming the result in three factors with 2:43 left.
Washington State bought the ball again after a punt, beginning at its 10 with 1:09 remaining and no timeouts. It could not attain field-goal vary earlier than time expired.
Ole Miss acquired the opening kickoff and drove to the Washington State 4, however Chambliss threw an incompletion on fourth and three.
The Rebels pressured a punt and regained possession at their 45 and drove to the Cougars’ 29, however Lucas Carneiro was broad proper on a 47-yard field-goal try.
On the following possession Eckhaus threw a 26-yard landing go to Landon Wright to present Washington State a 7-0 lead on the finish of the primary quarter.
Ole Miss reached the Cougars’ 18 on their subsequent possession, but it surely dedicated a holding penalty and Chambliss fumbled whereas being sacked, and Bryson Lamb recovered for Washington State.
The Cougars reached Rebels territory, however Jack Stevens’s 54-yard field-goal try fell brief and broad proper.
The Rebels lastly scored when Carneiro made a 40-yard area aim. Chambliss’s 2-yard landing go to Dae’Quan Wright with 31 seconds left within the second quarter gave them a 10-7 halftime lead.
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