Parker Waters
OXFORD, MS – Tulane’s football team (3-1) lost on the road to No. 11 Ole Miss (4-0) by a 45-10 score at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Saturday..
Quarterback Jake Retzlaff led the team with his 51 yards on the ground, but was limited to 5-for-17 for 56 yards through the air. Brendan Sullivan went 5-for-11 in relief for 48 yards and the team’s touchdown. Arnold Barnes totaled 11 carries for 47 yards. Javin Gordon picked up eight attempts for 35 yards. Jamauri McClure totaled three attempts for 19 yards. Shazz Preston totaled three catches for 35 yards. Bryce Bohanon picked up three catches for 28 yards. Omari Hayes had a catch for 22 yards. Anthony Brown-Stephens caught the team’s touchdown pass.
Jack Tchienchou and Kevin Adams III tied for the team lead with six tackles. Dickson Agu totaled five tackles as did Javion White. Sam Howard picked up five tackles and the team’s sack. Geordan Guidry had a forced fumble.
Tulane’s offense was limited to 282 yards in the game. The team ran for 178 and threw for 104. Ole Miss put up 548 yards in offense in the contest including 241 on the ground.
Ole Miss was led by Trinidad Chambliss. Chambliss ran for 112 yards and also completed 17 passes for 307 yards and two touchdowns. Deuce Alexander hauled in four passes for 94 yards.
Ole Miss started the scoring with an eight-play, 75-yard drive completed on the five yard pass to Dae’Quan Wright from Chambliss to go up 7-0 with 12:27 remaining in the opening period.
After a defensive stop, Ole Miss scored for the second time on the 22-yard field goal from Lucas Carniero to go up 10-0 with 3:13 left in the first quarter.
The Rebels added another three to the lead on the 54-yard field goal from Carniero to put the score at 13-0 with 12:52 remaining in the second quarter.
The Green Wave put its most productive drive up to that point next as the team marched down and got a 34-yard Patrick Durkin field goal to draw to within two scores at 13-3 with 6:40 remaining in the first half. The big play of the drive was a 30-yard rush from Retzlaff.
The offense for Ole Miss kept in gear as the team answered with a one-yard rushing touchdown from Kewan Lacy to put the score at 20-3 with 4:09 remaining in the second quarter.
The Rebels scored their third field goal of the half as Carniero connected from 33 yards out to increase the lead to 23-3 at the break.
After the Tulane offense was turned away twice on fourth down on third quarter drives, Ole Miss scored the team’s first points of the second half on the one-yard rush from Lacy to increase their lead to 31-3 with 14:55 remaining in the game after the converted two-point conversion to Harrison Wallace III.
Another Tulane turnover on downs quickly led to an Ole Miss touchdown drive as Logan Diggs ran it in from the two to put the Rebels up 38-3 with 11:45 remaining. The big play on the drive was a 53-yard reception by Wright.
Ole Miss reached the 40-point mark on the touchdown pass to Deuce Alexander to increase the score to 45-3 with 8:17 remaining.
Tulane scored the team’s only touchdown of the game as Brown-Stephens hauled in a six-yard pass from Sullivan to get Tulane to within 45-10 with 3:42 remaining in what would be the final margin. The drive consisted of 11 plays, 65 yards.
Next, the football team stays on road and starts conference play against Tulsa at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27, at H.A. Chapman Stadium.
**TULANE PRESS RELEASE**
