Kentucky-Ole Miss Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY POSTGAME NOTES 

Kentucky at Ole Miss

Vaught-Hemingway Stadium; Oxford, Mississippi

October 1, 2022

FINAL SCORE: No. 14/11 Ole Miss 22, No. 7/8 Kentucky 19

Team Records and Series Information

• Kentucky is 4-1 overall, 1-1 in the Southeastern Conference.  Ole Miss is now 5-0, 1-0 in the league.
• Ole Miss leads the all-time series 30-14-1 and has won three in a row. The Rebels lead 9-2 in games played in Oxford.
• Next for UK: the Wildcats play South Carolina on Saturday, October 8.  Game time is 7:30 p.m. EDT.  The game will be televised by the SEC Network.

Team Notes

• Kentucky’s loss today ended an eight-game winning streak, tied for the fifth-longest in school history.
• Since 2016, UK is now 20-9 in games decided by seven points or less.
• UK has allowed 23 or fewer points in nine straight games.
• UK has allowed 30 or fewer points in 51 of the last 57 games.
• UK has allowed 74 points so far this season, fewest in the first five games since 2018 (63 in the first five games).

Player Notes

• Quarterback Will Levis completed 18-of-24 passes for 220 yards and two touchdowns.
• He now has 36 career touchdowns passes, fifth on the school’s career list.
• Running back Chris Rodriguez Jr. rushed 19 times for 72 yards and one touchdown. He now has 2,812 career rushing yards, sixth place (needs 80 for 5^th) on the school’s all-time list.
• He has 27 rushing touchdowns, second on the Cats’ all-time list.
• He has 30 total touchdowns, fourth on the Cats’ all-time list.
• He has scored a rushing touchdown in six consecutive games played, tying Benny Snell Jr. as the only UK player to do that since 1985.
• Running back Kavosiey Smoke rushed two times for six yards He now has 1,575 career rushing yards and needs 34 to move into 20^th place on UK’s career rushing list.
• Wide receiver Barion Brown accounted for 245 all-purpose yards with only five touches during the game.
• He caught two passes for 81 yards, including a 51-yard catch-and-run that put UK in scoring position on the last possession.
• He also had three kickoff returns for 164 yards, an average of 54.7 yards.
• In the first quarter, he set up a touchdown with an 85-yard kickoff return.
• Wide receiver Tayvion Robinson caught four passes for 16 yards and a touchdown.  He has 1,920 career receiving yards, including his three seasons at Virginia Tech.
• He now has a reception in 31 consecutive games.
• He scored a nifty 5-yard shovel pass from Will Levis just before halftime.
• Tight end Jordan Dingle caught three passes for 30 yards and a score.
• He hauled in a 17-yard touchdown pass to tie the game in the third quarter.
• It was his first career collegiate scoring reception.
• Linebacker Jacquez Jones had five tackles today.  He now has 299 in his career, including his three seasons at Ole Miss.
• He intercepted the second pass of his career in the second quarter.
• Linebacker DeAndre Square led the Wildcats with 11 tackles and now has 276 total tackles in his career.
• First-time starters: sophomore wide receiver Chauncey Magwood.
• Game captains: Jacquez Jones, Will Levis, Chris Rodriguez Jr. and DeAndre Square.