Dart sets Ole Miss records with 515 yards, 6 TDs
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark.– Jaxson Dart set Ole Miss records for yards passing and goal throws in a single game, leapfrogging Matt Corral and Eli Manning, in the 19th-ranked Rebels’ controling 63-31 win over Arkansas on Saturday.Dart tossed 4
scores and 321 lawns in simply the first half. He found Jordan Watkins on five of the TDs, consisting of one for 62 yards and another for 66 on back-to-back drives. They were just 3 offensive plays apart. Dart ultimately ended up 25 of 31 passing for 515 lawns with 6 touchdowns.Dart signs up with Missouri’s Drew Lock as the only SEC players with 500 passing backyards and six passing goals in a game in SEC history, according to ESPN Research. “It’s pretty cool and special to have this chance. I thought (offending organizer
Charlie)coach Weis called a hell of a game today and put us in position,”Dart said.Ole Miss(7-2, 3-2 Southeastern Conference)led 35-10 at halftime after scoring on three straight drives over the first and 2nd quarters. The Rebels opened and closed the first-half scoring when Princely Umanmielen caught a Taylen Green fumble in the end zone midway through the first quarter and Dart topped things with a three-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Watkins with five seconds left in the half, his fourth passing rating in the game’s first half-hour.” That’s simply an actually excellent job by a lot of individuals. Simply a tidy offensive game, “Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin stated.”And then having no turnovers, one sack.
Simply really, I informed them, I’m just delighted that I see them play like they can play as a group even without some players.”Arkansas( 5-4, 3-3 SEC)had actually stuffed the Rebels at the goal line on the Rebels ‘very first drive for about the only meaningful stop
the Razorbacks had all game. Ole Miss racked up 694 lawns of overall offense. In all, Ole Miss scored on seven of its nine belongings with its starters in the game, just punting once in that span.Arkansas coach Sam Pittman went mostly with reserves beginning about halfway through the third quarter. Back-up quarterback Malachi Singleton was 11 of 14 passing for
207 lawns with a goal pass and he ran for another 39 backyards with a touchdown. The Razorbacks likewise scored hurrying goals from Rashod Dubinion and Rodney Hill.” Extremely dissatisfied. Seemed like we had them ready to play,”Pittman said. “Clearly that wasn’t the case. “Watkins also set school records with 5 touchdown catches and 254 lawns receiving. Watkins set school records with five goal catches and 254 lawns getting. Watkins’five getting goals connected the single-game SEC record last done by Tennessee’s Jalin Hyatt versus Alabama in 2022, according to ESPN Research.Additionally, Watkins is the seventh FBS receiver because 1996 with 250 getting yards and five getting goals in a game.Dae’Quan Wright captured the other Dart goal pass and included another from Austin Simmons in the fourth quarter.Short runs Arkansas and Ole Miss had rotated wins and losses in the previous 5 games versus each other. The Rebels have now won two directly, but neither group has actually won more than two
in a row against the other considering that Arkansas won 4 straight from 2004-07. Ole Miss hasn’t won 3 in a row against the Razorbacks given that 1990-93. Down one Ole Miss wide receiver Tre Harris missed his second straight game after suffering a leg injury against LSU. Kiffin was particularly pleased his group could have such an offending performance without Harris.”You’re playing without the very best receiver in the nation, so to create the plays, a great deal of various type of plays and guys large open, really great rhythm,”Kiffin said.Information from The Associated Press was utilized in this report.