OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Trinidad Chambliss passed for 333 yards and three touchdowns to lead No. 7 Mississippi to a 49-0 win over The Citadel on Saturday.
Chambliss completed 19 of his first 20 passes, most
of them quick outs, and finished 29 for 33 before leaving after the first drive of the third quarter for the Rebels (9-1).
Kewan Lacy rushed 49 yards on 11 carries and scored on runs of 2, 15 and 3 yards for Mississippi, which scored touchdowns on six of its first seven possessions.
The Citadel (4-6), an FCS-level team, kept the ball on the ground, a strategy that yielded few results at 2.0 yards per attempt. The Bulldogs worked the clock from the outset, often snapping the ball with 5 seconds or less on the 40-second clock.
Quarterback Cobey Thompkins, a freshman, did not attempt a pass until the middle of the second quarter, a completion for 16 yards. He completed three of six attempts for 53 yards.
The Bulldogs threatened in the early minutes of the fourth when lineman Jeremiah Holmes batted a pass by Mississippi backup quarterback Austin Simmons. It was picked off by linebacker Mikey Rosa and returned to the Ole Miss 17. Three plays later they missed their second field goal attempt of the game, this one from 32 yards.
The Rebels covered 87 yards in 10 plays with the game’s opening kick, mostly working the sidelines with precision passing from Chambliss.
The Rebels did not leave the game injury-free, as hoped. Tight end Dae-Quan Wright was hurt early in the first quarter and did not return.
The Citadel has lost three out of four games for the second time this season.
Mississippi: Hosts Florida on Saturday.
The Citadel: Hosts Wofford on Saturday.
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