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11/27/21 - Spencer Sanders, rSr/2024, Mississippi + More +

Spencer Sanders threw for a touchdown and ran for another and No. 7 Oklahoma State beat No. 10 Oklahoma 37-33 on Saturday night to keep alive its College Football Playoff chances and stop the Sooners' streak of Big 12 titles at six. Oklahoma State (11-1, 8-1, No. 7 CFP) snapped a six-game losing streak to Oklahoma. The Cowboys will play No. 9 Baylor next Saturday for the Big 12 championship. Oklahoma (10-2, 7-2, No. 10 CFP) got the ball one last time at its 20-with 54 seconds remaining and no timeouts. Caleb Williams scrambled and ran 56 yards to put the Sooners in scoring range. But Oklahoma State's Collin Oliver sacked Williams on fourth down at the Oklahoma State 32 with eight seconds remaining, setting off a wild celebration.

Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy won for just the third time in 17 tries against Oklahoma. Now, the Cowboys can win their first Big 12 title since 2011. Oklahoma opened the second-half scoring in an odd way. Oklahoma's Perrion Winfrey hit Oklahoma State's Dominic Richardson, the ball came loose, and Oklahoma State recovered in the end zone for a safety. Oklahoma struck again after forcing a three-and-out. Presley muffed the punt, and Justin Broiles recovered in the end zone to give the Sooners a 33-24 lead. Sanders went 37 yards for a touchdown on an option keep, and Oklahoma State cut Oklahoma's lead to 33-31 with 13:52 remaining. - Oklahoma State/AP College Football

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QB Spencer Sanders, Mississippi
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11/26/21 - Antwane Wells Jr., rSr/2025, Mississippi + More +

2021 ALL-CAA FOOTBALL FIRST TEAM (COACHES): Antwane Wells, Jr., James Madison, WR, Fr.,...Wells Jr. leads the league in receiving yards and is tied with teammate Thornton in receiving touchdowns while ranking second in receptions. This fall, he has 67 catches for 994 yards and 11 touchdowns. Wells Jr. has five 100-yard games this season and four games with two or more scores. - James Madison Football

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WR Antwane Wells Jr., Mississippi
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11/26/21 - Isaac Ukwu, rSr/2024, Mississippi + More +

2021 ALL-CAA FOOTBALL SECOND TEAM (COACHES): Isaac Ukwu, James Madison, DL, Jr.,...Ukwu, who missed the previous two years due to injury, burst on to the defensive scene this season, making 32 tackles with 15.0 for a loss and a team-leading 8.0 sacks. Ukwu ranked third in the CAA in TFL and sixth in sacks. He turned in six games with 2.0+ tackles for loss and six games with at least a full sack. - James Madison Football

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DE Isaac Ukwu, Mississippi
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11/25/21 - *Matt Corral, rJr/2022, Mississippi + More +

Snoop Conner ran for two touchdowns and No. 8 Mississippi scored 21 straight points to beat Mississippi State 31-21 on Thursday night in a windy, rainy and cold Egg Bowl. Matt Corral ran for a touchdown and passed for 229 yards to help Ole Miss (10-2, 6-2 Southeastern Conference) overcome an early 6-3 deficit for a 24-6 lead early in the fourth quarter. Corral was 25 of 33 with an interception. The Rebels finished with 388 yards of total offense, with Connor scoring twice on 1-yard runs during the decisive outburst. He rushed for 60 yards on 16 carries. Dontario Drummond had 13 receptions for 133 yards and Jerrion Ealy scored on a 15-yard run to make it 31-13 lead with 5:35 left.

Mississippi State's Will Rogers was 38 of 58 for 336 yards and an 11-yard touchdown pass to Jaden Walley in the fourth quarter. The Bulldogs (7-5, 4-4) added an 11-yard touchdown run by Jo'quavious Marks with 2:27 remaining, but could not pull within single digits. The Bulldogs had 420 yards of total offense, primarily in the final period in the belated rally, but had trouble translating yards into points. Makai Polk had 10 receptions for 98 yards and added a two-point conversion. Nolan McCord had field goals of 34 and 29 yards. - Mississippi/AP College Football

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QB *Matt Corral, Mississippi
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11/21/21 - *Matt Corral, rJr/2022, Mississippi + More +

Matt Corral threw for 326 yards and two touchdowns in his home finale and No. 10 Mississippi beat Vanderbilt 31-17 on Saturday night. Ole Miss (9-2, 5-2 Southeastern Conference) never trailed, with Corral throwing an 8-yard scoring pass to Jerrion Ealy in the opening minutes en route to a 24-9 halftime lead. Corral completed 27 of 36 passes, including a 10-yard touchdown strike to Dontario Drummond early in the second quarter. The Rebels led 31-9 in the fourth quarter on an 8-yard touchdown run by Henry Parrish Jr. Drummond had seven catches for 81 yards. Ealy had 154 yards of offense, highlighted by a 68-yard kickoff return and a 4-yard touchdown run. Jahcour Pearson had 101 yards receiving as the Rebels finished with 470 yards. Rocko Griffin ran for 117 yards and touchdown for Vanderbilt (2-9, 0-7. Joseph Bulovas added three field goals as the Commodores controlled the ball for more than 38 minutes and finished with 454 total yards. - AP College Football

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QB *Matt Corral, Mississippi
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11/21/21 - Spencer Sanders, rSr/2024, Mississippi + More +

Ninth-ranked Oklahoma State is going to play for a championship because of its dominating defense. Oklahoma State wrapped up its first spot in the Big 12 championship game with a 23-0 victory over Texas Tech on Saturday night, completely throttling an offense that hadn't been shut out since 1997. The Cowboys have allowed only one offensive touchdown over their past four games, but this was their first shutout on the road since 1995. Spencer Sanders threw a touchdown and ran for another score, and Tanner Brown kicked three field goals for the Cowboys (10-1, 7-1, CFP No. 9). The defense limited Texas Tech (6-5, 3-5), which had scored in 302 consecutive games, to 108 total yards that included a 25-yard pass on the final drive.

With Bedlam at home next Saturday against 12th-ranked Oklahoma, the Cowboys are already assured of playing in the Big 12 title game Dec. 4 at AT&T Stadium, the home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys. Still to be determined is if they will be the home or visiting team, and who they will play. Oklahoma State and Oklahoma (10-1, 7-1, CFP No. 13) are tied for the Big 12 lead, so the winner next Saturday night will finish first in the regular-season standings. No. 11 Baylor (9-2, 6-2, CFP No. 11), which hosts Texas Tech earlier that day, is the only other team that could get in the title game. Oklahoma State had its own issues at times offensively, but ended up with 427 total yards never trailed after going 70 yards on its opening drive for a 24-yard field goal. - Oklahoma State/AP College Football

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QB Spencer Sanders, Mississippi
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11/19/21 - *Matt Corral, rJr/2022, Mississippi + More +

Mississippi quarterback Matt Corral appears set to wrap up his college career this season. The 10th-ranked Rebels' Heisman Trophy contender posted on social media Friday night that Saturday's game against Vanderbilt will be his finale at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Corral, a junior, is projected as a potential early first-round NFL draft pick. Corral penned a message ahead of what he called "my final game at The Vaught." He thanked coach Lane Kiffin and offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby and others. "Coach Kiffin and Coach Lebby showed me how to be a true leader on and off the field," Corral wrote. "They prepared me to be an elite player at the position, and nothing less was acceptable. "They held me to high standards, and the relationship I have with them made me not want to let them down in any way." Kiffin said multiple times this week that he expected it to be Corral's final home game. Corral has passed for 2,774 yards and 17 touchdowns against two interceptions. He has also rushed for 523 yards and 10 touchdowns. - AP College Football

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QB *Matt Corral, Mississippi
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11/19/21 - Caleb Warren, rSr/2025, Mississippi + More +

NOV 15 SEC CO-OFFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Caleb Warren, OL, Ole Miss,...Paved the way for 504 offensive yards, including 257 on the ground, in leading Ole Miss past Texas A&M. ...Graded out at 89 percent with two knockdowns and no missed assignments while playing all 93 snaps...The Rebels' 257 rushing yards marked the most allowed by Texas A&M this season, who hadn't allowed more than 90 yards rushing in its last three games...It is just the second time all season that an Aggie opponent has surpassed the 500-yard mark in total offense. - SEC Football

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OG Caleb Warren, Mississippi
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11/14/21 - *Matt Corral, rJr/2022, Mississippi + More +

Mississippi beat one of the best defensive teams in the Southeastern Conference with a shut-down performance of its own. A.J. Finley returned an interception 52 yards for a touchdown and Matt Corral threw for 247 yards and a touchdown to lead No. 12 Ole Miss to a 29-19 win over No. 11 Texas A&M on Saturday night. "The defense just had an amazing day," Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin said. "That came against one of the hottest teams in America. Just an unbelievable great day overall." The Rebels (8-2, 3-3 Southeastern) held a 15-13 lead in the fourth quarter before Ashanti Cistrunk's interception set up a 13-yard touchdown run by Snoop Conner with 6:32 left. "I just walked right into it. That's all there was to it," Cistrunk said. "We tied up on the ball, but I knew I had it." Finley provided an insurmountable cushion on the next series, grabbing Zach Calzada's throw and returning it down the Texas A&M sideline. "It was a crazy moment," Finley said. "It was my first pick-six since I've been here, so that was really big for me." Texas A&M (7-3, 4-3), which came in second in the SEC to Georgia in in yards per play allowed, trailed 15-0 at half, but whittled the lead to two in the fourth quarter on a 24-yard scoring run by Devon Achane and field goals by Seth Small.

Achane ran for a 9-yard touchdown to finish the scoring with 3:11 left. Corral completed 24 of 37 passes and Caden Costa kicked field goals of 33 and 32 yards. Chance Campbell and Keidron Smith added a safety by tackling Isaiah Spiller in the end zone in the first half. "That was a disappointing thing coming up here," A&M coach Jimbo Fisher said about the scoreless first half. "We put ourselves behind the eight ball. Give Ole Miss credit. They played a really good game." The Rebels finished with 504 yards of total offense, highlighted by Jerrion Ealy with 24 carries for 152 yards and added 34 yards on four receptions. - Mississippi/AP College Football

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QB *Matt Corral, Mississippi
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11/06/21 - Spencer Sanders, rSr/2024, Mississippi + More +

Spencer Sanders threw two touchdown passes, No. 11 Oklahoma State had eight sacks and the Cowboys beat West Virginia 24-3 on Saturday. Oklahoma State (8-1, 5-1 Big 12, No. 11 CFP) has won seven straight over the Mountaineers (4-5, 2-4). The Cowboys pushed around West Virginia's offensive line all game. Devin Harper and Brock Martin had two sacks apiece for the Cowboys. West Virginia, which compiled 492 total yards in a win over Iowa State last week, was limited to 133 total yards Saturday, including 17 yards on the ground against the Big 12's top rushing defense. "That was a pretty impressive defensive performance by our guys," Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy said. "I'm kind of shocked, to be honest with you, that we could play that well defensively against them on the road as well as they've played offensively the last two weeks. Defensively, we just dominated the game. I don't know what else to say." Both of Sanders' TD passes went to Tay Martin in the right corner of the end zone in single coverage.

A roughing-the-passer call against West Virginia's Jared Bartlett on third down gave the Cowboys first-and-goal at the 6 in the second quarter. Sanders found the 6-foot-3 Martin in the end zone on the next play. West Virginia's Graeson Malashevich couldn't corral a third-quarter punt and Oklahoma State's Korie Black recovered at the Mountaineers' 26. Four players later Sanders and Martin connected for a 12-yard TD for a 17-3 lead. Sanders finished 21 of 31 for 182 yards. He threw one interception. Jaylen Warren closed out the scoring with a 13-yard TD run in the fourth quarter. - Oklahoma State/AP College Football

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QB Spencer Sanders, Mississippi
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10/31/21 - Spencer Sanders, rSr/2024, Mississippi + More +

This was what No. 15 Oklahoma State fans have been waiting for. Spencer Sanders threw for 157 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 53 yards and a score, all in the first half, to lead Oklahoma State to a 55-3 victory over Kansas on Saturday night. Jaylen Warren added 69 yards rushing on just nine carries and backup running back Dominic Richardson gained 79 yards and a touchdown on 11 rushes for the Cowboys (7-1, 4-1 Big 12). "It's just a great chemistry moment for our team, I thought we just all grew as a team today," Sanders said. "No matter what the score was, we just kept moving." After suffering their first loss, 24-21 to Iowa State last week, the Cowboys responded by dominating Kansas.

It was a rough day for Kansas (1-7, 0-5), which lost its seventh consecutive contest. Backup quarterback Miles Kendrick, who entered the game in the third quarter with the Jayhawks trailing 45-0, led them with 32 yards rushing on nine carries. One week after an outstanding performance in which Kansas led No. 4 Oklahoma 17-7 late in the third quarter before the Sooners rallied for a 35-23 triumph, the Jayhawks looked more like their usual selves in this one. "It's frustrating for them, it's frustrating for the coaches, but ultimately it's my job to get this team to play more consistently. And I haven't done that," KU coach Lance Leipold said. "We're going to continue to work at it. We have a long way to go yet, in growing and understanding. We'll find out if (that Oklahoma game was) a blip on how we play the rest of the season out." Oklahoma State, which hadn't scored more than 32 points this season and averaged 25.7, led 38-0 at halftime and held a 331-49 advantage in yards. Kansas didn't achieve a first down until about six minutes into the third quarter, when the Cowboys already led 45-0. - Oklahoma State/AP College Football

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QB Spencer Sanders, Mississippi
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10/29/21 - Chance Campbell, rSr/2022, Mississippi + More +

OCT 25 SEC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Chance Campbell, LB, Ole Miss,...Totaled 10 tackles, a forced fumble and a sack in leading Ole Miss past LSU...Led a Rebel defense that limited the Tigers to just 77 rushing yards...Helped Ole Miss force a season-high three turnovers...After LSU scored on its opening drive, the Rebel D kept the Tigers off the scoreboard until 7:28 left in the game. - SEC Football

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OLB Chance Campbell, Mississippi
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10/28/21 - Sam Williams, rSr/2022, Mississippi + More +

OCT 25 SEC CO-DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Sam Williams, DL, Ole Miss,...Totaled a forced fumble, sack and QB pressure in leading Ole Miss past LSU....Led a Rebel defense that limited the Tigers to just 77 rushing yards....Helped Ole Miss force a season-high three turnovers....After LSU scored on its opening drive, the Rebel D kept the Tigers off the scoreboard until 7:28 left in the game. - SEC Football

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OLB Sam Williams, Mississippi
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10/24/21 - *Matt Corral, rJr/2022, Mississippi + More +

Lane Kiffin is not ready to proclaim No. 12 Mississippi as an elite team. Not yet, anyway. "We're good, but not great. But we're close," the coach said after the Rebels defeated LSU 31-17 Saturday with 31 unanswered points that spanned the second and third periods. "We've got to get healthy. If we can do that and execute, then we could be a really special team," he said. Matt Corral threw for a touchdown and ran as the Rebels (6-1, 3-1 Southeastern Conference) defeated LSU (4-4, 2-3) and lame duck coach Ed Orgeron. The Tigers lost in their first game since it was announced Orgeron wouldn't return next season. A former Mississippi coach, he led the Tigers to the national championship less than two years ago.

Mississippi retired the No. 10 jersey of former All-America quarterback Eli Manning at halftime. The capacity crowd of 64,523 enthusiastically cheered Manning and his family members during the tribute. "It was a good day and a good win," Kiffin said. "I've got to be more positive. It wasn't the prettiest win, but considering Matt wasn't 100 percent and how banged up we are, well, I've just got to be more positive." Trailing 7-0, Corral led four consecutive scoring drives, including a 3-yard touchdown run and a 2-yard touchdown pass to Casey Kelly. The Rebels led 17-7 at halftime and kept pulling away. Corral enhanced his status as a Heisman Trophy contender with an efficient performance after being considered questionable from injuries sustained in last week's win over Tennessee. He finished 18 of 23 passing for 185 yards, rushed for 24 yards, including three third-down conversion runs before yielding to reserves in the final period. - Mississippi/AP College Football

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QB *Matt Corral, Mississippi
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10/17/21 - *Matt Corral, rJr/2022, Mississippi + More +

No. 13 Mississippi held off Tennessee 31-26 on Saturday night after Rebels coach Lane Kiffin avoided being by hit by golf balls as Volunteers fans pelted the field with objects in the chaotic final minutes. Ole Miss stopped Tennessee a yard shy of a first down on a fourth-and-24 pass with just over a minute left. After that play, and the review that confirmed the spot of the ball, Tennessee fans pelted the field with objects. Tennessee's cheerleaders, dance team and band were ordered out of the stadium and police cleared the student section. "I don't know if I'm more excited that we found a way to win or that I didn't get hit with the golf balls that they were throwing at me," former Vols coach Kiffin told SEC Network, holding up a yellow golf ball. "I still have my souvenir golf ball," Kiffin said. "I also got hit with bottles with some brown stuff in them. I don't think those fans would waste moonshine. You've got one of the most passionate fan bases in America. A call didn't go their way." Play resumed after about a 20-minute delay.

Matt Corral threw for 231 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 195 yards for Mississippi (5-1, 2-1 Southeastern Conference). Hendon Hooker threw for 233 yards and a touchdown and for Tennessee (4-3, 2-2) and ran for 108 yards and a score. "I'm disappointed in the way the game ended with things being thrown from the crowd," Tennessee coach Josh Heupel said. "I know that's very few of our crowd members. For the most part of the game, what an unbelievable atmosphere to see Vol Nation show out the way they did." - Mississippi/AP College Football

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