Live Updates, Score, Game Notes: No. 7 Kentucky-No. 14 Ole Miss
It's a sunny Saturday here in Oxford as No. 7 Kentucky looks to improve to 5-0 on the season, taking on the also undefeated No. 14 Ole Miss Rebels. The Wildcats are looking for their first win over the Rebels since 2011 and their fist win in Oxford since 1978. Follow along here with Wildcats Today for live game updates.
FINAL SCORE: 22-19 Ole Miss
FOURTH QUARTER
Ole Miss Drive 11: The Rebels will kneel it down to win the game.
Kentucky Drive 11 (1:49): Starting at the UK 34, Levis goes deep on first down, pass intended for Brown but the freshman can't reel it in.
Levis checks down to C-Rod on second down, he gets eight yards.
Brown catches the third down pass, runs all the way down to the Ole Miss seven-yard line.
Illegal motion on Kentucky, five-yarder. First and goal at the OM 12. 58 seconds to go. Next play, FUMBLE: Levis loses the ball before the throw, Ole Miss recovers.
Ole Miss Drive 10 (2:48): Rebels get nothing on the first play of the drive, UK uses its second timeout.
Kentucky stuffs another rush, uses its last timeout. Third and 11 coming up for Ole Miss. 2:45 left in the game.
On third down, Ole Miss rushes up the middle, Judkins is well short. The defense holds, Kentucky will get one more shot.
Kentucky Drive 10: McClain opens the drive with a 17-yard rush, breaking a couple of tackles.
Levis goes deep on the next play to Brown, but the pass is broken up. Third down, Key cannot come up with the catch, but Ole Miss is flagged for holding, moving the chains.
C-Rod makes a slip screen work, taking it 17 yards across midfield. After a Bates completion on second down, Levis finds Chris Lewis on a slant for a huge first down.
A Jager Burton false start moves UK back five yards to the OM 32. C-Rod gets nothing on first down, but Levis fires one to Key over the middle for 11 yards.
FUMBLE: Levis loses the ball on a read option, Ole Miss recovers.
Ole Miss Drive Nine: Dart fumbles the first down snap for a loss of five yards, Ole Miss recovers. D'Eryk Jackson gets a pass breakup on second down, but the Rebels convert on the next play, as Dart finds Michael Trigg for 18 yards.
Dart finds Heath once again for another big gain, Ole Miss nearing the redzone.
Watkins with an 11-yard gain, then Judkins adds another large rush. First and goal for OM, Judkins is stuffed. Jackson gets another tackle on the next play for a loss of five yards. Third down is a small completion.
TURNOVER: Jordan Lovett breaks up the pass on fourth down, Ole Miss comes up empty. Monumental hold for the UK defense. Bend, don't break.
Kentucky Drive Nine Con't: Fourth down, Levis' pass intended for C-Rod is incomplete, turnover on downs.
THIRD QUARTER
Kentucky Drive Nine: Barion Brown with another huge kick return. He takes it to the OM 39. 54-yard return.
False start on Jeremy Flax. C-Rod takes the first two plays from scrimmage, getting just three yards. Third down, Levis' pass to Brown is incomplete, but offsetting penalties wipe the play away.
Pass to Robinson is complete, the ball is fumbled out of bounds. Fourth and three, END OF Q3
Ole Miss Drive Eight: UK's Jacquez Jones is being helped off the field. Looks to be that ankle. He's walking very gingerly. Brutal loss for the Wildcats...have to feel for Jones as well, such a big game for him.
Pass breakup for Zion Childress. Next play, Dart finds Judkins for a first-down gain, OM across the 50.
Third and seven, Judkins rushes up the middle to move the chains, he then comes back on the next two plays for another first down, Rebels now in the redzone. Three more rushes, the Cats finally get a stop, Ole Miss will kick a chip-shot FG.
FIELD GOAL: Cruz nails the 26-yarder to give the Rebels the lead. 13-play, 57-yard drive.
Kentucky Drive Eight: UK gets good field position, just across midfield. Levis goes play-action on first down, hitting Dane Key for 14 yards, Key's first catch of the day.
Two Rodriguez rushes go for just two yards total, setting up third and eight from the OM 33. Levis steps up and hits McClain for a small gain, but short of line to gain. on fourth down, Rodriguez fights his way for a first down.
Near the redzone, Levis keeps a run for three yards after the pocket collapses. C-Rod gets five more on the next play, setting up third and short. TOUCHDOWN: Levis finds Jordan Dingle over the middle, the TE fights his way into the endzone. PAT is good to tie it up.
Ole Miss Drive Seven: Evans opens the drives with two rushes, Dart then misses on third down and long. Rebels will punt right back to the Cats.
Kentucky Drive Seven: Kentucky goes three-and-out to open the second half.
SECOND QUARTER
Kentucky Drive Six: UK runs one play then goes to the break down seven. HALFTIME
Ole Miss Drive Six (1:23): The Rebels move the ball downfield quickly, getting across the 50.
INTERCEPTION: Jacquez Jones gets a pick in his return to Oxford.
Kentucky Drive Five (6:57): Rodriguez opens the drive with a two-yard gain, then nabbing six more on the next play. Make it a trifecta, the RB dashes for the first down all the way to the UK 45.
Izayah Cummings with his first big play of the season, taking an end-around for 23 yards. JuTahn McClain gets his first carry on the next play, going for six. Second and four, the rush is stuffed.
Third down, Levis completes a pass to Tayvion Robinson to move the chains. Next play, a designed pass to Rodriguez goes for 15 yards down to the OM 5.
TOUCHDOWN: Levis shovels a pass to Robinson, who dashes to the right for a 5-yard score. PAT is muffed, Cats again fail on special teams.
Ole Miss Drive Five (10:23): Starting at its own 37, The Rebels go deep on first down but Dart overthrows Heath.
Heath is torching the UK secondary, now with three catches for 62 yards. On third down and 8, Dart keeps it, lunging for the first and moving the chains.
Dart finds Heath again, but is called for OPI, pushing OM back to the UK 38. Jordan Wright gets a pass breakup to stop another big Rebel gain.
FIELD GOAL: Ole Miss makes a 53-yarder to go up by 13.
Kentucky Drive Four: Levis keeps it to open the drive, snagging four yards. Next play, Levis checks it down to Chauncey Magwood who gets the first down.
Rodriguez is stuffed for a loss of four on the next first down. Ole Miss gets pressure on the next play, forcing Levis to step up and take a small loss. Third down, Levis is brought down for a SAFETY: Levis is called for intentional grounding in the endzone.
Ole Miss Drive Four: Judkins opens the drive with two rushes for 10 yards moving the sticks.
Later on third down, Dart's pass is dropped by Jordan Watkins. Flag on the play, offensive PI. Rebels to punt away. Punt pins UK at its own 1-yard line.
FIRST QUARTER
Kentucky Drive Three: Barion Brown takes the kickoff 85 yards down to the Ole Miss 15. Tayvion Robinson takes his first rush of the game for five yards.
TOUCHDOWN: Chris Rodriguez bulls his way in the endzone for a 10-yard score. PAT is BLOCKED. Huge answer by the offense, but a sour start on special teams. END OF Q1
Ole Miss Drive Three (2:44): The Rebels start at their own 21-yard line. UK free safety Jordan Lovett blows up the first play for a short gain before DeAndre Square notches a nice tackle for negative three. On third down, Dart hits Heath across the middle for a chunk gain extending the drive.
Now in UK territory, TOUCHDOWN: Quinshon Judkins gashes UK for a 48-yard rushing score. PAT is good. 14-0 Ole Miss.
Kentucky Drive Two: Kavosiey Smoke takes the first play of the drive for five yards. Rodriguez takes the next handoff for a few more. Levis hits Barion Brown on third and short for 30 yards, taking the Cats into OM territory.
Bad drop from Smoke sets up 3rd and 9, which is not converted. Kentucky will attempt a 39-yard field goal, which Ruffolo just misses.
Rodriguez takes back-to-back handoffs for chunk gains, pushing UK towards the redzone. Following a one-yard gain from Smoke, the RB drops a screen pass from Levis, setting up third and long.
Ole Miss Drive Two: Zach Evans starts the drive with a seven-yard rush. Dart hits Jonathan Mingo for a small gain, setting up Evans for a first-down rush.
Jacquez Jones down for Kentucky for a moment, but the Ole Miss transfer was helped up and walked off on his own power.
Dart scrambles for 12 yards, pushing into UK territory. Dart then hits Jordan Watkins for a 38-yard gain. Wide open, all day in the pocket.
TOUCHDOWN: Zach Evans puts Ole Miss on the board with a four-yard rushing score. PAT is good. 6-play. 65-yard drive. 7-0 Rebels.
Kentucky Drive One: Chris Rodriguez takes UK's first offensive play of the game for a six-yard gain. After a Levis rush for three yards, he keeps it on third down to move the chains. Levis airs it out on the next play, just missing Barion Brown deep. He completes to Brenden Bates on second down.
SACK. Levis goes down for the first time today on third down, Kentucky will punt back to the Rebels. Colin Goodfellow's punt goes for 50 yards to the OM 35.
Ole Miss Drive One: Second play of the game, JJ Henry busts a 21-yard rush to get the Rebels to midfield. On third down, Jaxson Dart finds Malik Heath for a long gain, setting up a short fourth down. The Rebels would go on to lose five yards on a false start, forcing them to punt. Punt goes to the UK 5-yard line.
Key pre-game information for today's top-15 SEC clash:
Kentucky won the coin toss and deferred to the second half.
Chris Rodriguez is making his 2022 season debut
Keidron Smith and Jacquez Jones are returning to Oxford for the first time since transferring to Kentucky
Outside linebacker J.J. Weaver is not playing for UK. A full injury report can be found here.
Mark Stoops is looking for his first win on the road against an SEC West opponent
Ole Miss running back Zach Evans is expected to play after suffering a hip pointer last weekend
