Ole Miss defeated Auburn 45-15 on Oct. 31, 2026, improving the Rebels to 6-2 overall and 4-2 in SEC play while Auburn fell to 4-4 and 2-4 in the league.
SuperTalk Mississippi reported the Rebels overcame a slow first half and a late third-quarter Auburn drive to rally for a 28-0 run that decided the game.
Quarterback Trinidad Chambliss completed 22 of 34 passes for 263 yards, two passing touchdowns and one interception, and added a rushing score and 65 yards on the ground, SuperTalk Mississippi reported. Chambliss’s second-half 26-yard rushing touchdown began the decisive scoring burst.
Ole Miss targeted former Auburn receiver Horatio Fields for one of Chambliss’s touchdown passes; Fields finished with six catches for 73 yards and a score, and Caleb Cunningham had 55 receiving yards and a touchdown, the report said.
Reserve back Shekai Mills-Knight led the Rebels on the ground with 71 yards and a rushing touchdown on 16 carries. Defensive tackle Will Echoles also recorded a rushing touchdown.
Defensively, Ole Miss held Auburn dual-threat quarterback Byrum Brown to 5 rushing yards while Brown completed 25 of 38 passes for 195 yards and a touchdown. The Tigers were limited to 63 rushing yards on 27 carries, SuperTalk Mississippi reported.
Linebacker Keaton Thomas led Ole Miss with eight tackles, a pass breakup and a forced fumble. Tah’j Butler had seven tackles, two sacks and a pass breakup; defensive lineman Suntarine Perkins had two sacks and a pass breakup, the report said.
Auburn safety AnQuon Feagins intercepted a Chambliss pass after a play that Ole Miss credited to Deuce Alexander. Alexander, who caught five passes for 59 yards, also dropped a wide-open pass on a trick play and muffed a punt, according to SuperTalk Mississippi.
Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding was quoted by SuperTalk Mississippi praising players’ attention to detail and execution; Golding also spoke about keeping Alexander’s confidence up after his miscues.
SuperTalk Mississippi reported Ole Miss will return home to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium to face No. 3 Georgia on Nov. 6 at 6:30 p.m. CT; the game will air on ABC and participating SuperTalk Mississippi stations.
Jon Ross Myers is the executive editor and publisher of the Mississippi News Network, Mississippi's largest digital only media company. He can be reached at editor@tippahnews.com
