Mississippi 27, Tulane 13
When: 9:00 PM ET, Saturday, September 11, 2010
Where: Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
Temperature:
Dome
Head Official:
Steve Barth
Attendance:
36389
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Fighting off a second-half surge in the Superdome, Ole Miss was able to put a notch in the win column with a 27-13 road victory over Tulane in New Orleans Saturday night.
Ole Miss (1-1) made its offensive run in the first half, dropping 24 points on Tulane (1-1)
Quarterback Jeremiah Masoli led the first half scoring, rushing for one touchdown in the first quarter and hitting wide receiver Markeith Summers down the middle on a 70 yard pass for the score late in the second quarter. Summers finished with a huge day, catching five balls for 164 yards.
Masoli finished 14-of-20 for 280 yards, as well as 27 yards rushing.
Running back Brandon Bolden rushed for another touchdown with 3:30 left in the first quarter.
Mississippi kicker Bryson Rose added two field goals, one from 41 yards and one from 30 yards.
Tulane's only touchdown came on a 1-yard run from tailback Orleans Darkwa with 2:09 left in the third quarter to make the game 24-10. A Cairo Santos field goal at 10:33 in left in the fourth quarter brought Tulane to its closest point at 24-13 before Ole Miss stretched the clock out.
Tulane quarterback Ryan Griffin was 21-of-30 for 203 yards.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Mississippi
|
376 |
94 |
282 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
5.0 |
2 |
| Tulane
|
312 |
94 |
218 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1.0 |
0 |