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MississippiMississippi MEMPHIS Oxford, MS - Opening day continues to be a thorn yards in 18 plays. And though the Rebels controlled the in the side of the Memphis Tigers. For the fifth straight ball just under two minutes longer than the Tigers in the SCORING SUMMARY year, the Tigers first quarter, the Tiger defense would see much more Memphis 0 0 3 7 10 dropped the action on the field in the second quarter. Ole Miss 0 14 3 13 30 opening day de- The Tigers started the second quarter having to punt cision as Mem- just after five plays. Ole Miss took over and put the first UM (4:41 re 2nd) Peterson 6 pass from Miller (Juneau phis lost to Ole points on the board. Rebel quarterback Romaro Miller PAT) completed seven of his eight passes to put Ole Miss on UM (2:11 re 2nd) Peterson 77 pass from Miller (Juneau Miss, 30-10, in PAT) Oxford, Miss. the Memphis five yard line. He threw two straight incom- UM (8:34 re 3rd) Juneau 38 FG The defeat plete passes to Corey Peterson and Deuce McAllister MEM (1:27 re 3rd) White 37 FG also marked the before connecting on a six-yard pass to Peterson for the UM (10:38 re 4th) McAllister 1 run (Juneau PAT) 10th consecutive score. The extra point was good, giving Ole Miss the 7-0 MEM (6:33 re 4th) Blevins 5 pass from Evans (White PAT) UM (1:02 re 4th) Stackhouse 3 run (Juneau PAT fail) loss to an away lead. With 4:41 left in the first half, Evans completed two opponent as the TEAM STATS MEM UM passes to Darrius Blevins and Dodson. Riley rushed for Vaught Hemingway Tigers were held First Downs 15 19 to just 235 offen- two yards to the Ole Miss 47 yard line, but on the very Rushes-Yds 20-59 40-209 Oxford, MS sive yards and next play, Evans was sacked for a loss of nine yards. He Passing Yds 214 332 gave up 523 missed a pass to Gerard Arnold, sending punter Jim Cande KO Return Yds 4-55 3-54 Sept. 5, 1998 Passes 24-39-1 26-40-0 yards to the back on the field for the fourth time in the first half. Att. 46,191 Punts-Avg 6-44.3 3-45.3 Rebels. With just 2:25 left in the half, Miller completed a 77 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 '98 REVIEW The game yard pass to Peterson, which would send the Tigers to the Penalties-Yds 3-35 6-60 kicked off in 96 lockerroom down by 14. Time of Poss. 23:44 36:16 degree weather The Tigers kicked off to Ole Miss to open the second Sacks by 1-5 3-29 in front of a half and the Rebels would drive the ball just 43 yards before having to punt. Three plays and another Memphis INDIVIDUAL LEADERS 1 record crowd of Rushing: MEM-Arnold 14-42-0, Riley 1-2-0, punt later, the Rebels had the ball back in their hands. Ole 46,191 at Vaught- Scruggs 1-0-0, Evans 4-(-23)-0. UM-McAllister 15-73-1, Game Hemingway Sta- Miss managed to get the ball to the 21 yard line, which set Gunn 10-54-0, Cannion 10-38-0, Miller 3-23-0, Stackhouse dium. The meet- Juneau up for his second field goal attempt of the day. 2-3-1. ing marked the Despite missing a 36-yard field goal earlier in the day, Passing: MEM-Evans 24-39-1-214-1. UM-Miller 26-40-0-332-2. first contest between the two squads since Ole Miss de- Juneau cleared his second attempt to push the Rebels' 93 lead to 17-0. Receiving: MEM- Dodson 8-80-0, Blevins 6-75- feated Memphis, 34-3, at the Liberty Bowl in 1995. 1, Arnold 3-18-0, Kendall 3-16-0, Floyd 2-14-0, Scruggs Memphis’ Teofilo Riley caught the opening kick off There was just 1:27 left on the clock in the third pe- 1-9-0, Sermon 1-2-0. UM-Peterson 9-164-2, Lucas 5-72- and returned the ball 21 yards to the Memphis 23 yard riod before Memphis was able to get on the board with a 0, Heard 5-70-0, Morris 3-(-3)-0, French 2-9-0, Bettis 1- line. The offense showed some hope in the opening plays 37-yard field goal by Ryan White. 11-0, Armstrong 1-9-0. as Gerard Arnold rushed for seven yards and Kenton It didn’t take long in the fourth quarter before Ole Interceptions: MEM-None. UM-Thigpen 1-(- Miss put the game even further out of the grasp of the 1). Evans completed his first pass to Damien Dodson for a A-46,191 (Weather: 96 degrees, sunny). first down. Evans completed one of his next two passes Tigers. The Ole Miss ground attack was in full force as before Memphis was flagged for pass interference, send- they rushed for 44 yards and a touchdown in their first NOTES ◆ Sophomore quarterback Kenton Evans' start ing them to the line in need of 20 yards for a first down. possession of the final quarter. Memphis answered that score with their first touch- against Ole Miss was the first of his career at Memphis. Two completions later, Jim Cande was sent in for the first Evans appeared in two games last season, completing 2- punt of the game. down of the game in a drive that started with 10:38 on the of-3 passes for 20 yards. Evans' 24 completions tied for the After an exchange of punts, Ole Miss took control of clock. Evans completed seven straight passes for 69 fourth highest total in a single game in Memphis history. His the clock and the game for most of the first and second yards, and though he missed his eighth completion of the four-yard TD pass to Darrius Blevins was the first of Evans' career and Blevins' 7th receiving TD of his career. quarters. Ole Miss strung together three first downs in the drive, he manged to connect on two more passes, one of next series, to put them in field-goal range, but the game which was a four yard touchdown pass to Darrius Blevins. ◆ Junior defensive back Reginald Howard, a walk- was kept scoreless as Donald Juneau shanked a kick White’s kick was good as Memphis cut the lead to 24-10. on who came to the Tigers in 1997, was given a scholarship wide left and missed the 36 yard field goal. Ole Miss would score again with just 1:02 left in the by coach Scherer after practice on Thursday afternoon, Memphis ran just 1:32 off the clock in their next se- game. Juneau’s kick didn’t split the uprights, giving Ole Sept. 3. Howard, a native of Memphis and a graduate of Miss the 30-10 victory. Kirby High School, signed with Henderson State after his ries of plays that saw the Tigers punt from their own 35 prep career and lettered for two years, He led HSU and yard line as Evans threw two incomplete passes. the conference in pass break-ups in 1996. He transferred The Rebels answered that series with two more first to Memphis and walked-on in 1997, sitting out the season downs, but they eventually were forced into their first under NCAA transfer rules. punt of the day. back Torri Harmon and defensive back Michael Stone. The Tigers ended the first quarter with just 69 yards of total offense in 15 plays, compared to Ole Miss’ 116 MississippiMississippi StateState MEMPHIS Memphis, TN - Some say a team makes its big- another first down with a three-yard run to the Memphis 21. gest improvement from its first game of the season to its The Tiger defense then held Johnson to a total of four yards SCORING SUMMARY second. For the on two carries before Wyatt tossed an incompletion. Place University of kicker Brian Hazelwood then missed a 34-yard field goal Miss State 7 0 0 7 14 Memphis, the Ti- attempt. Memphis 0 3 3 0 6 ger coaching The game seemed to sway in Memphis' favor as the staff may wish game moved into the second quarter. MSU (13:32 re 1st) Johnson 62 run (Hazelwood kick) that statement is Mississippi State's last series of the first quarter ended UM (13:14 re 2nd) White 44 FG only a half truth. when Wyatt was sacked by Kamal Shakir for an eight-yard UM (10:54 re 3rd) White 32 FG Following a loss back to the Mississippi State 22. Shakir had a pair of MSU (:29 re 4th) Prather 10 run (Hazelwood kick) 30-10 season- sacks to go with six tackles on the day. opening loss at As the second quarter began, Ryan White drilled a TEAM STATS MEM MSU Mississippi, career-high 44-yard field goal with 13:14 to play in the half First Downs 13 14 Memphis to cap an 11-play, 35-yard drive. However, the Tigers had Rushes-Yds 40-187 31-106 Liberty Bowl showed improve- to overcome a pair of penalties to set up its first points of Passing Yds 69 153 ment in a 14-6 set- the game. KO Return Yds 3-41 2-42 Memphis, TN back against Mis- Gerard Arnold picked up nine yards after Memphis Passes 8-21-0 13-31-1 Sept.