FINAL SCORE
Mercer Bears at Ole Miss Rebels game details
Saturday, September 2, 2023 at 2:00 PM ET
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium · Attendance 60,097
Put the final score in perspective.
Ole Miss finished 66 points ahead. The teams combined for 80 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Mercer 7, Ole Miss 38. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Ole Miss outscored its opponent in 4 and Mercer in 0. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 15 | 32 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 3-14 | 8-11 |
| 4th down efficiency | 1-2 | 1-1 |
| Total Yards | 235 | 667 |
| Passing | 142 | 524 |
| Comp/Att | 17/31 | 29/41 |
| Yards per pass | 4.6 | 12.8 |
| Rushing | 93 | 143 |
| Rushing Attempts | 37 | 33 |
| Yards per rush | 2.5 | 4.3 |
| Penalties | 7-50 | 7-65 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| Fumbles lost | 2 | 1 |
| Interceptions thrown | 1 | 0 |
| Possession | 35:10 | 24:50 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Mercer Bears
passing
| Carter Peevy | 16/29 | 138 | 4.8 | 0 | 1 | -- |
| Hess Horne | 1/2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | -- |
rushing
| Carter Peevy | 7 | 49 | 7.0 | 1 | 75 |
| Al Wooten II | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 0 | 8 |
| Tyrell Coard | 5 | 21 | 4.2 | 0 | 11 |
| Parker Wroble | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Hess Horne | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Devron Harper | 2 | -4 | -2.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Micah Bell | 10 | -5 | -0.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Team | 2 | -6 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Devron Harper | 4 | 47 | 11.8 | 0 | 20 |
| Ty James | 4 | 29 | 7.3 | 0 | 13 |
| Brayden Smith | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 |
| Parker Wroble | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Travion Solomon | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Micah Bell | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Scooter Risper | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Al Wooten II | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
fumbles
| Team | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Devron Harper | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hess Horne | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Hill | 0 | 0 | 1 |
kickReturns
| Devron Harper | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 27 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Devron Harper | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
kicking
| Reice Griffith | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
punting
| Ian Garcia | 4 | 148 | 37.0 | 0 | 1 | 42 |
| Kody Arnold | 3 | 108 | 36.0 | 0 | 1 | 45 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Ole Miss Rebels
passing
| Jaxson Dart | 18/23 | 334 | 14.5 | 4 | 0 | 95.9 |
| Spencer Sanders | 8/14 | 134 | 9.6 | 2 | 0 | 52.2 |
| Walker Howard | 3/4 | 56 | 14.0 | 0 | 0 | 96.0 |
rushing
| Quinshon Judkins | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 2 | 13 |
| Jaxson Dart | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Ulysses Bentley IV | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | 7 |
| Matt Jones | 4 | 13 | 3.3 | 1 | 11 |
| Jam Griffin | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Spencer Sanders | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Jalen Knox | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Tre' Harris | 6 | 133 | 22.2 | 4 | 38 |
| Jordan Watkins | 6 | 111 | 18.5 | 0 | 34 |
| Kyirin Heath | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 21 |
| Ayden Williams | 2 | 47 | 23.5 | 0 | 43 |
| Michael Trigg | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 0 | 20 |
| Cayden Lee | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 1 | 34 |
| Bralon Brown | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 0 | 29 |
| Dayton Wade | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 0 | 23 |
| Hudson Wolfe | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 |
| J.J. Henry | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| Quinshon Judkins | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 8 |
| Jalen Knox | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Ulysses Bentley IV | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 6 |
fumbles
interceptions
| Daijahn Anthony | 1 | 19 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Jalen Knox | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Jam Griffin | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Jordan Watkins | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 70 | 1 |
kicking
| Caden Davis | 1/1 | 100.0 | 31 | 5/5 | 8 |
| Caden Costa | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 5/5 | 5 |
punting
| Fraser Masin | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 0 | 0 | 49 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 1 | 14:05 | Tre Harris 38 Yd pass from Jaxson Dart (Caden Davis Kick) | 0 – 7 |
| 1 | 13:53 | Carter Peevy 75 Yd Run (Reice Griffith Kick) | 7 – 7 |
| 1 | 12:26 | Tre Harris 28 Yd pass from Jaxson Dart (Caden Costa Kick) | 7 – 14 |
| 1 | 11:45 | Tre Harris 20 Yd pass from Jaxson Dart (Caden Davis Kick) | 7 – 21 |
| 1 | 5:45 | Quinshon Judkins 1 Yd Run (Caden Costa Kick) | 7 – 28 |
| 2 | 6:25 | Caden Davis 31 Yd Field Goal | 7 – 31 |
| 2 | 0:32 | Quinshon Judkins 3 Yd Run (Caden Davis Kick) | 7 – 38 |
| 3 | 13:07 | Jordan Watkins 70 Yd Punt Return (Caden Costa Kick) | 7 – 45 |
| 3 | 9:45 | Tre Harris 16 Yd pass from Jaxson Dart (Caden Davis Kick) | 7 – 52 |
| 3 | 5:27 | Ulysses Bentley IV 6 Yd pass from Spencer Sanders (Caden Costa Kick) | 7 – 59 |
| 3 | 3:09 | Cayden Lee 34 Yd pass from Spencer Sanders (Caden Davis Kick) | 7 – 66 |
| 4 | 3:21 | Matt Jones 1 Yd Run (Caden Costa Kick) | 7 – 73 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 12, 11:30 AM UTCData methodology