Ole Miss played lackluster football for the first two and half quarters but finally woke up midway through the third quarter in their win over Auburn. The Rebels outscored the visiting Tigers, 28-0, over the final 20 minutes of the contest to take down the visitors from the Plains, 45-15. Quarterback Trinidad Chambliss threw a pair of TD passes and ran for another during the late scoring burst. Ole Miss (6-2, 4-2) will entertain Georgia (7-1, 5-1) Saturday night in Oxford.
Southern Miss for the second straight Saturday had two running backs eclipse 100 yards rushing as they defeated Louisiana-Monroe, 35-21. Steven Robinson gained 151 yards while Jamaricus Wilder had 104 yards. Both Robinson and Wilder each scored two touchdowns. The Golden Eagles (3-5, 2-2) will play host to James Madison (7-2, 4-2) on Thursday night. The game will be televised on ESPN2.
Arch Manning passed for three touchdowns as Texas rolled past Mississippi State, 31-3. MSU played both A.J. Swann and Billy Puckett at quarterback, but neither could move the ball against the Longhorns. The Bulldogs offense was led by Fluff Bothwell with 62 rushing yards.
Mississippi State quarterback Kamario Taylor had successful surgery for his injured toe last Wednesday. Taylor was officially ruled out for the remainder of this football season by MSU last week. Mississippi State (4-4, 2-4) hosts Vanderbilt (3-5, 0-5) Saturday.
Delta State won their fifth consecutive game as they downed Frostburg (MD), 22-21. Price Nelson kicked a 23-yard field goal with 55 seconds to play for DSU. The Statesmen (5-3, 1-0) host Valdosta on November 14.
Alcorn (5-4, 3-2) rolled up 585 yards offense in whipping Mississippi Valley, 52-17. Valley (3-6, 2-3) will travel to Jackson State (6-2, 3-2) while Alcorn (5-4, 3-2) will host Florida A&M Saturday.
Millsaps had 595 yards of offense as they walloped Southwestern (TX), 59-21. The Majors have now scored over 50 points four times this season. The Majors (6-2, 4-1) host Berry College Saturday.
Belhaven quarterback Matthew Dial passed 14 yards to Cannon Carruth to climax a 90-yard drive for the winning TD with 1:14 to play, as they edged Methodist (NC), 20-15. The Blazers (4-4, 3-2) entertain LaGrange Saturday.
Defending state junior college football champ Northwest will host Hinds Saturday afternoon at Bobby Franklin Field in Senatobia. The Rangers (8-2) won the North Division with a perfect 6-0 record while Hinds (7-3) captured the South Division with a 5-1 mark. Northwest defeated archrival East Mississippi, 38-24, to take the division crown while Hinds lost a 43-42 heartbreaker to Jones last Thursday night. It ended the Eagles’ seven-game winning streak.
Milwaukee had a lot of Mississippi flavor, led by the MVP of the World Series Brewers catcher William Contreras, a former Mississippi Braves and a member of the 2021 World Series Champion Atlanta Braves.
Wheeler native and former Mississippi State pitcher Brandon Woodruff pitched the ninth inning of game three for the champs. He had not been able to pitch due to injury in three months. Woodruff has been in the Brewers’ organization for a dozen years and in the majors since 2017.
Senatobia’s Cooper Pratt, who led Magnolia Heights to the MAIS baseball title in 2022, made a definite impact in the series. Pratt, the Brewers’ shortstop since June 16 of this year, played in Biloxi in 2025 and started the season in Nashville with the Brewers’ Triple A team. The former Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year in 2022, batted .421 in the series with a home run, two doubles. He also scored five runs and drove in seven runs. In game four, Pratt had an extra inning home run and finished the night with four hits. The National Baseball Hall of Fame asked for Pratt’s bat to be displayed in Cooperstown, New York.
Former Mississippi State Bulldog great Jeffery Simmons of the Tennessee Titans was traded to the Chicago Bears this past week for two first round and two fifth round picks in the 2027 and 2028 NFL drafts.
