Trinidad Chambliss threw a touchdown and ran for another Saturday night as No. 7 Ole Miss stopped South Carolina 30-14 in Oxford, Miss.
Chambliss completed 12 of 21 passes for 159 yards and an interception while adding another 59 yards on 15 carries. Running back Kewan Lacy totaled 167 yards, plus the game-sealing touchdown, on 24 carries.
Defensively, the Rebels (8-1, 5-1 Southeastern Conference) held the Gamecocks (3-6, 1-6) to 230 total yards and collected six sacks while forcing three turnovers. South Carolina quarterback LaNorris Sellers completed 16 of 30 passes for 180 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions as the Gamecocks lost for the sixth time in seven games.
Sellers found Nyck Harbor for a 47-yard strike just 3 1/2 minutes into the third quarter, pulling South Carolina within 17-14. But the Gamecocks failed to score again and Ole Miss slowly pulled away.
Lucas Carneiro converted field goals of 27 and 34 yards to increase the lead to nine. Lacy opened the game with a 54-yard touchdown run with 5:44 left, one play after Sellers was sacked for the sixth time by Da’Shawn Womack.
Sellers banked a 16-yard field goal on a 1-yard run at 9:13 of the first quarter to initiate the scoring. It was four plays after Harrison Wallace fumbled a punt that Maurice Brown recovered.
The Rebels controlled most of the rest of the half, getting on the board when Carneiro made a 21-yard field goal with 3:56 left in the first. They took the lead for good via Chambliss’ 8-yard touchdown pass to Dae’Quan Wright, two plays after the Gamecocks failed on a fourth-and-1 play from the Ole Miss 46 when Matt Fuller lost three yards.
On their next possession, the Rebels had their best drive of the night, an 89-yarder that saw Lacy carry the charge. He ran on the first four plays for 48 yards, including a 29-yard gain, and Chambliss finished it off with a 15-yard keeper 6:56 before halftime for a 17-7 advantage.
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