No. 17 Ole Miss nearly stole defeat from the jaws of victory in front of a striped-out home crowd on Saturday, but a late turnover helped propel a Trinidad Chambliss-led Rebels to a 41-35 win over Arkansas.
The Rebels (3-0, 2-0 SEC) appeared to have a comfortable lead in the fourth quarter when Lucas Carneiro knocked in a 23-yard field goal to put Ole Miss up 41-28 with just under 11 minutes left in regulation. But Arkansas (2-1, 0-1 SEC) was set on a mission to play spoiler in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium — a place Lane Kiffin’s teams have seldom lost in his six years at the helm.
Arkansas put together an 11-play drive that resulted in a three-yard touchdown run by Mike Washington to cut the Razorbacks’ deficit to six points. With 4:55 on the clock, Ole Miss had an opportunity to move the c