No. 6 Ole Miss ignited a ferocious fourth-quarter rally to past Florida 34-24 on November 15, 2025, at a record-shattering Vaught-Hemingway Stadium crowd of 68,138, avenging last year’s playoff-snuffing loss and clinching a 10-1 mark with a perfect 6-1 SEC slate that vaults them into CFP at-large contention. RB Kewan Lacy’s career-night—224 yards and three TDs on 31 carries, the eighth-most rushing yards in Rebels history—flipped a 24-20 halftime deficit, including the go-ahead 1-yard plunge on the quarter’s opening snap after a six-play, 86-yard drive consuming just 1:48. For SEC diehards, this revenge thriller—tying the all-time series at 13-13-2—silences coaching carousel whispers around Lane Kiffin, whose adjustments shut out the Gators post-intermission while QB Trinidad Chambliss diced for 301 yards and a score.
Florida’s upset bid faltered on turnovers: freshman DJ Lagway’s tipped INT to Wydett Williams handed Ole Miss a short field for Lacy’s third TD, while a failed fourth-down heave from their own 4 epitomized a 3-7 defense ranked 112th in points allowed (32.5). Ole Miss’s balance overwhelmed: 538 total yards to UF’s 326, with Chambliss’s 26-of-35 efficiency (86%) and a 43-yard bomb to De’Zhaun Stribling erasing the gap, pairing with Lacy’s 7.2 YPC to gas the Gators’ front seven. Technically, time of possession (32:14) outlasted Florida’s 27:46, per ESPN, with red-zone mastery (3-of-4 TDs) trumping UF’s 2-of-5 amid 20 straight road losses to ranked foes since 2020.
Kiffin’s no-huddle tempo post-halftime gassed Florida’s legs, yielding 248 Rebel rush yards against a unit allowing 180, while the defense’s two turnovers on downs and Sage Ryan’s fourth-quarter pick sealed it with 1:43 left. Lacy’s 114 season points shatter the non-kicker record (previously 16 TDs), drawing Heisman murmurs amid 31 Ole Miss scores. Postgame, Kiffin quipped: “Florida’s got their guy; we’ve got ours,” crediting Golding’s second-half tweaks. For bettors, the over 58.5 hit on 58 points, but Ole Miss’s -11.5 tease (margin 10) cashed late. Risks: WR Tre Harris’s hamstring clouds the Egg Bowl, per scans.
As CFP bids solidify, Ole Miss’s 34-24 escape—10-1 perfection—epitomizes grit, stacking Lacy with Chambliss for fantasy finals. In SEC’s cauldron, where rallies aren’t luck—they’re legacies—Rebels eye playoffs with unyielding fire.
