Ole Miss dominates Georgia State 63-7 in season opener
Ole Miss overwhelming Georgia State 63-7 in Week 1, with the Rebels' offense putting on a dominant display throughout the contest. The home team scored in every quarter, posting 7 points in the first, 18 in the second, 17 in the third, and 21 in the fourth to cruise to victory.
Georgia State managed only a single touchdown, which came in the second quarter on a 43-yard passing play from Christian Veilleux to Javon Robinson. The Bulldogs' defense struggled to contain Ole Miss's attack, allowing rushing touchdowns including a 42-yard scoring run by Kewan Lacy in the third quarter.
Ole Miss's offense was led by strong performances across multiple positions. Logan Diggs rushed for 91 yards, while Dae'Quan Wright caught 78 receiving yards. Trinidad Chambliss completed 59 passing yards in the victory.
The Rebels' defense also made key plays when needed, particularly in the second quarter. The dominant performance covered the 33.5-point spread and pushed the game over the 61-point total.
AI-generated recap · Aug 23, 2026
| Team | 1Q | 2Q | 3Q | 4Q | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Georgia State | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
 Ole Miss | 7 | 18 | 17 | 21 | 63 |
Scoring Timeline
Drive Chart
Box Score
| Statistic | Georgia State | Ole Miss |
|---|---|---|
| Passing | 12-25 | 24-37 |
| Pass Yards | 69 | 400 |
| Rush Yards | 191 | 295 |
| Total Yards | 260 | 695 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 2 |
| 3rd Down | 2-15 | 8-13 |
| Penalties | 8-60 | 8-51 |
| Possession | 31:24 | 28:36 |
Player Leaders
Player Leaders
Play-by-Play
Christian Veilleux pass complete to Camden Overton-Howard for 7 yds to the GAST 32
Djay Braswell run for 2 yds to the GAST 34
Christian Veilleux pass incomplete to Ted Hurst
Christian Veilleux run for 2 yds to the GAST 36 for a 1ST down
Christian Veilleux run for 1 yd to the GAST 37
Christian Veilleux pass complete to Javon Robinson for 1 yd to the GAST 38
Christian Veilleux pass incomplete to Ted Hurst
Reed Chandley punt for 43 yds , Harrison Wallace III returns for 50 yds to the MISS 35
Austin Simmons pass complete to Dae'Quan Wright for 14 yds to the MISS 49 for a 1ST down
Austin Simmons pass complete to Harrison Wallace III for 13 yds to the GAST 38 for a 1ST down
Austin Simmons pass complete to Dae'Quan Wright for 38 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Djay Braswell run for 5 yds to the GAST 31
Christian Veilleux run for 1 yd to the GAST 32
Reed Chandley punt for 47 yds , Harrison Wallace III returns for no gain to the MISS 21
(08:31) Shotgun Simmons,Austin pass incomplete deep left to Lee,Cayden thrown to OM46 PENALTY GS Holding (Hopkins,D-Icey) 10 yards from OM21 to OM31, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY.
Austin Simmons pass intercepted Chams Diagne return for 25 yds to the MISS 25
Branson Robinson run for no gain to the MISS 25
Djay Braswell run for 1 yd to the MISS 24
Cameran Brown pass complete to Javon Robinson for 8 yds to the MISS 16
Cameran Brown run for 2 yds to the MISS 14 for a 1ST down
Rashad Amos run for 3 yds to the MISS 11
Rashad Amos run for 2 yds to the MISS 9
Cameran Brown sacked by Zxavian Harris for a loss of 4 yards to the MISS 13
Liam Rickman 31 yd FG MISSED
(04:00) Shotgun Simmons,Austin rush middle for 10 yards gain to the OM30 (Robinson,Josiah) PENALTY OM Holding (Kutas,Patrick) 10 yards from OM20 to OM10. NO PLAY.
Austin Simmons pass complete to Winston Watkins for 28 yds to the MISS 38 for a 1ST down
Deuce Alexander run for 31 yds to the GAST 31 for a 1ST down
Austin Simmons pass complete to Caleb Odom for 9 yds to the GAST 22
Kewan Lacy run for 5 yds to the GAST 17 for a 1ST down
Austin Simmons pass intercepted, touchback.
Rashad Amos run for 15 yds to the GAST 35 for a 1ST down
Rashad Amos run for 4 yds to the GAST 39
Christian Veilleux run for 17 yds to the MISS 44 for a 1ST down
Djay Braswell run for 1 yd to the MISS 43
Christian Veilleux pass incomplete to Djay Braswell
Christian Veilleux pass incomplete to Leo Blackburn
Reed Chandley punt for 42 yds, fair catch by Harrison Wallace III at the MISS 16 for a 1ST down
Austin Simmons pass complete to Harrison Wallace III for 47 yds to the GAST 37 for a 1ST down
Kewan Lacy run for 1 yd to the GAST 36
Kewan Lacy run for 7 yds to the GAST 29
Trinidad Chambliss run for 5 yds to the GAST 24 for a 1ST down
Kewan Lacy run for 2 yds to the GAST 22
Austin Simmons run for a loss of 2 yards to the GAST 24
Austin Simmons pass incomplete to Cayden Lee
Lucas Carneiro 42 yd FG GOOD
Christian Veilleux pass incomplete to Ted Hurst
Branson Robinson run for 4 yds to the GAST 29
Christian Veilleux pass incomplete to Camden Overton-Howard
Reed Chandley punt for 45 yds , Harrison Wallace III returns for 18 yds to the MISS 44
Austin Simmons pass complete to Dae'Quan Wright for 19 yds to the GAST 37 for a 1ST down
Austin Simmons pass incomplete to Dae'Quan Wright
Austin Simmons pass complete to Harrison Wallace III for 20 yds to the GAST 17 for a 1ST down
Kewan Lacy run for 6 yds to the GAST 11
Kewan Lacy run for 1 yd to the GAST 10
Kewan Lacy run for 2 yds to the GAST 8
Dae'Quan Wright run for 2 yds to the GAST 6 for a 1ST down
Kewan Lacy run for 5 yds to the GAST 1
Kewan Lacy run for 1 yd for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Rashad Amos run for 29 yds to the MISS 46 for a 1ST down
Rashad Amos run for 3 yds to the MISS 43
Branson Robinson run for no gain to the MISS 43
Christian Veilleux pass complete to Javon Robinson for 43 yds for a TD (Liam Rickman KICK)
Austin Simmons pass complete to Deuce Alexander for 8 yds to the MISS 33
Damien Taylor run for 1 yd to the MISS 34
Damien Taylor run for 5 yds to the MISS 39 for a 1ST down
Austin Simmons run for 11 yds to the 50 yard line for a 1ST down
Austin Simmons run for 3 yds to the GAST 47
Damien Taylor run for 6 yds to the GAST 41
Damien Taylor run for 2 yds to the GAST 39 for a 1ST down
Austin Simmons pass incomplete to Deuce Alexander
Austin Simmons pass complete to Cayden Lee for 9 yds to the GAST 30
Austin Simmons pass complete to Caleb Odom for 4 yds to the GAST 26 for a 1ST down
Austin Simmons pass complete to Cayden Lee for 4 yds to the GAST 22
Austin Simmons pass complete to Dae'Quan Wright for 7 yds to the GAST 15 for a 1ST down
Austin Simmons run for 6 yds to the GAST 9
Trinidad Chambliss run for a loss of 1 yard to the GAST 10
Austin Simmons pass complete to De'Zhaun Stribling for 8 yds to the GAST 2 for a 1ST down
Kewan Lacy run for 2 yds for a TD (T. Chambliss Run For Two-point Conversion)
Carneiro,Lucas kick attempt good (H: Bird,Oscar, LS: Short,Carter) PENALTY GS Offside (Diagne,Chams) 2 yards from GS03 to GS01. NO PLAY.
C. Veilleux takes a knee
End of 2nd Quarter
Austin Simmons pass incomplete to Caleb Odom
Austin Simmons run for 11 yds to the MISS 36 for a 1ST down
Austin Simmons sacked by Josiah Robinson for a loss of 6 yards to the MISS 30
Austin Simmons pass complete to Harrison Wallace III for 24 yds to the GAST 46 for a 1ST down
Kewan Lacy run for 4 yds to the GAST 42
Kewan Lacy run for 42 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Rashad Amos run for 4 yds to the GAST 29
PENALTY GS False Start (Williams,Tyhler) 5 yards from GS29 to GS24. NO PLAY.
Christian Veilleux pass intercepted Zxavian Harris return for 1 yd to the GAST 20
Deuce Alexander run for 7 yds to the GAST 13
Kewan Lacy run for 2 yds to the GAST 11
Austin Simmons pass complete to Caleb Odom for 9 yds for a TD (Lucas Carneiro KICK)
Rashad Amos run for 3 yds to the GAST 28
(09:46) Shotgun Brown,Cameran pass incomplete short middle to Blackburn,Leo thrown to GS31 PENALTY OM Pass Interference (Graves Jr.,Chris) 6 yards from GS28 to GS34, 1ST DOWN. NO PLAY.
Rashad Amos run for 5 yds to the GAST 39
Cameran Brown pass incomplete to Rashad Amos
Cameran Brown pass complete to Leo Blackburn for 3 yds to the GAST 36
Reed Chandley punt for 56 yds , Harrison Wallace III returns for 18 yds to the MISS 7
PENALTY OM False Start (Wilkins,PJ) 3 yards from OM07 to OM04. NO PLAY.
Austin Simmons pass complete to De'Zhaun Stribling for 10 yds to the MISS 14
Kewan Lacy run for 4 yds to the MISS 18 for a 1ST down
Austin Simmons pass incomplete to Winston Watkins
Austin Simmons pass incomplete to Caleb Odom
Austin Simmons pass incomplete to Harrison Wallace III
(06:59) Bird,Oscar punt 55 yards to the GS27 Robinson,Javon return for loss of 3 yards to the GS24 (Alexander,Deuce; Beavers,Cedrick) PENALTY OM Illegal Formation 5 yards from OM18 to OM13. NO PLAY.
Oscar Bird punt for 35 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the GAST 48 Georgia State Penalty, (15 Yards) to the GAST 37
Djay Braswell run for 10 yds to the GAST 47 for a 1ST down
Branson Robinson run for 5 yds to the MISS 48
Branson Robinson run for 1 yd to the MISS 47
Cameran Brown pass complete to Cameran Brown for no gain to the MISS 47
Cameran Brown pass incomplete to Ted Hurst
Deuce Alexander run for 8 yds to the GAST 45
Austin Simmons pass incomplete to Harrison Wallace III
Kewan Lacy run for 16 yds to the GAST 29 for a 1ST down
Austin Simmons pass incomplete to Harrison Wallace III
Austin Simmons pass complete to Deuce Alexander for 9 yds to the GAST 20
Kewan Lacy run for 6 yds to the GAST 14 for a 1ST down
Damien Taylor run for 6 yds to the GAST 8
Damien Taylor run for 3 yds to the GAST 5
Austin Simmons run for a loss of 6 yards to the GAST 11 Austin Simmons fumbled, recovered by GAST Austin Simmons
PENALTY OM Delay Of Game 5 yards from GS11 to GS16. NO PLAY.
Lucas Carneiro 33 yd FG GOOD
Cameran Brown pass complete to Dennis Murray Jr. for no gain to the GAST 25
Cameran Brown pass complete to Ted Hurst for 6 yds to the GAST 31
Georgia State Penalty, (Yards) declined
Reed Chandley punt for 52 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the MISS 39 , returns for no gain to the MISS 39
Austin Simmons pass complete to Caleb Odom for 35 yds to the GAST 26 for a 1ST down
Austin Simmons pass complete to Harrison Wallace III for 26 yds for a TD (Mike Baker KICK)
Mike Baker kickoff for 65 yds , TJ Peyton return for 19 yds to the GAST 19
Cameran Brown run for no gain to the GAST 19
Cameran Brown run for 4 yds to the GAST 23
Cameran Brown pass complete to Jordon Simmons for 2 yds to the GAST 21
Reed Chandley punt for 47 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the MISS 32
Trinidad Chambliss pass incomplete to De'Zhaun Stribling
Trinidad Chambliss pass complete to Winston Watkins for 5 yds to the MISS 37
Trinidad Chambliss pass incomplete to De'Zhaun Stribling
Oscar Bird punt for 54 yds, punt out-of-bounds at the GAST 9
TJ Peyton run for a loss of 2 yards to the GAST 7
Cameran Brown pass incomplete to Keron Milton
PENALTY GS Delay Of Game 3 yards from GS07 to GS04. NO PLAY.
Cameran Brown run for 8 yds to the GAST 12
Reed Chandley punt for 50 yds, fair catch by Izaiah Hartrup at the MISS 38
Logan Diggs run for 15 yds to the GAST 47 for a 1ST down
Logan Diggs run for a loss of 1 yard to the GAST 48
Trinidad Chambliss pass complete to De'Zhaun Stribling for 37 yds to the GAST 11 for a 1ST down
PENALTY OM False Start (Fields,Ethan) 5 yards from GS11 to GS16. NO PLAY.
Trinidad Chambliss run for a loss of 1 yard to the GAST 17
Trinidad Chambliss pass complete to Izaiah Hartrup for 4 yds to the GAST 13
Trinidad Chambliss pass complete to Izaiah Hartrup for 13 yds for a TD (Mike Baker KICK)
Mike Baker kickoff for 65 yds , TJ Peyton return for 20 yds to the GAST 20
TJ Peyton run for 49 yds to the MISS 31 for a 1ST down
TJ Peyton run for 1 yd to the MISS 30
Cameran Brown pass complete to Wesley Campbell VI for 6 yds to the MISS 24
Cameran Brown run for 7 yds to the MISS 17 for a 1ST down
Cameran Brown run for 2 yds to the MISS 15
Cameran Brown pass incomplete to Lane Wadle
PENALTY GS Delay Of Game 5 yards from OM15 to OM20. NO PLAY.
Cameran Brown pass complete to DJ Riles for 2 yds to the MISS 18
Cameran Brown pass incomplete to Derrick Avery Jr.
Logan Diggs run for 8 yds to the MISS 26
Logan Diggs run for 51 yds to the GAST 23 for a 1ST down
Trinidad Chambliss run for 5 yds to the GAST 18
Logan Diggs run for 7 yds to the GAST 11 for a 1ST down
Logan Diggs run for 6 yds to the GAST 5
Logan Diggs run for 5 yds for a TD (Mike Baker KICK)
TJ Peyton run for 7 yds to the GAST 32