Auburn holds Rebels to 209 total yards

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Top 25 Overview

It was over when... When John Vaughn showed no hangover from last week's struggled and drilled his second field goal of the half to give Auburn a 10-point lead right before the half. The way the Tigers defense was playing, that was more than enough. Gameball goes to... We need more than one here. The gameballs go to the Auburn defense, which simply dominated Ole Miss, hold the Rebels to just 23 yards rushing and 209 total yards. Stat of the game... 0: The number of teams that have thrown for over 200 yards this season against Auburn. The Tigers secondary continues to shut down the opponents. Complete Top 25 Overview

The Fan Pick
	99.3% of College Pick'em players picked Auburn to win the game.

Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	14	24
Total Yards	209	362
Passing	186	239
Rushing	23	123
Penalties	5-51	6-47
3rd Down Conversions	4-15	8-17
4th Down Conversions	0-2	2-4
Turnovers	1	2
Possession	25:26	34:34

Individual Leaders

Mississippi Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Spurlock 10/18 105 0 1 Flatt 11/17 81 0 0	Auburn Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Cox 17/27 205 1 0 Taylor 1/1 28 1 0
Mississippi Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG McSwain 18 48 0 9 Jacobs 2 0 0 1 Flatt 2 -1 0 0	Auburn Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Irons 32 101 1 17 Obomanu 2 43 0 27 Smith 2 4 0 2
Mississippi Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Espy 9 63 0 14 Hill 4 51 0 19 Biddle 4 45 0 17 McSwain 2 18 0 10	Auburn Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Rodriguez 3 55 0 28 Taylor 3 39 0 16 Smith 3 21 0 9 Irons 2 24 0 12

Scoring Summary
SECOND QUARTER				MISS	AUB
	TD	13:07	DEVIN AROMASHODU 28 YD PASS FROM COURTNEY TAYLOR (JOHN VAUGHN KICK) Drive info: 5 plays, 39 yards.	0	7
	FG	8:41	MATT HINKLE 43 YD FG Drive info: 4 plays, 2 yards.	3	7
	FG	2:37	JOHN VAUGHN 35 YD FG Drive info: 13 plays, 63 yards.	3	10
	FG	0:51	JOHN VAUGHN 39 YD FG Drive info: 4 plays, 1 yards.	3	13
THIRD QUARTER				MISS	AUB
	TD	6:46	BEN OBOMANU 1 YD PASS FROM BRANDON COX (JOHN VAUGHN KICK) Drive info: 11 plays, 42 yards.	3	20
FOURTH QUARTER				MISS	AUB
	TD	5:34	KENNY IRONS 4 YD RUN (JOHN VAUGHN KICK) Drive info: 2 plays, 25 yards.	3	27

AUBURN, Ala. (AP) -- John Vaughn and Ben Obomanu found some redemption for No. 19 Auburn.

Vaughn rebounded from a nightmarish outing to kick two field goals in the Tigers' 27-3 victory over Mississippi on Saturday. Obomanu, meanwhile, made an acrobatic touchdown catch a few feet from the spot of his infamous drop in the Rebels' last visit.

"This was a pretty powerful, good experience," said Vaughn, who was 1-for-6 on field-goal attempts in last week's 20-17 overtime loss at LSU.

It wasn't quite that powerful a performance for the Tigers (6-2, 4-1 Southeastern Conference), but the defense allowed only 23 yards rushing and had an early goal-line stand.

Brandon Cox and Kenny Irons supplied most of the offense for Auburn. Cox was 17-of-27 passing for 205 yards and a touchdown and Irons ran for 101 yards and another TD on 32 carries.

"Their defensive front is the best we've seen," Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville said. "They can get after it and gave us some fits. They weren't going to let us run the football.

"They couldn't get anything going on offense, but their defense gave us a fit," he said.

The Rebels (3-5, 1-4) managed just 209 total yards and Ethan Flatt replaced Micheal Spurlock at quarterback in the fourth quarter. They had allowed only one TD in each of the last three games but couldn't keep up that string against the league's top scoring offense.

"We didn't play well on the corners, and their receivers made plays we hadn't given up most of the year," Ole Miss coach Ed Orgeron said.

Obomanu's 1-yard TD catch came on a fourth-and-goal play in the third quarter. He reached over a defender for the ball near the spot where he dropped a wide-open pass in the end zone late in a 24-20 loss to the Rebels two years ago.

This time around, instant replay officials reviewed Obomanu's catch before ruling it was a TD.

"That was pretty cool," he said. "There was no doubt."

The Tigers also scored on a trick play. Receiver Courtney Taylor took the ball on a reverse and heaved it to a wide-open Devin Aromashodu for a 28-yard touchdown early in the second quarter.

Spurlock was 10-of-18 for 105 yards with an interception that set up another Auburn TD. Flatt twice led the Rebels into Auburn territory in the fourth quarter, going 11-of-17 for 81 yards.

"To give our offense a shot we needed to throw the ball and we feel he is better at throwing," Orgeron said, adding that Flatt would have a chance to compete for the starting job.

Mico McSwain gained only 48 yards on 18 rushes for Ole Miss against the nation's fourth-ranked scoring defense.

Both teams failed to convert on fourth-and-goal situations in the first half after having numerous kicking problems last week.

The Rebels drove inside Auburn's 1 on their opening drive. Then Brandon Jacobs couldn't handle the pitch from Spurlock on fourth down for a 12-yard loss.

"When you get down inside that 5-yard line, you need to make plays," Spurlock said. "You need to make something happen. We didn't do things the way we should have and all day long we didn't help our defense."

The Tigers then went for it on fourth-and-goal from the 3 on the following possession but Cox's pass fell incomplete under pressure to end a 16-play drive.

Its no wonder both teams were wary of relying on their kicking games. Ole Miss had a pair of field-goal attempts blocked and missed four against Kentucky last week.

Vaughn rebounded to hit a 35-yarder and a 39-yarder in the final three minutes of the first half, the second set up by Steve Gandy's 29-yard return of a Spurlock interception.

"Its tough, but what an opportunity," said Vaughn, who drew considerable applause after both kicks. "I was just trying to move forward. Anybody can lay down after a rough night like that [against LSU]."

Matt Hinkle kicked a 43-yard field goal in the second quarter for the Rebels' only points.

That chance came after Ole Miss couldn't move the ball following Tre Smith's fumbled punt return at the 28 for another frustrating offensive series.