Mississippi 63, Georgia St. 7
When: 7:45 PM ET, Saturday, August 30, 2025
Where: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Mississippi
Temperature:
84°
Head Official:
Ken Williamson
Attendance:
66378
By Field Level Media
Austin Simmons completed 20 of 31 passes for 341 yards and three touchdowns on Saturday, helping No. 21 Ole Miss rout visiting Georgia State 63-7 in Oxford, Miss.
Simmons also threw two interceptions in his first career start, while Kewan Lacy ran for 108 yards and three touchdowns on 16 carries. Logan Diggs rushed for 91 yards and a score for the Rebels, who outgained Georgia State 695-260 in total offense in both team's season opener. Harrison Wallace III made five catches for 130 yards and a touchdown.
Christian Veilleux was 4-of-11 passing for 52 yards, a touchdown and an interception for outmatched Georgia State. Rashad Amos led the Panthers with 68 rushing yards.
The Rebels struck first on Simmons' 38-yard touchdown pass to Dae'Quan Wright, giving Ole Miss a 7-0 edge with 10:32 left in the first quarter.
Simmons was picked off by Chams Diagne on Ole Miss' next drive, but the Panthers couldn't capitalize, as Liam Rickman missed a 31-yard field goal.
After advancing to Georgia State's 17-yard line, Simmons was intercepted again, this time by Jordan Huff. Following Georgia State's third punt, Ole Miss tacked on with Lucas Carneiro's 42-yard field goal with 11:28 remaining in the second quarter.
Missouri transfer Lacy scored his first touchdown, a 1-yard rush, for his new team at the 7:31 mark of the first half, pushing the Rebels' lead to 17-0.
Georgia State answered with a drive just over two minutes later, as Veilleux found Javon Robinson for a 43-yard touchdown pass to cut the Panthers' deficit to 10.
Ole Miss added on with 21 seconds left in the first half, as Lacy's 2-yard rushing touchdown and backup quarterback Trinidad Chambliss' two-point conversion gave the Rebels a 25-7 halftime lead.
Ole Miss scored on each of its first two possessions of the second half, as Lacy ran for a 42-yard touchdown before Zxavian Harris intercepted Veilleux, setting up Simmons' 9-yard passing score to Caleb Odom, pushing the Rebels' lead to 39-7.
Carneiro's 33-yard field goal at the end of the third and Simmons' 35-yard passing touchdown to Wallace gave Ole Miss a 49-7 advantage.
Chambliss connected with Izaiah Hartrup for a 13-yard score with 6:38 left, before Logan Diggs' 5-yard score capped the game's scoring.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Rushing
| Georgia St. |
|
Mississippi |
|
Rashad Amos
|
Player |
Kewan Lacy
|
|
9 |
Attempts |
16 |
|
68 |
Yards |
108 |
|
7.6 |
Avg Yards |
6.8 |
|
0 |
Touchdowns |
3 |
|
0 |
Long |
0 |
Team Stats Summary
| |
Yards |
Scoring |
Defense |
| Team |
Tot |
Rus |
Pas |
TD |
FG |
INT |
Sck |
FF |
| Georgia St.
|
260 |
191 |
69 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1.0 |
1 |
| Mississippi
|
695 |
295 |
400 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
1.0 |
0 |
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