# SEC Football: Ole Miss Rebels Defeats LSU Tigers 32-24

**Published:** 2026-09-19 — **By:** Stacy Stanfield
**Category:** games — **Type:** game-recap
**Source:** https://secscouts.com/news/ole-miss-defeats-lsu-32-24-chambliss-363-yards

**Teams:** [LSU](https://secscouts.com/lsu/), [Ole Miss](https://secscouts.com/ole-miss/)


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OXFORD, Miss. (09/17/2026) — The Ole Miss Rebels leaned on Trinidad Chambliss and a passing attack that LSU never fully solved, defeating the LSU Tigers 32-24 on Thursday night at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in front of 70,033.

Chambliss accounted for 363 yards and two touchdowns as Ole Miss out-gained LSU 426-330 and converted possession into points more efficiently than the Tigers in a game that stayed within reach for LSU until the final margin settled at eight.

## How It Happened

The two teams took opposite roads to their totals. Ole Miss threw the ball 48 times and completed 33 of those attempts for 363 yards, while managing only 63 yards on the ground. LSU flipped the script, grinding out 172 rushing yards and attempting just 27 passes, completing 16 of them for 158 yards.

The balance sheet elsewhere was remarkably even. Both teams converted nine third downs. Both committed one turnover. Time of possession split nearly down the middle — LSU held the ball for 30:15, Ole Miss for 29:45. The Tigers' ground game kept the clock moving and kept drives alive, but it was the Rebels who turned their possessions into 25 first downs against LSU's 19.

That six-first-down gap tells the story of the night. Ole Miss moved the chains through the air on drive after drive, and Chambliss's 363 yards represented the entirety of the Rebels' passing production. LSU's Sam Leavitt accounted for 158 yards, matching the Tigers' team passing total, but the Tigers needed their rushing attack to carry the offense.

Winston Watkins scored a touchdown for LSU, and Scott Starzyk contributed six points for the Tigers. On the other side, Lucas Carneiro added six points for Ole Miss to supplement Chambliss's two scores.

Defensively, each team recorded one sack. Princewill Umanmielen got home for LSU, and Will Echoles delivered the Rebels' sack. Neither defense generated a turnover advantage, which left the outcome to be decided by which offense could sustain drives more consistently — and that edge belonged to Ole Miss.

## Turning Point

Without a single momentum-swinging turnover or a special-teams score to point to, this game was decided on the aggregate rather than in one moment. The Rebels' ability to complete 33 passes and pick up 25 first downs created a steady tilt in field position and scoring opportunities that LSU's ground-heavy approach could not fully answer.

LSU's 172 rushing yards kept the Tigers competitive and kept the clock in their favor, but the passing game produced only 158 yards on 27 attempts. Against a Rebels offense that was moving the ball at 426 total yards, LSU needed more explosive production through the air to keep pace, and the Tigers fell 96 yards short of Ole Miss in total offense.

## Star of the Game

Trinidad Chambliss was the difference. His 363 yards and two touchdowns anchored an Ole Miss offense that leaned almost entirely on the pass — the Rebels' 63 rushing yards made clear where the production had to come from, and Chambliss delivered. Completing 33 of 48 attempts as a team, Ole Miss sustained drives against an LSU defense that otherwise held its own in the trenches and in the turnover column.

For LSU, Sam Leavitt's 158 yards and Winston Watkins's touchdown kept the Tigers in the game, and Princewill Umanmielen's sack was one of the few negative plays LSU forced against the Rebels' aerial attack.

## What It Means

For the Ole Miss Rebels, a 32-24 win over LSU at home is a statement about the identity of this offense. A team that throws 48 times and runs for 63 yards is committing fully to one approach, and on this night it worked against an SEC opponent that came into Oxford with a functional ground game and a defense that limited big passing plays elsewhere.

The Rebels will want to find more balance moving forward — 63 rushing yards is a thin margin to lean on if the passing game hits a cold stretch — but 426 total yards and 25 first downs against LSU is production that travels.

For the LSU Tigers, the loss stings because the box score was so close in so many places. Even third-down conversions, even turnovers, near-even time of possession, and a 172-yard rushing performance are the kind of numbers that usually produce a win. The gap came in passing yardage, where Ole Miss nearly doubled LSU's total, and in the first-down column.

LSU's ground game proved it can control tempo against an SEC defense. The question heading into the rest of the 2026 season is whether the passing attack can produce enough to complement it. A 158-yard night through the air was not enough to keep up with a Rebels offense operating at full throttle, and in a league where offensive firepower separates contenders from the middle of the pack, the Tigers left Oxford with clear evidence of where the next step must come from.

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