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College Football Playoff

Saturday, December 20, 2025 | 3:30 p.m. ET No. 6 Seed Ole Miss 41, No. 11 Seed Tulane 10 Vaught-Hemingway Stadium | Oxford, Mississippi
TV: ESPN and ABC
SCORE BY QUARTERS 1st 2nd 3rd 4th FINAL
TU #11 Tulane (11-3) 0 3 0 7 10
MISS #6 Ole Miss (12-1) 14 3 10 14 41

GAME BOOK


 

2025-26 CFP BRACKET


 

Attendance:
68,251
Kickoff Time:
2:40 p.m. CT
End of Game:
6:05 p.m. CT
Game Duration:
3:24


OXFORD, Mississippi - Trinidad Chambliss ran for two touchdowns and passed for another, and No. 6 Ole Miss looked unfazed by the defection of coach Lane Kiffin, beating No. 17 Tulane 41-10 on Saturday in the first round of the College Football Playoff.

Scoring runs of 20 yards by Kewan Lacy and 4 yards by Chambliss gave Ole Miss (12-1) a 14-0 lead before eight minutes had elapsed in the coaching debut of Pete Golding, who was promoted from defensive coordinator after Kiffin left for LSU on Nov. 30.

Next up for Golding and Ole Miss: a CFP quarterfinal against No. 2 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1

Tulane (11-3) and quarterback Jake Retzlaff moved the ball effectively at times, but the Rebels — who beat the Green Wave 45-10 on Sept. 20 — remained comfortably ahead throughout. Cornerback Jaylon Braxton had an early interception, and the Rebels’ defense had multiple fumble recoveries and fourth-down stops.

Chambliss, who briefly left the game late in the first half after a big hit during an 11-yard scramble, finished with 282 yards passing. Lacy rushed for 87 yards before heading to the locker room in the fourth quarter with an apparent left shoulder injury. De’Zhaun Stribling caught five passes for 79 yards, including a 13-yard TD.

LSU transfer Logan Diggs added a 3-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

Retzlaff finished with 306 yards passing and a TD for Tulane, whose loss dropped non-power conference teams to 0-3 in CFP games (with James Madison playing at Oregon later Saturday night). Jamauri McClure gained 84 yards on 15 carries.


SCORING SUMMARY

QTR TIME SCORE
(V-H)		 TEAM SCORING PLAY DRIVE
1st 14: 0-7 Ole Miss Kewan Lacy 20 yd rush (Lucas Carneiro kick) 3-75
(00:59)
1st 07:26 0-14 Ole Miss Trinidad Chambliss 4 yd rush (Lucas Carneiro kick) 4-60
(01:21)
2nd 14:06 3-14 Tulane Patrick Durkin 39 yd FG 5-61
(01:59)
2nd 03:38 3-17 Ole Miss Lucas Carneiro 42 yd FG 11-62
(04:40)
3rd 10:13 3-24 Ole Miss De'Zhaun Stribling 13 yd pass from Trinidad Chambliss (Lucas Carneiro kick) 7-80
(02:51)
3rd 04:57 3-27 Ole Miss Lucas Carneiro 48 yd FG 6-16
(01:47)
4th 14:55 3-34 Ole Miss Logan Diggs 3 yd rush (Lucas Carneiro kick) 8-52
(03:36)
4th 10:45 3-41 Ole Miss Trinidad Chambliss 8 yd rush (Lucas Carneiro kick) 5-29
(02:37)
4th 04:00 10-41 Tulane Justyn Reid 29 yd pass from Jake Retzlaff (Patrick Durkin kick) 4-80
(02:03)


TULANE STARTERS

POS. NO. OFFENSE
WR 1 Hayes, Omari
QB 12 Jake Retzlaff
RB 25 Jamauri McClure
WR 5 Anthony Brown-Stephens
OL 50 Jordan Hall
OL 56 Shadre Hurst
OL 58 Jack Hollifield
WR 7 Shazz Preston
OL 76 Derrick Graham
OL 78 Reese Baker
TE 82 Johnny Pascuzzi
POS. NO. DEFENSE
S 1 Jack Tchienchou
DB 11 E'zaiah Shine
LB 15 Sam Howard
DB 20 Jahiem Johnson
DL 29 Santana Hopper
DB 3 Javion White
S 32 Bailey Despanie
LB 4 Chris Rodgers
DL 5 Harvey Dyson III
DL 6 Kameron Hamilton
DL 95 Trevon McAlpine

TULANE RESERVES

0 - Mo Westmoreland, 0 - Maurice Turner, 11 - Tre Shackelford, 13 - TJ Smith, 14 - Armani Cargo, 15 - Zycarl Lewis Jr., 16 - Garrett Mmahat, 17 - Dallas Winner-Johnson, 19 - Shaun Nicholas, 2 - Zuberi Mobley, 20 - Arnold Barnes III, 22 - LJ Green, 23 - Javin Gordon, 27 - Chase Green, 30 - Joshua Moore, 38 - Alec Clark, 4 - Jimmy Calloway, 40 - Warren Roberts Jr., 42 - Makai Williams, 43 - Grayson McPherson, 44 - Jean Claude Joseph III, 48 - Jah'rie Garner, 57 - Jason Arredondo, 6 - Brendan Sullivan, 7 - Kevin Adams III, 73 - Elijah Baker, 75 - Colin O'Carroll, 8 - Isaiah Wadsworth, 80 - Oliver Mitchell Jr., 85 - Anthony Miller Jr., 88 - Justyn Reid, 89 - DJ Cicero, 9 - Jordan Norman, 90 - Eliyt Nairne, 91 - Patrick Durkin, 92 - Armondous Cooley, 93 - Elijah Champaigne, 94 - Derrick Shepard Jr., 96 - Geordan Guidry, 98 - PaLanding Drammeh.

OLE MISS STARTERS

POS. NO. OFFENSE
WR 1 De'Zhaun Stribling
WR 19 Cayden Lee
WR 2 Harrison Wallace III
RB 5 Kewan Lacy
OL 50 Jayden Williams
OL 51 Delano Townsend
QB 6 Trinidad Chambliss
OL 61 Diego Pounds
OL 62 Brycen Sanders
OL 75 Patrick Kutas
TE 8 Dae'Quan Wright
POS. NO. DEFENSE
S 14 Kapena Gushiken
S 16 Wydett Williams Jr.
CB 2 Jaylon Braxton
S 29 Nick Cull
LB 4 Suntarine Perkins
LB 44 Andrew Jones
DE 5 Kam Franklin
DT 51 Zxavian Harris
DT 52 Will Echoles
LB 6 TJ Dottery
CB 8 Antonio Kite

OLE MISS RESERVES

0 - Traylon Ray, 1 - Princewill Umanmielen, 11 - Deuce Alexander, 12 - Damien Taylor, 13 - Austin Simmons, 15 - Da'Shawn Womack, 15 - Izaiah Hartrup, 17 - Winston Watkins, 17 - Lucas Carneiro, 20 - Anthony Robinson III, 21 - Tavoy Feagin, 22 - Logan Diggs, 24-Andy Jaffe, 25-Maison Dunn, 26-Tahj Chambers, 3 - Sage Ryan, 30 - Jaden Yates, 31 - Ladarian Clardy, 32 - Chris Graves Jr., 33 - Oscar Bird, 38 - Tyler Banks, 4 - Caleb Odom, 41 - John Ross Ashley, 43 - Isreal Solomon, 45 - Talib Graham, 47 - DeeJay Holmes Jr., 55 - Terez Davis, 65 - Connor Howes, 69 - Joe Koury, 7 - TJ Banks, 70 - Devin Harper, 71 - PJ Wilkins, 73 - Percy Lewis, 77 - Ethan Fields, 82 - Joshua Pfeifer, 85 - Trace Bruckler, 88 - Devin Price, 9 - Luke Hasz, 9 - Ricky Fletcher, 90 - Jeffery Rush, 93 - Carter Short, 95 - Andrew Maddox, 96 - Jamarious Brown, 97 - Kamron Beavers.


 
 
Playoff First Round
 
TEAM STATISTICS TU MISS
First downs 20 30
Rushing 5 9
Passing 15 18
Penalty 0 3
Rushes-Yards 34-115 34-151
Passing Yards 306 346
Passes Comp-Att-Int 20-37-1 27-34-0
Total Offense
(Plays-Yards)		 71-421 68-497
Punt Returns-Yards 1-3 0-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-31 0-0
Punts (Number-Avg) 3-42.0 3-44.7
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1
Sacks By
(Number-Yards)		 2-15 2-19
Penalties-Yards 3-38 1-5
3rd Down Conversions 5-of-13 3-of-10
4th Down Conversions 0-of-4 2-of-2
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing: Tulane - Jamauri McClure, 15-84; Jake Retzlaff, 11-24; Javin Gordon, 6-11; Maurice Turner, 1-0; Anthony Brown-Stephens, 1- -4.

Ole Miss - Kewan Lacy, 15-87, 1 TD; Trinidad Chambliss, 6-36, 2 TD; Damien Taylor, 4-25; Logan Diggs, 4-11, 1 TD; Deuce Alexander, 1-0; Austin Simmons, 2- -6.
Passing: Tulane - Jake Retzlaff, 20-35-1, 306, 1 TD; Brendan Sullivan, 0-1-0, 0; Omari Hayes, 0-1-0, 0.

Ole Miss - Trinidad Chambliss, 23-29-0, 282, 1 TD: Austin Simmons, 4-5-0, 64.
Receiving: Tulane - Anthony Brown-Stephens, 6-57; Shazz Preston, 5-125; Omari Hayes, 4-52; Justyn Reid, 1-29, 1 TD; Garrett Mmahat, 1-18; Tre Shackelford, 1-9; Zycarl Lewis Jr., 1-8; Johnny Pascuzzi, 1-8.

Ole Miss - Deuce Alexander, 7-87; De'Zhaun Stribling, 5-79, 1 TD; Dae'Quan Wright, 4-64; Logan Diggs, 2-25; Harrison Wallace III, 2-19; Caleb Odom, 2-14; Cayden Lee, 2-12; Devin Price, 1-35; Kewan Lacy, 1-7; Izaiah Hartrup, 1-4.
Punting: Tulane - Alec Clark, 3-126, 42.0.

Ole Miss - Oscar Bird, 3-134, 44.7.
Returns: Tulane - Punt: Omari Hayes, 1-3; Kickoff: Anthony Brown-Stephens, 1-31; Intercept: None.

Ole Miss - Punt: None; Kickoff: None; Intercept: Jaylon Braxton, 1-15.
Field Goals: Tulane - Patrick Durkin, 1-1 (39 Good).

Ole Miss - Lucas Carneiro, 2-2 (42 Good, 48 Good).
Tackles:
(Solo-Assist-Total, Sacks-Yds, TFL-Yds)		 Tulane - Bailey Despanie (6-2-8, 0, 0); Kevin Adams III (5-3-8, 0, 0); Jack Tchienchou (5-1-6,0, 0); Sam Howard (5-1-6, 0, 0); Chris Rodgers (2-3-5, 0.5-3, 0.5-3); Javion White (2-2-4, 0, 0); Jahiem Johnson (2-2-4, 0, 0); Jordan Norman (0-4-4, 0, 0); E'zaiah Shine (3-0-3, 0, 0); Isaiah Wadsworth (3-0-3,0, 0); Makai Williams (1-2-3, 0, 1-1); Joshua Moore (0-2-2, 0, 0); Zycarl Lewis Jr. (1-0-1, 0, 0); Eliyt Nairne (1-0-1, 0, 0); Santana Hopper (1-0-1, 0, 1-1); Harvey Dyson III (1-0-1, 1-8, 1-8); Derrick Graham (1-0-1, 0, 0); TJ Smith (1-0-1, 0, 0); Mo Westmoreland (0-1-1, 0.5-4, 0.5-4); Geordan Guidry (0-1-1, 0, 0).

Ole Miss - Will Echoles (3-3-6, 0, 1-4); TJ Dottery (2-4-6, 0, 0); Wydett Williams Jr. (1-4-5, , 0, 0); Kapena Gushiken (4-0-4, , 0, 0); Suntarine Perkins (3-1-4, 0, 2.5-7); Kam Franklin (3-1-4, 0.5-3, 0.5-3); Da'Shawn Womack (3-1-4, 0, 0); Tahj Chambers (2-2-4, 0, 0); Antonio Kite (2-1-3, 0, 0); Andrew Jones (1-2-3, 0, 0); Zxavian Harris (1-2-3, 0, 0.5-1); TJ Banks (2-0-2, 0, 0); Traylon Ray (2-0-2, 0, 0); Nick Cull (1-1-2, 0, 0); Princewill Umanmielen (1-1-2, 1.5-6, 1.5-6); Isreal Solomon (1-0-1, 0, 0); Jamarious Brown (0-1-1, 0, 0); Jaylon Braxton (0-1-1, 0, 0); Carter Short (0-1-1, 0, 0); Chris Graves Jr. (0-1-1, 0, 0); Andrew Maddox (0-1-1, 0, 0); Talib Graham (0-1-1, 0, 0); Jaden Yates (0-1-1, 0, 0).