Auburn bounces back to grind out win over Ole Miss

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10/28/2007 - Auburn, AL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Brandon Cox completed 16-of-26 passes for 189 yards and a touchdown, as the 23rd-ranked Auburn Tigers rebounded from a heart-breaking defeat by pounding the Ole Miss Rebels, 17-3, in SEC action.

Brad Lester rushed for a career-high 96 yards on 23 carries and a score for Auburn (6-3, 4-2), coming off a 30-24 loss to LSU that featured one of the most dramatic finishes in recent memory. That defeat halted a four-game winning streak for the Tigers, who got eight receptions out of Rodgeriqus Smith for 111 yards and a touchdown against Ole Miss.

Seth Adams completed 11-of-24 passes for 89 yards for Ole Miss (2-7, 0-6), which suffered its most lopsided loss of the season last weekend, and has dropped three straight. BJ Green-Ellis rushed for 62 yards on 13 carries, and Mike Wallace caught five balls for 39 yards in defeat.

Auburn scored the lone first-quarter points down the stretch of the stanza. Mario Fannin caught a pass in the left flat for 27 yards, and Smith caught a slant pass for seven yards, sandwiched by a pair of Tate rushes for three yards and a first down on the UM 23-yard line.

An offsides penalty gave Auburn five more yards, and a lester rush and Fannin catch in the left flat accounted for two more yards apiece. Carl Stewart then rushed up the middle 11 yards for the first down, and Lester needed a two-yard rush before punching it in from the one for a touchdown with 2:41 remaining in the first.

Joshua Shene's 51-yard field goal as time expired in the first half got Ole Miss on the board for a 7-3 halftime deficit.

The Tigers got some insurance when Wes Byrum capped an 11-play drive midway through the third quarter with a 36-yard field goal, and put the game away on a 34-yard touchdown pass from Cox to Smith with 3:15 left that was set up by Patrick Lee's interception of an errant Brent Schaeffer pass in the end zone.

Game Notes

Auburn holds a commanding 24-8 series lead over Ole Miss, including an 11-2 record at home against the Tigers.

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