The air is thick on a humid Saturday in Oxford as No. 1 Alabama returns to Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.
The Crimson Tide and Ole Miss Rebels kickoff at 2:30 p.m. CT after Alabama dropped the last two games in this budding rivalry. Watch as the Alabama team buses arrived two hours before kickoff.
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Final score: Alabama 48 Ole Miss 43
-- Alabama got first downs necessary to run out the clock. Tide survives Ole Miss for the first time since 2013.
-- Ole Miss recovers onside kick, first play 41-yard touchdown. Alabama 48, Ole Miss 43.
-- Ole Miss responded for a quick score to make it 48-37.
-- Jonathan Allen returned an interception 75 yards for an 18-point lead.
-- Not over. Kelly hits a 44-yard pass on the first play to pump life back into the building.
-- Jalen Hurts did it with his feet, pounding away at a tired Rebel defense. Damien Harris finished the drive with a 1-yard touchdown to give Alabama a two-score lead with 7:33 left. Alabama 41, Ole Miss 30. Hurts now has 18 carries for 146 yards.
-- Drive started with a big run by Scarbrough called back by an Alphonse Taylor hold. A 45-yard pass to Ridley wiped that out, put Tide at Ole Miss 40. Drive quickly stalled and JK Scott punt downed at 11. Still 11 minutes left.
-- Ole Miss drive moved quick, stalled short of the end zone. 38-yard field goal makes it Alabama 34, Ole Miss 30 with 13:17 left.
Third quarter: Alabama 344, Ole Miss 27
-- Alabama-Ole Miss is as wild as you'd expect. Damien Harris ran 67 yards on the second play to reach the 1. Bo Scarbrough does the rest on second down. Now Alabama 34, Ole Miss 27.
-- Ole Miss isn't done. It ended Alabama's 24-0 run with an 18-yard field goal. It's getting weird with reviews as two touchdowns were overturned on that drive. A 32-yard pass to Stringfellow set up the score. Big answer after Alabama points left this stadium flat. Rebels converted a big third-and-8 early in the drive after being stuck in the mud for a few possessions. Ole Miss 27, Alabama 27 with 1:47 left in the quarter. Huge false start on second-and-goal moved it back to the six from the one.
-- Jalen Hurts has converted two third-and-long situations by scrambling on unplanned runs. Adds a whole new dimension to the offense that once was Alabama's defensive nightmare. Adam Griffith adds a 30-yard field goal to give Alabama its first lead. It's Alabama 27, Ole Miss 24 as Tide scored last 24 points.
-- Alabama is starting to get to Chad Kelly on a regular basis. Sacked again in that drive, pressured to throw it away on third down. Jonathan Allen got the third-down heat. Shaun Dion Hamilton had the first sack.
-- Just like that, it's a new game. Second non-offensive touchdown when Ryan Anderson's sack forced a fumble returned three yards by Da'Ron Payne for a touchdown. Ole Miss 24, Alabama 24 with 11:47 left in the third quarter. Tide has a special teams, offensive and defensive touchdown. Three straight scores ties it.
-- Alabama went for it all on the first play, incomplete deep to Ridley. Got single coverage.
Halftime: Ole Miss 24, Alabama 17
Alabama and Ole Miss don't disappoint. After falling down three touchdowns, the Tide found the end zone twice in a 1:05-span.
A kickoff out of bounds after the Rebels went up 24-3 helped kickstart a short 50-yard touchdown drive. The following 3-and-out punt was returned 85 yards by Eddie Jackson and it's almost a whole new ballgame.
Ole Miss had the lead, but Alabama ran to the locker room with fans standing to cheer. Momentum certainly swung in a big way.
Jalen Hurts is 16-for-23 with 89 passing yards. He also has 52 net rushing yards including a crucial 22-yarder in the first touchdown drive.
Alabama gets the ball to start the second half. Buckle up.
Second quarter: Ole Miss 24, Alabama 17
-- Just like that, Alabama scored a second touchdown in a minute. Eddie Jackson's 85-yard punt return celebration was muted by two flags. Both, however, were on Ole Miss. Suddenly a big hole is down to a single touchdown. Now Ole Miss 24, Alabama 17.
-- Alabama answers quickly on a short field. Calvin Ridley took a direct snap six yards for the score to make it Ole Miss 24, Alabama 10 with 2:10 in the half. Jalen Hurts had a huge 22-yard run up the gut two snaps after fumbling.
-- Alabama in danger zone now. Jalen Hurts crushed for a sack, fumbles and Ole Miss' Youngblood runs it back 44 yards to make it Ole Miss 24, Alabama 3 with 2:47 left in the half. Hurts never saw the hit coming. Marquis Haynes on the hit. Looks like he beat Alphonse Taylor on the play.
-- Major bust in coverage leaves Evan Engram wide open for a 63-yard touchdown a play after roughing the passer penalty. Nobody in the neighborhood of the tight end. Ole Miss 17, Alabama 3 with 4:40 left.
-- A big 30-yard pass to Gehrig Dieter was followed by a pass slipping out of Hurts' hands. It's been the story of the day. Positive play followed quickly by equally negative.
-- Stringfellow with a wild 44-yard catch on the first play after Scott's poor punt puts Ole Miss in the red zone for the first time. Defense holds after reaching the 12 and 23-yard field goal makes it Ole Miss 10, Alabama 3 with 7:43 left in the half. Total yardage: Ole Miss 153, Alabama 128.
-- Joshua Jacobs getting some serious time. His 25-yard run is the longest play of the day so far for the Tide. False start, third of the day, kills the drive and JK Scott boots an 8-yard punt. Has to be shortest of the career.
-- The pace has slowed as drives from both sides have stalled. Alabama is out-gaining the Rebels 95-87 with 13:44 left in the half. Hurts got away with a poor pass deep in his own territory that should have been picked off.
First quarter: Ole Miss 7, Alabama 3.
-- Adam Griffith kicked a low screamer off the left after stalling at the 30. Wasn't quite the drive as the first one. Still 7-3.
-- Ole Miss goes 3-and-out after a false-start and bad kickoff return. Chad Kelly narrowly escaped a safety to throw a third-down pass into the sideline. Solid response after rough start for Tide defense. Tide takes over at the 48.
-- Alabama's first drive was a methodical, 17-play, 61-yard drive with quick screens and inside runs. Hurts overthrew a wide-open Hale Hentges in the end zone on third down. Adam Griffith's 32-yard field goal made it Ole Miss 7, Alabama 3.
-- Joshua Jacobs was the first RB off the bench for Alabama. Tide gets two quick first downs after Ole Miss TD. The interior line is looking considerably better in the early going.
-- A third-down pass for 25 yards to Evan Engram keyed Ole Miss' impressive opening touchdown drive. It went seven plays, 75 yards and ended with a 23-yard run up the gut by Akeem Judd. Ronnie Harrison had the best shot a tackle but only got a diving hand on the back. Four passes, three runs on the opening drive. Ole Miss 7, Alabama 0.
-- Alabama wins the toss, defers and Ole Miss will receive the opening kickoff.
Pregame
-- Vaught-Hemingway will be a sea of powder blue this afternoon. The Rebel players, however, will be in the traditional navy blue tops.
-- The new end zone seats are occupied by all students. It's the end that'll appear on the left side of your TV.
-- Jalen Hurts is taking the first-team snaps at quarterback if there were any remaining questions.
-- Alphonse Taylor getting first-team snaps in warmups at right guard.