The Ole Miss defense had its first true test of the 2015 season on Saturday night. Although they bent at times, especially in the second half, they did not break and did enough to earn a victory.
“I thought it was a story of two halves,” Hugh Freeze, Ole Miss head coach, said. “The first half, I thought our defense was dominant. With the exception of the last drive, I thought we had a dominating performance.”
The second half was a different story. The Rebel defense gave up 27 points, including three touchdowns in the fourth quarter that kept the Crimson Tide in the game.