Ole Miss Survives Sugar Bowl Thriller to Reach CFP Semifinals
What a night it was in New Orleans. The Sugar Bowl delivered exactly what fans hope for in a College Football Playoff game, and when the dust finally settled, it was Ole Miss walking off with a dramatic 39–34 win over Georgia. A tense, back-and-forth battle came down to the final moments, and it was decided by the calm right leg of Lucas Carneiro, who drilled a 47-yard field goal as time expired to send the Rebels into the CFP semifinals.
From the opening kickoff, it felt like one of those games where neither team was going to blink. Georgia came in rested, confident, and favored, but Ole Miss refused to be intimidated. The Rebels kept answering every Georgia punch, and as the game wore on, the pressure only increased. Late in the fourth quarter, the final points were even capped off by a safety on a kickoff, a fittingly chaotic ending to a wild night of football.
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With the win, Ole Miss punched its ticket to the Fiesta Bowl, where the Rebels will face the Miami Hurricanes on January 8. Miami has been on a serious roll, winning six straight games and already knocking off Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl. Oddsmakers quickly made the Hurricanes slight favorites, but Ole Miss has shown it’s comfortable playing the role of underdog—or favorite—depending on the situation.
This victory also carried a lot of emotional weight for the Rebels. Earlier in the season, Georgia had beaten Ole Miss in Athens, and that loss clearly lingered. This time, the result was flipped, and it mattered even more with a playoff berth on the line. Ole Miss improved to 13–1 and continued a remarkable postseason run under interim head coach Pete Golding, who has now gone 2–0 since taking over after Lane Kiffin’s departure to LSU.
Quarterback Trinidad Chambliss was at the heart of it all. He delivered one of the biggest performances of his career, completing 30 of 46 passes for 362 yards and two touchdowns. His poise under pressure was rewarded with the Sugar Bowl’s Offensive MVP award, and his postgame comments reflected just how much the moment meant to him and the program.
Georgia, meanwhile, saw its season end at 12–2, becoming yet another top seed with a first-round bye to fall in its first playoff game. Even Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart admitted it was the kind of game the playoff was built for, giving credit to Ole Miss for making the key plays when it mattered most.
Now, the Rebels head to the desert as the only remaining SEC team, carrying momentum, confidence, and a belief that this postseason run might not be done just yet.
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