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Gunner Stockton accounts for five touchdowns as No. 2 Georgia rolls past Ole Miss

Gunner Stockton threw four touchdown passes and ran for another as No. 2 Georgia beat Ole Miss 42-7 and ended the Rebels' 16-game home streak.

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Georgia quarterback Gunner Stockton in a white No. 14 jersey looking downfield against Ole Miss

No. 2 Georgia did not linger in Oxford. The Bulldogs jumped on Ole Miss early and never let the Rebels into the fight.

Gunner Stockton completed 9 of 15 passes for 186 yards and four touchdowns and ran for another score as Georgia beat Ole Miss 42-7 on Saturday night at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

Georgia improved to 8-1 and 6-1 in the SEC. Ole Miss fell to 6-3 and 4-3 and watched a 16-game home winning streak end in front of a sellout crowd of 68814.

A 28-0 half

Nate Frazier ripped off 46 yards on Georgia's first snap and finished with 107 yards on 16 carries. Craig Dandridge Jr. scored from 4 yards out for a 7-0 lead. Stockton then hit Talyn Taylor deep down the right sideline for a 58-yard touchdown.

Stockton found tight end Ethan Barbour for a 3-yard score and later ran it in from 15 yards as Georgia took a 28-0 lead into the break. The Bulldogs outgained Ole Miss 481-252 and rushed for 295 yards on 48 carries.

The defense never loosens

Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss completed 18 of 34 passes for 170 yards. Georgia sacked him five times for a loss of 40 yards. Safety KJ Bolden intercepted him just before halftime and Rasean Dinkins stripped him to set up a 6-yard Stockton-to-Taylor touchdown that made it 35-0 late in the third.

Shekai Mills-Knight scored from 8 yards out to get Ole Miss on the board at 35-7. Stockton answered immediately with a 65-yard strike to Taylor. Taylor finished with four catches for 140 yards and three touchdowns. Linebacker Chris Cole led the defense with nine tackles and 1.5 sacks.

The game was a rematch of last season's College Football Playoff quarterfinal which Ole Miss won 39-34. Georgia hosts Missouri next Saturday.

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