College Football
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Arkansas 53, Mississippi 52
When: 3:30 PM ET, Saturday, November 7, 2015
Where: Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, Mississippi
Temperature: 55°
Head Official: Thomas Ritter
Attendance: 60680

Brandon Allen's sixth touchdown pass and two-point conversion run gave Arkansas a crazy 53-52 overtime victory over No. 18 Mississippi on Saturday in an SEC game in Oxford, Miss.

Allen threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Drew Morgan in overtime and then ran for the winning two-point conversion after Ole Miss was penalized for grabbing Allen's face mask on the previous attempt.

Allen finished with a career-high 442 yards passing, completing 33- of-45 with no interceptions. Arkansas running back Alex Collins rushed for 108 yards on 17 carries.

"I can't say enough about our quarterback," Arkansas coach Bret Bielema said. "He's a gladiator through and through."

The winning score was made possible by an improbable play earlier in Arkansas' overtime possession.

Allen connected with Hunter Henry on a pass, who wildly flung the ball backward while being tackled and Collins picked up the ball on a bounce and ran for a first down to complete a 31-yard gain.

"If I had been in Henry's position, I wouldn't have thought of it," Collins said. "Next thing I knew the ball was in the sky, it landed in my hands, and I ran for my life."

Bielema said it was divine intervention.

"I've never had a game like this before," Allen said.

Arkansas (5-4, 3-2) sent the game to overtime when Allen threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Dominique Reed with 53 seconds remaining to complete an eight-play, 75-yard drive.

Ole Miss (7-3, 4-2) had overcome a 38-31 deficit earlier in the fourth quarter with two touchdowns passes by Chad Kelly to give the Rebels a 45-38 lead with 4:55 left.

Kelly threw for three touchdowns and ran for three for Ole Miss. He finished with 478 yards of total offense, the second-best day in school history behind Archie Manning's 540 yards against Alabama in 1969.

"It's tough," Kelly said. "It's really tough. Everybody played really hard -- offense, defense, special teams. Sometimes it just doesn't go your way."

Arkansas finished with 605 total yards and Ole Miss had 590.
Top Game Performances
Rushing
Arkansas   Mississippi
Alex Collins Player Chad Kelly
17 Attempts 11
108 Yards 110
6.4 Avg Yards 10.0
0 Touchdowns 3
0 Long 0
Receiving
Arkansas   Mississippi
Drew Morgan Player Laquon Treadwell
9 Receptions 7
122 Yards 132
13.6 Avg Yards 18.9
3 Touchdowns 1
0 Long 0
Team Stats Summary
 
  Yards Scoring Defense
Team Tot Rus Pas TD FG INT Sck FF
Arkansas 605 163 442 7 1 0 1.0 0
Mississippi 590 222 368 7 1 0 2.0 1