Recap: Ole Miss football wins 2022 season opener against Troy

The new-look Ole Miss football team will get its first national exposure on Saturday.

The No. 24 Rebels (0-0) will try to score a season-opening win against Troy (0-0) from Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Saturday (3 p.m., SEC Network). After finishing 10-3 last season with a loss in the Sugar Bowl, Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin has a revamped roster headlined by the nation's No. 2 ranked transfer portal signing class. The Rebels have transfer portal adds competing for starting spots at quarterback, running back, receiver, tight end, offensive tackle, defensive tackle, edge rusher, linebacker, safety and kicker.

Ole Miss has not announced who will start at quarterback Saturday. Sophomore Luke Altmyer, who was the Rebels' backup in 2021, and USC transfer Jaxson Dart alternated first- and second-string reps in the spring and preseason but Kiffin has maintained the entire time that both passers have performed equally and no decision has been made.

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The Rebels have won nine straight home games dating back to 2020, tied for the Rebels' longest winning streak in Oxford since winning 33 straight between 1952 and 1964. Ole Miss has won nine of its last 10 home openers, with the sole loss coming in 2020 when the Rebels played an all-SEC schedule.

Follow below for live updates of Ole Miss football's game against Troy.

Ole Miss football vs. Troy: Live score updates

POSTGAME

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4th quarter

FINAL: Ole Miss 28, Troy 10. The QB battle is still open. Neither QB played particularly well, though Dart did lead four touchdown drives in the Rebels' first six offensive drives.

7:17 left: Troy scores a touchdown on 4th and goal to cut the Ole Miss lead to 28-10. It came after Luke Altmyer fumbled the snap on his first play of the day.

3rd quarter

1:59 left: A long Troy drive ends with a fourth down stop in Ole Miss territory. Ole Miss fans should be encouraged by the defense.

6:26 left: Zach Evans fumbles, and Troy recovers. Two plays later, Troy QB Gunnar Watson is picked off. On the next play, Javson Dart throws an interception. Not a quality sequence.

10:42 left: Malik Heath catches a touchdown pass over the middle, his first TD catch as a Rebel. Jaxson Dart's first touchdown pass at Ole Miss, too. Good drive to open the second half, and it included a wonderful 21-yard reception by a leaping Michael Trigg. Ole Miss 28, Troy 3.

2nd quarter

HALFTIME: Ole Miss 21, Troy 3. Trojans put a drive together and hit a 31-yard field goal as time expired.

Some halftime stats...

• Ole Miss outgaining Troy 266-111

• Ole Miss rushing yards: 201

• Jaxson Dart: 9-14, 65 yards; 3 carries, 34 rushing yards

• Khari Coleman has 4 tackles, 3 TFL

4:34 left: Ole Miss' defense has consecutive three-and-outs and have allowed just four first downs so far.

6:39 left: Touchdown Ole Miss! Quinshon Judkins scores his first collegiate touchdown. He is the third different player with a rushing touchdown in this half. None of the three are Zach Evans, who already has 108 rushing yards. Ole Miss offense rolling on the ground. Ole Miss 21, Troy 0.

8:04 left: Jaxson Dart shows his wheels off with a 36-yard dash down the right sideline. Ole Miss driving again.

11:51 left: Touchdown Ole Miss! Johnathan Mingo catches a backward lateral and scoots into the end zone from two yards out. That'll end up as a rushing touchdown for Mingo. Ole Miss 14, Troy 0. That drive was 10 plays, 79 yards in 3:01.

Zach Evans has 97 total yards through a quarter and change. As Dart continues to get comfortable, I'd imagine the Rebels lean on Evans and the run game.

1st quarter

2:25 left: Ulysses Bentley IV scores from two yards out. It wasn't that simple; he hopped off a pile, avoided a tackle and sprinted into the end zone off left end. Ole Miss 7, Troy 0.

3:20 left: Zach Evans off to the races. He goes for 46 yards down the right sideline, and Ole Miss is in the red zone.

8:02 left: Slow start for Jaxson Dart in his first Ole Miss drive. Going to take him a few series to get comfortable. His third-down scramble is well short of the first down marker. Ole Miss to punt.

10:44 left: Good start for the Ole Miss defense, forcing a Troy punt after a pair of Trojan first downs.

WEEK 1 QB1Jaxson Dart starts at QB for Ole Miss football vs. Troy

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What time, TV channel is Ole Miss football vs. Troy?

Kickoff is scheduled for 3 p.m. CT. The game will be televised on SEC Network and available to stream via WatchESPN And the SEC Network Plus.

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