NASHVILLE (Interstat) — Trinidad Chambliss accounted for four touchdowns and Ole Miss rolled past Vanderbilt 52-17 in a Football Bowl Subdivision game at FirstBank Stadium Saturday. Chambliss, a 6-foot-1, 176-pound quarterback from Grand Rapids, Michigan, completed 20 of 30 passes for 213 yards and three touchdowns and rushed four times for 5 yards and another score. The Rebels improved to 4-1. The Commodores fell to 3-3. Attendance was 35,000. Ole Miss controlled the game from the opening quarter and never let Vanderbilt mount a serious comeback.

Ole Miss opened the scoring with 10:37 remaining in the first quarter when Chambliss rushed 10 yards for a touchdown. Lucas Carneiro kicked the extra point. Vanderbilt answered with a 45-yard field goal from Brock Taylor at the 7:10 mark. The Rebels responded at 3:51 of the first quarter when K. Lacy rushed 2 yards for a touchdown, and Carneiro added the kick. The Rebels kept pressure on Vanderbilt throughout the opening quarter and built a cushion that held for the rest of the game.

In the second quarter, Chambliss threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Jamarious Brown with 9:09 left. Chambliss then connected with Deuce Alexander on a 39-yard touchdown pass at 4:41. Later in the quarter, Jared Curtis was sacked for a loss of 8 yards to the Vanderbilt 5. Chambliss capped the first-half scoring with a 4-yard touchdown pass to M. Smith with 23 seconds remaining, and Carneiro’s kick made it a commanding lead. Vanderbilt had trouble sustaining drives against an Ole Miss defense that made plays in key moments.

Vanderbilt found the end zone in the third quarter when Jared Curtis hit Ja’Cory Thomas for a 13-yard touchdown at 7:27, and Brock Taylor kicked the extra point. In the fourth quarter, Carneiro made a 42-yard field goal at 11:46. S. Mills-Knight then broke free for a 35-yard touchdown run at 8:20, with Carneiro adding the point after. Vanderbilt closed the scoring with 42 seconds left when Jamezell Lassiter rushed 1 yard for a touchdown, and Taylor kicked the extra point. The late score trimmed the final margin but did not change the outcome.

Chambliss was the game’s top performer. Behind him, the 6-foot-3, 200-pound Vanderbilt quarterback Blaze Berlowitz completed 2 of 5 passes for 18 yards and rushed four times for 23 yards. The 6-foot-2, 195-pound Ricardo Jones recorded six tackles, Mason Lewis had six tackles, the 6-foot-1, 227-pound Bryan Longwell made six tackles and the 6-foot-3, 230-pound Nick Rinaldi led the Commodores with seven tackles. Kayleb Barnett, a 5-foot-8, 180-pound receiver, caught two passes for minus 6 yards. Tristen Brown, a 5-foot-10, 185-pound receiver, had three receptions for 15 yards and one tackle. Jayvontay Conner, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound tight end, caught two passes for 20 yards. Cole Adams, a 5-foot-10, 186-pound receiver, had one reception for 22 yards. Cole Spence, a 6-foot-7, 237-pound tight end, added two catches for 27 yards. Walter Taylor, a 6-foot-7, 235-pound quarterback, had two receptions for 40 yards. Junior Sherrill, a 5-foot-11, 172-pound receiver, caught five passes for 55 yards. Ja’Cory Thomas, a 6-foot-3, 210-pound receiver, finished with three receptions for 60 yards and one touchdown.

For Vanderbilt on the ground, Sedrick Alexander, a 5-foot-9, 199-pound running back, carried six times for 13 yards and caught one pass for 7 yards. Evan Hampton rushed four times for 16 yards and returned two kickoffs for 31 yards. Jamezell Lassiter, a 5-foot-8, 196-pound running back, ran six times for 20 yards and one touchdown. Makhilyn Young, a 5-foot-10, 190-pound running back, led the Commodores with nine carries for 37 yards. Jared Curtis completed 19 of 32 passes for 222 yards and one touchdown. Oscar Bird, a 6-foot-4, 205-pound punter, punted four times for 199 yards for Ole Miss. Jalen Gilbert, a 6-foot, 181-pound safety, made two tackles for Vanderbilt. Tyler Ebel, a 6-foot-4, 220-pound punter, punted four times for 233 yards for the Commodores.

Defensively for Vanderbilt, Cayden Daniels, a 6-foot-1, 180-pound cornerback, made one tackle, Jaylon Stone, a 6-foot-2, 288-pound defensive lineman, one, Mike Diatta, a 6-foot-5, 258-pound defensive end, one, Davin Chandler one, and Dontae Carter, a 6-foot-1, 185-pound safety, one tackle to go with a 14-yard kickoff return. Kaden Schickel, a 6-foot-2, 192-pound long snapper, had one tackle, Hayden Bray, a 6-foot-4, 275-pound edge, one, Khalil Poteat, a 6-foot-5, 260-pound defensive end, two, and Landon Barnes, a 6-foot-3, 250-pound defensive end, one tackle and two quarterback hurries for Ole Miss. Miles Capers, a 6-foot-5, 230-pound defensive end, had two tackles and one sack for Vanderbilt. Jordan Matthews, a 6-foot-2, 182-pound defensive back, made two tackles, while Glenn Seabrooks III, a 6-foot-3, 320-pound defensive lineman, Bradley Mann, a 6-foot-6, 250-pound defensive lineman, and Edwin Kolenge, a 6-foot-3, 232-pound defensive lineman, each had three. Martel Hight, a 6-foot, 175-pound cornerback, recorded three tackles and returned two punts for 3 yards. Talan Carter, a 6-foot-1, 300-pound defensive lineman, made four tackles. CJ Heard, a 5-foot-11, 200-pound safety, had four tackles and one interception. Bryce Cowan, a 6-foot-4, 225-pound linebacker, added five tackles.

Ole Miss also got two receptions for 19 yards from Horatio Fields, a 6-foot-3, 202-pound receiver. Blake Purchase, a 6-foot-3, 255-pound linebacker, made five tackles and two sacks. Jaylon Braxton, a 6-foot, 185-pound defensive back, had six tackles. Luke Ferrelli, a 6-foot-3, 230-pound linebacker, and Sharif Denson, a 5-foot-11, 181-pound cornerback, each made seven tackles. Suntarine Perkins, a 6-foot-3, 205-pound linebacker, recorded two tackles, one sack and one quarterback hurry. Jamarious Brown, a 6-foot-3, 285-pound defensive lineman, caught one pass for 2 yards, made two tackles and scored a touchdown.

Ole Miss entered the game after a loss at Florida in its previous outing and had also beaten LSU, Charlotte and Louisville earlier in the season. Vanderbilt had lost at Georgia and at Auburn in its previous two games and had defeated North Carolina State, Delaware and Austin Peay. The Rebels are scheduled to host Missouri before visiting Texas, then hosting Auburn and Georgia and visiting Oklahoma, Wofford and Mississippi State. Vanderbilt is set to host Arkansas before visiting Kentucky and Mississippi State, then hosting Alabama, visiting Florida and hosting Tennessee.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Ole Miss 42, Vanderbilt 40. Interstat’s ELO system gave Ole Miss a 64.1 percent probability to win. Vanderbilt had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -9.5. The total score of 69 finished above the over/under line of 54.5.