Texas survived Ole Miss 34-27 after Trinidad Chambliss’s last-gasp Hail Mary was intercepted in the endzone as the clock hit zero. The Longhorns escaped with a win that kept them from a third straight loss, while Ole Miss was left with another crushing finish after its final drive stalled under pressure.
The play came after a recovered fumble gave Ole Miss one more desperate chance to stay away from a second loss. Chambliss completed six passes in the Rebels’ final drive, but an illegal shift pushed them back to the Longhorns’ 29 yard line with two seconds left, and the deep throw came up short in the worst way. The ending was enough to make the result feel bigger than a one-score game, because this was a Top 25 matchup decided at the very end.
That is why the NDSU football score search has been pulling in readers looking for the day’s cleanest outcome: Texas was one of several ranked teams caught in a wild Week 8. Five Top 25 teams fell to unranked opponents, USC lost to Wisconsin 24-7 in Madison, and three undefeated teams were knocked out of the unbeaten column. By the time the dust settled, No. 1 Miami, No. 9 UCLA and No. 10 Utah were among the flawless teams still standing in the recap.
The bigger picture was even starker. It was the first time in the Division 1-A and Division 1-AA era that began in 1978 that three or fewer undefeated FBS teams remained through Oct. 24. No. 10 Utah was still hosting No. 14 Houston late in the evening, with Houston leading 3-0 at halftime, leaving one result still hanging over a chaotic day. Texas got the answer it needed. Ole Miss did not.
