Saturday marked one of the biggest weekends in SEC Football. Four top 10 conference teams lined up against each other on Saturday. Two came out victorious. Tenth ranked Alabama topped #9 Texas A&M in College Station, while #6 LSU pulled off the win over #8 Florida. Although the top 10 match ups took the spotlight, there were other storylines at well. Here's quick a recap of Saturday's action:
Memphis 37 #13 Ole Miss 24: Perhaps the biggest surprise on Saturday was Memphis' routing of 13th ranked Ole Miss in the Liberty Bowl. The Rebels defense gave nearly 400 yards through the air and 3 touchdowns, despite taking 14-0 lead early in the 1st quarter. The Tigers rattled off 31 unanswered to earn their first win over a ranked opponent since beating Peyton Manning and the 1996 Tennessee Volunteers. Ole Miss dropped to 5-2, but since it was non conference loss their SEC west hopes are still alive. Vanderbilt 10 South Carolina 19: In their first game under interim head coach Shawn Elliot, the Gamecocks pulled off the win after a week full of distractions leading up to kickoff. It was South Carolina's first conference win of the season. Missouri 6 Georgia 9: We all knew Mizzou had problems getting the ball into the endzone and that the Georgia offense would not be as explosive with out Nick Chubb, but what happened in Athens Saturday night was not pretty. However, the Dawgs got the much needed conference win and still have hopes of winning the east. #8 Florida 28 #6 LSU 35: Fournette did not skip a beat versus Florida's elite defense on Saturday. The Heisman front runner rushed for 180 yards and two touchdowns, but despite being up 28-14 at the half, Florida fought back in the second half to tie the game in the fourth quarter. In typical Les Miles fashion, the deciding score was a fake field goal executed by Trent Domingue that went 16 yards for the touchdown. LSU remains the lone unbeaten team in conference play. #10 Alabama 41 #9 Texas A&M: Credit the Alabama defense with 3 interceptions that went for scores as the Tide rolled over the Aggies in College Station, Texas on Saturday afternoon. Although all of Alabama's passing touchdowns came from Texas A&M's Kyle Allen, Tide running back Derek Henry rushed for a career high 236 yards and two touchdowns.
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