University of Memphis Athletics
Memphis-Ole Miss Post Game Notes
Aug 30, 2008 | Football
Aug. 30, 2008
Recap | Final Stats
MEMPHIS FOOTBALL NOTES
Aug. 30, 2008 vs. Ole Miss
• Today's captains for Memphis were seniors Brandon Pearce, Clinton McDonald and Corey Mills.
• Several players had their first career starts today including redshirt freshman Lester Lawson (OLB) and junior Deante' Lamar (CB) on defense, and junior Arkelon Hall (QB), senior Cody Stubblefield (LT), junior Curtis Steele (RB).
• Junior Carlos Singleton hauled in a 42-yard reception in the first quarter to mark his fifth consecutive game with a reception of 40 or more yards. He also extended his active receiving streak to 22 games. Singleton finished the game with six catches for a team high 89 yards.
• Senior Will Hudgens came in off the bench in the first quarter and had two rushes before hitting Earnest Williams from three yards out for a touchdown with 3:07 remaining in the first quarter. It was Hudgens' ninth career touchdown pass and Williams' ninth career TD reception. Williams has now caught a TD pass in his last three consecutive games dating back to the 2007 regular-season finale versus SMU.
• Junior receiver Duke Calhoun extended his receiving streak to 25 games with his 23-yard reception in the second quarter. Calhoun has now caught a pass in all 25 games he has played in. He missed the UCF game last season with a knee injury. Calhoun finished tonight's game with four receptions for 43 yards.
• Junior kicker Matt Reagan booted a 39-yard field goal to end the second quarter. It was his ninth make over 30 yards, and the longest since hitting a 42 yarder in 2006 against UTEP. Reagan is now 9-of-13 from 30-39 yards out.
• Arkelon Hall, who started his first game for the Tigers tonight, passed for 159 yards and completed 15 of 27 passes. He left the game in the third series of the third quarter suffering from cramping. He returned to the game with just under nine minutes left in the game. Hall transferred to Memphis from the College of Sequoias and enrolled at the U of M this past January.
• Maurice Jones caught a 43-yard touchdown pass from Will Hudgens at the start of the fourth quarter for Hudgens' longest pass since 2005 (vs. Chattanooga). This is the third time in his career that Hudgens has tossed two touchdown passes in a single game. The last time he did it was versus Marshall in 2007. Hudgens came in for Hall who left the game in the third series of the third quarter. The 43-yard TD catch by Jones marked the fifth TD reception of his career.
• Will Hudgens scored his third rushing touchdown of his career in the fourth quarter on a one-yard rush. It is his first since scoring against SMU in 2007. The three touchdowns responsible for are a career high (2 pass, 1 rush).
• Duke Calhoun moved into seventh place among all-time leading receivers at Memphis with his four catches. He now has 108 career receptions. Earnest Williams moved into sole possession of 12th place with six catches and now has 82 in his career. Carlos Singleton moved into a tie for 13th with his six receptions and now has 79 career catches.
• Duke Calhoun moved into sixth all-time Memphis in receiving yards with his 43 yards giving him 1,614 in his career.
• The 41 points was the most allowed to the Rebels since a 61-7 Memphis loss in Oxford in 1980.
