Ole Miss-Georgia Sugar Bowl thriller ends with delayed celebrations as officials demand last second be played

Ole Miss had to hold the solemnisation for their 39-34 Sugar Bowl triumph implicit Georgia aggregate times connected Thursday night. 

After kicking a go-ahead tract extremity with six seconds left, Ole Miss was awarded a information connected its last kickoff erstwhile Georgia’s instrumentality squad tried a cross-field lateral that deed the pylon. Players and coaches began to unreserved the tract successful celebration, earlier having to instrumentality to the sideline arsenic officials demanded Georgia footwear disconnected with 1 2nd remaining. 

Georgia past recovered an onside kick, falling connected the shot to sphere the last second. Ole Miss players and coaches again began to celebrate, believing the crippled had ended there. 

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Kewan Lacy #5 of the Ole Miss Rebels is chased by Kj Bolden #4 of the Georgia Bulldogs during the archetypal 4th during the 2025 College Football Playoff Quarterfinal astatine the Allstate Sugar Bowl astatine Caesars Superdome connected January 01, 2026 successful New Orleans, Louisiana.  (Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Ole Miss Head manager Pete Golding was adjacent doused successful a Gatorade bath. However, officials again demanded the last 2nd beryllium played, and stadium unit adjacent began to propulsion the winner's signifier onto the field, earlier having to propulsion it backmost to wide abstraction for the last play. 

Georgia ran 1 much play successful which they executed galore laterals earlier the play fizzled aft dozens of seconds, earlier Ole Miss could yet observe their CFP victory.

The triumph sent Ole Miss (13-1, CFP No. 6 seed) connected to a semifinal against Miami successful the Fiesta Bowl adjacent Thursday.

Kicking disconnected connected the heels of 2 lopsided CFP quarterfinals astatine the Orange and Rose bowls, the Sugar Bowl provided play until the end.

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Mississippi Rebels caput manager Pete Golding is dunked with a Gatorade cooler by his players aft their crippled against the Georgia Bulldogs successful the 2025 Sugar Bowl and quarterfinal crippled of the College Football Playoff astatine Caesars Superdome.  (Geoff Burke/Imagn Images)

After seeing a 21-12 halftime pb crook into a 34-24 shortage with 9:02 to play, Georgia (12-2, CFP No. 3 seed) rallied to necktie it, archetypal driving for Gunner Stockton’s 18-yard TD walk to Zachariah Branch earlier Peyton Woodring’s abbreviated tract extremity tied it with 55 seconds near successful regulation.

Ole Miss backmost Trinidad Chambliss responded by mounting up the winning footwear with a 40-yard walk to De’Zhaun Stribling connected 3rd down from Mississippi’s ain 30-yard line. A fewer plays later, kicker Lucas Carneiro, who’d already breached Sugar Bowl records with tract goals of 55 and 56 yards, deed from 47 and sprinted triumphantly toward the Ole Miss sideline arsenic the Rebels jubilantly swarmed astir him.

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Trinidad Chambliss #6 of the Ole Miss Rebels throws a walk portion being pressured by Elijah Griffin #90 of the Georgia Bulldogs during the archetypal 4th during the 2025 College Football Playoff Quarterfinal astatine the Allstate Sugar Bowl astatine Caesars Superdome connected January 01, 2026 successful New Orleans, Louisiana.  (Chris Graythen/Getty Images)

Harrison Wallace III caught 9 passed for 156 yards and 1 TD, Stribling finished with 7 catches for 122 yards, Kewan Lacy rushed for 98 yards and 2 TDs, and the Rebels outgained the Bulldogs 473 yards to 343.

Stockton passed for 203 yards and 1 touchdown, and besides ran for 2 scores.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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