Auburn (3-4, 1-3) is on a three-game losing streak after failing to overcome a 21-0 deficit during Saturday’s 48-34 loss against No. 9 Ole Miss at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

Quinshon Judkins was one of three Rebels to run for over 100 yards. Judkins’ 41-yard score in the fourth quarter was his third touchdown and put Ole Miss ahead 48-34 with 6:26 left in the game.

Auburn settled for an Anders Carlson field goal on the drive before Judkins went for the touchdown to ice the game. Robby Ashford lost four yards on 1st and goal from the two with a little over 10 minutes left in the game and the Tigers trailing by 10 points. The drive stalled at the 10 with Carlson nailing the 28-yard field goal. A rare miscue by Tank Bigsby on third down drew a five-yard penalty pushing to 3rd and 11.

Ole Miss outscored Auburn 14-0 in the first quarter. Dayton Wade caught a 35-yard touchdown from Rebel quarterback Jaxon Dart at the 6:42 mark in the first. Running back Zach Evans corraled the second score for 23 yards. Evans scored his second touchdown of the game on a 2-yard rush on second down.

Dart, Evans, and Judkins each rushed for over 100 yards on a night that saw Auburn allow 448 rushing yards. It was the first time Auburn allowed over 400 yards on the ground since 2015 against LSU.

Auburn falls to 9-11 under second-year coach Bryan Harsin heading into the bye week. The Tigers are 3-9 since last season’s victory over No. 10 Ole Miss at Jordan Hare. Auburn was 6-2 after beating the Rebels last Halloween weekend and hasn’t beaten a ranked opponent since that win. The Tigers are 1-7 in their last eight SEC games since beating Ole Miss last season.

Here are AL.com’s key takeaways from Saturday’s game at Ole Miss.

Turnovers and bad breaks

Ole Miss scored its first touchdown on a short field after Ashford threw an interception with Wade’s catch. T.J. Finley made his return to the lineup since getting benched during the Penn State loss. Finley’s stay was short and ended with a fumble that led to the second Ole Miss touchdown.

Rebels’ coach Lane Kiffin went into his trick bag in the third quarter with an onsides kick after a 23-yard field goal that put Ole Miss ahead 31-24 with 9:50 left in the quarter. There’s no analytics book that will a coach to make that call. If it fails the Rebels give up great field position to Auburn. The gamble paid off with a Judkins touchdown and the Rebels led 38-24 with less than seven minutes left in the third quarter.

Redemption for Ashford.

Ashford regained the reins of the offense on the drive after Finley’s fumble that led to the third touchdown by Ole Miss. He drove the Tigers down the field for a nine-play 75-yard drive that he finished with a two-yard touchdown on a quarterback keeper. Ashford threw two interceptions, including one with 2:15 left in the fourth quarter. He also battled through a tough game and finished with 140 passing yards and 35 rushing yards with two touchdowns.

Big day for Bigsby

Ole Miss had nearly 500 yards on the ground, however, the Tigers had the leading rusher. Tank Bigsby had 179 rushing yards on 20 carries. His 50-yard running score brought the Tigers within four points of Ole Miss. Auburn trailed 28-24 early in the third quarter.

The Tigers had 301 running yards. Jarquez Hunter ran 80 yards on 10 carries. Auburn had success running the ball for the first time in several games. Perhaps Auburn can build on it going forward.

Nubyjas WIlborn covers Auburn for Alabama Media Group.