WATCH: First Ole Miss touchdown in nearly 200 minutes made Chris 'Pooh' Paul angry

Ole Miss' defense finally allowed its first touchdown of the season.

What an overwhelming opening section that was.

The fifth-ranked Rebels held their opponents out of the end zone for the first 195:48 minutes of the season – the most time for Ole Miss since 1959. The Rebels became the first team in SEC history to score 150 points and allow fewer than 10 in three games.

The nation's best offense in yards per game added another 607 yards in a 52-13 win over Georgia Southern. Ole Miss is 4-0 and opens its next SEC game at 11 a.m. CT Saturday at home against Kentucky (2-2, 0-2 SEC) on ABC.

“It made us angry,” Leading tackler Chris 'Pooh' Paul said afterwards. Paul recorded his most tackles (10) as an Ole Miss Rebel and led the team in tackles for the third time.

Paul is a transfer linebacker from Arkansas. He was signed in an offseason portal class that ranks No. 3 nationally according to On3. Paul had two tackles for loss and improved his season total to 6.5 so far. He is just 1.5 away from setting a new single-season record.

Paul continued, “That's not how we play. We know we're better. When we were on the sideline, we had to focus on adjusting, seeing what went wrong and what we need to improve in the future. When we were on the sideline, I could just see that it really hit everybody and spurred them on even more. That's not our standard.”

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JJ Pegues moved from defensive tackle to strong-side defensive end and started in place of the injured Jared Ivey.

Pegues was taken out of the game after recovering a fumble on Georgia Southern's very first play, but he returned and played the rest of the game after an X-ray during the game came back normal.

Khari Coleman started at linebacker in place of TJ Dottery and made a career-high nine tackles. It was Coleman, a one-time transfer from TCU, who forced the fumble.

“I thought the defense was really good under (Paul's) leadership,” said Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss' head coach for five years. “TJ (Banks) out, Jared Ivey out. TJ probably could have played, he just chose not to even though he wanted to.”

“Pooh Paul has stood out. He did that against us in Arkansas and that's why we were so excited to get him. Not that he's not a great practice player; I would say he's a great practice player. But on game days, he plays great and has a presence.

“So apart from the penalties he seems to get at the last minute, he's doing a good job.”