The SEC has levied a $250,000 fine to Ole Miss after its fans threw bottles and other debris on the field during the second quarter of Saturday night's 42-7 loss to Georgia.
In a statement on Monday, the SEC said the fans' actions interfered with the "competitive opportunity for both teams and [endangered] contest participants."
"The University of Mississippi will be assessed the financial penalty under the sportsmanship, game management and alcohol availability policies established by the Southeastern Conference," the SEC statement said.
"The actions taken by the Conference are consistent with SEC Bylaws and Commissioner's Regulations related to the availability of alcoholic beverages at athletics events which state, 'If cans or plastic bottles are used as projectiles or otherwise cause game management issues, the institution is subject to an immediate fine and suspension of the alcohol sales privilege.'"
The SEC said it wasn't suspending alcohol sales for future games at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, "but reserves the right to do so in the future."
Officials briefly stopped the game in the second quarter because fans threw bottles and other items onto the field. Fans were upset after a roughing the passer penalty against the Rebels wiped out an interception. Then defensive back Jaylon Braxton was called for pass interference on a deep throw to Craig Dandridge, which kept another Georgia scoring drive alive.
Texas was fined $250,000 after its fans threw debris on the field and interrupted play during Georgia's 30-15 win over the then-No. 1 Longhorns in 2024.
"I saw some little small [things] -- looked like ice, like little small, I don't know what they were," Georgia coach Kirby Smart said after his team ended Ole Miss' 16-game home winning streak. "But I didn't see bottles. They didn't seem like Texas to me. I thought they could have kept playing, but that's what it is. I mean, people [who] want to do that, not very smart. But it's interrupting a good game."
