Game Primer: Road Test in Atlanta Awaits Rebels

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

• Ole Miss and Georgia Tech are meeting for the fifth time, with the series tied at 2-2.

• Three of the four contests between the Rebels and Yellow Jackets have been in bowl games.

• Georgia Tech won the lone non-neutral game between the two teams in 1946, 24-7 (Grant Field).

• 56 of the 125 players (45 percent) on the Rebel roster are newcomers and are in their first season at Ole Miss.

• Ole Miss has allowed just 13 total points through the first two games of 2022, the fewest allowed to start a season by a Rebel squad since 1991 (3pts).

• Ole Miss is 159-92-7 (.630 winning pct.) all-time during the month of September after vacated wins.

• The Rebels are 112-41-6 (.723 winning pct.) all-time versus non-conference opponents during the month.

• A total of 36 different Rebels have made their Ole Miss debut during the first two weeks of the season.

• The Rebels rank No. 9 in FBS in sacks per game (4.0) and No. 12 in tackles for loss per game (10.0).

• The Ole Miss defense leads the SEC and ranks eighth nationally with six takeaways through two games this year.

• Quinshon Judkins (95.5) and Zach Evans (91.5) are the only pair of teammates in the country averaging 90-plus yards rushing per game.

• TE Michael Trigg is second in the SEC, No. 9 nationally with three receiving TDs.

• WR Jonathan Mingo is No. 2 in the SEC in yards per reception (21.5).

• LB Khari Coleman ranks No. 12 in FBS in total sacks (2.5).

• DT KD Hill was awarded the Chucky Mullins Courage Award and will wear No. 38 throughout the 2022 season.

OLE MISS HEAD COACH LANE KIFFIN

Lane Kiffin (Fresno State, 1998) is in his third season at Ole Miss and helped lead the Rebels to back-to-back bowl appearances in his first two years in Oxford. Kiffin guided the Rebels to a 10-3 record in 2021, the first 10-win regular season in school history. That included a perfect 7-0 mark at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium, part of an ongoing 11-game home win streak for Kiffin’s teams. The Rebels finished the season ranked No. 11 in both the AP and AFCA Coaches Poll; its highest final ranking since 2016. Ole Miss ranked top-20 in the FBS in nine different offensive categories in his first season, including having the No. 3 team in the country in total offense, shattering the school record with 555.5 yards per game….