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Game Primer: Football Preps for Marquee Matchup

Game Primer: Football Preps for Marquee Matchup


WHAT TO WATCH FOR

• This is the 95th Homecoming game at Ole Miss since 1924 … The Rebels are 71-16-2 all-time (after vacated wins) and have won 22 of their last 25 on the field.

• Ole Miss and Kentucky will be meeting for the 45th time in a series that dates back to 1944.

• The Rebels lead the all-time series vs. the Wildcats 28-14-1 … The original record is 29-14-1 but Ole Miss vacated a win in 2010 due to NCAA ruling … Ole Miss holds a 7-2 edge in games played in Oxford, Mississippi.

• Dating back to Nov. 14, 2020, the Rebels have won 12 straight home games, the longest winning streak in Oxford since winning 12 straight contests from 1960 to 1964 … The streak is sixth amongst Power 5 programs.

• For the first time since 1999, Ole Miss has had at least one runner rush for 100 or more yards in four straight games.

• Ole Miss is one of only four FBS teams (Georgia, Alabama, Minnesota and Ole Miss) averaging 40 or more points and giving up 10 or fewer points per game.

• Ole Miss is off to its first 4-0 start since the 2015 season.

• The Rebels rank No. 4 in the FBS in team coverage with a Pro Football Focus grade of 92.7.

• The Rebels lead the conference and are No. 6 nationally allowing just 0.50 sacks per game .

• Ole Miss leads the SEC and ranks No. 4 in FBS with 280.8 rushing yards per game through the season’s first four contests.

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

• RB Quinshon Judkins is second in the country with 33 missed tackles forced.

• Judkins (107.2) and Zach Evans (91.2) are one of two pairs of teammates in the country averaging 90-plus yards rushing per game.

• WR Jonathan Mingo is No. 2 in the SEC and No. 13 in FBS in yards per reception (21.4).

• LB Khari Coleman ranks third in the FBS in tackles for loss per game (2.2).

• 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…

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