Game Primer: Football Preps for Matchup vs. LSU

WHAT TO WATCH FOR

• LSU holds a 64-41-4 advantage in the series, including a 42-24-1 mark in Baton Rouge.

• The home team has won eight of the last 10 meetings on the field between the Rebels and Tigers.

• The Rebels check in at No. 7 in both the AP Top 25 and the Coaches Poll.

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

• Ole Miss is tied with Georgia and Michigan for the FBS lead in total rushing touchdowns (24), and rank in the top 15 in the FBS in total rushing yards (1,898), yards per game (271.1), total attempts (330) and yards per rush (5.75).

• The Rebels are averaging 20.5 seconds per play this season, the third-fastest average in FBS behind only Indiana (18.6 spp) & SMU (19.5 spp).

• Ole Miss ranks first in the SEC and No. 3 nationally converting on third downs 55.2 percent of the time.

• The Rebels are third in the FBS allowing just 0.43 sacks per game.

• The Rebels have forced a turnover in 27 of the 30 games during the Lane Kiffin era.

• Quinshon Judkins (720) and Zach Evans (605) are the only pair of teammates in the country with more than 600 yards rushing on the season.

• Judkins leads all freshman nationally in both rushing touchdowns (10) and rushing yards per game (102.9).

• WR Jonathan Mingo leads the SEC and ranks No. 4 in FBS in yards per reception (23.05).

• QB Jaxson Dart is seventh in the FBS in passing yards per completion (14.9).

• S Ladarius Tennison ranks third nationally with two fumble recoveries on the season.

• 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 14-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…