WHAT TO WATCH FOR
• This is the 70th meeting all-time between Ole Miss and Alabama.
• The Crimson Tide holds a 56-10-2 series lead … The original series record is 57-10-2 with both teams having wins taken away due to NCAA rulings.
• Ole Miss is 68-169-2 all-time versus ranked opponents … Ole Miss beat No. 7 Kentucky 22-19 earlier this season.
• The Rebels check in at No. 9 in the AFCA Coaches Poll and No. 11 in the AP Top 25.
• 55 of the 125 players (44 percent) on the Rebel roster are newcomers and are in their first season at Ole Miss.
• The Rebels are averaging 20.7 seconds per play this season, the third-fastest average in FBS behind only Indiana (19.4 spp) & Texas Tech (20.5 spp).
• Ole Miss ranks top 5 in total rushing yards (2,407), yards per game (267.4) and total attempts (430).
• The Rebels are second in the SEC and No. 9 nationally converting on third downs 51.2 percent of the time.
• Ole Miss ranks fourth in the FBS and first in the SEC allowing just 0.78 sacks per game.
• Quinshon Judkins leads all freshmen nationally in both rushing touchdowns (13) and rushing yards (1,036).
• Judkins’ 13 rushing TDs rank fifth-most in program history and are the most ever by any Rebel freshman.
• According to PFF, Judkins is third in the country with 61 missed tackles forced and fourth with 60 rushes for a first down.
• WR Jonathan Mingo is second in the SEC and ranks No. 5 in FBS in yards per reception (22.1).
• QB Jaxson Dart leads the SEC and is ninth in the FBS in passing yards per completion (14.5).
• K Jonathan Cruz is 9-for-10 on field goal attempts and ranks second in the SEC in field goal percetage (.900).
• 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…
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