MEDIA RELATIONS Ole Miss Athletics Media Relations Langston Rogers, Sr. Assoc. AD/Media Relations P.O. Box 217 Kim Ling, Associate Director University, MS 38677 Kyle Campbell, Associate Director Phone- (662) 915-7522 Bill Bunting, Associate Director Fax- (662) 915-7006 Joey Jones, Associate Director Daniel Snowden, Assistant Director Web Site- OleMissSports.com Jay D’Abramo, Assistant Director 2007 REBEL FOOTBALL Ashley Allen, Senior Staff Assistant GAMEGAME 1111 Ole Miss (3-7, 0-6) vs. LSU (9-1, 5-1) DATE: Saturday, November 17, 2007 Florida ... This will mark Ole Miss’ fourth game of the yards per game. Senior RB Jacob Hester leads the way season against a top-25 foe and second against a top- with 706 yards and eight TDs. Senior QB Matt Flynn has TIME: 2:30 p.m. CT five opponent ... Senior RB BenJarvus Green-Ellis is 33 completed 144-of-260 passes for 1,856 yards with 14 rushing yards short of 1,000 for the year ... He is averag- TDs and 10 interceptions. Sophomore WR Brandon SITE (CAPACITY): Vaught-Hemingway Stadium/ ing 96.7 yards per game and coming off his fourth 100- LaFell boasts 39 receptions for 535 yards and two Hollingsworth Field (60,580); Oxford, Miss. yard game of the year. scores, while senior Early Doucet and junior Demetrius Byrd have each hauled in four TDs passes. LSU contin- TV: CBS Sports (Verne Lundquist, play-by-play; Gary OLE MISS HEAD COACH ED ORGERON: Ed Orgeron ues to have one of the nation's best all-around defenses Danielson, analyst; Tracy Wolfson, sideline). A replay of (Northwestern State, 1984) is in his third season as the as the Tigers are ranked in the top 10 nationally in five the game will be available on OleMissSports.com, Ole Miss head coach, having been hired on Dec. 16, categories this week - total defense (236.8 ypg), pass Saturday at 11 p.m., and on CSS, Sunday at 1 p.m. 2004. He has a career coaching record of 10-23. Ole efficiency defense (92.6 rating), rushing defense (66.0 Miss is Orgeron’s first career head coaching position, ypg), pass defense (170.8 ypg) and in scoring defense RADIO: Ole Miss Radio Network (David Kellum, play-by- although he possesses over 20 years of college coach- (16.7 ppg). Senior SS Craig Seltz tops the squad with 68 play; Pete Cordelli, color analyst; Stan Sandroni, sideline ing experience, most recently as an assistant head coach total tackles and four interceptions, and sophomore LB reporter). XM Satellite Radio channel 199. on USC’s 2003 and 2004 national champion teams. Ali Highsmith has collected 60 stops with six QB hurries. Orgeron is 0-2 against LSU as a head coach. On the line, senior ends Kirston Pittman and Glenn POLLS: LSU is ranked No. 1 in all four major polls. Ole Dorsey have each notched 11.5 TFLs and six sacks. Miss does not appear in the top-25 rankings. LSU HEAD COACH LES MILES: Les Miles is 31-5 in his Junior K Colt David is the SEC’s second-leading scorer third season as the head coach of the LSU Tigers. He with 111 points, connecting on 19-of-25 FGs and all 48 SERIES INFO: This game will be the 96th all-time has a career mark of 59-26 (.694 winning pct.) in seven PATs. between the Ole Miss Rebels and LSU Tigers dating seasons as a collegiate head coach. Prior to LSU, Miles 2007 LSU SCHEDULE/RESULTS back to 1894. LSU is Ole Miss’ second-most played served four seasons as the head coach at Oklahoma (9-1 OVERALL, 5-1 SEC) opponent besides Mississippi State, whom the Rebels State from 2001-2004, posting a 28-21 record and guid- Sept. 30 * at Mississippi State . .W, 45-0 will play for the 104th time on November 23. LSU holds ing the Cowboys to three bowl appearances. One of Sept. 8 #9/9 Virginia Tech . .W, 48-7 a 54-37-4 advantage in the series. The Tigers have won those postseason berths was the 2004 Cotton Bowl, Sept. 15 Middle Tennessee . .W, 44-0 five straight overall and three in a row at Vaught- where his OSU squad lost to Ole Miss 31-28 in Miles’ Sept. 22 * #12/#14 South Carolina . .W, 28-16 Hemingway Stadium. LSU holds a 7-4-1 edge in Oxford only confrontation with the Rebels. The 2002 Big 12 Sept. 29 at Tulane . .W, 34-9 and prevailed 40-7 in 2005. Ole Miss’ last victory in the Coach of the Year, Miles served as an assistant with Oct. 6 * #7/9 Florida . .W, 28-24 series was a 35-24 triumph in Baton Rouge in 2001 and Michigan, Colorado and the Dallas Cowboys before tak- Oct. 13 * at #17/18 Kentucky . .L, 43-37 3ot the last win at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium was a 37-31 ing over at OSU. He is 2-1 against Ole Miss. Oct. 20 * #18/19 Auburn . .W, 30-24 overtime finish in 1998. Nov. 3 * at #17/18 Alabama . .W, 41-34 LSU SCOUTING REPORT: LSU has clinched a spot as Nov. 10 Louisiana Tech . .W, 58-10 WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Four of the last five games in the Western Division champion in the SEC Nov. 17 * at Ole Miss . .2:30 p.m. the Ole Miss-LSU series have been decided by three Championship game. The Tigers have five wins over Nov. 23 * Arkansas . .1:30 p.m. points or less, including the Tigers’ 23-20 overtime win a teams ranked in the top 18 and knocked off Louisiana * —Southeastern Conference game year ago ... The Rebels are facing the nation’s No. 1 Tech 58-10 Saturday on homecoming. LSU leads the HOME GAMES IN CAPS All Times Central team for the first time since 1994, a 38-14 home loss to SEC in total offense and is second in rushing at 220.2 2007 OLE MISS SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME NOTES/SERIES INFORMATION September 1 at Memphis (CSS) Memphis, Tenn. W, 23-21 TDs on offense, defense and special teams SEPTEMBER 8 MISSOURI OXFORD L, 38-25 Combined 1,093 yards of total offense September 15 at Vanderbilt* (PPV) Nashville, Tenn. L, 31-17 Wallace catches for 139 yards and 2 TDs SEPTEMBER 22 #3/3 FLORIDA* (LF) OXFORD L, 30-24 SEC’s #1 scoring O held 26 pts below avg September 29 at #15/16 Georgia* Athens, Ga. L, 45-17 Game tied at 17-17 in third quarter OCTOBER 6 LOUISIANA TECH (HC) OXFORD W, 24-0 First shutout since 2003 MSU game OCTOBER 13 ALABAMA* (LF) OXFORD L, 27-24 Rebels take 24-17 lead into fourth quarter OCTOBER 20 ARKANSAS* OXFORD L, 44-8 Worst loss since 2000 October 27 at #23/23 Auburn* (PPV) Auburn, Ala. L, 17-3 Down 7 in 4th, Rebels threaten at AU 20 NOVEMBER 3 NORTHWESTERN STATE OXFORD W, 38-31 Most points scored under Orgeron NOVEMBER 17 #1/1 LSU* (CBS) OXFORD 2:30 P.M. LSU LEADS 54-37-4 November 23 at Mississippi State* (LF) Starkville, Miss. 11:30 a.m. Ole Miss leads 59-38-6 * - SEC game (HC) - Homecoming All Times Central PAGE 2 – REBEL NOTES TEAM STATISTICS TOP REBEL PERFORMANCES OLE MISS OPPONENT CATEGORY LSU OPPONENT VS. LSU 178 251 First Downs 224 151 64 117 By Rushing 108 48 Rushing Yards: Deuce McAllister, 26-176; 10-31-1998 97 123 By Passing 105 82 Passing Yards: Stewart Patridge, 27-43-0-346 (2 TDs); 10-18-1997 17 11 By Penalty 11 21 Total Offense: Archie Manning, 362 (17 rush, 345 pass); 11-2-1968 63-455 68-554 Penalties-Yards 91-699 43-347 Receptions: Rick Kimbrough, 9-132 (TD); 11-3-1973 9-5 15-8 Fumbles-Lost 10-2 19-10 Receiving Yards: Rick Kimbrough, 9-132 (TD); 11-3-1973 All-Purpose Yards: Deuce McAllister, 229; 10-30-1999 301 444 Rushing Attempts 428 327 Points Scored: Eddie Crawford, 24 (4 TDs); 11-3-1956 1173 2080 Rushing Yards 2202 680 Points Kicking: Todd Gatlin, 13 (4 FGs, 1 PAT); 10-31-1981 3.9 4.7 Yards Per Rush 5.1 2.0 Kickoff Return Yards: Marshay Green 2-115; 11-18-2006 117.3 208.0 Rushing Yards Per Game 220.2 66.0 Interceptions: Glenn Cannon, 3; 11-2-1968 321-172 335-218 Pass Attempts-Completions 310-177 322-147 2185 2332 Passing Yards 2351 1708 218.5 233.2 Passing Yards Per Game 235.1 170.8 622 779 Total Offensive Plays 738 649 SERIES HISTORY 3358 4412 Total Offense 4553 2368 335.8 441.2 Total Offense Per Game 455.3 236.8 LSU leads 54-37-4 203 284 Total Points 393 167 In Oxford: . .7-4-1, LSU INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS In Baton Rouge: . .36-24-1, LSU In Jackson, Miss.: . .9-6-2, LSU OLE MISS LSU In Meridian, Miss.: . .1-0, Ole Miss In New Orleans: . .2-1, Ole Miss Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD Rushing Att. Yds. Avg. TD In Vicksburg, Miss.: . .1-0, LSU BenJarvus Green-Ellis 189 967 5.1 5 Jacob Hester 140 706 5.0 8 Bruce Hall 47 216 4.6 0 Keiland Williams 48 336 7.0 5 Longest Ole Miss Win Streak: . .6, 1952-1957 Longest LSU Win Streak: . .8, 1928-1937 Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TD/Int. Passing Att. Comp. Yds. TD/Int. Seth Adams 286 159 1922 12/15 Matt Flynn 260 144 1856 14/10 Brent Schaeffer 34 12 255 3/1 Ryan Perrilloux 45 31 451 7/1 Largest Margin of Victory: 34 (37-3), 1963 in Baton Rouge Largest Margin of Defeat: 46 (46-0), 1901 in Baton Rouge Receiving Rec.